The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 518 - 528 Tian Jizi Delivers Tea

Chapter 518: Chapter 528 Tian Jizi Delivers Tea

"Oh..." Lin Qianqing smiled with a profound meaning, "Understood, I’ve got this covered. You can rest assured."

On the way back, Gu Youyou kept pondering on the brief conversation she had with Jin Zijin that day.

Having thought about it all the way, she suddenly realized she seemed to have deviated from the main topic.

She intended to inquire about the power struggle within the Dao Family for the position of State Preceptor, yet why had he talked to her about the situation at the Imperial Court?

Was it related to them?

...

Sanqing Temple was divided into Yin and Yang Taiji, one half inhabited by Xuanzong disciples, the other half by Tianzong disciples.

Yue Rujing pushed the door open in a hurry, and Jin Zijin was in the midst of burning something in the fireplace inside the room.

He paused for a moment, but paid it no mind, closed the door, and went straight to the point, "Senior brother, I..."

He had just uttered the word "I" when there came a knock on the door.

Jin Zijin raised his head and looked towards the main door.

Yue Rujing also turned to look at the door, asking, "Who is it?"

A young man’s voice came from outside, "Senior brother Yue, it’s me, Yixi."

"Yixi?" Yue Rujing frowned, muttering under his breath, "Isn’t he supposed to be serving our master? What’s he doing in Beijing? Could there be something the matter with our master?"

Jin Zijin called out to the person outside, "Come in."

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man pushed the door open and entered, dressed in the same white attire as everyone else, a handsome lad with rosy lips and white teeth.

After entering, he respectfully presented a box, "Senior brother Jin, this is the freshly grown tender tea from that old tea tree on the back mountain this year. Master said you’re especially fond of it, so he personally roasted the tea and asked me to bring it to you."

With the opening of the box, the refreshing aroma of tea filled the room.

"Ah, it’s from that old tea tree!" Yue Rujing exclaimed excitedly.

He took hold of the tea, then suddenly felt something was amiss.

"Eh, that’s odd, I remember you don’t have a fondness for tea, senior brother. This tea is clearly my favorite."

Jin Zijin nodded, speaking calmly, "Indeed, it seems our master must have remembered wrong."

Yue Rujing’s mouth twitched, and Yixi laughed awkwardly, pointing to his head, "Our master is over a hundred years old now, he often gets confused lately. I guessed since Senior brother Yue was also in Beijing, I didn’t correct it."

This was really...

Yue Rujing sighed, lamenting that time passes so fast, yet people’s hearts remain the same.

The master was so old, yet he still remembered to send him tea, even though he got the person wrong.

Jin Zijin asked, "How has our master been doing lately?"

Yixi replied, "Master has always been healthy, but he’s increasingly behaving like a child, often forgetting things. If we call him out on it, he gets angry, so the brothers usually just let him be."

Yue Rujing snorted with laughter, "That’s good. He’s always been an enlightened old man, worrying over his disciples all his life. Now that he’s old, it’s time for his disciples to worry about him."

Yixi gave Yue Rujing a disdainful look, thinking: Why don’t you go worry about the old man yourself? It’s easy for you to say without lifting a finger.

After delivering the tea, Yixi left, saying he was going to seize the opportunity to visit his family, then quickly return to the mountain.

The master was accustomed to his care and was worried that the other brothers wouldn’t take care of him well.

Yue Rujing also advised him that in a year’s time, Yixi should leave the mountain to gain experience too. It was necessary to leave some opportunities for the younger disciples and to get the master used to the care of others within the remaining year.

After closing the door again, they continued the conversation that had yet to begin.

"Senior brother, don’t be hasty to make a decision. Let me analyze the current situation for you."