Returning to 84, hunting for wealth, one person feeding three families.

Village entrance.

Ye Chen's return caused a stir.

It was noon, and many people were carrying hoes, heading home to start fires and cook.

Ye Chen had two pheasants with brightly colored feathers hanging from his waist.

How could a drunkard, after spending half a day in the old forest, have such a harvest?

Everyone was shocked and started discussing it.

"That good-for-nothing actually caught two pheasants. Should we say he was lucky, or that he's skilled?"

"What skills could he possibly have? I bet he just stumbled upon a fight between pheasants and got lucky!"

"Such a plump pheasant, what a waste to give it to a good-for-nothing! All he does after eating is beat women. I'd rather take it home; my grandson can eat it and then go to college!"

Many people are envious. They think, "You're such a loser, why are you living a better life than us?"

Everyone eats grain, and adults can't stand seeing oily gorillas.

Why should you be allowed to eat meat?

"Ye Chen, tell this auntie where this chicken came from? She'll get a good deal later and thank you when she gets back!"

"Ye Chen, are you selling your pheasants? I'll trade you some grain! I still have 10 jin of sorghum flour at home; I'll trade you two pheasants for that. Consider yourself lucky!"

Many shameless rural women even mustered up their courage and stepped forward.

He wanted to strike up a conversation with Ye Chen and try to get something in return!

If you take two pheasants to the city, you can sell them for at least fifty yuan.

That's equivalent to a month's salary for a full-time employee!

But they just casually ask for ten jin of sorghum flour, making it seem like you're getting a better deal.

This statement made Ye Chen laugh in anger.

"Auntie, your sorghum flour is too valuable; I can't afford to trade it. Even if I found this pheasant, I guess I was just lucky."

"These two chickens are so plump, let's go back and slaughter them. One will be used for soup, and the other will be braised, so my three wives can have a taste too!"

Ye Chen's smugness infuriated the people who had tried to talk to him earlier.

Eat, eat, eat until you die!

"Make way, everyone make way!"

Just as everyone was getting angry, a serious voice suddenly came.

Team leader Liu Changjun parted the crowd and walked to the front.

His gaze fell on the two pheasants in Ye Chen's hand, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"Ye Chen, where did you get this chicken?"

Taking advantage of the situation, Liu Changjun made threats and almost tarnished Tian Xiaohui's reputation.

When Ye Chen saw the other party again, he naturally didn't have the slightest bit of a temper and retorted directly.

"There are so many pheasants in the old forest behind the mountain. If you're so capable, go catch them yourself. What's the point of blocking my way and asking me?"

This attitude reminded Liu Changjun of the night Ye Chen beat him up.

He had previously declared that this matter was not over.

Does Ye Chen still dare to be arrogant now?

We need to teach him a lesson!

Thinking of this, Liu Changjun curled his lip.

He reached out and blocked Ye Chen's path, speaking sternly.

"Ye Chen, what gives you the right to speak like that? I am the commune leader, representing the interests of the entire commune. Please correct your attitude!"

"The old forest is right next to our Shuangshu Village. According to the rules, every tree and blade of grass there belongs to the collective!"

"Even those two pheasants you have belong to everyone from the commune's perspective, and they must be distributed equally!"

"You want to take it home and enjoy it all by yourself? You're basically exploiting socialism and harming everyone's interests!"

Liu Changjun was well-versed in the commune's regulations, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately imposed a label on someone.

In his heart, however, he was already making plans.

Ye Chen handed over these two chickens today, and he could just divide one up in front of everyone to shut the villagers up.

We can take the last one home and call the village chief and secretary over for a special meal that evening.

Sitting on the kang (heated brick bed), taking a sip of wine, the taste is absolutely amazing!

Perfect! Using this as an excuse, we can lock Ye Chen up and put him to hard labor!

Inciting public unrest and causing disturbances is a serious crime!

Seeing that someone was taking the lead, the other envious villagers stopped pretending.

They all voiced their support for Liu Changjun's statement and launched a scathing attack on Ye Chen!

Faced with the wave of public support, Ye Chen let out a cold laugh.

Liu Changjun, I haven't even thought about causing you any trouble, and you've already come to me acting like a big bad wolf?

Are you trying to use this excuse against me?

Let's go and see who will have the last laugh!

In front of everyone, Ye Chen did not hesitate at all and took off the pheasant from his waist without saying a word.

He let go and threw it directly at his feet.

"What Captain Liu said makes a lot of sense. The whole village is a collective, and everyone is a part of that collective."

"I'm willing to offer these two pheasants!"

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't dare to utter a single word and acted so weakly, Liu Changjun was overjoyed.

He immediately reached out to grab the pheasant.

But Ye Chen suddenly made a move and grabbed Liu Changjun's wrist.

Liu Changjun shuddered and quickly issued a warning.

"Ye Chen, what are you doing?"

"I'm warning you, there are so many eyes watching here. If you dare lay a hand on me, I'll drag you and call the police!"

"Captain Liu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"

Seeing that Liu Changjun was almost scared to death, Ye Chen remained calm and spoke eloquently.

"We're all grown men. I just shook your hand. Why are you so scared? You're not a virgin anymore. Why are you so concerned about your innocence?"

"I did this to remind Captain Liu, is it something you've forgotten?"

"You just said that anything that belongs to the collective must be distributed equally. You wanted my chickens, so I gave them to you. Shouldn't Captain Liu also get a share of his mansion?"

"Who here doesn't know? In the whole village, only Captain Liu's house is impressive. It's a three-courtyard red brick house, and the courtyard alone is three-tenths of an acre."

"We live in mud shacks, the commune can't discriminate against us!"

"You can't just say, 'You want my things, so we'll share them equally,' and then change your attitude when I ask you for them back, can you?"

Ye Chen was quite experienced in dealing with keyboard warriors like Liu Changjun.

In his past life, he was a force to be reckoned with when it came to online arguments, and he was no less skilled than Yaoshui Ge!

In high-intensity battles, even boxers are no match for Ye Chen.

Liu Changjun is nothing to mere mortals; he can be manipulated at will!

As the saying goes, it's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality.

Liu Changjun previously incited public sentiment by taking advantage of people's envy.

But Ye Chen's words have now shifted the focus of everyone's attention to Liu Changjun.

Everyone is poor, so why should you be the only one to achieve a comfortable life?

Compared to that, two mere pheasants are nothing.

Immediately, a murmur of discussion erupted!

"That good-for-nothing Ye Chen, although he doesn't do anything good usually, what he said is quite right. Liu Changjun lives so well, why should he?"

"That's right! Since both chickens belong to the collective, then the large, three-courtyard house should also be distributed among the villagers!"

"Could it be that Captain Liu is embezzling funds? Is he using his position to make money everywhere? Otherwise, why is it that we all live in mud houses, while he's the only one who built a brick house?"

Seeing that the villagers were going too far, Liu Changjun panicked and hurriedly rebuked them.

"Shut up, both of you! How can you conflate these two things?"

"Stop gossiping here, or I'll dock your work points!"