Transmigration with QQ Farm

Chapter 77.4

Under Zhou Jinjiang’s austere stare, each and every single one of them lowered their heads. In the Zhou’s, Zhou Jinjiang has absolute respect.

They strictly adhere to the “your husband is your entire world” rule, which was the most basic rule among common women.

“Ye, don’t be angry. We just worry about our safety is all!” Mrs. Zhou explained again after she had made him promises, “Neither me nor my sisters had expect that the Cheng’s would encounter someone so powerful.”

“Hrm, these characters are everywhere. It’s just a matter of whether they would come and rob you!” Zhou Jinjiang had been working for the royals for many years. As far as he was concerned, risking one’s life couldn’t be more normal. He never expect to live a secluded life after he had quit his previous position.

Contrarily, he was aiming for the next higher level. He failed to see any more prospect working for the royals. Other than losing his life, there just weren’t a lot more he could go after. He had been stuck at the martial spiritualist level for eight years. In the past eight years, he had tried all means but still weren’t able to move forward any.

Ever since he had drank the mystical water from the Cheng’s, he noticed that his bottleneck was starting to loosen up. That had brought him the biggest surprise. He realized that he was better off fighting along side his buddy rather than selling his life to the royals. In addition, he knew very well what kind of people the Cheng’s were – tits for tats, quid pro quo.

That was why he gave up what he had worked on for the past twenty years – the riches, the power. That might have been way more difficult to give up twenty years ago; but now, he could give them up easily without looking back. All these were merely materialistic goods; what he was going after is longevity.

Cultivators below the level of martial king have lifespans between 100 – 150 years; once you break through passed martial monarch, at least 300 – 400 years, and he had met someone like that before.

Someone who had lived for 340 years who looked about the same as him. He was utterly stunned, and also made up his mind to pursue longevity with his family.

He wanted to bring his two sons with him as well, but he couldn’t, for the peace of mind of the emperor. Unless he had powers to stand up against the emperor, he’d have to wait till his sons finished their training before he could see them again.

“Ye, don’t be mad. We just worry about your safety is all!” said Mrs. Zhou, as the concubines next to her nodded in agreement.

Zhou Jinjiang looked at this concubines and said, “It’s almost morning, you should go back and get some rest. We can talk more tomorrow!”

“Yes, qie will retire now!”

The concubines dare not disagree with him. They curtsied to him and retired, leaving the couple in the main house

Mrs. Zhou laughed as she saw that and said, “Ye, the sisters only had your best interest in mind. Why you have to scare them like that?”

“I wasn’t trying to scare them!” said Zhou Jinjiang as he shook his head. He looked at his wife and said to her, “They were women gifted to me by the emperor. They are not of high status and also very ignorant. You need to guild them so they don’t misspoke and bring us trouble.”

“Ye, I got this!” nodded Mrs. Zhou. Then, she sighed and said, “It would be nice if they can cultivate too, then they will be able to always keep you company!”

Mrs. Zhou is not an envious person. She understood her husband’s feelings toward her, and the concubines were merely women gifted by the emperor and they must keep them around and they’d serve her husband when she wasn’t feeling well.

“It’s a good thing that they can’t cultivate. This kind of life style doesn’t really mesh with their personalities. They can and should just live out their lives peacefully. Now that they are with me, I will do everything within my power to give them a quiet and peaceful life.”

After saying that, Zhou Jinjiang took his wife’s hand into his and smiled, “No matter how old I am, I just want you to be by myside. And also the kids. Luckily you’ve had some mystical water as well and are now a martial apprentice. As long as you work hard on your cultivation, you will continue to have break throughs.”

“Ye, you are right. Brother Cheng is so nice to us. They let us use everything theirs, food, clothes, everything same as them. We are their guests in name, but they truly treat us like family. I just wish Dalang and Erlang could join us soon!”

“Don’t worry, I will get them out of serving the royals and be with us!” Seeing the desire in his wife’s eyes, Zhou Jinjiang made up his mind and comfort her tenderly.

“It’s just that the Cheng’s aren’t very stable as of yet, we all need to work hard to achieve that!” Mrs. Zhou smiled but she didn’t mind. Afterall, Zhou Jinjiang had already told her what to expect back in Emperor City.

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhou thought of something and asked, “Oh yeah, how was Xiao Xiao? Everybody was scared for her tonight. We all thought she wouldn’t….”

“Don’t worry. Xiao Xiao wasn’t as simple as she seemed. We are definitely lucky to be able to stay with the Cheng’s!”

Zhou Jinjiang’s eyes sparkled and he continued, “In a few days, I am going to take a trip to Qing’an Province. I want see if there’s anywhere that’s suitable to build a moat. If I can’t find a suitable place, we will just have to build it right here!”

“That’s all decided by you men. We are women, we don’t know anything like that!”

Before they headed to bed, Cheng Biyuan walked into the master bedroom of the main structure and also found his wife waiting for him. He couldn’t help but to ask, “How come you are still up?”

“Ye, how’s Xiao Xiao? Is she okay? Is she back?” Mrs. Cheng kept on asking with a worried look.

“Don’t worry. Xiao Xiao is fine. She had retired into her own room!”

The slightly tired looking Cheng Biyuan sat down, poured himself a glass of mystical water and downed it. The mystical water he had inside his house wasn’t from the cloned well outside, but brought to him by Xiao Xiao directly from the dimension.

After three glasses of mystical water, Cheng Biyuan felt incredible and all the tiredness was gone. Then he finally looked over at his wife, pondered for a bit and said, “Yuqin, you…”

“What’s the matter, ye? Something you want to tell me?” Mrs. Cheng could tell he had something on his mind.

Cheng Biyuan reached over and wiped away the remnant of tears from the corners of her eyes and said, “It’s a good thing that you love the kids, I know. But your biggest weakness is being too soft. Especially in the last few years, you have changed so much. I am not saying that is bad, but you are lacking some aggressiveness and assertiveness, you have gone soft.

“I think it’s all my fault. I didn’t get good enough care of you. Back at Emperor City, you were bullied by others, but you had no choice but to take all the abuse quietly. Those years had taken it all from you. All your feistiness were all gone. Ever since we got here, our lives were much tougher than before, but relatively peaceful. Even so, you’d never confront anyone, and that had molded you into this very compliant personality.”

“Ye, am I too helpless? Do I make you worry too much about me?”

Ever since she has been married and had kids, Mrs. Cheng had stopped cultivating altogether. Even now she was only a mid level martial apprentice, basically just any normal woman. Granted, if it ever came down to a life and death moment, her potential just might release.