12 Adoptive Grandmother and Adoptive Grandmother No. 2... (2/2)
”Do you have any food?” ”Yes.”
”Do you have anywhere for us to stay?” ”Yes.”
But nothing was free. To make matters worse, their outside currency simply did not work here.
”What's this?”
”This is a gold ingot.”
”Gold ingot? Can you eat it?”
”Well, it would be the same as committing suicide.”
”You want to buy my family's steamed buns with this poison? In your dreams!”
”Hey, there's something wrong with your way of thinking...”
This sort of conversation was common all across the village. The villagers were not interested with gold or silver in the slightest, causing many arrogant and wealthy young masters to fall into a hopeless state. However, some people quickly discovered the ”common currency” of this village.
And that was labor.
”You want to eat? Simple. Help me clear out the weeds in my backyard, then fill up the water tank by the door.”
As long as sufficient labor was done, they would be able to receive rewards from the villagers. Whether if it was a delicious peasant family meal or a shabby but warm bedroom, they could only get it through labor.
Actually, this rule didn't just apply to the young masters who were participating in the Immortal Gathering; the villagers also practiced this rule. In addition to bartering goods, the only other way to obtain the thing that you need was to exchange it with labor.
Regarding this primitive type of trading, the young masters could only helplessly accept this reality. For Wang Lu, it made him really happy to see these princes and sons of officials to experience the hardships of living in a countryside.
In this situation, the treatment of Wang Lu and company became such an eyesore for the rest of the young masters; because while most people were struggling just to survive, Wang Lu was doing nothing but instructing Wen Bao on his quest.
On the morning of the third day, Wen Bao had officially become Auntie Liu's adoptive grandson.
”Hah, the progression of Fatty's quest has been quite smooth so far. However, other people have noticed his movement, and they may start to imitate him soon.”
Wang Lu, who was lying on the couch next to the table, casually said, ”I never planned to hide it anyways. The more people participating in this Peach Blossom Village quest, the better it is for everyone. If we can trigger the quest for every villager, I might be able to obtain a perfect completion of the quest.”
Hai Yunfan replied, ”But by doing so, isn't that the same as handing over the advantage to other people? I don't have Brother Wang's insight, but according to the common sense, the quests that you said should have some sort of exclusivity. For example, Auntie Liu couldn't possibly accept another adoptive grandson- her resources have already been monopolized by Wen Bao. If Brother Wang's perfect completion needs the help of Auntie Liu, then what will you do?”
”Hey, that's my problem. By the way, don't you want a perfect completion too?”
Hai Yunfan shook his head. ”I've never sought after perfection. As long as I can find the right place for me, that is enough.”
”I like this sentence, I think I might use that quote in the future... In return, I might as well tell you a little secret; the climax of this Peach Blossom Village quest is yet to come. Do you think Wen Bao is making good progress right now? I bet he'll come back crying tonight.”
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”Whaaa!! Your honor, Wang Lu, please help me!”
That evening, Wen Bao's crying sound woke Wang Lu from his sleep.
”Damn, what are you crying about?”
Although Wang Lu had expected for this to happen, anyone being woken up in the middle of the night would be extremely annoyed.
Wen Bao suddenly sat on the ground and continued to cry.
”Your honor, Wang Lu, I've run into a trouble, Auntie Liu...”
Wang Lu interrupted him, ”Shut up and don't talk for a moment. If you talk, I'll find a stick and give you a plastic surgery.”
”Ah?” Wen Bao was shocked, but when he saw Wang Lu went behind the door to pick up the big stick that was used as the door latch and wave it around, he quickly wiped away his tears and snot. Then, he said, ”Auntie Liu had a fight with the Village Head's wife! The Village Head's wife couldn't beat Auntie Liu, so she let out her anger on me. She said that she would make the Village Head throw me out of the village... Your honor, Wang Lu, please save me!!”
”Save your sister! Get out of here. If you can't even handle this problem, what's the point of keeping you here?”
”B-but, she's the Village Head's wife!”
Perhaps ever since Wen Bao was ruthlessly kicked by the Lady Boss of the Ru Family Inn, he had started to develop the seed of fear. Although Wen Bao's frown could eradicated any of the many small villages like this Peach Blossom Village in his homeland, the Azure Billow Country, but on this Immortal Path, the setbacks that Wen Bao had suffered reduced him to a creature equivalent to a maggot.
”You fail-to-live-up-to-expectation coward. So what if she's the Village Head's wife? If she can't even stop her husband from having an affair, she might as well be an inflatable doll. Are you afraid of inflatable dolls?”
”Well, you can't say it like that...”
”That's the only way to say it! Do you think the quests in the Peach Blossom Village are really that simple? Get an adoptive grandmother, eat desserts every day until you become a ball, and then you can pass the quest? You think too lowly of the designer of this quest. I tell you what, you're actually quite lucky to be able to get to this confrontational part of the quest; it means that you're getting somewhere. Two days ago, my useless errand boy started a battle of wits with the little brats around our age in the village!”
Hearing this, Wen Bao was a bit shocked.
”Huh?”
”What do you mean 'huh'? I've told you already that the Peach Blossom Village is testing our EQs, and the most effective way to test one's EQ is not to see how many people someone can please, but rather how well they can handle people who dislike them. Having said that, I want to add a personal guess, the designer of this Peach Blossom Village is probably not very popular in the Spirit Sword Sect.”
Wang Lu paused for a moment and then raised his head to look at the sky.
He felt as if there were a lot of people cheering for him up in the clouds.
”Well said!”
”We have been waiting for her Divine Tribulation for a long time!”
He shook his head and refocused his thoughts. He then continued to speak, ”Right now, you're in the Auntie Liu's storyline. The biggest obstacle is the Village Head's wife. If you can solve this problem, then the main task in this quest is basically complete, and you can smoothly continue the rest of the storyline. So wipe away those tears and snot, get up and get out!”
And with that, Wang Lu once again kicked him out.