Chapter 689

Liu Yongjun nodded, lost in thought.

Next, the two went to Yangwan Village. In Yangwan Village, the treatment Su Xinghui and Liu Yongjun received was similar to that in Xiaohu Village; basically, no one paid them any mind. Fortunately, however, they did not encounter any dogs biting them. Su Xinghui simply stopped going into the village and wandered around the fields instead.

In the fields now, most of the crops were wheat, with a small portion being rapeseed. Both the wheat and rapeseed were nearly mature. The wheat had already reached the grain-filling stage; in as little as twenty days or as long as a month, this wheat could all be harvested. The rapeseed had already formed pods, and it was estimated that it could be harvested within this week.

In several villages, Su Xinghui had been met with cold receptions. It was only when he arrived at Liu Yongjun's hometown, Dongtang Village, that he received a relatively warm welcome. The village secretary of Dongtang Village was a distant cousin of Liu Yongjun named Liu Tiegang. He warmly invited Su Xinghui to the village committee office and brewed tea for the two of them.

After drinking a cup of tea, Su Xinghui followed Liu Tiegang to walk around the village. There were two households in Dongtang Village with exceptionally nice houses. Liu Tiegang told Su Xinghui that those two houses belonged to two of the "Thirteen Guardians." The main sources of income for the Thirteen Guardians were staging accidents for compensation and running gambling dens, which was why the houses they built were quite impressive.

As they walked, the group arrived at a field ridge. Liu Yongjun called out to a person working in the field, "Dad."