Chapter 32 Life experience

Chapter 32 Life experience

Chapter 32 Life experience
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned around, and found Chen Xiu sticking his head out from the door frame of the main hall of the Chen family. When he saw him, he opened his mouth slightly, as if silently asking "What's wrong?"

Li Wuxiang smiled at her and nodded. Chen Xiu jumped on the spot and waved at him fiercely, and Li Wuxiang slowly walked over.

When he arrived at the main hall, he found that all eight doors were open - he remembered that he had only opened two doors before he met Zhao Qi. The main hall of the Chen family was tall and deep. When he was the town lord's residence, it should have been a place for entertaining guests. I think there were originally two rows of tables and chairs. But now there is only a square table surrounded by four benches, and a plain wooden screen is placed at the back door, dividing the main hall into front and back. This makes it look less impressive, but it is also spacious and tidy, more like an ordinary small wealthy family.

Chen Xiu was standing by the door, while Chen Xin and Liu Jiao were sitting at the table, seemingly talking. But there was a pot of tea and four teacups on the table, clearly prepared for the guests who were about to arrive.

Li Wuxiang knew that the guest they were waiting for was him.

The old shopkeeper of Chen's Grocery Store mistook him for the young master of Lijiawan. This identity brought him a lot of conveniences, but also inconveniences. For example, at present, his identity is similar to that of a prince who lost his country and came to the court of a neighboring country. As the mayor of the town, Chen Xin must take a good look at himself. Therefore, now is the last stage of taking root in this world.

He stood in front of the door and bowed to the two of them: "Junior Li Jiye, I would like to thank the town master and his wife."

After he said this, Liu Jiao immediately stood up, smiling, walked a few steps to the door and took his hand: "Come, come in and talk, let me see - tsk tsk, pitiful, what a good young master, come and sit down."

She pulled Li Wuxiang to the table, pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down. This surprised him a little - Liu Jiao looked like an ordinary woman, without any pretense, very friendly.

He pretended to be a little panicked, sat down and wanted to stand up, but Chen Xin patted his shoulder and smiled at him: "Sit down, sit down, there's nothing to be particular about here."

Li Wuxiang nodded again: "Yes, thank you, Town Master."

Chen Xin laughed all of a sudden: "Why call me town master? Just call me uncle. It's not easy for you to survive after drifting all the way here. It's said that those who survive a disaster will have good fortune in the future. My old friend in the grocery store told me that you arrived in our Jinshui, but I didn't dare to believe it. Yesterday, Master Zhao went to see you and told me that it was true. Then I knew, alas, your parents--"

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At this time, Chen Xin acted like a kind old farmer, asking about his daughter's well-being when he saw her. But Li Wuxiang knew that Chen Xin was not really like he seemed. He had learned about the current town owner's family situation in the past few days.

The town master of Jinshui has always been surnamed Chen. Chen Xin's family of three is considered a branch of the Chen family, and was originally close to the fifth generation. His experience, if written down, would be a legendary novel - he was ostracized and bullied by his fellow tribesmen when he was young, and had to leave Jinshui to make a living. After that, he lived a good life in Qingjiang City, had a wife and daughter, and originally planned to take his elderly parents to live there, but it was too late at this time, because his parents had been bullied to death by their fellow tribesmen because of their one acre of thin land and house.

Chen Xin returned to Jinshui to seek justice, but was almost beaten to death. After escaping back to Qingjiang City, he found some brothers and asked for help from a powerful nobleman in the city. On a dark and windy night, he returned to Jinshui, wiped out the Chen family, and seized the position of town lord.

These are what the people in the town said, and there must be other inside stories, but these alone have already shown that Chen Xin's character is not as kind and amiable as he appears, and he is at least more cunning than Zhao Qi. And the few sentences just now - every sentence sounds like he is saying that he is Li Jiye, but none of them really explain it. Li Wuxiang knew that he might still have some doubts about his identity.

The key point is that he also asked about "father and mother". As long as he took up this topic, he would naturally talk about Lijiawan. Li Wuxiang was sure that Chen Xin did not know the details of the Li family in Lijiawan, but if there was a slight omission, he would not be able to hide it in front of Chen Xin. He had thought about this situation before coming here and prepared several excuses. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Xiu beside him spoke first.

"Dad!" Chen Xiu frowned and glared at her old father. "Why are you asking this? I saw him crying yesterday!"

Chen Xin slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, okay, I'm getting old and confused - kid, don't take it to heart."

At this time, Liu Jiao came over and twisted Chen Xiu's ear: "Why don't you learn from the young master and be disrespectful to your father? Come with me and make some food, and ask your father to enlighten him!"

Chen Xiu whined, but was still dragged away by her mother.

The hall fell silent for a moment. Li Wuxiang put his hands on his knees and sat there with his head lowered. Chen Xin poured him a cup of tea, sighed, and was about to speak again, but Li Wuxiang said first: "Uncle Chen... I don't have anything else to miss in this world."

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

He laughed again and said, "Hey, what are you talking about, kid? How old are you? How can you not have——"

But Li Wuxiang left the bench, took a step back, stood in front of Chen Xin, and looked at his chest: "Don't blame me, old man. According to what my father told me before he died, someone like me should not walk around freely in a foreign town. I should first pay my respects to the local town master. I should have come to pay my respects to you a long time ago. But... these days, I have been thinking, what do I want to live in this world?"

"When I was floating in the river, I felt like I was going to die. I didn't want anything at that time, I just wanted to live. When I was rescued, I felt that I had figured it out... I just wanted to live, and I wanted the people around me to live. I... Don't blame me, old man. I have heard about your story these days. You were able to... avenge your parents, but I couldn't do anything, and I had no revenge to take."

Li Wuxiang took a deep breath, tears welling up in his eyes. "Maybe I should blame God, but how can I take revenge on God? I remembered that the immortal master in the town once said that cultivation is a way to go against the will of heaven. I figured it out. I don't want any family property or wealth anymore. I just want to live against the will of heaven. It took away my family, but not me. Then...then I want to cultivate immortality!"

"Old man, you must know that it is hard to get a chance to be an immortal. Thanks to Miss Chen, I got a chance to be an immortal. Then I just want to be Master Zhao's disciple. Wherever he goes, I will practice with him."

The old farmer-like smile on Chen Xin's face slowly faded.

(End of this chapter)