Chapter 65

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In the following days, villagers who had gone out to pay New Year's visits gradually returned to the village, and the Lantern Festival activities began. With the financial support of Zhao Xinyu, the village purchased various props.

Villagers participating in the activities could receive a few dozen yuan in subsidies each day. Although the amount was not much, almost half the village signed up to participate.

Perhaps due to the activities on New Year's Eve, as the Lantern Festival activities unfolded, villagers from surrounding villages also came to join in. Later, many city dwellers who loved the festivities spontaneously joined as well.

This led to Xihanling, the poorest village in Pengcheng, becoming the best place to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the region. According to media reports, more than a thousand people participated in the activities in Xihanling each day, and even more came to watch the festivities.

As the number of participants increased, the village's agritourism also flourished, and various stalls that had never appeared in Xihanling before began to emerge.

When Zhao Xinyu heard this news, he was also surprised. He had not expected that a Lantern Festival celebration would attract so many vendors, which made his heart suddenly become active.

After the eighth day of the first lunar month, people returned to work, and the Du family also left the compound on that day. Although the Du family was gone, Han Jun brought his fiancée who had not yet married into the family. Later, Lu Ming and Huang Zhijun also brought their partners over.

Zhao Xinyu soon learned that the past half-year had been very fruitful for Han Jun and the others. After the news spread, during this period, the thresholds of these good brothers were almost worn out by people bringing girls for matchmaking every day.

The brothers finally made it, which made Zhao Xinyu very excited for them. He promised to give each of them a big red envelope when they got married.

After Lu Ming and the others brought their partners over, Du Mengnan came to the compound again, accompanied by Yu Mo, Liu Ruoxi, and others whom he had not seen for a long time.

They had known each other since last year, and now that Lu Ming and the others had partners, the young people quickly became familiar with each other. Although there were not as many people as during the New Year, Zhao Xinyu's place became even more lively every day.

The New Year passed with the young people playing and the village's drumming and gongs. Zhao Xinyu spent his first New Year in six years without eating instant noodles and pickled vegetables.

When the village returned to its usual tranquility, the compound became busy. The vegetable fields in the compound exceeded sixty mu, and to make things easier, Zhao Xinyu bought farming machinery himself.

Just after the first lunar month, when other places had not yet started the spring farming, the compound began planting vegetable seedlings. Zhao Xinyu then went out for a few days. When he returned, several trucks followed him, carrying not only the familiar grapes but also sour cherries and Hami apricots and Black Gem plums that they had only heard of but never seen.

While Zhao Xinyu was busy, the villagers were not idle. Following Zhao Xinyu's plan from the New Year, most of them started livestock farming, and many of the previously barren and infertile lands in the village were tilled and replanted, but not with grains, but with grass for livestock.

When spring arrived and the fields turned green, Zhao Xinyu's compound was already lush with greenery. The tomatoes and cucumbers were over a foot tall, and the area around the compound came to life with the green of the sour cherries and grapes.

Then, tens of thousands of chicks, ducklings, and goslings entered the compound, and their chirping and quacking added even more vitality to the place.

As the compound stabilized, Zhao Xinyu did not forget the upcoming Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) examination. His grandfather had always wanted him to promote TCM, and he kept this wish in his heart. He often gave up his cultivation to review the TCM theories he had learned.

One day, Zhao Xinyu brought Heifeng to the gate to check the growth of the Hami apricots and plums. Since Zhao Xinyu had been missing for more than four months last year, the gate had returned to its former tranquility.

As Zhao Xinyu looked at the clusters of flowers on the apricots and plums, Heifeng suddenly growled. Zhao Xinyu was slightly startled and turned to look at Heifeng. He saw two cars parked on the nearby road, and several young men wearing masks and hats were looking at him.

Heifeng's eyes were blood-red, and he kept roaring at the cars, making Zhao Xinyu's heart race. Heifeng had never shown any abnormal behavior before, not even when the animal rights activists came. Now, he was roaring at the two cars as if he saw enemies. Zhao Xinyu thought of the incident the night before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

Zhao Xinyu just glanced at the cars and then patted Heifeng, who instantly calmed down. At that moment, Zhao Xinyu had already determined that those people were the thugs who had invaded his compound that night.

Zhao Xinyu also knew that they must have come with a purpose, and it was not a good one.

If it were the Zhao Xinyu from a year ago, he might not have thought much of it, but after the changes he had undergone, Zhao Xinyu was no longer the same. His best companion, Heifeng, had almost died because of them, so he no longer had any mercy for his enemies.

"Brother Kui, that dog is still alive, and it seems to recognize us."

"Let's go back first."

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"Master Hu, we've been watching the place for a few days. There are many people there during the day, but no one except Zhao Xinyu at night. On weekends, a child stays there for two days."

Hu Zhenyu looked at Zhang Mingkui, his eyes full of resentment.

Since Zhao Xinyu first showed his potential, he had sent people to investigate and confirmed that Zhao Xinyu had no background. Only then did he try several times to seize Jinhen, Jin Yu, and Heifeng.

After the attack on the compound last year, when he saw the special cigarettes and wine that Zhang Mingkui brought back, he knew that Zhao Xinyu must have connections with a wealthy family.

This year, during the New Year, he finally found out which wealthy family Zhao Xinyu was associated with. When he learned that Zhao Xinyu and Du Mengnan had a close relationship, he was even more furious.

He had been plotting to get Du Mengnan for years, and he had almost succeeded last year. Now, a poor boy had taken her away, which he could not bear.

"Master Hu, the Du family only occasionally visits Du Mengnan."

Hu Zhenyu's eyes turned cold. "You think Du Mengnan has relied on the Du family. A poor boy will always be a poor boy. Zhang Mingkui, find a few reliable brothers and take care of that boy."

"Master Hu, what about the two dragons and the big dog? It's easy to take care of the boy, but if he dies, the big dog will definitely follow the two dragons into Cailiang Mountain, making it hard to catch them."

"Don't worry about that. Take care of the boy first. I don't want to hear his name anymore. His compound is not bad. If we get it, we can find a few people to grow vegetables and raise fish, and we can earn the money back quickly."

The thugs who had harmed Heifeng reappeared. Zhao Xinyu checked the surveillance and found that the two cars had been appearing frequently recently.

Knowing this, he sensed that those people would definitely invade the compound again at some point, which made him more vigilant.

After sparring with Liang Yongjun and Liu Fei, he had become very confident. Although one person cannot fight many, Zhao Xinyu was not worried. He had a pack of blue wolves from Cailiang Mountain in his spatial ring, and he was confident that if those thugs came again, he would make sure they would not return alive.

To deal with this, he thought for a long time and one day entered his spatial ring to gather the blue wolves and hold a meeting.

That night, Zhao Xinyu heard Heifeng's low growl and immediately checked the surveillance. He saw more than thirty people climb over the wall and enter the compound.

Zhao Xinyu's expression changed. He quickly put on his clothes, left the yard, and silently brought the blue wolves out of the spatial ring. Sitting in the yard, he was a bit nervous, but his eyes had a hint of killing intent.

Outside the compound, a group of people with weapons, masks, and hats looked puzzled. They knew about Heifeng, but there was no sign of him, which surprised them.

"Get ready, be quick and clean. It's best to catch the dog, but if you can't, just kill it. Brother Kui and Master Hu have already prepared a celebration banquet for us at the hotel."

"I'll pry the door open."

But when he reached the gate, he found it was not locked, which made him very pleased...

The group entered the yard and were stunned. They saw Zhao Xinyu sitting on a chair on the steps in front of the living room, coldly looking at them. Next to Zhao Xinyu was the large dog Heifeng, whom they greatly feared.

"Kill him," a voice rang out. As soon as the words were spoken, everyone raised their weapons and rushed at Zhao Xinyu.

Zhao Xinyu's face turned even colder as he moved down the steps.

"Boom," Zhao Xinyu dodged an attack and punched a strong man, sending him flying.

The group was stunned as they saw the man land in the flower bed, struggling a few times before falling silent.

"Attack together."

But the next moment, their faces changed dramatically as they saw a pair of oil-green eyes...

"Ahh," screams echoed in the night, but in just two or three minutes, the entire yard was quiet again.

Zhao Xinyu took a deep breath, picked up the lifeless bodies one by one and put them into the spatial ring, then collected the blue wolves and the weapons the thugs had brought. After checking the yard to ensure nothing was left behind, he returned to his room and replaced the hard drive on the computer.

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