Spring Thunder Chapter 0113 The Amazing Nanchen Village
"Hahaha, you must be Nan Yi. Wei Zong often mentioned you in the letters he wrote to me." Along with the laughter, a middle-aged man walked over.
He has a thin face, meticulously groomed hair, bright eyes, and wears a Republic of China-style jacket on his upper body, loose trousers on his lower body, and a pair of cloth shoes on his feet.
Nan Yi could not see any trace of a peasant in him, but rather a strong aura of a superior.
"Uncle Chen, hello, I am Nan Yi."
"Wei Zong has called me and told me that you will come in the next two days. I have someone waiting for you here. Come on, don't just stay here, come to my house for tea."
Chen Zongqing walked up to Nan Yi, helped Nan Yi up, and asked, "Who is this?"
"Zuo Can, a retired soldier, is my protector."
"Oh, it's your bodyguard. Then come to my house for tea."
Chen Zongqing led Nan Yi and the other person to the center of the village. The layout of the village was stable and resembled the shape of a Bagua. There was a circle of houses along the wall, and the middle was in the shape of a Chinese character "回", with one circle within another. In the very center of the village was the Chen family's ancestral hall.
Outside the ancestral hall, there are four houses, two large and two small, divided into four directions: east, south, west and north. The south side is the entrance to the ancestral hall, and no one lives in the houses.
Nan Yi saw smoke coming from the houses on the east, west and north sides.
Looking at this layout, Nan Yi can basically guess that there are three houses in Nanchen Village. Chen Zongqing's house is in the east, which is probably the big house. The second house is on the north, and the third house is on the west. The three houses are occupied by three heads of the family respectively.
The three families live together. It seems that the cohesion of Nanchen Village is very strong and there are no major conflicts among the three families.
"Nan Yi, this is my wife Cai Shufen, from Baizhe Village." Chen Zongqing took Nan Yi into the yard and pointed at a woman who was busy in the yard.
"Hello, Auntie. I'm Nan Yi."
"Hello, hello. Please come and sit in the main room. I'll make tea for you." Cai Shufen shook the water off her hands and said politely.
"Yes, Nan Yi, let's go to the main room."
The three of them sat down in the main room, and Cai Shufen quickly brought over tea bowls.
After a round of greetings, Nan Yi said, "Uncle Chen, I saw that many families in your village have motorcycles as I walked along. It seems that your village is quite wealthy."
"It's nothing. Everyone in the village is willing to work hard. In the past two years, everyone has been doing small businesses and has indeed made some money. It can't be compared with Wenchangwei. Others don't know, but Wei Zong is a soldier in your place, and he knows it. Our Nanchen Village is taking a small path, while your Wenchangwei is taking the golden road."
"Yeah, I'm not too sure. I'm an outsider, my last name is not Xian, and I don't know much about Wenchangwei."
"Hehe." Chen Zongqing smiled and did not continue the topic. "Nan Yi, what are you doing here in Haiyi?"
"Nothing much. I heard that your economy is very active here. I am studying economics, so I wanted to come and take a look and verify what I have learned."
"Oh, put what you have learned into practice."
"Yeah."
Nan Yi couldn't tell for a moment whether Chen Zongqing had a specific meaning or if he just had a low level of education and used the wrong idiom.
The two of them chatted back and forth, but didn't say anything meaningful.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding, Nan Yi did not even suggest going for a walk in the village. After dinner, he sat in the yard and went to bed early.
Lying on the bed, Nan Yi's mind was working at high speed, chewing over the conversation he and Chen Zongqing had just had.
It is certain that Nanchen Village is a village where everyone is involved in smuggling, otherwise there would be no need for such strong vigilance and the village could not be so wealthy.
I just don't know which river is flowing in Nanchen Village and what kind of goods are transported there.
After thinking about everything he needed to think about , Nan Yi closed his eyes.
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In the middle of the night, Nan Yi's ears moved, he opened his eyes, squinted his eyes and looked at the watch face.
"Eleven o'clock."
Zuo Can sat up from the bed and stared at Nan Yi, "Do you want to go out and take a look?"
"No, go back to sleep."
Nan Yi could already hear a group of people gathering outside, and then the footsteps faded away. They should be walking out of the village, most likely going to the beach to pick up goods.
The night is silent and people are sleeping.
Nan Yi got up at seven in the morning, passed the main room and went to the yard to wash up, and saw that breakfast was already on the table.
"Nan Yi, you got up so early?"
"Auntie, you're early. Where's Uncle Chen? Has he gone out?"
"No, he always gets up late, not before nine or ten o'clock. Nan Yi, you can eat first after you wash up. I have already eaten."
If a farmer sleeps until ten o'clock, it goes without saying that he must have worked all night last night.
"Yes, Auntie."
After Nan Yi finished washing up, he sat in the main room.
Cai Shufen prepared a lot of food, the staple foods included mixed salty porridge and rice noodle soup, as well as many side dishes for the porridge, including dried radish, pickled cucumbers, tribute vegetables, olive vegetables, water tofu, sweet soybeans, pork dumplings, and preserved radish eggs, filling up a large table.
Nan Yi gave all the rice noodles to Zuo Can and placed a small pot of mixed porridge next to him. Nan Yi likes to drink porridge, and Chaoshan porridge is the best.
For Nan Yi, in the summer, it is best to have a bowl of porridge in the morning and another bowl of porridge for dinner, with some pot stickers, rice cakes, cakes and the like, and a dozen fresh side dishes.
It is nutritious and the cost is not very high.
When Nan Yi and the other man had almost finished their meal, Cai Shufen walked into the main room.
"Nan Yi, you must go to the city when you come to Haiyang. Our place is not very peaceful. Last night, your uncle Chen told me to find two people to accompany you."
"That's really a bother, Auntie. I walked around the city yesterday and was really scared by the scene. I really don't dare to go again without you locals to accompany me."
"It's not that exaggerated. With the villagers following you, no one will bother you." Cai Shufen said with a smile, "You are almost done eating. I will call the people over first and they will take you. Don't eat dinner outside. Auntie will cook whatever you want."
"Hey, Auntie, you are such a great cook. I love everything you cook. Can you make some of your specialties so that I can enjoy the feast?"
"Haha, Nan Yi, you are really good at talking." Cai Shufen smiled happily, "Okay, Auntie will make you some of her specialty dishes and let you eat your tongue."
"Okay."
After Cai Shufen finished speaking, she walked out.
Nan Yi stared at her back and felt that this Aunt Cai was also quite extraordinary.
"The surname is Cai, and the village is Baizhe. Isn't this the famous anti-drug model village in the future?" Nan Yi thought secretly in his heart.
After a while, Cai Shufen came over with two young men. Nan Yi took a quick look and saw that both of them had fierce looks on their faces. Judging from the way their arms were swinging, they must have practiced this before.
"Nan Yi, let me introduce you..."
