We agreed on a famine year, so how come your family has enough rice and wheat flour?

Wang Fugui looked at Lin Feng and sneered, "Fool, then tell me, what are you doing?"

The other villagers pricked up their ears, eager to hear how Lin Feng would explain.

"Scrape the saltpeter."

"Salt water? What is salt water?"

"You don't understand."

"I don't understand?" Wang Fugui couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Fool, who are you, and who am I? You think I don't understand?"

"Stop playing dumb here. Give me more gunpowder, or I'll beat you up later, you hear me?!"

Other villagers also felt that Lin Feng was making a fuss and seemed to have lost his mind.

Seeing this, Lin Feng shook his head and wanted to take Liu Yu away from here and back to the house.

"Don't go! Tell everyone what this 'nitrate' is for, what kind of treasure it is!" Wang Fugui blocked his way.

Lin Feng lost patience with this shameless person and kicked him to the ground.

"Well, you idiot, you actually dared to hit me!" Wang Fugui roared, rolling up his sleeves.

At this moment, two men from the Chen family walked over.

Wang Fugui recognized the two men and immediately shouted, "You've come at the right time! Push this idiot into the outhouse and make him eat shit!"

"I'll teach you to kick me!"

The two men exchanged a glance and said respectfully, "Young master, the master instructed us to bring Lin Feng to the Chen family for dinner. We are unable to fulfill your request."

"What the hell?" Wang Fugui was stunned, incredulous. "Why would my brother-in-law send an idiot to his house? Isn't he afraid he'll make a mess of the place?"

Seeing a large number of villagers gathered around, the two men looked embarrassed and didn't know how to explain.

"This was ordered by the master; we servants don't know the details."

Wang Fugui thought Chen Youtian had designs on Liu Yu, so he wanted to get Lin Feng drunk to make him lose consciousness.

While feeling envious, Wang Fugui didn't know what to say.

The villagers were also stunned.

Yesterday, Lin Feng beat up one of Chen Youtian's servants, which clearly shows that the two are at odds. This morning, Chen Youtian invited Lin Feng to dinner instead, which is not right!

"Lin Feng, our master requests your presence. Please come with us now."

The two men walked up to Lin Feng.

Thinking of what had happened to the master, the two dared not neglect Lin Feng in any way.

"Husband!" Liu Yu exclaimed nervously, tugging at Lin Feng's clothes.

After all, Chen Youtian was no saint, and Liu Yu had no idea what her husband had done last night.

"It's alright, I'll be right back." Lin Feng patted Liu Yu's hand with a faint smile.

Then, Lin Feng handed the wooden bowl containing saltpeter to Liu Yu and told her to put it away.

"Lead the way," Lin Feng said to the two men, his hands in his pockets.

The two men didn't say anything and led the way.

Wang Fugui followed closely behind, eager to see what his brother-in-law was up to.

We arrived at the Chen family's residence.

"Young master, the master said that only Lin Feng is allowed to go in."

Led by a man, Lin Feng entered the hall, but Wang Fugui, who was behind him, was stopped.

Wang Fugui tried to force his way in, but Chen Youtian glared at him from inside and made him behave.

After Lin Feng entered, Chen Youtian and his fourth concubine stood up, cupped their hands in greeting to him, and said with a smile:

"Brother Lin, I hope I didn't disturb you by inviting you over so early in the morning."

Lin Feng took a seat without ceremony and said with a calm smile, "I won't bother you. I was the one who bothered Chen Lizheng first last night."

Are you trying to disturb me? You're scaring me half to death...

Chen Youtian forced a smile.

"Haha, I admit I'm a bit of a bother, but it's nothing serious."

Chen Youtian gave his fourth concubine a wink, and she immediately closed the door to the hall. Then she personally poured a glass of wine for the two of them.

"Brother Lin, let's have a drink." Chen Youtian greeted Lin Feng with a smile, calling him brother.

Lin Feng responded with a smile, as if nothing had happened last night.

After a while.

"Let's not beat around the bush, I'm here to reconcile with you this time," Chen Youtian said bluntly.

"Brother Lin, the Chen family has so many servants, yet none of them noticed when you came in last night, and you even chopped off the head of my favorite dog."

"Afterwards, I carefully went through the whole thing. It's all my fault for that blind servant, Ah Bing, who brought two people and tried to rob you."

"As the host, I was implicated."

Chen Youtian shook his head and sighed, pushing all the blame onto his servant A Bing, thus absolving himself of any responsibility.

After a pause, Chen Youtian gave his fourth concubine a look.

The other person then brought over a tray from a nearby table, on which was placed a wild ginseng root.

"Brother Lin, this wild ginseng is for you. I wish you a speedy recovery of your manhood," Chen Youtian said with a smile.

Lin Feng glanced at the wild ginseng and immediately frowned.

"This wild ginseng seems to be only about ten years old."

Chen Youtian was slightly surprised; Lin Feng did have some insight. He then explained:

"Brother, don't be offended. This is the only one left at home. The others have already been given to important people in the city."

"Now that there's both famine and banditry, I need to curry favor with the city folks and ask for a peace charm."

Lin Feng nodded and accepted the wild ginseng.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Feng suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Chen Youtian was taken aback. He hadn't expected Lin Feng to have such a big appetite. After accepting the wild ginseng, he actually wanted more.

Lin Feng smiled coldly, his eyes full of amusement. "Your three servants came here with the intention of killing me. If I didn't know a little bit of martial arts, I certainly wouldn't be sitting here today."

Chen Youtian cursed inwardly, but Lin Feng's greed was within his expectations, so he gave the fourth concubine a look.

The fourth concubine left the hall reluctantly, and returned a short while later, taking out a land deed from her sleeve and placing it on the table.

Chen Youtian glanced at the land deed, then pushed it in front of Lin Feng, appearing as if he were ceding land to make peace:

"This is a land deed for two acres of paddy fields..."

"Okay, thanks then." Lin Feng accepted the money without waiting for Chen Youtian to finish speaking.

Lin Feng continued, "By the way, you seem to have horses, right? Pick one for me."

"Addicted to extortion, huh...?" Chen Youtian's lips twitched.

"I'll send Lotus to the stables to pick out a good horse for you."

As Chen Youtian spoke, he asked his fourth concubine to choose a horse for Lin Feng.

Fourth Concubine was also afraid of Lin and harbored resentment, but dared not say anything and obediently went to pick out a horse for him.

Lin Feng said, "Village head, I killed your dog last night and scared you with its bloody head. I should give you some compensation, both morally and logically."

As he spoke, Lin Feng reached into his pocket.

Chen Youtian was stunned. Was Lin Feng planning to give him money?

A wave of disdain washed over him; he looked down on Lin Feng's paltry fortune.

Chen Youtian, however, still smiled and said, "Brother Lin, it's all because I didn't discipline my servants properly. There's no need for that."

"No, let's keep things separate. You gave me compensation, and I'll give you emotional compensation in return."

After saying that, Lin Feng reached into his pocket and placed ten copper coins on the table with a clatter.

"Village head, please don't be offended. I'm not as wealthy as you, and this is all I can afford."

I knew it... Luckily, Chen Youtian was prepared and didn't expect Lin Feng to come up with much money.

But this humiliation almost made him jump up in anger!

"Village head, no need to see me off, farewell."

Lin Feng got up, took the wild ginseng and the land deed, and left the hall.

Outside the Chen family mansion, in front of the gate, the fourth concubine stood beside an old white horse with a worn-out saddle and stirrups. With a hint of fear in her eyes, she said to Lin Feng:

"Lin Feng, this is the best horse in our Chen family."

After leaving those words, the fourth concubine turned tail and ran.

Lin Feng looked at the old white horse and almost laughed in anger.

"Oh well, it's a horse after all."

Lin Feng led the horse by the reins and left the Chen family.