In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 203 I Can't Put It Down

While the villagers listened to Chen Jiang's boasting, Chen Dao instructed Chen Da, Chen Si, and Chen Cheng: "Unload everything from the truck and move it to my house."

"okay!"

The three responded in unison and immediately uncovered the cloth covering the donkey cart. As the cloth was removed, all the nearby villagers were stunned.

They had noticed the donkey cart was loaded with goods long ago, initially assuming it contained grain or something similar. But when the cloth was lifted, they discovered it carried not only grain, but also mountains of gold and silver!

Yes, the moment the cloth covering the car was lifted, what appeared before everyone's eyes was... a mountain of gold and silver!

The metallic luster reflected from the gold and silver was so bright it seemed to dazzle everyone's eyes.

"How much gold and silver is this? Did Daoge and the others go to the city to dig for silver mountains?"

"This must be worth ten thousand taels of silver!"

"More than that! I think it must be at least twenty thousand!"

"I saw 30,000!"

"..."

The villagers made their judgments in a way that was sure to shock everyone. It's no wonder they were so exaggerated; the visual impact of two thousand taels of gold and silver piled up together was simply too great, so great that everyone almost lost their minds!

Chen Dao glanced casually at the villagers' faces and felt much relieved. Most of the villagers only showed shock, without any greed in their eyes. This meant that they were only shocked by the amount of silver and had not been blinded by the large amount of gold and silver and had not become greedy.

As the gold and silver were moved into Chen Dao's home, the villagers finally came to their senses.

Chen Gou couldn't help but ask, "Brother Dao, how much silver is this?"

Chen Dao didn't try to hide anything from everyone and replied, "Not much! Only a little over two thousand taels in total!"

Besides the 2000 taels of silver obtained from the Yuan family, the donkey cart also contained 500 taels for the red-blooded chicken. After deducting the several dozen taels spent on purchasing supplies, there were still more than 2,300 taels left.

"hiss!"

Everyone gasped!

"More than two thousand taels of silver! I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

"Me too!"

"How can we possibly spend all this money!"

"..."

Although the amount Chen Dao reported was far from what the villagers had guessed, two thousand taels of silver was still quite astonishing. You have to understand that in those days, many villagers had never even seen a whole tael of silver. You can imagine the shock they felt when they suddenly heard the number two thousand taels!

"Okay, everyone, go away!"

After Chen Cheng and the others had moved most of their belongings, Chen Dao waved goodbye to the villagers and went into his house.

Meanwhile, Chen Cheng found the village chief Chen He and said, "Village chief, I have something I'd like to ask you for help with."

Chen He, who was about to leave, stopped and asked, "What is it, Cheng-ge?"

"I'd like to ask you to go to Xiahe Village and help me deliver some things!"

Chen Cheng took out three bolts of silk that Chen Dao had bought for him and said, "This is the silk that Dao-ge bought for me. I want to ask you to deliver it to me and the wives of my two younger brothers."

"silk?"

Chen He took the silk and felt its soft, smooth texture. A sense of envy welled up in his heart. In the entire Chen Family Village, Chen Dao's favorite person was undoubtedly Chen Cheng. He not only personally trained him to become a martial artist and gave him two taels of silver every month, but also personally prepared the things needed for Chen Cheng's wedding...

That's truly enviable!

"Don't worry, Cheng-ge'er, I'll go to Xiahe Village right now and deliver the silk to you!"

Chen He agreed to the matter without hesitation, then bid farewell to Chen Cheng and headed towards Xiahe Village in the last rays of the setting sun.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen He appeared in front of Zhao Kang's house and knocked on the door with his fingers.

"Who?"

Zhao Kang's voice came from inside the door, and Chen He immediately said, "I am Chen He, the village chief of Chenjia Village. I've come to deliver some things to you!"

"Squeak!"

The door opened, and Zhao Kang warmly led Chen He into the house while asking, "Village Chief Chen, is there anything you'd like to give us?"

"Let's talk after we go in."

Chen He kept everyone in suspense for a moment, then took out a package after entering the living room and said, "This is what Cheng-ge asked me to deliver to you. Take a look!"

As he spoke, Chen He opened the package, revealing the silk inside.

"What kind of fabric is this?"

Zhao Kang squinted as he examined the contents of the package. The fabric inside was a style he had never seen before, and he couldn't immediately determine its type.

Fortunately, Li Qing, who had heard the commotion from the next room, came over and immediately recognized the type of fabric: "Silk?"

"It is silk!"

Chen He nodded with a smile: "Cheng-ge'er's family is really showing their sincerity. They specially asked me to send two bolts of silk to your family to make a wedding dress for your daughter!"

"This……"

Li Qing and Zhao Kang exchanged a glance, deeply moved. In those days, silk was not a fabric that ordinary people could afford to wear; otherwise, Zhao Kang would not have failed to recognize silk earlier!

Therefore, when they heard Chen He say that Chen Cheng had specially sent it, the two of them couldn't help but get excited, and their goodwill towards this son-in-law instantly increased.

"There are three bolts of silk in total!"

Chen He continued, pointing to the package, "Two of them are for you, and the remaining one is for Li Qian's family. Could you please deliver Li Qian's share for me? I won't make the trip again!"

After saying that, Chen He said with no small amount of envy, "When your daughters wear these silk wedding dresses, they will definitely be very proud!"

Chen He's envy was genuine. Even he, the village chief of Chenjia Village, hadn't been able to wear silk, while Zhao Kangjia from Xiahe Village had already done so... How could he not be envious?

"Don't worry, Village Chief Li, we will definitely deliver it to Li Qian's house!"

Zhao Kang and Li Qing nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Chen He didn't linger and said goodbye, "Alright! It's getting late, I'll head back now!"

"Village Chief Chen, let me see you off!"

Zhao Kang quickly got up and saw Chen He out of the house. When he returned to the house, he saw that his two daughters had already come to the living room and were looking at the silk on the table with their mother, Li Qing.

Zhao Xiaoyun gently stroked the silk, feeling its soft and smooth texture, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Mother, I've never seen such fine fabric before!"

In Xia Kingdom, almost every woman, especially in rural areas, has sewing skills. Zhao Xiaoyun is no exception. Over the years, all the clothes her family wears have been handmade by her and her mother.

However, having sewed countless garments, she had mostly been in contact with rough linen and had never seen a material as soft and smooth as silk. The skin-like touch made Zhao Xiaoyun quite fond of it!