Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 208: Breaking the Secular World

The middle gate of Hu's courtyard
Dou Niang walked through the middle door somewhat helplessly and entered the Tian family compound.

The two families were originally as close as one family, and when they built the house, they thought about relying on each other.

Nowadays, even when the male owner is not around, the women from both families often chat and talk together.

After walking a few steps into the yard, I entered another small courtyard.

Xiaodian was running around in the yard. When he saw the damselfly coming, he ran over to say hello.

"Auntie, my father is in the house."

The damselfly smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to your father."

Xiaodian held a bamboo horse with his legs clamped around the horse's head bamboo stick, and ran forward with a clattering sound, "Gee! Gee! Gee!"

Not only was he shouting, but his feet also made a deliberate ticking sound when he was running on the concrete road. This is not the way a normal person runs.

The child's cries quickly attracted the attention of people on the road. Zhou Jiao came out of the house and wanted to ask Xiaodian to be quiet. When she saw Dou Niang coming, she came over to talk to her and stopped talking to Xiaodian.

"Sister-in-law, the master is looking at the account book in the room, please come in."

Although Zhou Jiao did not scold Xiaodian, Xiaodian still knew the situation and became quieter, and ran away somewhere else early.

Dou Niang followed Zhou Jiao into the house, and indeed, Tian Buli was looking at piles of account books.

Dou Niang smiled and said, "You don't study or read scriptures, so why are you reading such trivial account books?"

Tian Buli put down the account book and said with a smile: "How can money be a trivial matter? You and I have both been poor. The women and children in our families are used to spending money. They don't know how to feel sorry for money. Don't we know how to feel sorry for money?"

Zhou Jiao pulled Dou Niang, "Sister-in-law, please sit down. I'll go pour tea."

"Okay." Dou Niang sat down on the chair, looked at Tian Buli and said, "You are a Taoist priest now. People say that powerful Taoist priests can predict the future. Guess why I came here today."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "There's no need to guess. Even when I wasn't practicing Taoism eight years ago, I could have guessed that you came here for your son."

The damselfly exclaimed: "How accurate! How did you guess it?"

Tian Buli smiled slightly, "It's just human nature."

Dou Niang smiled helplessly, "It's indeed human nature. It's been eight years, and Tiger is now a father."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I have been a father for a long time. If you ask me, I may have been forced to do things by a few children earlier than you. So I advise you to be more open-minded. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Don't worry about me enjoying them."

Dou Niang naturally couldn't listen to what Tian Buli said.

"How can I not worry? Hu'er's wife just gave birth and is not in good health. When Hu'er heard that I ate the fairy fruit, he knelt down and begged me to give his wife one. I have never been very nice to him since he was a child, and he kowtowed to me and begged me, this..."

Tian Buli understood the situation. "I gave it last year, and I have to give it this year. What about next year and the year after? I didn't give a small amount this year because I don't plan to let my children and grandchildren honor me. In the future, my family will definitely be like the Zhou and Li families with hundreds of people. How can there not be a few people who commit crimes and take advantage of others' power?"

"If I don't have the heart to do this today, my relatives will take advantage of my reputation to bully others in a few years, so I have already thought about my descendants. Let him die if he deserves to die."

Dou Niang said anxiously, "How can you do this... Xiaodian is your biological daughter, how can you treat her so badly?"

Zhou Jiao, who was nearby, didn't dare to speak, and at this time she also hoped that Dou Niang could say a few more words.

Tian Buli said, "Xiaodian is naturally my biological child. In the future, the huge Tian family business will belong to them. They are born blessed. I have given them gold, silver and jewelry to ensure that they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. What else do they need?"

"I don't even have immortality myself."

"Over the years, I have seen the faces of princes and nobles. The descendants of the emperors all want to live a few more years but cannot. My descendants just want to be rich men."

"I'm cultivating Taoism in the Immortal Mountain. Since I got married, I've come back every year and I can't have peace. Not to mention the little one, I don't even want to raise Xiao Cong and Xiao Yuan anymore. It's time to let them fend for themselves and seek immortality on their own."

Dou Niang complained, "I think you are just saying that out of anger. How can you be such a father? Forget it. I will talk to Tiger. If I give the fairy fruit to his wife, Leopard and Dog's wives will also think about it in the future. It's just like weaning. It should be stopped in time."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I have already arranged things for the three children. Tiger will go to the city to make money, Leopard will stay by your side to look after the house, and Dog will become an official in the future to protect the family."

"You know that Hu'er is not a smart kid, and Bao'er is also timid. Without his two fathers, Hu'er's business would have been taken away long ago, and Bao'er can't control the villagers." "They are just like these earthenware jars. I know better than you how much water they can hold. If you insist on giving them too many things that they can't control, it will only bring trouble to yourself."

"Just like this time, I will continue to give immortal fruits to Hu'er's wife. Not every woman is as grateful as you. Your wife is sure that Hu'er will help her, and she has your eldest grandson from the Hu family to protect her. In the future, she may use the child to ask me for favors."

"I was indebted to you because you helped Mr. Hu and his three children. When they get married and have children, I can't help their wives, children, and their parents-in-law, right?"

"Not to mention your family, if the four women in my family remarried with their children, I would be free of burdens."

Zhou Jiao said hurriedly: "Master, you cultivate your immortal way. My sister and I will follow the rules at home and discipline our children well. We are members of the Tian family in life and ghosts of the Tian family in death. We will never leave the Tian family in the future!"

"I will be the villain." Tian Buli said directly, regardless of what Zhou Jiao said, "I will erect a monument at the entrance of the village. If any of my descendants or clansmen bully others by taking advantage of their power, they will be killed without guilt!"

Dou Niang stood up quickly, "How could you do this? I can take care of my family's affairs. You are a cultivator, and it is not good for your cultivation to be so violent."

Tian Buli stood up and said, "Those who practice Taoism are pure-hearted and have few desires. I don't want to be used as a tiger skin by a bunch of unworthy descendants to bully others in the future!"

"We were all poor people who were bullied before. When Leopard was little, he asked me when we would stop being bullied."

"It is true that we will not be bullied now, but we cannot bully others either."

"Tiger has already started a family and a career. Don't worry about his affairs. I will tell Baoer later that nothing will happen as long as his mother is here. I will take care of Baoer more because of you, so that I can find one of the three children who can take care of you in your old age."

"Bao'er knows how to be filial. Not to mention the Hu family, the Tian family will not treat him unfairly."

Dou Niang nodded and said softly, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I can't rely on my three sons, so you're better off being good to me."

Tian Buli said, "While I'm here, bring your account book to me so I can help you get rid of some trouble."

"Okay!" Damselfly quickly asked Leopard to come over to work.

Tian Buli checked the account books of the two families, then went to the town to verify and fired more than a dozen people who had embezzled money.

The Tian and Hu families have the support of the government above them, the respect of heroes in the martial arts world below them, and they also have guards like Mei Xiuzhu who are good at martial arts.

In addition, the people in Tianjia Town all obey our orders, so we are not afraid of retaliation from them even if we expel a dozen people.

Those who were dismissed were either taken to the county or sent to their hometown. It was not easy to come here without a pass.

No matter what, we must give the rest of the people a shock.

In this kind of traditional feudal area, there is no sufficient military deterrence and punishment ability to shock people at all.

Dou Niang quickly sent Hu'er, his wife and children back home, not wanting her eldest son to ignore the business and spend the whole day eating and drinking at home.

After I drove them away, I felt a lot more relaxed.

After thinking about it calmly, he suddenly realized that Hu'er was a stupid child since he was young, and he was always ungrateful. He had separated from the family a long time ago but he always came back to ask for money and benefits. It must be his wife's idea.

Being a poor person herself, Dou Niang knew very well how the sons in the neighborhood treated their mothers, so she did not expect Hu'er to support her in her old age.

Tian Buli was not joking and really erected a warning monument.

Anyone among my descendants who bully others by taking advantage of their power will be killed without guilt!
Any of my descendants who speak disrespectfully to me will be immediately expelled from the family and left to fend for themselves!
After three generations, there will no longer be any Tian family. Anyone who claims to be our descendant is just a bully relying on the power of others!

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He still had to take care of his wife and children. Tian Buli had no intention of abandoning his family completely. He just wanted to put an end to it in advance and not increase his responsibilities indefinitely.

Children and grandchildren, endless.

Among the second generation, two went to the mountains to practice Taoism, one will definitely get married in the future, and the other will inherit the family business and take care of their mothers in their old age.

The third generation will probably be in great chaos, so we can only wish for good luck then.

Tian Buli can barely take care of himself, so how can he have the time to clean up the mess of his writing children and grandchildren, who are actually their father and grandfather.

(End of this chapter)