Life

Chapter 32 Life Experience

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned around to find Chen Xiu poking her face out from the door frame of the main hall of the Chen family. When she saw him, she opened her mouth slightly, as if silently asking "What's going on?"

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 door, he found that all eight door panels were open - he remembered that he had only opened two doors before he met Zhao Qi. The main hall of the Chen family is tall and deep. When he was the residence of the town lord, 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 in the main hall, 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 also spacious and tidy, more like an ordinary small wealthy family.

Chen Xiu is at the door, Chen Xin and Liu Jiao are sitting at the table, as if they were talking. But there was a pot of tea and four teacups on the table, which were obviously prepared for the guests.

Li Wuxiang knew that the guest they were waiting for should be himself.

The old shopkeeper of Chen's Grocery Store mistook him for the young master of Lijiawan. This identity brought him a lot of convenience, but also inconvenience. 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 town master, Chen Xin must take a good look at himself. Therefore, now is the last hurdle to take root in this world.

He stood in front of the door and bowed to the two of them: "Junior Li Jiye, 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 pulled his hand: "Come, come in and talk, let me see - tut tut, pitiful, what a good young master, hey, come and sit down."

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

He pretended to be a little panicked, and wanted to stand up after sitting down, but Chen Xin patted his shoulder and smiled at him: "Sit down, sit down, there is 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, a young man, to survive after drifting all the way down. This is called surviving a disaster and having 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 that your parents -"

came.

At this time, Chen Xin's demeanor was just like a friendly old farmer, who saw his daughter's children and asked about their well-being. But Li Wuxiang knew that Chen Xin was not really like he looked. These days, he has learned about the current town master's family.

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 they were about to be five generations apart. His experience, if written down, would be a legendary novel - he was bullied and excluded 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 old parents to live with him, but it was too late at this time, because his old parents had been bullied to death by his fellow tribesmen because of their one acre of thin land and house.

Chen Xin returned to Jinshui to ask for an explanation, but was almost beaten to death. After he fled 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 master.

These are the statements of the people in the town. There must be other inside stories, but these alone have shown that Chen Xin's temperament is not as kind and amiable as he appears, and his scheming is at least deeper than Zhao Qi.

And the few sentences just now - listening to each sentence saying that he is Li Jiye, but not a single sentence really explains it. Li Wuxiang knew that he might still have some doubts about his identity.

The key is that he also asked about "father and mother". As long as he took over this question, he would naturally talk about Lijiawan. Li Wuxiang was sure that Chen Xin should not know the details of the Li family in Lijiawan, but as long as there was a slight omission, he would not be able to hide it in front of Chen Xin. He thought about this situation before coming here, and prepared several excuses. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Xiu on the side 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: "Oh, okay, I'm old and confused - child, 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 treat your father with disrespect, come with me to make food, and ask your father to enlighten him!"

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

The hall was quiet for a moment, Li Wuxiang put his hands on his knees, lowered his eyebrows and sat obediently. Chen Xin poured him a cup of tea, sighed, and was about to speak again, but Li Wuxiang said first: "Chen... Old man, I don't have anything to miss in this world."

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

He laughed again: "Hey, what are you talking about, child, how old are you? How can you not have-"

But Li Wuxiang left the bench, stepped 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, people with my status should not walk around freely in other towns. They should first pay homage to the local town master. I should have come to pay homage 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 that I was going to die. At that time, I didn't want anything but 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. I want revenge, but I can't do anything, let alone revenge. "

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

"Old man, you must know that immortal fate is rare. Thanks to Miss Chen, I got the immortal fate, so I just want to be the disciple of Zhao Xianshi, and I will practice with him wherever he goes. "

The old farmer's smile on Chen Xin's face slowly subsided.