The Great Seminary

Chapter 30: The Return of the Good Son
In mid-October, summer goes and autumn comes.

The Pingyang Zhangjia Four Seasons Trading Company fleet, which had not been sailing for a long time, was sailing on a dark and windy night with no wind or rain.

It docked at Siping Wharf, the largest wharf in Xiapingyang Town, Siyang County.

Thousands of Zhang family members, who had spent several months on the Giant Snake Head Island and were exhausted both mentally and physically, crawled out of the ship like ants.

A very small number of people are still carefree and have the leisure to have a midnight snack, so they flock to the canteen at the pier.

The remaining soldiers dispersed automatically, each returning home to find their mother.

Several parents, owners, and managers walked quickly towards the main house.

The autumn wind at the seaside is so cold that it makes people feel cold even in the bones.

After getting off the boat, Zhang Gui looked at his hometown with twinkling lights through the cold wind, and felt as if he was in another world.

Perhaps the cultivation method was not as precious as he imagined, or the difficulty of practicing Taoism was much more difficult than he imagined.

The leak of "The Book of Zongheng" was like a sharp dagger of original sin, stabbing the former head of the Pingyang family in the back.

After it became the last straw that broke the camel's back, no one cared anymore.

The family actually just let it go for the hundreds of Zhang family members who had read "The Book of Zongheng".

After returning home, he was directly dropped at the dock.

It's really a bit unexpected.

In addition, before getting off the ship, someone informed them that all the cattle and horses in Heimu Town were dismissed from their jobs as a warning to others.

But after all, he is a member of the Zhang family in Pingyang, so I still have to take care of the farewell dinner.

After getting off the boat, the canteen at the dock prepared salty porridge, fried dough sticks, steamed buns made from leavened dough and pickles. If you are hungry, you can go there to eat.

So Zhang Gui touched his stomach, pretended to be shivering from the cold, and went to the cafeteria. He got a bowl of salty porridge, pinched a few fried dough sticks between his fingers, and sat on a wooden stool to eat.

The kitchen helper saw that he ate a lot, stared at him fiercely and said:

"Eat your fill tonight.

There won’t be any delicious food like fried dough sticks for tomorrow night’s snack.

The usual order is two large steamed buns and a plate of sesame oil and pickles.

You have to show your badge to eat.

Tonight you can eat and drink as much as you want with no restrictions, and you don't even have to show your cards. You can finally celebrate the New Year."

Zhang Gui was furious when he heard this.

"I am the dignified Lord of the Stone Corpse Kingdom, the True Dragon Emperor, the heir of the ancient god Kuafu's bloodline, and the successor of the ancient military lord, the great Chi You!
After working for the Zhang family in Pingyang for several months, in the end even his wages became waste paper.

What's wrong with drinking his salty porridge and eating his fried dough sticks?"

Although he was hungry, he planned to stop eating in time so as not to reveal the secret that he had mastered extraordinary powers.

A large appetite is one of the characteristics that distinguishes cultivators from ordinary people.

But now.

"Kitchen helper, could you please get another basket of fried dough sticks?"

Haven’t we had enough to eat and drink today and don’t even need to show our badges?

I want to be a full-bodied ghost."

After eating and drinking his fill, Zhang Gui leisurely left the cafeteria under the almost angry gaze of the kitchen helper.

Some villains are like this. They are obviously treated like cattle and horses, and the things they handle are not theirs, but they don't want to help others and don't know why they are so resentful.

In Pingyang Town, the government records show that there are more than 2,700 households.

Including the hidden households working for the Zhang family, mainly the families of slaves called adopted sons and daughters who farmed and worked in the manor fields and workshops, there were more than 4,000 of them.

Four thousand households and twenty thousand people are already the size of a Zhongxian county town.

Zhang Gui's family lived in Youyufang, which was on the edge of the town near the sea.

This place is close to the fish market, and the fishy smell is strong even in cold weather.

People of status would go around it when passing by, let alone live here.

Fear of being close to home.

As a reincarnated time traveler, the mother in this life is also my biological mother.

Although I feel awkward because I have been an old soul since I was old enough to understand.

But as time went by, the relationship between mother and son became more and more real. The sea breeze blew away the dark clouds in the sky, revealing the moonlight.

Arrived at the doorstep under the moonlight.

Zhang Gui knocked on the door excitedly.

The territory of the aristocratic family is patrolled day and night to maintain security.

Even if a woman lives alone and is not harassed by thieves or vagrants, she may be drowned if she is not careful.

After a few knocks of the door knocker, a crisp sound was heard.

"It's so late, who is it?"

Zhang Gui's mother was from the Shishi tribe, a barbarian tribe. Her name was different from the Ming and Song customs and was called Yang Duojie.

About twenty years ago, she met Zhang Gui's father, the well-mannered scholar Zhang Bashan, when she was selling mountain products with her clansmen in Pingyang Town.

Later, the two of them got together and became a "confidante" who was married off to someone who was not even a concubine and did not enter the family.

The name was not changed to Zhang, but was shortened to "倸杨佐" to conform to the customs of the Ming and Song dynasties.

When she was first called this, Yang Duojie was less than seventeen years old, and the name seemed a bit inappropriate, but now that she is in her thirties, it is quite appropriate.

The voice of a mature woman is definitely not that crisp and bright.

Zhang Gui was stunned when he realized it wasn't his mother calling him.

Puzzled, he asked, "Hey, little girl, I'm looking for Mrs. Yang. Is this her home?"

"Brother Guigui, are you back?

Aunt, aunt, Brother Guigui is back!"

Someone inside the door recognized Zhang Gui's voice and started making a commotion.

Soon the door opened and a huge round copper basin with burning paper money was placed out.

Several women were waving whips and dancing around Zhang Gui's body.

"Quick, quick, quick, step over the brazier and get rid of the bad luck.

Drive away the demons and monsters, drive them away."

"Go away, go away, go away."

"Fire burns away bad luck, bringing great fortune and endless blessings in the future."

Zhang Gui felt so warm in his heart that tears almost welled up in his eyes when so many people cared about him.

But men always say one thing and mean another at times like this, and they say impatiently:

"What kind of fire basin is being stepped over? What kind of bad luck is being driven away?

I am the 'Big Stone Crown' of the Stone Corpse Clan. What kind of monsters dare to mess with me?

The title of 'Big Stone Crown' is equivalent to the regent prince in the Stone Corpse Clan.

Before Zhang Gui went to Luan Ya, his uncle passed on the crown and seal of the Stone Corpse King to him.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to start the ritual in Laotai Cave on Giant Snake Head Island so smoothly.

"Stop talking about the 'big stone crown'.

It’s worth several jars of fish sauce and shrimp paste.

I support you, my big son, by selling shrimp paste.

Can that big name really make a living?"

Yang Duojie is a shrewish woman with a fat body, crow's feet at the corners of her eyes that can kill a fly, and a voice as loud as a bell.

Although her facial features still show the charm of her youth, the years of hard work have transformed her into a mother who can take care of the household.

After scolding her son, she could no longer suppress the mixed feelings of sadness and joy in her heart, and hugged Zhang Gui in her arms.
"My son, let me see if you have lost weight.

I won’t go out to sea anymore, and I won’t look for anyone’s help. I’ll just follow my mother and sell fish sauce.

You take care of mother, and mother takes care of you, and we two will never starve to death.

Let mother, let mother take a good look at you.

My big son, your mother is so scared, wuwuwuwu."

(End of this chapter)