Chapter 55: The Husband and Wife's Play-Acting

  The village head's emotions were somewhat melancholic, affecting the mood of everyone in the house, which was also somewhat depressed.

  "What's with the gloomy faces? Just an old man's ramblings, that's all. Come on, Xiaofei, don't stand there, take a seat."

  Hearing the village chief say this, Zhao Fei could only helplessly sit down. "Wait until I become successful in the future and repay the village chief properly." Zhao Fei thought to himself secretly.

  Seeing this, Zhao Hu said: "Alright, stop thinking about those unhappy things and hurry up to eat. Otherwise, the dishes will get cold."

  "Let's eat then." Zhao Fei hastily got up, picked up a piece of meat and put it in the village chief's bowl, saying: "You eat, teacher."

  "Ah, you eat too." The village chief nodded towards Zhao Fei and picked up the bowl on the table. Seeing the village chief start eating, others also picked up their chopsticks and began to eat. Duo Er, who had been waiting impatiently, quickly grabbed her chopsticks and started clamping down on the dishes on the table.

  "Duo'er~~~" Zhao Hu shouted, glancing at Duo'er. Startled by her father's shout, Duo'er looked somewhat frightened and weakly withdrew the chopsticks she had stretched out.

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." The village chief looked at Duer and said kindly. Then he picked up a piece of meat and put it in Duer's bowl. "Eat, eat."

  The little girl looked at the kind village chief, then gazed longingly at the meat in the bowl. She lifted her head to look at Zhao Hu again, with a hint of fear in her eyes.

  "You scared the kid." The village chief glared at Zhao Hu, then kindly said to Duo Er: "It's okay, Duo Er. Eat, I'll see if your dad dares to say anything." Zhao Hu was a bit embarrassed by the village chief's words, scratched his own neck and smiled foolishly.

  Having gained the village chief's approval, Duan'er ignored Zhao Hu and started eating on her own. Her eating manner was not like that of a young girl at all. Duan'er's appearance made everyone burst out laughing. Hearing the murmurs, Duan'er lifted her small head curiously looking around. "Village Chief Grandpa, Feng Brother, what are you laughing about? Why aren't you eating?"

  The village chief chuckled and said, "Duo'er is right, let's eat. Don't disappoint Xiao Fei's kind intentions." The originally somewhat dull dinner was suddenly lifted by Duo'er's performance. Just as everyone was about to start eating, a voice came from the courtyard.

  "Is Zhao Hu's younger brother at home?"

  Hearing someone calling him, Zhao Hu hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand and went out to greet them. As soon as he heard this voice, Zhao Fei knew who the owner of the voice was. Zhao Fei found it a bit strange that he had come back. "He hasn't been to my house all year round, today I brought back a lot of things, and he came to my house, isn't this strange? Is he a dog?"

  As expected, the Zhao Hu who came in was indeed Zhao Cai. Following behind Zhao Cai was his fierce wife. Seeing the village chief at the dinner table, Zhao Cai's expression changed noticeably. "So Village Chief is here too."

  The village head looked up at Zhao Cai, nodded, while Zhao Feng didn't even give Zhao Cai a glance. From this, it can be seen that Zhao Cai's reputation in the village of Zhao Jia is not very good.

  Looking at the village chief's expression, and then seeing Zhao Feng's appearance, Zhao Cai felt extremely embarrassed. Seeing that her husband didn't say anything, Zhao Cai's wife also didn't make a sound, silently standing behind him.

  "Brother Zhao, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Let's sit down and eat together." Zhao Hu said politely to Zhao Cai.

  When Zhao Hu heard this, Zhao Cai's wife had some thoughts and was about to move, but she stopped after being glared at by Zhao Cai. "How can I be so presumptuous? I've already eaten with your sister-in-law, and today I came over just to see Little Fei." When Zhao Cai said this, his wife became anxious and was about to speak when she was fiercely pulled back by Zhao Cai, who also glared at her. But Zhao Cai's wife wasn't one to be trifled with either, and she glared right back at him.

  Watching this couple's performance, Zhao Fei found it very funny. He struggled hard to hold back his laughter.

  Seeing the look on everyone's face, Zhao felt like he was showing off in front of a crowd. He couldn't help but blush. "Alright, Xiaofei has seen it too, let's go." He said and turned around to leave, not daring to look back. His wife looked at the food on the table, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then walked out. Zhao Hu rushed out in a hurry.

  Once the couple was out of sight, Zhao Fei couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into loud laughter. Even the village chief and Zhao Feng were infected by his laughter and started laughing too.

  "It's all right, what's so funny?" Zhao Hu walked back, looking at Zhao Fei who was already laughing uncontrollably, and said harshly, but it didn't stop Zhao Fei's wild laughter.

  "Alright, stop laughing. If you continue, this meal will really be inedible." The village chief finally couldn't bear it and spoke up.

  The village chief's words were still very powerful, and after listening to the village chief's words, Zhao Fei slowly restrained his smile.

  "Is it so funny?" Zhao Feng poked Zhao Fei and asked.

  "Of course." Zhao Fei said with a raised head. He had always disliked Zhao Cai, and now that he had suffered such a great loss, how could Zhao Fei not laugh heartily?

  "Alright, let's eat." The village chief spoke up, seeing Zhao Fei no longer smiling.

  Everyone ate very well, not at all affected by what just happened. Worth mentioning is that Duer left the table early and sat quietly on one side, stroking her seemingly bulging belly. As she stroked it, she hummed, clearly showing signs of eating too much. Looking at Duer's appearance, the village chief couldn't help but laugh loudly again.

  The lunch ended in laughter.

  "Alright, it's getting late, I'll be off first." The village head got up and walked towards the door.

  "I'll see you off, teacher." Zhao Fei also hastily stood up and followed behind the village chief.

  "Then I'll leave too, Uncle Hu, you're busy." Zhao Feng also stood up and walked towards the door. Zhao Hu Li also hurriedly followed to send off Village Chief and Zhao Feng.

  Out of the hospital gate, Zhao Feng walked alone towards home. While Zhao Fei sent Village Chief back to Village Chief's home.

  It's already deep autumn, and although the night wind isn't biting, it's quite cold. The village head is walking in front, with Zhao Fei following behind him. A gust of wind blows by, and Zhao Fei can't help but tighten his clothes.

  "Can you tell me why you don't want to take office?" The village chief suddenly asked.

  "I... I'm not that kind of material." Zhao Fei hesitated for a moment before speaking bluntly. Zhao Fei also felt that he really wasn't that kind of material. Apart from being precognitive, Zhao Fei didn't know what else made him stand out. To be honest, when it came to plotting and scheming, he was just an otaku, how could he compete with others? Although it's still a peaceful era for now, but soon it will be the arrival of chaotic times, who knows how one will die then. It's better to be a small businessman and live a dull life, men can have hot blood, but also need to ensure their own safety and that of their family.

  "If you don't try, how will you know?" The village chief stared at Zhao Fei and said.

  "This...” Zhao Fei didn't know what to say. "My ambition is not here, I just want to spend the rest of my life in peace and stability, taking good care of Father, Mother, Duan Er, and you, Master. As for other things, I haven't thought about them yet. Moreover, Master, with your great talent, why didn't you serve as an official, but instead hid in this small village?"

  "Alas..." The village chief let out a long sigh. He didn't expect Zhao Fei to use himself as an example. From then on, the village chief didn't know what else to say and could only look at Zhao Fei and say: "Looking at you, it seems like your mind is already made up, even if I were to advise you, it would be of no use." "Forget it, forget it." The village chief shook his head. "Since you've decided, then go ahead and do it. Teachers are getting old after all, we'll have to rely on you in the future."

  "Don't worry, teacher, I will definitely do it." Zhao Fei nodded solemnly.