Chapter 209 – Have you eaten bear bile and leopard guts?
A few Li out, Qi Huang’s face stiffened, then showed a distressed expression, and her steps gradually halted.
“What happened?” Huang Tian asked curiously.
Qi Huang took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and said, “It’s nothing, let everyone wait here, I want to go out of the palace.”
“Okay! Be careful yourself.” Huang Tian subconsciously reminded her. For some reason, seeing the stunning face of her main body and her curvaceous figure, he found it hard to treat her as himself, so he often said polite words subconsciously.
“Huang Qi, you go with her. Girls shouldn’t be alone in this desolate wilderness,” Old Master Huang Xinghu said, leaning on his cane. Since taking that pill, he was getting younger and younger, so he strongly insisted on walking to the county town himself.
“No need, Grandfather. I’m a cultivator, you know.” Qi Huang forced a smile and quickly left, fearing her grandfather would see something if she stayed longer.
“Are you really going out of the palace?” Just a few steps after Qi Huang left, her clone’s mind transmission rang.
“It’s nothing. Second Uncle’s family is lying ahead. As a nephew, I can’t cry for them, so I’ll collect their bodies to avoid Grandfather seeing them later,” Qi Huang perfunctorily replied. She really didn’t know what attitude she should adopt to face this matter. If she gloated, the other party was her blood relative. If she cried profusely, she really couldn’t cry thinking about what this family had done, so her mood was extremely complicated.
“They… they’re dead?” Huang Tian confirmed in a trembling voice.
“Yes! Don’t dwell on it too much. I said it before, you reap what you sow! They can’t blame anyone for their current situation.” Qi Huang said a few words of comfort. Her body lightly floated and she sped towards the front.
Not long after, Qi Huang arrived at the scene and calmly buried the bodies of Huang Kaiyou’s family. Then she flew back as if nothing had happened. After all, she had done her best.
“You’re not married to that Huang Qi yet! It’s not your place to collect bodies! Can’t his own relatives manage it? What a gigolo,” Yaoyao suddenly said.
Qi Huang didn’t reply, as she didn’t want to say anything at the moment.
Qi Huang returned to the team and continued to lead everyone forward. Not long after, they arrived outside the south gate of the county town.
Qi Huang was very fortunate that no one mentioned Huang Kaiyou’s family during the journey, not even her grandfather. This saved her a lot of trouble.
“County town! A place that the ancestors of Huatian Village have yearned for. Unfortunately, no one could take root here. I never expected that we would achieve our wish today!”
“Yes, every time we came here before, we were on pins and needles, always worried about civil officials coming to check. But from now on, let alone us, even my sons, grandsons, great-grandsons… can stay here for as long as they want.”
“While everyone is happy, please don’t forget who gave all this to us. I don’t know what you guys think, but from today onwards, Huang Qi and his wife are my reborn parents.”
“You wish! Get in line if you want to be their son.”
“Let’s not say anything empty. Huatian Village has never had a village chief. I suggest that from now on, Huang Qi be our village chief.”
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The villagers were deeply moved and expressed their opinions one after another.
Old Master Huang Xinghu and Huang Kairong’s couple showed gratified expressions. To raise such a descendant and marry such a daughter-in-law, they truly felt their lives were not in vain.
“Since everyone thinks so highly of us, I’ll say a few words.” Qi Huang stepped forward and said sternly, “Buying houses for everyone and letting you move to the county town is a small meeting gift from me as the daughter-in-law of Huatian Village. You don’t need to repay me.”
“We definitely will! We definitely will!”
“Yes, this county town is so safe, can’t we support ourselves? Niece-in-law, you can rest assured!”
“We will definitely repay you. We know how much a house in the county town is worth. We’ll write an IOU, and we’ll definitely repay you in full in the future.”
“Yes, if I can’t repay it, I’ll let my son continue to repay it. If my son can’t repay it, I’ll let my grandson continue to repay it.”
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The villagers were even more moved upon hearing this.
“Since you insist on repaying, help me with a favor.” Qi Huang waved her hand, and a cage containing ordinary cats appeared on the ground, which immediately drew exclamations.
“Anyone willing to raise a cat, please adopt one for me.” Qi Huang made her request.
“Just this?” The villagers looked at each other. The smart ones rushed forward to adopt them, wanting to maintain their relationship.
“You will be able to live a stable life from now on. The county town no longer has safety hazards, but it also has no land. Everything from food to fuel requires money. Huang Qi and I have limited abilities, so we can only help you this much. Whether you can establish yourself here in the future depends on you.” Qi Huang was blunt. She felt she had done enough and didn’t need to bear any psychological burden, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to act freely.
The villagers finally understood that Qi Huang wanted to draw a clear line. Although their expressions were somewhat dim, they were all people who knew how to be content, so they all expressed that they would no longer be a burden.
Qi Huang didn’t want to delay any longer. She took the villagers into the city and began to inquire about houses everywhere. This was because she had only left a “puppet” in the HongHua Sect. Once her main body rushed back first, her identity would eventually be exposed, so she had to leave as soon as possible.
Buying more than twenty courtyards was not a small matter, and it also required going to the government for seals, so the progress was very slow.
Qi Huang couldn’t wait any longer. She took ten thousand taels of silver and gave it to her clone, and transmitted in her mind, “Buying houses for the villagers will cost at most five to six thousand taels of silver. You can use the rest to start small businesses in the county town. You don’t need to make money, just stand firm. In order to protect your family’s safety, I can only trouble you to stay by their side. If you have any difficulties, tell me anytime.”
“What trouble? They are also my family. I can’t be happier to be able to stay by their side,” Huang Tian immediately smiled and transmitted in his mind, “I think you are the one who is troubled. For us to have a good life, you have to work hard outside and rarely see Grandfather and parents.”
Qi Huang pondered carefully and smiled helplessly. Indeed, if she could choose, she would prefer to live a simple life with her family. Unfortunately, since she put on that feminization mask, this kind of life was destined to be out of her reach.
Qi Huang said goodbye to her family again and then noticed that the parents of her two brothers, He Zhao and Liu Keqian, were watching her with hesitant expressions.
Qi Huang knew what they were thinking and walked over to say, “Elders! Please rest assured, I will definitely fulfill the promises I’ve made. The next time I return, I’ll bring the two brothers to meet your daughters-in-law.”
“Really! That’s great! We’ve been worrying about this matter. After all, there are only three or four months left until the end of June. As long as you can help our Liu Keqian find a wife, it doesn’t matter if she’s tall or short, beautiful or ugly, married once or twice, or has a few children. We have no objections, and we’ll repay you like oxen and horses in this life.”
“Our family only has this one son! If he goes to the battlefield, I’ll have no hope in this life, so please help us.”
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The faces of the four parents immediately showed pleasant surprise.
“Don’t worry, I guarantee to find you a maiden as a wife.” Qi Huang comforted them again before leaving the county town alone and flying towards the HongHua Sect. She now had enough capital and it was time to start the next step of her plan. The full moon night of fifteen was approaching. As long as she obtained the tears of this batch of Nine Nether Demonic Cats, she could then issue bounties to acquire Ghost Tomatoes everywhere. Invincibility was within reach.
“By the way, Yaoyao, I have something to tell you. My main body is a disciple of the HongHua Sect, and I have to go back now. Because your identity is sensitive, don’t say anything when you get there, or you might get into trouble.” Qi Huang instructed.
“Does your main body know about our business?” Yaoyao asked curiously.
“I haven’t told her,” Qi Huang replied casually.
“Did I hear that right? As a clone, you have your own plans?” Yaoyao asked incredulously.
“Not only that, I want to marry Huang Qi, and she doesn’t know. You need to keep these things secret for me.” Qi Huang said shamelessly, as if she were proud of it.
“Have you eaten bear bile and leopard guts? I knew with her cold demeanor, how could she possibly care for such a weak and unremarkable man? Aren’t you afraid she’ll eat you alive?” Yaoyao’s worldview was shattered.
“So, to prevent her from eating me alive, you have to keep it a secret for me. You don’t want to lose a qualified cat owner like me, do you?” Qi Huang said fearlessly.
