The happy life of Wu Daren's family outside the fifth ring road

  Wu Song unexpectedly obtained a house in front of Chongming Bridge, and moved in with the two girls. Wu Dalang was unwilling to follow, saying: "You now have a wife, what's the point of me joining in? Second brother, you are now a family man, absolutely must not be as reckless as before!"

  Wu Song nodded in agreement, took a hundred taels of silver, and gave it to Wu Dalang as capital for a small business, so he wouldn't have to run around everywhere. Dalang didn't decline the offer and kept urging him to get married soon, lest the cooked duck fly away.

  Wu Song was at a loss, and had to pretend to agree. The property left by Qin's mother included a house, two daughters, thousands of taels of silver, and some jewelry. Wu Song handed over the silver to Bai Yulian to manage, and divided the jewelry among the two maidservants. The two girls were overjoyed.

  The two sisters bought a piece of satin, Pan Jinlian made herself a tight-fitting jacket, which tied her small breasts high and high, combed a bun, applied powder and rouge. While Bai Yulian made a white silver-striped shirt, a long skirt with gold embroidery, her face was clean and fair, without applying powder, only inserted a three-colored pendant hairpin on her head.

  Wu Song saw that Yu Lian was dignified and elegant, with a good mind, suitable to be the wife of the first room. Jinlian, on the other hand, was clever and eccentric, with a lively personality, and her words and actions were all charming and seductive.

  "Poor Pan Liu'er, born with a fate of being only a second wife..."

  The Qinghe County government did not investigate the death of Qin Pinniang very thoroughly, after all, she was just an old procuress. Moreover, her death was unclear and suspicious. As for the Ximen family, since there was no plaintiff, the government soon relaxed its efforts. When they investigated Qin Yue Lou, Wu Song took out four contracts, but the government only took a glance and did not investigate further.

  After the matter of Wu Song had subsided, he began to take out the immortal sword for research. This silver sword was only three feet long and short, but its weight was extremely astonishing, and it could cut through iron like mud, and ordinary swords would break as soon as they touched it. Especially, there was a mysterious power in the sword, just like the legendary true energy, which flowed from the sword body to Wu Song's whole body, warm and comfortable.

  It's unclear whether it was an illusion or not, but after that surge of energy flooded his entire body, Wu Song felt that his strength seemed to have increased several times over, with his arms possessing the power of a thousand pounds and his body becoming even more agile.

  However, this phenomenon did not last long, and the spiritual energy in the immortal sword soon disappeared, just like a young girl becoming a young woman and losing her innocence. Although it was still sharp, its spirituality had been lost, and it was no different from ordinary iron.

  Wu Song was not fond of using swords, so he had to throw it aside. Fortunately, the spiritual energy entered his body and wandered around in his meridians before finally settling down in his dantian, shrinking into a ball the size of a chicken egg, motionless.

  This discovery made Wu Song's desire to seek immortality and ask about the Tao even more urgent, and his plan to push down two little loli was delayed indefinitely, because he heard that in order to attain the Tao, one must maintain a childlike body, so the push down plan turned into a girl-raising plan.

  However, Pan Jinlian was eagerly carrying out her plan to push him down.

  This girl has a strong sense of crisis, always wanting to become the main mother, or what she calls "the *** lady", fantasizing about commanding dozens of maids.

  It seems like her brain is only filled with these things, at a young age she's already made herself look flashy, and even stuffed two layers of cotton padding under her butt cheeks just to make her buttocks look sexy.

  Yesterday evening, she ran into Wu Song's room, stripped herself naked, got into bed and called out "husband" in a coquettish tone, also wanting to serve him in bed. If Wu Song hadn't practiced self-control, he would have probably lost himself to her.

  Wu Song patiently gave her a sex education lecture for minors, and only then was she appeased. However, the next day, the little girl came up with new tricks again, getting out of bed lazily, with her legs tightly closed, taking careful steps, furrowing her brow as she walked, just like "the maid helps her up, weak and delicate, at the beginning of receiving favors."

  Xiao Yatou was beaming with pride, showing off to Yu Lian the results of last night - her new hairstyle. It turned out that when she got dressed in the morning, she had put up her hair and done a married woman's bun, indicating that she had already been favored and become the first wife of the Wu family.

  Bai Yulian was cracking melon seeds and giggling as she watched her perform, but before long, Pan Jinlian lost interest in the role-playing game, grabbed her hand, and the two little girls flew kites in the courtyard.

  Wu Song moved a rattan recliner, lay down comfortably, basking in the gentle spring light, and watched with relish as the two girls frolicked. What a decadent life, the carefree life of a wealthy landowner was indeed so indulgent, no wonder everyone said that a place of comfort was a hero's tomb.

  Under Wu Song's gaze, the two girls gradually grew up and became charming. To avoid being unable to restrain himself from taking advantage of them or them taking advantage of him, Wu Song had to find work for the two girls. He set up a embroidery workshop, hired some girls to do needlework, and paid them wages every month. Wu Da Officer smoothly transformed from a landlord into a capitalist.

  Xiu Zhuang's business grew bigger and bigger, Wu Song simply took over the surrounding shops, and invited more than 30 female workers. He handed everything over to Bai Yulian to manage, and it was indeed very organized. Nowadays, everyone calls him Wu Yuanwai, a big shot with legs as thick as tree trunks.

  As for how to get in touch with that immortal world, Wu Song still doesn't have a surefire method. Under Shi Nai'an's pen, Wu Song didn't go up to Mount Liang until he was thirty years old. Does that mean he'll have to wait another decade or so before meeting Gong Sunsheng? If he goes searching for him himself, who knows where Gong Sunsheng is? As Wu Dalang said, only immortals can find you, you can't go find them.

  Those who cultivate immortality, if they don't want to see you, even if they're standing right in front of you, you won't be able to see them. If they want to find you, even if you hide at the ends of the earth, you can't escape.

  Seeking immortality is a long and arduous journey, filled with all sorts of uncertainties.

  Wu Song was deep in thought when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the front yard. He quickly got up to take a look and found that it was Li Erhu, a down-and-out acquaintance of his, quarreling with an old woman. The old woman was a middle-aged woman Wu Song had hired to take care of the two girls, and she had cooked a delicious meal. She stood her ground, refusing to let Li Erhu in.

  Li the Second saw Wu Song coming, and hastily made a bow. He jumped up with a smile and said: "Brother, I was just looking for you." He made a face at the old woman and slipped inside.

  Wu Song hastily invited him in and smiled: "It's been several days since we brothers met?"

  Li Erhu said, "It's not possible, Niu Gege and the others say you're a family man, how can you hang out with us? If we invite you to drink and ask you to come to our gathering, aren't we being selfish?" As he spoke, he saw Bai Yulian and Pan Jinlian, and quickly composed himself, clasping his hands together in greeting: "Greetings, elder sisters."

  The two girls both blushed and curtsied, saying "Uncle is well." At this time they had to avoid suspicion, so the sisters hastily held hands and walked into the inner chamber. Only then did Jinlian quietly laugh and say: "Sister, did you hear that? That uncle called me 'sister-in-law'!"

  "How did you know she was called 'sister-in-law'? How can you be sure it wasn't me being called?"

  "Because I had a ponytail today, but you didn't..."

  Wu Song invited Li Erhu to the main hall, where an old woman served tea. Li Erhu took it and put it aside, smiling: "Brother has become a family man, and is much more steady; we brothers only know how to cause trouble, it's really shameful. Seeing brother's prosperity, I don't know if this matter should be mentioned or not..."

  "Is there such a thing? What is it that cannot be said?"

  Li Erhuo confessed his crime and said, "Brother, these days you have been living a secluded life, unaware of the changes in the seasons. My brothers and I didn't dare to disturb you. Fortunately, Wang Anshi has fallen from power, Emperor Shenzong has passed away, and the current government is wise. In recent years, the world has been at peace, and we have also put aside our reckless thoughts and started some small business.

  Recently, the taxes have been getting heavier and heavier. I heard that Cai Jing has become a minister. This Cai Jing is a loyal follower of Wang Anshi, who only appoints people based on personal relationships, and made his son-in-law, Liang Zhongshu, the governor of Hebei Province. Liang Zhongshu wants to please his father-in-law, so he has been imposing many harsh taxes. Not long ago, I heard that he is going to send a birthday gift to Bianjing, which will likely pass through our Qinghe County. My brothers and I thought, why not just rob him of it? Those gold, silver, and treasures would fall into our hands, and we would be happy...

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