Chapter 814 Xingli
"It is said that Chinese men love their wives. My cousin will probably have a very happy life in the future." The girl smiled.
"What do you mean? My father loves my mother very much too." Saori asked lightly.
"No, sister. I'm not good at speaking, please don't misunderstand me." The girl waved her hand pitifully.
"You should talk less in the future if you are not good at talking."
"I know...I know..."
The girl nodded desperately a few times, then quickly ran away.
"What are you two chattering about?" Chen Xi scratched his head.
"nothing."
"I think you didn't seem very polite when you spoke to her just now. You scared her away with just two sentences."
"Humph, you are not attracted to that woman, are you? She is not your type."
Saori put her hands on her hips and puffed out her cheeks.
"Uh, why do you say that? Your appearance is definitely not my type."
"That's not what I'm talking about. Don't be fooled by her pitiful appearance. She's actually a green tea girl."
"Tsk tsk tsk, do you women think that anyone who speaks in a coquettish way is a green tea? He hasn't even called me good brother yet!"
"Fuck you, I have work to do later, just go shopping by yourself first."
Saori kicked him angrily.
Arriving at the square where celebrations were held in the past, it has become the place where the Saeki family exercises and prepares food on a daily basis.
On the east side, a dozen shirtless men took turns pounding the glutinous rice balls in the stone mortar with heavy wooden mallets. Their uniform shouts and muffled thumps echoed in the square.
Not far away, a row of young men in navy blue kendo uniforms were practicing swordsmanship. The sound of bamboo swords breaking through the air was whistling. The leader of the team corrected their posture from time to time: "Press your wrists down! Use your waist to exert force!"
On the west side, women in plain kimonos sat in a circle, skillfully handling freshly caught river food. When they saw Chen Xi coming, they couldn't help but whisper to each other: "That Chinese guy is here again. I thought the young lady would break up with him."
"Yeah, why did they find a foreigner? If this really sets a precedent, will all members of the Saeki family have foreign blood in the future?"
"The eldest lady went abroad to study when she was young, so she is quite different from us. I often see her arguing with the lady."
"It's better to find a man from the island country. I think Cang Yue is good. He speaks politely and is always kind to others."
"He's a nice guy, but it seems some young people in the tribe don't like him. Look, it seems someone is causing trouble for him again." A woman said, pointing her finger not far away.
The young men who were practicing sword just now were now surrounding a man.
"Don't think that you can tell us what to do just because you have a position in the association. You are just an outsider. This is the Saeki family, not the Agricultural Association!" The young leader poked Ise Sogetsu in the chest with his hand.
"I didn't mean that, it's just that something happened recently. So I wanted to remind everyone, and this is also the order of my father and mother." Ise Sogetsu replied calmly.
"Humph, why haven't I heard the clan leader say that? If we were to be notified, it would be the eldest lady. Who do you think you are? Where are the father and mother... You are just an outsider!"
"Please make way, I have something else to do."
Seeing that the other party was being unreasonable, Ise Sogetsu wanted to leave, but he didn't know that the people next to him refused to give way.
"You are very good at swordsmanship, but you were defeated by a Chinese last time, which was a disgrace to us Japanese people. I was busy and didn't come to the celebration before, otherwise I would not tolerate the arrogance of outsiders." The young leader weighed the bamboo sword in his hand and winked at the person next to him.
Soon, an identical bamboo sword appeared in front of Ise Sogetsu.
A minute later, in the center of the square, the two men faced each other with swords.
"Ha!" the young man shouted and slashed at Ise Sogetsu with a sword.
The two bamboo swords collided with each other, making a snapping sound.
The young man is worthy of being the team leader, and his swordsmanship is considered very good among the young people in the Saeki family.
The bamboo sword turned into a residual shadow and went straight to Ise Sogetsu's face. This 'face' skill was as fast as lightning, and the standard step and sword showed his solid basic skills.
However, the seemingly fierce sword was dodged by Ise Sogetsu. Then, Ise Sogetsu suddenly changed his tactics, holding the end of the hilt with his left hand, and the bamboo sword instantly turned into a white rainbow.
"Snap!" With a crisp sound, the tip of the sword hit the center of the young man's gauntlet.
The young man felt a numbness in his palm, and the bamboo sword flew out of his hand three meters away. He looked down in surprise and found that there was a white powder mark on his Taoist robe on his chest, which was the mark of the sword tip touching him.
"You lose." Ise Sogetsu put away his sword and saluted, without even a drop of sweat on his forehead.
The young man stood there with a livid face. Sporadic applause broke out from the sidelines, but soon fell into awkward silence.
Chen Xi, who was hiding in the distance, stroked his chin and muttered, "Did this guy let me win when he played against me before, or has he improved rapidly recently? Why do I feel like he is two different people..."
After Ise Cangyue left, Chen Xi walked up to the young man in a swagger.
He gestured with his hands first, and then said in a mix of unstandard Japanese dialect and English: "Hello, brother. Do you also dislike that guy? What a coincidence, I also dislike him."
The young man looked up at him and said in fluent Chinese: "You must be the young lady's Chinese fiancé, right? I not only dislike him, but I also dislike you. You were just peeking at our sword fight from the sidelines, and now you come here to mock me on purpose, right?"
"Um... My dear brother, do you have any misunderstanding about me? But, you speak Chinese really well." Chen Xi laughed at the other party with a playful smile.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, and the young man lost his temper when he saw this.
However, he did not want to pay attention to Chen Xi. He just walked over slowly and picked up the bamboo sword on the ground.
"I think that Ise Sogetsu is not a good person. He must have other intentions in coming to your Saeki family. Who would go to a stranger's house and be someone else's son? Although your island country has some culture of adopted sons, it's the 21st century now..." Chen Xi forced the chat to start again.
"I think you're the same, you're not much better. I don't know why he came to Saeki's house, but I know your purpose for coming to Saeki's house."
"Oh? What is my purpose?"
"One is for the money, and the other is for the beauty of the young lady."
"Hahaha, you only guessed half right. I don't need this money. It was me who helped your Saeki family get through this difficult time. May I ask what your name is, bro?"
"Saeki Manfen."
"Oh, he is full of shit..."
Chen Xi muttered softly after hearing this.
"What did you say?" Zuo Bo didn't hear the other person's words clearly. "Nothing, I just thought it was a good name."
"You just said that you would help the Saeki family get through the difficult times. It's obviously because of you that our Saeki family has encountered so many troubles." Saeki Penfen picked up the bamboo sword and pointed it at him.
"Brother, why do you say that?" Chen Xi's head was full of question marks.
"Do you have a cell phone?"
"Yes."
Chen Xi asked in confusion.
"Open the stock software and take a look at the current agricultural sector."
"Ok?"
He tapped the screen as Saeki Penfen said, and soon he understood.
The island nation's agricultural stocks are now in a slump.
I only heard Saeki Penfen continue to say: "Agricultural stocks plummeted after the earthquake, and then gradually recovered due to various rescue and support. After the explosion at Xinjin Port, stock prices fell. After the scandal of the Agricultural Cooperative was exposed two days ago, market panic spread, and now agricultural stocks have collapsed. All of this has something to do with you..."
"Wait, if I don't ship grain to save you, how can the market recover? The scandal of the Farmers' Cooperative has nothing to do with me. Are you trying to say that if it weren't for me, the Farmers' Cooperative would have chosen the Americans long ago, and this wouldn't have happened?" Chen Xi looked at him with some amusement.
"I don't advocate relying on others. Our island country's agriculture must develop on our own." Saeki Penfen raised the bamboo sword high.
"How can you develop on your own without anyone's help? I'm afraid you would have starved to death after a major earthquake." Chen Xi spread his hands.
"I don't care if other people starve to death, as long as the people in the Saeki family don't starve."
Saeki Penfen snorted coldly.
Chen Xi finally figured out that this guy was a person who only cared about the interests of his family.
Anyone who might be detrimental to the family is the target of his hostility.
"Let me tell you, I married your eldest daughter, so we are one of our own, and I will definitely help your Saeki family. But that guy just now was different, who knows what purpose he has in coming here. Look, he has a position in the farmers' cooperative now and he's yelling at you guys. If he gets promoted higher in the future, will the people in our clan still have a good life?" Chen Xi patted Saeki Penfen's shoulder.
Saeki Penfen shook his shoulders, resisted for a few times, and then fell into deep thought.
"No, you are a foreigner, and he is at least an islander. Both of you are suspects!" After thinking for a while, Saeki Penfen immediately pushed him away.
"Damn, you're such a stubborn person." Chen Xi was speechless.
"Don't think about doing anything bad, I will keep a close eye on you two." Saeki Penfen pointed at him.
"I won't do other bad things. I will only go back to my room at night and do bad things with your young lady. Hehehe, I'm leaving first." After leaving a word, Chen Xi ran away quickly, leaving Saeki Penfen standing there and shouting angrily.
"Are there no normal people in the Saeki family?" Chen Xi stopped after running for a while.
"Hello, I'm Anri Saeki, we just met." A familiar and sweet voice sounded from behind.
Chen Xi turned his head and saw that this was the girl he met after dinner.
The girl spoke English, so Chen Xi greeted her in English: "Hello!"
"Your name is Chen Xi, right? I hear your clan sisters often praise you." Saeki Anri moved closer in a familiar manner, so close that Chen Xi could smell her fragrance.
"Really? What did you praise me for?"
"She said you're a very kind person and very capable. She also helped the family through the difficult times. If it weren't for you, the Saeki family would have been doomed. She also said you're the most capable man she's ever met."
"Oh? Has she been around a lot of men?"
"No, no, no, those are just her suitors. I'm not very good at speaking. Please don't tell my sister."
"Why haven't I heard of it? Did it happen before you met me, or did it happen in the island country?"
"The clan leader is the head of the Agricultural Association. The Saeki family is also very powerful in the island country, and there are many people who want to marry a sister of the clan. Conversely, the Saeki family will also select a capable son-in-law to help the family develop."
"You mean to say that your sister chose me for the sake of the family's development?"
"No... no, I'm too dumb and can't speak. What I wanted to say was that you are very outstanding, so the clan sister likes you." Saeki Anri slapped her mouth, looking so pitiful that it was impossible to get angry.
"I see you know a lot about everything. Then let me ask you, what kind of person is Ise Cangyue?"
"He's a nice guy. Many girls in the tribe like him."
"Oh? The ghost-like guy? It seems like he always has the same expression... Yes, facial paralysis. I have an old classmate who is exactly the same as him." Chen Xi immediately thought of Li Xin.
"How could that be? Cang Yue is usually very gentle and has never lost his temper."
Haha, there must be something wrong with people who don’t lose their temper.
Either he is deliberately forbearing, or he is mentally abnormal.
Chen Xi thought to himself, he coughed and said: "I don't think so, this guy doesn't seem to be very friendly to me. Is it because I beat him in a duel before, and he is embarrassed? No, this guy always appeared in front of your sister for no apparent reason before, does he have any improper thoughts about her?"
"That shouldn't be the case..." Anri Saeki shook her head.
As the two were talking, a cold female voice suddenly sounded: "What are you two doing here?"
Hearing this, Saeki Anri shuddered all over, and when she saw that the person coming was Saori, she subconsciously hid behind Chen Xi. She looked so pitiful and scared, as if she had been bullied.
"It's okay, just chatting with your sister." Chen Xi walked over and tried to hug Saori, but was slapped away.
"Really? How can you get so close to her just to chat? I just saw her almost putting her head on your chest." Saori rolled her eyes.
"Sister, you misunderstood. It's all my fault. I'm leaving now." Saeki Anri lowered her head, wiped the corners of her eyes, and ran away in small steps like the wind.
"Hmph, come back with me." Saori pinched Chen Xi's waist, then turned and left.
After returning to the room and closing the door, Saori asked with her hands on her hips, "Is this slutty vixen trying to seduce you?"
Chen Xi touched his nose and said, "That's not the case, but her words seemed to be trying to sow discord between us. I asked her what kind of person Ise Cangyue was, and the answer I got was that he was very popular with the girls from the Saeki family. How could a woman like that expressionless freak?"
"Haha, you feel unhappy because you are not as attractive as others, right? Do you want to take all the women of the Saeki family into your harem?"
"What? That's not what I meant. I'm just curious about what kind of person this guy is. I always feel that he is weird, but I can't tell what's wrong with him..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Just now, Shimizu received news from Tokyo. The situation is not very good..."
Saori suddenly became serious. She looked in the direction of the door and window, then hugged Chen Xi's neck and whispered in his ear. (End of this chapter)