Transmigrating To The Ancient Times With Lu's Convenience

Chapter 140

Chapter 140: A Letter from Ji Yun An

Chen Xiao Cai paid 200 tales of silver for 20 acres of farmland and donated them to the village.

The income from those farmland was mainly used for the poor families in the village, especially the poor kids.

In return, the villagers promised to maintain Granny Shen, Chen Xiao Cai and Lu Lin's parents' graves.

The old Village Head Zhang Cheng had resigned and Zhang Cheng's son, Zhang Jin, had taken over.

Zhang Cheng was very grateful for Chen Xiao Cai's good deeds towards the poor kids in the village.

Everyone in the village knew that Chen Xiao Cai had money, but they were still impressed by Chen Xiao Cai's generosity, 200 tales of silver in one go.

Twenty acres of land was quite a lot. The Lu family and Chen family only had that much land when they were in their prime.

Zhang Jin was very happy with Chen Xiao Cai's generosity.

The members of the Chen clan, on the other hand, were not very happy. Chen Xiao Cai donated the land to the village and not to the clan. The Chen clan wouldn't get any benefits directly from the land. Many members of the Chen clan felt that Chen Xiao Cai should have had donated the land to the clan instead of the village.

Several elders from the clan talked to Chen Xiao Cai. Chen Xiao Cai sticked to principle and refuted their suggestion.

Zhang Cheng sat on the bed and asked his son, "I heard Chen Xiao Cai is leaving soon, is that right?"

Zhang Jin nodded, "Yeah!"

"He doesn't come back often, why doesn't he stay longer?"

Zhang Jin sighed helplessly. He understood why Chen Xiao Cai hardly felt any sense of belonging in the village. There were too few people who were nice to him when he was little. Zhang Jin who had talked to Chen Xiao Cai a fair bit recently always felt Chen Xiao Cai was too experienced and knowledgeable to be a villager.

"Lu Lin has got a promotion, and he even knows a prince?" Zhang Cheng asked.

Zhang Jin nodded and said, "Chen Xiao Cai didn't say brag about it, but the guards following him said that. It should be right."

Zhang Cheng said with a complicated expression on his face, "Lu Lin is so capable. When will he come back?"

Zhang Jin smiled bitterly and said, "He is now an official. He can't leave his post easily!"

Zhang Cheng sighed and said, "Lu Lin is probably angry at our village. It's my fault to some degree! I was too biased towards Lu Cheng Yu back and I've neglected his feelings back then, so he doesn't feel any sense of belonging in the village either."

Zhang Cheng felt so guilty. If he hadn't sided with Lu Cheng Yu back then, maybe Lu Lin would come back to the village more often.

Zhang Jin thought to himself, 'If it wasn't for the pedigree of the Shen Clan, even Chen Xiao Cai might not have come back, let alone Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi.'

The fact that Chen Xiao Cai donated 200 taels of silver made Grandma Lu very depressed.

Lu Cheng Yu had been spending the family savings to prepare for his exams, the Lus didn't live well in the past few years.

Grandma Lu couldn't help but imagine how great it was going to be if Chen Xiao Mi bought those farmland for her, all she needed to do was to rent out those land and count the monthly rent. Unfortunately, Chen Xiao Cai donated the land to the village. Grandma Lu just couldn't understand that behavior.