novelAbuy Chapter 48 - 48 46 Seeking Restitution from the Ruo Family
Chapter 48 - 48 46 Seeking Restitution from the Ruo Family
Chapter 48: Chapter 46: Seeking Restitution from the Ruo Family Chapter 48: Chapter 46: Seeking Restitution from the Ruo Family Jiang Qing stepped out, closing the door behind him. Turning back, his handsome face looked thoughtful.
“Isn’t Mother in a rush to find Master Xuan Ji to perform the rituals for Father?”
If it was about discussing the rituals, why couldn’t he listen?
But Jiang Qing was a filial son. The sudden death of the old General had deeply affected his mother, whose health was failing in numerous ways. She had even nearly choked to death on water, leaving Jiang Qing so busy he no longer had time to keep a vigil by his father’s coffin. Now that he had a moment to himself, he didn’t dwell on what his mother and the master were discussing and immediately returned to his father’s side to perform the vigil.
Inside the house,
Lady Zhou, with only one good eye, could hardly see clearly. She respectfully asked in a low voice, “Are you Master Xuan Ji?”
The figure didn’t quite resemble him. Master Xuan Ji didn’t seem this tall.
Xuan Ling: “I am the fifteenth disciple of my master, Xuan Ling. My master has some matters to attend to and couldn’t show his face, so he specially sent me to assist Madam Jiang.”
Lady Zhou became anxious: “If Master Xuan Ji doesn’t come, how can this be acceptable? The Ruo Family’s fortunes have changed, certainly at the direction of a greater power. Misfortunes have befallen us repeatedly!”
Xuan Ling’s lips curved slightly as he spoke indifferently, “Rest assured, there is no one in this world more formidable than my master, and among his many disciples, I am the one who has fully received his authentic teachings. Going forward, simply follow my instructions!”
The first fourteen fellow disciples either died failing to extend their life or in their failed ascension. Now he was the eldest and most advanced disciple of his master.
The master said next time it would be his turn to extend his life, teaching him the arts of life-extension and fortune-stealing.
Of course, extending life would require finding four children to continue it, preferably ones blessed with both fortune and longevity. Even if not, they must at least have both blessings.
His visit to Shaxi County was to
“Father, after we gather the rice and beans tonight, let’s store them in the cave on the mountain. We can take them out to dry again later.”
“Alright, father will make sure to move all the grain and valuable items to the mountain before sunset tonight.”
The Ruo Family had found a cave in the mountain behind their house, which Old Master Ruo later expanded and reinforced, installing a door for the sole purpose of storing grain.
In the past, the Ruo Family had large fields and a lot of grain, so the cave was filled to the brim every year. But these last few years, with less grain, they hadn’t even needed to use the mountain, and their grain bin had never been full!
Ruo Xuan glanced at the distant fields, a boundless sea of rolling yellow and green rice waves.
This expanse of rice paddies belonged to several villages, whose inhabitants did not believe there would be a flood and were unwilling to harvest early.
Only a few households, like theirs, had harvested all their crops from the fields.
Do their best, and leave the rest to fate. The villagers didn’t believe, and even though the Lord County Magistrate had sent people multiple times to urge everyone to harvest their rice, still, no one did.
She couldn’t do anything about it; everyone had their own destiny.
Having had her fill watching the harvest scenery, Ruo Xuan was about to climb down from the ladder when she saw the butler from the General Residence riding a horse, coming their way from afar.