Grandma Shen made over a hundred pairs of gloves from the fur Lu Lin found at home. Lu Lin gave Grandma Shen two pairs and took the rest home.
“Big brother, are you going to the fair in a few days?” Chen Xiao Cai asked.
Chen Xiao Mi nodded: “Yes, we are all going.”
With that Chen Xiao Mi tried on a pair of gloves and said: “We will sell these gloves at the fair.”
Grandma Shen made two types of gloves, one fingerless with openings but no covers for each finger, the other had separate covers or openings for each finger and thumb. Chen Xiao Mi was mesmerized by them, his hands instantly felt so warm and he could move each finger freely.
Chen Xiao Cai also tried one pair, he muttered: “I’m not sure if we can sell them, they are warm and pretty, but some people may feel that it hinders them from doing farm work. Plus they will get dirty easily.”
“I’m quite optimistic. This fair we’re having a big fair, a lot of rich kids will go there. Gloves are still a new thing, I think those rich kids will like gloves, they can buy a few pairs to show off or impress the girls.” Chen Xiao Mi replied.
“Big brother, I will ask one more time to be sure, are you really going to take me and Xiao Mai to the fair?”
Chen Xiao Mi nodded, reassuring Chen Xiao Cai: “That’s right, we’re all going.”
Chen Xiao Mi had always wanted to take his two younger brothers to the fair and market, but they did not have a carriage, so he kept postponing his plans. And now the children could sit in the donkey cart and together they could see off to all the fairs.
The fair they were going to was the biggest Winter Fair in town, they would have customers from the town and surrounding villagers.
Lu Lin woke up early in the morning, he and Chen Xiao Mi cooked breakfast together and woke up the children, everyone was beaming with joy.
Chen Xiao Mai was very mesmerized, he kept lifting the curtains on the carriage and looking outside. Chen Xiao Cai was a bit humble compared to Chen Xiao Mai, but his shining eyes had betrayed him, this child was just as excited.
Lu Lin had met some villagers who were going to the fair on foot. There were only a few families that had carriages, but everyone wanted to go to this fair, therefore, many villagers had to walk there.
The villagers looked at the donkey cart enviously.
“Chen Xiao Mi’s family is so rich, they have such a big donkey cart for themselves.”
“You know what? I heard the people from Big Gulf Village sent him some very nice gifts to thank him for teaching them kang-building skills.”
“I heard Zhang Da Zhu from our village also visited them and sent them some nice gifts for the same reason.”
“I have also heard the entire Big Gulf Village is now very grateful to Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin for buying sweet potatoes in bulk from them, otherwise the sweet potatoes would have suffered frost damage.”
Zhang Da Zhu and his team had also made money thanks to Chen Xiao Mi, but it did not occur to them that they should visit Chen Xiao Mi and thank him in person until they heard Liu Gui Yong and his team visited Chen Xiao Mi with some gifts.
The butler in Yang Heng Zhi’s family had heard that, he and Chen Xiao Mi were often in contact for fresh game meat, he knew Chen Xiao Mi well and he was filled with righteous anger when he heard the villagers in Big Stone Village kept complaining to Chen Xiao Mi for not teaching them kang building skills.
The butler spread the word that the villagers in Big Stone Village were ungrateful, and the villagers in Big Gulf Village were the opposite, they were grateful and respected the hand that fed them.
People started asking Zhang Da Zhu and his team questions like “where have you learned the skill”, “have you thanked the person who taught you the skill…”
Zhang Da Zhu and his team were very embarrassed, so they visited Chen Xiao Mi as well, they also brought gifts. Zhang Da Zhu knew that Lu Lin now had two kang in his house, so he brought a large amount of firewood in a thoughtful manner.
The villagers in Big Stone Village had different opinions on Zhang Da Zhu’s attitude as well, some thought it was completely unnecessary, Chen Xiao Mi was just doing something he was supposed to do, while others thought Chen Xiao Mi should be rewarded.
The villagers in Big Stone Village had different opinions on Zhang Da Zhu’s attitude as well, some thought it was completely unnecessary, Chen Xiao Mi was just doing something she was supposed to do, while others thought Chen Xiao Mi should be appreciated by Zhang Da Zhu.
“What is going on? Why is everyone talking about Chen Xiao Mi?”
” He is probably the richest in our village right now.”
“Geez, do you know what happened to him?”
“Some people say he found ginseng in the mountain and made a lot of money selling it.”
“Who could expect someone like Chen Xiao Mi to be so favored by the heavens, he is so unfilial towards his grandparents!”
“I beg to differ, it was Grandma Chen who forced Chen Xiao Mi’s father to go to the mountains to hunt, and we all know how that ended, Chen Xiao Mi’s father lost his life because of that. Grandma Chen was planning to sell Chen Xiao Cai as a servant to a rich family in the city when she found out that the young master in that family had beaten two female servants to death. I can completely understand Chen Xiao Mi’s behavior towards his grandparents.”
Some of the villagers were convinced by that, the people who judged Chen Xiao Mi to be unfilial to Grandma Chen just to fit in with the other villagers began to understand Chen Xiao Mi. And they thought Chen Xiao Mi must have done something right because he, of all the hunters, had found ginseng, he was favored by Heaven and his family was doing very well.
T/N: Sorry for the late chapter guys, forgot I didn’t have it scheduled yesterday. So u guys get another one as compensation 🙏
