Chapter 60: The medical fairy's father's martial arts are invincible in the world!
The Tong family members stared in amazement at the jujube tree that had run away with its legs spread out, then looked at each other, not knowing whether to chase it or not.
Tong Zheng helped up the Cheng En Gong Shizi who was also thrown out and fell down: "Father, are you okay?"
The Prince of Cheng'en didn't care that he had fallen hard, and held Tong Zheng's arm tightly and asked, "The fairy jujube tree ran away, what should we do now? And it looks like it's running towards Mr. Li's house, did we anger the fairy jujube tree?"
Looking at the way the jujube tree ran away, it looked like it was going to find its parents to complain, which made the Tong family panic.
Tong Zheng had met Si Yuan before, so he was relatively calm: "Don't panic, father. Mr. Li said that we can persuade the jujube tree to go with us. We didn't use any other means that shouldn't be used. Mr. Li will naturally not blame us. I just don't know why the fairy jujube tree suddenly got angry when it was obviously persuaded by us at the beginning."
The Tong family members were a little confused and didn't understand why the fairy jujube tree had changed its attitude so drastically.
But it was obvious that they could not find a jujube tree to follow them, and they were very disappointed.
Tong Zheng originally wanted to take his grandfather, father, and brother back to his mansion in Qingyang County to live for a few days. After all, he had finally come out of the capital, so he had to visit the Li family more often and get closer to the immortal.
Not to mention anything else, if the immortal was happy and rewarded them with a few jujube leaves, they would make a fortune.
So no one in the Tong family wants to return to Beijing for the time being.
Tong Zheng wanted to go back to Qingyang County, but his grandfather, Cheng En Gong, didn't even want to go to Qingyun County, the nearest county, let alone Qingyang County. He told Tong Zheng, "Third brother, go ask around and see if there's anyone in the village willing to rent a house to us. We don't mind spending a little more money. The closer we are to Mr. Li, the better."
Tong Zheng was slightly startled, and immediately set out to do it.
Tong Zheng sent many gifts to the Li family these days. The Li family refused to accept them, but he never took the gifts away. Instead, he distributed them to the villagers around the Li family. Even after Tong Zheng returned to the capital, his wife Zhao continued to send gifts according to his instructions. She did not insist on sending expensive gifts, but some gifts that could represent her heart, anyway, just to make her presence felt.
Therefore, Tong Zheng had a good reputation among the villagers. He went to ask the villagers if they were willing to rent a house to his family. Naturally, he looked for villagers who lived close to the Li family, who he had given gifts to, and who were easy to talk to.
For example, the Li family’s neighbor is the aunt’s family who once helped Si Yuan take care of little Fuling.
Because they lived close to the Li family, this aunt and her family benefited a lot. Those who came to the Li family because of their reputation gave gifts, but were unable to give them away and were unwilling to take them back, all the money went to the aunt and her family.
Among them, Tong Zheng gave the most and most generous gifts.
After all, the other people who came here because of his reputation had only heard rumors about Mr. Li but had never seen him in person, so they didn’t know whether it was true or not, and therefore they were not willing to spend a lot of money the first time.
Unlike Tong Zheng, who had witnessed Si Yuan's magic with his own eyes, the blood flowed down like a river without any regret at all.
My aunt's surname is Wang, and she is just a simple old lady. When Aunt Wang heard the knock on the door, she opened the door and saw that it was Tong Zheng. She knew that he was the county magistrate of Qingyang County next door, so she hurriedly and respectfully invited him into her home.
Tong Zheng embarrassedly explained his purpose. Aunt Wang didn't dare to refuse the county magistrate's request, so she agreed without saying a word: "I do have a vacant house. It was occupied by my eldest son who settled in the city. His family is not in the village now, so the house is empty. But I'm afraid that house will not be pleasing to you."
Tong Zheng knew that just because this house was closest to the Li family, it was better than thousands of good houses, so he immediately paid the money and rented the house.
When Tong Zheng walked out of Aunt Wang's house after renting the house, he subconsciously glanced at the Li family next door, and was surprised to find that the door of the Li family, which had been closed all the time, was actually open. At a glance, he could see two strange jujube trees rooted side by side in the Li family's yard.
Tong Zheng thought to himself: The fairy jujube tree that ran away from the village entrance has indeed run to the Li family!
When Tong Zheng was looking around, the little Fuling, who was bulging with food, came out. She was holding a bright red date in her hand and chewing it like a snack. When she saw the familiar face of Tong Zheng, she smiled and shouted, "Hello, Uncle Tong!"
Tong Zheng didn't dare to neglect Mr. Li's daughter, and quickly responded, "Hello, Miss Li!"
As Xiao Fuling came closer, Tong Zheng smelled a jujube fragrance that was stronger than the jujube leaf water. The source of the fragrance was the bright red jujube that Xiao Fuling had taken a bite of. It made his mouth water and his eyes were fixed on the jujube, unable to pull their eyes away. A sense of desire arose in his heart - I want to eat it so much!
Little Fuling finished the remaining dates in two bites, took out a small handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said, "I can't give these dates away without my father's permission." Because these Fire Spirit Dates are the energy crystallization of the date tree, if they are not picked, these dates can be transformed into energy and absorbed by the date tree again, turning into energy for the date tree to continue growing. But if the fruits are picked and eaten by people, the tree will lose this energy forever, which is not good for its growth.
So even though Xiao Fuling is Si Yuan’s biological daughter, she cannot eat dates as snacks. Si Yuan also has to consider the growth conditions of the date tree.
Moreover, the energy content of Huo Ling Zao is a bit too much for a child like Xiao Fuling. Eating too much will make her weak and unable to benefit from it. Si Yuan controlled the amount of dates that Xiao Fuling ate every day.
She was originally not going to have any share of the Fire Spirit Dates today, but the Fire Spirit Date tree at the entrance of the village ran back to the Li family and knocked on the door. It was Little Fuling who opened the door for it, and it was Little Fuling who pleaded with Si Yuan to keep it. To express its gratitude, the Fire Spirit Date tree shook down a few dates for Little Fuling as snacks.
Tong Zheng didn't know where the dates came from, and thought that as Mr. Li's daughter, Xiao Fuling could eat as much as she wanted, so he couldn't help but look at her with envy.
Little Fuling was smart. Tong Zheng did not hide anything in front of her. After she saw what he was thinking, she explained with a smile: "Although the jujube tree belongs to my father, I can't just eat it whenever I want. There are so many jujubes to eat today because I helped Ershu. Ershu gave them to me to thank me."
Tong Zheng: "Two trees?"
Little Fuling tilted her head and pointed at the shorter jujube tree in the yard: "It's the jujube tree at the entrance of the village. It's much shorter than the big trees, so I call it the Second Tree. It came back feeling very aggrieved today, so I let it in and begged daddy to keep it in the yard, so it gave me several jujubes."
Tong Zheng: “…” What a unique name.
But how much can one expect from a five-year-old girl? Tong Zheng smiled and praised her for her good name, which made the young Fuling puff out her chest with pride. She knew that her name was nice, but Huang Bai actually thought her name was ugly and tacky. Humph, it turns out that there are still people who know how to appreciate it!
Tong Zheng thought that the fairy jujube tree named Ershu had already complained to Mr. Li. He was a little flustered, worried that there might be some misunderstanding, which would cause Mr. Li to misunderstand the Tong family. So he coaxed Xiao Fuling and asked, "Miss Li, do you know why your Ershu came back here out of grievance? Did he say anything to your father?"
Little Fuling knew that Tong Zheng was trying to coax her and trick her, but she thought that her father must have asked her to go out at this time just to help Uncle Tong solve his doubts.
So she answered, "I know. Ershu said you guys are going too far. You tried to trick the big tree but failed, so you tried to trick it into going with you. You are tree dealers. You are bullying the tree!"
Tong·Tree Dealer·Zheng: "..."
Tong Zheng hurriedly wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to explain. They did fail to deceive the 'big tree' in the Li family's yard, so they wanted to deceive the 'second tree' at the entrance of the village. But they couldn't be said to be deceiving. What they said was true. After all, if the fairy jujube tree was transplanted to the imperial palace in the capital, the emperor would definitely give the fairy jujube tree the best planting conditions.
The only thing that can be considered as deception is that they did not say that the planting conditions that the emperor can provide are only conditions that mortals can achieve. The special and extraordinary planting conditions given by a godly figure like Mr. Li are not something that mortals like them can achieve, so if they are transplanted to the capital, they will definitely not be able to get them.
However, they just avoided talking about it and did not lie to Ershu. How could Ershu know that they had failed to deceive Dashu before?
Tong Zheng was still confused, but little Fuling had already jumped back to the Li family's yard, waved goodbye to him, and disappeared in a flash.
The door of the Li family closed automatically when no one was there.
Tong Zheng was not surprised by this. No matter how many strange things there were in the place where the gods lived, it would not be surprising.
Tong Zheng returned to the village entrance with a heavy heart to meet Cheng En Gong and others. He first told Cheng En Gong that they had rented a house, which was next to the Li family.
The rented house had such a good location that Lord Cheng'en was so happy that he kept saying good things and didn't even need to ask about the conditions of the house. As long as he could live near the Li family, he would live there even if it was a thatched house.
Tong Zheng then talked about what he had gotten from Xiao Fuling, and he raised his own question: "How did the Immortal Jujube Tree know that we had failed to invite the Immortal Jujube Tree in the Li Family's yard first?"
Lord Cheng En's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at his eldest and second grandsons beside him: "I remember when your father and Tong Zheng were trying to persuade the immortal jujube tree, you were mumbling something beside them..."
Young Master Tong and Young Master Tong recalled what they had muttered at that time, and their faces suddenly became flustered: "Grandfather, we..."
They both didn't expect that it was the little words they carelessly whispered beside them that caused their father and Tong Zheng's successful persuasion to fail, but they didn't dare to deny it. They could only admit with regret that their whispers were heard by the fairy jujube tree.
When Prince Cheng'en heard what his two legitimate sons said, he was furious. He was thrown to the ground for no reason, and it was all caused by these two unfilial sons!
He was so angry that he picked up a branch nearby and hit his two sons with it.
Duke Cheng'en was also angry. He was about to successfully abduct a magical date tree, but failed because of the grumbling of his two grandsons. Who could bear this? He always loved his two grandchildren and turned a blind eye to the scene of his son teaching his grandson a lesson.
Tong Zheng felt very embarrassed. He was a bastard's son. Because of the news he brought back, his two legitimate brothers were punished by their father and their grandfather was dissatisfied with them. It felt as if he was deliberately plotting against his legitimate brothers.
Heaven and earth can testify that he really has no intention of being hostile to his legitimate brother. After all, the rules of the Cheng'en Mansion are strict. The treatment of legitimate sons and illegitimate sons is clearly stipulated. His legitimate mother and the housekeeper also strictly follow the rules and have not treated him unfairly.
At the beginning, he passed the imperial examination and was arranged to be the county magistrate of Qingyang County. Qingyang County was poisoned by the Five Poison Taoists, and all the people in the city were infected with the plague. The city was sealed off, but his stepmother even paid for a cart of medicinal materials to be sent to him out of her own pocket.
The Cheng'en Mansion also tried hard to get him back from the sealed Qingyang County.
It can be said that although he, a bastard's son, was not as valued by his elders as the legitimate son in the Cheng'en Mansion, he still got everything he deserved, and the Tong family did not treat him unfairly in the slightest.
Therefore, Tong Zheng has a good relationship with his eldest brother and has no intention of competing with him. He may be a little selfish in private and cares more about his wife and children, but he also devotes himself to the Tong family.
So he really feels embarrassed about this situation now.
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