Xiaoyaoshanjun

Tian Buli stood in the hall, opposite him stood the women of his family, and on the table in front of him was a piece of drawing paper.

Taoist Liuyun stood beside the table and began to draw a portrait, drawing Tian Buli's appearance on the paper.

Not long after, Dou Niang came in from outside. Seeing that the room was particularly quiet, she pulled Zhou Jiao aside and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Jiao pulled her out to talk, and they spoke in low voices only when they reached the door.

"The master said that he would not be back for a long time this time. Before he left, he left his portrait in the ancestral hall for us to admire. If our family encounters demons and monsters in the future, this portrait will protect the whole family."

Dou Niang was relieved after hearing this. "That's good. I'll keep the treasure for you. Come and see it when you miss it. Have you chosen the ancestral hall?"

Zhou Jiao said, "The master said that we can just put it where he lives. We will need to repair it later. I guess we should repair the family tree first. It's hard to say the details."

"Why is it hard to say?" asked the damselfly.

Zhou Jiao smiled and said, "Master is immortal. Other people's ancestral halls first worship their ancestors. Unless we worship our grandparents, it will be difficult to set up a tablet in an empty hall."

Zhou Jiao said seriously: "But the master doesn't want to worship his ancestors, so we can't say anything. Others can't enter the clan hall either."

The dragonfly discovered that this was true and nodded in agreement.

"There's no rush for this. Besides, the children are still young, and you guys are all young too. Just hang up the portraits, but the ancestral hall should also be repaired. Repair it carefully and meticulously for decades. Don't lose face."

Zhou Jiao smiled and said, "Sister is right, the master also said so."

The damselfly was even happier when she heard this.

As they were talking, Tian Buli walked out of the house.

Zhou Jiao quickly put down the handkerchief she was using to wipe her sweat and said respectfully, "Master."

Tian Buli looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and raised his hand towards the floating clouds in the distance.

Dou Niang and Zhou Jiao both raised their heads to look. The sunlight was too blinding, so they had to use handkerchiefs and their hands to cover their eyes.

A few seconds later, Tian Buli summoned a large cloud.

After the clouds blocked the scorching sun, everyone felt noticeably cooler.

"It will rain a little in the afternoon, saving the villagers from irrigating their fields."

The damselfly said happily: "Great! It's still good to have gods!"

Tian Buli is indeed considered a god at present. It is not difficult to be a god. It only takes more than 20 years.

But just like being an official, becoming a god does not mean you are invincible in the sky.

At present, it is impossible to be invincible in the sky, let alone in the world.

"It's good to take a break. It's not good to disturb the weather too much. If the clouds and rain fall here, they won't fall on other people's homes."

Zhou Jiao said, "Master, don't worry. The land around here belongs to our Tian family and the Hu family. We can just protect the nearby land for harvest. The land outside will be damaged. When autumn comes, we can collect less rent and consider it as a good deed."

As the manager of the Tian family, Zhou Jiao is indeed very competent.

Being too kind and lenient, he was unable to control his servants, who had different personalities.

Country people are not saints, and most of them are still taking advantage of others. If there is no absolute authority, these people will break the rules themselves.

Today I picked vegetables from someone else's house, and tomorrow I'll take away someone else's chicken.

Or if they see someone else has a good harvest, they feel unhappy and let their cattle and sheep growl in and destroy other people's crops.

Tianjia County has been able to develop to its present state all thanks to the Tian family's influence in both the black and white worlds, which prevents others from applying some bad rules here.

Everyone depends on the Tian family for their livelihood, so it is normal for them to be influenced by the rules and good and bad of the Tian family.

Tian Buli did not take his own descendants seriously, nor did he take the people of Tianjia County seriously.

"I'm leaving this afternoon, and I don't know when I'll be back. I hope all of you can live long and healthy lives. Don't worry about useless things. Don't worry too much about your children and grandchildren. Just take care of yourself." "You don't have to wait for me. If you want to go out for a walk, go out for a walk. I want to come back as soon as I think about it."

After hearing this, the damselfly sighed, "Since you are already immortal, why can't you take a good rest for a few years? If you continue like this, what difference will thousands or tens of thousands of years make?"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Women's words, you won't understand the cultivation matters even if I tell you. Not only you, but even the princes and officials don't understand. They don't know what it means to be far-sighted."

After hearing what Tian Buli said, Dou Niang realized that she was just a woman after all.

"That's fine. I won't talk about this anymore. I was planning to talk about it tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to leave so soon. I want to ask you for a life-saving medicine."

Tian Buli asked curiously, "Who uses it?"

Zhou Jiao and Dou Niang have a good relationship and know everything about each other.

"Dou Niang's father is already 83 years old. At the beginning of the year, he came with his children and grandchildren to pay New Year's greetings. He said that he felt that the past two years were not easy to get through, so he wanted to see him before he left."

Tian Buli asked curiously, "Are there many people over 80 here?"

Zhou Jiao said, "Quite a few. It's the sixty-seventh year of the Saint Emperor's reign, and the weather has been good for nearly seventy years. Most are in their sixties and seventies, a little less in their seventies and eighties, and there are a dozen in their nineties."

Tian Buli also discovered that the Holy Emperor had no intention of abdicating. For an immortal Taoist priest, it was impossible for him to be emperor forever, but being emperor for hundreds of years was not a problem at all.

No one knows when he will abdicate, so Taoist priests everywhere have been under tremendous pressure since many years ago.

Tian Buli still has no intention of meeting the Holy Emperor for the time being. He is not as afraid of him as before, but he may not be able to win if a real fight breaks out.

It's better not to see him.

While Tian Buli was thinking about the big things to come, he was also dealing with the small matters of the Tian family.

"Okay, this is a simple matter. Your father is half my father, so it won't hurt to help. Do you know his birth date?"

Except for the younger generation, almost everyone knows about the story between Tian Buli and Dou Niang.

Some young people also know about it, but if they talk about it nonsense, they will definitely be in trouble, and not many people know about it.

People from the Tian and Hu families didn't dare to talk nonsense like that. They would be slapped in the face and beaten, and they deserved to be expelled from the family.

The farmers who depend on the two families are also aware of the rules here. If they talk nonsense, their entire family will be driven away.

Tian Buli can speak freely, but others dare not.

Dou Niang would be annoyed when others gossip about her, but when Tian Buli brought up the old matter again, she was only happy.

"I know! Last time, my father left this to me and asked me to find someone to tell his fortune. I also used your birth date to find a beautiful woman for you. If you like any of the girls at home, just go to the bedroom and get a few more pregnant!"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Young daughter-in-law, you are not ashamed to speak."

The dragon lady smiled and shook her body, "Who would want to be your young wife? I am already an old lady."

Tian Buli smiled. He quite liked this kind of peace, but it was not the right time yet.

Now that we have reached a bottleneck, it is best to seek a breakthrough now without any delay.

"I left a medicine behind. If he drinks it, he will live a few more years."

"I've also left you a prescription for headaches, fevers, snake venom, heat stroke, leg pain, and mouth pain."

"Although you are young, you will still encounter the same diseases that ordinary people encounter. Just take good care of your body and wait for me to come back."

Dou Niang and Zhou Jiao both knew the effects of these prescriptions.

It is not only a way to cure diseases and maintain health, but also a way to make money.

Prescriptions that can treat various common diseases are a treasure trove more valuable than farmland in this era of longevity.

After taking good care of his family, Tian Buli personally placed his portrait where he usually slept. From now on, as long as the women and children in the family come here to kneel and worship every day, they will be free from the risk of being disturbed by demons and ghosts. (End of this chapter)