Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2042: Chapter 2041: Tao Hua Smiles at the Spring Breeze

Si Yihuan moved closer to Bai Zepei, mumbling softly to herself: ”How can it be like this.”

Bai Zepei glanced at her with the corner of his eye and noticed her slightly pouting red lips, the lips that previously liked to sneak up on him but were now pouting in a sulk, expressing her discontent.

His heart softened, since he had brought her along, he wouldn’t just leave her aside.

Moreover, the Bai Family moves forward and backward together. If others aren’t allowed in, neither he nor his sister would enter.

Bai Ruozhu glanced at her second brother and then said to Elder Su, ”If our whole family cannot enter, neither my brother nor I will go into the Jiuli Clan. Our Bai Family is united, and if acknowledging our Jiuli Bloodline means separating from our family, then we will immediately take our grandmother and leave. I think the Great Elder has punished our grandmother enough by keeping her detained for many years. It’s time to let her go with us.”

Elder Su sighed heavily, ”I can bring you back, and I will keep my promises. Please wait a moment, I’ll be back soon.”

With that, he took a step forward and suddenly disappeared into thin air.

Jiao Ling looked at them and said, ”I’ll be back in a bit too, wait for me.”

Then she and Fen Jiu stepped forward, clearly intending to confront the Great Elder.

Bai Ruozhu waved to her family, saying, ”Come on, let’s sit here, have some dimsum and tea, and treat it like a picnic.”

Elder Su, who hadn’t gone far, stumbled. He was truly anxious, while they were not at all nervous, truly indifferent about whether to return to the Jiuli Clan.

He smiled bitterly inside, the young people nowadays are more impressive than ever. Just these two from the Bai Family are outstanding among the younger generation. The kids raised outside are even better than those cultivated within the clan, do they still maintain that sense of superiority?

Maybe letting Bai Ruozhu and the others into the valley could also be a wake-up call to those self-assured young ones.

He strode towards the room where the Great Elder lived and said as soon as he entered, ”Great Elder, didn’t we already send a message to the clan? I promised to let Bai Yihong and his family meet Jiao Yunyun.”

Not far away, an old man was sitting by the table drinking tea. His hair was full of silver, dressed in simple and humble cotton clothes, yet he carried an air of a mysterious worldly sage.

The Great Elder raised his head, revealing a gaunt face. Though he’s aged, his eyes were extremely bright as if they could see into one’s soul.

”Let Jiao Yunyun leave the valley to meet them,” the Great Elder said calmly.

At this moment, Jiao Ling rushed in, glaring at him and asked, ”Wasn’t it true that years ago Wei Yu came to you saying he was invaded by Gufeng during a trial, and that person sought revenge on the Jiuli, using an evil technique to preserve his soul, hiding it within the trial treasure for a century, intending to seize Wei Yu’s body for chaos? And then you suddenly attacked Wei Yu to kill him with one strike to ensure no future troubles?”

The Great Elder’s expression changed, no longer calm and unruffled.

”What nonsense are you spouting!” It took him a while to squeeze out that sentence.

”Hmph, we’ve seen Gufeng already, Great Elder, why do you dare act but not own up to it?” Fen Jiu sneered.

The Great Elder’s body trembled slightly, seemingly enraged, ”Are you questioning me based on the words of a traitor?”

In his later years, he had grown more serene, but why react so vehemently if he wasn’t guilty?

Elder Su’s eyes dimmed, he already knew he had agreed.

”Great Elder, I promised the Bai Family, and besides, the Bai family’s son and daughter are exceptionally outstanding. One can enter the Enlightenment Tablet, and the other can surely pass the trial. Why exclude them due to rigid rules? Jiao Yunyun was forced to separate from her child back then because of you, decades have passed, why not let them reunite for once?” Elder Su gritted his teeth and said.

The Great Elder took a deep breath to calm his emotions, finally waving his hand wearily, ”Do as you please, I’m about to retire soon anyway.”

This was his acquiescence. Elder Su felt relieved, giving Jiao Ling and the others a look, and immediately took his leave.

Jiao Ling opened her mouth, wanting to press about Wei Yu, but remembered their goal was to bring the Bai Family into the valley, so she held back.

She only felt a blockage in her heart, if not for the Great Elder’s obstinacy, Wei Yu and Lanlan wouldn’t have ended up in such a fate.

The three of them left the valley and soon received directions to pass through, with Bai Ruozhu and the others entering the valley one by one, arriving at the Jiuli Clan’s secret dwelling place—Jiuli Valley.

Bai Ruozhu took a deep breath; the air here was much better than outside, with an abundance of spiritual energy. If she cultivated essence, it would surely be more than twice as fast as usual.

She looked far off into the distance, seeing a stretch of pink, that was...

She squinted to look carefully, discovering it was a grove of peach trees, still in full bloom of peach blossoms!

She couldn’t help but be amazed, saying, this area rarely has peach trees, right? Moreover, it’s the middle of winter, how can the peach blossoms be so lush?

Last year at this gate, peach blossoms mirrored the red face.

The face is nowhere to be found, only peach blossoms smile at the spring breeze.

These lines from a poem, Bai Ruozhu remembered clearly from a past life, knowing peach blossoms bloom in spring. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be the spring breeze at which peach blossoms smile, but the winter wind. The blooms here were lush, and the wind carried a few pink petals, indicating that if it’s not the unique peach tree variant, then surely the valley’s environment was unique.

As expected, after walking a few steps forward, they began to feel warm.

Bai Ruozhu, practiced in martial arts, had inner strength for protection and wore little, so didn’t feel it as strongly, but Bai Yihong and the others, dressed in cotton clothes, felt the heat.

”The valley is spring all year round, you should wear less,” Jiao Ling remembered and hastily explained, ”I’ll take you to change your clothes first, then we’ll see mother.”

She was eager to see Jiao Yunyun, but Bai Yihong and the others were sweating, how could her mother not be distressed seeing them?

”Alright, sister, you arrange it,” Bai Yihong said.

Jiao Ling led them to the back, and soon they saw several Diaojiao Buildings. Having never seen these in Beiyu City or the Capital City, everyone found them very curious.

”Are those your houses? Why are they on stilts?” Bai Yihong asked with a laugh.

Jiao Ling explained, ”The clan is accustomed to living in these Diaojiao Buildings, which have many advantages. Elevated off the ground, they’re well-ventilated and dry, and protected against snakes and insects.”

Bai Ruozhu had seen them during travels in a previous life, so wasn’t surprised. The others, however, were curiously examining them, and even asking Jiao Ling questions like whether the stilts might break.

At this moment, there was a faint mutter from a distance, ”A bunch of bumpkins!”

Bai Ruozhu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman dressed in foreign attire. Her clothing was somewhat reminiscent of the modern Tujia, but her headwear was different. She wore a pleated short skirt, her calves wrapped with leggings, exposing part of her skin above and below the knees.

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