Forced Marriage [Cultivation]

After the sea python demon was eliminated, the people on both sides of the strait cheered happily, with drums and gongs ringing.The post-disaster reconstruction work in the two places has also been put on the agenda, especially the damage to Yuping is particularly serious.Although the people were relocated, the people's property suffered a lot of losses.

Jiang Suxing, as the head teacher of Xicheng and the patriarch of the Yuping Jiang family, was duty-bound to carry out post-disaster reconstruction work.Calling the gentry from the two places to donate money and materials, the richest and most powerful in Yunzhou is naturally the Chu family.This time the Chu family was really loyal, not only organized the monks to fight against the sea python, but also took the lead in donating a large amount of money on the day of the donation meeting to invest in the post-disaster recovery work on both sides of the strait.

As the only immortal clan in Yuping, Jiang's naturally cannot be compared.But the Jiang family's family property is only so small. To put it bluntly, the Jiang family members have been dying these years, and they don't have that much money.

On this day, Jiang Suxing summoned five or six servants in the family, and dug out all the valuable things in the ancestral house.They are all old antiques, and they are not worth much in total.

The Jiang family’s backyard was full of debris and dust.Jiang Suxing sat on a chair and asked his servant Xiao Wu to put the valuables on the table one by one. He took a pen and a notebook to calculate the price of these things, and planned to take them to the pawnshop in the city in the afternoon.

"Second Young Master, this is all we have in our house. It's really nothing if we sell it this time." Xiao Wu put a bronze vase on the table with a look of reluctance.Complained: "Although we are the only fairy sect, we are still human. When something goes wrong, our family doesn't take money and things? How much property has been lost. Not to mention that for this sea python monster, the family went back and forth How many ancestors have been killed. Why is the matter of post-disaster reconstruction now on our heads..."

"Xiao Wu, hurry up and work, quickly open that box to see if there is anything in it that can be sold, I'm going back to West City tomorrow, your young master, I'm going to retreat, I only have this little time." Jiang Suxing said After checking the bronze vase, it should be worth some money, so he solemnly wrote it down in the account book, and asked his nephew Jiang Suan to carefully put it into the box.

Glancing at Jiang Suxing, who was busy settling accounts, Xiao Wu muttered: "I don't think it's useless for you to be the head teacher of the West City. Guangzong Yaozu didn't see it, but a lot of things happened."

The master and servant were busy with their work when the voice of another disciple of the Jiang family, Jiang Yan, came.

"Second brother, someone is looking for you." Jiang Yanli yelled with his head stuck out in the middle hall. He saw Jiang Yan, Xiao Wu and the others being commanded to rummage through boxes and cabinets in disgrace, and voluntarily ran to the front hall to receive visitors from all walks of life.

"Who is it? Master is very busy now, let's chat about the old days." Jiang Suxing didn't raise his head.

"I heard that Patriarch Jiang is going back to the West City for retreat today. I don't know if it will be hundreds of years later." A light female voice came.

There is no one else who can have a woman come, except the Yunzhou Chu family.But the person who spoke just now was not Miss Chu Er. Hearing the lively tone, it should be her maid Haitang.

Jiang Suxing raised his head and looked at the central hall through the sun and dust.Sure enough, he saw a red dress standing there with a smile on his face.

"Miss Haitang? Are you alone?" Jiang Suxing stood up to greet her, only to find that Miss Chu Er was nowhere to be seen.

"What's the matter? You don't want me to come, you want someone else to come?" Haitang said angrily.

Jiang Suxing hurriedly said: "Where did you say that, I certainly didn't mean it."

Haitang smiled and walked forward, only then did she see a box in her arms: "Young lady is busy discussing with the government of Yunzhou about building a flood control dam, so she sent me here to give this to Patriarch Jiang."

Xiao Wu took the box, opened it, and couldn't help being surprised: "Ah! It's gold!"

I saw the box full of gold, silver and jewels, which made people unable to open their eyes under the sunlight.Jiang Suxing only took a glance from the corner of his eye, then turned his head away and looked at Haitang, with a smile still on his face, but the smile in his eyes had gradually faded away.

Haitang said: "Miss learned that Yuping was raising money for donations today, so she asked me to send it here as a token of her affection. The girl also said that Patriarch Jiang must come to Yunzhou as a guest before returning to Xicheng. She asked the family to cook some home-cooked dishes. , to see Patriarch Jiang off."

Jiang Suxing smiled and nodded, "Thank you very much."

He sat down and continued to settle accounts.Xiao Wu looked at his face, carefully placed the box of jewels on the table, and went to work by himself to dig through the broken items in the broken box of Jiang's house.

Begonia was talking to Jiang Suxing at the side, and Jiang Suxing would return her with a smile on his face.But his eyes kept lingering between the antiques and ledgers that Xiao Wu handed over.

"Master Jiang, when are you leaving?"

Xiao Wu pulled out a mirror and put it on the table. Jiang Suxing looked at it, wrote down a sum in the account book, and said calmly, "Tomorrow."

Haitang took the cotton cloth next to him and wiped the mirror, and said, "So fast? Can't we stay a little longer?"

Jiang Suxing's pen paused, didn't speak, just laughed.

"Miss Haitang, thank you, let me do it." Jiang Suan smiled and took the cotton cloth and mirror from Haitang's hand, and said, "It's dusty here, why don't you go to the front hall and ask Jiang Yan to serve you tea .”

As she spoke, she supported Haitang's arm and walked towards the central hall. Haitang took two steps inexplicably, and said, "I don't drink tea."

Jiang Suan said: "It's gray here, look, your white face is covered with black dust."

Haitang covered her face in surprise, "Really?"

Jiang Suan picked up the mirror, "Isn't it? Look at the nose, there are small black holes coming out."

"Ah!" Haitang leaned over to take a look, and she yelled, bid farewell to Jiang Suxing hurriedly, turned and ran to the front hall.

Jiang Suxing shook his head with a smile, looked up at the box of gold, silver and jewelry beside the table, his eyes darkened slightly.

Thinking about how the millennium-year-old Jiang family has come to the point of needing help from others...

The hot summer afternoon was approaching, and the heat was unbearable. Jiang Suxing wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck with a handkerchief, and drank a cup of the new tea that Xiao Wu put on.

The Jiang family's old house is full of old antiques, and even the air seems to be full of stale smell.Sitting here doing the accounting and keeping accounts, he felt quite familiar with writing in this courtyard in his childhood.

The cicadas on the old banyan tree in the yard kept singing, their voices fluctuating from time to time, making the surroundings seem even more silent.Xiao Wu went to the front to drink tea, and there was only the sound of Jiang Suxing flipping the pages of the book and the slight rustle of writing in the yard.

Sweat was dripping into his temples, and Jiang Suxing was expressionless. He looked at the ledger in his hand, and estimated whether the value of these things was enough for the cost of rebuilding Yuping.We also need to build flood control dams...

A gust of wind came, blowing the leaves and rattling, and under the sun, it sounded very dry.

It is almost enough, and if the squires in the town pay a little more, there should be no big problem.

Jiang Suxing raised his head and let out a long sigh of relief.He put down his pen, stood up and stretched his waist.

With the sound of feet stepping on fallen leaves, Jiang Suxing turned around while clutching the back of his head, and saw a hemp cat on the pile of fallen leaves under the old banyan tree in the corner.It is chubby and has uniform coat color. At a glance, it seems to be integrated with the leaves.

"Mimi." Jiang Suxing called the cat, and the cat walked over step by step.

At first the fat cat squatted on the ground, motionless.Jiang Suxing was overjoyed, and walked over slowly, and when he was about to get close, he stretched out his hand to catch the fat cat.The fat cat didn't run away, but looked at him sleepily.

"Hey." Jiang Suxing sat on the leaves, hugged the cat in his arms and ravaged it, while making a meowing sound to tease the cat.

The cat kept squinting, looking bored.

"Hey, which handsome guy are you from?" Jiang Suxing felt that the cat was a male, and seeing that the cat's fur was shiny, it should be well taken care of.He suddenly remembered something, turned the cat over for a closer look, and exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, could it be that you are the hemp cat from the Gu family next door? You really are... oh, I said, why do you look so good-looking? So your surname is Gu. Tsk tsk, really, all the cats in the Gu family are prettier than other cats..."

At this moment, there was a light snort from the top of his head, as if he finally couldn't bear it.

Jiang Suxing turned around and raised his head, only then saw the old banyan tree under the lush branches and a white dress sitting on the wall.

Gu Baitang didn't know how long he had been sitting there, and a few leaves had fallen on the robe gathered by his bent knees.

"Hey, which young boy is this? He's so handsome." Jiang Suxing teased while hugging the cat.

Gu Baitang jumped down from the wall with a light body, "You are really frivolous, you won't even let a cat go."

His black pupils were like ink, shimmering like waves in a still pool under the sunlight that shone through the thick leaves.

Jiang Suxing smiled and said: "You are not, you have been hiding on that wall and peeking at me for some time, and you are not a gentleman."

Gu Baitang frowned slightly, "I saw you were busy, so I didn't want to disturb you. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiang Suxing put the cat down, patted the fur on his hands, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I'm talking nonsense. You Gu Ergong is upright, how could you do such a thing as squatting on other people's walls to peek at them?"

Gu Baitang didn't speak, but his face was flushed, and a pair of black eyes were fixed on him.This appearance is exactly the same as when he was a child. When he was offended, he would not say anything, as if he wanted to kill him with his eyes.

Jiang Suxing felt the danger, covered his mouth and laughed.He was afraid that if he really made people anxious, Gu Baitang would rush up and beat him up.

"What did you come to see me for?" Jiang Suxing asked after laughing for a while.After amnesia, Gu Baitang is no different than before, and he usually doesn't come to him for nothing.

Gu Baitang calmed down his anger, glanced at the yard behind Jiang Suxing, looked away, and said with some hesitation: "My father asked me to come over and invite you to have dinner at our house tonight."

"Tonight?" Jiang Suxing thought for a while, and later went to the town with Xiao Wu to pawn things, collected all the money, and nothing would happen.But he will leave tomorrow, and the group of country gentry and rich men have booked a banquet in the restaurant in the town tonight, and they want him to come over.He will go back to West City tomorrow, so Yuping's restoration work will have to re-select someone to preside over the overall situation.Those gentry and rich men were very enthusiastic, but for such an important matter, Jiang Suxing had to go and find candidates in person.

"It's fine if you're not free..."

"Okay." Jiang Suxing said, "It's just that it will be a little later. You can ask the aunt to cook some light dishes."

Gu Baitang looked at him, and said softly: "Okay. Then I'll go back first, you can do your work."

After finishing speaking, Gu Baitang turned around, jumped lightly, and turned back to the wall.

There was a jewelry box full of money on the top of the wall, Gu Baitang looked down, kicked it down and landed in his yard.

"Do you want me to pick you up tonight?" Gu Baitang turned around and asked.

Standing under the banyan tree, Jiang Suxing waved to him with a smile, "Okay. You have to come early, pretend to be in a hurry and drag me away. I don't want to be drunk by those old men."

Gu Baitang frowned and turned his head, "Yes."

Jumping back to his own yard, he silently took the box back to his mother.

Aunt Gu asked him, "What's the matter with you? Didn't you tell me to give this up early?"

"Give it to him yourself, he will come over for dinner tonight." Gu Baitang returned to his room without looking back.

Aunt Gu frowned and murmured to Uncle Gu, "Baitang, why is he becoming more and more ignorant? Could it be something wrong with Elder Yusu's sealing technique?"

Uncle Gu waved his hand, "I don't understand this."

Aunt Gu worried: "No. Tomorrow I have to go to Xicheng with them, and I will go to my Seventh Brother to ask."