Back to 1984: I built a chicken farm on a barren mountain.

Chen Wenfeng and Accountant Wang were both surprised by the village chief Chen Youwei's voice. How could he suddenly make a sound?

Chen Youwei stopped his bicycle, and Chen Wenfeng and Accountant Wang also stopped.

Chen Youwei said:

"Yes, suddenly my throat didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore. Maybe the medicine prescribed by Sun Fugui worked."

Although Chen Youwei's voice is still a little hoarse, it sounds about 70-80% better.

Seeing that Accountant Wang was smiling with her head down, Chen Wenfeng, and Chen Youwei who also noticed that Accountant Wang was laughing incessantly, said:

"You've been tickled."

Accountant Wang ignored Chen Youwei's words and continued to laugh to himself for a while. Only after he had finished laughing did he say:

"Village chief, it's not that Sun Fugui's medicine is working, it's Wen Feng, the catalyst, that's making the difference!"

After saying that, Accountant Wang laughed even louder.

Accountant Wang is usually not very talkative and mostly acts as Chen Youwei's assistant. Chen Wenfeng thought Accountant Wang was a very dull person, but he didn't expect her to be quite funny when she made a joke.

Chen Youwei felt a little embarrassed by Accountant Wang's joke and said:

"I've been so anxious and stressed these past few days, I did lose my temper a bit. Xiao Wang, please don't take it to heart!"

When Chen Wenfeng heard Chen Youwei admit his lapse in composure to Accountant Wang in front of him, he couldn't help but admire Chen Youwei's frankness.

Accountant Wang hadn't expected Chen Youwei to apologize to her, and quickly said:

"Village chief, look at what you're saying. After all, I kept telling you that there was no problem with Han Laosi, but he caused such a big problem and you even got scolded."

Chen Youwei said:

"It's not your fault. This Han Laosi, I used to think he was quite cautious, but now he's getting more and more arrogant."

Chen Youwei and Accountant Wang complained about Han Laosi for a while. Chen Wenfeng listened silently without saying a word. He knew that Han Laosi was a cunning guy. He seemed to be fooling around, but it was not an easy thing to find something to use against him. However, according to Chen Wenfeng's judgment, Han Laosi would definitely try to take advantage of others, and as long as he did, there would be traces and flaws.

Chen Wenfeng was waiting for Han Laosi to make a mistake so he could bring him down.

After talking for a while, Chen Youwei noticed that Chen Wenfeng was in a daze. He still felt that his throat was not very comfortable, so he told Accountant Wang and Chen Wenfeng to continue riding back.

They entered the village shortly afterward.

Because Qiwang Town is located east of Chenjiazhuang, they had to pass by the soy sauce factory at the east end of the village to get back to the village. It was almost noon, and the workers were preparing to eat, so they were wandering around the factory gate in twos and threes.

From a distance, people saw three people riding over, one of whom was wearing a big red flower on his chest.

As they got closer, they could see that it was village chief Chen Youwei, accountant Wang, and Chen Wenfeng, with the big red flower on Chen Wenfeng's chest being particularly eye-catching.

"village head!"

"Uncle Youwei!"

Everyone greeted Chen Youwei. Chen Wenfeng thought Chen Youwei would just greet everyone and then move on, but unexpectedly Chen Youwei stopped and slowly pushed his bicycle.

Chen Wenfeng and Accountant Wang had no choice but to stop and follow behind Chen Youwei.

The three people are now in the following order: Chen Youwei (responsible for greeting people); Accountant Wang (introducing people about Chen Wenfeng being commended by the town mayor); and Chen Wenfeng (wearing a big red flower and enjoying people's congratulations).

The three of them walked in this order until they had left the soy sauce factory far behind. The workers at the soy sauce factory looked like ants. Only then did Chen Youwei take the lead and get on his bicycle.

Han Laosi was talking to Qin Xiaofen in the office when he saw that the people waiting for dinner in the courtyard had all gone out. He went out of the house and asked them questions.

People were telling Han Laosi in vivid detail how Chen Wenfeng had shared his experience of getting rich in town and had been personally commended by the town mayor, given a certificate, a red flower, and a bonus.

Han Laosi's face turned green, a deep, vibrant green.

He was informed the day before yesterday that he was not allowed to attend the meeting because of his conduct.

Today Chen Wenfeng returns with honors, which should rightfully belong to him, Han Laosi cursed through gritted teeth.

People with problems never think they have problems. Han Laosi and Qin Xiaofen had an ambiguous relationship, but he automatically ignored his own faults and pushed all the problems onto Chen Youwei and Chen Wenfeng.

Especially Chen Wenfeng, who was always going against me. No, it started with his father, Chen Shouyi.

Qin Xiaofen also heard what people were saying. She knew that Han Laosi couldn't attend the wealth-building exchange meeting because of her. That's how it is these days. Even if she insisted that there was nothing between her and Han Laosi, people would still believe the rumors. Besides, they did have a guilty conscience after all!

Qin Xiaofen was a shrewd woman. At this moment, she pretended to be stupid and not see anything. Anyway, Han Laosi couldn't blame her for the problem, otherwise he would be shameless, just like King Zhou blaming Su Daji for losing his country. Shameless man.

The soy sauce factory was at the east end of the village. Chen Youwei and his two companions rode for a while longer until they reached the main street of the village, where there were more people.

Chen Wenfeng saw Chen Youwei wave his hand and then got off his bicycle. Almost at the same time, Accountant Wang also got off his bicycle.

Chen Wenfeng was speechless. My goodness, were they going to continue the parade?

Chen Wenfeng dislikes this kind of thing the most, which is why he has always refused to participate in such exchange meetings.

Enough already. In Chen Wenfeng's memory, Chen Youwei wasn't usually this flamboyant.

But what could he say? He could only bite the bullet and follow Accountant Wang.

Practice makes perfect, and this time Chen Youwei took the initiative to greet the villagers more proactively. Accountant Wang introduced Chen Wenfeng's deeds more skillfully, organizing his words in more detail and speaking with more emotion than the first time.

Chen Wenfeng, like a puppet, let the two of them pull him along, occasionally managing to force out a standard smile.

So the three of them pushed their bicycles and rode around the village in a very comical way. Under the midday sun, Chen Wenfeng felt like he was getting oily from the sun.

When Chen Wenfeng was so hot he was practically steaming, he suddenly heard Chen Youwei say:

That's all for today, tomorrow...

Before Chen Youwei could finish his sentence, Chen Wenfeng immediately interrupted, saying:

"We won't continue tomorrow."

Chen Youwei knew that Chen Wenfeng disliked this kind of scene, and said:

"Then let's not continue tomorrow. Let's have something to eat together for lunch."

Chen Wenfeng then noticed that the three of them had returned to the entrance of Chenjiazhuang Village Committee.

Since he was already there, Chen Wenfeng followed Chen Youwei into the village committee's courtyard.

Accountant Wang didn't go in; he got on his bicycle and left.

Chen Youwei said:

"I told him to get some food, and we'll go to the village committee together to get a bite."

The two of them parked their bicycles, sat down in the office, and chatted idly.

The old-fashioned clock in the room ticked away. Chen Wenfeng glanced at the clock, then at his own watch.

The watch showed 1:12 PM, while the old clock showed 1:15 PM.

Chen Youwei said:

"This old clock is still very accurate."

Chen Wenfeng checked his watch against the old clock's time and said:

"Uncle Youwei, why hasn't Uncle Wang returned yet?"

"Don't worry, it'll be ready soon."