Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
Unlike the Village Chief, the villagers were selfish and devious. To them, hatred must be avenged, and even people who do not have grievances would still be stepped on. Undoubtedly, they couldn’t believe that Grandma Xuan, whom they bullied in the past, not only did not take revenge, but was also planning on giving them money.
The crowd scorned in their hearts. This clearly stank of a conspiracy. Surely the Xuan family wanted to retaliate against them. However, they won’t fall for it.
Meanwhile, Grandma Xuan sat on a chair nearby, her granddaughter and grandson-in-law standing next to her. She merely looked on at the village people with different expressions as a cold smile appeared on her lips.
Not long after, she stood up and moved Wei Mingyan’s hand away from holding her as she said, “I’ll go up by myself.”
The cane fell to the ground as the old lady, dressed in all her splendor, walked up firmly on stage.
Although the villagers called it a stage, in fact, it was just a small brick platform. She stood beside the Village Chief and cleared her throat. “I have lived in this village all my life.”
“I have stood in the fields with my back facing the sky, enduring endless suffering.”
Some villagers bowed their heads guiltily, because everyone here knew that at least half of these hardships were their fault.
“However, I now have a good granddaughter and a good grandson-in-law. Therefore, I’m not worried about eating and drinking now, and I can sit back every day to enjoy my blessings.”
“My granddaughter is now engaged in land development projects. I am a long-standing villager of this community. Of course, if there are good things, we must think about our village first. After this project is over, everyone who participates can earn at least 50,000 yuan, in order to thank everyone for taking care of me this whole time!”
She emphasized these words, her face expressionless, “This project was especially given to our village. If you want to be part of it, just come over and sign the contract.”
Grandma Xuan was telling the truth, but unfortunately no one believed it.
Everyone suspected that this was definitely a conspiracy.
They all treated the Xuan family badly from the start. How could the Xuan family still be thinking of their interests?
If they were treated like that themselves, it would be nice for them not to kill those people.
Qiu Wu merely stood at the edge of the crowd as he looked at the old lady standing on the stage.
He noticed how she wore comfortable clothes. On top of that, although she was expressionless, he could see that she hasn’t been wronged. That’s good, he thought. She was such a good person, and she should no longer suffer hardships.
Under the surprised eyes of everyone, as if watching a fool, Qiu Wu walked through the crowd slowly and stepped onto the stage.
He then said, “I’ll sign it.”
“Qiu Wu isn’t in his right mind. He is the one the Xuan family hates the most. Now, he is sending himself to the door. Isn’t this stupid?”
(TNote: he sent himself to the door = metaphor; he went into trouble/suffering by himself.)
“Yes, I think he became more and more stupid recently. Today, I took some food from his field, but he didn’t notice. But really, even if he dared to yell at me, I’ll call some brothers and beat him to death.”
“Really? Then I’ll go take a few of them later.”
Qiu Wu could clearly hear those people at the bottom speaking their mind out loud. Regardless, he signed his name on the white piece of paper, feeling as if he was giving his life away.
After signing the words, this once arrogant middle-aged man who now could go a whole day without saying a word, looked at Grandma Xuan with guilt.
“I’m sorry for what I did to you in the beginning. I’m sorry to Uncle Xuan. In the future, whatever you do to me, I am willing to bear. I don’t need any money.”
Hopefully, this was enough for his atonement…
“Foolish, really foolish.”
“He’s definitely going to be miserable. And that 50,000 yuan they promised, I don’t think he’ll get a dime.”
“That’s 50,000 yuan! How can it be a year’s salary? Lying in broad daylight.”
Grandma Xuan took a heavy look at Qiu Wu, whose expression seemed like someone who would be pushed to the vegetable market for beheading at the next moment, but in the end said nothing.
Until the gathering ended, only Qiu Wu’s name was written on the white paper.
In the eyes of the villagers, Qiu Wu was no less than giving himself up for a death sentence. They rejoiced in their cleverness and were jealous that Grandma Xuan had a good grandson, while scoffing at the rumored 50,000 yuan.
“Grandma…” Xuan Lele and Wei Mingyan helped their grandmother go up the mountain. As soon as they reached the cemetery, the old woman’s eyes almost immediately turned red after seeing the clean and tidy tomb of her beloved children.
She staggered to the tomb and carefully stroked the inscriptions on them, mumbling, “Eldest daughter, second daughter, mother came to see you… ah.”
“Mother didn’t come for such a long time, but it’s not that I don’t miss you. Just, my body is really disappointing …”
The elder lowered her head as tears kept falling. Wei Mingyan sighed and gently took his wife’s hand. “Let’s go. Let Grandma be alone for a while.”
Xuan Lele looked at her grandmother anxiously and nodded as she followed her husband away.
Grandma Xuan was left alone at the tomb.
“Mother has avenged you…”
The elder’s old hand was shaking as she wiped the inscription, her eyes full of joy. “They thought that Mother had a scheme and refused to sign it, but there was no such thing. It was a perfectly normal contract. Later, Lele and Mingyan would go to the next village to recruit people. When they realize the people next door could earn so much every day, these people would feel like they were fried in hot oil.”
“Don’t they love money? Let them see with their own eyes that the money they could have gotten was lost by themselves!”
“Mingyan said that in no more than two months, the state is going to stop providing subsidies.”
“This group of people, who only live off state subsidies, even refused to work. When the time comes, with no subsidies and no harvest in the field, when the poor can’t eat while the village next door earns every day what could have been earned by them, Mother thinks they would be very uncomfortable.”
“Eldest daughter, don’t worry about Lele. Mingyan is very kind to her. She is pregnant now, too. I wish it were a little girl in the future who is just as beautiful and clever like you. I still remember when you were a child, you always helped your sister carry firewood. When you saw me, you would call out to me.
You used to say, ‘Mother, are you tired? Come into the house and have a drink’. On your wedding night, you told me that if we had a man at home, I won’t suffer so much. When you gave birth to a child, if it was a girl, you said you wouldn’t let her work the fields. You wanted her to study hard, write well, and go to college… Mother remembers, Mother remembers… “
“Mingyan is a good husband and will definitely be a good father in the future. He is good to Lele and to me, and his father is also good to me, so you can rest assured, ah.”
When she finished talking to her two daughters, Grandma Xuan looked at the old tombstone again. Before any sound came out, her tears came down first.
“Stupid man, if you hadn’t died so early, would we suffer so much…?”
“I don’t have many days to live now, and my granddaughter’s husband respects me and gives me such luxurious food every day. You may have to wait a little longer before I can come down to you…”
“If you have anything missing, show up in my dreams. Lele is a promising woman now. She has money to buy you good things. Remember to bless Lele, and bless her coming delivery. Bless Mingyan with good health too, okay?”
By the time she finished rambling, Grandma Xuan was almost done crying.
She wiped her tears, but now, she was smiling. “You all don’t worry. Mingyan and Lele are filial, and the old ladies in the whole community envy me. I still have Sanya to accompany me. Mingyan even had the doctor cure my sore legs and problematic feet. I live a happy life.”
“I sometimes wonder if you are blessing me from underground, so that such a good person as Mingyan became our grandson-in-law. He often visits you, you old man. You should be happy with such a good grandson-in-law!”
“Well, I won’t talk any more. I’ll burn you some paper money.”
Xuan Lele and Wei Mingyan watched Grandma Xuan open paper money from a distance, and hurriedly walked over. “Grandma, let us do this. Here, I have some paper towels here. Wipe your tears quickly.”
“I brought a cushion. Grandma, please sit here…”
Being carefully taken care of by the two young people, Grandma Xuan, whose tears hadn’t dried yet, revealed a smile. “All right, all right, I’m fine. I’m just thinking about those people, who would be jealous and regretful in the future. My heart feels happy.”
Wei Mingyan also smiled along, “Grandma, don’t worry. They will definitely regret it.”
The village soon regretted it.
From the first month, those who were recruited from other villages got paid for their work. They already regretted it.
That night, almost every house had lights on. Women shouted and scolded, and children cried.
“Do you think you have water in your brain? You rejected such a good job. Well now, you aren’t making money, and you are also letting outsiders take advantage of the village!”
The men who were scolded also regretted it in their hearts. So much money, enough to spend for a long time ah!
Before dawn the next day, a group of people ran to the mountainside to talk to the person in charge and asked if they could join the work.
In response, a worker there said, “I heard our Chief say that they first looked for people from your village, but no one agreed, and it took a lot of effort to find people from the neighboring village. So, you tell me, now that the people are all gathered, where can we make room for you?”
“Go, go. Outsiders aren’t allowed in the area.”
The villagers who came were naturally disheartened, especially now that those from outside the village have been coming one after another to prepare for work.
Hearing their conversation, they all gazed at them as if they were looking at fools.
“Do you think they’re all sick? They rejected such a good job.”
“Shhhh, keep your voice down. I heard that people in their village don’t work, they must be too tired.”
“It’s so much money! Tired of what? Their brains must have grown a hole!”
“If they don’t have holes in their brains, such good jobs wouldn’t reach us. I heard they asked this group of people first.”
“Tsk tsk tsk. How much did you earn yesterday?”
“A full 200. I heard that someone earned more than 300 yuan. That’s 10,000 a month!”
“Wow!! Then I must work more today. With so much money, we can build a big house by the end of the year.”
“Yes, I also want to buy healthcare products on TV. I heard that they actually work…”
Big house… Healthcare products…
These could have been theirs!!!
If it weren’t for their own refusal, the money and these things wouldn’t have reached outsiders first!
Just as Grandma Xuan predicted, the village’s remorse was like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger, making them restless.
It was like a fish bone stuck in one’ s throat. Even when they were dying, lying on a hospital bed full of mildew, they couldn’t forget it.
“Back then, if I had agreed to that contract. I certainly wouldn’t, wouldn’t…”
Xuan Lele was enjoying their retirement happily when the last person in the village who took part in bullying the Xuan family finally died with hatred.
Grandma Xuan was smiling when she left.
In her life, she was lonely in her early years and suffered a lot of humiliation in her middle years. However, in her later years, she was well taken care of.
Xuan Lele gave birth to a pair of clever twin sisters. She treated them like treasures. The older one looked alot like Xuan Lele’s mother, while the younger one looked like her aunt. The twins were held in the palm of their parents hands from birth and never suffered their whole lives.
Wei Mingyan was like a mountain that would never collapse, pampering his wife and two daughters until he was old, and his daughters had children and grandchildren.
“You… remember to go to your maternal Great Grandma and Great Grandpa, Grandma and Grandpa, and your Grand-Aunt’s graves. You can’t ever skip a year, you understand…?”
Two daughters who have been spoiled by their father, husband and even their children for most of their lives cried and nodded, “Dad, you can rest assured that we won’t forget…”
“Ah, good kids, good kids…”
The old man on the bed patted their hands with a smile, panting slightly, turning his head laboriously, and looking at Xuan Lele lying on the other side.
“Take my hand and put it over…”
The two daughters sobbed and put their father’s old hand on their mother’s hand, holding her tightly as he promised when they were young.
Xuan Lele was wearing a breathing machine. She struggled but managed to turn her head gratefully and lovingly to look at him.
Like a clam, he cherished her all his life and made her happy.
Subsequently, the two elderly people passed away almost at the same moment.
“Dad! Mom!!”
[Ding! The task is completed, the host is asked to leave the world.]
[Please choose: 1. Vacation, 2. continue to the next task]
Wei Mingyan thought for a moment, [Go on a vacation. Choose an S-class world for me.]
In the ordinary dwellings, Wei Mingyan opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding furnishings.
Eight diagrams mirror, spell book, Taoist robe.
This time, it seems to be a mystical charlatan ah…
[Ding! Vacation world has been opened. Host, please request your vacation world benefit.]
Mystical charlatan, then…
Wei Mingyan picked up the Eight Diagrams Mirror and looked at the handsome face reflected, before knocking on the mirror. [Give me the ability to deal with Yin and Yang, and send me the list of those who have been swindled by the original owner.]
(TNote: Yin and Yang = the ghost world and the human world; a.k.a being able to deal with ghosts.)
Although it was a vacation world, the people in the memory of the original owner, who had been or were about to be swindled by him, made Wei Mingyan’s hands itch.
Vacation doesn’t affect whitewashing.
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
Unlike the Village Chief, the villagers were selfish and devious. To them, hatred must be avenged, and even people who do not have grievances would still be stepped on. Undoubtedly, they couldn’t believe that Grandma Xuan, whom they bullied in the past, not only did not take revenge, but was also planning on giving them money.
The crowd scorned in their hearts. This clearly stank of a conspiracy. Surely the Xuan family wanted to retaliate against them. However, they won’t fall for it.
Meanwhile, Grandma Xuan sat on a chair nearby, her granddaughter and grandson-in-law standing next to her. She merely looked on at the village people with different expressions as a cold smile appeared on her lips.
Not long after, she stood up and moved Wei Mingyan’s hand away from holding her as she said, “I’ll go up by myself.”
The cane fell to the ground as the old lady, dressed in all her splendor, walked up firmly on stage.
Although the villagers called it a stage, in fact, it was just a small brick platform. She stood beside the Village Chief and cleared her throat. “I have lived in this village all my life.”
“I have stood in the fields with my back facing the sky, enduring endless suffering.”
Some villagers bowed their heads guiltily, because everyone here knew that at least half of these hardships were their fault.
“However, I now have a good granddaughter and a good grandson-in-law. Therefore, I’m not worried about eating and drinking now, and I can sit back every day to enjoy my blessings.”
“My granddaughter is now engaged in land development projects. I am a long-standing villager of this community. Of course, if there are good things, we must think about our village first. After this project is over, everyone who participates can earn at least 50,000 yuan, in order to thank everyone for taking care of me this whole time!”
She emphasized these words, her face expressionless, “This project was especially given to our village. If you want to be part of it, just come over and sign the contract.”
Grandma Xuan was telling the truth, but unfortunately no one believed it.
Everyone suspected that this was definitely a conspiracy.
They all treated the Xuan family badly from the start. How could the Xuan family still be thinking of their interests?
If they were treated like that themselves, it would be nice for them not to kill those people.
Qiu Wu merely stood at the edge of the crowd as he looked at the old lady standing on the stage.
He noticed how she wore comfortable clothes. On top of that, although she was expressionless, he could see that she hasn’t been wronged. That’s good, he thought. She was such a good person, and she should no longer suffer hardships.
Under the surprised eyes of everyone, as if watching a fool, Qiu Wu walked through the crowd slowly and stepped onto the stage.
He then said, “I’ll sign it.”
“Qiu Wu isn’t in his right mind. He is the one the Xuan family hates the most. Now, he is sending himself to the door. Isn’t this stupid?”
(TNote: he sent himself to the door = metaphor; he went into trouble/suffering by himself.)
“Yes, I think he became more and more stupid recently. Today, I took some food from his field, but he didn’t notice. But really, even if he dared to yell at me, I’ll call some brothers and beat him to death.”
“Really? Then I’ll go take a few of them later.”
Qiu Wu could clearly hear those people at the bottom speaking their mind out loud. Regardless, he signed his name on the white piece of paper, feeling as if he was giving his life away.
After signing the words, this once arrogant middle-aged man who now could go a whole day without saying a word, looked at Grandma Xuan with guilt.
“I’m sorry for what I did to you in the beginning. I’m sorry to Uncle Xuan. In the future, whatever you do to me, I am willing to bear. I don’t need any money.”
Hopefully, this was enough for his atonement…
“Foolish, really foolish.”
“He’s definitely going to be miserable. And that 50,000 yuan they promised, I don’t think he’ll get a dime.”
“That’s 50,000 yuan! How can it be a year’s salary? Lying in broad daylight.”
Grandma Xuan took a heavy look at Qiu Wu, whose expression seemed like someone who would be pushed to the vegetable market for beheading at the next moment, but in the end said nothing.
Until the gathering ended, only Qiu Wu’s name was written on the white paper.
In the eyes of the villagers, Qiu Wu was no less than giving himself up for a death sentence. They rejoiced in their cleverness and were jealous that Grandma Xuan had a good grandson, while scoffing at the rumored 50,000 yuan.
“Grandma…” Xuan Lele and Wei Mingyan helped their grandmother go up the mountain. As soon as they reached the cemetery, the old woman’s eyes almost immediately turned red after seeing the clean and tidy tomb of her beloved children.
She staggered to the tomb and carefully stroked the inscriptions on them, mumbling, “Eldest daughter, second daughter, mother came to see you… ah.”
“Mother didn’t come for such a long time, but it’s not that I don’t miss you. Just, my body is really disappointing …”
The elder lowered her head as tears kept falling. Wei Mingyan sighed and gently took his wife’s hand. “Let’s go. Let Grandma be alone for a while.”
Xuan Lele looked at her grandmother anxiously and nodded as she followed her husband away.
Grandma Xuan was left alone at the tomb.
“Mother has avenged you…”
The elder’s old hand was shaking as she wiped the inscription, her eyes full of joy. “They thought that Mother had a scheme and refused to sign it, but there was no such thing. It was a perfectly normal contract. Later, Lele and Mingyan would go to the next village to recruit people. When they realize the people next door could earn so much every day, these people would feel like they were fried in hot oil.”
“Don’t they love money? Let them see with their own eyes that the money they could have gotten was lost by themselves!”
“Mingyan said that in no more than two months, the state is going to stop providing subsidies.”
“This group of people, who only live off state subsidies, even refused to work. When the time comes, with no subsidies and no harvest in the field, when the poor can’t eat while the village next door earns every day what could have been earned by them, Mother thinks they would be very uncomfortable.”
“Eldest daughter, don’t worry about Lele. Mingyan is very kind to her. She is pregnant now, too. I wish it were a little girl in the future who is just as beautiful and clever like you. I still remember when you were a child, you always helped your sister carry firewood. When you saw me, you would call out to me.
You used to say, ‘Mother, are you tired? Come into the house and have a drink’. On your wedding night, you told me that if we had a man at home, I won’t suffer so much. When you gave birth to a child, if it was a girl, you said you wouldn’t let her work the fields. You wanted her to study hard, write well, and go to college… Mother remembers, Mother remembers… “
“Mingyan is a good husband and will definitely be a good father in the future. He is good to Lele and to me, and his father is also good to me, so you can rest assured, ah.”
When she finished talking to her two daughters, Grandma Xuan looked at the old tombstone again. Before any sound came out, her tears came down first.
“Stupid man, if you hadn’t died so early, would we suffer so much…?”
“I don’t have many days to live now, and my granddaughter’s husband respects me and gives me such luxurious food every day. You may have to wait a little longer before I can come down to you…”
“If you have anything missing, show up in my dreams. Lele is a promising woman now. She has money to buy you good things. Remember to bless Lele, and bless her coming delivery. Bless Mingyan with good health too, okay?”
By the time she finished rambling, Grandma Xuan was almost done crying.
She wiped her tears, but now, she was smiling. “You all don’t worry. Mingyan and Lele are filial, and the old ladies in the whole community envy me. I still have Sanya to accompany me. Mingyan even had the doctor cure my sore legs and problematic feet. I live a happy life.”
“I sometimes wonder if you are blessing me from underground, so that such a good person as Mingyan became our grandson-in-law. He often visits you, you old man. You should be happy with such a good grandson-in-law!”
“Well, I won’t talk any more. I’ll burn you some paper money.”
Xuan Lele and Wei Mingyan watched Grandma Xuan open paper money from a distance, and hurriedly walked over. “Grandma, let us do this. Here, I have some paper towels here. Wipe your tears quickly.”
“I brought a cushion. Grandma, please sit here…”
Being carefully taken care of by the two young people, Grandma Xuan, whose tears hadn’t dried yet, revealed a smile. “All right, all right, I’m fine. I’m just thinking about those people, who would be jealous and regretful in the future. My heart feels happy.”
Wei Mingyan also smiled along, “Grandma, don’t worry. They will definitely regret it.”
The village soon regretted it.
From the first month, those who were recruited from other villages got paid for their work. They already regretted it.
That night, almost every house had lights on. Women shouted and scolded, and children cried.
“Do you think you have water in your brain? You rejected such a good job. Well now, you aren’t making money, and you are also letting outsiders take advantage of the village!”
The men who were scolded also regretted it in their hearts. So much money, enough to spend for a long time ah!
Before dawn the next day, a group of people ran to the mountainside to talk to the person in charge and asked if they could join the work.
In response, a worker there said, “I heard our Chief say that they first looked for people from your village, but no one agreed, and it took a lot of effort to find people from the neighboring village. So, you tell me, now that the people are all gathered, where can we make room for you?”
“Go, go. Outsiders aren’t allowed in the area.”
The villagers who came were naturally disheartened, especially now that those from outside the village have been coming one after another to prepare for work.
Hearing their conversation, they all gazed at them as if they were looking at fools.
“Do you think they’re all sick? They rejected such a good job.”
“Shhhh, keep your voice down. I heard that people in their village don’t work, they must be too tired.”
“It’s so much money! Tired of what? Their brains must have grown a hole!”
“If they don’t have holes in their brains, such good jobs wouldn’t reach us. I heard they asked this group of people first.”
“Tsk tsk tsk. How much did you earn yesterday?”
“A full 200. I heard that someone earned more than 300 yuan. That’s 10,000 a month!”
“Wow!! Then I must work more today. With so much money, we can build a big house by the end of the year.”
“Yes, I also want to buy healthcare products on TV. I heard that they actually work…”
Big house… Healthcare products…
These could have been theirs!!!
If it weren’t for their own refusal, the money and these things wouldn’t have reached outsiders first!
Just as Grandma Xuan predicted, the village’s remorse was like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger, making them restless.
It was like a fish bone stuck in one’ s throat. Even when they were dying, lying on a hospital bed full of mildew, they couldn’t forget it.
“Back then, if I had agreed to that contract. I certainly wouldn’t, wouldn’t…”
Xuan Lele was enjoying their retirement happily when the last person in the village who took part in bullying the Xuan family finally died with hatred.
Grandma Xuan was smiling when she left.
In her life, she was lonely in her early years and suffered a lot of humiliation in her middle years. However, in her later years, she was well taken care of.
Xuan Lele gave birth to a pair of clever twin sisters. She treated them like treasures. The older one looked alot like Xuan Lele’s mother, while the younger one looked like her aunt. The twins were held in the palm of their parents hands from birth and never suffered their whole lives.
Wei Mingyan was like a mountain that would never collapse, pampering his wife and two daughters until he was old, and his daughters had children and grandchildren.
“You… remember to go to your maternal Great Grandma and Great Grandpa, Grandma and Grandpa, and your Grand-Aunt’s graves. You can’t ever skip a year, you understand…?”
Two daughters who have been spoiled by their father, husband and even their children for most of their lives cried and nodded, “Dad, you can rest assured that we won’t forget…”
“Ah, good kids, good kids…”
The old man on the bed patted their hands with a smile, panting slightly, turning his head laboriously, and looking at Xuan Lele lying on the other side.
“Take my hand and put it over…”
The two daughters sobbed and put their father’s old hand on their mother’s hand, holding her tightly as he promised when they were young.
Xuan Lele was wearing a breathing machine. She struggled but managed to turn her head gratefully and lovingly to look at him.
Like a clam, he cherished her all his life and made her happy.
Subsequently, the two elderly people passed away almost at the same moment.
“Dad! Mom!!”
[Ding! The task is completed, the host is asked to leave the world.]
[Please choose: 1. Vacation, 2. continue to the next task]
Wei Mingyan thought for a moment, [Go on a vacation. Choose an S-class world for me.]
In the ordinary dwellings, Wei Mingyan opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding furnishings.
Eight diagrams mirror, spell book, Taoist robe.
This time, it seems to be a mystical charlatan ah…
[Ding! Vacation world has been opened. Host, please request your vacation world benefit.]
Mystical charlatan, then…
Wei Mingyan picked up the Eight Diagrams Mirror and looked at the handsome face reflected, before knocking on the mirror. [Give me the ability to deal with Yin and Yang, and send me the list of those who have been swindled by the original owner.]
(TNote: Yin and Yang = the ghost world and the human world; a.k.a being able to deal with ghosts.)
Although it was a vacation world, the people in the memory of the original owner, who had been or were about to be swindled by him, made Wei Mingyan’s hands itch.
Vacation doesn’t affect whitewashing.
