I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 115: Pouring Out One's Heart

Lin Qing didn't leave for a while. By the third day, Lin Xuen could no longer speak. Lin Qing infused him with some spiritual energy, hoping that he would pass on some instructions to the younger generation. However, Lin Xuen didn't say anything to the younger generation and instead wanted to speak to Lin Qing alone.

"Xuen, go ahead and speak. Dad is listening," Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuen lying on the bed and said slowly.

At this moment, Lin Xuen nodded slowly and then spoke, "Dad, I'm leaving. There are some things that have been weighing on me. I haven't been able to go back all these years, not because I didn't want to, but because I couldn't."

"Dad, you may not know, but the gold you gave me was swindled by someone in the mortal world just two months later. I didn't dare to tell you and could only work outside. Later, Xuwu found me, and he also brought gold. The two of us started a business, but after a few years, we didn't make any profit and lost all the gold. Then... then we started farming with Xuwu. We farmed for many years but couldn't save even a single piece of gold. I've never told you these things before."

Lin Qing remained silent, listening quietly, while Lin Xuen looked up at the empty space and continued to speak.

"Dad, I still remember when you took me to buy sugar-coated haws when I was a child. I still remember it. Sometimes, when I go to sleep at night, I think of that taste. Xuwu and I even tried to make and sell sugar-coated haws ourselves, but we couldn't recreate that taste, so we gave up. Dad, why can't I recreate that taste?"

"Dad, do you think Xuwu and I are useless? I don't want to believe it, but after being separated from you, I realized how difficult it is to earn gold in this world. Not to mention the fifty taels of gold you gave me, even earning a single tael of gold is extremely difficult. Things in this world are easy to think about but difficult to do. Xuwu and I are not capable enough."

"Dad..."

Lin Xuen couldn't speak for a while. He lay on the bed, looking at the empty space, unconsciously gesturing as if trying to catch something or pick something up.

Lin Qing held his hand, which was extremely cold. Lin Xuen's hand was held by Lin Qing, and he wanted to turn his head to look at Lin Qing, but he had no strength left.

"Dad, I'm leaving."

In the end, Lin Xuen didn't turn his head. With a hoarse voice, he uttered these words and then stopped breathing.

Looking at Lin Xuen's wide-open eyes, Lin Qing slowly closed them. He also closed his own eyes, feeling extremely sad.

"Dad..."

"Dad..."

Not long after, Lin Xuen's son and daughter-in-law cried incessantly. Lin Qing couldn't bear to watch this scene and went to the front yard, staring at a tree with purple flowers for a long time without moving.

"My brother's health hasn't been good for a while," Lin Xuwu walked up and said.

Lin Qing nodded. He could tell that it was Lin Xuen's time.

Suddenly, Lin Qing thought of something and looked at Lin Xuwu, "Your brother told me that you lost all your gold and then farmed for many years. What happened after that?"

Lin Xuwu took a deep breath and then nodded, "Dad, we farmed for many years."

"What happened after that?"

Lin Qing looked at the courtyard and asked, "You know, it's impossible to grow such a large estate just by farming."

"Afterwards, my brother and I..."

Before Lin Xuwen could finish speaking, a servant approached him and said there was something to discuss. Lin Qing told Lin Xuwen to handle it first, and Lin Xuwen nodded and followed the servant.

In the following days, the Lin family became busy, and Lin Xuwen was constantly occupied, making decisions on matters big and small. Lin Qing didn't ask him anymore. After seven days, Lin Xuwen was officially buried.

On the day of the burial, the entire Sanshan Town came to see, and even the Wang family's patriarch came to mourn.

After burying Lin Xuwen, the Lin family became somewhat desolate, and Lin Qing didn't stay long either. He was about to leave.

But before leaving, he listened to what Lin Xuwen hadn't finished saying.

"Dad, my brother and I ran out of gold before. Later, feeling disheartened, we just kept farming. One day, my brother and I decided to stop farming. Regardless of life or death, we had to continue to venture out. So we went to Qingmuji."

"Qingmuji?" Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuwen, surprised that they had actually gone there.

Lin Xuwen nodded and continued, "We had heard that it seemed to have been destroyed. My brother and I wanted to go there and see if there was anything good. But when we arrived, we found that nothing remained after several decades. It was overgrown with weeds, and there were no ordinary people left. Later, my brother found our father's shop based on his memory, but there was nothing inside. However, my brother and I were lucky. We found a few taels of gold under a piece of brick."

"Hmm?" Lin Qing was somewhat surprised. When he left Qingmuji, he took everything with him, but he didn't leave any gold behind.

Lin Xuwen continued, "We were very happy with those few taels of gold. Later, my brother and I left Qingmuji and followed the mountain road. My brother said he wanted to take me to a place, but we couldn't find it no matter what. Then we got lost in the mountains, but my brother and I encountered a family in the mountains. After that, my brother and I each married one of the daughters from that family. We lived in the mountains for a few years, cultivated the land for a few years, and then when our parents-in-law died, we left the mountains."

"After that, we started doing business. It was different from before. We made dozens of taels of gold in just three years. Speaking of which, my brother and I were very successful. Ever since we found those few taels of gold under the brick, it seemed like everything changed. We had everything. It was in those mountains that not only did we marry wives, but the harvests from farming were also very good, about forty to fifty percent better than outside. We had enough to eat and even surplus."

As he spoke, Lin Xuwen smiled, seemingly reminiscing about those good times.

After finishing, he looked at Lin Qing and said, "After that, my brother and I settled in Sanshan Town. We built houses and bought fields. But my brother and I never told anyone that our father was an immortal. It was my brother's decision not to tell. And when we lost the gold back then, I wanted to go back, but my brother didn't allow it. Even when we went to Chiyang Immortal City, my brother didn't want me to tell you about it. My brother didn't want you to know."

Listening calmly to Lin Xuwen's words, Lin Qing nodded. Although he didn't say much, Lin Qing could understand the hardships of Lin Xuwen and his brother, and he felt sorry for Lin Xuwen. This child of his was too honest, shouldering everything on his own. If he had been willing to go find him at Xuan Yu Lane, perhaps the outcome would have been different, and life would have been much easier. Why is he so honest?

However, as Lin Qing looked at the courtyard, he also felt proud of Lin Xuwen. Perhaps this outcome was the best for Lin Xuwen.

A thousand houses, ten thousand taels of gold, were nothing to the present Lin Qing. He could easily accomplish that for Lin Xuwen. But for Lin Xuwen to create this world on his own was even more valuable.

Seeing ten big trees is not as good as planting a small blade of grass.

(End of this chapter)