Chapter Fifty-Six: The Family Feast

"Still no news from Yang'er?"

In the study, Li Bufan gently closed an account book, his face was slightly wrinkled, and he asked in a deep voice to Li Changrong, the third elder in the room, who was dressed in a loose robe and had white temples.

"No, half a month ago, the young owner just gave a vague explanation to the next person, that is, there was no news after leaving, I ordered to go down and let the people below investigate, but there seems to be no progress. ”

The folds on his face twisted slightly, and after a pause, Li Changrong said with some concern: "The owner of the village is a family banquet tonight, after all, the young owner is your son, and he has the title of the young owner, if the young owner of this banquet does not participate, I am afraid that the blood relatives of the great elder will take advantage of the topic." “

"Hmph! When the ancestor ordered the annual family banquet, the intention was to ask us Yunze Villa to keep in mind the concerted efforts of the whole family in order to promote the prosperity of the villa, and now many people in the villa have their own ghosts, this banquet has long lost its original intention, and the reason why it is still kept is just to go through the motions and show respect to the ancestors. With a sneer, Li Bufan's face revealed a slight anger.

"Yang'er is also older, it is understandable that he has his own things to do, as for whether he participates in this banquet or not, it is the same, anyway, if there is nothing to do, some old guys will make me have some trouble, okay, three elders, you go and arrange tonight's family banquet first! Li Bufan sighed lightly and waved his hand at Li Changrong.

Li Changrong nodded, turned around and hesitated, then took the step back again, and said with an embarrassed face: " According to the contract, our villa will compensate ten times the silver taels to the employer for the failure of this dart, but now the business of our villa is not much, the annual income is shallow, and the annual expenses in the village are huge, especially the elders of the blood relatives, the annual offering from the account office is huge, and now the villa has reached a deficit, and if it goes on like this, it will maintain its livelihood for half a year at most, I am afraid that the villa will go out of business!"

"Hey...... Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and now even the thieves have caught our attention, this has not yet reached the Xuanting Society, it seems that many people now feel that our Yunze Villa is going to be wiped out!" Li Bufan's eyes flashed a trace of anger, and the palm-sized knife mark at the center of his eyebrows loomed.

"In the future, the cost of the villa will be minimized, and the liquidated damages will be paid to the employer, if the reputation is lost again, our dart game will really be over. Rubbing his temples a little tiredly, Li Bufan said a little haggard.

In the human realm, the survival of many forces depends on the local livelihood, after all, cultivators can't survive by swallowing qi like those terrible beings in the martial arts realm, and if they don't step into the martial arts realm for a day, the cultivators can't leave the grains, but with the improvement of cultivation, many cultivators don't have that much demand for food.

There are at least a few hundred people in a force, and these hundreds of people just eat and drink for a year is a huge expense, plus some weapons costs, pill costs, martial arts costs, servant costs, and so on...... All of them require a large amount of snowy silver, so if a force wants to survive, it must have a huge capital turnover.

The income of the general forces mainly depends on darts, inns, shops, shopping streets, etc...... Each force has its own industry under it, and the survival pillar of the force also depends on the profits generated by these industries every year, after all, there will be no money in the sky just practicing martial arts.

The ranking of the Xuanting Society, which is held every five years, is related to the development of a force in the next five years, and the prestige of this force in the next five years.

After all, it is human nature for businessmen to pursue profit and consumers to look at prestige. Five years ago, because of Li Yang's name as the owner of the village, the majesty of the entire Yunze Villa was lost and its prestige was damaged, and at the Xuanting Conference five years ago, the comprehensive results of Yunze Villa ranked at the bottom.

As for some of the industries under it, they have suffered setbacks one after another, and are now almost on the verge of collapse.

"Could it be...... It is destined to be destroyed in the hands of my Li Bufan......?

Sighing slowly, holding his hands behind his back, he stood at the window for a long time, Li Bufan's face was full of sadness, and the whole person looked a little old.

The shy sunset on the horizon was like a shy bride, wanting to cover the pipa and half-cover her face, a breeze blew in the distance, and a figure on the flat path came quickly.

"Hmm...... Let's hope you won't be late!"

Lowering his brows and muttering softly, the young man raised his delicate little face and looked at the towering mountain peaks in the distance, and his steps couldn't help but speed up a little.

In the summer, in the lonely and sultry heat, in the Guanhai Garden of Yunze Villa, the sound of laughter and conversation is endless, and the annual family banquet seems to have become a certain habit, whether it is the members of Yunze Villa who are working hard outside or some disciples of Yunze Villa who are concentrating on cultivation, all gathered together, and it was really a bit lively to gather together.

"Brother Sen's banquet is about to start, our young farmer has not yet appeared, do you say that the Xuanting will be approaching, our young farmer is afraid of being kicked down again, embarrassed, and running away?"

Li Sen sneered twice, the black mole on the corner of his mouth jumped slightly, and his face moved slightly: "That's fine, when the time comes, he will be left because he is alone, thus losing the face of our entire Yunze Villa." “

"That is, if it weren't for him, our Yunze Villa would have fallen to this point?!"

"When I go out now, I don't dare to say that I am a person from Yunze Villa, as soon as I say it, people will ask me whether the young owner of your village is a congenital idiot from childhood, or an idiot the day after tomorrow? I was stunned and asked, this idiot is not born and acquired? How can I divide the price of radish and cabbage into the same price as those who buy vegetables?!" A young man in a green shirt danced with extremely exaggerated hands, like a parrot toddler.

"I look at the stars at night, maybe it's innate!"

"Phew, God stick, I dare to pack a ticket, it's definitely the day after tomorrow,"

Amused by the funny performance of the young man in the green shirt, a group of people burst into laughter, and some people got up to coax, the scene looked happy, to the point of being extremely harmonious, in the past few years, they often took this matter in private, as fun and ridiculed, and over time they still developed a habit, of course, they usually dare not say this in front of Li Yang, after all, he has a farmer's father.

Ps: I'm reviewing, writing slowly, I've been too busy for a while lately, I'm not in a good state, and I want to write well, so I'm not satisfied with the deletion of a chapter, and then I'm not satisfied with the deletion, and I'm thinking about the following plot recently, and the female ticket just caught up, and I haven't had time to pay attention to it recently, and I'm complaining today...... The point is that there is a man who wants to pry my back door, and he is suddenly shocked and coaxes the female ticket first. Tomorrow is guaranteed, on time! I hope you will see greatly, it is not easy! I am the only one left in our village who is the same age.