Chapter 13: The House Slave Crisis
Lu Xin is a decisive person, and he has always been like this for many years.
She was determined to make Li Qingming become a talent - no matter what the purpose was, she had to do this to the end, and first of all, she needed the support of her husband.
"Fengyun, you are the head of the Li family. Whether it is practice or family affairs, you have to be energetic. You are destined to be unable to pay too much attention to your children's love, and Yue'e's affairs are also for you... In short, just leave Qingming's affairs to me, you don't have to worry. But I need your support."
Li Fengyun was silent for a while and raised his head: "What did you say?"
Lu Xin was not polite anymore. The true energy in his body was covered with rainstorms. He then condensed into his fingertips, and instantly drew a mysterious trajectory, and then stabbed it...
"!"
Even though Li Fengyun had the true energy protection of Paishan Realm, he almost jumped up in pain. When he saw his wife's gloomy face, he quickly sat upright and nodded and said, "Please say it."
...
"I am certainly willing to support Qingming to become a talent, but have you considered her qualifications and understanding..."
"Of course I have considered it! Don't forget who was the first to come forward and laugh at her when she failed to break the wind barrier four years ago!"
Li Fengyun was stunned: "Who?"
"Me!" Lu Xin had expected her husband's memory, "In front of the elders of the family, she mocked her for her lack of qualifications and was not worthy of staying in the inner sect, and made her hold back her tears and leave step by step. It was me who made her leave."
“…I remembered.”
Lu Xin said: "Although Li Qingming is the child of you and that woman, he has not inherited your talents at all. Although his grades in the body training period are remarkable, once he reaches the stage of warming up his spiritual consciousness and controlling his true energy, he will immediately be unable to achieve success. This is the limitation of talent. Generally speaking, it is not suitable for practice. Unless he uses a large number of natural treasures to force it, it cannot be solved."
Li Fengyun nodded: "But you rejected the elixir method at the beginning..."
"Because the medicine jars that take medicine are just jokes! Let people know that I have raised the daughter of the Li family into a waste, what will I say to me?" Lu Xin said angrily, "The only way to make up for the lack of talent is to double your determination and perseverance, and nothing can inspire motivation more than shame and anger. So over the years, I have used all my means to make her sad and force her to work hard."
Li Fengyun said: "You rarely talk about these things to me."
"What's the use of saying it? Can you help me? Help me bully my daughter?"
Li Fengyun hesitated a little: "If this is for her own good, maybe you can try it?"
"Then let me ask you, what is Li Qingming the most untolerant?"
Li Fengyun immediately raised his eyebrows and said without thinking: "Academic thinking was interrupted by someone's stupid questions. The meeting materials for participating in the seminar were omitted. Eat dumplings dipped in soy sauce."
"Not at all!"
Li Fengyun was surprised: "She can even bear these things!?"
"She is your daughter, not your copy!" Lu Xin looked at her husband with a surprised look and felt a sense of powerlessness.
"What Li Qingming couldn't stand the most is deducting the money for the money. Every time I find a reason to deduct her pocket money, she will treat me as an irreconcilable hatred for the next few days. She practiced all night long with amazing motivation, and of course the results were also very significant. With her talent, she would be hard to break through the wind barrier until she was 18 years old - of course it might be smoother in the future. But now, she can advance to the Fengqi Realm at most at the age of 16."
Li Fengyun said: "Since that's the case, then continue to deduct the money from the case."
"...She only has a monthly amount of 9 taels of silver. If she deducts it, she will have to charge her share money every month."
"Can you collect it?"
"Of course not! Use your brain before talking!" Lu Xin gritted his teeth.
"What about trying something else?"
"In the past few years, I have used almost all the methods I can use. I drove her out of the inner sect and asked her to provoke her verbally. I have to teach her to be more strict with her and deduct her money. If I have to do it, I can only make a engagement for her and then break the engagement - this sentence is ironic."
"Oh, thank you so much."
"So don't think about being idle. I'll ask you to help me next. I think I'll let Qingming move out of the Shenyuan no matter what. She relies too much on that yard. Two years ago, a lonely and quiet environment was quite beneficial to her concentration on her practice, but now it has more harm than good. Seeing that she has recently started to go through evil ways. So I think it's still necessary to let her live in the courtyard and strictly regulate it."
Li Fengyun asked, "Didn't you say you're going to demolish it?"
"That was what I asked Li Ping to scare Qing Ming, and you took it seriously?! If the yard is really demolished, what will others say about me? A loser who doesn't even let go of the yard left by Chen Yue'e!?"
"What should I do?"
Lu Xin rubbed his temples tiredly, and the true energy in his body, which was like a heavy rain, was concentrated in his brain, cooling his anger.
"The problem is now. I scared Li Qingming on the grounds of demolition, but unexpectedly, the little girl became rebellious and decided to resist to the end, and even went to the wrong path for this. Of course, there are some things I have not considered well here, but it is indeed not appropriate to force her to come back using the excuse of forced demolition."
Li Fengyun said: "What should I do?"
"If I remember correctly, the yard is your private property."
"It's my private property and Yue'e."
"After Chen Yue'e's death, she will be your own private property. She will only be handed over to the family for proper management, but it will be your yard after all, so I need to collect rent from Qingming in your name."
"rent?"
"She is not convinced by the family's arrangements. As a younger generation, she has to occupy a courtyard and live alone, so she naturally has to pay the price. According to the area specifications of Chenyuan, it is fair and reasonable to be considered as 5,000 taels per month. In this way, even if Li Qingming is dissatisfied, there is nothing to say. By the way, Chen Yue'e left nothing in that yard, right?"
Li Fengyun looked up and thought for a while, but did not respond for a while.
Lu Xin watched from the side, but surprisingly did not urge her because she knew what Li Fengyun was thinking about at this time.
And this time was also the time when he could not tolerate interruption.
After a long time, Li Fengyun lowered his head and said, "There is nothing valuable."
"That's good, I need you next..."
Li Fengyun stood up: "Let Uncle Hong do the matter of collecting rent. He keeps everything for my seal. I will withdraw it in advance."
After Li Fengyun left, a solid old man slowly walked out in the shadows in the hall and bowed to Lu Xin: "Old servant Li Hong has seen his wife."
Li Hong, the steward of the Li family compound, followed Li Fengyun to take care of his daily life and practice when he was young. When Li Fengyun took over the position of head of the family from his previous generation, Li Hong also became the steward of the Li family compound.
Li Fengyun is devoted to practicing without distraction. In this way, Li Hong is almost the number one person in the Li family compound. So even though Li Hong never surpasses his duty as a servant, even Lu Xin will seriously call Uncle Hong when facing Li Hong.
"Uncle Hong, you have heard everything just now."
Li Hong said: "Well, the old servant will handle the following matters properly. To put it, the wife has done her hard work, which is indeed admirable, but I have said frankly that the wife has been aggressive over the years and has been talking about it."
Lu Xin sneered: "There will always be ignorant people who gossip. I don't care about the negative comments for a while! When Li Qingming achieves great success in the future, people will naturally understand my hard work for many years, and understand that Lu Xin is not only broad-minded, but also far-sighted, and will never lose to Chen Yue'e!"
After pausing, Lu Xin said again: "What's more, even if I really endure the disgust and pamper that girl, will people say good things about me? I will only say that I am shameless and have no status in Li Fengyun's heart. Even the daughter of the love rival has to be humble and please me!"
Li Hong said: "But Miss Qingming will hate you to the core."
Lu Xin smiled disdainfully and said, "So what, I don't need her to like me, let alone I really hate her. Humph, at a young age, she has carved it out like her mother. Look at her eyebrows and mouth, it's just hum..."
Li Hong said: "Mrs. Qingming doesn't look good?"
"It looks good! That's why I hate it!"
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On the other side, after reading the love letter left by his parents, Li Qingming became more determined to preserve his home.
But reason told her that with her own strength, and even with that strange white sword, she would never resist Lu Xin's tyranny.
After all, Lu Xin represents the Li family. As one of the seven major families, the Li family is still as powerful as a giant beast, even though it has declined in recent years.
Not to mention the elders who have the cultivation level of Paishan Realm, even in the family servant class, there are some unfathomable monsters... The forced demolition of Chenyuan is Lu Xin's unreasonable act, so it would be fine if she resisted it. But after all, an outer disciple was disobedient and lived alone in Shenyuan, which was also contrary to the family rules. Maybe Lu Xin would take advantage of the situation.
"So Wang Jiu, I want you to help me improve my cultivation as soon as possible. As long as I can break through the wind barrier and become a Fengqi monk, I will have some say at home... If I can return to the inner sect and become the chief of the inner sect, I can designate my residence, and the money can be increased by hundreds of times."
"What is the level of the inner gate chief?"
Speaking of this question, Li Qingming showed great fear: "The chief of my generation is Li Wanqing, the only daughter of the second uncle. That guy is simply perverted. Not only is he born with divine power, his qualifications and understanding are also first-class. He practices very quickly. He broke the wind barrier at the age of 9... Fortunately, before I entered the inner door, she left the Li family compound and followed a second uncle's best friend to practice. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to get the chief seat for those years. And after I encountered the bottleneck of the wind barrier and left the inner door, the one who took over the chief should be Li Xinyu, the child of the third uncle, who was much worse, and now he is just the entry level of Yunyong Realm."
"Oh, just Yun Yong is coming in. This is simple. I have a set of secret practice methods. In just one month, you can break through two realms and reach the Yun Yong realm. Then, cooperate with your immovable domineering body. The opponents below the mid-stage Yun Yong are not worth worrying about."
Li Qingming's eyes lit up: "There is such a secret practice method? You are so hidden, so tell me how to practice it?"
"First, eat up the stuff in this pot..."
Chapter completed!