si-mexico Chapter 116 The Redemption of the Soul
Chapter 116 The Redemption of the Soul
After properly handling the funerals of his brother and his sister-in-law, Gong Yong lived alone in the small courtyard that held countless memories for half a year.
His children and grandchildren gradually returned to their respective posts, going back to school and work, while he remained in this small courtyard, enjoying these last moments of peace.
What exactly is it that he wants to protect?
This small courtyard once held his joyful childhood memories, including his parents' arguments and quarrels.
There was once a family living in this small courtyard, filled with warmth, laughter, and happiness.
Later, he got married, and his brother got married too. His brother's child was born first, and his child came later.
Time was like a continuously playing TV series, replaying scene after scene in his mind and before his eyes.
He spent his days reminiscing like this.
Time flies, like a fleeting moment; half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
One day, Gong Yong got up and looked at the magnificent clouds in the sky.
He began tidying up the room inside and out, turning off the power, extinguishing the fire, and bringing all the tools that could be seen outside inside, then locking them up.
The vegetables in the yard were entrusted to the neighbors, who were told to pick them themselves if they wanted to eat them, and the neighbor's children were also told that they could pick the fruit in the yard as they pleased.
He told his neighbors that he might not be back for a while and asked them to take good care of him.
He also visited the village head's and secretary's homes, as well as the local police station and public security bureau. After all, he had once held a military rank and served in the army.
When the old man walked in, no one could believe that he was over eighty years old. However, when the police station chief saw him, he knew in his heart that he was a spiritual practitioner and said that he would do his best to fulfill all the requests made by the old man.
At the same time, Gong Yong also gave remote access to the surveillance system he installed in his home to the police so that they could remotely check the situation in the house.
After making all the preparations, he summoned the Golden Eagle, sat on its back, and returned to the valley in the pitch-black night.
In the valley, there are people he misses, people he needs to wait for his whole life.
During the flight and the brief time spent in the valley, Diao Jin's cultivation had indeed made significant progress.
When Gong Yong returned to the valley, he found that Lin Yue was still in seclusion. He went outside the valley and began his long life.
Every morning, Gong Yong gets up to practice boxing and swordsmanship, and he also carefully prepares breakfast.
His grandchildren especially love the breakfast he makes. After they finish eating, his son drives them to school.
His eldest grandson and granddaughter will be taking the college entrance exam next year, and every meal he cooks is rich and nutritious.
Meanwhile, his son had some free time.
Gong Yong told him, "When you have free time, you can go back to the company to help your wife with errands or drive her around."
Xiao Bao said, "Dad, there's no need for that. I rarely want to have some peace and quiet."
Gong Yong said, "Your wife works very hard in such a large group company. You should go and help her."
Xiao Bao said, "My mom wouldn't let me go before."
Gong Yong said, "Your mother knew before that you didn't take care of the family or your wife, so she switched your position with your wife's."
But now I'll help you take care of the children's daily needs. You go and go with your wife, drive her, and accompany her to social events.
Xiao Bao said, "Okay, I'll go be a bodyguard."
Gong Yong said, "That's right, you should be a good bodyguard."
Xiao Bao asked, "How can I please my wife?"
Gong Yong said, "Women are like a cure-all when it comes to bags. Buy her a few more bags, and some flowers she likes."
Xiao Bao said, "My mom said that people their age don't need these fancy things anymore."
Gong Yong said, "Needless to say, no matter how old they are, they need their husbands' love, no matter what the gesture is."
Xiao Bao said, "Okay then."
Starting the next day, Gong Yong took over Xiao Bao's duties. He would prepare breakfast in the morning, drive his grandsons to school after they finished eating, and then drive them back for dinner in the afternoon.
My daughter-in-law and son can enjoy a satisfying dinner when they come home. Although there is a nanny to help, the atmosphere at home is particularly good.
Grandpa hadn't been involved in their lives for many years, and this time his participation filled them with happiness, while they also felt sorry that Grandma was still in seclusion.
Xiaoxue's face became increasingly smiling.
When Gong Yong saw the spots on his wife's face, he told Xiao Bao to take her to get them removed.
Xiao Bao asked, "Does the magic fruit at home only last for one meal?"
Gong Yong said, "Your mother isn't home. She's in seclusion. You shouldn't go into her spatial ring unless absolutely necessary."
Xiao Bao finally understood what his father meant and said, "Okay."
In this heartwarming time, the family accompanies each other and enjoys the beauty of life together.
In the process of taking care of his grandsons, Gong Yong deeply felt the hardship and exhaustion his wife had endured taking care of three children at home.
Even with a nanny by his side, he still felt pressed for time.
Recalling the time when his wife was young and raising three children, he realized that he had never managed the household and she was busy all by herself, looking haggard and only able to sleep three or four hours a day. Yet, he had even blamed his wife for disturbing his rest.
Back then, I was able to get at least 8 hours of sleep.
It's true what they say, comparisons are odious and worthless.
Gong Yong finally understood why his wife's anger towards him hadn't subsided for so long.
It turns out I simply didn't understand how hard it is to raise a child.
They have no idea how difficult it was for her to raise three children on her own.
He never provided her with financial security, even putting his wife in a difficult situation where she couldn't afford a five-yuan pancake.
Many times, Gong Yong was shocked to realize the foolish things he had done when he was young.
He realized that the words he had spoken were like sharp knives, deeply piercing his wife's heart.
Perhaps it was around that time that the woman who loved him deeply began to grow cold.
He now sees clearly how his heart turned cold, step by step.
He also witnessed the changes in the relationship between his daughter-in-law and son, from being overjoyed to his son becoming arrogant as the general manager and chairman of the company after having four grandchildren, while his daughter-in-law was exhausted from raising four children alone. Even with the help of a nanny, his daughter-in-law tried her best to do everything herself, after all, they were her children.
Then think about his wife. Before, she didn't even have a nanny or bodyguard. She took three kids everywhere by herself and raised them all by herself.
Looking back on everything, Gong Yong felt deeply ashamed.
Sometimes, after the children have gone to school, Gong Yong would come to the valley alone, enter Lin Yue's secluded room, and sit opposite Lin Yue.
He carefully examined his wife, once a beautiful young woman in her late teens, whose face was now crisscrossed with wrinkles.
Although she could return to her youthful state of being in her late thirties or early forties after waking up from her seclusion, she had been in seclusion for a long time and had slowly turned into an old woman, now looking about forty years old.
He stared at his wife for a very long time, his heart filled with a mix of emotions.
He knew he had let this woman down and failed all her sacrifices.
Both of them grew up in the countryside. Lin Yue's childhood was happy and fulfilling, while his childhood was full of thorns and tragedy.
His wife warmed his heart with her own, but only he knew whether his own heart was cold or warm.
He looked up and saw that his Gong family now consisted of three children, two grandsons, two granddaughters, and two grandsons-in-law.
After some thought, he realized that almost all of his assets were earned by his wife, with very little contribution from himself.
Ever since his wife developed special abilities, he was nothing more than a errand boy, an obedient parasite who depended on his wife for survival in the subsequent rise to wealth.
Even after his wife gave him money to invest and do business, he still failed to achieve anything.
He knew in his heart that without this wife, he would be nothing.
Without this wife, the children wouldn't have grown up to be so outstanding;
Without his wife, his fate might have been even more tragic than his brother's.
He felt an overwhelming sense of shame and guilt, which left him feeling deeply saddened.
Now that I'm almost 90 years old, looking back on my life, the only time I've truly felt happy and fulfilled is the time I've spent with my wife and children.
His childhood was cruel, and he spent his entire life healing from that period. Having understood this, Gong Yong made an extremely important decision.
He knew that his wife had divided her private assets equally among their three children before she went into seclusion.
Now he has a lot of space, which his wife created for him.
His wife, Lin Yue, was relatively considerate of him. At this moment, what he wanted to do was to divide all the businesses in his space related to this world, such as antiques and calligraphy, into three parts.
During the Spring Festival, the money was distributed among the three children.
Gong Yong gave his son his share. He knew that it would take money to appease his wife, so in front of Xiao Xue, he gave it to his son and said that it would take money to appease his wife.
Then he gave the rest to his two sons-in-law. He knew his wife had given it to their two daughters, and when he gave it to his sons-in-law, he said, "You need money to appease your wife."
At the same time, he said to his two sons-in-law, "If one day you feel that you can't live like this anymore, please be kind enough to let my daughter go home. My Gong family has the ability to support my daughter and grandson."
I swear, neither of you will do anything to harm my daughter. I vow that if you break your marriage vows, I will pursue and kill you for life.
So far.
This was the harsh message Gong Yong gave to his two sons-in-law during this Spring Festival.
He was relatively at ease with his second son-in-law, because neither his second son-in-law nor his second daughter had any descendants.
On the contrary, the eldest son-in-law's family has been a scholarly family for four generations. Thanks to his parents-in-law, the family has gradually grown in size. However, their family is not as clean as outsiders imagine. There are many shady things going on inside.
He was worried that his daughter would suffer a loss, and in this situation, he was undoubtedly speaking to his eldest son-in-law. The eldest son-in-law understood his father-in-law's words and knew that his wife was priceless and should be treated well.
After arranging his own affairs, Gong Yong finished the Spring Festival and then busied himself sending his two grandsons to prepare for the college entrance examination.
Time flies, and the college entrance examination season in June is fast approaching.
All his busy work this year was for his two children to pass the college entrance examination. His companionship was crucial for his four children. Even his eldest daughter's two grandchildren were sent over every winter and summer vacation, just so they could spend some time with their grandfather.
These past two years have been the most carefree and comfortable years for Gong Yong, and also the years he has spent cultivating relationships with his children and grandchildren.
So when the two children were about to take the college entrance examination, Gong Yong took out the several kinds of pills that Lin Yue had given him, which he had kept in his space.
He had given the children this before, and this time he gave them a pill called "Hundred Poisons Pill," one for each of the six children.
Since there were only 6 descendants, each person received one.
This stuff can cure all poisons, making the children immune to all poisons in the future.
Gong Yong hadn't given the children any before because he was reluctant to part with it. The main reason was that if his wife didn't wake up and continued her seclusion, they would run out of food. He was also worried that something might happen to him and his wife while they were in seclusion.
So he gave the Hundred Poison Pill not only to his six children, but also to his wife, son, eldest daughter, second daughter, and eldest son-in-law. He didn't give it to his second son-in-law because he didn't need it.
He was afraid of encountering some messy things while out, but in fact, Gong Yong had a certain ability to foresee such things.
Because of this action, his eldest daughter and son-in-law avoided many attempts to harm them.
Even years later, when her eldest daughter was 34, she became pregnant with twins and gave birth to a son and a daughter.
She was attacked during her pregnancy, but because she was immune to all poisons, she escaped unharmed. Both children inherited their mother's immunity to poisons.
This is the most important thing Gong Yong has done.
The eldest daughter's two children also suffered multiple attacks, but they were immune to all poisons and remained unharmed thanks to the antidote given to them by their grandfather.
So, while the eldest daughter was being schemed against in every way, no one else succeeded. Instead, the eldest daughter and her husband discovered those hiding in the gutter and wiped them out, because being kind to others is being cruel to oneself.
The eldest daughter's side of the family, a century-old clan, has finally split up.
The branch of the family with the eldest daughter and son-in-law has four children—two boys and two girls—while the other brothers don't have as many children or as extensive an estate. Therefore, this branch is in a better financial position.
Because of this, everyone envied and even envied them, to the point that the couple almost faced the annihilation of their entire family.
What was the source of all this? It stemmed from the extremely generous dowry that the Gong family gave to Coco, including both fixed assets and gold, silver, and jade artifacts.
After Coco married Lone Wolf, she never worried about food, drink, or daily expenses, nor did she spend any of her husband's family's money. Her dowry was almost enough to cover her life's expenses, and much of it even generated more money. She was also good at managing money.
The husband's envious sisters and brothers racked their brains to plot the couple's death so they could inherit their property.
However, after scheming against his brother, his brother's wife, and then his brother's child, he ended up with nothing and gained nothing.
It's ironic, really. Before Coco married Lone Wolf, their century-old family had already fallen into decline.
It was through Coco's family, that is, her parents' family, that their family was able to prosper again.
However, these ungrateful wretches are not only eating what's in their bowls but also eyeing what's in the pot, and even wanting to overturn the pot, which Gong Yong absolutely cannot tolerate.
So, before Gong Yong went into seclusion again, he was finally relieved to see that his eldest daughter and son-in-law had separated into their own small family.
However, he gave the two snow wolf spirits to his eldest daughter, asking her to help take care of her family.
Previously, these spirits mostly lived in the valley within the valley, but because his eldest daughter and son-in-law were not in the valley due to their work, Gong Yong still sent two snow wolf spirits to protect his daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren out of concern for their safety.