Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 70 - Leaving the Mansion
Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Leaving the Mansion
Chapter 70 -70: Leaving the Mansion
Zheng Fa didn’t want his family to live badly.
But these shops and courtyards, he couldn’t keep them now.
Going to the Immortal Item Conference, if he couldn’t enter the Immortal Sect, such great family wealth would inevitably lead to disputes.
Not to mention the coveting of others, even people from the Zhao Mansion might want to rob them, since all these assets were divided from the property of the Zhao family by his wife.
Even if he could successfully enter the Immortal Sect, considering the young lady’s situation, he would have to leave his mother and sister in Jingzhou for at least the first few years.
Two women, one of whom was not even ten, even with the care of the Zhao Mansion, it would be hard to preserve these assets.
If he prospered in the Immortal Sect in the future, there would be good days ahead for Mrs.
Zheng.
If not, this wealth would eventually have to be returned.
Pointing at the box, the wife said, “I’ve moved so far, you should at least take one, right?”
Housekeeper Wu behind her glanced at the box on the table, then at his own hands, falling into deep thought.
Since the wife had given them their freedom of residence, living in the Zhao family’s grounds was indeed inappropriate.
Zheng Fa took a deed; it was a two-entry courtyard, not big, just about half the size of the current Zheng family’s courtyard.
The only advantage was its proximity to the Zhao Mansion, surrounded by residences of prominent families with many Protectors, relatively safe.
Should anything happen in the future, it would be convenient for the Zhao Mansion to take care of it.
Adding on the shop gifted by Housekeeper Gao, his mother and sister could live without worries and not attract envy.
Seeing him pick the smallest courtyard, the wife slowly frowned.
“It’s said to be tuition; Master Zhang has said you teach well, this… really puts me in a difficult position.”
After a moment, she unfastened a purple pouch from her waist, and a jade box larger than the pouch appeared in her hand.
“A Storage Bag?”
Zheng Fa remembered Sister Zhang’s bracelet, not expecting the wife to also possess such a Magic Artifact.
Housekeeper Wu, standing behind the wife, looked at the box he had carried all the way, then down at his own hands, and again at the Storage Bag in the wife’s hand, his thoughtful expression deepening.
Seeming to know what Zheng Fa was thinking, the wife waved her hand and said, “It’s the cheapest one, can’t compare to Master Zhang’s Storage Magic Treasure.”
She carefully opened the jade box, revealing ten transparent, slightly blue gemstones.
“This is?” Zheng Fa guessed.
“Spirit Stones,” the wife explained.
“These are what I saved up while I was in the Immortal Sect.”
A trace of distress crossed her face; it seemed these Spirit Stones pained her more than parting with her highly valuable properties.
“You’ve also been to the Immortal Sect?”
“Of course, otherwise how could I have cultivated to become an Immortal?”
“Could you tell me then, what exactly is the Immortal Sect like?”
Compared to the Spirit Stones in front of him, Zheng Fa was more curious about what the Immortal Sect was like.
“The Immortal Sect…” Memories flickered in the wife’s eyes: “If you have extraordinary talent, then it’s the dwelling of Immortals.”
“If the talent is mediocre, then life is worse than that of mortals.”
“Like me, I gave up cultivation and returned to the mortal world.”
It sounds like you got tired of struggling and decided to return home and lie flat as an Immortal wanderer.
It seemed the memories of the Immortal Sect weren’t very pleasant, as the wife didn’t want to elaborate, only pointed at the pile of Spirit Stones and said, “These are the savings from my years in the Immortal Sect, aside from what’s for my two sons, everything else is here.”
“Now these Spirit Stones are rarer in the Immortal Sect than in the past, this entire Zhao’s Mansion might not be worth a few Spirit Stones.”
Listening to her, Zheng Fa looked at the pile of stones with increased reverence.
According to the wife, this was at least worth a Zhao’s Mansion.
Perhaps afraid Zheng Fa might be dissatisfied, she added, “If you let the Immortal Item Token develop arrogance, and took those properties, I wouldn’t have taken out these Spirit Stones.”
“Hmm?”
“Talent is important, but without your character, talent might lead you to die even faster, wouldn’t these Spirit Stones be wasted then?
Rather than waiting for my foolish son to nearly starve in the Immortal Sect, it would be better if I kept them to help him.”
It was clear that the Spirit Stones were truly valuable; the wife was careful counting them, unlike when giving away the courtyard and shop without a blink.
Zheng Fa thought for a moment, then picked up the jade box.
This seemed to put the wife at ease, as she looked at Zheng Fa seriously and said, “I came here, you can view these Spirit Stones as restitution or as bribery, but I just want to hear one thing.”
Zheng Fa stood up and made a bow towards the wife, saying, “I regard the young master as a friend.”
…
After a few days, Zheng Fa’s house front became lively again.
Today is the day the Zheng Fa family is moving out of the mansion.
Gao Yuan and Housekeeper Gao specifically came over to help pack up the luggage, unlike Zhao Mansion, where even an ox cart would not be filled, when moving out, Zheng Family’s items required four to five horse-drawn carriages.
Besides the furniture that Housekeeper Gao had previously sent over.
Later, the lady also sent over some daily necessities, saying that they could use them for the initial days after moving out of the mansion.
Zheng Fa looked around the empty courtyard of the Zheng Family, then turned back to glance at Mrs.
Zheng and his little sister beside him.
Their faces showed more bewilderment than joy; it seemed that not being the servants of Zhao Mansion anymore, they didn’t know how to live their lives in the future, especially for Mrs.
Zheng, as the outside world was alien and dangerous.
“Let’s get in the carriage.”
Zheng Fa took his little sister’s hand, leading the two towards the frontmost carriage.
Seeing who the driver was, he was taken aback: “It’s you again?
What a coincidence!”
The driver was the old man who had always taken him into the mansion.
“This is not a coincidence.” The old man laughed, hopped down from the carriage, grabbed a small stool and placed it next to the carriage bar to help Mrs.
Zheng and Zheng Shan get on, then said to Zheng Fa: “I almost had to fight with other coachmen to get this task.”
“Fight?”
These carriages were arranged by the lady’s order, so it was also considered a task for the mansion.
But Zheng Fa didn’t quite understand the meaning of “fight”.
“Everyone knows the young master is going to become an Immortal, everyone wants to come and catch some of that Immortal aura.”
“…”
“I remember when I first said, working at Zhao Mansion for so many years, I’ve never even seen a hair of an Immortal.” The old man looked at Zheng Fa with a bit of reverence: “Now I can tell people, not only have I seen an Immortal, but the Immortal has even ridden in my carriage!”
Zheng Fa smiled and shook his head, without saying anything.
Compared to the lady’s subtle hints and warnings.
These people, farther from Immortal Sect, seemed to have more fantasies about it.
Zheng Fa sat inside the carriage, lifted the curtain on the small window, and said goodbye to Housekeeper Gao and his son who were still standing there.
With a crack of the old coachman’s whip, the carriage wheels began to roll, heading towards the exit of the mansion.
Watching the distant carriage, Gao Yuan’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Turning his head, he saw his father’s expression was even more complicated.
“Dad, are you laughing or crying?”
“Of course, I’m laughing.
Dad has good insight; Zheng Fa has risen so quickly.”
“Then why do I see you as if you are crying?”
“…How could Dad’s insight be so good!
I haven’t even firmly latched onto his coattails, and he’s already flown away.”
…
Inside the carriage, Zheng Fa asked the coachman:
“Isn’t this road a bit wrong?”
He had entered the mansion through the back door many times and was familiar with the road.
“The lady instructed,” replied the coachman with a smile: “Today we open the front gate to send you out of the mansion.”
The rumble of the wheels on the stone road continued, along with the coachman’s sighs:
“This front gate has probably not been opened for many years, I have been driving carriages here for thirty years and have never passed through it.”
“I remember when I brought the young master to Zhao Mansion, the young master could only sit in my cart used for delivering fruits to the mansion, using the back door that the servants use…”
“Now the young master is about to become an Immortal, and the mansion’s main gate is specially opened for the young master.”
Listening to the coachman’s sighs, Zheng Fa slowly rubbed the Immortal Item in his hand.
“Eh?” Just as they exited the front gate, he heard the coachman quietly mutter: “Chen Family’s carriage, why is it stopped at our front door?”
“Chen Family?”
“Haven’t I told the young master about the three major families of Jingzhou City?
Chen Family is one of the three families, equivalent in status to Zhao Family.”
The coachman continued: “Our two families had a good relationship in the past, but I heard that Seventh Young Master has conflicts with a few of their young masters, and in recent years the interactions have been sparse; unexpectedly, today the Chen Family came to the mansion.”
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It must be something Seventh Young Master would do.
No wonder he didn’t come to send him off today.
