Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 181 Forcibly Abducting a Woman, You're Stealing Mine?

Chapter 181 Forcibly Abducting a Woman, You're Stealing Mine?
Would you like honey?

"Grilled meat tastes good with honey."

Lu Yuan handed over a jar of honey.

"Yes, yes, yes! Yiyi likes sweet meat."

Yiyi took the honey jar and happily poured the whole jar of honey onto the rabbit, which made Chen Yu, who was standing next to her, feel sorry for her.

Wow, Yiyi, you're such a spendthrift!

Do you really need a whole jar of honey to roast a rabbit?
This thing is very expensive.

"Yiyi, you're so wasteful."

Chen Yu scolded.

"Chen Yu, stop scolding her. This little bit of honey is nothing. As long as Yiyi likes it, your uncle doesn't need it."

Lu Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

He had no shortage of honey. Before the players arrived, honey was very expensive and considered a rare commodity. Even the Chen family couldn't afford to eat it on a regular basis.

However, after the players arrived, the price of honey plummeted, and honey production surged.

On the one hand, there is a large beekeeping community among players, and there are no knowledge barriers between players. The techniques of ancient beekeepers are outdated techniques for players.

With more beekeepers, honey production naturally increases.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how advanced the technology, the honey production will not be much higher. After all, honey is collected by bees, which has a limited speed and has to travel all over the mountains and fields to catch up with the flowering season.

So the question is, is there any way to increase yield without having to travel around chasing the flowering period?
Brother, yes, yes, we feed the bees sugar water.

Eat a lot and be full.

Don't worry about whether this honey meets the standards for real honey or not; there were no standards in ancient times anyway.

As long as the honey is sweet enough and cheap enough, to be honest, Lu Yuan doesn't care whether it's real or fake. To him, honey is just a very ordinary seasoning. He just brushes it on the meat when grilling, and it's perfect.

"Uncle Yuan, is this enough for the two of you?"

"Should we go catch a few more?"

Chen Yu pointed to the meat that was already grilling, his tone somewhat worried.

Lu Yuan already had a big appetite, and after he disappeared for a few days during the Spring Festival, his appetite became even bigger when he returned. Unfortunately, his future aunt, Hu San Niang, also had a big appetite.

The several hundred pounds of meat that Niu Ying has looks like a lot, but to be honest, it's not enough for the two of them to cook.

"It's okay, we're not hungry either. We'll be going into town soon anyway, so let's just have a bite to eat first."

Lu Yuan nodded calmly.

"what?"

Zhang Hengyuan, who was standing to the side, was stunned.

You, Lu Yuan, are truly invincible.

Not only is he physically invincible, but his appetite is also unmatched.

Hundreds of kilograms of meat, in your eyes, are just appetizers?
Zhang Hengyuan couldn't help but wonder, how did Lu Xingzhi, a disabled old man, manage to raise this big glutton for the past twenty-one years?

……

"It's cooked, Yiyi, come and eat."

Chen Yu handed the roasted rabbit to Chen Yiyi. Chen Yiyi glanced at Chen Yu first, then at her grandparents behind her.

She scurried back to the carriage, brought over a plate, placed the rabbit on the plate, and carefully tore it apart.

"This is for my sister-in-law, this is for Zhuzhu. Zhuzhu is too young to eat meat, so Auntie will eat it for him. This is for Grandma..."

Chen Yiyi offered a little rabbit meat to everyone, including Lu Yuan and Hu Sanniang, but they all declined.

They wouldn't stoop so low as to fight a child for meat.

"Yiyi, eat up. Your sister-in-law doesn't like greasy meat."

Chen Yu's wife only ate a symbolic piece of meat, and returned the rest to Yi Yi.

"Hehe, thank you, sister-in-law. Yiyi likes you the most."

……

"You guys should eat quickly."

"We eat very quickly."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he nudged Hu San Niang who was standing to the side.

Hu San Niang rubbed her knuckles, then channeled her spiritual energy and exhaled a breath of spiritual fire. With the heat of the spiritual fire, the flesh and blood of these monsters quickly cooked.

Lu Yuan didn't care whether it was hot or not. He grabbed a piece of meat, bit into it, and the moment he swallowed it, it was instantly digested into the purest energy to supply his whole body.

On the other hand, Hu San Niang, being a strange beast, also had a strong digestive ability, but it was still not as good as Lu Yuan's. She could only eat a few dozen kilograms of meat before she couldn't eat anymore.

The rest of the meat went into Lu Yuan's mouth.

After Lu Yuan finished eating, Chen Yiyi was still gnawing on the last rabbit leg.

His face was covered in oil from eating.

"Get on the bus, get on the bus."

"We're heading into the city."

Hu San Niang lifted Yi Yi onto the carriage and used her spiritual energy to wipe away the oil stains from her face.

After she finished, she jumped back into Lu Yuan's carriage, transformed into a red fox, and perched on Lu Yuan's head, her long red tail swaying and making a clear, tinkling sound.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Waaaaah, I have a little horse-drawn carriage, waaaaah, waaaaah..."

Holding a giant lollipop in her hands, Chen Yiyi sat next to her older brother Chen Yu, swaying her head and singing the nursery rhyme that the strange man had taught her.

The wheels rolled, making a hissing sound as they crushed the wheels.

Suddenly, Hu Sanniang raised her front paws and looked into the distance.

A city came into view ahead.

The ancient city walls stand majestically, exuding a profound sense of history.

On the high wall, soldiers holding sharp weapons scrutinized the convoy entering the city below.

"Here we are."

When Zhang Hengyuan saw the familiar city gate, tears welled up in his eyes.

The line to enter the city was long, but I, Zhang Hengyuan, have returned.

"Uncle Chen, Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, and everyone else, I'll take my leave now. I need to rush back to the Ministry of Personnel before they get off work to report back."

"I'll treat you to a meal at Dongyang Restaurant another day."

After Zhang Hengyuan finished speaking, he hurriedly took his documents and went to find the guards at the gate. After a brief exchange, he was the first to enter the capital.

Lu Yuan and the others didn't have to wait long.

Suddenly, a group of people emerged from the city gate and marched in a grand procession toward Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the person who had come in.

After realizing that the newcomer meant no harm, he closed his eyes again.

"Chen Yu, it really is you."

"You've finally decided to come back."

"This must be your sister-in-law. Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Chen Dong. I am your husband's cousin. My grandfather and his grandfather were brothers, so we are from the same lineage."

"Um, where's my nephew? He's still asleep. Never mind, let's not wake him up."

Although Chen Dong was from a prominent family in the capital, he was closer to Chen Ke's family by blood. This was because his grandfather was Chen Ke's younger brother, a brother born of the same mother.

Although the family may separate, the close bond of blood remains unchanged.

"Chen Yu, is she the sixteenth sister?"

When Chen Dong saw Chen Yiyi next to Chen Yu, who was holding a large lollipop, he had a guess in his mind.

Chen Yiyi had never been to Beijing, nor had he ever met her, but he had mentioned her in his letters from previous years.

A very, very greedy girl who loves to eat.

She especially loves sweets.

"You are the sixteenth, and I am the twelfth."

Chen Yiyi retorted.

"Haha, if we only consider the lineage of our great-grandfather, you are ranked twelfth, but if we consider our lineage, you are ranked sixteenth. You are the youngest sister."

Chen Dong did a calculation for Chen Yiyi.

All things considered, she is still the youngest of the third generation.

……

"grandmother."

Chen Yiyi called out to the back.

"Yiyi, stop fooling around and call me brother."

"elder brother."

"Chen Dong, you little rascal, you've gotten quite a bit darker these past few years."

Chen Dong is also an oddball; to be precise, Chen Ke's younger brother's whole family are oddballs.

My brother-in-law doesn't like reading, but he loves martial arts.

After getting married, they had two children who were both martial arts fanatics.

The eldest brother practices martial arts all day long and doesn't get close to women; he's still a bachelor.

The second son lived up to expectations. In his youth, he ventured into the martial arts world and saved a female knight-errant. The female knight-errant repaid him with her body and gave birth to three martial arts fanatics, with Chen Dong being the eldest.

These three martial arts fanatics were all averse to women, and the youngest even wanted to become a monk.

Ugh.

It's unlikely that her brother-in-law's lineage will have a fourth generation.

"Grandma, I, Chen Dong, am the pride of the Chen family's martial arts."

"I vow to surpass my great-uncle and become the pinnacle of martial arts in the Chen family."

Chen Dong immediately changed his demeanor and became very serious.

"Bad guy."

"You are a bad person."

"I, Chen Yiyi, am the shining light of the Chen family's martial arts."

"Draw your swords, let's duel."

Chen Yiyi immediately put down her lollipop, drew her pink pig sword from her waist, and challenged Chen Dong to a duel.

"Huh?" Chen Dong was shocked.

Sixteenth Brother, how arrogant you are!

A gluttonous girl, yet she dares to dream of becoming the martial arts light of the Chen family?

I don't allow it.

I, Chen Dong, will absolutely not allow it.

Just as Chen Dong was about to uphold his status as the pride of the Chen family, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

Something seems off about the sixteenth old man's aura.

She actually possessed true qi, and it wasn't weak at all.

At such a young age, he was already a seventh-rank martial artist.

This isn't right.

She must be only seven years old, a seven-year-old seventh-rank martial artist?
Is this right?
When I was seven, I was still playing house with mud and pee.

Is this right?
……

"Yiyi, stop it. He's your older brother. You can't hit your older brother, understand?"

Li scolded Chen Yiyi.

"Alright, it's getting late, Chen Dong, lead the way."

Chen Ke stepped out of the carriage in front and stopped the farce.

"Hello, Grandpa."

When Chen Dong saw Chen Ke, he quickly went up to greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Lu."

"And Mr. Lu, you're even better."

Although Chen Dong was a martial artist, he had been instructed by the family head before leaving home to be polite, especially to Lu Yuan.

"Don't call me Mr. Lu, you're being too formal."

“This old man is my sworn brother, your great-grandfather. We’re family. You can just call him Great-Grandfather.”

"Yes, hello Grandpa."

"Go to hell, what kind of weird name is 'Grandpa'? There's no such thing as a great-grandpa in the world. You little rascal, just call me Grandpa Lu, and don't bother with this silly grandpa."

Old Lu was amused by being addressed as "great-grandfather".

You, Chen Ke, how could a mere scholar come up with such a title? That's truly absurd.

"Okay, Grandpa Lu."

Chen Dong wasn't unhappy at all; he simply did whatever his elders told him to do.

Moreover, he wasn't stupid; he clearly knew that his great-grandfather was trying to build connections for them, the younger generation.

"As for Xiao Yuan, you can call him Uncle Yuan."

"Yes, Uncle Yuan."

Chen Dong was very happy.

This trip was a huge success.

"Ah."

Lu Yuan nodded and acknowledged the title of "Uncle".

This Chen Dong is quite clever.

"And her, you can call her Aunt Yuan or Little Aunt, it's fine either way."

Chen Ke pointed to Hu Sanniang above Lu Yuan's head and said seriously.

"what?"

"Auntie?"

Chen Dong looked at his great-grandfather with a puzzled expression.

what?
Auntie?
Wasn't Uncle Yuan here to arrange a blind date with the host family?
How did a little aunt suddenly appear?

Oh no, our Chen family has been outmaneuvered.

In the end, a fox outsmarted him.

"Never mind all that, just say you're going to call out, so call out."

Chen Ke glared at Chen Dong, who didn't dare to think too much and obediently called Hu San Niang "Little Aunt".

"Hahaha."

"Although he is a warrior, he is thoughtful and a very intelligent mortal."

The red fox turned into human form and answered the question, "Little Aunt."

"Huh? A strange beast? My aunt is a strange beast?"

Chen Dong was shocked and couldn't believe it.

"if not?"

"Hurry up, lead the way."

Chen Ke kicked Chen Dong, and Chen Dong immediately ordered his men to clear the way ahead.

The guard at the city gate, seeing that they were from the Chen family, did not stop them and allowed the caravan to cut in line.

The servants led the way, while Chen Dong ran behind and tugged at Chen Yu's sleeve.

"Tell me honestly, what's going on with the sixteenth sister? She's so young and already a seventh-rank martial artist, is that reasonable?"

Chen Dong said, sounding distressed.

"Nonsense, how is it unreasonable? My sister is ranked second on the Prodigy Ranking, seven years old and at the seventh rank, is there a problem with that?"

"What? What did you say? Second on the Prodigy Ranking? The sixteenth prince is second on the Prodigy Ranking?"

Chen Dong was shocked.

"Don't make a fuss. That's my sister. My sister is a genius."

Chen Yu said smugly.

"what?"

"Oh no, the title of the Chen family's martial arts glory is gone."

……

"Excuse me, excuse me..."

The convoy moved slowly forward when suddenly, a riot broke out on the other side of the road.

"Da da da, da da da..."

The rapid clatter of horses' hooves.

Several young men dressed in splendid brocade robes were riding tall horses, galloping wildly through the streets.

He would occasionally brandish his whip, lashing out at the innocent civilians nearby.

He whipped the object while laughing maniacally.

They took their arrogant and domineering attitude to the extreme.

"Get out of here, you troublemaker."

"You're not going to run, huh? Then I'll run you over and kill you."

Do you know who my father is?

“My father, Zhang Changgong, is the Minister of Rites in the Dayong Dynasty. If you don’t want to die, get out of my way.”

The young master at the head of the group laughed wildly, invoking his father's name, leaving the martial arts heroes who wanted to fight speechless with anger.

If it were an ordinary rich young master, they would have killed him without a second thought.

But his father was the Minister of Rites.

This level of quality is simply untouchable.

If you offend him, his father can kill your entire sect with a single stroke of his pen.

This is what the powerful and wealthy are like.

……

"A foul odor."

Hu Sanniang covered her nose with her small hand, looking ahead with disgust.

"Excuse me, Chen family's carriage, please make way."

Although the servants in front saw the young master causing trouble, they didn't take it to heart.

The Chen family were noble families of the Great Yong Dynasty. The son of a mere Minister of Rites was not qualified to make the Chen family yield.

The young masters ahead also spotted the Chen family's convoy. Knowing that the Chen family was not to be trifled with, they didn't bother to provoke them.

A proper arrogant young master must learn to bully the weak and fear the strong.

River water should not interfere with well water.

Suddenly, the young master in the lead saw Hu San Niang. Her alluring appearance made his eyes light up. He couldn't believe that there was such a charming and beautiful woman in the world.

If so, he could take her home.

Wouldn't that be incredibly enjoyable?
As for the Chen family...

The Chen family it is.

Offending the Chen family for the sake of such a woman is not out of the question.

Moreover, it's not necessarily true that we'll offend the Chen family.

After all, my father, Zhang Changgong, was the Minister of Rites in the Dayong Dynasty.

Powerful.

Behind his father stood a family of saints.

With a strong background.

The Chen family, however, was nothing more than a fallen noble family.

Would the Chen family dare to turn against the Zhang family for the sake of a woman?

I doubt he would dare.