Unconsciously, it is the end of the year again, and the leaves of some trees begin to turn yellow, and some trees directly change their leaves, leaving a pile of leaves on the ground, and the branches quickly become green again.
These are common sights inside and outside the county.
However, the weather in Annan County was particularly weird at the end of the year.
Generally speaking, June and July are the rainy seasons of the year, with continuous rain every now and then. But when the time enters August, the weather becomes extremely sunny.
Then, in August, September, October, and the last three months of the year, even if there was rain, it would only rain once or twice at most, and it would soon stop and the sky would be cloudless again.
But this year, it didn't rain in August, but in September, the rain that shouldn't have happened began to fall, and it didn't stop.
At the beginning, people in the county were still surprised.
"Hey, it's actually raining at this time of year?"
"Good rain!"
Why is it good? Because it is suitable for relaxation, leisure, and laziness. It is not ruled out that some people stay in bed all day long, like a sick man.
If Juxing Tower had not been closed, its popularity would have definitely grown even more in rainy weather, because rain can make people relax and also make people feel lonely.
Do lonely people instinctively stick together?
But the Juxing Building, the largest gathering place in the county, was closed. Over the past few years, although there were other places to replace the Juxing Building, the layout was not big, and they were scattered around the county, here and there.
Yes, there is no longer the scene of Juxing Tower “dominating the world” in the past.
As a result, many regular guests of Juxinglou are often uninterested and unmotivated in these new gathering places.
But it's okay.
Without them, there would be no less excitement.
A new generation replaces an old one, this is an unchanging human situation.
For example, the former Qingshui City banker who had recently moved into the county, and the Ming family and Shui family who were in-laws with the banker, now had a situation where the three families were mixed into one family, especially among the younger generation. This situation was very obvious.
As a newly emerging force in the county, it is particularly urgent for them to get to know the county and integrate into the county as soon as possible.
Therefore, their presence is often indispensable in various event venues.
Of course, the juniors have been told time and time again by their elders to keep a low profile, keep a low profile, and be sure to keep a low profile and a low profile!
Who dares to cause trouble casually, have their legs broken, or shut down the firewood shed?
Seriously, go back to your hometown in Qingshui City.
If it's more serious, you will be expelled from the family directly!
There are very few unscrupulous people who are allowed to enter the county. Under the strict orders of the elders at all levels, they are naturally honest and obedient. As for the other powerful people in the county, they are also warned by their elders.
It's best not to mess with this family here.
If you offend them, no matter who suffers at the time, you will not suffer the consequences when you come back. You will be locked up in solitary confinement for ten, twenty, or thirty years.
Are you the only one who has enough energy?
Then go and practice!
Therefore, with the tacit understanding between the old and new forces, the banker seemed to have integrated into the county without any trouble.
For the banker, it is not only the younger generation who will come out to hang out, but also the older generation. They also have to wait and see what happens.
On this day, Zhuang Zhiqing, a member of the Zhuang family, the grandfather of Zhuang Mingtang and Zhuang Mingxuan, accidentally heard the name of a person from a new friend he had made in the second and third years.
Xu Tonghui.
This name only appeared once, and since then, it has been replaced by "Master Xu".
Before that, Zhuang Zhiqing had heard of this "Master Xu" many times, and also knew a lot of anecdotes about him, such as when he first appeared in the county as the junior fellow of the previous county guard, and later, the unknown person
It was true or false, but it seemed to have caused a sensation among all the major forces in the entire county.
That was the matter of the four big bosses in the county being promoted to the heavenly level at the same time.
I don’t know where this news came from in the first place. Anyone who knows a little bit about spiritual practice will know that this news is outrageous and has no credibility at all.
But no one came out to refute the rumors.
Logically speaking, this kind of matter involves the former county guard, the Lanshui Sect, and the Medicine Master Hall. Even the bravest people would not dare to spread any false things. That would be asking for death.
Long life.
But now, this kind of anecdote has been circulating, but no one has stopped it. What is going on?
Fake?
It makes no sense and no one stops it.
real?
That’s ridiculous!
Who can believe it! Who dares to believe it!
If this kind of thing can be believed, then does it mean that if I just sleep casually, I will be in the heavenly realm when I wake up tomorrow?
Therefore, among this extremely unreliable anecdote, a more reliable underground conclusion is that one or two of these people have indeed been promoted to the heavenly level, such as the previous county governor, Mr. Xu.
As for the others, they were shrouded in the halo of Mr. Xu.
Anyway, these people have left the county now, and they probably won't come to the county again. All they left to the county are anecdotes.
"Xu Tonghui?"
Why does this name feel so familiar to me?
Mr. Zhuang Zhiqing frowned and thought.
He is now considered a cultivator in the Tongmai Realm, and does not have the problem of memory loss and confusion, so he thought desperately, thought about it again and again, and finally remembered this name after almost spreading his whole head out to think about it.
Where have you heard of it?
When his unworthy grandson left home, the family attendant he took with him seemed to be named Xu Tonghui.
Back at home, Zhuang Zhiqing found someone to confirm again.
That's right, that attendant is named Xu Tonghui.
A coincidence of names, there are so many people in the world with the same surname and first name!
But Zhuang Zhiqing became somewhat interested in the "Master Xu" named Xu Tonghui. In the future, when he heard people talking about "Master Xu", he paid careful attention.
Then, one day, he heard another news about this adult.
From beginning to end, no one in the county knew where this "Master Xu" came from, but when he first appeared in the county, he was accompanied by a young man, who was said to be his nephew.
This news didn't mean much at first, and no one who listened to it would be able to hear anything else.
But Zhuang Zhiqing is different.
All the elders of the banker would be different if they heard the news. Hot e-book
They would not preconceptionally think that it is the same. After all, the difference between the two is too great. One is in the sky and the other is on the earth. Apart from the two similarities of the name and "there is a young man beside me", they are just the same.
There is no other side point.
But at least there will be a very weird feeling in my heart, and that weirdness is like a small flame in the wind, always swaying, but always stubbornly refusing to be extinguished.
Out of this feeling and thoughts, in the following days, Zhuang Zhiqing not only paid attention, but also took the initiative to inquire about the news about Mr. Xu.
But he never found out more.
He couldn't even find out the name of the young man next to Mr. Xu.
"If you don't live up to your bad grandson, I don't know where he will die!" Finally, thinking of the inexplicable eldest grandson, he said angrily.
If it had been in the early years, when the bad grandson had not left the banker, his words were 100% an insult and a scolding, and there would be no other words at all, such as the feelings between grandparents and grandchildren.
Just don't talk nonsense.
But time is such a wonderful thing.
After so many years, the original awkwardness and rivalry between him and his bad grandson gradually faded away, and what came to mind again were the many details of the time when he and his bad grandson got along.
For example, the child doesn't seem to be that bad.
In addition to talking little and showing off, he is obviously a little kid who insists on acting like a grown-up. Even though he is his biological grandfather, he is not close to him but is close to several other clan elders...
Apart from these, there seems to be no other bad things?
Instead, he vaguely remembered that the bad grandson had also said something to him before and after.
And those words, it seems...it seems...possible...
Did it inspire and help him little by little when he later entered Tongmai?
cut!
Pooh!
How is that possible!
I am really stupid to think this way!
But I remembered that the great elder Zhuang Zhihe was promoted to the earth rank, the clan leader Zhuang Zhiyuan was promoted to the earth rank, and the clan elder Zhuang Zhixin was promoted to the earth rank. These three were all close to the bad grandson at that time.
And the bad grandson seemed to be closest to only these three at that time, and there was no fourth one!
He remembers this very clearly!
But now, it is these three old guys in the clan who have broken through the realm of enlightenment and advanced to the earth level in a shocking way.
Why are jaws dropped?
Because there has been no precedent for this in the clan for I don’t know how many years!
And except for these three people, let alone the others who have been promoted to the earth level, they don't even have the slightest sign of promotion, which is far from it!
Could it be that the bad grandson could somehow tell early on which person would make a big breakthrough in spiritual practice, and then went out of his way to get close to him?
That's not right either.
If he remembered correctly, it was not the bad grandson who took the initiative to get close to these people, but these old guys shamelessly took the initiative to get close to the bad grandson!
Think about the old one, then think about the young one.
His good grandson was infinitely better than his bad grandson. If he remembered correctly, his good grandson was very close to his bad grandson, even closer than he was to his grandfather!
That doesn't seem too strange, they are brothers after all.
His sweet grandson is now practicing in the spiritual realm.
In addition to a few juniors who are practicing in the spiritual realm, there is also one person, Zhuang Zaiyao.
If he remembered correctly, Zhuang Zaiyao seemed to be the only one who was close to their family in the early years, well, he was close to that bad grandson's mother!
Yes, that bad grandson's mother.
His daughter-in-law.
He didn't have any comments about his son's wife. She was neither good nor bad anyway. She was an ordinary woman. In the past few years, she had not been criticized or praised at all in the family.
Anyway, she is just like most other women.
But when the family arrived in the county town, she was inexplicably accepted into the Lanshui Sect and began to practice cultivation.
funny!
A woman who has lived half her life, a woman who has never known what cultivation is, is attracted by the Lanshui Sect, a powerful force in the county, and teaches cultivation?
Before, Zhuang Zhiqing's opinion on this was that the Lanshui Sect was just looking out for his good grandson, so they deliberately tried to please him.
But his darling grandson is not the only one of the younger generation of the Zhuang family who has entered the spiritual realm to practice, right?
Why haven’t I seen any other junior family members, whether it’s father or mother, being accepted into any sect?
Zhuang Zhihe, Zhuang Zhiyuan, Zhuang Zhixin.
Zhuang Zaiyao.
His good grandson, his daughter-in-law.
These are all people who have a close relationship with his bad grandson.
And himself.
Naturally, he and the bad grandson are not related, but one relationship cannot be erased. He is the biological grandfather of the bad grandson!
All this recollection proves nothing. w.
Nothing can be proven!
But Zhuang Zhiqing felt weird in his heart. He couldn't believe to death that the changes in these people over the years had anything to do with that bad grandson. However, these people were all closely related to that bad grandson.
Including himself.
"If you don't behave like a bad grandson, you don't know where you will die!"
After much deliberation, he couldn't come up with any clues. In the end, Zhuang Zhiqing could only spit like this again.
If that bad grandson comes back, he will give him a big slap in the face.
Then make him kneel for at least half a day.
As soon as I left home, after so many years, I didn’t even send a single oral message to my family, not to mention paper letters.