He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 108 Leaving Xinghua Village

Wen Dashan and Wen Yunhong arrived at Village Chief Wang's house. Village Chief Wang warmly welcomed them into the main room, saying, "Old woman, bring two bowls of sweet soup."

After taking their seats, Wen Yunhai spoke up, "Grandpa Village Chief, we found more than ten pepper trees on the mountain..."

After telling Village Chief Wang the exact location of the pepper tree, Wen Dashan didn't linger and led Wen Yunhai home to say goodbye. Village Chief Wang instructed his son to ring a gong to notify the villagers to attend a meeting at the village entrance, while he himself walked towards the village entrance with his hands behind his back.

Upon hearing the gong, the villagers of Xinghua Village knew that the village chief had important matters to discuss, and the heads of each household spontaneously stepped out of their homes and headed towards the village entrance.

"Village Chief, what's the good news?" Zhuoyue, who lived at the village entrance, was the first to arrive at the meeting place. He asked with a grin.

Village Chief Wang smiled slightly: "Let's talk about it together when everyone's here."

"Dad, everyone's here except for Uncle Wen's family," said Wang, the village chief's son, who was in charge of counting the people.

Village Chief Wang knew that the Wen family had already harvested a lot of Sichuan peppercorns and wouldn't participate in the villagers' activity of picking peppercorns on the mountain. He cleared his throat and shouted loudly, "Quiet down, quiet down, listen to me..."

The Wen family discovered the Sichuan pepper trees—great news! The price of Sichuan pepper has always been high; with these peppers, they can have a prosperous year. The villagers were remarkably unanimous in their opinion.

"Village chief, where exactly is the pepper tree located?" Villager A asked eagerly.

"Village chief, please tell us quickly!" Villager B shouted after him.

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Hearing the villagers' commotion, Village Chief Wang's smile widened. "Hmph, now that I've told you the exact location of the pepper trees, do you think I'll still be able to see them when I lead people up the mountain tomorrow?"

"Meet at the foot of the mountain tomorrow morning. Each family needs to provide two laborers," Village Chief Wang said with a sly grin, then turned and walked home.

After the meeting, the heads of the households hurried home, where people were waiting for them to start eating at the dinner table. Soon, the village roads were deserted.

At this moment, Gu Jiusi and the others carried the two wild boars back to Wen Dashan's house. Wen Yuxia instructed, "Master Gu, take one of the wild boars to the village chief's house. Grandpa, you come with me. Tell the village chief that this boar is a gift from me to the villagers."

After Wen Dashan and Gu Jiusi left with the wild boar, the Wen brothers, Zibai and Zibo, volunteered to take on the job of slaughtering the pig. Having become quite adept at slaughtering sheep over the years, they were also capable of handling pig slaughtering.

Looking at the big wild boar in the yard and listening to Wen Dashan's account, Village Chief Wang was extremely excited. First, there was Sichuan pepper, and now there's pork. Good things come in pairs!

He held Wen Dashan's hand tightly, saying, "Old Wen, on behalf of the villagers, thank you and Master Gu. Please go back and tell the princess we thank you!"

Wen Dashan smiled slightly: "You gave Da Ya a lot of mountain products this morning, so it's only right that she gives you a gift in return. No need to thank me. You're busy, so I'll head back now. We're slaughtering a pig at home."

"Take care!" Village Chief Wang saw the group to the outside of the courtyard, waved and shouted at their retreating figures, then turned and called back into the courtyard:

"Eldest brother, quick, go and call Butcher Lin to come and slaughter the pig. Second brother, go around the village, bang the gong, and tell the villagers to come to your house to share the meat."

The head of the household, who had just returned home and sat down at the dinner table to pick up his chopsticks, was about to announce that dinner was ready when he heard a "clang clang clang" sound in the night sky.

Then came the rough voice of the village chief's second son: "Meat distribution! Meat distribution! Come to my house to get meat! First come, first served! Latecomers get nothing..."

What? Meat distribution?! The heads of every household in Xinghua Village simultaneously put down their chopsticks and rushed out of their homes, sprinting at top speed to form a long queue in front of Village Chief Wang's courtyard.

At Wen Dashan's house, the wild boar had been cleaned. Wen Yuxia told Nan Si and the others to each take a piece of wild boar meat home to visit their families, and also to give a piece to the families of Nan Yi, Nan Er, Nan San, Bei Yi, and Bei Er.

"Master Gu, take these to town and give them to Steward Li so he can give them to everyone as an extra meal," Wen Yuxia said, pointing to the half-portion of pork she had specially saved.

"Thank you, Princess!" Gu Jiusi carried away half a pig.

The remaining game meat, pork fat, and pork bones were divided equally into four portions: one portion was kept by the Wen family, and one portion each was given to the Yang family, Wen Zibo, and Wen Zihua.

The pig offal was given to Yang, who said before leaving that she would braise the offal that night and send a plate of braised food to each family the next morning.

Everyone left. Old Mrs. Wen and Madam Wen went to the kitchen, and Old Master Wen returned to his bedroom. Only Wen Dashan and Wen Yuxia remained in the main room.

"Grandpa, when you go to the county town, don't skimp on your food. Your eldest and third cousins ​​have exams next year, so they need to take good care of themselves. Also, don't wear your old clothes when you go to the city..."

Speaking of clothes, Wen Yuxia was also helpless. She bought Wen Dashan a lot of new clothes every year, but Wen Dashan was used to being frugal. The new clothes were kept at the bottom of the closet, and he wore old clothes instead. No matter what, he couldn't change this habit.

"Grandpa knows," Wen Dashan said sheepishly.

In the village, no one would laugh at you for wearing old clothes. But once you move to the city and live in a big house, wearing old clothes will be the laughingstock of your neighbors.

It's fine to make fun of him, but it would be bad if it affected Wen Yuxia's reputation. Wen Dashan made up his mind that he had to change his thrifty habits and give away the old clothes in the house tomorrow.

Two days passed quickly. Before dawn, Wen Dashan got up and, with Wen Yuxia and Wen Linshi, drove the mules towards the county town.

Outside the county town, Nan Si and his companions, carrying their luggage, eagerly awaited their arrival. Nan Qi, perched in a tree, saw Wen Dashan driving a mule cart and leaped down, shouting, "Here she comes! Here she comes! The princess is here!"

"Greetings, Princess"

"No need for formalities," Wen Yuxia calmly gestured to Nan Si and the others, leading them towards the city gate.

After entering the city, Wen Yuxia took Wen Dashan and his wife to the south of the city. "Grandpa, you can stay in whichever room you like in the main house. Grandma, you can stay in the same room..."

Then he summoned Lu Zhigang's family and told them to serve Wen Dashan and his wife and their two sons well from now on. Finally, he mentioned the Lu family's monthly allowance.

"Old Lu, your monthly wages will still be paid by Steward Li. Work hard, and if you do well, I, the princess, will give you a big bonus at the end of the year."

Fearing that Lu Zhigang and his associates might take advantage of their master, Wen Yuxia deliberately did not give the indenture to Wen Dashan, nor did she allow Wen Dashan to pay Lu Zhigang's family their monthly wages.

Lu Zhigang wasn't stupid; he understood what Wen Yuxia meant. If they didn't serve the old master properly, their household would be sold off. Steward Li was the head steward of the Wen household, and he had the authority to sell off servants who made mistakes.

Lu Zhigang said respectfully, "Princess, rest assured, I will definitely serve the old master and the old lady well."