Chapter 44 - 43 Goodbye

At the pavilion at the village entrance.

The heavy rain continued.

But the villagers of Shuanggang Village gathered in the pavilion showed long-lost smiles.

These people,

Even the ones who got the least received ten pounds of meat.

The ones who got more,

like Uncle Qin, received more than twenty pounds.

This,

if rationed properly, could last several days.

They chatted in small groups, making the atmosphere lively.

Without exception, everyone praised Chen Xuan.

Or envied the Chen Family for having such a good son.

Regarding this,

Chen Xuan just smiled lightly. He didn’t do this for any reward, whether it be reputation or something else.

After all, as an outsider, he didn’t have much emotional attachment to the people of Shuanggang Village.

It was just that he had no use for the meat, so he thought he might as well do a good deed and accumulate some virtue.

"Hehe, Brother Xuan, my turn, my turn!"

At this moment,

Chen Tian approached the boulder with a wide smile.

But his eyes were fixated on the items atop the boulder.

There was a wild chicken and a piece of wild boar.

"Gulp!"

He swallowed his saliva.

There was no one left,

he was the last one, so these were his.

"Hehe!"

He couldn’t suppress the smile on his face.

He was already thinking about how he would cook it afterwards.

Braise it in soy sauce? Steam it? Or make a big stew?

However,

he waited for a long time and still didn’t see Chen Xuan move.

But for the sake of the meat in front of him, he shamelessly urged, "Brother Xuan? It’s my turn now, thank you."

But,

Chen Xuan still ignored him.

At this time, the others also stopped their small talk and quietly watched the scene unfold.

They didn’t have a good impression of Chen Tian either.

Now that he was being ignored by Chen Xuan,

they were quite pleased to see it.

At this moment,

Chen Xuan looked over at Uncle Qin and asked, "Where is Liu Yue’s husband?"

"Her? She’s at home. Ever since something happened to Liu Yue, she seems a bit off."

Uncle Qin recalled how Liu Yue’s husband used to greet him with a smile.

Even when life was so hard due to natural disasters, she was such an optimistic person, but now she’s silent and rarely leaves the house.

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of pity.

Yet, there was nothing he could do.

"Sigh!"

Uncle Qin sighed.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan said nothing, but handed the remaining wild chicken and wild boar meat to Uncle Qin.

"Then I’ll trouble you to deliver it to her house, I won’t go."

Uncle Qin accepted it and nodded, "Then I’ll thank you on her behalf."

"Hey... hey... no, it’s mine, Brother Xuan, Brother Xuan, that’s mine, it’s my turn."

Chen Tian got anxious at once.

If they were given to Liu Yue’s widow, then he would have nothing.

"You?"

Chen Xuan looked at him disdainfully.

"Yes, me, you’ve given them all to her, what about me? I have nothing left? Does Brother Xuan still have some at home?"

Chen Tian started to let his mind run wild.

Chen Xuan spread his hands and said with a smile, "No more, really, that’s all there is."

To Chen Tian’s eyes, his smile was disgustingly smug.

But for the meat,

he didn’t dare to offend him, and could only lower himself and say, "Brother Xuan, everyone else got some, after all, I am also a person of Shuanggang Village, it can’t be just me with nothing, right? I believe Brother Xuan isn’t such a person, right?"

"Hehe!"

Chen Xuan snickered in his heart.

This was a deliberate compliment.

But he didn’t care about these things.

"Well, nothing can be done, there’s no more, truly no more, and besides, Liu Yue’s family needs it more than you do. I think a grown man with hands and feet like you won’t mind such things."

He intentionally raised his voice as he said to the villagers gathered around, "What I said makes sense, doesn’t it?"

No matter what stance these people in the pavilion might have held before, now that they had received benefits from him, they naturally stood on Chen Xuan’s side, so they all chimed in.

"Yes, yes!"

"Of course!"

"Xiaoxuanzi did the right thing!"

.....

"You all...?"

Chen Tian turned around to face these people, with smiles on their faces, pointing fingers. He was so furious he couldn’t speak.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

He laughed out of sheer anger.

"You’re all picking on me, aren’t you! We’re all from the same village, and you’re all picking on my family just because it’s only me!"

Then pointing at Chen Xuan, "Xiaoxuanzi, you insist on doing this, huh?"

He no longer called him Brother Xuan now.

Called him Xiaoxuanzi right off the bat.

There was an implied threat in his words.

"What? Just like this? What do you want to do?"

Since there was no point in pretending anymore, he didn’t bother.

With a "bang," he slammed the short sword hard against the boulder, then pointed the sword at him, "If you don’t want this hand of yours, keep pointing like that."

"Do you think I dare not chop it off for you?"

"A man, with hands and feet, leeching off the community all the time, bullying the villagers, how dare you come to ask for meat?"

"You, such a person, are wasting air by living, and waste land by dying. Might as well burn yourself, stop bringing shame to your father!"

"Xiaoxuanzi, you....!"

Chen Tian’s face turned an ashen blue.

"I... what do you mean I?"

Saying this, the short sword in his hand disappeared instantly, appearing at his neck in the next moment.

"You look here, what do I mean?"

"My meat, I’ll give it to whomever I wish. Do you have a problem? If you’re capable, go hunt and share with everyone yourself."

"Speak!"

He shouted angrily, glaring fiercely.

Only to see Chen Tian trembling visibly.

His face turned instantly fearful,

especially with the coldness on his neck, which made him hastily withdraw the hand pointing at Chen Xuan.

"No, no, I don’t dare, don’t dare! Brother Xuan, I wouldn’t dare harbor any opinion, I don’t want the meat, could you take back this knife?"

Regret welled up inside him.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have said those words to offend him.

Now,

not only did he not get any share of the meat, but he also embarrassed himself in front of everyone.

He truly lost on both ends.

He regretted it so much it was like his intestines were tied in knots.

"Don’t, don’t, Xiaoxuanzi, let’s speak calmly, regardless of whether he’s anything, he’s still a person of Shuanggang Village, don’t be rash, and killing is illegal, not worth it."

Beside him, Uncle Qin was afraid that the knife in his hand might accidentally cut Chen Tian.

He hurried to persuade him.

"Yes, yes, Xuanzi, don’t rush, listen to Uncle Qin."

"Right, Brother Xuan!"

.....

Others in the pavilion also began to persuade him.

"Hmph!"

Chen Xuan snorted coldly and finally withdrew his knife.

"Get lost!"

He shouted angrily.

"Alright, alright, I’ll go, I’ll go!"

At this moment,

Chen Tian was already scared out of his wits, and dared not say another word.

He ran off helter-skelter.

Seeing this,

the people in the pavilion all breathed a sigh of relief.

They weren’t worried about Chen Tian, but didn’t want Chen Xuan to get into legal trouble.

"Alright, all the meat has been distributed, I’ll go back and tidy up, then leave Shuanggang Village later."

Chen Xuan clasped his hands in a gesture of farewell to the village folk.

"Come back to visit when you can, I’ll ask Aunt Qin to clean your home periodically."

"Yes, Xuanzi, remember to come back when you can."

"You’ve really become successful."