Chapter 43: Staying for Ten Days
Xi Jing always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on what was wrong. But Second Brother was always like this, so she was used to it.
The master sighed and said, "Madam Zhou, the Yisan Sect is just a small sect. It's hard for them to support themselves. It's better for you to stay in the city. With the things your husband left behind, you will be able to survive."
Xu Jia finally managed to hold back her tears, but they started to flow again. "My husband is a gambler, and all those things were taken away by his creditors. How could I, a woman, stop him?"
Xi Jing couldn't bear it any longer and begged, "Master, why don't you let Aunt Xu stay for a while?"
When she heard someone speaking up for her, there was a little more hope in her eyes. No matter how she looked at herself, she seemed like an ordinary, weak and helpless person.
Tao Zi spoke at this time: "Master, I am late."
The master waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Standing is too tiring. Find a place to sit down."
Before she could answer, Zhao Xue pulled her to the side and sat down.
At this moment, Xu Jia suddenly knelt down and crawled to Tao Zi's feet, crying and grabbing her skirt, begging: "Miss Tao, since Master Wen is willing to accept you as a disciple, I think he values you very much. Can you please be kind and have pity on me?"
Tears fell from her eyes. This scene made Tao Zi feel like she was a bad person if she didn't agree.
Zhao Xue said with a sullen face: "Aunt Xu, what are you doing? Senior Sister can't make the decision."
She ignored Zhao Xue and continued to beg Tao Zi: "Please, Miss Tao, please help me speak, just speak."
Tao Zi looked at her steadily. She didn't ask anyone else for help, but came to ask a stranger for help. She was really willing to lose face.
Han Yueshan watched the scene coldly. If her senior sister helped her, it would be what she wanted. If she didn't, Xi Jing might feel resentful. Xu Jia really had a good plan, but she seemed to have forgotten that if the master didn't give in, her senior sister's pleas would be useless. She thought her senior sister was not stupid and should know what to do.
Unexpectedly, the next scene shocked him.
The senior sister said with an embarrassed look on her face, "Madam Zhou, I just joined the sect and don't know anything. This...it's better for you to ask Xi Jing and the others for help than to ask me. After all, I'm just a new disciple."
Looking at his senior sister's embarrassed expression, Han Yueshan was confused for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses. Yes, the key point of this matter actually lies with Xi Jing.
Xi Jing looked at the bewildered look on the face of the eldest sister and immediately went over to help Aunt Xu up: "Aunt Xu, the eldest sister just came over, you might scare her like this."
Xu Jia gritted her teeth secretly. How could this person be so good at acting? It was as if she was forcing her. She was clearly a weak person, so what was wrong with sympathizing with the weak? With this kind of personality, she was truly presumptuous of being a cultivator.
With tears in her eyes, she grabbed Xi Jing's hand and said, "Xi Jing, Aunt Xu just wants to be with you. Every time I see you, it's like seeing Aunt Xu's daughter who passed away early. Aunt Xu has no family anymore, so I just want to see you more."
Zhao Xue complained in his heart: Didn’t you say before that you wanted to serve the master?
They didn't buy it, but Kexi ate quietly. She looked at her master awkwardly and embarrassedly. Her master had said before that he didn't want the sect's life to be disturbed, but Aunt Xu had helped them so much in the mountains before, so it wouldn't be too much to ask her to stay for a while, right?
Finally, under Xi Jing's pleading, the master relented and said, "Well, Madam Zhou is a new widow with nowhere to go, so it's fine for her to stay for ten days. Xi Jing, you should spend more time with Madam Zhou during this time to ease her mood. Yueshan, please find a good place for Madam Zhou at the foot of the mountain."
When Xu Jia heard that he could only stay for ten days, although he was not satisfied, he still agreed with gratitude.
That evening, Han Yueshan, who had agreed to go down the mountain to find a place to stay, returned in a hurry, accompanied by a dog and Widow Li. Everyone was getting ready for dinner, looking a little bewildered. He approached with a smile, picked up the food on the table and fed it to the dog, explaining, "This dog caught my eye, so I brought it back to raise."
Zhao Xuemu stood up with a sullen face and greeted Widow Li, then asked, "What about Sister Li?" Was she also brought back to raise because she had a good impression of her?
He tried hard to swallow back the words that were disrespectful to Sister Li.
Han Yueshan said: "Isn't this because Aunt Xu and Sister Li have a good relationship, so I brought Sister Li here to accompany Aunt Xu."
Xu Jia clenched the chopsticks in her hand. When did she become friends with this bitch?
Widow Li didn't care what she was thinking. She went up to her and put her arm around her shoulders, saying distressedly, "Sister Xu, why didn't you tell me about this? It's okay. I'll be with you from now on. If it doesn't work, which woman in the village isn't a widow? We're all the same. Don't be sad."
She put down her chopsticks, reached out to cover her hand, and replied with emotion: "Little Sister Li, thank you so much. I never realized you were so enthusiastic."
Xi Jing watched in confusion. In her impression, Sister Li and Aunt Xu had a pretty normal relationship. What was going on now? Was it because they were both widows?
Zhao Xue and Tao Zi watched the two sisters' deep love and could not help but remain silent.
After dinner, Sister Li insisted on dragging Aunt Xu to reminisce about the past. Seeing how affectionate they were, Xi Jing didn't want to disturb them, so she simply ran to the kitchen to continue practicing controlling the heat.
Zhao Xue squatted beside the dog and seemed to like it very much.
Tao Zi watched from a distance and asked in a low voice, "Where did you pick up this dog?"
"This is a stray dog I found on the street. I thought it looked pretty good after I washed it, so I brought it here. Sister, please let it taste all the food you cook recently, otherwise I won't be able to rest assured."
She nodded. "Okay, I know. By the way, did you bring Sister Li here to keep an eye on Xu Jia, afraid she might hurt Xi Jing?"
Han Yueshan shook her head in denial: "Of course not, Xi Jing is her greatest support in the sect, she won't touch her."
"So you're just trying to disgust her?"
He looked at her strangely and said, "Senior Sister, why don't you think about yourself? The person she is most likely to target is you."
Tao Zi was speechless, and realized the problem belatedly.
"Senior Sister, you should sleep with Sister Li tonight to prevent her from going crazy and causing trouble."
She nodded slowly: "Yueshan, thank you."
"Hmm? Senior Sister, you didn't think of it, but I did. Isn't that what I should do? Senior Sister, it's ok to just say thank you, but why are you being so serious?"
Tao Zi looked at Zhao Xue, who was playing with the dog with great interest, and said, "I'm not used to it."
Han Yueshan laughed. "Well, what's there to get used to? There are only a few people in a sect, just like an ordinary family. It's normal to care about each other. Senior sister, if you are really grateful, you can give me a hug of love."
Her original mood was immediately destroyed by the word "hug" at the end, and she said, "Did Master forget to urge you to catch fish?"
"Sister, you can't be ungrateful! Hey, sister, don't go to the study room, junior brother, don't hug me anymore!"
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