Yang Mengqiu was also unsure: "My parents are both deceased. I have two older sisters and a younger sister, all of whom are married and probably can't take care of my eldest brother. I do have a wife and children, but I have been dead for over a year and don't know what the situation is like at home."
His uncertainty lay with his wife. His married sisters were unlikely to pay any attention to him, and he couldn't be sure how his wife would treat him.
The beginning was fine, but Qi Zhiheng felt a bit uncomfortable when he heard that Yang Mengqiu had a wife and children! Yang Yitian was his Daoist partner, and the soul of that Daoist partner was still his Daoist partner's. According to this logic, the wife and children of the Daoist partner's soul could also be considered Yang Yitian's wife and children!
This feeling! It's sour!
Yang Mengqiu continued, "My wife is fairly mild-mannered, but she wasn't very warm towards my elder brother in the past. My mother-in-law is quite feisty, so I'm afraid she won't treat my elder brother like her own brother."
This was also his concern.
"We'll know the situation once we go back and see," Qi Zhiheng thought. Since he couldn't guess, he would just go back and check.
Yang Mengqiu's eldest brother, Yang Mengqing, was originally supposed to be named Yang Mengchun, and the other two children would be named Yang Mengxia and Yang Mengdong. However, these names were considered too soft and gentle, so they were changed to Yang Mengqing. The youngest sister's name was also difficult to pronounce, so it was changed from Yang Mengdong to Yang Mengxue.
Before arriving at Yangjia Village, Yang Mengqiu spoke with Qi Zhiheng about her situation in detail.
Yang Mengqing and Yang Mengqiu were thirteen years apart in age. Initially, the scholar's son was considered mentally challenged, and he was ridiculed extensively in the village.
Later, the second child was born, a normal girl, which was a happy event. Unfortunately, the process was not pleasant. Due to a difficult childbirth, the mother suffered some damage to her body, and it took more than ten years for her to recover.
Eleven years later, Yang's father welcomed his second son, which made him very happy. He passed on all his knowledge to his second son.
Because of their age difference, Yang Mengqing was very fond of Yang Mengqiu when they were young and took care of him from childhood.
Later, Yang's mother gave birth to another daughter. The family had some expenses and some debts. The eldest son was mentally challenged and naturally could not find a wife, while the second daughter got married early. When Yang Mengqiu was eight years old, her father died of a cold.
It was really tough for Yang's mother to raise three children on her own. Her eldest son was mentally challenged, and her second son and youngest daughter were still very young. It was extremely difficult for Yang's mother to raise them all by herself. She hadn't fully recovered from giving birth, and later she fell ill due to overwork.
Medical treatment required a lot of money, so some of the family's land had to be sold. They simply couldn't support so many children, so Yang's mother had no choice but to choose a good family and send her youngest daughter to live with them.
In the end, Yang's mother didn't last long either, passing away two years later.
When the debt collectors came to their door, all that was left was a ten-year-old child and a mentally challenged man in his twenties. Naturally, they had no other ideas, so most of their farmland and the house they were currently living in were sold to pay off their debts.
The two brothers could only find a dilapidated house in the village that no one wanted to live in, and make a living by cultivating the two remaining acres of meager land.
Although Yang Mengqing was mentally challenged, he was quite strong and capable of heavy work, which brought in a lot of food for his family.
Yang Mengqing studied hard from a young age, but lacked physical strength, so she could only study diligently, hoping to make a name for herself in the future.
The two brothers grew up relying on each other. Sure enough, Yang Mengqiu passed the imperial examination for the first degree two years later. However, he was unable to attend school. One reason was the lack of money, and another was that Yang Mengqing was mentally unstable. Yang Mengqiu was worried about leaving him alone at home, so he had to study on his own.
Later, at the age of twenty, he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
"He passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty through self-study and became a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the lowest level of the imperial examinations)?" Qi Zhiheng glanced at Yang Yitian somewhat guiltily. This really didn't seem to fit Yang Yitian's description. Although that was what he thought, Qi Zhiheng didn't dare to voice his thoughts aloud...
Yang Yitian was also somewhat dazed: "I never thought my divided soul could be so powerful that I could even pass the imperial examination." Back on Earth, he was a terrible student who died of brain cancer before even attending university.
Yang Yitian had always believed that brain cancer was the reason his academic performance was affected! Now that he has discovered he has a split soul that can become a scholar, he thinks that his academic talent may have been inherited by this split soul!
Thinking about this, Yang Yitian's poor academic performance became even more justifiable!
After passing the imperial examination and becoming a scholar, Yang Mengqiu found a job copying books in the study, which allowed him to save some money. With the money, they naturally built a house and bought back two acres of land.
Having acquired the land and house, Yang Mengqiu reached a certain age and married a woman to manage the household. They later had a son.
Yang Mengqiu had considered finding a wife for his elder brother, but no girl from a good family was willing to marry him. As for the girls who were willing, Yang Mengqiu felt that they were not good enough for his elder brother, so the marriage was delayed.
Moreover, Yang Mengqing didn't understand the situation; she only wanted to be with her younger brother and thought that Yang Mengqiu was trying to abandon her by arranging a marriage for him. Many people were saying that Yang Mengqiu was arranging a marriage for him to separate from the family.
As more and more people heard this, Yang Mengqing became even more reluctant to get married. Yang Mengqiu let him have his way, thinking that it wouldn't hurt for him to take care of his older brother for the rest of his life. He was thirteen years younger than Yang Mengqing, so he shouldn't die before Yang Mengqing.
But no one expected that disaster would strike and they would die in an accident.
Yang Mengqiu recounted most of her past experiences, and the two people and the ghost arrived outside Yangjia Village.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian dismounted their flying magical artifacts and, guided by Yang Mengqiu, walked towards the village.
That disaster didn't have a big impact on Yangjia Village; it was just that Yang Mengqiu was unlucky enough to go to the city.
Following the familiar road, we approached Yang Mengqiu's home.
“My home is over there.” Yang Mengqiu could see the house she had built later from afar.
A four-year-old child was playing in the yard, and a woman was watering the vegetable garden.
Yang Mengqiu said with some joy, "Those are my wife and son!"
My son is a year older, but he hasn't changed much, except that he's grown a bit taller.
"I'm going to see my older brother." Yang Mengqiu floated into the inner room, and after a while, he returned to Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng, but his complexion was much worse than before.
Yang Yitian asked, "Back so soon? Did you see your older brother?"
After hearing Yang Yitian's words, Yang Mengqiu's expression turned even worse. He had searched the entire house but could not find Yang Mengqing. Even Yang Mengqing's original room had changed; the things in the room were all women's belongings, so it was impossible for it to be his older brother's place.
After he explained the situation, Yang Yitian comforted him, saying, "Perhaps your older brother has moved to another room?"
However, everyone present knew that this was impossible. The worst possibility Qi Zhiheng could think of was that Yang Mengqing had already passed away.
“My older brother wasn’t feeling well at the time. He always kicked off the covers, and the night before I left, he caught a cold. I thought I could get him some medicine on my way back, so I took the copied books and left. I shouldn’t have left then. Those books weren’t urgent; a night or two wouldn’t have mattered. If I had stayed, I wouldn’t have died, and my older brother wouldn’t have gotten into this situation.” Yang Mengqiu was actually on the verge of tears, but since she had become a spirit, she couldn’t cry.
Yang Yitian said, "Don't look so down. Your brother might not be in trouble. Let's go to the village and look for him first."
Qi Zhiheng wanted to use his soul power to investigate, but he didn't recognize Yang Mengqing.
So the two of them and the ghost walked towards my village. Qi Zhiheng asked, "What place was your older brother most familiar with before?"
Qi Zhiheng thought to himself, if the other party is dead and their soul has not yet entered reincarnation, then the most likely place to appear would be the place where they died or the place they are most familiar with.
If you didn't see any people or spirits in the houses here, then it's possible that you're in a familiar place.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Mengqiu said, "The place my elder brother is familiar with is probably in the fields or near the old house."
There are two old houses: one is the house where my parents lived when they were still alive, and the other is the dilapidated house they lived in after they sold the house.
They first went to the house where their parents lived, but after checking it out without success, they turned to the dilapidated house where they later moved in.
Before we even reached our destination, we could hear a commotion in the distance.
"Ah! You heartless bastard, you're tearing down my house again! What sins have I committed to deserve such a relative!" A middle-aged woman's wailing voice rang out, her shrill tone extremely unsettling.
They quickened their pace and headed in the direction from which the sound came.
"You idiot! Bastard! You tore down my bricks! Look what you've done to my perfectly good walls! You fool who ruins good things, you'll go to the eighteenth level of hell when you die!" The woman's voice came again.
"Build a house! Build a house!" came a slightly childish male voice.
Upon hearing this, Yang Mengqiu's heart trembled, and he exclaimed excitedly, "It's my elder brother! It's my elder brother's voice!" After saying this, he floated over first.
"Beat him! Beat him until he never dares to tear down my walls again!" another male voice rang out.
When Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian arrived, the group of people were gathered together.
"Kill him! Let's see if he dares to tear down our house again!" the woman shouted in a harsh voice.
Yang Mengqiu weaved among them, but felt extremely anxious because she couldn't actually touch anyone.
Qi Zhiheng took action and pulled these people apart, revealing the injured man inside!
"Big brother!" Yang Mengqiu was filled with indignation upon seeing her elder brother!
Yang Mengqing had a wound on her forehead, her body was dirty, and her hair hadn't been washed in a long time, it was matted together.
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