111: Chapter 110: Take a Wash 111: Chapter 110: Take a Wash Li Guangjin and Huang Xian were both embarrassed and humiliated, so they had no choice but to hang their heads in sha and leave.
As soon as they stepped down, the tea rchants in the audience surged forward en masse.
“I want it!
I want it all!
Every last bit!”
“Get out of the way!
It’s mine!
I’m raising the bid!
Give it all to !”
“…”
Watching the crowd of tea rchants engulf Liu Hun completely, Ying Nanhong, Du Yueling, and the others were filled with sheer delight and sweetness, while Cai Yan crossed her arms and let out a complicated sigh, thinking to herself that this kid really had so tricks up his sleeve!
After the bountiful harvest ca the bookkeeping, and a series of tedious issues to be dealt with, keeping Liu Hun and the others busy for a while.
Cai Yan, having nothing else to attend to, focused her thoughts entirely on the hot spring.
Usually, she went in the first half of the night, but this ti she decided to enjoy a refreshing dip in the second half of the night.
Insects buzzed, birds were silent, and the night turned deeply silent; a full moon bathed the entirety of Wanbao Village in an indiscriminate light.
After Liu Hun finished using the outhouse in the backyard, he heard a creaking sound of a door opening and imdiately headed to the front house, where it seed soone had gone out.
Who could be going out in the middle of the night?
Liu Hun murmured to himself but decided to follow and see for himself, so he trailed behind.
Although he started following a bit late, thanks to the bright moonlight, Liu Hun was able to keep close enough to see only a blurred silhouette.
After a strenuous chase, he suddenly saw the figure slip into a thicket.
What business did they have at the bubble pool at this late hour?
Liu Hun pondered as he wondered who would visit a steaming pond in the middle of the night for no apparent reason, growing even more curious and determined to investigate.
As he approached the bubble pool, Liu Hun slowed his pace and movents.
He vaguely made out sothing moving in the water, resembling a person!
Driven by curiosity, Liu Hun crept closer, observing the curves where skin should be white and the shadows where it ought to be dark, and indeed it was a person!
But who could it be, and why was their behind so prominently raised, as if standing tall?
Liu Hun thought to himself he should get closer for a clearer look, his mind itching with the impulse as he took another step forward.
With a splash, the person in the water lifted their head, shaking a cascade of jet-black, dazzling hair, and sculpted shoulders erged,
Cai Yan!
Just as the woman was about to fully stand up, Liu Hun finally recognized that the person in the pool was Cai Yan!
He had seen what there was to be seen, and what shouldn’t have been seen too.
Liu Hun never imagined that the usually clothed Cai Yan could possess such an impressive figure, her body gliding through the water alluringly as if the tail of a foxtail grass was flirtatiously brushing against one’s body.
Liu Hun knew full well that if Cai Yan discovered him, it would be impossible to clear his na, as if he had fallen into a pit of yellow mud—it wouldn’t matter if it wasn’t feces; it would appear just as damning.
So, he began to retreat, intending to leave.
Then, in an untily mont of heroic sacrifice, a rotten branch snapped in two right under Liu Hun’s foot.
“Who’s there?!” Cai Yan covered her vital areas in fright and turned her head to see Liu Hun.
“Ah!” Cai Yan scread, her piercing cry lingering over the village like smog, refusing to dissipate.
Liu Hun could only cover his ears and wait for Cai Yan to quiet down, which took quite so ti.
Cai Yan stood in the water like a drenched chicken, glaring at Liu Hun with a pair of eyes filled with not only anger but now a greater mix of indignance and embarrassnt.
Everything that should and shouldn’t have been seen had been exposed.
She pointed at Liu Hun with her slender fingers, her lips trembling for a good while before she could utter two words without much force, “Pervert!”
“It was unintentional, think what you will!” Liu Hun wiped the water off his face and, without looking back, left.
Cai Yan watched with wide eyes as the ruffian who had taken advantage of her just left like that, fuming inside with anger she couldn’t vent.
She angrily splashed the water with her feet to let out her frustration.
“Liu Hun, you just wait!
Hmph!” Cai Yan pounded the water surface in rage, causing it to ripple several tis in front of her.
Finding no other outlet for her anger, she grabbed her own bouncing breasts and scolded them, “Why are you still quivering?
It’s all your fault!
Who asked you to grow so big?
Do you have any idea how many thugs you’ve attracted?
Sooner or later, I’m going to have you reduced!
Still quivering!”
Standing in the spring, venting her anger, Cai Yan slowly cald down.
Looking back, she thought she had seen sothing prominent.
She suddenly speculated in her mind, that jerk must be into , it looked pretty big, it would probably hurt the first ti, and he had a pretty good physique…
Oh my!
What am I even thinking!
He’s just a scoundrel!
Under the setting moon’s round glow, an incredibly beautiful figure stood in the hot spring.
Even though it was unclear what she was muttering, there was no doubt that she made the whole night even more sensuous.
Back ho, Liu Hun really hadn’t expected that Cai Yan’s body was as flawless as white porcelain, well-proportioned throughout, not a bit too fat, not a bit too thin, truly bewitching to the soul.
After this incident, when the two of them t the next day, Cai Yan did not make a scene as usual.
She just haughtily turned her face away, looking at Liu Hun with a gaze that held three parts scorn, three parts hatred, three parts aloofness, and one part…
shyness.
Once the tea fight drama had concluded and the accounts and division of labor had been almost settled, thirty pounds of the ancient tea had been harvested in the second picking.
With the title of “Tea King,” the ancient tea from this poor mountain ravine was sold for a price even more expensive than gold—the original price of ten thousand per tael had been vigorously snapped up for fifteen thousand per tael.
The thirty pounds of tea leaves sold for the sky-high price of four million five hundred thousand.
According to the original registration of the shares by the contributors, Liu Hun alone received two million two hundred and fifty thousand, and almost every household in Wanbao Village received more than fifty thousand.
Even those who had contributed the least received twenty thousand.
And this was just from one tea harvest.
There were still two more to co this year.
At this rate, even if the tea market took a downturn, it was a foregone conclusion that Wanbao Village would shed its title of poverty.
Once Liu Hun had prepared the materials, he imdiately went to the Township Governnt Office.
He had no desire to remain shackled by the curse of being a poverty-stricken village.
This was an important step for Wanbao Village, indeed, a significant stride in the village’s developnt.
Leaders always seed to have endless etings.
On his visits to the Township Governnt, Liu Hun had certainly gotten a sense of this reality.
Arriving at the Mayor’s office, Liu Hun still did not get to see Mayor Xie Heguo; instead, he was arranged to wait in the reception room by the secretary, Fu Li.
This ti, the wait wasn’t too long—just half an hour—and then the conference room door opened.
Mayor Xie Heguo walked in, all smiles and greasy charm, followed closely by Lin Fugui, who was like a dung beetle following in Xie Heguo’s wake, as if awaiting a steaming morsel directly from Xie’s behind.
“Little Ling, you’ve co at just the right ti!” Xie Heguo chuckled as he greeted Liu Hun, sitting down.
He, of course, knew about Wu Jin’s situation, which seed the perfect opportunity to rub salt in the wound.
Lin Fugui glanced at Liu Hun as if he had just seen his own wild father, his eyes filled with both fear and hate.
“Mayor Xie, I am here this ti to…” Liu Hun was about to explain his business when he was interrupted by a gesture from Xie Heguo.
Xie Heguo said to Liu Hun, “You listen to first!” As he spoke, he took a set of docunts from Lin Fugui’s hands and then said to Liu Hun, “Your village chief, Qin Yue, is a woman, and I know a lot of things are actually handled by you.
So, I might as well tell you, just sign your na and press your fingerprint, and our business here will be considered settled.”
“What?
What business?” Liu Hun asked, confused, as if he had fallen into a cloud of mist, utterly clueless about what Xie Heguo was talking about, and sowhat worried that Xie Heguo was going to give him trouble over Wu Jin’s issue.
Patting Liu Hun on the shoulder, Xie Heguo said, “Xiao Ling, it’s like this.
The higher-ups have increased their support for poverty alleviation in poor villages.
But along with this increased support, the area of guaranteed grain fields needs to increase as well.”
“Exactly, exactly!
The mayor is absolutely right!
Everything is for the good of Wanbao Village, isn’t that the slogan we’ve been saying?
To be rich, first grow grain, then raise pigs!
Xiao Ling, the mayor is really looking out for your village’s best interest, don’t be ungrateful!” Lin Fugui chid in from the side, his tone akin to a monkey donning a cap, trying to pass for human.
Liu Hun was instantly puzzled and hurriedly said, “Mayor!
That’s not right!
That’s not what we discussed before, is it?”
“Xiao Ling!
You need to mind your words and the way you express them!
Aren’t you just blatantly suggesting that our mayor has a poor mory?
Mayor Xie works tirelessly for Taiping Town, sacrificing sleep and forgetting food.
Not only do you not learn or show respect, but you also talk like this?!
There’s a problem with your attitude!” Lin Fugui instantly jumped in, utilizing all the idiomatic phrases he’d learned from his three days of education, defending his master with the loyalty of a mongrel guarding its ho, ready to sink its teeth into anyone passing by the gate.
“Fu Gui, you too must be careful.
Xiao Ling is just too young, it’s inevitable he might misspeak.
In dealing with our young comrades, we need a bit more patience and care!” Xie Heguo said with an eased expression, feeling utterly pleased inside, his oily skin gleaming after Lin Fugui’s flattery.
This was exactly the effect he wanted; today he had to teach Liu Hun a lesson, to make him know who was the boss!
After Xie Heguo made a show of speaking to Lin Fugui, he turned to Liu Hun and said, “Xiao Ling, just sign this docunt.
It’s ti to go back and have Qin Yue call a village collective eting, and just notify everyone about this matter.
The Township Governnt will rember your efforts and contributions!” With that, he pushed the docunt and pen in front of Liu Hun, eager to secure the poverty alleviation funds, and at the sa ti let out the frustration on his nephew.
Clear as day, this was making him take the fall, ending up with a tombstone that might as well read “Unknown life and death,” following the sa logic, and completely against his own plans or the pledges he had initially made.
Liu Hun had figured it out; he was certainly not keen on being the naless hero who helped Xie Heguo embezzle funds.
“Mayor Xie, I can’t sign this,” Liu Hun said, reaching out to close the docunt.
Xie Heguo’s face instantly soured, each slab of fat on his face spelling out “The leader is unhappy, the consequences will be severe.”
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