Protect Our Clan Leader Chapter 71: Old Ancestor’s Injury Recovers

Chapter 71: Old Ancestor’s Injury Recovers

Greatlyi

Translator: 549690339

Sixth Elder Wang Xiaohan was sowhat dubious, but ultimately respected Wang Shouzhe’s decision.

He is now the clan leader, the master of a distinguished household. Naturally, if he strongly opposed selling the immature five-hundred-year-old Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng, no one would dare sell it.

Subsequently, Wang Shouzhe showed concern for the remaining middle-grade Spirit Fields that were still six or seven points from maturity.

Those fields were also planted with Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginsengs which ranged from low to high quality. The worst one was only ten years old, while the best had astonishingly reached seventy years.

“Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng is not for sale to outsiders, we use it to slowly accumulate wealth for the family.” Wang Xiaohan explained, “Therefore, although these two mu of middle-grade Spirit Fields produce a lot of value, at least half of the profit is reinvested in increasing the cultivation of Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng.”

“Correct,” Wang Shouzhe nodded approvingly, “If a family wants to continue to prosper, it shouldn’t rely on short-term gains but rather long-term investnts and returns. This way, the family’s foundation will gradually solidify. In good years, the family can take advantage of the opportunities to rise. In tis of disaster or crisis, it can rely on its foundation to survive.”

Theoretically, these two mu of middle-grade Spirit Fields, which are operating independently and in secret beyond the clan’s property, violate the taboos of the Xuanwu family.

However, this isn’t a case of an individual secretly managing private property for one’s gain. Broadly speaking, it’s still part of the clan’s property. It contributes to accumulating the clan’s wealth and occasionally infuses new blood into the family.

Operating private properties for personal gain is one of the biggest taboos in the Xuanwu family. Such behavior will lead to discord within the family, endless internal strife, and eventually, the dissolution of the family.

If a clan mber truly wants to develop their own business, they can leave the family after negotiating and agreeing on the terms, and start their own family elsewhere.

This is what’s called splitting the family.

At that point, it will be recorded as a branch of the Ping’an Wang family— a collateral bloodline.

For example, the Xu Clan of Jingsha is the collateral branch of the Changning Xu family. Although both are parts of the Xu family, they’ve been separate entities for more than a hundred years.

The Ping’an Wang family is also a collateral bloodline of the Longzuo Wang family. In the ancestral family records of the Longzuo Wang family, there will inevitably be records of the branch passed down by the old ancestor Zhou Xuan.

However, how many descendants there were, and who they were, these details wouldn’t be recorded. At most, so records would note any influential individuals.

But I digress.

After visiting the family’s secret wealth, Wang Shouzhe was buoyed. With these resources, he had much more confidence.

Wang Xiaohan then led Wang Shouzhe on a tour around Prosperous Farm. Their in-depth exploration significantly enhanced his understanding of the farm.

Having accomplished his goal, Wang Shouzhe dined and then set off back to his ho with Seventh Elder Wang Shouye.

On the way, within the canopy boat,

Wang Shouzhe would pull out pen and paper from ti to ti, sotis lost in thought, and sotis jotting things down. Wang Shouye, on the other hand, was curious, “Fourth Brother, what are you writing?”

“System panel.”

“Oh.” Wang Shouye didn’t understand what a system panel was, but he admired his Fourth Brother even more, his respect and admiration for him growing even deeper.

Indeed, Wang Shouzhe would never give up on gradually establishing and updating his system panel.

The canopy boat sailed all the way back to their residence.

Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Shouye a few encouraging words, then let the little servant Wang Gui take him back. Only then did he himself head towards Long Yan Habitat with a bag of fresh lons.

When he arrived outside Long Yan Habitat, Wang Shouzhe found his niece Wang Licui peeking around. He imdiately put on a stern face, “Missy, what are you doing sneaking around?”

“Alt? Fourth Uncle…”

Wang Licui was so scared she could barely stand and confessed honestly, “I, I am looking for Old Ancestor.”

“Nonsense.” Wang Shouzhe frowned and scolded, “Long Yan Habitat is a forbidden place. Without the Old Ancestor’s summons, how dare you randomly disturb Her ditation.”

“I, I…” Wang Licui was so scared she turned pale, her eyes watering, “Fourth, Fourth Uncle. I just wanted, wanted to ask the Old Ancestor for guidance, guidance on movent technique and fighting skills.”

“Movent technique and fighting skills?” Wang Shouzhe looked at her suspiciously, “Are you sure you’re not here to beg for food from the Old Ancestor?”

“Fourth, Fourth Uncle. How, how could you say such a thing about .” Wang Licui was so offended her face was full of grievance. She weakly retorted, “You, you’re allowed to have ambitions? I, I also want to get stronger.”

Upon hearing this,

Wang Shouzhe softened his stern look sowhat, apologizing as he ruffled her hair, “So, my Lici does have ambitions. I misunderstood, sorry.”

Humph, I’m angry, I’m not talking to you.

Wang Licui turned her head away, pouting her lips, her eyes welling up with tears. She looked so pitiful, it goes without saying.

“By the way, I just made a trip to Prosperous Farm.” Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, “Here are so freshly picked sweet lons. The weather has been good this year, and the lons are crisp and sweet. Do you want one?”

As he said this, he pulled out a bright green lon from the bag.

“Yes, yes, yes.” Wang Licui’s eyes lit up at once. She took the lon, wiped it, and started eating it with big bites. She was so satisfied that her eyes narrowed into slits, and she sang praises as she ate, “This lon is so sweet and delicious, thank you, Fourth Uncle.”

“Lici, it’s a good thing to be ambitious. However, the Old Ancestor isn’t in good health, so we should avoid bothering her as much as possible.” Wang Shouzhe said gratifyingly, “At your current level, my guidance is already enough. From tomorrow onwards, wait for at my training ground at dawn. I will train with you. Eat it slowly, here, have another lon.”

Wang Licui found the first half of his speech acceptable, but the second half made her shudder. She was so frightened that she couldn’t eat her lon. While she instinctively took the next one, she said weakly: “Fourth, Fourth Uncle. Isn’t, isn’t dawn a little early?”

“It’s not early. Now that it’s sumr, dawn breaks early.” Wang Shouzhe said, slightly frowning, “It’s the perfect ti to practice fighting techniques and movent techniques. Are you finding it difficult?”

“I, I an, is there a Profound Martial technique that does not require practice, one that allows to beco very powerful by just eating and drinking every day?” Wang Licui blinked curiously and asked, “Or, could Fourth Uncle ask Old Ancestor for ?”

Hehe!

Wang Shouzhe’s face began to twitch uncontrollably. So this was her ambition all along! He had been fooled!

Wang Shouzhe, Wang Shouzhe, you were too naive in the end.

Imdiately, he silently snatched her lon and stuffed it back into the bag, then made his way toward Long Yan Habitat without looking back.

“Hey, Fourth Uncle, that’s my lon. How can you just steal it?” Wang Licui chased after him, “Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, the world is vast and everything’s possible, maybe the Profound Martial fighting technique does exist?”

Wang Shouzhe snorted coldly. Was she insinuating that he was narrow-minded?

“Everyone co inside, stop making a ruckus outside.”

Just then, from within the Long Yan Habitat echoed a voice of the Old Ancestor.

Wang Shouzhe responded to the call and walked through the entrance. Wang Licui followed behind joyfully. Upon seeing the sour look on her Fourth Uncle’s face, she contracted slightly and said, “The Old Ancestor asked everyone to co inside.” She emphasized the word ‘everyone’ heavily.

“Hehe~ ” Wang Shouzhe gave her a stern look and walked in to pay his respects to the Old Ancestor.

At this ti, the Old Ancestor had already moved to the pavilion, waiting for them.

“Shouzhe pays his respects to the Old Ancestor.” As Wang Shouzhe made his salutations, he noticed that the Old Ancestor’s vitality seed exceptionally strong. Even the specks of white in her hair were shining, hinting at so invisible luster. Elated, he imdiately said, “Congratulations on your excellent health, Old Ancestor.”

A sense of excitent filled his heart. The healthier the Old Ancestor was, the safer the Wang family would be, which ant that so of his worries could be put to rest.

“Licui pays her respects to the Old Ancestor, congratulations on your superb well-being.” Wang Licui also rushed up to pay her respects, repeating Wang Shouzhe’s congratulatory words verbatim. This caused Wang Shouzhe’s expressions to twitch uncontrollably.

However, the Old Ancestor seed to enjoy her company. Being in good physical health must have put her in a fantastic mood as she gestured for Wang Licui to co closer, “You child, how co you haven’t co to see the Old Ancestor for so ti?”

This scene startled Wang Shouzhe slightly. What spell did this girl cast on the Old Ancestor during the visit from the Hundred Islands Guard? It seed as if the Old Ancestor was quite fond of her.

Then, Wang Licui began to hover around the Old Ancestor attentively, giving her neck and arm massages as she chatted, “Fourth Uncle said that Long Yan Habitat is a family forbidden zone and told Licui not to disturb the Old Ancestor’s cultivation without reason. Wuu~ Old Ancestor, Licui really missed you and couldn’t even eat properly. Look, I’ve even beco thinner.”

Hehe.

Wang Shouzhe glared at her, this unruly girl, was she actually trying to drive a wedge between him and the Old Ancestor right in front of his eyes?

“It seems like you’ve indeed grown thinner.” The Old Ancestor glanced at her and spoke to Wang Shouzhe, “Shouzhe, if she wants to visit in the future, just let her co.”

Upon hearing these words, Wang Licui, hiding behind the Old Ancestor, revealed a smug expression towards Wang Shouzhe.

“Old Ancestor”, Wang Shouzhe said, “I was afraid she would be too noisy and disrupt your cultivation.”

“It doesn’t matter.” The Old Ancestor seed to be in an expansive mood due to her improved health, “Licui is gentle and thoughtful. Her company might even contribute to my speedy recovery.”

Alright then.

Wang Shouzhe admitted that Wang Licui was pretty good at currying favor. He then said, “As long as the Old Ancestor approves. These fruits have been freshly picked from the farm, please give them a try.”

“You’ve worked hard, Fourth Uncle, but I can handle this.” Wang Licui rushed forward and took over the bag. After fervently washing two lons, she naturally took one for herself and offered the other to the Old Ancestor, “Dear Old Ancestor, please enjoy this lon. I’ve tasted it, and it’s incredibly crispy and sweet.”

Then she proceeded to munch on her lon happily.

Wang Shouzhe was truly impressed by his great-niece’s bare-faced audacity.

Seeing her enjoy the lon so much, the Old Ancestor turned slightly and took a few bites of her own, comnting, “This sumr has seen less rainfall, so the lons are sweeter this year than in the past.”

Seeing the Old Ancestor in such high spirits, Wang Shouzhe felt reassured. The Old Ancestor, who had lately been healing herself, had been nourished well with Spirit Food, which had even caused her gaunt fra to fill out, and her vitality seed to have finally returned, driving away her usual cold air.

Obviously, as her condition improved, she had started to feel hopeful about her own and the family’s future.

In essence, this symbolized the end of the Wang family’s fifty-year stint of bad luck. Now, it was ti for so much-needed rise to power.

Wang Shouzhe instantly felt elated.

However, before moving forward, he had to take care of his great-niece Wang Licui’s future.

This child was ambitious, loved food, was full of enthusiasm and had a vivid imagination about life. Moreover, she knew how to win over elders’ hearts.

Such an excellent child.

It could not be more appropriate to assign her the task of accompanying the sixth elder to plant the Spirit Field.

Also, this child was fond of reading and was clever; they must not deny her new texts and classics just because of family’s poverty. Even though the Wang family was poor, they could not let their children’s education suffer.

Thinking about Wang Licui laboriously working in the fields during the day and studying diligently at night under lantern light, Wang Shouzhe couldn’t help but wear a satisfied smile.

In the end, the hope of the family’s uprising rested on these excelling younger generations.

As elders, they must guide and foster these youngsters at this crucial point of their growth.

Halfway through her third lon slice, Wang Licui felt sothing was not quite right, a chill running down her spine.