Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 44: Epilogue

Every spring, when the rivers thaw, it is the time when trade routes resume. Canglong Mansion is also busy at this time of year, with fleets of vehicles from all over the place coming in and out, transferring a large amount of goods to all parts of the country.

In addition to business transport, another lively thing also starts at this time, which is academic transport.

Although enrollment at Xiyue College only begins in the Beginning of Summer, the mountains and rivers are so long that those who are afraid of delaying their schedule have already begun preparations for departure at this time.

This year, Tang Jie is sixteen years old, Shi Meng is fifteen years old, and the young master is fifteen and a half years old. The once ignorant boys have now grown into handsome young men one by one. Some are tall. , are almost catching up with adults, and people have become much more mature and sensible than before.

The Wu family is particularly lively today.

As soon as Tang Jie came in from the door, he saw Mr. and Mrs. Wu taking things out of the house in large and small packages, including various quilts, clothes, and shoes, taking them out in piles.

Tang Jie was surprised: "Father, mother, what are you doing?"

"Hey, aren't you going to Beijing tomorrow? I have to prepare winter clothes for you." Mrs. Wu answered while packing.

"But hasn't winter just passed?"

"Then you don't want to spend winter next year? What about the year after that?" Mrs. Wu gave her godson a roll of her eyes.

Tang Jie was helpless: "Let's wait until next year. If it really doesn't work, just buy more."

"Is that possible? Everything in Beijing is expensive. Look at our clothes. They are all very good. It would be a pity that no one can wear them." Mrs. Wu said, shaking a small jacket in her hand.

Old man Wu couldn't stand it any longer: "Old lady, the one you wore was worn by Xing'er when he was a child. Don't give it to him. Young people nowadays don't wear old clothes."

"Isn't this still new? It would be a pity not to wear it." The old lady muttered, but she still put the clothes down and picked out a few more items for Tang Jie to put away.

Then he took out a small cloth bag in his hand. He stuffed the bag into Tang Jie's hand, grabbed Tang Jie's hand and said, "There are twenty-three or four coins in it. Please keep it." Yes, it’s great to have money when you go to Beijing.”

Tang Jie shrank his hands: "Mom, what are you doing? I'm not short of money, and the Wei Mansion has monthly bills."

After becoming servants, Tang Jie and Shi Meng's treatment changed. They could receive ten taels of silver per month, which is equivalent to ten thousand yuan a month in this world. They were considered white-collar workers, and that's not all. The Wei family is responsible for the basic expenses of the college.

"Oh, what's the use of those monthly routines? Don't think that my mother doesn't know that the academy for cultivating immortals is very expensive. Even the young masters of various schools complain every day that the money is not enough. Xing'er told me this in his letter. !"

"Brother Xing wrote to you again and told you that you don't have enough money?" Tang Jie noticed something was wrong.

Old Mrs. Wu's face froze for a moment, then she laughed dryly: "Isn't this a letter that came not long ago? The letter said that I wanted to buy some magic medicine, but I didn't have the money to buy it..."

"How much does he want?"

"Five hundred taels, but we didn't have that much, so we gave him one hundred taels."

"One hundred taels? You have given him a lot of money over the years. Where can I find another hundred taels?" Tang Jie was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly woke up and shouted: "Did you give me to you all these years?" Did you give him all the money?"

The two elders bowed their heads in embarrassment.

A surge of anger surged in Tang Jie's heart: "Why did you hide it from me? That's the money I paid for you to buy medicine!"

Since he spent most of his time in the Wei Mansion these years, Tang Jie could only come over occasionally to visit. Therefore, in addition to sometimes buying medicine himself after receiving the reward, more often he would directly give the money to the two elders and let them do it themselves. Buy some medicine to take care of your body.

Now it seems that apart from those bought by Tang Jie, they themselves did not spend a penny.

"Oh, it's nothing." Old Man Wu quickly grabbed Tang Jie and said, "We have all lived for such a long time, it doesn't matter if we live a few more days or a few less. Besides, look at our bodies, we are fine."

As he spoke, he hit his chest a few times, but it was too hard, which made him cough repeatedly. The old man waved his hands quickly: "I'm fine, I'm fine, I just feel a little suffocated recently..."

Old Mrs. Wu stepped forward and put the cloth bag into Tang Jie's hand, and said sheepishly: "You gave us the money, and we kept it without telling you. I originally wanted to wait until you entered school before giving it to you. I didn’t expect Xing’er to ask for it, so I gave it to him. I feel a little sorry for you, so let’s get some more together..."

"That's not what I'm angry about!" Tang Jie shook his head: "Wu Xing has his own hands and feet, he can earn it by himself! One hundred taels of silver is of no use in the academy, I'm afraid there is not even a real elixir. You can’t even buy it, but it can help you get better and live longer, but you..."

He wanted to get angry, but he couldn't do it to his two elders. He was so angry that he could only stamp his feet, secretly hating Wu Xing for being ignorant.

The two elders said sarcastically: "After all, I can help some."

Seeing the two elders in trouble, Tang Jie suddenly lost all his anger, but his eyes became moist.

After a while, he said: "Forget it, even if I didn't give it to you, you didn't buy the medicine. Just give it to me. I hope he can live up to your parents' intentions."

Hearing what Tang Jie said, the two elders also felt relieved. Mrs. Wu insisted on giving the money to Tang Jie. Tang Jie knew that if he didn't accept it, his elders would be even more miserable, so he had no choice but to accept it. , I plan to find a way to get some truly good elixirs to send to my elders after I get to the academy.

On this day, Tang Jie did not let the two elders move around anymore. He packed up everything in the house by himself and did not rest until he waited for the two elders to go to bed.

Lying on the bed, Tang Jie Youyou thought that after leaving this time, he didn't know when he would be able to see his two elders again.

In the past three years, the second elder has long regarded him as his own son, and he does not regard the second elder as his biological father and mother.

Now that he is about to travel far away, Tang Jie can't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

Early the next morning, Tang Jie returned to the Wei Mansion with a large bag of clothes. He only saw the Jingxin Garden busy with traffic, and countless servants were still busy packing the young master's luggage. It seemed that he was not going to school. , but to move the entire family there.

Although there were only three people enrolled in the school, there were more than a dozen servants who accompanied them all the way to Wanquan City. There was even a spiritual master accompanying them to ensure safety along the way. Even if you really get to Wanquan City, there will actually be some servants outside Xiyue College. The servants who enroll are only responsible for the life in the college.

Tang Jie bypassed the large crowd and returned to his hut in the Wei Mansion, only to find that Manager Qin was already waiting there.

"Uncle Qin!" Tang Jie shouted.

Manager Qin looked at Tang Jie with a smile on his face: "We will be on the road tomorrow, have everything been packed?"

"Well, just clean up the room." Tang Jie replied.

The two of them entered the room together. Tang Jie packed the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and some casual clothes on the table, and then took the two pots of flowers off the table.

Manager Qin was surprised: "You want to take these two pots of flowers away too?"

Tang Jie smiled and said: "I have been in the Wei Mansion for so long, and I haven't learned anything else except how to grow flowers. These two pots of flowers have been with me for a long time. When I see them, I will remember the time I spent here. , so I decided to take it as a souvenir."

Manager Qin looked at the pot of small white flowers, the pot of straight and thick root carvings, and the flower pot made by Tang Jie himself. They looked ugly. He smiled and shook his head: "Sure enough, talents always have quirks. No matter what, this is all your own business, just do as you like."

As he said that, Manager Qin added: "By the way, you can take the money first and use it when you enter the school."

While speaking, Manager Qin also took out a bag of silver and handed it to Tang Jie.

"Uncle Qin!"

"Keep it." Manager Qin replied with a smile: "I know that the two elders of the Wu family must have given you some money, but money is never too much. After going to Xiyue Academy, there is no such thing as Wei Family, if you need anything in the future, I can’t help you, so you have to rely on yourself.”

"That's not necessarily true. Actually, there is still something Uncle Qin can still help with."

"Oh? Is there anything else you want me to do for you?" Manager Qin said with a casual smile.

"It's nothing, I just want to ask Uncle Qin to write a few more letters for me..."

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Bringing the two pots of flowers back to the Jingxin Garden, everyone was amazed when they saw them.

However, Tang Jie is now a popular figure in the Wei family. Not only does his wife value him, he even entrusts the family law to him. The mere fact that he has a "great future" is enough to make all the servants dare not laugh at him.

There are a total of seven cars in the convoy for admission. Among them, three cars are loaded with the young master’s luggage alone, and there are four cars. One car is for the young master to eat and rest, one is for the spiritual master, and one is for the spiritual master. There was another car used by other servants and used by Shi Meng and Tang Jie.

Since the young master needed someone to serve him, Shi Meng and Tang Jie took turns to go there. However, Tang Jie did not provide much personal service to the young master, so Shi Meng was mainly responsible for this aspect, and Tang Jie was mainly responsible for supervising after he went to the academy. The young master practices and restrains his behavior to prevent him from getting into trouble.

Therefore, Tang Jie was destined to be much easier than Shi Meng along the way.

Finally packed up at noon, and after having a light meal, the convoy set off on the road. Zheng Shufeng watched his son go, reluctant to see him off all the way, and gave Tang Jie countless instructions, and then with tears in his eyes, he persuaded everyone Delegate the convoy to leave.

After getting on the road, Shi Meng went to the young master first, while Tang Jie sat alone in the car, looking at the scenery outside through the car window.

The scenery outside the window is slowly retreating, getting further and further away, and gradually even the people greeting and seeing them off have turned into small black dots, disappearing from the eyes...

"Hee hee!" Laughter came from behind his head.

Little Yiyi climbed onto Tang Jie's shoulder. Looking again at this time, there was only one pot left of the two pots of flowers, and only the thick root sculpture was still standing alone in the pot.

Now Yiyi is much older than when she first met Tang Jie.

The former Thumbelina is now nearly 40 centimeters tall. Although she still looks exquisite, she is no longer the little one who makes people worry that she will be trampled to death if she walks accidentally.

Lying on Tang Jie like a little monkey, Yiyi looked out the window curiously: "Brother, are we finally leaving here?"

"Yes, I'm leaving." Tang Jie answered mechanically, suddenly remembering the fourth young lady's timidity about leaving home.

Yes, there are always some people you can't let go of!

On the contrary, this little thing has been with me since he was born. He has never been in contact with any outsiders~IndoMTL.com~He is heartless and he only feels extremely curious and fresh about traveling.

She giggled and asked Tang Jie: "Is the outside world wonderful?"

"Wonderful."

"Is the outside world beautiful?"

"Good-looking."

"Then can I go out and play by myself in the future?"

"...No, at least not yet."

Xiao Yiyi's interest immediately dropped.

She chewed her mouth and said, "I hate it! I hate it! I hate it!"

This childlike voice finally made Tang Jie less sad about parting. He touched the little guy's head and said, "Okay, stop making trouble. Here, I'll reward you, okay?"

Tang Jie handed over his finger.

Unexpectedly, the little guy shook his head: "No!"

"Why?"

"Because my brother's blood is getting harder and harder to drink."

"Does it taste bad?" Tang Jie was surprised: "It's impossible, it's still the original formula and the same taste."

"That's not what I mean!" Xiao Yiyi jumped on Tang Jie's shoulder and shouted: "It doesn't mean it doesn't taste good, it means it's difficult...it's difficult...it's just...it's so difficult to drink it! ”

Xiao Yiyi danced and struggled to express what she wanted to say.

Tang Jie then understood that it turned out that recently, for some reason, Xiao Yiyi had become more and more difficult to **** his blood, and it often took a lot of effort to **** out a little bit of his blood.

Tang Jie was surprised when he heard this. He lowered his head and looked at his hands. He saw that the skin was as warm as white jade, not like a worker's hands at all, and there was still a faint aura. Tang Jie bit his hand hard, but he couldn't bite it through at once. He bit it harder and finally broke through it. Only a little blood seeped out and lingered on his fingertips, but it didn't fall off at all.

"Blood is like mercury slurry!" Tang Jie blurted out and whispered.

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PS: Sorry, I forgot the time when writing.