CH 268

Chapter 268 – Raising A Son In The Cultivation World (part 20)

Immortal Stays didn’t know what his mother had done for him secretly until one night, while he was meditating, a figure suddenly appeared in his consciousness.

He was so shocked that he almost went crazy. After all, someone who could break into his consciousness without him knowing meant that they could easily destroy his consciousness.

When the other party saw that he almost went into trouble, he quickly helped him stabilise his consciousness.

Immortal Stays also recognised the other party at this time. He was the immortal who was at the foot of Mount Tai that day and wanted to accept him as a disciple. Immortal Stays immediately leaned over and wanted to worship the immortal, but he did not dare to call him master.

The old man smiled slightly. “Although you and I don’t have an official relationship of a master and an apprentice, but we are still fundamentally master and apprentice. This old man can still be your master.”

Liu Xian was overjoyed upon knowing that the immortal recognised him. He quickly knelt down again, called him master, and bowed three times.

It turned out that the old man didn’t think about it after he taught him the immortal cultivation technique. After all, the master showed him the door and practicing was on him. They did not have the fate of a master and an apprentice. The master just passed by Mount Tai by chance a few days ago, and he remembered what happened back then. Then he calculated, wanting to see what the child looked like now, whether he continued to practice and if so, to what extent he had practiced.

But the result surprised the old man. It turned out that, with his own efforts, he had successfully entered the foundation-building stage! With this speed and aptitude, ordinary outer disciples couldn’t compare!

The old man calculated again, and then he understood the reason. Liu Xian cultivated so diligently, in addition to his own efforts and talents, his mother also silently did a lot for him, doing good deeds and accumulating a lot of merit. These merits turned into spiritual power to surround him, so he progressed so fast.

The old man was overwhelmed with emotion, and he felt cherished for a while. He appeared in Immortal Stays’ consciousness and wanted to give him some pointers.

After listening to the master’s words, Immortal Stays felt both moved and guilty. He was moved by what his mother had done for him, and felt guilty that as her son, he couldn’t be filial to his mother. Instead his mother had to plan for herself.

Seeing him like this, the old man smiled and said, “Parents love their children, and most of them ask for something, like making them famous, honouring their ancestors, or passing on their lineage and having multiple children. Your mother loves you very much and asks for nothing else. Don’t let your mother down.”

But Immortal Stays was a little distressed. “Master, if my mother treats me like this, then what can I do for her?”

The old man smiled. “You should ask yourself this question.”

After that, the old man said that on the fifteenth day of every month, he would fall into a dream and guide him. Immortal Stays was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

After waking up, Immortal Stays walked out of the secluded residence and went to Content Residence where Li Su and others lived at the foot of the mountain.

Li Su and Jinzhu were reading the ledger under the lamp. Cuizhu was impatient, so she set up a barbecue in the courtyard outside and started to cook.

Li Su smelled the fragrance in the air. “It would be great if there was beer at this time!” Beer grilled crayfish on skewers was the standard for food stalls!

“Young miss, what is beer? How does it taste? How do you make it? You can probably tell me a recipe and I can ask someone to make it for you,” Lüzhu said seriously.

How did one make the beer? Li Su vaguely remembered that the raw material required to make beer seemed to be malt. As for how to make it, she really didn’t know.

“Forget it, I just said it casually.” Li Su said with a smile, not wanting to bother with that.

But Lüzhu and Jinzhu took Li Su’s words seriously. If the young miss liked it, they must find it for the young miss. Tomorrow, they would head out and see. Whoever made the beer the young miss mentioned would be rewarded!

Li Su suddenly saw Immortal Stays standing by the window. She was a little surprised. She put down the ledger in her hand and stood up. “Immortal Stays, why are you here? Did something happen?”

Jinzhu packed up the account books and went out when she saw this. She also took Cuizhu with her, who was busy in front of the barbecue. Cuizhu looked at the mutton skewers that were not cooked yet and felt a little regretful. Just as she was about to speak, Hongzhu covered her mouth and dragged away.

“Mother, what do you want?” Immortal Stays asked. “Or, mother, what do you want me to do?”

Li Su smiled. “Mother doesn’t need you to do anything. You just need to be happy and do what you want to do. You can go all out to pursue your dreams and mother will do her best for you. Mother will help you with your dreams!”

Immortal Stays was moved. “But mother, it’s not fair to you! You must have something you really want to do.”

“What mother always wanted to do is to be a good mother. Mother wants her children to grow up happy and carefree, and grow into a kind and upright person.” Li Su touched Immortal Stays’ head. Immortal Stays had grown taller again and now she had to tiptoe to touch his head.

“So, Immortal Stays, don’t have any psychological burdens. Go all out to pursue your dreams and don’t worry about mother. Mother is not as pitiful and helpless as you think.” It so happened that Li Su smelled roasted meat, so she smiled. “Everyone pursues different things. In order to cultivate, you can fast. Your mother can’t do that. Your mother likes fancy clothes and delicious food. Where’s the fun in being an immortal?”

This was the first time that Li Su told Immortal Stays that she has no interest in cultivating and becoming an immortal. She knew that Immortal Stays had always had this thought, hoping that he could find a way to prolong her life. Li Su didn’t want him to be obsessed with it, so she simply expressed her attitude to him directly.

“Mother, are you happy now?” Immortal Stays asked. Immortal Stays understood what his mother meant, but he needed time to think about it.

Li Su smiled and said, “Of course I’m happy! Can’t you feel that mother is really happy? There are so many people around mother and you are a good son. Mother is very happy every day. So, Immortal Stays, mother doesn’t want to be a burden to you. Go and pursue your dreams! Mother will always be here. You just need to turn back and you will be able to see mother!”

Immortal Stays’ eyes were a little red. “Mother, thank you!” He was lucky to be her child in this life! Let him be selfish once in his life and let him pursue his dreams. In the next life, he hoped to be able to shelter his mother from the wind and rain.

Immortal Stays had defeated his inner demons. He also had the guidance of his master, plus the merits that Li Su had continuously accumulated for him. The speed of his cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds.

On the other side, Liu Qingwu wrote several letters one after another, asking Li Su and Immortal Stays to return to Jade City so they could talk in person.

But up until his birthday, Li Su and Immortal Stays did not appear.

Yuan Dao was very disappointed. He thought that he could use Yuan Ye and Liu Mingzhu’s marriage to repair the relationship with the Liu family and Qingyun. He didn’t expect that he would be disappointed.

Yuan Ye was relieved. If Liu Qingyun and Immortal Stays came, he would be the most embarrassed one in the audience. Since they weren’t here, it was great.

At Liu Qingwu’s birthday banquet, Yuan Ye acted as a filial son-in-law. Liu Qingwu felt a lot of comfort when he saw Yuan Ye like this.

Three months later, Liu Mingzhu was to be married. Liu Qingwu had racked his brains to collect 86 dowries for Liu Mingzhu. Compared to ordinary people, this dowry was already very rich. However, when Liu Mingzhu saw the dowry list, she was very unhappy. She covered her face and cried non-stop, arguing and refusing to get on the sedan chair!

Liu Qingwu was a little embarrassed, and Liu Yuanchen was also very embarrassed. “Mingzhu, don’t cry. Father…”

“Why? When Sister Baozhu got married, she had one hundred and twenty-eight dowries. Third uncle, fourth uncle, and aunt helped with the make-up. However, when it is my turn, it is less than half! Aunt didn’t even do makeup for me! In addition to the jewellery shop, she also gave older sister Baozhu a ten percent bonus from Yunfang! We are both aunt’s nieces, why does aunt favour the other one more?! Why?!” Liu Mingzhu even cried with her makeup on.

“Why? Baozhu married the crown prince of a country, but you are going to marry the son of the Yuan family!” Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Mrs. Liu-Xie had come over to take a look, just in time to hear Liu Mingzhu’s words. “It seems that your father and your older brother didn’t tell you about the grudge between your aunt and the Yuan family! Then I’ll tell you!”

Liu Mingzhu raised her head and said, “Who said I didn’t know? Yuan Ye told me all about the past. But these are all grudges from the past life, and what does it have to do with us? It is between auntie and father-in-law. Why should aunt hate us?! She is an elder and should care about the younger generation. Isn’t she embarrassed?”

Mrs. Liu-Xie laughed in anger. “I thought you were an ignorant girl who only knew about love, but I didn’t expect you to know everything. Yet, you still insisted on marrying Yuan Ye and even said such shameless words! Hmph, the Yuan family’s sedan chair has already arrived at the door. If you want to marry, you can marry. If you don’t want to, then forget it!”

After speaking, Mrs. Liu-Xie walked away. Liu Qingtong’s wife and several sisters-in-law gave Liu Mingzhu pitying looks, then turned and left.

After a while, the people were gone. Only Liu Yuanchen’s wife, Mrs. Yan was still busy outside. Seeing that there was no movement there, she was extremely anxious. “What the hell is going on? Is the marriage still possible today? Mother, several aunts and sisters-in-law are all gone, and the sedan chair of the Yuan family is still waiting at the door!”

Liu Qingwu was afraid of making a joke, so he coaxed Liu Mingzhu, saying that he would find a way to compensate Liu Mingzhu in the future.

Only then did Liu Mingzhu hold back her tears, and got on the sedan chair, aggrieved.

The Yuan family still attached great importance to this marriage. After all, the Liu family had a crown princess consort, and the Liu family made a lot of money because of the sugar factory. The Yuan family had gradually shown a decline in recent years. Although they looked fine from the outside, they had fallen inside. They urgently needed the generous dowry brought in by the Liu family daughter to improve the situation in the house.

But when the dowry and the bride came in, the faces of the Yuan family changed, especially Yuan Dao and Yuan Ye.

Wasn’t Liu Mingzhu Liu Qingwu’s most beloved daughter? How could there be so little? Yuan Dao muttered in his heart. When Qingyun married into his family, there were more than one hundred and twenty dowries. Even after they were married, the Liu family also sent a lot of things. Although Liu Mingzhu’s dowry was quite large, it was a lot less than Qingyun’s!

Yuan Ye was also a little unhappy in his heart, but after thinking about it, maybe this was just the dowry on the surface. There must be a lot of subsidies that they would give in private. His mother was not in good health and needed tonic. He did not have a lot of money, so he couldn’t provide his mother with daily tonics. He had to talk to Mingzhu later to be very filial to his mother. He also had to remind Mingzhu that she must not take the housekeeping power.

Over the years, he had watched from the sidelines. The family was not as good as before, but their expenses were the same as before. They couldn’t make ends meet, so he had to sell property. Mrs. Li had held the housekeeping power. Last year, when Yuan Shou got married, Mrs. Li claimed that Yuan Shou was not the eldest legitimate son, so his wife could not hold the housekeeping power. She insisted on handing over the housekeeping power to Yuan Ye’s future wife.

Yuan Dao and Mother Yuan also praised Mrs. Li for understanding the rules, but Yuan Ye knew that she just wanted to make a fool of him!