Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up-Chapter 436 - 338: The Voice of the New World

Old Man Chen was among the first batch of farmers who followed Zhao Yi to the New World to farm, so the land he got was closest to the Zhao Family’s Royal Garden.

Early in the morning, Old Man Chen grabbed his hoe and headed out.

After arriving in the New World, nourished by spiritual energy, his once frail and old body regained vitality. Not only could he work in the fields, but he could also walk several kilometers without much effort.

Old Man Chen’s favorite thing to do every day was, after having a hearty breakfast, to carry his hoe and inspect the hundreds of acres of fertile land he and his family had occupied together.

Seeing the endlessly vast fertile fields, Old Man Chen couldn’t help but feel proud of his decisive decision from back then.

A year ago, Old Man Chen heard from an unknown source that the country was being invaded by monsters, and the emperor was summoning citizens to fight the monsters.

So, without saying a word, Old Man Chen gathered his family, packed up, and headed to Shengjing City, intending to help the emperor.

It was only after reaching Shengjing City that he realized it was all a misunderstanding.

However, the emperor still appreciated their family’s efforts.

He even entrusted the vast new world conquered to their family, allowing them to claim and cultivate the land at will.

Old Man Chen only regretted that their family was too small; a few hundred acres were already the limit they could farm. Adding more would be a waste since they couldn’t cultivate all of it, otherwise Old Man Chen would have wanted to claim a few more hundred acres.

After all, the land was fertile and there were no monster disturbances; such good conditions were something he couldn’t have dreamed of before.

However, lately, Old Man Chen couldn’t be happy.

For no other reason than the grain yield being too high.

They couldn’t eat it all, simply couldn’t eat it all.

When they first arrived in the New World, being unfamiliar with the land, Old Man Chen worried that the seeds they planted might not survive, so he planted all the seeds they brought from the Cultivation World.

The previous batch had already been harvested, and the current batch was about to mature again.

Not mentioning whether their family could eat it all, just finding a place to store the harvested grain was a headache for the entire family.

Especially after the rain a few days ago, a lot of grain got wet and started sprouting these past two days.

At this rate, it wouldn’t take long before all the grain would rot and spoil.

For a peasant like Old Man Chen, who had spent a lifetime eking out a living from the land yet rarely had a full meal, this was hard to accept.

Every morning, Old Man Chen would head out, thinking of ways to preserve the grain.

Watching food rot and spoil, waste away, was more painful to him than death.

After walking a round around his fields, Old Man Chen, like before, couldn’t think of any solution.

His heart was anxious, yet he was helpless.

In the end, he could only secretly decide to give up some land and only occupy what his family could consume.

Otherwise, watching the grain in the field go to waste was too heartbreaking.

Old Man Chen wasn’t the first to think this way.

The dark-faced man next door, Liu Ahsan, had been visiting frequently recently, saying the same thing.

Of course, though they were neighbors, since each had occupied a few hundred acres, the distance wasn’t exactly close.

Old Man Chen knew what Liu Ahsan was thinking.

Liu Ahsan had an unmarried younger brother who had just turned eighteen this year. Old Man Chen had seen the lad; tall and sturdy, definitely a good hand at farm work.

Old Man Chen’s eldest son had a young daughter, also at the age for marriage.

Liu Ahsan frequently came over, actually with the intention of proposing marriage for his brother.

In the past, such matters would typically be handled by a matchmaker.

But after arriving in the New World, with everyone staking out a piece of land, who knew where the matchmaker had been placed, making it impossible to find her in a short time.

Liu Ahsan couldn’t find anyone, so he simply came himself.

Old Man Chen was aware of this but didn’t interfere.

Having lived to such an age, he was open-minded about everything.

A grown girl couldn’t be kept at home; keeping her would only lead to resentment.

But Old Man Chen’s eldest son couldn’t see it that way. He constantly worried about his little daughter, especially now that the family wasn’t lacking food or drink, and wanted to keep her by his side for a couple more years, not rushing her into marriage.

Old Man Chen didn’t want to meddle in the affairs of the younger generation; he felt his eldest son was being fussy now that they were well-fed.

This was only possible in the New World; they had more than enough food every day.

If they were still in their old home, with the daily grind from dawn until dusk, barely having enough to eat, how could he have room to think about keeping his daughter for a couple more years?

Old Man Chen even thought that rather than worrying about keeping his young daughter for a couple more years, his eldest son should think about what to do about the marriage of his soon-to-be-adult younger son.

Around them, for miles, only Liu Ahsan’s family was nearby. Liu Ahsan had no daughters, only a chubby baby boy still nursing.

When the Chen’s youngest son came of age, where would he find a wife?

He certainly couldn’t go dozens of miles away, could he?

Even if they wanted to marry a girl from a family that far away, they would first have to find out whether the family even had a daughter.

The distance made visits inconvenient; walking several dozen kilometers would take until nightfall, making it impossible to gather information.

"Ah, living so far apart is indeed inconvenient."

Suddenly, a thought popped into Old Man Chen’s mind: why not move?

Find a few families of good character to live with, not only solving the children’s marriage issues but also having company.

The only thing Old Man Chen was reluctant to give up was the vast amount of land he had, but then again, he had intended to let go of some of it anyway.

After all, even if they farmed it, they couldn’t consume it all.

Instead of exhausting themselves planting grain that would be wasted, he might as well save himself the trouble from the start!

With that thought, Old Man Chen felt as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders, and his steps became lighter.

Upon returning home, Old Man Chen heard the sound of conversation and laughter from inside the house.

Recognizing the familiar booming voice, Old Man Chen raised an eyebrow, knowing immediately that Liu Ahsan had come again.

Sure enough, hearing footsteps at the door, a burly, dark-faced man quickly came out.

Liu Ahsan greeted with a smile, "Ah Gong [Grandfather], you went for a stroll again?"

Old Man Chen had a good impression of Liu Ahsan.

Their families had met outside Shengjing City.

It turned out, Liu Ahsan’s village folks were even more naive than Old Man Chen’s family.

Old Man Chen simply heard the emperor was fighting monsters, so he brought his entire family along.

But Liu Ahsan’s folks had heard that the emperor was injured by monsters and needed a live human sacrifice every day to survive, so the whole village resolutely came.

In all his years, Old Man Chen had never seen such a thing.

If that village wasn’t naive to a certain extent, there’s no way they would have done something like this.

It was precisely because of their shared experiences that Old Man Chen had never opposed the idea of joining families with Liu Ahsan.

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