Chapter 43 - 42 Simple Villagers

"Really giving it to you, but..."

Suddenly,

Chen Xuan paused for a moment.

At this moment,

Huang Tong, seeing his expression, hugged the wild boar leg in his hand tighter, afraid that he would say he wasn’t giving it to him, just joking, and to quickly return it.

He looked at him nervously.

Seeing this,

Chen Xuan mischievously smiled, but didn’t tease him anymore, and continued: "You have to work for me!"

"Alright, work... I’m... my favorite... thing!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Tong immediately relaxed, then asked: "What should I do? Brother Xuan..."

"You go notify everyone, tell them to come here, I’ll distribute some meat to them, be quick about it."

Upon hearing this,

Huang Tong’s face was full of shock, somewhat unable to believe his ears.

Did he mishear?

Distribute?

So he confirmed again, asking:

"Really... you’re not joking...playing...around?"

He was already somewhat stuttering in speech, now it was worse.

"Really, quickly go now!"

"Alright...!"

He nodded heavily and without caring about the heavy rain, tightly hugged the wild boar leg and ran out of the pavilion.

The leg was now his lifeline, he must take it wherever he goes.

...

It must be said,

The appeal of free things is truly great.

This is the same no matter where you are.

Upon hearing that Chen Xuan was going to distribute meat to the villagers, the people of Shuanggang Village were somewhat incredulous, as this was meat, after all.

Some households cannot remember the last time they ate meat.

In the village, Chen Xuan was the only hunter,

He was the only one who dared to go into the mountains to hunt.

His family was the only one that could continuously eat meat.

After all,

Every time he returned from the back mountain, the bags were always bulging.

Although he returned late each time,

He was still encountered by someone.

Moreover,

Every day at mealtime, the chimney of Chen’s family would always be smoking.

Whose family wouldn’t envy? Who wouldn’t be tempted?

Some even thought about stealing some food from the Chen family,

But,

Thinking that he wasn’t afraid of the beasts in the mountains and being from the same village, getting caught would be embarrassing.

So,

Even though some were skeptical of Huang Tong’s words,

They still braved the rain and came here.

Not long after,

The pavilion at the edge of the village was crowded with people.

These people had sallow faces and deep-set eyes.

Forget about malnutrition, they simply looked like they hadn’t eaten enough for a long time.

When they saw the pile of beast meat on the big stone, their eyes really lit up.

Despite the loud sound of the heavy rain,

Chen Xuan could still clearly hear these people swallowing.

"It seems they’re really craving it!"

He thought emotionally.

"Xiaoxuanzi, is it true what Huang Tong said? Are you really going to give us meat?"

The one speaking was Uncle Qin.

Chen Xuan had some impression of him because his only son also died in the plague.

Now his family just has a daughter and Aunt Qin, the three depend on each other.

"Of course, it’s true I’m giving it away, otherwise I wouldn’t have let Huang Tong notify you all."

"Why? Everyone knows about the current situation, you have skills, but hunting isn’t something that can happen every day. If you give it away, what if you can’t hunt in the future, how will your family get by?"

Upon hearing this,

Chen Xuan felt inexplicably touched.

At this moment when he was still the first thought instead of just talking about meat distribution.

This reminded him, in the past someone said old people changed for the worse, but it was nonsense, they just weren’t good people from the start.

Blame what on old people!

"Old Qin, don’t talk nonsense, how could Brother Xuan, with his skills, not catch game, right everyone!",

The speaker was Chen Tian, notoriously single in the village, whose parents died early. Now it’s just him, usually lazy and greedy.

That’s why he hasn’t married a wife.

The only difference between him and Li Tie, whom Chen Xuan killed with his own hands, was that he had no good brother.

Otherwise,

It’s uncertain whether he’d be better than Li Tie!

At this time,

Chen Tian flattered Chen Xuan with a sycophantic look,

Saying, "Brother Xuan is the most capable in our village, his family has so much meat, kind-hearted, seeing our difficulty, that’s why he’s helping us."

He feared Chen Xuan hearing Uncle Qin’s words and regretting it.

If that happened, the meat about to be at hand would fly away.

This meat,

He was really craving it terribly.

Frequently licking his pale lips with his tongue.

His face was full of greed.

Seeing this,

Chen Xuan sneered inwardly.

Without even looking at him, he instead addressed Uncle Qin: "It’s alright, Uncle Qin, today I just want to leave the village, this meat at home can’t be taken with me, I’ll give it to everyone."

"What? You want to leave? Where to? It’s chaotic now, outside is unsafe, in the village, with your skills, you won’t starve, why leave?"

Uncle Qin was truly anxious at this moment.

Although his family’s relationship with Chen’s wasn’t as good as Wang Daming’s, he was quite older than Chen Xuan’s father, often playing with him in the past.

Moreover,

His only son succumbed to the plague, making him the last of his line.

He couldn’t watch the Chen family end like him.

If he didn’t try to persuade now, how would he face Chen Xuan’s father later?

After all, he was somewhat like Chen Xuan’s father’s older brother.

"Rest assured, Uncle Qin, it’s alright, I’m going to the county to work, it’s very good, don’t worry, I’ll save some meat for you later!"

Upon hearing he was going to the county for work, and it’s good work!

The surrounding people couldn’t help but discuss,

Everyone couldn’t help but praise,

"Such promise,

The Chens’ family is truly blessed.

"To the county, that’s...good, so good!"

Uncle Qin was also excited, nodding repeatedly.

This was definitely a good job, much better than hunting in the village.

Ignoring again, Chen Tian wasn’t embarrassed at all, instead, he proudly exclaimed: "I told you, Brother Xuan is the most capable, he’s even gone to work in the county! Right everyone!"

However,

His nature, who’s unaware among the villagers.

They didn’t bother responding.

Ignored again, by everyone, even with thick skin, he couldn’t maintain his smile, awkwardly chuckling, lowered his head, and stopped speaking.

"Alright, we are all neighbors, no need to talk about this, everyone knows Chen Xuan, through these years, everyone’s days haven’t been easy, Xiaoxuanzi’s skills aren’t big, can’t help everyone much, this meat is just my little thought, hope you won’t mind."

"Won’t...."

"Why say that, it’s been ages since eating meat, mind, really thank you."

"Exactly, exactly!"

"Thanks to you, we finally get to eat meat!"

.....

Praise after praise.

Although some were superficial, most were sincerely grateful.

The villagers of Shuanggang cannot be described as bad, most are honest people.

Afterwards,

Chen Xuan began distributing meat.

Families with elderly had priority, given a bit more.

And those like Uncle Qin’s, without young labor, he gave more.

Regarding this,

No one objected.

Even if some did, like Chen Tian, they dared not utter a word.

As the meat on the stone grew less,

And the good pieces were distributed, Chen Tian was becoming increasingly anxious.

But didn’t dare cut in line.

Afraid of angering Chen Xuan, who’d then refuse him, he’d regret it until his gut turned blue.