"Alright, alright, stop crying." Chen Yuanbao waved his hand and said, "Keep a close eye on the medicinal herb field on the back mountain. If anyone dares to pick a single herb, hit them with your whisk."

"Yes, sir!"

Xuan Yi stood up, wiped away his tears, flicked his whisk, and walked out with his head held high and chest out, his back view as if he had obtained an imperial sword.

After he left, Widow Liu smiled and said, "You took on this apprentice as if you found him somewhere."

"You bet!" Chen Yuanbao stretched and said, "Sister-in-law, why do you look so beautiful today?"

Widow Liu blushed even more, turned and went into the house, saying without looking back, "Smooth talker."

Chen Yuanbao secretly made a hand seal behind her back, and a very slight wisp of spiritual energy drifted into her body, nourishing her meridians.

He had been doing this quietly for the past few days, and now the results were showing. Widow Liu now looked like she had a beauty filter on; her skin was fair and rosy, and her eyes were watery.

— Several idle people in the village were quite envious.

Liu Erlaizi, Wang Sanpao, and Sun Mazi, who sells fake plasters at the village entrance all day long, have been hanging around Chen Yuanbao's house lately, their eyes practically glued to Widow Liu.

But they only dared to watch from afar.

After Wang Sanpao drank a couple of mouthfuls of cat urine last time, he mustered up the courage to act like a hooligan in front of Chen Yuanbao's house. Chen Yuanbao casually pointed at him, and a big boil immediately appeared on his face. He didn't dare to go out for three days.

After the news spread, the villagers would avoid Chen Yuanbao's yard whenever they saw it, for fear of running into him.

Sun Mazi was squatting in the corner again today, holding a foxtail grass in his hand, watching Liu the widow's departing figure with longing eyes.

Chen Yuanbao lazily lifted his eyelids from the recliner and pursed his lips.

"Sun Mazi".

Sun Mazi shuddered. "Hey, Master Chen! I'm leaving right now, I'm leaving right now!"

"Why the rush?" Chen Yuanbao asked, narrowing his eyes. "Come here, I have something for you."

Sun Mazi's legs were already weak, but he still gritted his teeth and shuffled over.

Chen Yuanbao flicked his finger, and a small pebble flew out, hitting him on the buttocks with a "smack".

"Ouch!"

Sun Mazi covered his buttocks and jumped three feet high.

"Remember this," Chen Yuanbao said slowly, "Don't let any unauthorized people come near this courtyard. If you do come, bring two catties of good wine."

"Yes, yes, Master Chen is absolutely right!" Sun Mazi took off running.

Widow Liu poked her head out of the room and said, "You're bullying her again."

"Sister-in-law, this is called setting rules," Chen Yuanbao said, happily cracking sunflower seeds. "This is called the art of management."

Early the next morning, there was commotion at the village entrance.

A red excavator led the way, followed by two road rollers, three cement mixers, and five large trucks loaded with sand and gravel, as they drove into Sanshui Village in a grand procession.

The villagers had never seen anything like it before; the children ran after the convoy, just like a New Year's parade.

Leading the way was a middle-aged man wearing a hard hat, surnamed Zhou, who was the project manager sent by Su Qingyan's company.

As soon as he got out of the car, he grabbed the blueprints and asked around, "Excuse me, where is General Manager Chen Yuanbao?"

"General Manager Chen?" Li Ergou scratched his head and said, "There's only Master Chen in our village, not General Manager Chen."

"It's him, it's him!"

Li Ergou led Engineer Zhou to Chen Yuanbao's doorstep. Engineer Zhou respectfully handed Chen his business card: "Hello, Mr. Chen, I am Zhou Jianguo from the Engineering Department of Yunshang Group. General Manager Su asked me to come and repair the road for you. Here are the construction drawings, please take a look."

Chen Yuanbao pretended to glance at the blueprints, but he didn't understand a single word. After finishing the assembly, he closed the blueprints and said, "Hmm, okay, we'll do it this way."

"Alright, let's get started."

With a wave of his hand, Engineer Zhou immediately set up his equipment. The excavator's bucket plunged into the soil again and again, and the road roller rumbled and rolled over, making a great noise, just like a demolition.

The villagers gathered around to watch the spectacle.

"My goodness, they're going to build asphalt roads already?"

"The ancestral graves in Sanshui Village have started emitting green smoke!"

"It will be so much easier to go into the city now!"

Just as people were busy, a white Bentley slowly drove in from the village entrance.

As soon as the car door opened, Su Qingyan stepped out wearing a pair of white high heels. Today, she was wearing a beige suit skirt, her hair was up, and she was wearing sunglasses, looking exactly like a runway model.

"Brother Yuanbao!"

As soon as she got out of the car, she waved to Chen Yuanbao, smiling very happily.

The idle men in the village started swallowing hard again, but this time they swallowed even harder, because they could never have dreamed of a woman as beautiful as Su Qingyan.

Chen Yuanbao walked over: "The big boss has come in person?"

"I'm here to give you some money." Su Qingyan took an envelope out of her bag. "This is the first batch of dividends from the health center last month. Here you go."

Chen Yuanbao took it and weighed it in his hand; it was very light, as if it were nothing.

"Just one piece of paper?"

"A check," Su Qingyan said with a smile. "Open it and take a look."

Chen Yuanbao gasped when he opened it.

He counted the zeros after the number three times: seven the first time, eight the second time, and seven the third time.

"this……"

"Three million eight hundred thousand." Su Qingyan said to him with a smile, "Brother Yuanbao, the health regimen you concocted with spiritual spring water has caused the health center to be overwhelmed with orders this month. Now the membership cards are booked until March next year."

Three million eight hundred thousand.

After a moment's hesitation, Chen Yuanbao put the check in his pocket and said calmly, "Hmm, is this all?"

"That's all?" Su Qingyan chuckled. "How many more do you want?"

"No, no, what I mean is... okay, let's leave it at that." Chen Yuanbao forced a show of wealth, "Next month, you need more."

"You'll be satisfied."

Before she could finish speaking, Widow Liu returned from the village entrance with her vegetable basket and stopped when she saw Su Qingyan.

Su Qingyan, with her sharp eyes, greeted her with a smile: "Hello, sister-in-law."

"Mr. Su... Mr. Su." Widow Liu was a little reserved.

"Just call me Qingyan, no need to be so polite."

Chen Yuanbao took out the check and handed it to Widow Liu: "Sister-in-law, please take this."

Widow Liu looked down and her face turned pale.

"This...this much money?"

The largest denomination banknote she had ever seen in her life was one hundred yuan, and that was the New Year's money she received from her parents' home. Looking at the string of zeros on the check, her hands began to tremble.

"You can keep it. You're in charge of managing all the money in the house," Chen Yuanbao said casually.

After folding the check into thirds, Widow Liu wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it in the pocket of her innermost garment. She then pressed it down to make sure it hadn't fallen out.

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