Hearing Hu Xiaobei's mockery, the bald man furrowed his brow slightly.

But very quickly, the bald man managed to conceal his irritation and said, "Xiaobei! Here's the thing! Previously, you had managed to fix up the land on those two barren hills you contracted, so we knew you must be about to start planting soon. That's why we especially borrowed these gongs and drums from other villages. We're planning to make a lively scene for you when you begin planting!"

As the bald man spoke, the thugs standing behind him quickly cracked smiles.

They quickly shook the gongs and drums they were holding in their hands!

With a faint smile, Hu Xiaobei coldly mocked, "You guys are really too kind! I'm deeply touched!"

Picking up on Hu Xiaobei's sarcasm, the bald man pretended not to notice and directly said, "Xiaobei, that's really a bit too modest of you! You know, we're all from the same village, so of course we should help each other. Besides, you're doing all this for the village, right?"

Hearing such insincere words, Hu Xiaobei curled his lips and said, "Well, that's true! Speaking of which, have you all rehearsed already? I can go plant on the back hill now!"

"Of course, we're fully rehearsed! We can start drumming and playing at any time!"

"Then let's start now! Let's have a great time!"

"Right! Brothers, let's get the party started!"

After such an excited proclamation, he was the first to strike his gong and drum, and soon, everyone started to play and blow their instruments!

The commotion quickly reached the ears of all the villagers, and many of them curiously stepped out to see what was happening.

Soon enough, through their promotion, everyone knew that Hu Xiaobei was going to plant on the barren hill behind the village.

...

"Alas, Xiaobei just won't take advice!"

"Exactly, if it was that easy to grow something on those two barren hills, they would have been contracted out long ago!"

"That's why he's really going to lose big this time!"

Many people in Xiaohe Village sighed quietly after knowing Hu Xiaobei was off to cultivate the barren hill.

They felt that Hu Xiaobei was definitely going to lose out this time because those two barren hills were simply impossible for anything to grow on!

Of course, not everyone disbelieved Hu Xiaobei, at least Guo Meiyu and others were absolutely confident in him...

Half an hour later, nearly the entire village had gathered around the back hill!

Not just villagers, countless tourists had also come to this place!

"So many people! Then let's all witness a miracle together!"

After muttering this to himself, Hu Xiaobei put down the seeds he had prepared long before.

After that, Hu Xiaobei, with a smile, approached the thugs and said, "You all know, I'm a person who cares about good omens. When I start scattering the seeds, you must keep playing without stopping until I'm completely finished, alright?"

"What? Without stopping?"

Hearing Hu Xiaobei's words, the faces of those few turned terribly sour, especially the ones blowing the trumpets and horns, who looked as if their fathers had just died!

They weren't idiots!

So they knew that continuously blowing trumpets and horns for hours could actually kill a person!

Watching their expressions turn ugly, Hu Xiaobei spoke indifferently, "What's wrong? Don't you agree? You said earlier you were celebrating for me. Are you not sincer in your intentions?"

"This..."

Hearing these words, the thugs' faces twitched...

They all knew they weren't sincer, but they dared not say it out loud!

The bald man glanced at them before quickly smiling warmly at Hu Xiaobei and said, "Xiaobei, you doubting us like this chills our hearts! We came here today specifically to congratulate you, so naturally we will follow your wishes. We guarantee we won't stop!"

"Alright then, I'll start to prepare to scatter the seeds now, and you guys get ready too!"

"Okay!"

Watching Hu Xiaobei walk away, he took a deep breath!

At that moment, the two trumpet blowers quickly came over and said, "Boss, we really can't last several hours. We already felt terrible just blowing it for a short while earlier!"

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Neither of them was professional, so they didn't have enough lung capacity. That's why they felt terrible all over after only blowing for a short while, and they knew if they had to blow for several hours, they would really hit the ground!

He glanced at them, and Bald sneered, "I knew you couldn't keep up, but with so many of us, we can just take turns!"

Hearing this, their expressions eased slightly!

Seeing their expressions soften, Bald continued, "Our main purpose for coming here today is to make Hu Xiaobei plant all the seeds. You all know that nothing can grow on this barren mountain, so the more he plants, the bigger his loss will be later on, and the more embarrassed he will become, right?"

"That's for sure!"

After giving it some thought, everyone nodded in agreement!

Seeing them nod, he went on, "Now that we are working so hard to help, we are the good guys! When all the seeds wither, we can mock him to our heart's content!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Seeing everyone fired up, he continued, "So, in order to mock him properly, let's endure a bit of hardship now!"

"Alright!"

Once they reached a consensus, they began energetically making noise!

Upon hearing this, Hu Xiaobei started planting at a leisurely pace!

Seeing Hu Xiaobei sowing seeds, many women from the village came forward to help!

Seeing many people coming to help, Hu Xiaobei distributed the seeds that he had already sorted into categories to different people and then directed them to different areas!

After that, they got busy planting alongside Hu Xiaobei!

Even though many people were working together, it was still quite troublesome due to the vast area of the two barren mountains!

Three hours later, Hu Xiaobei and the others had only just completed half...

At this point, the faces of those who had been playing instruments turned black!

One wouldn't know any better and would definitely think they had been poisoned...

Then, the person blowing the horn threw his horn to the ground and exclaimed, "I can't do this anymore! I'm done!"

"Me too!"

"And me!"

After one person spoke up, the others quickly gave up as well!

Seeing everyone ready to quit, Bald's face darkened as he said, "Get up, all of you! Hu Xiaobei has already planted half by now; if we just stick it out for three more hours, we'll be about done!"

Hearing Bald mention three hours, they completely lost heart!

"Three hours? I can't hold up for three minutes!"

"Me neither!"

"Exactly!"

As they spoke, after standing up, they all ran off!

Seeing everyone take off, Bald felt so frustrated he could spit blood!

"Hu Xiaobei, this matter isn't over yet!"

With a bitter mutter, he quickly ran off as well...

...

"Holding out for three hours isn't too bad!"

After their disheveled retreat, Hu Xiaobei chuckled.

"Xiaobei, you really exhausted them this time. I bet they'll cry at the sight of a horn for the rest of their lives!"

As Hu Xiaobei chuckled, Han Xueyao walked over.

Hearing Han Xueyao speak, Hu Xiaobei hurriedly said, "Auntie, weren't you taking Jiayuan to school today? Why are you back so soon, there wasn't a problem, was there?"

"No problem, I've already dropped Jiayuan off! The Mayor had informed them, so it all went smoothly. When all is said and done, I still have to thank you!"

Hearing Han Xueyao's thanks, Hu Xiaobei waved it off, "Auntie, there's no need to be so formal with me!"

After glancing at Hu Xiaobei, Han Xueyao said softly, "That's true!"

Having said this, she changed the topic, "By the way, Xiaobei, could you fill your auntie in on what's going on with Guo Meiyu?"

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