I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 217 Old things

Yuqin, look, your eldest daughter-in-law and granddaughter have gone outside to burn incense and pray to Buddha! Why are you still staying here and refusing to leave?

The old abbot gently turned the prayer beads in his hand while asking Yuqin in a soft voice.

Yuqin did not answer the old abbot's question, but instead hugged the old abbot's fat orange cat in her arms.

Fulaibao, do you miss me? It's been so long since I last visited you! Have you completely forgotten about me?

Meow! Meow! Meow!

After calling out to Yuqin a few times, Fulaibao nuzzled her head against her repeatedly. Not only that, but he also wrapped his chubby paw tightly around Yuqin's neck.

Hey! Why didn't you answer the question I just asked you? Or has it been so many years that you're no longer as convinced of Buddhism as you used to be? Or is there something you want to tell me?

After hearing the questions asked by the old abbot, Yuqin put Fulaibao on the bed and took a deep breath.

Yes! I've realized that I can't hide anything from you! When Mu'er ran away from home, I was heartbroken and came to you for advice.

At the time, you only said one thing to me: "It's all Mu'er's fate! It was all arranged by Heaven when Mu'er was born. It's something we mortals can't change!" You said that all I needed to do at the time was to pretend to be crazy.

The old abbot was originally meditating with his eyes closed, not wanting to pay attention to Yuqin sitting beside him. But after hearing Yuqin talk about what happened back then, he opened his eyes again.

You are a very intelligent woman. I only said a few words to you, and you understood what I meant. I originally just wanted you to pretend to be crazy in the Yang residence!

What I didn't expect was that you could actually abandon the face you once cared about most. You sat at the entrance of Jiekou Village, holding the little wolf cub that Mu Long had picked up from the mountain, pretending to be crazy.

The reason I have such an awakening is all thanks to your careful guidance during the time I lived in this temple.

If it weren't for you! There would probably be another wicked person in this world. Because Mu'er suddenly left me! I felt utterly desperate; I felt like all the bad things in the world had to happen to me.

Is it because I'm too kind? You know what? I almost gave up on upholding my sense of justice! I really don't understand why my father and uncle, who are brothers, would do this!

Just to seize the family fortune for themselves, they disregarded family ties and chose to burn down the fabric store that my father had painstakingly managed his entire life? If I hadn't been out playing that day, wouldn't I have been dead long ago?

Amitabha! Perhaps your lifespan is not yet over! So Heaven just made up a reason to let you escape this disaster! Just like when you were pregnant with those twins.

Even though you had already taken the abortion pill, and the baby girl you were carrying had already miscarried, your baby boy, Yang Mulong, was able to be born safely into this world.

Perhaps there is some mysterious and inexplicable force protecting Mu Long!

Are you saying that my youngest son is the chosen one, born with a great mission? Yuqin asked the old abbot in great surprise.

Yes, yes! But don't think that being the chosen one is a very happy thing! As the chosen one, one has to go through all sorts of painful tribulations. Among them is the tribulation of love, which alone can break one's heart.

Are you trying to remind me that my son, Long'er, will be going through a difficult time in the coming period? What should I do? You know, I hate to see my youngest son suffer even the slightest grievance.

That's why I was so foolish back then, helping my most beloved youngest son to frame my eldest son. Now, there's an insurmountable chasm between the two brothers.

Yuqin and her brother have a very good relationship now! Why are you so sad? The reason you can't get out of depression is because you are still struggling with the past and can't let go of some things.

One should learn to forget the bad things that have happened and live in the present, focusing on the happy things that have recently occurred. It'll be hard to become depressed that way!

After hearing what the old abbot said to her, Yuqin couldn't help but sigh.

Yes! Now that his Mu'er has returned to the Yang residence with his wife and children, what could possibly make him unhappy? It's just that he's still regretting a very wrong thing he did!

However, ever since Mu'er and Longzhen returned to the manor, Mu'er has never asked why she helped Long'er frame him back then. It's possible that Mu'er has already let go of that matter!

Otherwise, Mu'er wouldn't pretend to be an old man pushing a large cart of grain to Hei Rentang every year when it's time for Hei Rentang to sell rice to the people.

When she first saw Mu'er disguised as an old man at the Black Hall, she couldn't stop her tears from flowing. At that moment, she wanted to rush forward and hold her beloved eldest son in her arms, no matter what.

But her husband, standing to the side, stopped her. He whispered in her ear, "No matter where I am, you must remember that I am the wife of the head of Hei Ren Tang. Never do anything that would damage Hei Ren Tang's reputation!"

Furthermore, since Yang Muwang has severed ties with us, he is no longer our eldest son! Please always remember that we only have one son, Yang Mulong.

Upon hearing her husband's words, tears streamed down her face. Since that incident, she had rarely visited her husband at the Black Hall.

Oh, right! Speaking of those two rascals, Long'er and Mu'er, why didn't they come with you to visit their grandfather this time?

Are those two brats starting to look down on me because I'm an old abbot, and that's why they don't like to visit me anymore?

Upon hearing what the old abbot said to her, Yuqin quickly went to sit down next to him and wrapped her arms around his.

Oh dear! Godfather, what are you saying? You know that Mu'er and Long'er respect you the most? The reason that the two brothers did not come to the temple to visit you this time is because some bad things happened when I set off.

That's why...

Before Yuqin could finish speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her chest.