In the woods at the foot of the mountain, Cheng Lao Da and Cheng Qi, who were hiding in a carriage, were trying hard to drive away mosquitoes. The sky had become completely dark and it was pitch dark. The animals in the forest came out to look for food, and the howling of wolves and tigers made people feel creepy.

"Oh my god, this is too creepy. The cry of the nightingale sounds like a ghost. It's so scary."

"What should we do? Should we abandon the carriage and go back?"

"Come on, I don't want to go back and be chased and spanked by my dad in front of everyone. I am a father after all, and I still care about my face."

"Then don't say anything. The more you talk, the more frightened you become. Go to sleep quickly. Once you close your eyes, everything will be fine when the day breaks!"

"Fine!"

After saying that, the two of them lay straight in the carriage, closed their eyes and forced themselves to sleep.

Gulu gulu——

Gulu gulu——

Two rumbling stomach sounds were heard, and they were particularly clear in the silent night.

"No, I'm hungry and can't sleep."

Boss Cheng sat up, rubbing his stomach. He had only eaten a multi-grain steamed bun in the evening and was not full.

"Shh! Don't make any noise. Someone is coming. Listen."

"Brother! Brother Qizi, where are you?"

There were rustling sounds coming from the direction of the cave entrance, and Cheng Laoer's voice seemed to be heard faintly.

"Is it my second brother's voice?"

To avoid any fraud, Boss Cheng did not answer rashly, but continued to lie on the carriage and listen carefully.

"Brother, Brother Qizi, where are you? We are here to bring you food!"

Now Boss Cheng heard clearly that it was Lao Wu's voice.

The danger was over, and the two of them quietly moved towards the direction where the sound came from.

Cheng Laoer and others who were tiptoeing to look for Cheng Lao Da were frightened by the sudden appearance of two people. They almost fainted and covered their mouths with their hands faster than their eyes to prevent the scream from coming out of their throats.

"You two scared me to death. I called you for a long time but you didn't say anything. Don't you know that scaring others can kill them?"

"Hey, this is too close to the town. I'm afraid people in the town might hear us."

"Then you can at least make some noise!"

Cheng Lao Er wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained with a look of palpitations on his face.

"I'm not saying you guys are really stupid. Can't you come up with a secret signal? You could at least make a bird sound. It wouldn't scare people like this."

Cheng Laowu was holding a lunch box and looking at his two brothers with disdain.

Boss Cheng knocked him on the head in annoyance.

"Okay, okay, my little brother is very smart. I will listen to you from now on. Let's set a code.

By the way, it's so late, what are you doing here?"

"Here, I've brought you something delicious!"

After Cheng Laowu handed him the lunch box, he looked around but found nothing.

"Where is the carriage? Where did you hide it?"

"follow me."

Deep in the woods, a chestnut horse was sleeping quietly under a big tree, swinging its tail to drive away flies.

When he saw someone coming, he opened his eyes and took a look. When he saw it was a familiar person, he closed his eyes again and went back to sleep peacefully.

Cheng Laowu, with a look of joy on his face, surrounded the chestnut horse, touching it here and there, looking silly with joy.

Cheng Lao Da and Cheng Qize were sitting in the carriage feasting on the food. They had never eaten so many delicious foods before. They ate so voraciously without any image at all. Cheng Lao Er, unable to bear to watch, told them what had happened tonight and the arrangements for tomorrow.

After a whirlwind of effort, all the food was eaten up, without even a drop of soup spilled.

Boss Cheng and his partner held their bloated stomachs and burped.

"Okay, I got it. Tomorrow we will go to the town and spread the news and ask them to pick the tea seeds. You should go back quickly too. It's late at night. Go back and rest early."

"Okay, then we'll go back. Brother, Brother Qizi, please be safe."

"I know, I know, let's go back!"

The eldest Cheng waved his hand impatiently, and the second Cheng pulled the fifth Cheng, who was reluctantly saying goodbye to the red chestnut horse Xixi, and said goodbye to the two of them and went back to the mountain.

On the second day, everyone in Chengjia Village got up early as usual. Unlike in the past when they were sleepy and yawning, today, all the villagers in Chengjia Village, from the elderly to the young children, were full of energy and vigor.

The men who were going down the mountain today put on their most precious clothes one by one, and their hair was neatly combed without a single stray hair. Even Cheng Zeli changed into a long gown without any patches.

"Okay, we are going down the mountain. Children, be obedient and follow your mother to pick oil tea kernels at home. In two days, we will make oil and fry fish boxes for everyone to eat."

"Yeah! Yeah! We love fish boxes the most!"

The children were excited and threw themselves into the task of picking tea seed kernels with great enthusiasm.

When Cheng Dafu and his companions came down the mountain, Cheng Lao Da and his companion had already been waiting for them on the official road outside the town. They got on the carriage and headed for Pingyang County.

When they arrived at Pingyang County, Boss Cheng sent the three of them to the gate of the county government office and then drove the carriage around the county.

Cheng Ergou also came down the mountain today. When it comes to harvesting tea seeds, no one is more suitable than him. Not only does he know many people, he is also familiar with every street and alley in Pingyang County.

He was able to speak, and after a while he had coaxed a group of people into expressing their gratitude to him, and they all went home to get their tools and went up the mountain.

He also found some little beggars on the street and tricked them into believing in him. Soon, a group of little beggars were running around the street telling each other about their business.

"Good news! Good news! Three catties of tea oil seeds can be sold for one penny. Three catties can be sold for one penny. Everyone hurry up and go up the mountain to pick tea oil seeds. If you go too late, they will be gone!"

Soon everyone in the city heard the news, and the mountain was crowded with people.

At this time, Boss Cheng suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd. He was about to chase after him to confirm, but he saw the man running a few steps after the crowd going up the mountain, and soon he disappeared.

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not dazzled. The man's back looked a bit like his eldest brother-in-law, Liu Shisheng, Liu's brother. However, there were too many people going up the mountain, and he didn't know where to find him for the time being.

Forget it. If it really is him, I’ll meet him tomorrow when I harvest tea oil seeds.

Here, Cheng Dafu and the other two successfully met with the county magistrate Yuan Qingping, and Cheng Zeli came forward to explain the purpose of their visit.

When Yuan Qingping learned the purpose of their visit, he was overjoyed.

It was really a timely relief, as he was worried about the county's fiscal deficit.

The entire Pingyang County was destroyed by the flood. Everything needed to be rebuilt and money was needed everywhere. Unfortunately, the original merchants either died in the flood and plague, or fled and didn't want to come back.

He had lofty ambitions, but he had to bow down for a few pieces of silver.

The people have no source of income and can’t even build houses. They don’t know how they are going to survive this winter.

Upon learning that they wanted to buy residential land, Yuan Qingping waved his hand and directly sold most of the residential land in the city to them at a low price. Then he heard that they wanted to build a brick factory and had discovered tea oil seeds that could replace animal oil. He was immediately overjoyed and sold the mountain to them for three thousand taels of silver.

Cheng Dafu never thought that things would go so smoothly. The homestead and the mountain together cost less than 30,000 taels.

He was so excited that he could not express it in words. He immediately promised to start construction in two days and recruit people from the city to work.

Yuan Qingping was not stingy and made things convenient for them, selling them half of the ownerless residential land in Cangwu Town.

Everything went extremely smoothly today. On the way back to the city, everyone was discussing passionately and their morale was high.

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