Transmigrated as a Stepmother: Time to Bring the Family to Prosper!-Chapter 320 - 319: Liu Ji Pays Respects to Senior Brother

Chapter 320: Chapter 319: Liu Ji Pays Respects to Senior Brother

This matter is a long story.

Qin Yao explained simply, "I was thinking, with so many empty lots and houses in the village, why can’t we reuse them?"

"Our Liu Family Village has mountains and water, and the scenery is beautiful all year round. Now that the roads are repaired and transport is convenient, why not create a Peach Blossom Spring for people?"

"To make people stay, we must cover all aspects of food, lodging, and travel. We have travel, but food and lodging are lacking. These abandoned old items and empty spaces with great views can be utilized."

After saying this, Qin Yao stopped talking, snatched the key that the village chief was hesitating to hand over, and opened the practically symbolic courtyard gate.

The village chief, agitated, extended his hand. Before he had a chance to retrieve the key, the old wooden door slowly opened with a coarse, harsh sound.

Seeing the collapsed courtyard walls on both sides of the door, Mrs. Qiu and He exchanged a glance, thinking that it didn’t make much difference whether they had the key or not.

The two sisters-in-law stepped over the collapsed wall and entered the overgrown courtyard.

Seeing the three sisters-in-law immediately start weeding without a word, the village chief, knowing he would only be in the way if he stayed, shook his head helplessly and returned to the village, planning to find more people to help.

Although the old man didn’t express any opinions on Qin Yao’s renovation idea, his active effort to gather people showed his internal excitement and support.

More than anyone, he hoped the village would continuously gain new life.

And a single stationery factory obviously couldn’t sustain it forever.

When they hadn’t had good things, they could get by haphazardly.

But now that they had tried the water mill, cultivated meticulously planted rice seeds, built a stationery factory, and repaired the village roads to accommodate refugees, seeing the days getting better day by day, the village getting a bit livelier, how could they bear to let it go back to how it was?

The village chief, with his old legs, moved swiftly through the village, grabbing whoever was free and sending them to the innermost part of the village to find Qin Yao.

The villagers, although unsure why, went with their tools to find Qin Yao as instructed by the village chief, showing her reputation in the village.

With more hands, cleaning up the dilapidated house went faster. Qin Yao could pause to think about how to accommodate people in this roofless house tonight.

Coming from the end times, she had a knack for redeveloping ruins into homes; however, in ancient times, there were no convenient materials like plastic or foam. Qin Yao picked up a machete and strode toward the grass by the river...

While the renovation of the old house was in full swing, on Liu Ji’s side, he had already driven to pick up the Qi Family party with four children.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ji arrived so promptly, Qi Xian popped his head out of the carriage and curiously asked, "Liu Ji, how did you know we’d arrive now?"

Liu Ji called the children to get off the carriage and pay their respects to the teacher.

Hearing the weary response from Gongliang Liao in the carriage, confirming that the person he had in mind was indeed here, Liu Ji truly felt at ease and smiled back at Qi Xian:

"Young Master Qi, there was a departure date on the letter; anyone with a bit of calculation could know the teacher would arrive before this evening."

Si Niang secretly rolled her eyes. Clearly, it was Ah Wang who calculated it. Her father loves to take credit.

Qi Xian glanced at the four siblings, looked at the lush forests on either side of the road, and said with raised eyebrows:

"Liu Ji, is this what you call beautiful mountains and clear waters, with exceptional scenery?"

On this journey, he found the road difficult to navigate, and the scenery rather ordinary, with only occasional small spots offering a bit of surprise, but nothing compared to the famous mountains and rivers he had seen before.

Liu Ji gestured to him not to rush, "Good things usually come last."

He then thoughtfully told Shi Tou and the guards, "Everyone has worked hard on this journey, let me lead the way from now on, you may take a rest, brothers."

Shi Tou looked at Qi Xian, and after getting his nod, clasped his fist and said, "Then I’ll trouble Mr. Liu!"

"No trouble at all." Liu Ji quickly shook his head, called the four children back to the carriage, and walked alone to the Qi Family carriage, warmly inquiring:

"Teacher, up ahead there’s a mountain spring that is very clear and pleasant. Would you like to stop for a taste?"

The curtain lifted, revealing Gongliang Liao’s face, who appeared to be grinning. Liu Ji immediately flashed a big grin, saying with a calm heart:

"Teacher, ever since we parted last time, I’ve been hoping you’d come. Today, with my wish fulfilled, it feels just like a dream."

He then leaned his face closer, inviting Gongliang Liao to pinch him to see if it hurt.

Qi Xian witnessed the whole scene, suddenly regretting suggesting he accompany the teacher to see this ’sincere person’ who inquired ’Is the teacher home?’ thrice a day.

Even more surprising to him was that the usually serious teacher actually curled his finger and gave Liu Ji a hard pinch on the cheek, jokingly saying, "You rascal, quite the thick skin!"

Liu Ji yelped, quickly covering his pinched cheek while dodging away, not minding exposing his silly side in front of the scholars, even playfully winking.

Gongliang Liao was briefly startled, then burst into hearty laughter, pointing at him and saying, "The whole journey felt boring, but seeing you rascal today suddenly makes this ordinary forest much more interesting."

Liu Ji, holding his face, laughed along, "Teacher, let’s go, try some spring water."

As soon as "teacher" was uttered, Gongliang Liao’s smile vanished instantly.

Qi Xian stood fully upright on the carriage shaft, shocked and stared at Liu Ji, then quickly turned back to see Gongliang Liao’s expression.

The accompanying people all held their breath, the previously lively atmosphere suddenly became suffocating.

Da Lang Brothers and Sisters, in pairs, watched from the carriage window, feeling tense over their father revealing his intention too early, worrying it might backfire, completely angering the scholar.

In the suffocating atmosphere, Liu Ji seemed unaware, as if he wielded some Immortal Law, suddenly pulling a gourd from behind his waist, shaking it, with the liquid inside jingling.

Gongliang Liao’s smile, once gone, returned, "Hahaha, you cunning boy! Tricking this old man here, just to stubbornly want to enter this old man’s school!"

Despite the reproachful words, his face was all smiles, and anyone could see the old man was truly happy, and his scolding was fake.

Given a bit of encouragement, Liu Ji would capitalize fully, immediately bowing deeply to Qi Xian standing on the carriage shaft, "Liu Ji pays respect to Senior Brother!"

Qi Xian was so startled he stepped back repeatedly, luckily the driver caught him, or he would have certainly fallen off the horse.

Liu Ji didn’t give the little senior brother a chance to speak, hugged him, placing him on his own carriage, casually telling Shi Tou, "Could you spare a driver? I think my senior brother and my children are about the same age, so they’ll probably find it more enjoyable together, while I accompany the teacher here."

After speaking, he scurried into the Qi Family carriage, conjuring two cups like magic, to accompany the teacher for a small drink and enjoy the scenery.

Gongliang Liao suddenly felt this trip became much more interesting than before!