Chapter 273: Family Affairs, National Affairs, World Affairs

Yang Ge sat outside the courtyard gate, his head resting against the doorframe, squinting at the sunset on the horizon, while the smell of grass and earth lingered at the tip of his nose, and the clamor of insects and birds echoed around him...

He felt exhausted but also experienced a long-lost sense of peace.

...

The next day, dawn was just breaking.

The early rising couple of the Yang Family pushed open their house door only to find the hillside next to their courtyard transformed into a freshly flattened foundation of soil, with Yang Ge, wearing a robe, holding their stone roller, tamping the ground with a rhythmic up and down motion.

The sight completely astonished the couple. They had just received money from selling that plot of land to Yang Ge the previous night, and the deeds weren't even finalized yet. Had he leveled the foundation overnight?

"Erwai!"