Chapter 259 – Raising A Son In The Cultivation World (part 11)
With Su Wanrong’s comeback, Yuan Ye’s name as a child prodigy also spread. But it was different from before. As soon as Su Wanrong heard about it, she immediately told Yuan Dao, asking to discipline the people in the mansion and not allow them to talk nonsense.
Yuan Dao was very satisfied with Su Wanrong’s cautiousness. “It’s good for you to be so cautious.” But it seemed that it was too late. Word had already spread outside the mansion.
Yuan Dao frowned. Su Wanrong looked worried. “Husband, we are still in the mourning period. The Yuan family should keep a low profile. Will this affect you, husband?”
Yuan Dao nodded. “You are still sensible. After all, my mother is old, so she can’t take care of many things. In the future, I’ll leave it to you to be the housekeeper!”
Su Wanrong nodded meekly. “Okay. Could husband explain it to mother so that the mother doesn’t get angry?”
Yuan Dao nodded. “Of course.”
Su Wanrong took back the power of housekeeper with this little trick. She used these facts to tell everyone in the Yuan family that she was the mistress of the Yuan family.
Seeing this, Mrs. Li thought things over. When she paid her respects to Mother Yuan in the morning, she proposed in front of Mother Yuan and Yuan Dao to send Yuan Shou back to West Garden to be raised by Su Wanrong.
Mrs. Li said, “Previously, this concubine was confused for a while, but now this concubine understands. This concubine has little knowledge and talent, and is afraid that this concubine will not teach the eldest young master well and will make a mistake. The madam has brought up the second young master so well, and this concubine is ashamed. This concubine doesn’t dare to hinder the eldest young master. ”
Su Wanrong was too lazy to pay attention to Mrs. Li. She was in West Garden. If Mrs. Li wanted to, she could pick it up and bring it back.
“The relationship between mother and son is natural. I understand. Mrs. Li doesn’t need to be modest. The Li family is regarded as a scholarly family. Hasn’t your father passed the imperial exam at the county level? You have been educated by your family since childhood. It should be more than enough to enlighten Shou’er,” Su Wanrong said softly.
Mrs. Li was speechless and immediately looked at Yuan Dao, aggrieved. Yuan Dao also frowned.
Su Wanrong went on to say, “Husband, I was just about to discuss a matter with you. What do you think of setting up an area in the front yard to let the children live in? Then, husband can hire a famous teacher for the children to learn from. A-Ye is a boy after all, and he can’t live in the back house for a long time. In addition, a woman living in the inner house for a long time will inevitably have shallow knowledge and will not be able to educate her children well. What do you think, husband?”
Yuan Dao looked at Su Wanrong with admiration. “You saying this shows that you have extraordinary knowledge!”
The more Yuan Dao thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was a good idea. Although he attached great importance to the legitimacy of his children, the three children were his sons. He still wanted to treat them as equally as possible.
At present, Yuan Ye’s qualifications were the best. Because of this, it was even more important to teach students well so as not to delay their growth.
“Okay, tomorrow I will instruct the housekeeper to create a separate area in the front yard. I will let Yuan Shou move in first. As for Lang’er, Lang’er is still young. He can move in when he is three years old!” Yuan Dao said .
Although Mrs. Li was very reluctant to give up, she knew that this was for the children’s good. So she gritted her teeth and agreed.
Mother Yuan was not happy. Her grandchildren were all precious. If they couldn’t see each other every day, what was the point of living?
Su Wanrong quickly persuaded, “Mother, although the children are living in the front, you can still see them in the morning and evening. Additionally, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served together. If you want to see your grandsons, you can see them at any time.”
That was fine for Mother Yuan.
A month later, everything in the front yard was ready. The gentleman who was invited by Yuan Dao also moved in. Yuan Shou and Yuan Ye, accompanied by their mothers, moved into Boundless Courtyard together.
Boundless Courtyard was the name Yuan Dao came up with himself. The plaque was also written by Yuan Dao himself. It was taken from “A mountain of books contains the path to diligence, and one is but a boat on the boundless sea of learning”. He hoped to encourage the children to study hard and make progress.
Not long after, Yuan Ye’s name spread again. This time, it was because of Yuan Ye’s teacher. When he was gathering with his friends, he had said more than once that Yuan Ye was the smartest one of the all students he had taught.
Yuan Dao was a little helpless about this, but he felt more pride and joy.
Su Wanrong also felt the same.
But before Yuan Dao was happy for a few days, he got the news that Immortal Stays met an immortal and was taught some exercises by the immortal.
Yuan Dao’s mood sunk. Su Wanrong almost bit the silver teeth in her mouth in anger! Didn’t Liu Qingyun think highly of herself? What kind of means did she use?
Li Su actually didn’t want to spread the word about it. After all, she understood the truth of guilt. When the immortal taught the exercises, they were seen by too many people. Li Su could not stop it if she wanted to. She was also complaining in her heart. Shouldn’t cultivators keep a low profile? Or were the cultivators in this world so flamboyant?
Half a month later, Li Su and her son finally came back.
When everyone in the Liu family saw Li Su, they quickly asked what happened.
Li Su was also very helpless. She hadn’t sat down yet, and she didn’t even drink a sip of tea before they bombarded her.
“That day, I took Immortal Stays to play at the foot of Mount Tai. Immortal Stays saw an old beggar fall down at the side of the road. Because the beggar’s body was so dirty, the people next to the beggar refused to help him. Immortal Stays couldn’t bear it, so he went to help the beggar. Immortal Stays asked the beggar if he was okay or if he wanted to get a doctor or something. I thought that the child was just doing a good deed at the time and didn’t take it to heart. I just let him go. I didn’t expect that the old beggar would be so weird. The beggar just wanted the clothes on Immortal Stays’ body. Immortal Stays took off his outer clothes and gave them to the old beggar when he saw the old beggar’s clothes were thin. The old beggar took off his clothes and insisted that Immortal Stays should wear them. Those were really dirty clothes! I thought that this old beggar was trying to find fault. But when Immortal Stays saw the old beggar’s excited expression, his eyes reddened, and his heart softened. Immortal Stays put on the old beggar’s clothes. Unexpectedly, the moment Immortal Stays put on his clothes, the old beggar suddenly disappeared. Three days later, when we were about to leave Mount Tai and go back home, we didn’t expect that on the way, an immortal would suddenly descend from the sky. The immortal said that our family’s Immortal Stays was kind and the immortal wanted to accept Immortal Stays as his disciple.”
Li Su was a little thirsty and took a sip of water, but was urged by Liu Qingwu and others to hurry up, so she had to continue. “At that time, we knew that the old beggar was the immortal in a disguise, and he was testing people’s hearts. As a result, only Immortal Stays passed the test. Immortal Stays was originally interested in cultivating, so I thought he would agree, but he did not agree.”
“Why? Why are you so stupid?” Liu Qingwu was extremely annoyed and asked Immortal Stays.
Immortal Stays looked at Li Su. “My mother has only one child. If I leave, what will my mother do?” When his mother, older sister Jinzhu, and the others were talking, he was beside them and heard them all. His mother had done so much for him. He couldn’t be selfish and abandon his mother.
Li Su was also very helpless, but she still felt some joy. “Fortunately, the immortal was not angry, but thought that Immortal Stays was filial, so he gave Immortal Stays a technique to practice and let him study it by himself. With time, even if he can’t cultivate and enter the path to immortality, he will have an extended lifespan.”
“So what about the technique?” Liu Qingbai quickly asked.
“How can the techniques given by the immortals be like books in the mortal world? The immortals turned that technique into a golden light and put it into Immortal Stays’ mind. This technique can only be practiced by Immortal Stays. Others can’t see or hear it,” Li Su said. “We have tried many times on the road. That technique is in Immortal Stays’ mind, but Immortal Stays can’t say it or write it out.”
After seeing the methods of real cultivators, Li Su doubted whether the techniques handed down from the ancestors of the Su family were given by cultivators.
“Eldest brother, with regards to His Majesty, I ask eldest brother to report the matter on his behalf,” Li Su said after thinking for a while.
Liu Qingwu nodded. “Of course. Eldest brother knows what to do, don’t worry!” Long after he learned about Immortal Stays, he had already planned in his mind how to tell His Majesty.
Liu Qingwu, together with Li Su, immediately wrote down the details of the incident.
Fortunately, His Majesty had a good impression of the Liu family. As soon as the incident happened, he immediately sent someone to investigate. Many people were present when the incident happened, and the incident was consistent with what was said in the report. His Majesty dispelled his suspicions about the Liu family, but instead comforted the Liu family. At the same time, he remembered Immortal Stays. If Immortal Stays was praised by the immortal for his kindness, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, then there must be something special about him. This was much more genuine than the youths that were praised by the population who had failed the imperial exam.
Moreover, his teacher’s family was much better than the Yuan family.
Immortal Stays’ adventure spread and many people flocked to them. The Liu family was very lively every day. Li Su found the entire thing too bothersome, so she simply moved out of Liu family’s house and hid.
Liu Mingzhu was young and had a lot of family visits these days, so she was a little frightened. Liu Qingwu made a decision and asked Mrs. Liu-Xie to take her to Li Su’s other courtyard.
Mrs. Liu-Xie was getting old, so it is inevitable that she had been struggling for so many days. When she heard Liu Qingwu say this, she was also relieved. Besides, her daughter-in-law was now able to receive guests, so she was greatly relieved.
“Younger sister’s courtyard is so nice. I don’t want to leave,” Mrs. Liu-Xie said comfortably.
“If sister-in-law likes it, then you don’t need to leave. Immortal Stays is now focussed on that technique. I’m worried that no one will talk to me!” Li Su laughed.
“Could it be that the Jinzhu and the others around you are all dumb? If you have one of them, they are better than thousands of others,” Mrs. Liu-Xie said with a smile.
These days, she had also seen that it was easy to get the few maids together. Especially that Cuizhu, who chattered incessantly and was hardly quiet for a moment. In order to make Li Su happy, she gave all her treasures.
Li Su pursed her lips and smiled.
Cuizhu came in with the sour plum soup, and happened to hear this sentence. “Does the madam think we talk too much?”
Mrs. Liu-Xie held back a smile. “No, I’m praising you for being lively. Even our Mingzhu has become lively and laughs a lot.”
Cuizhu smiled. “Mrs. Liu-Xie over praises.”
Mrs. Liu-Xie took a mouthful of sour plum soup and said, “Have you heard about that child of Mrs. Su? How old is he now? He is apparently a child prodigy. Mrs. Yuan-Su’s plan is not small!”
Li Su smiled slightly. “The Su family has a technique that was passed down by the immortals, and gave birth to a daughter who was accepted as an apprentice by an immortal. Now there is a son who is a child prodigy. It’s no surprise.”
Mrs. Liu-Xie said with a smile, “If there were not so many people who witnessed immortals teaching the practice of becoming an immortal, maybe everyone would have been deceived by the Su family. Now there are rumours that the Su family’s technique is fake. A technique that can prolong life and strengthen the body? After so many years, the Su family has not produced anyone with a longer lifespan.”