Chapter 26: Jealousy and Raised Eyebrows

The news that Bai had brought a fish to the Chen family spread like wildfire, and soon the whole street around Chen Jiusi's house was hearing about it.

You have to know that the Bai family has a high status in Xiantao Village and is looked up to by the people. Not only does they have Doctor Bai who can cure diseases, but more importantly, they also have Wu Zhong, the manager of the fish pen.

With this status, let alone Xiantao Village, even in the entire Xiantao Town, is there anyone who dares not to give face to the Bai family?
Even Yu Biao from Yu Jiabao's bureau has to be polite to the Bai family.

At least be polite on the surface.

And now, the Bai family actually visited a compulsive gambler, which immediately caused the trustworthy people in the village to speculate.

"Hey, did I see it right? It was Bai, right? Why did he go to Chen Jiusi's house?"

"Yeah, could it be that someone in Chen Jiusi's family is sick?"

"What? Even if you are sick, you still need to ask Doctor Bai. Why ask Mrs. Bai? She can't treat illnesses."

"Yes, and don't forget that Doctor Bai and Chen Yongwang have a grudge against each other. How come their two families are still in contact with each other?"

"That's right, that's right, this is too weird."

Everyone was talking at once, and just as everyone was guessing to each other, someone said.

"I know what's going on!"

Everyone looked at him, and the man said, "Yesterday, I saw Chen Jiusi carrying Doctor Bai back home. It seemed that Doctor Bai sprained his ankle while collecting herbs in the mountains, and met Chen Jiusi..."

After hearing what this person said, the others were all envious.

Chen Jiusi's luck is so good.

Saving Doctor Bai means he has done a favor for the Bai family. If the Bai family treats him differently, his status in Xiantao Village will rise sharply.

I'm really lucky.

Why wasn't I the one who saved Doctor Bai?
It would be great if such a good thing could happen to me.

At one time, countless people began to envy Chen Jie and make friends with the Bai family. This was something many people wanted to do. Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about Doctor Bai’s son-in-law Wu Zhong.

He is the person in charge of the fish pen. On the Mianshui River, he is the local emperor. If common people want to go fishing in the river, they must get his permission and also pay taxes.

The fish pen is definitely a place that all the people in Xiantao Town want to enter. Not only is the work easy, but it is also very lucrative. More importantly, if you do well, you will have the opportunity to join the fishing gang.

If you join the fishing gang, you will really become a superior person.

Therefore, countless ordinary people want to enter the fish pen by relying on connections and favors, but few succeed.

The neighbors around were so envious that their eyes turned green with envy. They felt that Chen Jiusi was really lucky and all the good things happened to him.

Some people were so angry that they stomped their feet, such as Chen Sanliu. He felt uncomfortable seeing Chen Jiusi doing well, rather than him being so unlucky!
……

The country folk had nothing worth talking about, so after this incident was discovered, it spread and more people came to watch.

At this time, the door opened and Mrs. Bai was escorted out. Chen Jie and Su Yunjin stood at the door and said, "Aunt Bai, I'll go after lunch."

Bai said, "Well, don't worry. There's nothing important to do today. You can come tomorrow."

Chen Jie said, "Thank you for your concern, Auntie. But I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll go over and take a look. If I can help Auntie with anything, that would be great."

Bai was very satisfied with Chen Jie's attitude and said, "Okay, that's it. I'll leave first."

After saying that, she left and watched Bai go away. At this time, Chen Erba came over with Hu Zi.

“Uncle Erba.

Chen Jie greeted him, and Chen Erba looked at him and said, "Jiu Si, what is Bai doing here? I hope he didn't cause you any trouble?" Seeing Uncle Erba's worried look, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, it's a good thing. I met Doctor Bai when I went up the mountain yesterday... Doctor Bai happened to be short of an apprentice, so he found me..."

Chen Jie explained the matter again.

"What? Doctor Bai wants to take you as his apprentice!"

Chen Erba's face was all smiles as he said, "Haha, good, that's great, great. You've been recognized by Doctor Bai, and you've learned some skills. In the future, you'll be as respected as your uncle. Good, good. This way, you won't disappoint your uncle's expectations!"

"Haha, Brother Jiusi, congratulations."

Hu Zi, who was standing by, also said with a grin. Chen Jie smiled and said, "Uncle Erba, we're stewing fish at home this afternoon. Invite Aunt to come and eat together. It's a good opportunity to celebrate."

"This……"

Uncle Erba hesitated. These days, every household was living a tight life.

In later times, inviting someone home for a meal is not a big deal, but in this era, it is a big favor!

Uncle Erba hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll definitely come at noon."

Chen Jie smiled and nodded, then turned around and went back to the yard.

Chen Erba also walked back, leaving behind a group of onlookers. One of them pushed Chen Sanliu who was standing beside him and said, "Hey, Sanliu, we are all uncles, why did they ask Erba to go to dinner and not you?"

Chen Sanliu's face turned pale at this time, and he said with a dark face: "Who cares about his meal? He is such a traitor."

"Hey, Sanliu, that's just you being stingy. If someone doesn't invite you to dinner, you shouldn't scold them."

"Humph, am I wrong to curse? Doctor Bai has a grudge against my uncle, and now he accepts Chen Jiusi as his apprentice, obviously to humiliate my uncle. He actually agreed to it without caring about my uncle's face. I said, this outsider is unreliable... Alas~"

Chen Sanliu sighed, put his hands behind his back and went home, looking as if he didn't want to fight back.

Several people behind him looked at Chen Sanliu like this and immediately spat in disgust. This Chen Sanliu is really a piece of shit. When he wanted to get his son into the fish farm and spent money to give gifts to the Bai family, his mouth was as big as a lotus flower, and he kept calling Doctor Bai "uncle". He was so flattering that he forgot about his uncle's face at that time.

Saying this now, bah, what kind of humanity is this?

At noon, Chen Jie stewed a big carp, which weighed seven or eight pounds. After removing the internal organs, it still weighed six or seven pounds. The internal organs were also edible, such as the fish bladder, fish liver, and fish roe.

They stewed a big pot and simmered another pot of sorghum rice. When they were eating, Chen Erba came, and he brought Chen Xiaohu and Aunt Erba with him.

But Chen Erba's trip was not in vain, as he was holding a jar of rice wine in his hand. Judging from the dirt on it, it should have been just dug out from the ground. Uncle Erba said that this was buried when Xiaohu was born, and there were two jars in total.

I'm happy today, so I dug out a jar and had a drink. In terms of value, this jar of wine is far more valuable than this fish.

Chen Erba was not a person who liked to take advantage of others. The reason why he brought his family to dinner was because he was afraid that Chen Jie would not want the wine. In this way, I bring my whole family to eat your fish, and you drink my jar of wine, and no one can say who took advantage of me.

Chen Jie couldn't refuse, so he agreed to drink. During the meal, Chen Jie and Uncle Erba sat at the main seats, and Xiaohu sat with his hands hanging down. Su Yunjin and Aunt Erba refused to sit at the table and were busy in the kitchen.

Although Xiao Douding was envious, he could only stand. Chen Jie stood up and asked Aunt Erba to sit down, and then asked Su Yunjin and Xiao Douding to sit down. The two refused, but Chen Jie was firm in his attitude and they could not refuse, so they had to sit down.

At the banquet, Chen Jie thanked his uncle's family for taking care of his family, especially Yunjin, during the time he was in trouble.

Uncle Erba said: Yunjin is a good girl. She has suffered a lot following you. You must treat her well...

Su Yunjin wiped her tears, and Aunt Erba hurried to smooth things over. However, Hu Zi and Xiao Dou Ding seemed to have met their match and were eating the stewed carp madly.

After all, Uncle Erba was old and couldn't drink much. In the end, he was obviously drunk. He held Chen Jie's hand and kept urging him to learn medical skills well from Doctor Bai and not let his cousin's skills be lost.

Then he said with a smile through his tears: Jiusi, I’m really happy that you can learn well, really!

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