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

Chapter 700: A Miracle!

"No need, I have things to do back in Chenjia Village, so I won't stay any longer."

Chen Dao declined Li Qingyun's invitation, beckoned Chi Yan Yi and Chi Yan Er to come over, and then he and Chen Cheng flipped over and sat on the backs of Chi Yan Yi and Chi Yan Er.

"Young Master Chen, wait for me."

Zheng Qiuyan didn't even have time to greet Zheng Qing. She jogged to catch up with Chen Dao, then lightly jumped onto Chi Yan Yi's back, sitting directly behind Chen Dao and wrapping her arms around his waist.

Immediately afterwards...

Crimson Flame One and Crimson Flame Two flapped their wings and flew directly into the sky.

"..."

Zheng Qing stared at this scene in disbelief, remaining lost in thought for a long time.

On the city wall, many city guards looked as if they were witnessing a miracle, their faces filled with shock.

Everyone has seen birds that can fly, but this is probably the first time they've seen a bird that can carry people.

The scene of Chi Yan Yi and Chi Yan Er spreading their wings and carrying Chen Dao and the others into the sky was like a miracle!

"My god, that giant bird can actually carry people?"

"Even immortals couldn't be this good, could they?"

"It's like an immortal ascending to heaven."

"..."

The city guards gasped in surprise.

After a brief moment of shock, Zheng Qing turned to Li Qingyun and asked, "Did they ride birds to Ding'an County?"

"Exactly."

Li Qingyun nodded with a strange expression. In fact, when Chen Dao and the other two landed in his mansion on giant birds today, he didn't behave much better than Zheng Qing. He even thought that monsters had entered the city.

Fortunately, just as Li Qingyun was about to call over the martial artists in the manor, Chen Dao appeared in front of him and explained the situation to him.

"This Chenjia Village is truly full of strange things!"

Zheng Qing murmured. What he experienced today had severely impacted his worldview. Before this, he had never imagined that there would be a beast in the world that could defeat a second-grade martial artist, let alone that humans could ride giant birds and fly into the sky.

"really."

Li Qingyun nodded repeatedly. Many things in Chenjia Village were quite... peculiar to the people of this world, whether it was the chickens and ducks that could help martial artists cultivate, or the two giant birds that had just flown into the sky.

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Time flies, and before we knew it, it was already mid-August.

In August, the Nine Provinces became increasingly chaotic. The four provinces of Mingzhou, Yuzhou, Haizhou, and Qiongzhou had completely broken away from the rule of the imperial court, and the local military forces within these provinces were completely wiped out by the rebels.

After eliminating the state government troops, unsurprisingly, the various rebel forces began to merge with each other, and they fought tooth and nail to seize territory.

Today you take one of my cities, tomorrow I'll take one of your prefectures, the fighting is quite a spectacle.

The frequent outbreaks of war have caused extremely serious damage to people's livelihoods. It is no exaggeration to say that people in the areas affected by the war are living in misery. Countless people have died because of the war, and those who survived have to suffer from the plunder of various rebel armies.

The people of these four states were living in utter misery, with widespread discontent and resentment. However, the various rebel armies ignored their voices and continued their own way, attacking each other in an attempt to expand their territory and power.

While the outside world was embroiled in constant warfare, Taiping County remained peaceful and tranquil.

In the early morning, Zhao Xiaoliang couldn't help but shiver as he pulled back the covers.

"It's so cold today!"

Zhao Xiaoliang muttered to himself, "In my memory, Qingzhou in August should have been quite cool, not this cold."

"I wonder when this cold disaster will end."

With sheer willpower, Zhao Xiaoliang got out of bed and walked to his living room.

At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao had already gotten up in the living room and prepared breakfast in advance.

"Xiao Liang is awake? Come and eat."

Upon seeing Zhao Xiaoliang come out, Zhao's mother hurriedly invited him to sit down, her face beaming with joy.

Zhao Xiaoliang told her yesterday that today was the day Chenjia Village would pay wages, which made Zhao's mother very much looking forward to it.

"coming."

Zhao Xiaoliang sat down next to his younger sister Zhao Xiaoxin and ate the food on the table in a hurried manner.

Today's meal was still wheat porridge. For Zhao Xiaoliang, who had eaten Chenjia Village's food before, wheat porridge was still a bit hard to swallow. However, because the work was extremely strenuous, Zhao Xiaoliang would always finish the wheat porridge that his parents prepared in the morning.

"Xiao Liang, is Chenjia Village really going to pay the wages today?"

While eating her wheat porridge, Zhao's mother asked.

"Yes, Mother."

Zhao Xiaoliang nodded, "The foreman from Chenjia Village said that Mr. Chen, mindful of our hard work, has decided to pay us our wages early."

The middle of each month is the fixed time for Chenjia Village to pay wages. Strictly speaking, Zhao Xiaoliang and his group of workers have not reached the working hours for receiving wages. However, Chen Dao, considering the hard work of the workers, decided to pay them in advance.

"Mr. Chen is such a good person!"

"I can't believe it," Zhao's father said with a sigh.

He had also worked away from home before and knew what kind of people those employers in the city were like.

To put it simply, whether they were merchants or landlords who hired workers, they all wanted to squeeze every last drop of labor out of the workers and not pay them a single penny, let alone pay them in advance.

"Yes."

Zhao Xiaoliang nodded in agreement. Although he had never met Mr. Chen, in his heart, Mr. Chen was the best employer in the world. He not only fed them, the workers, but also paid them wages in advance. He was a completely different species from those vampire employers who wanted to squeeze every last drop of their strength out of them.

"Father, Mother, I'm setting off."

After quickly finishing breakfast, Zhao Xiaoliang said goodbye to his family and met up with his two companions at the village entrance. Together, they headed towards Chenjia Village.

Along the way, Zhao Xiaoliang saw many fellow workers heading to Chenjia Village, and almost everyone had a happy expression on their face.

"Good morning, Xiao Liang."

Many of the workers greeted Zhao Xiaoliang and his two companions, and the three of them responded with smiles.

"Xiao Liang, how much do you think we'll get paid today?"

While walking on the road, Zhao Shitou suddenly asked, "Chenjia Village only said that wages would be paid today, but they didn't say how much. So the workers don't have a clear figure on how much money they will receive."

"It should be around three or four hundred coins, right?"

Zhao Xiaoliang said uncertainly that they worked for Chenjia Village for about 20 days, and according to his understanding, Chenjia Village should only pay them for those 20 days.

"Three hundred coins wouldn't be bad."

Zhao Shitou's eyes lit up: "The weather's gotten cold lately, so I'm planning to use this money to buy my family some new clothes."

That's what I'm planning to do too.

Zhao Wan also said, "I went to Chenjia Village and saw that the clothes sold there are warm and cheap. I plan to buy one for each member of my family."