I Have an Immortal Emperor Uncle Who Farms at Home Chapter 8: Da Huang Caught Stealing Food

Ping'an Village

Ye Fan and the other two rode a tricycle into Ping'an Village. As soon as they entered the village, they saw Old Deng coming toward them with a hoe on his shoulder. At the same time, Old Deng also spotted the three of them.

"Oh, Qingcheng, you’re back!" Old Deng greeted them enthusiastically.

Ye Qingcheng politely replied, "Yes, Uncle Deng. Are you going out to work in the fields again?"

"Hahaha, well, I was just bored at home, so I came out to loosen up the soil in the vegetable garden."

As they talked, Old Deng’s eyes landed on the goods piled in the back of the tricycle, especially the slabs of fresh pork. He couldn’t help but wonder, When did Qingcheng get so rich?

Curious, Old Deng finally asked, "Qingcheng, this pork in the back…"

But before Ye Qingcheng could answer, Nuonuo, who had been guarding the food. Cheerfully blurted out, "Uncle and Mama just bought it with the money they made from selling vegetables!"

"What? Money from selling vegetables?"

This stunned Old Deng, who had been farming for decades. He found it hard to believe, how could selling vegetables earn enough to buy all this?

Seeing that Old Deng was so shocked, Ye Qingcheng quickly explained, "Uncle Deng, don’t get the wrong idea. These were all a gift from my classmate, Yang Lili."

Ye Qingcheng didn’t want anyone to find out they had just sold a few heads of cabbage for 10,000 yuan. If the villagers knew, they'd secretly curse her for being a show-off and cheating people.

"Oh, so that’s how it is," Old Deng said, finally accepting it. After all, that reason sounded more believable than earning it from selling vegetables.

"But that’s not—"

"Alright, Nuonuo, Uncle Deng still has work to do," Ye Qingcheng quickly cut her off when she saw Nuonuo was about to explain further. Then she said, "Uncle Deng, we’ll be going now."

Afterward, Old Deng watched as the tricycle rolled off into the distance, still muttering to himself in confusion: "How strange…"

……

Back at home, Ye Qingcheng hurried to unload the items from the tricycle. Da Huang, clearly experienced, grabbed something in his mouth and swaggered proudly into the kitchen.

After finishing up, Ye Qingcheng came into the yard and started feeding the baby chicks. Da Huang sat upright behind Ye Fan and Nuonuo, wagging his tail nonstop.

"Mama, why didn’t you tell Grandpa Deng the truth? Didn’t you teach Nuonuo not to lie?" Nuonuo asked in her soft, childish voice, sounding a little unhappy about her mom’s behavior today.

Looking at her daughter’s innocent expression, Ye Qingcheng shook her head and smiled gently. "Nuonuo, some things just can’t be talked about carelessly."

"But Mama…"

"Alright, Nuonuo, don’t make it hard for your Mama," Ye Fan said from the side as he picked up Nuonuo, who was about to argue further. "Nuonuo, Mama wasn’t lying. She was protecting us, understand?"

But Nuonuo, only about five years old, didn’t quite understand what "protecting" meant. "Uncle, what does ‘protecting’ mean?"

"Nuonuo, think about it. If a lot of people found out that our cabbage could sell for a lot of money, what would they do?"

Nuonuo thought for a moment. "They’d come to our house."

"That’s right! Nuonuo’s absolutely right, they’d come to our house, and they might even steal our things. And then we’d be left with nothing."

"No! Uncle, Nuonuo doesn’t want them to come to our house!"

"Exactly. That’s why some things shouldn’t be said out loud, okay?"

"Nuonuo understands now."

Woof woof...

At that moment, Da Huang, who was still sitting behind Ye Fan, barked in protest: "Master, what do you mean by that? Are you pretending I don’t exist?"

"I’m trying to teach the child, can’t you see that?" Ye Fan replied telepathically, sounding slightly annoyed. "By the way, how’s your cultivation going lately?"

At the mention of cultivation, Da Huang lowered his head and sighed, "Sigh... Master, don’t even bring it up. Ever since I came with you to Earth, not only have I stopped progressing, my cultivation has actually been going down!

If it weren’t for the spirit spring water you gave me, I’d probably have really turned into a regular dog by now."

Da Huang’s true form was a Netherdark Demonic Dragon, an ancient demonic dragon that Ye Fan had tamed during his adventures on the Xuanhuan Continent. At the time Ye Fan subdued him, he was just a newly hatched baby dragon.

He had followed Ye Fan for tens of thousands of years like that, until about a month ago, when Ye Fan asked him a question: "Do you want to come with me to Earth?" At that time, Da Huang didn’t think too much about it. After all, they had shared a bond over those countless years.

So, he agreed to Ye Fan’s invitation without hesitation. Back then, he even felt quite lucky because out of all of Ye Fan’s followers, he was the only one who came along.

However, as soon as he arrived on Earth, Da Huang started regretting it. Because the Heavenly Dao (laws of Heaven) on Earth didn’t allow entities from outside the restrictions to enter. Under the influence of Earth’s Heavenly Dao, Da Huang’s cultivation level dropped rapidly, all the way down to the Golden Core Stage.

Originally, the Heavenly Dao even tried to suppress Ye Fan’s cultivation, but it failed because Ye Fan didn’t exist within the restriction, nor outside of it. In the end, the Heavenly Dao was countered and ended up being sealed and controlled by Ye Fan instead.

"Master, when are you going to talk to the Heavenly Dao and ask it to restore my strength?" Da Huang asked as he ran over to Ye Fan’s leg, rubbing up against it nonstop.

"You’re doing just fine like this. Besides, it looks like the neighbor’s Big White dog has a thing for you."

The moment Ye Fan mentioned that annoying mutt next door, Da Huang got mad. "Pah! I am a majestic Netherdark Demonic Dragon! How could I possibly be interested in that dog?"

"Hahaha, don’t think I don’t know—you sneak out every night for a little fun."

"This..."

……

On the other side, at the top floor of the Laiyang Group building—

"Director Li, just leave this matter to me. I guarantee it’ll get done."

Hearing the confident tone in Yang Hu’s voice, Li Zhi was also in an exceptionally good mood. After all, the Wang family was currently only threatening the villagers of Shanjiao Village. They hadn’t actually obtained any signed agreements from the locals.

If Yang Hu could really negotiate and settle everything, and get the Shanjiao Village development started, the benefits the Li family would gain were obvious.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh and say, "Hahaha, Manager Yang, I believe in your business abilities."

"I’ve learned it all from you, Director Li."

"You, just keep working hard. If this deal succeeds, I’ll make sure you get a raise and a promotion."

"Thank you very much, Director Li," Yang Hu said gratefully, then asked, "By the way, Director Li, how is Elder Li doing?"

As soon as his father was mentioned, Li Zhi’s expression immediately turned worried. "Sigh, not good. He probably doesn’t have much time left."

"I see… Director Li, there’s one more thing I need to tell you."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Director Li, the matter is…"

Then, Yang Hu told everything about the cabbage, in full detail.

"That’s impossible," Li Zhi doubted deeply in his heart that the cabbage could actually cure his father.

Seeing Li Zhi’s disbelief, Yang Hu immediately stood up, rolled up his pant leg, revealing the spot where he had been injured.

"Director Li, you know, this is where I got hurt last time on my thigh, but look."

Li Zhi saw that Yang Hu’s thigh was completely free of any scars or wounds and was instantly amazed. "This… how did this happen?"

"Director Li, I swear it was that cabbage that healed it."

Before, Li Zhi might not have believed Yang Hu’s words, but now seeing it with his own eyes, he began to accept this undeniable fact.

"There’s really something this miraculous?"

Seeing Li Zhi’s surprised expression, Yang Hu laughed and said, "Director Li, I had the exact same look before."

Then Yang Hu took out the cabbage he had brought in earlier. "Director Li, here are two heads of cabbage. You can take them back and try. What if it works?"

Yang Hu also knew about Elder Li’s illness and didn’t dare guarantee it could be cured. But after all, it was just a vegetable, so even if it didn’t cure anything, eating it wouldn’t cause harm.

Li Zhi also knew Yang Hu’s character and believed he wouldn’t lie about something like this. Besides, even if the cabbage didn’t work, he could just take it as Yang Hu’s way of comforting him.

"Alright, Manager Yang, I’ll take them back and try."

After that, Yang Hu handed the cabbage to Li Zhi, then left with Yang Lili waiting outside.