Chapter 54 is Gold will shine

  Mr. Li glanced at Zhao Fei and said: "Even if we pay more wages, we can't waste like this, we have to save up."

  "I'll definitely be more careful next time, don't worry, Mother." Zhao Fei handed over the things in his hand to Li Shi, then took out the money pouch from his bosom and handed it over to Li Shi, saying: "Mother, this is my salary for a month."

  "You'd better keep it for yourself. Besides, we're not short of money at home." Li said evasively.

  "You just take it, I've told you, I really can't use much money in the city. Eating and drinking are all in stores, and busy studying, so there's no chance to spend money." Zhao Fei forced the wallet into Li's hand, "If not, you can consider this money as me saving it with you temporarily."

  Seeing Zhao Fei's determination, Li hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement: "Alright then, consider this money as your mother keeping it safe for you, and I'll return it to you later."

  "Uh-huh, okay." Finally, the mother-in-law accepted it. Zhao Fei nodded in agreement with a smile. Zhao Fei still didn't think much of Li's words. Since they had already given it out, why were they asking for it back?

  Just as Li was about to enter the house with the ingredients, Zhao Fei suddenly spoke up and said: "By the way, Mother, make a bit more food today. I plan on inviting Teacher Feng and everyone over for dinner."

  Before Li could respond, Zhao Hu walked out of the house and happened to hear Zhao Fei's words. He nodded hastily and said: "Little Fei is right, Village Chief and Xiao Feng have taught you for so long, but you haven't properly thanked them yet. Since there's this opportunity today, you should do more, my child. One must repay kindness, without the guidance of Village Chief and Xiao Feng, how could there be the current Little Fei?"

  "Uh-huh, I know." Mr. Li nodded in response and then turned around to go back inside the house to prepare dinner.

  Zhao Fei patted Duo'er's head and said in a low voice, "Duo'er, go help your mother with some chores for a while. Brother is going out for a bit on horseback. I'll be back soon and play with you when I get back."

  Duō ér shǎn le shǎn shuǐ wāng wāng de dà yǎn jīng, lüè xiǎn de yǒu diǎn bù gāo xìng de dūn gǔn dào: "Nà hǎo ba, nà gē ge nǐ yào zǎo diǎn huí lái ā." Zì cóng Zhāo Fēi jìn chéng yǐ hòu, měi cì huí lái, Duō ér dū zhuāng zài Zhāo Fēi de shēn biān. Měi cì chū mén dū jiào dé Duō ér bù gāo xìng, dàn shì Zhāo Fēi yě shì wú jì kě shǒu, měi cì zhǐ néng dé dào Duō ér de tóng yì cái gǎn chū mén.

  Seeing Duer's expression again, Zhao Fei was very helpless. "I know, brother will definitely come back as soon as possible." He smiled at Duer and replied. Then he turned his head to Zhao Hu and said: "Then I'll go first, Dad."

  "Hmm." Zhao Hu nodded in agreement.

  After leaving the house, Zhao Fei first went to Zhao Feng's home, found Zhao Feng and explained his intention. Zhao Feng agreed very happily at that time. Then the two of them went together to the village head's home. Pushing open the door and entering the room, they found the village head reading a book, and hastily went forward to pay respects. "Teacher."

  Upon hearing the voice, the village chief put down the book in his hand, turned around and said to Zhao Fei: "Is little Fei back? Is there something you want to ask me again?" Seeing Zhao Feng behind Zhao Fei, the village chief was slightly surprised. He then asked: "Little Feng, why are you here too."

  "It's like this, teacher. I got paid this month, so I bought some things and was thinking of inviting you and Brother Feng over for a meal." Zhao Fei said respectfully.

  "Hehe, you're such a filial child. Since you have this kind of filial piety, as your teacher, I won't decline and it won't seem too much like favoritism. Let's go." The village chief stood up, and Zhao Fei hurried over to support him.

  "Let's go." The village chief shook off Zhao Fei's hand. "I'm not old enough to need someone to support me when I walk." The three of them walked towards Zhao Fei's home, chatting and laughing. However, Zhao Feng felt a bit superfluous, as it was always Zhao Fei asking the village chief questions, while the chief patiently answered him.

  Three people arrived at Zhao Fei's home, and found that Li had already made a lot of dishes. Duo Er was staring at the food on the table with eager eyes, muttering to herself. When she saw Zhao Fei return, Duo Er withdrew her gaze full of desire and jumped up and down as she ran towards him. "Brother, you're back."

  Duō ér ran dào zhāo fēi de shēn biān, hěn guāi qiǎo de xiàng cūn zhǎng zhāo fēng dǎ zhāo hu. "Cūn zhǎng yé ye hǎo, fēng gē gē hǎo."

  "Hehe, Duo'er is really clever." The village chief couldn't help but praise as he looked at the clever Duo'er.

  Zhao Fei looked at Duo'er with great astonishment, "Is this really Duo'er?" Zhao Fei couldn't help but ask himself in his heart. When facing him, she was so clever and mysterious, but when encountering others, why was she so gentle and elegant?

  The village chief had just finished speaking, and Zhao Hu came out of the house to greet him. "Village Chief, you've arrived, please come in. The dishes will get cold if we don't eat soon." Zhao Hu led the village chief into the house and asked him to take a seat.

  The village chief sat down, looking at the table of talented people, and couldn't help but be moved. He smiled and said to Zhao Hu: "You really have a good son!"

  "Xiao Fei's current achievements are all thanks to your help, Village Chief. If it weren't for your meticulous guidance, there wouldn't be the Xiao Fei of today." Zhao Hu said humbly.

  The village chief shook his head and said, "It can't be said that way. If Xiaofei was just a stubborn stone, no matter how capable I am, I wouldn't be able to grind him into jade. As Xiaofei once told me, 'Gold will shine.' Although the words are simple, they do make sense. I've only wiped away some of the dust that's covering his brilliance ahead of time; he hasn't reached the dazzling moment yet."

  Listening to the village chief praising himself like this, Zhao Fei felt a bit embarrassed. He hastily said: "Honestly, you're overpraising me, students are not that excellent, actually students are just ordinary people."

  "What kind of person are you, I still don't know." The village chief stared at Zhao Fei and said. "You're just a carefree person, without any desire for fame or wealth. This is both good and bad to say." The village chief paused for a moment, then continued: "With your current foundation, after a few years of training, you'll have unlimited prospects for advancement in the future, and you'll definitely rise to prominence. But you don't have this idea at all. Alas..." At this point, the village chief couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "Even if you didn't have the heart to be an official, why did you go into business?"

  Zhao Fei knew that from the beginning, his teacher had been very unenthusiastic about him becoming a merchant, and even expressed strong dislike. However, Zhao Fei was in a difficult position - on one hand, it was his teacher, and on the other hand, Zhang Zhuangzhu treated him like family, making it hard for him to refuse. Upon hearing Village Head Listening's words, Zhao Fei hastily stood up and said: "Teacher, Zhang Zhuangzhu treats me like family, and besides, I've already promised him. You can't expect a student to be unfaithful, to make a student become someone who doesn't keep their word. Besides, the student really has no intention of becoming an official."

  After listening to Zhao Fei's words, the village chief couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "Alas... it's all right, looking at your expression, you've already made up your mind and refused. Even if I were to persuade you, you wouldn't be able to change your mind now. Since you want to do business, then go ahead and do business." After finishing speaking, the village chief seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

  Looking at the lonely old man in front of him, Zhao Fei felt extremely cruel. An old man's hope was thus stripped away by himself, and Zhao Fei felt very sorry for the village chief.

  "Teacher..." Zhao Fei started speaking, but didn't know what to say.

  "Never mind, I'm fine, just a bit tired. Alright, you don't have to stand either, sit down and eat." The village chief waved his hand, gesturing for Zhao Fei to take a seat.