Chapter 43: The Art of Blessing

Now is the time for spring ploughing.

Not only is there a lot of work to do on the farm, but government offices everywhere also have to prepare for spring plowing.

The Li family was considered a wealthy family in the local area. Every year at this time, the government would send people to collect their payment for the Spring Festival, which was to help the common people who were unable to farm buy seeds and other items for spring ploughing.

Of course, this is the original idea of ​​respecting God, allowing the rich to do good deeds to help the poor and live in harmony and friendship.

This was the original intention of the court.

The empire has existed for 150 years, and now this money has long been used as a way for powerful people to bribe corrupt officials.

Last year, the tax collector who had a good relationship with the Li family had his "corvée" expired. This year, the one who comes is the nephew of the eunuch in the harem, who is said to be extremely greedy.

There is something to deal with.

It would be very difficult for Feng Ying to be alone at home.

Li Zhengchun suddenly thought of Feng Ying's red eyes as she offered her face to be beaten, and he felt a little reluctant.

"She is a woman, will she be unable to cope if she stays?"

It's not just about filial piety and paying taxes.

When they go to Luoyang, there will be many people left at home, and these people need food and clothing.

In order to maintain her reputation, Mrs. Li still does charity work and supports more than ten widows and widowers. Once they are gone, Feng Ying will be responsible for taking care of them.

Hundreds of people eating and drinking...

Therefore, he was the only one in his family who had some perception and could write spells, but he could not enter the officialdom.

Because the family needs someone to take care of the chores.

Normally, these tasks would require him and six or seven stewards to complete, but now only Feng Ying is left.

Feng Ying is still a woman, and men usually don't listen to women.

If we mess things up, there will be an accident, right?

"Sanlang!" Old Mrs. Li looked at Li Zhengchun with deep eyes: "Are you heartbroken?"

She sighed and said, "That's right. After all, she is your woman and has been with you for more than ten years. It's normal for me to feel sorry for her."

"If you love her, then as a mother, you should forgive her and ignore her crime of disobedience and the fact that she took Guo's money without caring about the lives of her family."

Li Zhengchun knelt down hurriedly and said, "Mother, I was wrong. I didn't feel sorry for her, so I didn't let her go... Where is Mei Niang?"

He lowered his head and said, "Feng Ying has set his sights on Mei Niang. If we leave Mei Niang at home, I'm afraid Feng Ying will harm her."

Old Madam Li nodded and said, "It won't matter if there's one more person. Just take Mei Niang with you and let her be with San Niang. They haven't been able to get close to each other for so many years. This is an opportunity."

Li Zhengchun felt relieved when he thought that his wife and daughter could be together well.

He hurriedly thanked Mrs. Li: "Thank you for your help, mother."

After Feng Ying and his friends returned, they first redecorated the house.

Then Feng Ying felt that there was no need to keep the extra things.

"What if they learn our trick and come to steal when we go to Chang'an? We should just sell everything."

Ah Liu said, "With so many, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell them for a good price right away."

Mrs. Zhuang also said, "We are afraid that others will find out that it is ours and think that our family can no longer make ends meet."

[So what? It's not like this hasn't happened before. Are the Li family some great family?]

That’s right. If she hadn’t married into the Li family, they would have been so poor that they would have sold all their children.

But she had been very concerned about the reputation of the Li family and was deeply afraid that the reputation of the Li family would be damaged in any way.

Why is this?

Feng Ying watched her daughter walking slowly alone under the corridor, one step at a time, very slowly, but with her back straight and her manners dignified, as if she was practicing something.

The child is also working hard and making progress every day, right?

One day, she'll be like everyone else, right?

Actually, they are different.

Ah Jian, who doesn't care about other people's opinions, is a completely different person.

Now she felt that Jian was right.

Even if people knew that the Li family couldn't survive, what would happen?

The Li family was already struggling to make ends meet, and it was only her money that kept them afloat.

It was obvious that she had almost spent all her money, and Li Zhengchun and his men were about to take action, so why should she still care about what others thought?

"Sell them." Feng Ying figured it out. "Sell them all."

Then I change it into money and send it to my mother's home.

[Actually, you don’t have to sell all of them.] Li Jidao looked at those things and paused: [Sell the worthless and heavy ones first. For example, the two pots of peonies can obviously be sold at a sky-high price. There are thousands of people vying to buy them, so there is no need to rush.]

Feng Ying:?

Although this flower is expensive, it was only five guan at most when I bought it. How could it cost tens of thousands of guan?

Li Jidao walked towards a jade Pi Xiu ornament. The ornament was only the size of a palm and the workmanship was only average.

Considering it’s jade, I can sell it for five hundred coins.

But the Pixiu itself symbolizes wealth.

Li Jidao placed the Pixiu in his palm, used his perception, and bestowed a "blessing".

The meaning of the existence of a mysterious master, or rather the meaning of the world's hope for the existence of a mysterious master, is to pursue profit and avoid blessings.

Therefore, the Li family has this ability, they can "bless" objects, and then the blessing will pass through the objects and bring good or bad opportunities to people.

Otherwise, why can the masters make so much money? Because they can bring more wealth to others.

The skill of 'blessing' is the strong point of her fourth generation ancestors.

That ancestor valued money more than anything else, and he "blessed" many things and made a lot of money.

But the way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency by taking from the surplus.

If you have more money, others will have less things.

The ancestor was young, and finally chose the path that all other ancestors had chosen, which was to sacrifice his descendants and make up for his wealth.

What they were thinking at the time was, why should I make money and worry about whether my children and grandchildren will be prosperous?

I just want to live a happy life.

So, "God grants man's wishes", the ancestor earned more money, and then fell in love at the age of fifty. Fortunately, he was a man, and finally he managed to have a child.

Just one.

If it were a woman, she would probably be too old and their lineage would have been cut off long ago.

But it was precisely because the Fourth Patriarch had accumulated a great deal of wealth that the Fifth Patriarch was able to unify the empire and become a figure standing at the highest point in the world of metaphysics.

Li Jidao felt that the warmth in her dantian was like green smoke, rising slowly, and then separated into a thin strand as thin as a hair, flowing through the blood, to the fingertips of her left hand, and then to the Pixiu.

The blessing is complete.

She was overjoyed that even with her weak body, she could still complete the "blessing".

However, this "blessing" is a little fragile and will not last for more than half a year.

She wanted to add another layer of "blessing", but she felt a tightness in her chest and hiccups. She was unable to use her perception at all, let alone luck.

It still doesn't work.

Too weak.

But enough.

"Ajian, what's wrong with you?" Feng Ying supported Li Ji and said.

Li Jidao presented the Pixiu to Feng Ying; [I don't know if this cannon fodder can understand my intentions. Sell the broken ones first, pack the remaining good ones in boxes and keep them. I will bless them and sell them later. I will definitely make a lot of money.]

[She always looked stupid before, but she was quite capable. How will the cannon fodder perform this time? ]