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

Chapter 706 2 Worlds

As the younger sister of Chen Dao, the head of Chenjia Village, Chen Fei undoubtedly holds an extremely prestigious position in the village.

However, she never became arrogant because of her status. Instead, she got along very well with the other children in the school, so she had many friends in the school. The other children in the school were also willing to play with Chen Fei, and even regarded Chen Fei as the big sister of the school.

"Not yet!"

Chen Fei shook her head and said, "It's not fully ripe yet. Be careful not to get diarrhea if you eat it."

"All right!"

The children who heard the eldest sister speak were not too disappointed. Some left the campfire and swung branches at their friends, as if they had become heroes from a storybook.

Some people poked at the campfire with branches, eagerly waiting for the roast chicken to be fully cooked.

Li Mingyuan, who was watching this scene from afar, smiled. If he had to use one word to describe the atmosphere in Chenjia Village today, he would probably use the word "happiness".

Today in Chenjia Village, everyone wears a genuine smile, whether they are adults, the elderly, or children, and they all radiate happiness.

The word "happiness" seems to have been embodied in Chenjia Village today.

"If only the people of Kyushu could live like the people of Chenjia Village!"

After a long silence, Li Mingyuan sighed softly, recalling some unpleasant memories.

Having traveled all over the Nine Provinces, he knew firsthand how impoverished the people of the Nine Provinces were. Before the rebellions broke out in various provinces, the people were already starving. Now, with war raging across the Nine Provinces, Li Mingyuan couldn't even imagine how miserable the people living in those war-torn lands must be...

It was precisely because he knew of the suffering of people in other places that Li Mingyuan understood even more how precious the happiness of Chenjia Village truly was.

It is no exaggeration to say that the lives of the people of Chenjia Village are the life he envisions for the people of Kyushu, which is why he chose to stay in Chenjia Village and protect this ideal place.

A moment later, as the sun began to set in the west, Li Mingyuan turned and left.

When I got home, I saw Li Qiao lying on a deck chair in the front yard like a salted fish, looking very lazy.

"You will enjoy it."

Li Mingyuan said with a smile that the accommodation Chen Dao arranged for them was an ordinary house, which originally did not have a reclining chair.

This recliner was specially commissioned by Li Qiao after he saw it in Chen Dao's front yard.

"Uncle's back!"

Li Qiao rocked back and forth in his recliner with a contented expression, not wanting to move an inch.

"Ah."

Li Mingyuan nodded, then asked, "How much did you get paid today?"

"Wages? Where did the wages come from?"

Li Qiao lied through his teeth, saying, "I didn't receive my wages."

Li Mingyuan rolled his eyes. He knew without asking that Li Qiao had definitely spent all the wages.

Li Mingyuan was quite helpless about this. Li Qiao was a good kid in every way, except that he was too casual about spending money. Once he got his hands on the money, it usually wouldn't last until the next day.

That is why Li Mingyuan took charge of the couple's finances to ensure that Li Qiao did not squander the money.

"Your wages are gone. From now on, you'll be eating steamed buns every day."

"Uncle, I really didn't receive my wages!"

"hehe."

"..."

No matter how Li Qiao tried to argue, Li Mingyuan simply didn't believe him.

However, he didn't really intend for Li Qiao to eat steamed buns every meal. Instead, he went straight into the house, busied himself in the kitchen, and served several dishes to Li Qiao for dinner.

"Tell me, where did all the money go?"

At the dinner table, Li Mingyuan asked.

"I treated my friends from the construction site to dinner."

"You're quite generous, spending a month's wages on just one meal."

"Hehe! I saw that they were living in poverty, so I couldn't help but feel sorry for them and treated them to a meal at Chencun Restaurant."

"Alright."

Li Mingyuan didn't say anything more, nor did he really intend to blame Li Qiao. On the contrary, he was extremely gratified by Li Qiao's compassion for the common people.

Under his guidance and example, Li Qiao did not become the kind of aloof martial artist, but rather a person with compassion for the common people, and that was enough.

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Silent all night.

As dawn broke and the joyful atmosphere gradually dissipated, the villagers and workers of Chenjia Village woke up one after another, left their homes, and went to their respective posts to perform their duties.

Meanwhile, in Taiping County, Zhang He's caravan was also preparing to set off.

As early as the beginning of August, the magistrate of Yongliang County sent a letter saying that King Yang had agreed to the business they had previously discussed and requested Zhang He to transport the goods to Yongliang County as soon as possible.

Zhang He had no reason to refuse, and after making some preparations in advance, he planned to set off for Yongliang County in Liangzhou.

"Skinny Monkey, are you all ready?"

Zhang He, mounted on his horse, looked at the fully equipped convoy behind him and asked.

"Everything is ready!"

"Then let's go."

With a wave of his hand, Zhang He ordered the sizable caravan to set off immediately, heading north along the main road of the county town. After leaving the city gate, the caravan loaded a large amount of goods at Chenjia Village before continuing north towards Yongliang County.

At midday, when the sun was high in the sky, the caravan crossed the border between Qingzhou and Liangzhou, and the scenery before them changed dramatically in an instant.

As Zhang He crossed the boundary marker, he couldn't help but look back. Behind him was a dirt road with yellow as the main color, while in front of him was a silver-white expanse, with pure white covering the official road. As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white.

Behind him was yellow, in front of him was white, and a boundary marker seemed to divide the two connected pieces of land into two completely different worlds.

"Why has the weather suddenly become so cold!"

The skinny monkey involuntarily shuddered.

The men in the caravan also instinctively wrapped their clothes tighter around themselves.

"This cold disaster is truly bizarre."

Zhang He squinted and said that for him, who was already a martial artist, the cold of the snowy day was nothing. Even the skinny monkey and others were not afraid of the wind and snow.

But for ordinary people, snowy days can be quite terrifying.

Because snowy days not only mean severe cold, but heavy snow can also collapse houses and cause all sorts of disasters, causing people to suffer property loss and even loss of life.

"The roads are difficult to travel in the snow, so tell the brothers to be careful."

Zhang He gave an order to the skinny monkey, and then the caravan set off onto the official road covered in ice and snow.

In a pristine white world, it seemed that only this caravan was traveling alone.

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The next day, in the morning.

At the south gate of Yongliang County, Tang Qing, dressed in bulky clothes, stood outside the gate, breathing out cold air and frequently gazing towards the end of the official road, as if waiting for someone.