Chapter 69: The Family's Request
"Grandpa, you're looking for me."
Anran walked into the study and turned around to close the door.
Old Master Lin didn't say anything, his face showed anger, unwillingness and helplessness.
After a moment, he let out a long sigh.
"Why......."
"Grandpa, what's wrong? Tell me what's wrong and we can find a solution together."
An Ran had never seen Mr. Lin so decadent. In her eyes, Mr. Lin had always been wise and steady. There is a kind of calmness and composure, as if facing a catastrophe.
"Someone from our family came and said that our ancestor has been unable to advance and his life span is coming to an end. They ordered us to offer a thousand-year-old ginseng to prolong his life."
Yes, command. Old Master Lin recalled the arrogant face of the person who came to deliver the message. He clearly came here to ask for something, but he acted like he was giving alms.
Mr. Lin was so angry that he almost overturned the table. It was his years of self-control that allowed him to swallow his anger.
"Thousand-year-old ginseng, they are so light-hearted, they think it is just cabbage from the field."
Mr. Lin slammed the table heavily to vent his dissatisfaction. Then he slumped down in the chair like a deflated ball.
In the face of absolute strength, all the clamor is just whining. They don't have the strength to fight against their own family yet and can only be ordered around by others.
"Of course, do you have any solution?"
Mr. Lin was a little embarrassed. If he had no other choice, he really couldn't bring himself to say this.
"no problem."
An Ran had a calm smile on her face.
"real."
Old Master Lin raised his head in disbelief, his cloudy eyes widened.
"Well, that's not a problem. The problem is how to get it out. If we give it to them easily, they will really think that the thousand-year-old ginseng is cabbage in the field. In the future, we will have endless troubles."
"right."
Old Master Lin nodded in agreement. As an old man, he became more experienced. He understood people's bad nature too well.
"We have to go through untold hardships, spend all our energy and money to get this ginseng."
An Ran nodded in agreement and decided to leave the matter to her grandfather as she was really not cut out for it.
Even though the problem has been solved, Mr. Lin is still not satisfied. Over the years, I have not gained any benefits from my family, but have been working like a slave for them.
It wouldn't be a big deal if it wasted some money, but those people in the same family completely treated the Lin family as their servants.
An Ran saw the depression in Mr. Lin's heart, so she persuaded him softly.
"Grandpa, don't worry. We now have skills and elixirs, and we are no worse than them. It is only a matter of time before we trample them under our feet. Now, we don't have the strength to fight against them. However, in time, they will not be our opponents."
After hearing An Ran's words, Mr. Lin's expression improved a lot.
"Yes, I have lived my life in vain, and I still don't see things as clearly as you do. Ranran, thank you, Grandpa. If it weren't for you, Grandpa's family would have been in a terrible situation this time."
When An Ran heard this, a puzzled look appeared on her face, and she asked.
"Grandpa, asking you to find ginseng is asking too much. In today's world, even young wild ginseng is hard to come by, not to mention thousand-year-old ginseng. If we can't find it this time, what else can those people in our family do to us?"
"Um."
Mr. Lin nodded bitterly.
"If you fail to complete the mission, one of your second and third cousins will be taken away by them. Their physiques are not suitable for cultivation, and their fate is to be enslaved. They will never see their relatives again in their lifetime."
Their Lin family is a powerful family in Beijing, but no one knows how much sorrow is hidden behind the glamorous appearance in the eyes of outsiders.
"Grandpa had a younger brother. If he hadn't failed to complete the tasks assigned by our family, he wouldn't have been taken away. We don't know whether he's alive or dead yet. Your great-grandfather was still muttering his name before he died, and he was reluctant to close his eyes."
When Mr. Lin recalled the past, he couldn't help feeling sad, and his eyes were red.
"This is too much. What kind of immortal cultivation family is it that even brothers and sisters are persecuted."
When An Ran heard the family secrets told by her grandfather, she was immediately furious. What has my grandfather carried all these years? My uncle, my cousin, and generation after generation will bear the burden forever.
Only then did An Ran understand how her grandfather was ecstatic when he heard that everyone in the family could practice cultivation. How could a man as proud as he be willing to be inferior to others?
"This is the tragedy of our vassal families. Originally, the branches and the main family complemented each other. But as generations passed, the main family gradually regarded the branches as their slaves. Over the years, my grandfather has always wanted to separate our Lin family. However, he has never been able to do so. They will not let go of us cash cows easily."
An Ran's eyes began to become solemn. If the main family kept asking for more, the Lin family would eventually decline because they could not afford it.
"Grandpa, for the time being, we can only bide our time. When we become strong enough, we can turn the tables and no longer be controlled by them."
"Yes, I think so too."
Mr. Lin's eyes became softer and more appreciative when he looked at An Ran. In the past, An Ran was favored because she was the only girl in the Lin family.
Now, it is Anran’s state of mind and insight that are admirable.
After today, An Guodong, An Ning and Lin Huaizhi gradually felt something was wrong. There was someone watching them while they were practicing, so they couldn't relax at all.
Old Master Lin seemed tireless. He held a small teapot and sat on the balcony on the second floor, watching the three people who were practicing cross-legged in the garden.
Whenever he found someone distracted, he would immediately cough loudly, scaring their little hearts.
An Guodong and Lin Huaizhi are fine, as they are ambitious people. An Ning has never been stable, and now she is complaining a lot.
......
Since Li Changan got to know the Lin family, he often went to the Lin family to have a meal and spend time with his grandmother and mother. However, he has not moved to the Lin family yet.
The restaurant owned by Li's father and mother has already started to be renovated. Qin Shuhe secretly gave Li Changan 200,000 yuan and asked him to help Li's father and mother to decorate the store.
At first, Li's father and mother tried their best to refuse, but Li Changan lied that it was his own private money used to honor his parents, and they reluctantly accepted it.
During this period, he has been running around outside, helping his parents buy materials and find workers, and he is very busy.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Changan hurried home after finishing his work. Lele is still alone at home. Although he asked his neighbors to help take care of him, he was still a little worried.
He rode his electric scooter to take a shortcut through a narrow alley. It was late at night and there were usually few people passing through the alley, and now there was no one in sight.
As he just entered the alley, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Li Changan slammed on the brakes and stopped where he was, then spoke to the figure opposite him.
"Brother, make way."
The figure in front turned a deaf ear and slowly walked towards Li Changan. Li Changan could only move his electric scooter to the side, hoping that the people on the opposite side would go first.
The person opposite was wearing a worn-out sun-protection jacket with the hood on top of his head. He lowered his head so his face couldn't be seen clearly.
Li Changan didn't realize anything was wrong and rode on his bike waiting for the person on the opposite side to pass by.
When the man passed by him, Li Changan only felt a dull pain in the back of his head, then his eyes went dark and he passed out.
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