For several months, the farce of Xu Wei's family continued. The business had plummeted. Xu Wei simply sublet the stall and gave up the business. The business that had been passed down for hundreds of years was gone. Many people sighed.
Especially for those immortal cultivators who grew up in Xicheng, Xu Wei's buns were definitely one of their childhood memories. Many people would come back to buy one to try when they grew up, but it was hard to say whether they would still be there in the future.
In the following days, Lin Jiang could often hear gossip about Xu Wei's family, because there were vendors in the big market who were neighbors with the Xu family, and their family was so noisy that it was impossible not to know.
After a while, Lin Jiang accidentally saw Xu Wei drinking at a stall. Xu Wei's appearance surprised Lin Jiang. How long has it been? Xu Wei has aged a lot and looks like an old man in his seventies or eighties.
Although Xu Wei is indeed of this age, Xu Wei has taken Dingyan Dan, and on the surface he looks about fifty.
"Fellow Daoist Lin?"
"Fellow Daoist Xu, why are you here?"
"I'm upset, so I came out to drink. Sit down and have a drink?"
"Okay."
Lin Jiang took a look at the stall and finally didn't dislike it. This was the lowest-level spiritual food in Yunzhong City. What was cooked in the pot were some monsters' offal or leftovers. Even their spiritual wine was of extremely low quality. It was estimated that one catty of ordinary spiritual wine was mixed with three catties of ordinary wine.
This kind of vendor has only one feature, that is, it is cheap. Basically, one spiritual stone can be used for a big meal. The customers are basically the lowest level of Qi training in Yunzhong City.
Lin Jiang had never eaten at this kind of stall before, and Xu Wei should have rarely eaten there either. He has a lot of assets, not just the house, but also his business, which is booming every day and has a high income.
After Lin Jiang sat down, he really couldn't get used to the spiritual wine here, so he asked the boss to run errands for him and went to get a jar of slightly better spiritual wine.
"It's extravagant, it's extravagant, thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin."
"We have been neighbors for more than a year. I haven't treated you to a drink before. Today's one is mine."
Lin Jiang said with a smile, not caring. He didn't have a deep relationship with the vendors in the big market. He could only be ordinary friends. He almost never went out to eat and drink with them.
"Okay, okay..."
Xu Wei had already drunk a lot before. Unless a cultivator in the Qi training stage deliberately used his spiritual power to dissolve the alcohol, he would still get drunk. Xu Wei was a little drunk.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, are you all laughing at my family?"
"No, Fellow Daoist Xu misunderstood. Every family has its own problems. This is human nature."
"Yes, every family has its own problems, but why is it like this in my family?"
"Fellow Daoist Xu, don't think too much."
"I, woo woo..."
Xu Wei started crying directly, making Lin Jiang embarrassed. This kind of occasion is not something that a person with social bull syndrome can handle. Lin Jiang regretted sitting down.
Xu Wei didn't just cry. He was crying while talking about the current situation. His daughter Xu Jiaojiao was waiting for him to die. Once he died, she could fight for the family property.
This made him very disappointed. He loved this daughter very much. Before she got married, he didn't let her do anything. When she got married, he also gave her a very generous dowry. If it wasn't for this dowry, how could she be so tough in her husband's family.
But Xu Wei didn't dare to drive Xu Jiaojiao away. First, she was his daughter after all. Second, he also knew that his cousins were also plotting his house. This house was the savings of several generations of their family, and those relatives and ancestors also contributed to it. It's hard to say.
If he drove Xu Jiaojiao away, then Xu Dongyang would be left alone and helpless. Xu Dongyang was young, had low cultivation, and poor qualifications. His future would be just like that. He was definitely not a match for Xu's relatives.
Xu Wei's first idea was to let Xu Jiaojiao and Xu Dongyang join forces to balance those Xu family relatives, but he didn't expect that he underestimated his daughter's greed. One of Xu Jiaojiao's sons joined the Zhongxing Sect and had the opportunity to break through the foundation-building period. In order to support this son, their family was willing to pay any price, even the father-daughter relationship.
Lin Jiang also sighed after hearing this, but this may be the real life. Everyone has their own interests and everyone has their own choices. In the face of interests, family affection does not seem to be so reliable.
Lin Jiang also thought of the Lin family. The Lin family was very united. That was when Lin Batian was the leader. The first generation of the head of the family was like the founding emperor, with a very high prestige, but it was not good later. It was unknown how long Lin Batian could live. After his death, would the Lin family also fight like this, which would lead to the collapse of the family in the first place?
"Grandpa"
didn't know how long he drank until it was completely dark. Xu Dongyang appeared, silently saluted Lin Jiang, and then helped the drunk Xu Wei away.
Lin Jiang actually had a good impression of Xu Dongyang. This kid was taciturn, but not lazy. He worked hard and had a smart brain. It was just that his cultivation aptitude was too low. He had no cultivation in the world of immortal cultivation, which was a terrible thing, especially when he might inherit a large fortune.
Lin Jiang had never thought of helping him. It was difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs, let alone him. If he helped, what would others think? The first reaction would probably be that Lin Jiang was also plotting for that fortune, which was just a waste of time.
Xu Wei had already left, so Lin Jiang naturally didn't want to drink. He himself was not a good drinker. This time he just met Xu Wei and wanted to listen to some gossip.
"I am just a passerby in the world"
"Who is right or wrong is none of my business"
"The world is rolling, and it is a disaster to touch me"
Lin Jiang took out the spirit stone to pay the bill, and then got up and went home. He did not forget to remind himself again and again that he only needed to eat melons and gossip about the people around him and the things in the world. He just used it as a seasoning in life to pass the time.
But you must not get involved, lest you bring about unnecessary trouble. The best way is to keep a low profile.