activa-t Chapter 209 Deafening
Chapter 209 Deafening
Chapter 209 Deafening The imperial court's reaction was also extremely swift. Within half a month, an imperial envoy was dispatched to cordon off the area where the Fire Pattern Tree was located, prohibiting the people from approaching. At the same time, the Fire Pattern Fruit was designated as a tribute item, and every year, the Fire Pattern Fruit harvested in Ding'an County had to be supplied to the imperial court!
This is the origin of why the Fire Pattern Fruit was listed as a tribute. At that time, the imperial court had much stronger control over the local areas than it does now. Naturally, the imperial court would not allow the Fire Pattern Fruit, a rare fruit that could cultivate martial artists, to fall into the hands of the common people.
But... that was all in the past!
Although Fire Pattern Fruit is still a tribute item, the amount of Fire Pattern Fruit submitted to the imperial court has been decreasing in recent years due to the court's declining control over local areas and its lack of attention to the fruit.
Even the area where the Fire Pattern Tree was located was occupied by the Sun family and became one of their properties.
Every year, the Sun family would submit a few Fire Pattern Fruits to the imperial court to fulfill their duties. As for the remaining Fire Pattern Fruits...
Of course, it's used to train our own martial artists!
Although eating the Fire Pattern Fruit causes excruciating pain, like being burned by fire, its effect of boosting qi and blood is undeniable. No martial artist can resist taking a Fire Pattern Fruit!
It is precisely because of the Fire Pattern Fruit that the number of martial artists in the Sun family has been increasing over the years, with as many as five peak seventh-grade martial artists!
Li Qingyun also heard that the Sun family had sent people to the county city to seek mid-grade martial arts techniques. Once the Sun family obtained mid-grade martial arts techniques, they would probably soon produce a sixth-grade martial artist within their clan.
"The Sun family, alas!"
Li Qingyun sighed, took out paper and pen, and began to write a reply to Xu Zhiwen.
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The sun was setting in the west.
After finishing their work, the villagers of Chenjia Village who had eaten dinner outside Chen Cheng's house gradually dispersed, and the villagers of Xiaohe Village also left one after another after filling their stomachs.
"I wish I were a villager in Chenjia Village!"
On the way back to Xiahe Village, a villager from Xiahe Village couldn't help but say that today's meal was the best he had eaten in a long time. When he thought about how the villagers of Chenjia Village could eat such delicious food every day, he wished he could become a villager of Chenjia Village immediately.
"I also want to be a villager in Chenjia Village."
Old Jiang licked his lips, the taste of white steamed buns still lingering in his mouth.
I really envy the villagers of Chenjia Village; they can eat such delicious food every day.
"Old Zhao!"
Old Jiang turned to look at Zhao Kang and asked curiously, "Does Cheng-ge'er's family prepare even better food for you, his father-in-law?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Zhao Kang. There were too many people at Chen Cheng's house today. Apart from Zhao Kang's family and Li Qian's family, none of the people from Xiaohe Village were able to go inside, so they naturally didn't know what the people inside were eating.
but……
At this moment, everyone noticed Zhao Kang's still oily mouth. Anyone who has eaten steamed buns knows that steamed buns don't have oil. The oiliness on Zhao Kang's mouth could only be from eating meat!
"It is more accurate."
Zhao Kang nodded with a smile: "That Brother Cheng is really hospitable. He prepared three tables of food for us, and each table had a whole fried chicken on it! Let me tell you, the chicken was really delicious. I ate almost half of it by myself!"
"..."
The silence among the crowd was deafening. The thought that Zhao Kang had eaten half a chicken while they were eating steamed buns in the cold wind outside made them feel terrible!
"I'll eat you to death, Zhao Kang!"
"Damn it, Zhao Kang, you've really struck gold. You've married two daughters and you're living a life of luxury."
"The village chief must have eaten too! I saw him go inside!"
"I want to eat meat too! Damn it!"
"..."
At this moment, everyone's tone was full of bitterness.
Zhao Kang, Li Qian, Li Qiang, and the others smiled, feeling extremely smug.
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After the sun had completely set and all the guests had left, Chen Cheng's house became quiet and deserted.
After Liu Yan and the other women in the village finished cleaning up the table, she took her three children and went out to stay temporarily at other villagers' homes, leaving the three rooms in her house for Chen Cheng and his two brothers to use as their wedding rooms.
After Liu Yan left, the three Chen brothers stared at each other, hesitant to move forward!
"elder brother."
The youngest, Chen Mu, scratched his head and said, "Shouldn't we consummate our marriage now?"
"Uh……"
Chen Cheng knew, of course, that it was time for their wedding night, but he was still a little embarrassed and could only remain silent.
Fortunately, Chen Shi took the initiative at this moment.
He mustered his courage and walked to his bridal chamber. After pushing open the door, he took a deep breath and entered the room, then closed the door behind him.
Before long, whispers could be heard coming from inside the room, as if Chen Shi and Zhao Xiaomei were talking about something.
Hearing the sound, Chen Cheng and Chen Shi exchanged a glance, then mustered their courage and pushed open the doors to their respective bridal chambers, and then...
Everything then fell into place naturally and logically.
As night fell over Chenjia Village, a low murmur seemed to echo.
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Dawn broke.
After a night of intense fighting, Zhao Xiaoyun opened her eyes, gazed at the sleeping Chen Cheng for a moment, then quietly lifted the covers and got out of bed.
"Hmm~"
The moment her feet touched the ground, Zhao Xiaoyun felt a slight pain below, but fortunately, the pain was not intense enough to prevent her from moving.
After walking a few steps to get used to it, Zhao Xiaoyun put on her clothes and pushed open the door. Just then, Zhao Xiaomei also pushed open the door to the room opposite!
The moment their eyes met, they both felt a little embarrassed and quickly lowered their heads shyly.
At the same time, another door opened, and Li Li came out and greeted the two of them: "Sister Xiaoyun, Sister Xiaomei, good morning."
Good morning, Xiaoli!
After the two replied, the three of them stared at each other, unsure of what to do next.
Fortunately, at that moment, Liu Yan's voice came from the front yard. The three of them quickly ran to the front yard and welcomed Liu Yan in.
"Are you all awake?"
Liu Yan looked her three daughters-in-law up and down, her eyes showing satisfaction. Putting aside their personalities, Liu Yan was very pleased with their looks. In the past, she would never have dared to imagine that her son could marry such women.
"mother!"
Zhao Xiaoyun, Zhao Xiaomei, and Li Li all called out "Mother" in unison.
Liu Yan was even more satisfied and said with great joy, "Now that you're all awake, let's go change our clothes! We should get to work!"
The three daughters-in-law were still wearing yesterday's silk wedding dresses, which were obviously not suitable for working in the fields. They needed to change into more durable clothes.
"Changing clothes?"
Zhao Xiaomei glanced down at her red wedding dress, feeling somewhat reluctant, but she didn't refuse. She went back into the house with Zhao Xiaomei and Li Li and changed into her usual work clothes.