In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 223 Su Shihua's Shock

As night slowly fell, the entire Chenjia Village was enveloped in darkness, with only the dim moonlight barely illuminating the earth.

At the original home of the Chen brothers, Liu Qiaoshou and the Liu Jiang family, who had returned home, did not go back to their bedrooms to rest, but instead sat in the living room chatting.

"These steamed buns are so delicious! I haven't eaten this much in the past month."

Liu Jiang gently stroked his round belly. In the evening, he ate six steamed buns by himself, and his stomach was so full that it was bulging. Although his stomach was still a little uncomfortable, he felt very satisfied.

For a refugee like him who had been fleeing for so long, being able to eat his fill was the greatest happiness in the world; whether his stomach was full or not was not even a consideration for him.

It was just that his stomach was really full, otherwise Liu Jiang would have liked to eat more steamed buns.

"We were absolutely right to come to Chenjia Village!"

Liu Jiang's wife, Sun Xiaoya, also said with a satisfied expression, "Not only are the steamed buns plentiful, but the villagers are also very hospitable to us!"

To be honest, Sun Xiaoya was a little apprehensive when she first arrived, because she knew that villages these days are often very xenophobic, especially villages like Chenjia Village, which are based on blood ties and are very resistant to outsiders.

Fortunately... the villagers of Chenjia Village were not as difficult to get along with as she had imagined. On the contrary, they treated them very warmly and did not make them feel neglected.

"Yes!"

Qi Hua also smiled and said, "The villagers of Chenjia Village are indeed not bad. They are very polite to us and even gave us houses to live in."

"We can finally live a peaceful life from now on!"

Liu Qiaoshou said, "As long as Chenjia Village can give us enough to eat, what does it matter if I sell my body to them?"

Having experienced the hardships of fleeing from disaster, Liu Qiaoshou cherishes the life she now enjoys, where she can have enough to eat. She is determined to work hard for Chenjia Village and do her best to repay Chen Dao's kindness!

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The next day.

As dawn broke, Liu Qiaoshou and the others had a hearty meal outside Chen Dao's house, and then, led by Chen Hou, they went to the construction site to get busy.

Meanwhile, Su Qiaoxi and her grandfather carried two chickens back to their own house.

"grandfather."

Carrying two yellow-feathered chickens, Su Qiaoxi said with a smile, "Young Master Chen is so kind to us. He not only provides us with lodging, but he's also worried that we won't have any meat to eat!"

Yes.

The two chickens that Su Qiaoxi was carrying were a gift from Chen Dao, who was worried that Su Qiaoxi and her granddaughter wouldn't be used to eating steamed buns every day. After all...

This grandfather and granddaughter are considered respectable people in the county town. We can't let them come here and end up like the poor folks in the village, eating only steamed buns every day, can we?

Realizing this, Chen Dao specially took out two old yellow-feathered chickens and gave them to Su Qiaoxi and the other person.

Of course, this will only happen once. If the two of them want to eat meat in the future, they will probably have to spend money to buy it from Chen Dao.

"Young friend Chen is indeed a meticulous person."

Su Shihua nodded. Chen Dao's care for them was meticulous; he had arranged accommodations and even provided them with meat as a gift.

To be honest, Chen Dao was originally an eighth-rank official... no, he's probably a seventh-rank official now.

Such a high-ranking person, who could even be on equal footing with the county magistrate, had taken such good care of the two of them; it would be a lie to say that Su Shihua wasn't grateful.

As a result, Su Shihua became more determined to stay in Chenjia Village. Although he would earn much less money treating villagers in Chenjia Village than in the county town, at least he would be safer and more respected than in the county town.

After returning home, Su Qiaoxi put down the two yellow-feathered chickens whose feet had been tied, and then said eagerly, "Grandpa, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to go to the farmland? Shall we set off now?"

Ever since Li Ping mentioned yesterday that crops could be grown in Chenjia Village, Su Shihua and Su Qiaoxi have been very curious about it and decided to go to the farmland today to take a look.

"Okay! Let's go take a look!"

Su Shihua nodded, and then the two left the house and headed south toward the farmland.

Halfway there, the two saw a construction site where the new craftsmen who had arrived the day before and the villagers of Chenjia Village were busy working, creating a bustling scene.

"Those craftsmen seem quite happy!"

Su Qiaoxi squinted at Liu Qiaoshou and the others who were busy at work. She knew that Liu Qiaoshou and the others had previously been refugees. When they came to Chenjia Village yesterday, their faces were full of sorrow, but now...

Although they were busy, they had smiles on their faces, seemingly no longer worried about tomorrow's life, but instead full of hope for the future.

"Yes!"

Su Shihua stroked his beard and chuckled: "The county magistrate and young friend Chen have done a good deed! If it weren't for them, who knows how many more refugees like these craftsmen would have starved or frozen to death!"

As they spoke, the two continued walking, getting further and further away from the construction site, until they could see the seemingly endless farmland of Chenjia Village.

Looking into the distance, the farmland was a lush green. A gentle breeze blew by, bringing a slight chill and causing the wheat plants in the field to sway from side to side.

"Wheat actually grew!"

Su Shih-hua stared in shock at the wheat swaying in the wind in the field. Even though he had expected it, he couldn't help but be amazed!

Su Qiaoxi was also stunned. When Li Ping mentioned this yesterday, she didn't really believe it, because growing crops in this kind of weather went against the common sense of the Xia people!

Therefore, when Su Qiaoxi saw the lush wheat in the field... the shock in her heart was indescribable!

"grandfather!"

After a long while, Su Qiaoxi finally came to her senses and looked at Su Shihua, asking, "How did Chenjia Village manage to do that?"

"I have no idea!"

Even Su Shihua, who is over fifty years old and has a wealth of life experience, could not answer this question. He could only answer with Li Ping's explanation from yesterday: "Perhaps this is the magic of Cangmang Mountain. There are always people who can obtain some rare and exotic species from the mountain."

"is it?"

Su Qiaoxi murmured to herself, looking somewhat dazed as she watched the busy women of Chenjia Village in the fields. She felt that Chenjia Village was exceptionally different from others, but she couldn't find the right words to accurately describe its uniqueness.

"Manager Su, Miss Su, what are you doing here?"

Just then, a voice came from behind them.

The two turned around at the same time, only to see Chen Dao standing behind them with a questioning look on his face.

"Mr. Chen."

Su Qiaoxi replied with a smile, "My grandfather and I are quite curious about the crops in your village, so we came to take a look."

"That's it!"

Chen Dao nodded, not at all surprised. Most people who come to Chenjia Village are curious about the crops in the fields. Xu Zhiwen was like that before, and Su Qiaoxi and the other person are like that now.