Chapter 819: Leading Them All to Prosperity
Chen Jiahang looked down at Yuan Yuan and his eyes suddenly widened in surprise. He was surprised by Yuan Yuan’s words.
He had never expressed any dislike toward Yuan Yuan.
Moreover, he had promised Yan Yan that the child could continue staying with them and also agreed to raise the child together with her in the event that he was truly Yan Yan’s biological son.
He would not renege on his promises and this child looked pretty well-behaved. The only person he didn’t like was this child’s father.
Chen Jiahang shook his head at Yuan Yuan and told him that he didn’t dislike him.
Yuan Yuan beamed happily when he saw Chen Jiahang shake his hand and patted Chen Jiahang’s leg as he said, “Uncle, I’ll leave once the school term starts.”
He didn’t intend to stay here for a long period because he had to return to school and play with his friends. His father mentioned that he would ask his mother to send him back to Ye City once the school term started.
Chen Jiahang nodded. He wasn’t bothered by this child’s presence and all he wanted was for Yan Yan and himself to have a child of their own. He wanted them to have a child that was as bright as Yuan Yuan and not someone as foolish as himself.
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They were extremely busy the entire morning and He Xiyan and Chen Jiahang finally managed to whip up a delicious feast by noontime. There were 15 dishes, 4 plates of desserts, a plate of fresh fruits and these plates filled the entire table.
This table was a large round table that could seat more than ten people.
Their neighbours started to arrive and these were all their fellow villagers so they weren’t that concerned about their outer appearance and wore simple outfits. They chatted amicably as they ate and drank, and told each other several interesting things that happened along the course of their day, or how much they managed to make.
In fact, they had made quite a lot of money over the past year. Since Yan Yan’s and Jiahang’s online store started to gain traction, their crops were all purchased by He Xiyan before being sold online.
Several families mainly grew corn since corn could be grown throughout the year, fetched relatively high prices and was also high in demand. There were also several families who grew sweet potatoes and their crops were all sold online by He Xiyan. They managed to earn 5 dollars per 500 gram for their crops and this was a price that was far beyond their imagination.
He Xiyan had also established a small factory within the village and this factory mainly produced homemade chopped chilli, pickled radish, soy, and other canned products. These items were all rather popular too.
He Xiyan would also tell them what kind of crops they should be growing based on the sales she made online and the market intelligence she gathered from the wholesale market.
These farmers had stopped growing grain and stopped letting the despicable middlemen take advantage of them by buying their crops at low prices.
“Come, let’s dedicate this toast to Jiahang and Chen Yan to thank them for their contributions to our village and also take this opportunity to thank them for bringing prosperity to our village,” the village chief, Elder Li said as he raised his gla.s.s.
He was an elderly village chief who was more than sixty years of age and his hair was already half-gray. He was respected by all the villagers in the village.
Their neighbours all rose to their feet and raised their gla.s.ses.
Yuan Yuan noticed the change in the atmosphere and clambered off his chair to stand with everyone else. Then, he raised his gla.s.s of milk.
He Xiyan looked a little embarra.s.sed as she thanked them all and Chen Jiahang flashed his signature smile.
They had merely helped out in whatever ways they could but the village chief made them sound like they had made significant contributions to the village.
They toasted each other.
There was a drinking culture at the village so He Xiyan had to drink a couple of gla.s.ses even though she didn’t usually drink.