Insufficient balance

  Musheng and Wen Hao walked towards the Zhao residence, laughing and chatting. Wen Hao said, "Big Brother Mu, you've really made a big show of yourself today. I reckon tomorrow, everyone in the Hunyuan Prefecture will be talking about this."

  "Actually, I'm also helpless! Looking at Song Gongming's complacent appearance, I just can't help but feel angry."

  "Ah, yes! Today is indeed a great joy. However, Brother Mo, can you teach me some martial arts?" Mo Sheng said with some regret, "Wen Hao, to be honest with you, the old man who taught me martial arts required that I not pass it on to anyone else. Now that the old man has passed away, I could indeed teach you, but the first requirement for practicing this martial art is that the practitioner must be a virgin, and secondly, they must have a pure yang body." In order to keep his promise to the old monk, Mo Sheng had no choice but to lie.

  Wen Hao heard that and knew he had no hope. His body was already ruined, let alone his pure Yang physique, which was probably a rare treasure. However, Wen Hao didn't care much about martial arts; he couldn't bear the hardship, and earlier he just said it on impulse.

  The two of them didn't continue to delve deeper into martial arts, so they talked about other things. Before they knew it, the two of them had arrived at the Zhao residence's entrance. At this time, Wen Hao suddenly let out an "ah" and then said to Muo Sheng: "Muo big brother, it seems like we've forgotten my sister."

  Mo Sheng listened to Wen Hao and suddenly remembered that the eldest sister was still at the Xu residence. She couldn't come back alone, it wasn't safe, and the last time's matter hadn't ended yet, they might not have good intentions towards the eldest sister. So he said to Wen Hao: "I'll go pick up the eldest sister, you don't need to go." After speaking, he turned around and headed back along the original path.

  After passing through the forest in front, it's almost time to arrive at the Xu residence. Mu Sheng thought to himself, "It seems that Big Sister hasn't left yet. After passing through the forest, I'll wait for Big Sister at the entrance of the forest."

  However, when Muzheng was able to see the entrance of the forest, he saw that there was someone wandering around.

  The young lady's mood is terrible, dead or alive, stinky or alive, she doesn't even call me when she leaves, it really makes me angry. Looking at the dense and dark forest in front of her, the young lady wants to leave but dares not, with a heart full of contradictions.

  Suddenly, a figure emerged from the woods. The elder sister saw that it was Mu Sheng and thought to herself, "You still have a conscience after all." Mu Sheng saw that the elder sister was outside the forest and thought to himself, "Fortunately I came, otherwise the elder sister would be in trouble. Judging by her appearance, she's probably been wandering around here for a while now."

  "Xin Ya, how long have you been waiting here?" said Mu Sheng as he walked up to Da Sao.

  The older sister said softly: "It's been a while"

  "Then let's go back!"

  "Uh-huh," the young lady replied softly.

  Two people walked on the road, the young lady asked: "Musheng, you made a big show today." Musheng smiled and said: "I let you see my joke."

  The young lady was silent for a moment before asking, "Musheng, do you have any plans for the future?" Musheng didn't know what she meant by this question, but he still replied honestly, "I don't have any great ambitions, I just want to live a simple and uneventful life. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, I'll continue to follow Wen Hao and make a living."

  The young lady understood what Mu Sheng meant, and from now on, she would continue to work for the Zhao family with a more relaxed heart. As long as she didn't leave the Zhao residence, it was fine. The young lady felt that if she didn't see Mu Sheng for a long time, she wouldn't have any motivation to do things, and her heart would always be tied up in knots. It was clear that she had fallen into the web of love, but that silly goose still didn't know. The young lady was now very perplexed, looking at Mu Sheng walking ahead of her, feeling that he was both close and far from her.

  The two of them didn't speak for the rest of the journey. Dàjiě was thinking about her daughter's family, while Mù Shēng had nothing to say and didn't know what to talk about.

  After returning to the Zhao residence, they had dinner and each went back to their own rooms.

  The next day, after getting up, Mu Sheng saw Xiao San, a servant of the Zhao family, walking over.

  Xiao San, a native of Hunyuan City. Because he was the third child in his family, everyone called him Xiao San. His two older sisters were already married and lived in the western district of Hunyuan City. Due to poor family circumstances, three years ago he came to the Zhao residence as a house servant. In addition to earning money for household expenses, he also had some savings left over. Xiao San was not tall, with dark skin all over his body, making him look like a very capable young man.

  He walked up to Mu Sheng and said: "Young Master Mu, General Qin has summoned you."

  Musheng said: "Xiao San, I know. Don't know if Qin Zongguan has anything to say."

  "This, General Manager Qin doesn't seem to have said anything, he just asked me to come and inform you."

  "Alright then, Xiao San, you go ahead and get busy!"

  Xiao San left, and Mu Sheng washed his face before heading to Qin Bo's place. Upon arriving at the accounting room, Mu Sheng asked: "Qin Bo, what did you want me for?"

  "Oh! It's Mu Sheng who has arrived!" Qin Bo said: "Last time you mentioned the house, Big Miss instructed me to take care of it. The house is not very big, but the environment is quiet and suitable for the elderly." As he spoke, he took out a paper and a package of silver from the drawer and handed them to Mu Sheng.

  Musheng took over, seeing that it was a house deed and several hundred taels of silver. Qin Bo said: "I'll take you to see the house now," and then headed towards the back garden of the Zhao residence, with Musheng closely following behind. When they arrived at the innermost part of the back garden, a new door had been opened in one of the walls. After passing through the door, they entered another back garden. Qin Bo said: "This is the back garden of your house. Originally, your house was only separated from the Zhao residence by a wall. A few days ago, I had someone open a door, so it will be more convenient to come to the Zhao residence in the future. Now you can take a look yourself! I have something to attend to, so I'll leave first. If there's anything, just have Xiaosan notify me." After finishing speaking, Qin Bo left.

  Musheng walked along the backyard to the front, and came to the wing room, then came to the main hall and the main house. Overall, Musheng was very satisfied with this house, although it was smaller compared to the Zhao's mansion, but for Musheng, it was already big enough.

  The big gate of the house was actually in a small alley, where there were very few people coming and going, and it was also separated from the main gate of the Zhao's residence by a considerable distance. It seemed that Qin Boke opening that door was indeed necessary. Next, Musheng began to clean up the room. What Musheng didn't expect was that this family who moved away had left behind a study, it seemed that he could read books in his free time from now on.

  After a while, Xiaodie led several maids to come and said that the eldest sister ordered them to help Musen clean the house. Musen gladly accepted their help.

  After sweeping for more than half a day, it was not until late afternoon that they finished cleaning. Then everyone walked through the backyard to Zhao's house. Shuosheng hastily ate dinner and returned to his own room, read books in the study for a while before going to sleep.

  The next morning, Muzhen went to the old man's place early in the morning. When he arrived at the thatched cottage, the old man was eating, and it just so happened that Muzhen hadn't eaten breakfast yet either, so he sat down to eat together with him.

  "While eating, Shuoye said: "Grandpa, I bought a house in the city. This time I came back mainly to take you to live in the city."

  The old man heard Mu Sheng's words and said with a hint of surprise: "You've got the money to buy a house so quickly! Tell me about the specific situation, if it wasn't obtained through proper means, I won't go with you." Seeing the old man say this, Mu Sheng had no choice but to tell him about Wen Hao's exam results and the reward from his sister. The old man listened and said happily: "Good, good, good! You're indeed my grandson, you've made me proud. Let's finish dinner and then pack up and head to the city."

  After the two finished eating, they started packing up and taking what they needed. The old man even took all the farm tools, saying he was going to open up a plot of land in the backyard to grow some vegetables. Mu Sheng also disagreed, but it was decided by the old man, hoping that his later years could be spent more comfortably.

  However, when Mu Sheng saw a large pile of things outside the house, he was stunned. It seemed that it was impossible for the two to move into the city at once. So Mu Sheng decided to move first and then take the old man with him on the next trip to move the rest of their belongings into the city.

  The old man initially disagreed, saying that Mu Sheng was still young and the hard work should be done by him. However, when he saw Mu Sheng quickly pushing the wooden cart, the old man couldn't help but agree. At the same time, he sighed: "It seems I'm getting old." Mu Sheng used his internal strength to quickly deliver a load of goods to the house in the city, then hurried back to the thatched hut. After that, he and the old man pushed the cart while chatting as they headed towards the city.

  Mo Sheng didn't go to the Zhao's house, but instead entered through the small alley gate. Seeing the house, the old man was overjoyed and couldn't close his mouth, it was much bigger than he had imagined. After entering the house, the old man looked around east and west, when he saw a large piece of wasteland in the backyard, the old man felt that he would no longer be lonely in the future. He didn't expect to still be able to do his old job in the city, so the old man was energized.

  Musheng took out half of the silver and handed it over to the old man for safekeeping, then he went to the street to buy all the necessary daily necessities. Dinner was cooked by Musheng, and the old man felt that he didn't want to cook again in the future, unexpectedly this grandson could cook such delicious dishes.

  The first meal in the new house ended like this, and Mu Sheng felt that he was about to start a new life again, with another heavy burden on his shoulders. Seeing the old man's unprecedented excitement today, Mu Sheng felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart, and unintentionally, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Mu Sheng had already entered dreamland.