Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1151 It's Not an Illusion
As the weather grew warmer day by day, and the evening breeze became gentler on her face, Zhou Banxia, ​​accompanying Li Shi on her way to the main courtyard, deeply felt that she had been missing out on beautiful moments lately.

"It looks different again. I didn't see so many trees when I came here during the day. Oh, it's the shadows of the trees and the flowers and plants that have blended together."

Sure enough, it wasn't just her imagination.

What appears to be a chaotic mess, with trees and flowers filling the east and rocks adorning the west, unexpectedly reveals a unique charm under the moonlight.

I wonder if her husband knows that his amazing actions after the ground thawed this spring have had surprisingly wonderful results; he probably hasn't.

If he were to discover that every step he takes in his own backyard at night is a masterpiece, how could he possibly sit still? He would drag her over for a stroll and show her off his treasures.

"How much silver do you think your house is worth now? It doesn't look any worse than the big house the Zhao family has in Zhao Family Village."

As soon as Zhou Banxia heard her mother ask her, she thought, "Who knows?"

After all, the houses in the village are not valuable. Just like in Taozhuang, no matter how well the main courtyard and guest courtyard are built, the most valuable thing is actually the peach orchard.

Fortunately, her mother immediately mentioned the Zhao family's old house in the village without even taking a breath. With this reference point, it wasn't difficult to determine the price.

Compared to the Zhao family's old house, how come my house is worth two or three thousand taels of silver? Of course, the most valuable one is still the house in my father-in-law's village.

Even if that house isn't expanded, there are still plenty of people who want it. According to the third wife and aunt, those who want it are attracted by its feng shui.

That place used to be the Bai family's house. After the Bai family built that house, their lives improved and they even moved into the city. My father-in-law got that house.

Sixth Brother was a junior scholar who moved into that place, Yuan'er's uncle also moved into that place and became a resident doctor, and me, they say I also moved into that place and started my own workshop.

Even more outrageous, some people actually said that the harmony between my sister-in-law and me, and the fact that we both gave birth to sons, was due to good feng shui on our side of the house, and many people actually believed it!

Li laughed when she heard this. "That's what everyone says. Otherwise, why didn't your father-in-law prosper in that house at the village entrance? Once he moved out and you all moved in, everything would have taken off."

Zhou Banxia retorted with a joke, "Didn't Sixth Brother's aunt say that their eldest son's family had their feng shui stolen by my father-in-law's family? Maybe that's exactly what's going on."

Li rolled her eyes at her daughter speechlessly, then raised her chin to let her walk straight ahead, and couldn't help but ask, "You actually believe what that old woman says?"

"Do not believe."

"You still bring this up if you don't believe me?" Madam Li shook her head. "That old woman has some idea that after the family division, their eldest son's branch couldn't suppress your father-in-law's branch."

It's not that the mother is the most wicked; if the eldest son of the family didn't want good feng shui, where would he get it? They're brothers of the same grandfather; if their grandfather's grave were to bring good fortune to his grandson, that grandson would have been prosperous long ago.

The courtyard at the edge of the village where their eldest son now lives was built by his father and passed down to his eldest son and grandson. What good feng shui could that courtyard possibly have?

The feng shui is good. Not to mention that his father got up early, how could he have studied all his life and not even become a scholar? And his eldest son was even more hopeless?

How old are you? Still attending a city school, not even as good as your younger brother. Our Dajiang is so accomplished; he's not just a scholar, he's a government-subsidized student. I think when it comes to feng shui, the old man's grave is the most important. Look at our family, after we were adopted out, your father and Uncle Changping share the same grandfather, right?
Your grandfather is a lucky man for his children and grandchildren. Not only was your great-grandfather a scholar, but your Uncle Changping also passed the imperial examination. I reckon Li Ge'er won't be much different.

"Look at your great-grandmother, your aunt, and Hui-jie, whom Da Jiang arranged—aren't they all from better families than their husbands? Aren't they all marrying down?"

Believe it or not, it's really true. For generations, only this branch of the Zhou family has produced a scholar, and it's also this branch that consistently produces high-ranking wives.

Seeing her daughter, who was walking beside her, slowly nod, Li couldn't help but smile. She reached out and grabbed her daughter, who was about to walk forward, saying, "Right? Your father said I was just talking nonsense."

I didn't know he was thinking the same thing. He'd been eyeing your grandfather's lineage for a long time; otherwise, why would he be plotting with you about who to adopt you into?

"You really understand my father's thoughts," Zhou Banxia nodded with a smile. She had to admit that her mother was right about what she said next, regarding the matter of adoption.

Her father had indeed given it a lot of thought. Long ago, when he had the idea of ​​adopting someone out, he told her about the situation of the elders in the clan who had no descendants.

Ultimately, for various reasons, even though she was unable to be adopted out as she wished, the person her father had chosen still had no heirs when she returned to the village many years later.

For example, why has her great-grandfather's younger brother, who is now her grandfather, not had an heir to carry on the family line for so many years?
While it was true that her great-grandfather only had one son, even Aunt Changping was reluctant to place any of her sons under her grandfather's name as adopted grandsons.

But to say that her father wasn't involved in the sabotage is absolutely impossible. Even if the aunts didn't care about this younger brother's lineage, there's always someone in the clan who wants to inherit something.

If you really think about it, her great-grandfather was an adopted son. Given the house and land left by the old man, how could he, who was inheriting the family line from the old man's biological son, open the mountain gate empty-handed?

Of course, her great-grandparents were not greedy people. When her father was adopted, the two of them often mentioned that her father should have a share of the family property left by the old man.

Even without her interference, her father wouldn't want it. He was already satisfied that she could be adopted out, so why would he have any other ideas?

After all, although her great-grandfather was well-off when he adopted her great-grandfather, how rich could the villagers be, let alone support her great-grandfather's education for the imperial examinations?

It's safe to say that by the time her great-grandfather had a biological son, the family was probably already struggling financially, and in the end, it was her great-grandfather who married her great-grandmother.

He married her great-grandmother, and it is said that her great-grandmother brought a dowry that shocked the entire village at the time. Only after that did his family gradually become known as one of the most prominent families in the village.

"Speaking of feng shui, you still have to believe in it. Look at Master Zhao, he always goes to the Taoist temple whenever he comes back. What's he after? He just wants the old immortal to go to the capital."

His family believes in the old sage. Not only your third uncle Zhao, but your father said your second uncle Zhao went to the Taoist temple to see the old sage when he bought a shop and a estate..."

Wouldn't that have annoyed Master Qingfeng so much that he's now even more focused on cultivating immortality and refusing to see guests? Zhou Banxia couldn't help but think about how her father-in-law could even get a glimpse of Master Qingfeng these days.

Like her father-in-law, who had previously asked Master Qingfeng to choose a nickname for his son Yuan Ge'er, he went to the Taoist temple early in the morning before dawn and asked a young Taoist to convey the message about choosing a nickname for his grandson.

It was truly imperative to make his intentions clear. Following the Zhao family, Master Qingfeng then helped her family of both birth and death to examine their homes, further enhancing his reputation.

The temple is incredibly popular; since last autumn's harvest, it's not just on the first and fifteenth of each month, but every single day of the month, there are countless believers coming to the mountain to offer incense.