si-mexico Chapter 10 The Old Man's Advice 2
Chapter 10 The Old Man's Advice 2
Suddenly, Lin Yue said to Grandpa Huoyun Xianding, "When a person has no source of income, no matter how good their character, how popular they are, how family-oriented and sensible they are, they are just a worthless vulgar person in the eyes of others. They have no confidence when they speak and they are bullied. That's reality... So I shouldn't be love-struck and should work hard to make money."
Grandpa Huoyun Xianding sighed and said, "Child, it's not easy for you to understand these things, but don't think of everything as absolute. Although money is important, true human kindness is also a rare treasure."
Lin Yue shook her head, her eyes resolute: "Grandpa, after experiencing so much, I've truly seen through it all. Without money, you're restricted in everything you do, and you can't even give yourself and your family what you want."
Grandpa Huoyun Xianding gently patted Lin Yue's shoulder: "I understand your thoughts, but don't lose your true self on the road to pursuing money."
Lin Yue bit her lip: "Grandpa, don't worry, I'll know what I'm doing. But right now, I have to find a way to improve the family's financial situation and let my family live a better life."
After saying that, Lin Yue turned around and devoted herself to planning the Sumeru Space, thinking about how to better utilize its resources to create wealth.
Summer vacation arrived quickly. After Lin Yue's two children finished their exams, they rested at home the next day. Lin Yue took her three children to the small garden they had visited before to fly kites. Gong Yong didn't have a day off that day, so Lin Yue drove the three children there herself. They arrived at the small bridge by the willow trees and the open green space next to the river.
Since Gong Yong wasn't there, the few children who were more sensible helped set up the tent. The older children took the initiative to support the tent frame, while the younger ones helped pass parts and tools around. When assembling the cookware, the children worked together, some washing, some arranging, all busy and having a great time. Amidst laughter and chatter, they successfully completed the preparations.
Looking at the well-behaved children, Lin Yue felt a surge of joy and warmth. Sunlight bathed them, and she seemed to see a bright future ahead! Little did she know, her life had been under surveillance all month!
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"Hello boss, the surveillance video shows that woman again, the one named Lin Yue, with three children, setting up a tent on that lawn, not far from Willow Village. Do you need to come and take a look? Did you hear that, Brother Wang?"
Brother Wang said lazily, "How's your surveillance going this past month? What's so special about this Lin Yue?"
Xiao Chen said, "Brother Wang, Lin Yue is acting strangely. At first, she bought a lot of fruit trees and seeds, but we don't know where she planted them or the seeds. She hasn't been coming down to buy groceries lately. What are they eating and drinking?" "Are you sure? Really," Brother Wang said. "We've been watching her for the past month. She has come down to buy things, but very little. It doesn't seem right for a family of five."
Brother Wang frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "This is indeed a bit strange. Let's keep an eye on it and see if we can find more clues."
Xiao Chen nodded: "Okay, Brother Wang, I understand."
Brother Wang called his mentor again: "Mentor, that woman from before has reappeared. The woman named Lin Yue is back on that lawn with her three children. Xiao Chen said that in the past month, she bought a lot of fruit trees and seeds, and then rarely came down to buy vegetables. The amount she buys seems different from before. I asked around with other friends, and it seems her family is experiencing financial difficulties; her husband's income is only a third of what it used to be. The bank keeps urging them to pay, and it seems like the collection calls are from some overseas fraud group. She hasn't answered any of them; she's blocked them all. She keeps calling, and we think this woman is a bit strange. Let's observe her further today."
The master said, "Keep a close eye on her; there's definitely something wrong with this woman."
Brother Wang replied, "Okay, Master, I understand. I guarantee I'll complete the mission." After hanging up, Brother Wang pondered to himself what Lin Yue was up to and why she was behaving so strangely. He decided to go and see for himself, not letting any detail slip by.
Brother Wang arrived at a residential building next to the park. It happened to be the 10th floor, and the window in the living room had a view of the park, below Lin Yue and the others. He stood above them, using binoculars to look in that direction.
Suddenly, the remnant soul Xueyang said, "Lin Yue, on the 10th floor of that building, there is a very evil gaze watching you, observing you."
Lin Yue said, "How is that possible?"
Xueyang said, "It's possible that you've already attracted attention and been noticed. You need to be careful today."
Lin Yue was startled, her brows furrowed, and she said uneasily, "Could it be that my recent actions have aroused suspicion?"
Xueyang comforted her, "Don't panic, let's handle this carefully."
Lin Yue nodded, hugged her child tightly, and cautiously surveyed her surroundings, silently calculating how to deal with any trouble that might come her way. Just as Lin Yue was feeling anxious, the little willow tree spirit suddenly appeared from somewhere on her camping table and said, "Little baby mommy, it's been so long since I've seen you! Why haven't you come over? You said you were coming to cultivate, why haven't you come?"
Lin Yue said, "Little willow tree spirit, I'm being watched. There's a pair of evil eyes watching me. You'd better be careful!"
The little willow tree spirit said, "Then what can we do? If I talk to you now, others can see me, but they can't see me either. At most, they'll think you're talking to yourself."
The little mouse spirit slowly climbed onto the camping table and hid behind the teapot. It said, "Really? Little Bao's mom, is someone watching you?"
The little mouse suddenly looked and exclaimed, "Hey, turn your head! Don't turn your head! There's a camera over there that's been flashing red light, little by little, as if it's observing us!"
The little willow tree spirit tilted its head and looked at it. "It seems so. You should be careful." "Then the little mouse spirit and I will go back first. If anything happens, can we come find you?"
Lin Yue said, "Little willow tree spirit, can you find me?"
The little willow tree spirit said, "Yes, Brother Gray Mouse has a very keen nose. We can find you by your scent. Brother Gray Mouse, have you remembered Little Treasure's mother's scent?"
The gray mouse said, "I've got it, I've got it." After saying that, the little willow tree spirit and the little mouse spirit hurriedly left.
Lin Yue watched them leave, feeling both grateful and worried, wondering what trouble awaited her next.
After the little willow tree spirit and the little gray mouse spirit left, Lin Yue played with the three children for two hours, then packed up and went home.
Around three or four in the morning, the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit sneaked into Lin Yue's apartment complex, to her building. They couldn't take the elevator, since Lin Yue and her family lived on the 18th floor, which was quite high.
The little mouse spirit said, "Little willow tree spirit, we have to climb the stairs, it's so tiring."
The little willow tree spirit said, "It's alright, let's climb slowly. Anyway, no one can see us. Let's climb up while it's still dark, otherwise if Xiao Bao's mother leaves in the morning, we won't be able to find him and won't be able to tell him what happened last night."
"Okay, then let's do our best, Gray Mouse Brother!"
"Okay, okay."
So the little willow tree spirit and the little gray mouse spirit began their arduous climb up the stairs. The stairwell was quiet, save for their soft breathing. They rested for a while after each floor.
The little willow tree spirit encouraged the little gray mouse spirit: "Brother Gray Mouse, we're almost there, just hang in there a little longer."
The little gray mouse nodded and continued its efforts to climb higher.
After a long climb, they finally arrived at the 18th floor where Lin Yue lived.
The little mouse spirit used its tiny nose to determine which apartment Lin Yue lived in, and then squatted in the corner by the open doorway. Both of them waited there, thankfully unseen by anyone around them. By the time they reached the 18th floor, it was almost dawn.
What is Lin Yue doing now that she's up? She's starting to meditate and cultivate. After finishing her cultivation, she begins practicing a 15-minute morning exercise. After that, she goes to the kitchen to make breakfast and then wakes up her two darlings.
After being called, the two children thought for a moment and said, "Mom, it's finally summer vacation, we want to sleep in a little longer, I want to sleep in." Only her husband, Gong Yong, got up, ate breakfast, and went to work. As Gong Yong opened the door, preparing to leave, he said, "Wife, I'm going to work now."
Lin Yue said, "Okay, take it easy and be careful."
Then the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit took advantage of the gap and slipped into the room. The little mouse spirit shouted, "Little Bao's mom, Little Bao's mom." The little willow tree spirit also happily ran to Lin Yue's side and hugged her leg.
Mommy Xiaobao, we've found you! We're up here! We have news to tell you.
Lin Yue was startled by the sudden sound and movement. After seeing that it was the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit, she was both surprised and delighted. She quickly lowered her voice and said, "Shh, keep your voice down, don't wake the children."
Xiao Bao's mother, between 3 and 5 a.m. after you left, four people came. One of them, Brother Wang, said, "Master, it seems there haven't been any major changes around here. It seems that the things you buried haven't been discovered."
The master craftsman said, "I saw it; it hasn't been touched."
Xiao Chen asked, "Master Zhang, why is it so important to guard this place so well?"
Brother Wang said, "Since nothing has changed, should we still monitor that mother named Lin Yue?"
The mentor said, "Continue to monitor her; she's acting strangely."
Upon hearing the words of the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit, Lin Yue's heart skipped a beat, her brows furrowed, and she wondered, "What exactly are they plotting? Why are they monitoring me?"
The little mouse spirit said, "Xiao Bao's mom, I feel like their surveillance is everywhere. It's like they're monitoring you because they can see what you're doing from behind the monitoring room. Also, someone buried something in our area. It feels like a magic array, like a spirit-gathering array."
Lin Yue's heart tightened, and her expression grew increasingly solemn: "A spirit-gathering array? This is not a good thing. Are they plotting some unspeakable secret?"
Lin Yue asked worriedly, "Have they discovered you?"
The little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit said, "Little Bao's mother, that place under my willow tree stump is like my domain, and no one can find it. Unless their cultivation is much, much higher than mine, they can't find me. They basically can't find me at all."
Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "That's good. But we absolutely mustn't let them realize you're there, or we'll be in even more trouble."
Mommy Xiaobao, I'm going home with my brother Gray Mouse. Could you take us down in the elevator? We're so tired of climbing the stairs.
Lin Yue quickly replied, "Okay, let's go now." With that, Lin Yue led the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit into the elevator.
The little willow tree spirit and the rat spirit were escorted downstairs and watched as they left the residential area. Lin Yue returned home and immediately asked the remnant soul Xueyang, "How did they notice us?"
The remnant soul Xueyang said, "You live in the city, where there are surveillance cameras everywhere. You can be filmed if you're not careful, so you should be very careful."
Lin Yue frowned and said worriedly, "What should we do next? We can't keep being watched by them."
After a moment of contemplation, the remnant soul Xueyang said, "Don't panic. Let's keep a low profile and see what they're up to."
Grandpa Huoyun Xianding suddenly jumped out and said, "I suspect it's because of your actions with the little mouse spirit and the little willow tree spirit that they noticed you. They can't see you in other people's eyes. But you, Lin Yue, you can see them. When you talk to them, the people on the surveillance might think you're talking to thin air. Even when you were retrieving me from the ditch, many people couldn't see me, but you could. You could actually see me and hear me. So they probably filmed everything you did in the park before and found it strange, which is why they started monitoring you."
Lin Yue suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. It seems I'll have to be more careful from now on."
The old man from the Fire Cloud Immortal Cauldron said, "You still want to sell the fruits and vegetables in your space? Do you think that's possible? Even your monthly purchases change. If someone is monitoring you, it's easy to be discovered. I suggest you buy some medicinal herbs to grow in your space. That way, the chances of selling some expensive herbs attracting attention won't be very high. Because with abundant spiritual energy, the herbs will just grow better. The herbs themselves contain spiritual energy, so the possibility of you being caught or noticed is not high."
Lin Yue listened and nodded thoughtfully: "Grandpa, you're right. It seems my previous thinking was too simplistic."
The old man continued, “In another world, I saw too many ordinary people who, after acquiring great treasures, would be plundered, killed, or imprisoned and tortured in various ways to achieve their desired benefits. I don’t know if such bad people exist in this world, but I think bad people are all pretty much the same. So you should hide your talents and keep a low profile, and it’s best not to show any skills or abilities.”
Lin Yue nodded solemnly, her expression grave: "Grandpa, I understand. I will be careful."