The Mightiest Little Peasant c1-799

by Watermelonian, 西瓜星人

  “Enough! Shut up!” His uncle roared. He was not able to tolerate anymore.

  His aunt looked at him, stunned.

  Then, like an agitated female cheetah, she nearly pounced on him. “Tang Dayong! You- you dare yell at me? YOU DARE YELL AT ME!”

  “Shut up!” His uncle roared again. His face had never been so grim.

  He was standing straight. His gaze was intimidating. The aura he emanated had intimidated his wife into silence.

  “We are the ones who should be sorry to Lil Hao. Lil Hao has been more than kind to lend us fifty thousand yuan. What else do you want? Stop making a fool out of yourself!”

  After his uncle said his piece, he threw open the door to his house and entered it.

  His aunt stood there for a long time, looking at the money in her hands. After that, she started howling, “Tang Dayong, you god-forsaken heartless bastard!”

  Her howls were heard far and wide in the night. Many people came to watch.

  Tang Hao glanced coldly at her, then closed the door.

  Chapter 27

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  The night in the village was peaceful and quiet.

  Tang Hao sat next to the light and inspected the string of jade beads.

  There were twelve beads in total. Each one was perfectly spherical and transparent. They were blood-red in color without any flaws or impurities. Each bead glowed splendidly and gave off an aura of extravagance.

  Other people could see that this was an extremely precious item. In Tang Hao’s eyes, he could ‘see’ the qi that emanated from within each bead.

  This was an Artifact! It held extraordinary importance to a qi cultivator.

  Artifacts were created from gathering special materials and refined using the power of talismans. They were imbued with amazing powers of attack, defense and many other types.

  ‘I wonder what can this string of jade beads do?’ Tang Hao thought as he gradually channeled a stream of qi into the beads.

  The beads glowed faintly and slowly grew in intensity. He could vaguely see rows of golden talismanic runes shimmer in and out of existence.

  Tang Hao turned off the light and those runes became clearer. They shifted their form in front of his eyes, he felt like he was dreaming.

  He observed closely the shifting runes and found that each jade bead was a different Artifact of its own and had its own set of runes. After comparing them, he found that eleven of them had the same set of runes, while only one of them had a set of totally different runes.

  He recalled the chapter on talismanic runes in the inherited texts from the jade pendant and deciphered those runes.

  Eleven of the beads were imbued with the power of defense. The final one was imbued with the power of spatial manipulation and contained a pocket dimension.

  This discovery made Tang Hao incredibly excited.

  Artifacts with powers of spatial manipulation were the rarest type.

  He held the bead in his palm and channeled qi into it. Soon, he could feel an attractive force from the bead pulling him in, dragging his spirit within the bead.

  The next moment, he ‘saw’ a wide space of about three or four hundred square meters.

  He was disappointed that the interior was empty.

  He willed his spirit to return to the real world. As he held the beads, he felt his excitement mounting.

  This was exactly like bringing a portable warehouse with him. He could fit anything inside and retrieve them at will. This was extremely convenient.

  He rolled the beads in his hand, then wore the string of beads on his wrist.

  The beads were smooth and cool to the touch. They emanated a chilly aura as they touched his skin. It was very comfortable.

  He saw that it was still early in the night, and so he took out the various medicinal ingredients from his backpack and started brewing potions.

  The next morning, after Tang Hao woke up, he made calls to President Biao, Liu Dajun and the others.

  “Big Bro Liu, I’ve prepared the five bottles of weight-loss potions for you, and also two bottles of aphrodisiac potions.”

  “Oh! I’ll head over to grab them?”

  “There’s no need. I’ll deliver them to you. It’s on my delivery route anyway.”

  “Alright, deliver it to my office then. You know where Sunshine Plaza is, right?”

  “I know!” Tang Hao replied, then ended the call.

  He made separate appointments with President Li, President Huang, and the others, then departed on his little three-wheeled motorcycle.

  Brilliant Property is the biggest property company in the district. It was also one of the most influential companies in the entire Z Province. Many famous housing developments and buildings belonged to Brilliant Property.

  Sunshine Plaza was on a prime plot of land in the city center.

  About forty minutes later, Tang Hao reached the city center and easily found Sunshine Plaza.

  He parked his motorcycle, then gave Liu Dajun a call.

  “Oh! Lil Tang! Just wait for me for a bit, I’m almost there.”

  “OK!” Tang Hao replied, then ended the call.

  He waited for a few minutes. As he looked into the building, he suddenly had an idea.

  ‘Why not I go inside and take a look if there are any nice houses.’

  He was considering moving out since the incident last night. Since he was already there, he might as well take a look at the different properties for sale.

  With the eight-million-plus yuan in his account, he could afford to buy a very decent house.

  He stepped into Sunshine Plaza.

  Inside was a spacious foyer with many intricately built scale models of houses for sale. It was still early in the morning so there were no other customers.

  Several sales clerks were standing in a corner. They were in the same office jacket, miniskirt, and pantyhose. Each one of them was tall and slim and wore heavy makeup on their faces. They turned to look at who was coming into the building.

  As sales clerks of a property company, they had encountered many different types of people in their work, especially rich people. When they glanced at someone, they could roughly gauge how much their clothes cost and whether they were rich.

  Tang Hao was dressed in his usual clothes: A plain white button-down shirt and a faded pair of jeans. He had bought a new pair of shoes, but they were from the bargain bin. He still looked like a poor kid.

  The sales clerks frowned when they looked at him from head to toe.

  They turned back around and resumed their chatting.

  A person in that getup was not here to buy houses, especially when he looked so young and so poor. He should not be able to afford anything there, and he probably stepped into the foyer to kill some time.

  Tang Hao browsed around the foyer, then walked toward one of the model buildings.

  One of the sales clerks turned to look at him again. She furrowed her brows as if trying to figure out who this poor kid was.

  “Eh! You’re Tang Hao?”

  Tang Hao was surprised. He turned back to find out who had called his name.

  “You are…?” He asked hesitantly.

  “You’re really Tang Hao! It’s been a few years! You look different, but you’re still dressed in the same clothes.”

  She saw the puzzlement on Tang Hao’s face and explained, “I’m Ma Fangfang! Why, can’t you recognize me?”

  She sounded a little full of herself, as if very confident with her appearance.

  “Oh, it’s Fangfang! I honestly couldn’t recognize you!” Tang Hao said.

  Ma Fangfang was his classmate in junior high. However, they were only mere acquaintances and barely talked to each other.

  He remembered that Ma Fangfang was a materialistic girl. She had a relationship with a rich kid in junior high and never looked at poor village kids like him directly.

  After graduating from junior high, he had heard
that she entered a vocational high school. They lost contact after that.

  He did not expect to meet her again at this place.

  As the Chinese saying goes, a girl undergoes eighteen changes before she becomes a woman. She looked more beautiful and trendy after all those years. With makeup on, Tang Hao could not recognize her.

  “Did you apply for a college, Tang Hao? I remember that your results were pretty good back then,” Ma Fangfang said.

  Tang Hao shook his head. “No, I dropped out of school halfway. I’m doing deliveries now.”

  Ma Fangfang was surprised. “Oh, if it’s like that…”

  Tang Hao could see the change in the way she looked at him. He could catch a faint hint of disdain.

  In her eyes, a delivery boy was a lowly job.

  The other sales ladies also frowned and looked at him with disgust.

  “So he’s just a delivery boy! No wonder…”

  Chapter 28

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  “Fangfang, this classmate of yours looks pretty handsome. Too bad he’s too poor. There’s no future as a delivery boy.”

  “Go deliver your packages then. Why are you loitering here? It’s not like you can afford the houses no matter how you look at them.”

  “Look, he’s even wearing a string of jade bears on his wrist, and it’s red too. It’s a bootleg from the market. Heh! If he’s so poor, why is he pretending to be rich?”

  The sales clerks stole glances while quietly mocking him.

  Tang Hao frowned. He was a little ticked off but did not raise a scene.

  He walked in front of a model building and looked at it carefully.

  “Hey! What are you doing? Deliveries go to the reception desk. What’s there to look at here?”

  “Right! You can’t afford it anyway!”

  The few sales clerks chattered.

  “What about it? Can’t I just look?” Tang Hao said, a little frustrated.

  “Sure, why not! You can look as much as you want. You can’t afford it anyway.” A sales clerk said sarcastically.

  “Your classmate is pretty stubborn, Fangfang!” Another sales clerk joked.

  “Whatever. There’s no one else here anyway.” Ma Fangfang shook her head as she looked at Tang Hao, then looked elsewhere.

  Tang Hao casually walked around the model buildings.

  There were different types of properties. The cheaper properties cost seven or eight thousand per square meter. The more expensive ones were between ten and twenty thousand. There were also mansions for sale; those cost tens of millions.

  Of course, there was a reason why the mansions were so expensive. Tang Hao looked at the exquisitely-designed mansions with some admiration.

  “Too bad I can’t afford them yet!” Tang hao mumbled.

  The sales clerks started talking about him again.

  “Look at him, he’s looking at the mansions!”

  “Heh! With that pittance of a salary, he wouldn’t be able to afford that even if he worked all his life!”

  “Is he done yet? Why isn’t he leaving? Fangfang, go drive him away! He’s an eyesore!”

  “Why me?” Ma Fangfang argued.

  “Well, he was your classmate!”

  Ma Fangfang had no answer to that. She walked toward him, then hesitated for a bit before speaking, “Tang Hao, which department are you delivering to? I’ll help you with the registration.”

  “Who says I’m here for a delivery?” Tang Hao replied.

  “Didn’t you say you were a delivery boy?” Ma Fangfang was confused.

  “Yes! But I’m not here for work today. I’m meeting with your President Liu to hand him some things and also look at new properties in the meantime,” Tang Hao said.

  “Handing some things to President Liu? Isn’t that delivery then? That can’t be! President Liu never has his items delivered to the office.” Ma Fangfang remained confused.

  “It’s not a delivery. It’s something he asked me to bring for him.”

  The sales clerks laughed when they heard that.

  “Wow! He sounds like he knows President Liu personally!”

  “What a joke! How can a mere delivery boy like him know President Liu? And he says that President Liu asked him to send some items over. Do you think he’s hallucinating?”

  “I think so. He says he’s here to look at some properties too, as if he can afford anything here. I think we should get the security to throw him out.”

  “Right, go get the security guards, quick!”

  A sales clerk hurriedly walked away. When she returned, two uniformed security guards were following behind her.

  “Hey, kid! What are you here for? Know your place and get out of here!” The two security guards shouted at Tang Hao when they saw him.

  Tang Hao furrowed his brows. “I said I’m here to meet President Liu!”

  “Oh, wow! Who do you think President Liu is, that any random person can meet him? If you don’t get out now, don’t blame us if anything happens to you.” The two security guards laughed coldly. They cracked their knuckles in front of Tang Hao, pretending to be ready to rough him up.

  Tang Hao’s eyes swept over them and laughed coldly. “Wanna fight? Bring it on!”

  “Wow! What a brag!”

  One of the security guards laughed. He walked forward in great strides, as though preparing to pounce on Tang Hao like a tiger on its prey.

  Tang Hao’s eyes flashed. He was preparing to retaliate when he heard tires screeching at the front door. Soon, a loud roar could be heard. “What are you doing! What do you think you are doing!”

  Liu Dajun had arrived just in time.

  “President Liu!” The two security guards and the sales clerks bowed courteously and greeted him.

  “President Liu, this kid here isn’t leaving when we tell him to. He’s also blabbing about waiting for you. We’re in the middle of throwing him out!” One of the security guards said.

  “Right! President Liu, I think that he’s mentally ill. He should be thrown out of the building as soon as possible!” Another sales clerk added.

  President Liu nearly exploded when he heard that.

  His anger caused his face to turn red. He took a step forward and delivered a tight slap to the security guard’s face.

  Everyone was shocked when they saw the scene.

  What was the situation? Why did President Liu slap one of his workers?

  “Why did you slap me, President Liu?” The security guard asked miserably. He was utterly confused.

  “What about it? I want to fire you too! You sure have a lot of guts to beat up my little brother? And as for all of you, how dare you speak like that? What do you mean by he’s hallucinating? You are all blind. He is my little brother!” Liu Dajun roared with anger.

  The two security guards were utterly dumbfounded. Their faces turned pale as a sheet. Their bodies teetered and they nearly collapsed.

  They were about to cry. How would they expect this plain-looking kid in shabby clothes would be so well-connected that President Liu called him his little brother?

  Their legs trembled when they remembered that they were about to beat him up to show off in front of those pretty girls.

  The sales ladies were all wide-eyed and slack-jawed. They had incredulity all over their faces.

  This poor kid knew President Liu, and was even his little brother?

  This sounded like an amazing fairytale to them.

  ‘How could this be…?’ Ma Fangfang’s jaw dropped. She did not close her mouth for quite a while.

  ‘Isn’t this Tang Hao just a nobody village kid? Since when he’s President Liu’s little brother?’

  She wondered if she was dreaming.

  “It’s over, it’s all over…” The few sales clerks came to their senses and turned pale as a sheet. They looked panicked.

  They contributed to the mockery earlier. If only they could go back in time and slap their form
er selves…

  He was President Liu’s little brother. It would have been the perfect chance to pitch to him some properties! Too bad they squandered their chance!

  Now even their jobs were in danger!

  “Fangfang, didn’t you say just now that he was your classmate? Why didn’t you tell us that he is related to President Liu?” One of the sales clerks complained.

  “I…” Ma Fangfang did not know how to reply.

  She did not understand this as well. As far as she knew, Tang Hao was a village kid through and through. He had also said earlier that he worked as a delivery boy. How did he turn into President Liu’s little brother in the blink of an eye?

  She felt dizzy when she looked at the youth with a handsome face in front of her. In her heart, she could feel the pangs of regret welling up.

  Chapter 29

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  “Lil Tang, I’m sorry this happened to you! It’s all my fault!” Liu Dajun said apologetically.

  He turned around and glared at the two security guards and the crowd of sales clerks.

  “You all performed splendidly! You dare to embarrass me in front of my little brother…” Liu Dajun laughed sarcastically.

  The security guards and sales clerks trembled. All of them lowered their heads and did not say anything.

  They only felt that they walked into a trap!

  The kid had dressed shabbily and said that he was a delivery boy. No one would have guessed that he was the sworn little brother of their company president.

  They also could not understand how this poor village kid got to be acquainted with their company president, even intimate enough to be sworn brothers. They would rather believe in ghosts before they believed that tall tale.

  “We didn’t know that he was your little brother, President Liu!” One of the sales clerks complained.