Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 38 — Happiness Size
Zhou Yuan exhaled violently, he actually did not want to use his bone strength but the situation forced him to do so.
Zhou Yuan was worried that his Grandfather would see such great physical strength, he might still be able to show some of his abilities to his grandfather but not with his physical exertion.
If Zhou Bing found out about Zhou Yuan's current physical strength then he would be suspected, after all, physical strength could not be achieved except to practice while the practice Zhou Yuan had been doing all this time came from his first life.
Zhou Yuan then took the gemstone from the boar leader, much larger in size than the common boar gem. Zhou Yuan packed it in a different leather pouch.
Just as Zhou Yuan was about to go to another location, he saw his Grandfather coming and approached him.
"Grandfather!" Zhou Yuan paid his respects to hide the shock on his face.
"Yuan'er, Grandpa thought it was you..." Zhou Bing had previously heard a loud noise in the middle of the forest like a fight, his estimation was correct that it was the work of his granddaughter. "Grandfather hastily come here afraid you're okay, Grandpa thinks you're-..."
Zhou Bing suddenly pegged and stopped his speech as his gaze fell onto the corpse of a boar not far from Zhou Yuan standing. The boar was larger than it had been before and had the size of an adult elephant.
"Yuan'er, did you kill him?" Zhou Bing swallowed his saliva.
Zhou Yuan scratched his cheek with an awkward feeling, he wanted to lie but it was hard to hide the visible facts. "Yes Grandpa."
Zhou Bing held his breath, it was hard to hide the shock on his face. 'Yuan 'er... How big are your abilities?'
Although Zhou Bing had expected Zhou Yuan to still hide his strength but he did not expect it to still be categorized as underestimating. Zhou Bing did not seem to be surprised anymore just in case Zhou Yuan pointed out something more powerful than this.
Zhou Bing also saw two bags of leather hanging from Zhou Yuan's waist, he was sure the full leather pouch contained the stealth gems his grandson had obtained in exterminating the group of wild boars.
Zhou Bing alone did not get as much as it did, this showed Zhou Yuan was quicker to finish off the demons than he was.
The reason Zhou Bing had approached Zhou Yuan as well was because he wanted to inform him that this demon hunt had been completed. Zhou Bing had made sure within a certain radius there were no more demons around this village, he had hunted them all and the villagers could freely move back.
Zhou Bing invited Zhou Yuan to return to the village, the sky was getting dark today. When the two reached the door of the village, Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing were startled by the many villagers who greeted him.
The news that there were two warriors who would overcome the demons had been heard by all the villagers, it made them happy and waited for the arrival of Zhou Bing and Zhou Yuan to hear the news of the results.
Zhou Bing smiled clumsily while Zhou Yuan took cover behind his Grandfather's body as the citizens swarmed the two, Zhou Yuan was unwilling to be trampled by them.
Zhou Bing did not answer the questions from the villagers as it could trigger an unnecessary commotion, instead he continued to step towards the Village Chief's residence.
"Chairman Zhou, thank goodness you returned safely..." Knowing Zhou Bing and Zhou Yuan had returned, the Village Chief greeted him warmly.
The village chief told the residents to calm down for a while, he would inform them of the situation later.
Zhou Bing was invited to sit in one of the rooms, he then told the results of the stealth hunt, more clearly now the village has returned to safety.
"No need, I'm just here to do my job as someone with more ability. You don't have to pay us anything." Zhou Bing refused the Village Chief's grant.
Zhou Bing did not want to trouble the village that was in hunger, after all they had enough supplies for the travel supplies later.
The village head did not force it further, he then called his subordinates to inform them that the demons had disappeared and now the villagers could move again.
There are many gardens and farms that they have not yet taken the results, the arrival of the demons makes their harvest must be delayed.
This way the Village Chief believes the condition of his people will soon recover and not starve again.
Realizing that Zhou Bing and Zhou Yuan were going to spend the night in his village, the Village Chief prepared an empty room for the two of them so that they could rest.
Zhou Bing then said that tomorrow there was a possibility that he would leave this village, as his affairs were finished Zhou Bing had no time to delay their return trip.
Zhou Bing also explained that he would send a letter to the Zhou Family to send food aid to this village. It can help the village a little from hunger.
The Village Chief was more and more happy to receive help from Zhou Bing, he was even about to kowtow if Zhou Bing did not prevent him.
The next day as the pair of grandfathers and grandchildren left, the Village Chief escorted him to the gate. The villagers also escorted the two as they already considered Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing heroes.
"Yuan'er, how do you feel after helping others?" When the two were already far away from the village, Zhou Bing asked his grandson.
"I'm happy to be able to help them Grandpa." Answer Zhou Yuan.
"True, that's what we get, happiness..." Zhou Bing stroked Zhou Yuan's head gently. "It's also their payment to us as the people who helped him."
"Their pay?"
Zhou Bing nodded. "Yes, their pay. The point is they pay us not with money but with the happiness we feel now. In this world money may be quite valuable but according to Grandpa, happiness is worth more than money."
"But happiness can't buy food?" Zhou Yuan disagreed with his Grandfather.
"Yes, but those who eat are not necessarily happy, but this is not a matter between food and Yuan'er happiness, it is our problem to seek happiness."
"Grandfather, Yuan doesn't understand?" Zhou Yuan scratched his nose, he did not understand where Zhou Bing was talking to.
"A person's happiness varies depending on the way their point of view understands happiness..." Zhou Bing continued. "Some who was given one bronze he was happy, some were given a thousand pieces of gold he was still lacking. The measure of happiness lies not in the number of coins a given money but the perception of the person it gives, as grandfather said, the smaller the measure of one's happiness the happier the person."
Zhou Yuan heard it speechless, he seemed to understand where his Grandfather was going.