Upon hearing such mockery, Hu Xiaobei turned his head and saw that the one who was speaking up in ridicule was none other than that deadbeat, Bald!

Once Hu Xiaobei noticed him, the others present did too, and instantly, their expressions darkened.

They had never much liked this deadbeat Bald, so now hearing him mock Hu Xiaobei made them even more annoyed.

"What did you say?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Shut up!"

Stung by such sarcasm, Bald's eyelids twitched, and the next moment, he growled, "What? Am I wrong? He managed to contract those two valuable pieces of land for a mere ten thousand yuan! Do you have any idea how much he's made off them?"

Hearing Bald's mockery, everyone frowned slightly.

They knew that what Bald was saying seemed to make sense, but in reality, it was complete nonsense...

Now, looking at how fertile those places were, ten thousand yuan in contract fees was truly not high!

But previously, that was wasteland, you wouldn't even consider renting it for one hundred yuan, let alone ten thousand!

And Hu Xiaobei had been willing to rent it; it was a gamble!

Now that he had won the gamble, of course, he could enjoy everything...

Seeing that nobody was echoing his sentiment, Bald grew irritated, "What? Am I wrong?"

"You are wrong! Have you no shame? Now playing the hindsight expert like Zhuge Liang! Back then, if someone charged you ten thousand, would you have rented it?"

"I..."

Bald was so challenged that he was rendered speechless!

Seeing that he had nothing to retort, those people coldly said, "If you don't want to rent, then don't spout nonsense here!"

"Exactly!"

"Just beat it!"

"Fine! Fine! Fine! You're biting the hand that feeds you, not recognizing a good person's heart!" he roared, glaring at Hu Xiaobei, "Hu Xiaobei, there will come a day when I'll expose your true face and let everyone see what you really are!"

"Heh."

Hu Xiaobei merely smirked.

Now, having experienced more and more, Hu Xiaobei was gradually becoming more magnanimous.

That's also why Hu Xiaobei wasn't angry at this time.

Because he genuinely didn't want to stoop to arguing with this piece of trash.

"You're still laughing, but very soon, I'll wipe that smile off your face!"

After saying this, he touched his bald head and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, he realized that none of his underlings had any intention of following him. Slightly startled, he bellowed, "Are you all dead? Let's go!"

The others ignored him, instead eagerly looking at Hu Xiaobei, "Master Xiaobei, we too would like to join you in farming vegetables, may we?"

They had thought a lot just now.

They knew that continuing to follow that worthless Bald would bring them no good at all!

So now they decided to abandon the darkness for the light.

"Have you all gone mad?"

Hearing them take the initiative to show goodwill to Hu Xiaobei, Bald screamed.

His eyes nearly bulged out of his head with rage at this moment.

He knew that these were his few lackeys left, and if they left too, then he would be left completely alone.

They heard Bald's frenzied growl, but they paid it no mind, continuing to fix their gaze on Hu Xiaobei.

Hu Xiaobei smiled faintly, "As long as you are willing to work earnestly for me, there's no problem."

Hu Xiaobei knew that the culprit was that pivotal moment.

They were not wholly evil, so he naturally wished to give them a chance.

"Good! Good! Good! You actually betray me! Just you wait, one day you'll come crawling back to me!"

After roaring in this manner, he hastily left.

Watching Bald leave, Hu Xiaobei waved his hand dismissively, and soon enough, he assigned work to everyone.

After they received their assignments, they all excitedly rushed to the back of the village to inspect their own plots of land.

Seeing them all leave with great joy, Hu Xiaobei also smiled...

It's better to teach someone to fish than to give them a fish.

This was also an important reason why Hu Xiaobei was willing to entrust the land to their care.

At this moment, there was only one person in Xiaohe Village in a bad mood, and that was the Bald who had just run away from Hu Xiaobei.

His mood was naturally terrible because he had been reduced to being all alone in his command.

"Hu Xiaobei, it's because of you, you bastard, that I ended up like this. Just wait, I will have my revenge soon!"

After biting out these bitter words, he picked up a rock, intending to throw it at the wall to vent his anger.

But as he was about to throw it, he spotted a huge black bug on the rock!

Fearing the bug might crawl onto him, he instinctively let go quickly, and like that, the rock slammed heavily onto his foot, causing him to instantly scream in agony...

...

"Who is that, someone stepped on their own kidney?"

Leaving from the village committee, Hu Xiaobei heard the piercing scream and squinted his eyes.

Soon, Hu Xiaobei prepared to go check it out.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang.

"Quite unfamiliar, huh!"

Seeing the extremely strange number, Hu Xiaobei frowned slightly...

Hesitating for a moment, Hu Xiaobei still answered the call...

"Hello?"

"Is this Hu Xiaobei?"

Recognizing the voice as somewhat familiar, Hu Xiaobei replied, "It is! Who is this?"

"It's Li Da!"

Hearing the other person introduce himself, Hu Xiaobei paused, then excitedly said, "Huh? Li Da? Big Head Li?"

"Haha, I thought you had forgotten about me!"

"How could that be! We shared the upper and lower bunks for three years!"

Hu Xiaobei felt a bit sentimental as he said that.

Hu Xiaobei and this Li Da were junior high classmates!

Their relationship back in school was fairly good!

Li Da, due to his big head, was always called Big Head Li by Hu Xiaobei!

"Uh-huh! Three years, you scoundrel, always talking in your sleep. By the way, what are you up to these days?"

"Me? I'm now farming in the village, I'm a farmer!"

"Really? There's a gathering in the city tomorrow. Are you interested? If you are, why not join us for fun? It's been a long time since I last saw you!"

"A gathering? Where is it?"

"At the Drunken Immortal Building!"

Hearing this name, Hu Xiaobei felt it was somewhat familiar.

After a brief thought, Hu Xiaobei realized why it felt familiar; it was because of Song Yaling, the Drunken Immortal Building was her business.

"Interested?"

"Who will be there?"

"Just our old classmates!"

"Then... okay! I'll check it out!"

Hu Xiaobei wasn't actually interested in such class reunions!

But he agreed anyway!

One reason he agreed was that he wanted to see Li Da.

Another reason was that Hu Xiaobei had already planned to go to the Drunken Immortal Building tomorrow to talk about a partnership with Song Yaling!

"Haha, then I'll wait for you!"

"Alright!"

After hanging up the phone, Hu Xiaobei smiled faintly...

It was quite nice to get news of an old classmate!

...

The next morning, Hu Xiaobei got up early...

After doing a set of military boxing, he grabbed a sack and went straight to the back hills!

Once he arrived at the back hills, Hu Xiaobei saw many people busy in the fields...

"Ladies, you're up pretty early!"

"Early your head!"

"Yeah!"

"Do you think we are as lazy as you are?"

"Uh..."

Hu Xiaobei, receiving countless disapproving glances, regretted speaking up!

After a wry smile and a rub of his nose, Hu Xiaobei started picking vegetables...

Hu Xiaobei had decided the night before that, since he was going to discuss a partnership, he should naturally bring some vegetables to represent his sincerity!

"Xiaobei, can't you find a slightly better bag?"

Seeing Hu Xiaobei stuffing picked cucumbers and such into a ragged sack, a few people spoke up with a sense of exasperation!

They knew that Hu Xiaobei was heading to the city for a business talk today, so they felt that at the very least, he should have used a nicer bag!

Feeling their disapproval, Hu Xiaobei chuckled, "Haha, it's not about the bag, as long as the vegetables taste good!"

"Even so, presentation still counts!"

"Yes, indeed!"

"Haha, Song Yaling has already seen these vegetables before, so it doesn't matter!"

With that, Hu Xiaobei continued stuffing the vegetables into the sack...

Seeing Hu Xiaobei's determination, they shook their heads and said no more.

Twenty minutes later, humming a tune, Hu Xiaobei carried nearly a sackful of vegetables back home...

Watching as Hu Xiaobei simply shouldered the sack and left, they felt somewhat speechless.

They had wanted Hu Xiaobei to dress up a bit for the occasion.

But knowing it would be pointless to say anything, they kept silent.

"Hope the partnership talks go well!"

Murmuring this, they exchanged glances...

...

Unaware of their prayers for him, Hu Xiaobei, back at home, put the sack down temporarily and went into the house to grab his car keys...

Having learned to drive, he decided to take the limited edition car he had won from Sakata Hirokazu...

"This car is just a bit nicer than the driving school's vehicles!"

After placing the sack in the back seat, Hu Xiaobei sat in the car, feeling around.

Looking at the car's interior, he realized it was truly nice!

If Sakata Hirokazu were here, he would be absolutely disheartened to the point of spitting blood!

His prized car was now being compared to a driving school car by Hu Xiaobei...

"Wow, this seems to be a limited edition car!"

"Right!"

"I heard it's worth nearly ten million yuan!"

As Hu Xiaobei started the car, many people took notice, which sparked an instant outcry!

Hearing them, Hu Xiaobei smiled slightly, then quickly revved up the car.

"Acceleration is much better too!"

Outside the village, Hu Xiaobei felt the car's powerful thrust after stepping on the gas pedal.

After adjusting quickly, he sped up and the car dashed past, turning heads once again...

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