Ning Yao couldn't bear to watch her father's fawning manner.
In contrast, Ning Que Linyu remained calm, his eyes filled with kindness as he looked at Ning Wenyi, who was about the same age as him.
"If half of my clan members were as proactive as you, the Ningque clan wouldn't be reduced to just me."
After expressing his feelings, Ning Que Linyu placed his hand on Ning Wenyi's head, and then withdrew it after a moment.
He said, "His aptitude is good, but he's still far behind this little guy. If he wants to go down this path, it will be much more difficult."
Upon receiving a definite answer, Ning Wenyi and his wife were overjoyed.
Those who cultivate immortality are truly incredible.
At that moment, they completely forgot that Ning Yao was the most incredible person in the family.
It seems that everything Ning Yao is doing is normal.
Perhaps it was seeing his descendants that put Ning Que Linyu in such a good mood.
After determining each person's qualifications, only Ning Yiyi's qualifications were considered exceptionally rare, even though Ning Zhoumo, who was only two or three months old, was slightly inferior.
Then there are Ning Wenyi and Ning Qiong, whose qualifications are acceptable.
Finally, Shen Cile had the worst aptitude, which Ning Yao guessed might be related to the fact that she was not of Ning family blood.
However, it's still much better than the average person.
Ning Jin followed the Fu family army in their retreat from Yuecheng and went directly back to the capital to report on his duties, so his qualifications were not determined this time.
Ning Yao left home just a few days after Ning Zhoumo was born. Three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and now she is returning home in the winter.
This was their family's first winter and first New Year in Licheng.
Licheng is located near the south, so the winters are not very cold, much better than the capital.
However, winter and the New Year holidays still need to be celebrated, and if we're going to celebrate them, we should do it properly.
At the Ning family manor, everyone from the masters to the servants was extremely busy.
Even with a manor spanning thousands of acres, there are still too few servants.
Just as Ning Yao was about to find a human trafficker, a messenger from the capital arrived at her door.
Ning Shaoyuan and Ning Jin returned, along with Lin Qinglan.
"Why did Qinglan come by herself?" Ning Yao led her into the room, preparing to change her into clean clothes.
The journey was long and the winter was cold, so Lin Qinglan's clothes were not only dirty but also a little damp.
Lin Qinglan let Ning Yao play with her as she pleased. She said, "Brother is staying in Nanjiang City to keep Father company and also to pay New Year's respects to Uncle Zhao. I wanted to come and see you, so I came with Second Brother Ning and Grandpa Ning."
Ning Yao nodded, indicating that she understood.
Lin Qingyu has a heavy burden on her shoulders, and it is indeed not so easy for her to leave Nanjiang City.
"Alright, since you're here, you can stay here as long as you want. You don't have to leave after the New Year either. I'll take you to the city when I have time. If I don't have time, Zhilan can take you."
Lin Qinglan obediently replied, "Okay, I'm fine with anything."
After changing Lin Qinglan's clothes and arranging for her to stay at Qinyao Pavilion, they took her to Shi'an Garden.
Now, apart from Lin Qinglan, everyone else in the house is family, so there's no need to arrange guest rooms.
Lin Qinglan was still young and clung to Ning Yao, so she moved in with Ning Yao.
If no one is staying in the guest rooms, then there's no need to go to the front yard for meals.
Shi An Yuan is large enough, with a fully equipped dining room and small kitchen, so we eat here every day.
With the New Year approaching, Ning Yao did not go out again, and the account books of various businesses were delivered to the manor by the relevant persons in charge.
She would quickly finish her daily tasks and then go to instruct Ning Yiyi.
The little guy lived up to expectations, taking his first step into cultivation in just a few days, and was able to control spiritual energy on his own for short periods of time.
Seeing Ning Yiyi's attitude, the rest of the Ning family were also determined to prove themselves.
Among them, only Ning Jin and Ning Shaoyuan, who had just returned home, managed to get ahead of everyone else.
Ning Wenyi felt like he had suffered a huge blow. He was clearly the second person to be evaluated by the ancestor, so why was he cut in line?
Ning Jin and Ning Shaoyuan's aptitude was determined on the very first day they met Ning Que Linyu.
While Ning Jin was still oblivious to what was happening, Ning Shaoyuan was already so excited that he was crying uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.
It was Ning Yao who stepped forward to persuade her, and only then did she stop crying.
As the current head of the Ning family, Ning Shaoyuan, though only temporarily in charge, has an obligation to explain the current situation of the Ning family.
"Thousand Illusion Mountain?" Ning Que Linyu's face showed a strange expression after hearing Ning Shaoyuan's description.
Ning Shaoyuan sensed that something was wrong with his ancestor and asked in a trembling voice, "Ancestor, is there a problem?"
Ning Que Linyu sighed: "I was wondering why I couldn't sense any trace of the Ning family's presence after waking up. It turns out that these brats have completely isolated us."
"What you call Thousand Illusion Mountain is nothing but an unnamed mountain. I stayed there briefly before I died, but it is not Ning family territory."
Ning Shaoyuan was stunned: "If not, then where is it?"
Ning Que Linyu said, "There is an even higher mountain next to the nameless mountain, that is the real one."
Ning Shaoyuan suddenly realized: "Oh, that's it! No wonder we can't get in there! And the clan members often go there to meditate. No wonder it was so mysterious, it turns out that's the clan's territory!"
If that area is the clan's territory, then the clan members' inability to achieve breakthroughs and enter that place becomes a reasonable explanation.
The current Thousand Illusion Mountain was created by Ning Que Linyu's descendants based on some information.
The name Qianhuan Mountain was probably chosen from some ancient family records.
"When will we return to our ancestral home?" Ning Shaoyuan asked.
Ning Que Linyu looked at Ning Yao.
Ning Yao considered carefully and said, "Let's wait until after the New Year. We don't know what might happen when the clan's territory opens. Let's all just enjoy the New Year!"
"I'll listen to Yao Yao, after the New Year holidays." Ning Que Linyu listened to Ning Yao and made the decision.
Before winter, the cotton planted in the fields was harvested.
Since Ning Yao left home, Ning Wenyi has gone to the fields every day to make sure nothing goes wrong with the crops.
This was something he used to slap the faces of those people in Sheng Kingdom.
And these cotton plants did not disappoint. The picked cotton resembled clouds in the sky, pure white and soft, and the cotton plants were also large.
Ning Wenyi personally supervised the work and found people to rush out the first batch of cotton items before winter.
Divide it into two parts, send one to the capital so that Shen Ce can slap the face of Sheng Guo, and leave the other in Licheng.
The portion left in Licheng was used to make cotton clothing for family members, and the rest was sent to cloth shops and clothing stores under the Ning family's name.
Without any deliberate publicity, the Ning family's sale of cotton instantly became famous in Licheng.
The Ning family was overwhelmed with orders, with the schedule booked until the following winter.
Seeing the booming business, Ning Yao waved her hand and allocated another 2,000 mu of land, bringing the total to 5,000 mu, and planted cotton seeds on all of it.
Ning Yao wasn't worried about not getting anything in winter; anything from the secret realm was guaranteed to be top-quality!
As a result, half of the 10,000 mu of fertile land was planted with cotton, and the other half was planted with various grains, vegetables and other crops. They even fenced off a place to raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in a remote location at the foot of Xiaoliang Mountain.
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