Hou Da Mao was on the verge of collapse. He hadn't expected that despite his utmost caution, he would still be discovered. She was close to tears.
"I say, you brat, are you human or ghost? Standing behind someone without a sound, do you want to scare me to death?" Ye Tian Cheng chuckled upon hearing him.
Hearing this, she felt a bit embarrassed. After all, in such a situation, nothing she said would be useful. She wanted to make this guy understand that the reason for this problem was entirely due to what needed to be done next.
Perhaps in this situation, she needed to think quietly, but she really didn't know what to do. Therefore, the final result of this situation was that she didn't know what to do.
Hou Da Mao hadn't expected to become a laughingstock. Moreover, he hadn't realized that he was being mocked all along. No matter what choice he made, he would still be laughed at. Although there was only one choice now, it was to become Ye Tian Cheng's joke.
"I really didn't expect to become someone's joke at this critical juncture, and I have no choice. Only by doing so can I achieve my glory." Seeing the guy's appearance, he could only cry and beg Ye Tian Cheng for strong protection.
"You usually don't burn incense and then rush to embrace the Buddha's feet. What's the use of begging me?" Ye Tian Cheng said with a cold smile.
Hou Da Mao hugged Ye Tian Cheng's leg and cried, "Master Ye, I was wrong, I was wrong, please take me in."
"Get lost!" Ye Tian Cheng had no good feelings for him. This was because he was Hou Ming Zhu's subordinate, and he detested Hou Ming Zhu immensely, finding her no different from a pest.
This kid, seeing his tragic fate, was extremely miserable.
"I know you hate her. I have her weakness. If you know it, it will be of great help to you in defeating Hou Ming Zhu and the Hou family." Hou Da Mao looked like a withered tree, begging Ye Tian Cheng. He hoped Ye Tian Cheng would show mercy and tolerate him given his earnest devotion.
Ye Tian Cheng saw the kid speaking like this and couldn't help but pity him. "Since it's news about Hou Ming Zhu's weakness, then I must know."
Ye Tian Cheng didn't shy away from this issue at all. He really wanted to deal with Hou Ming Zhu; even a blind person knew that. Hou Da Mao saying this was tantamount to seizing Ye Tian Cheng's perfect opportunity. He immediately agreed to the kid's request.
"From now on, tell me everything as it is. If you lie, I'll make sure your head explodes."
Ye Tian Cheng said to him fiercely, intending to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. He didn't want this guy to deceive him and wanted to make it clear that if he wanted to be honest with him, he had to confess everything.
Hou Da Mao told Ye Tian Cheng that Hou Ming Zhu was now partnering with someone to open a restaurant, and the ingredients used were very organic...
This matter was to tell Ye Tian Cheng that if he wanted to defeat Hou Ming Zhu, he should start from here.
Ye Tian Cheng patted the guy's shoulder and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you, you scoundrel... you're simply speechless."
The reason this guy chose to betray Hou Ming Zhu was that he had no other way out. If he had a choice and a way to go, he would never choose to betray Hou Ming Zhu. The consequences of betraying one's master were dire. Historically, those who betrayed their masters only met tragic ends.
Because it was very beneficial to himself, this guy didn't say anything about it, only hiding it in his heart. The reason Ye Tian Cheng chose to accept Hou Da Mao's request now was to get information about what Hou Ming Zhu was doing. He hadn't contacted her for three years and knew nothing about Hou Ming Zhu. If he knew nothing about Hou Ming Zhu, he couldn't formulate a strategy to deal with her. Now that he knew what Hou Ming Zhu was doing, Ye Tian Cheng immediately began to devise methods to deal with Hou Ming Zhu.
Upon hearing his words, he immediately had a plan and began to say, "Her restaurant is going to be called Tian Fu Restaurant."
"Since we know, let's open one next to hers." Ye Tian Cheng decided to strike at the Hou family's industry and make this woman bow to him.
Only by doing so could this woman be completely subdued at his feet, without any chance of retaliation.
The reason for doing this was entirely due to the hatred for Hou Ming Zhu over the past three years, which had reached its peak. He felt like he wanted to skin her and eat her flesh, and this feeling was constantly spreading.
Ye Tian Cheng appeared incredibly dark.
To achieve his goal, he would naturally choose to cooperate with Hou Da Mao, because that was the only connection they had at the moment. Without this relationship, none of his requests would have moved Ye Tian Cheng. Ye Tian Cheng was now preparing to cultivate various vegetables. With the help of the divine stone, it was very easy for him to grow vegetables.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go rest. I'm yours now, please treat me well." Ye Tian Cheng laughed at Hou Da Mao's words. "What right do you have to talk to me like this? I'll use you when I need you, and when I don't, you're like trash. So, don't expect me to treat you well. I don't need you anymore. Do you know what your fate is? Those who betray their masters have no good end. As it is now, this is what you deserve."
Yi Tian Chen would certainly not keep this turncoat. He had read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and knew the nature of such people. Once there was profit to be made, they would betray their original masters. Keeping such disloyal and unrighteous people would eventually harm him.
After speaking, Ye Tian Cheng slapped him on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. Then he found a hemp sack, put him in it, dragged him to the back mountain, and pushed him off the cliff.
Seeing Ye Tian Cheng's ruthlessness, the divine stone couldn't help but sigh in admiration, "I didn't expect you, kid, to be so ruthless. You've truly exceeded my expectations..."
Ye Tian Cheng smiled upon hearing his words, finding it too amusing to talk to this guy. Thus, it was true that a husband must be ruthless.
Because in this matter, this guy had experienced too many things, and he appeared very accustomed to all of them. Because he was too accustomed to such things, he viewed everything very lightly. A person's transformation was inseparable from their environment. Long-term suppression had made him extremely evil, leading him to embark on an evil journey.
"It's nothing. If you can't embrace the evil within you, you will truly die here..." The divine stone said only this to Ye Tian Cheng. He knew that more words would be meaningless. If he couldn't understand his own darkness, he had to realize his strength. A person's strength primarily comes from walking towards righteousness, not becoming an evil person. Therefore, talking to this guy was useless; the only thing that mattered was guiding him onto the right path.
After finishing these matters, Ye Tian Cheng returned to the village. It was already dawn. It took four to five hours to walk from the back mountain cliff to here. Because he had the cultivation of the seventh level of the immortal cultivation realm, he could stay awake all night without any issues. His body was already extraordinary and completely different from ordinary people.
"Why are you up so early?" Xiao Pang asked Ye Tian Cheng, who was walking back from the back of the mountain, with great curiosity, smacking his lips.
He wasn't at all troubled by throwing Hou Da Mao off the back mountain cliff. He appeared very calm, as if he had just eaten breakfast. Therefore, he said to him, "I just went to the back mountain for some exercise. I feel very energetic now. Have you made breakfast yet?"
"How could I have made breakfast? Didn't you see I just woke up?" Xiao Pang rolled his eyes, looking at Ye Tian Cheng with a strange expression, wondering why he wasn't sleeping well and was messing around in the back mountain early in the morning. Exercising wouldn't make his body feel particularly comfortable...
You don't know that because he lacked exercise, he became like this. Ye Tian Cheng kicked him and cursed, "I knew you, kid, didn't like sports, so you're getting fatter. When ketoacidosis strikes again, you'll know what it's like to call out to heaven and earth with no response. If I hadn't met you last time, you would have already been having tea with the Buddha..."
The kid didn't take Ye Tian Cheng's words to heart at all. He pouted and said, "So what if I die? I'll die sooner or later. Death is just a return."
What this guy said was not what he truly thought. This kid was as quiet as a mouse. If he truly encountered a life-threatening situation, he would be so scared that he would scream like a pig being slaughtered. No matter how good he sounded now, when danger truly arose, he would definitely immediately act like a kneeling and begging general, imploring heaven to let him live.
"Don't talk so much nonsense to me... Perhaps at that time, you'll be crying like a fool and begging me." Ye Tian Cheng's words made the kid feel extremely uneasy because he had directly spoken his inner thoughts, and he was completely distraught.
"It's useless to say anything now. I was just bragging. Why do you have to expose me in person?" Xiao Pang felt that Ye Tian Cheng was really not interesting at all. Didn't he understand how to please others and make them feel comfortable, which would also make them look up to him?
Why was it like this? Their friendship had completely broken down. They were just joking around, not at the point of drawing swords. Because Ye Tian Cheng felt too bored, he was just trying to make him happy. However, Xiao Pang took it seriously and started to get angry at Ye Tian Cheng.
At this moment, nothing else mattered. He had just delivered something that needed to be handled properly, and he also needed to plan for cultivating various vegetables. Common winter vegetables include kale, spinach, scallion sprouts... and watercress.
With these things to do, he was extremely busy. Therefore, Ye Tian Cheng hoped that Xiao Pang would also contribute, but this guy was very lazy. As soon as he was too tired, he would complain.
Thinking that Xiao Pang was just a gluttonous and lazy fellow who only knew how to make delicious food, he hoped that he could be the manager of his hotel.
Therefore, he wouldn't bother him with farming. He would leave that to the villagers.
The village chief, Hou Da Bao, was found by Ye Tian Cheng squatting at home eating noodles. Upon seeing Ye Tian Cheng arrive, he immediately put down his bowl and asked, "You've come to my place so early in the morning. You must have something important to discuss with me. We're all family, so don't be so polite. Just tell me what's on your mind."
Seeing Hou Da Bao being so direct, Ye Tian Cheng didn't beat around the bush. He said straightforwardly, "I need some labor now. Sixty yuan per person per day for eight hours. If you think it's acceptable, report to me immediately. You'll be their foreman, and managing time and other matters will be handed over to you..."
Upon hearing Ye Tian Cheng's words, Da Bao was as happy as if it were New Year's. If he could earn sixty yuan a day, it would be a hundred times better than farming.
"Of course, if there's such a good thing, I'll definitely support it with both hands. What kind of land do you have? If it's taken care of every day, it will definitely yield huge returns. The prosperity of the entire village now depends on you."
Previously, he had provided a subsidy of 2,000 yuan per mu of land, and those who benefited were all very supportive of Ye Tian Cheng.
Everyone felt very excited. At this moment, everyone strongly supported this matter, because who wouldn't want money? Having money meant having a lot of freedom and a happy life, without having to run back and forth in the fields like a slave every day. Even if they dug the land into flowers, they couldn't get rich.
Now, just by doing a fixed job every day, they could earn so much income. Everyone was naturally overjoyed.
After four to five days of labor, these saplings had expanded, but Ye Tian Cheng had left about 10 mu of empty land. These people didn't know what he wanted to plant and were very confused. They weren't speaking ill of him, so why did he suddenly leave the land empty?
"I want to plant vegetables on these 10 mu of land to sell. Since the road has been built, of course, we should develop green agriculture. Now China is starting to pay attention to agriculture. As long as everyone works hard, they will surely live a happy and joyful life." Ye Tian Cheng said to everyone one morning. He hoped everyone would bring out their own saved seeds, because organic agriculture definitely required organic seeds, not the hybrid seeds from seed companies.
In this world, rarity is precious. The rarer something is, the higher its price. Current common agriculture uses modern technology, causing many seeds to mutate. Hybrid vegetables have high yields, but their taste is not as good as vegetables grown from organic seeds. Therefore, Ye Tian Cheng hoped everyone would bring out their saved seeds.
Because of the previous experience, everyone's feelings towards Ye Tian Cheng were different. They felt that he must have some plans that they couldn't understand, so these people quickly brought out their saved seeds, and Ye Tian Cheng obtained their seeds.
Then he happily told them, "Current agriculture is all hybrid. The vegetables grown from our organic seeds are very delicious, so rarity is precious, and they will sell very well. From now on, everyone will farm according to my methods. After half a month, they will be officially sold, and each kilogram will definitely sell for twenty to thirty yuan. The yield per mu will be 1,000 jin. Calculate the income, everyone!"
These people were all amazed by what the man said. They couldn't calculate it. Earning one or two yuan was not a problem, but calculating such a huge number was difficult for them. Ye Tian Cheng felt that these villagers should receive cultural education, otherwise, developing industries in the future would be impossible. This world changed because everyone possessed a lot of knowledge. Knowledge changes destiny.
Ye Tian Cheng felt that he should assign a teacher to these villagers, but finding a teacher now was very difficult. Who would be willing to teach these nearly-dead villagers knowledge? Because once a person reaches a certain age, they can no longer learn knowledge. Their common mindset makes it very difficult for them to accept new things.
Although it was very difficult, it was still worth trying. He didn't believe that there was anything in this world that couldn't be changed.
For such problems, it led to a fierce and unwavering change in determination, coupled with self-resolve, resulting in his overall transformation. His own transformation would become very powerful, thus driving the development of the entire Xiaohe Village. Where he fell, he would get up. This was what Ye Tian Cheng wanted to express the most. Although with his current strength, developing in the city would be effortless, he just wanted to develop in Xiaohe Village and then surround the cities from the countryside, bringing change to this backward place. He wanted to become a farmer of the new era.
From a farmer to the biggest industrialist, and then to gain the admiration of the world. One could also become the world's richest person in agriculture because there was nothing impossible in this world. One only had to fall into despair from the beginning. With this despair, nothing they did would succeed. The reason for becoming like this was entirely because after obtaining that power, he became full of confidence. This golden finger was equivalent to cheating in life.
This world was definitely asymmetrical. Some people were unlucky, while others were happy. Some had wealth, while others faced severe difficulties. Some ate, while others were eaten.
Men in the world are very few like Ye Tian Cheng. Because he was a favored son of heaven, heaven's destiny for him was to be a dragon among men, a swift horse among horses.
Such a person, who kills gods when gods block and Buddhas when Buddhas block, achieved remarkable success simply because his fate was too good. If a person's fate was not good, even if you were the strongest among the strong, you would only be swept into the trash.
If a person's fate was very good, even if you were an idiot, you might become someone who tramples elite individuals underfoot.
Therefore, no one can truly understand fate. It ultimately comes down to the will of heaven.
Heaven's will is to make a small number of people become the elites among elites, suppressing those who do not have the ability to cheat. Ye Tian Cheng possessing a golden finger was equivalent to heaven giving him a cheating tool, thus leading him from the low point to the pinnacle of life.