PEA – Chapter 8

President’s Exclusive Alchemist

Chapter 8 – Going Home

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translator: Nana

Tang Yun knew that her son had always been a man of his own mind since he was a child. Otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to ask his father to open an account for him in the stock market when he was in junior high school.

Tang Yun couldn’t manage her son. However, she still wanted to know if her son would go abroad again. What’s so good about going abroad? He ran outside all day and didn’t go home.

In fact, there was a reason why Tang Yun was so dissatisfied with foreign countries. Tang Yun was born in the Tang family, which was one of the four top families in Beijing City. At the same time, the Tang Family was a military family.

Although the world was very peaceful now and there were no major wars, there were still some small battles in some areas from time to time. Many countries were bordering Yanhuang Country. Some were peaceful, but many were hostile. Tang Yun didn’t join the army, but as a soldier’s daughter, it was expected that she didn’t want to see some foreign countries.

“Tang Tang, you won’t run out without saying a word this time?”

Gu Tang understood his mother’s thoughts but didn’t say anything about it. To this question, Gu Tang shook his head, “No. I have finished the exchange study course, and I have another plan returning home.”

“Oh, what plan?” When she heard that her son didn’t need to leave again, Tang Yun finally put her heart down. When she heard that his son had another plan, she immediately became interested.

She wasn’t very clear about her son’s plan, but it was definitely a promising business investment. Although she didn’t understand very well, she was still very curious.

“I met Mu Yifan, a member of the Mu Family who also participated in the exchange abroad. Before I returned home, I received his investment plan. I saw it, and it was ok.”

The Mu Family; Tang Yun thought about it before she remembered which family it was. The Mu Family was in Dongshi, and its reputation in that area was ok. Since her son said that the investment plan was ok, it should be good.

Tang Yun didn’t understand business matters, and Gu Tang didn’t tell his mother in detail. He only said that it was a plan for a leisure and health farm. If it was done well, he could take his mother to have a look.

Hearing her son’s words, Tang Yun felt sweet in her heart. Her son still cared about her. After returning home, Tang Yun didn’t forget to show off with her husband.

Although Gu Tang didn’t go home for two years, his father was the only one at home. Father Gu [Gu Tang’s grandfather] went out to visit his friends and was not at home. As for the other elders, they didn’t live in the main house. 

The father and son coaxed Tang Yun. Then Gu Mingwei used his eyes to signal Gu Tang to follow him to the study.

Gu Mingwei had never intervened in his son’s investments since he was a child. It’s all his son’s business to earn or lose. The Gu Family’s education method could be said to be unique among rich families.

But this time, when he learned that his son and the child of the Mu Family would jointly invest in a leisure and health farm, Gu Mingwei rarely decided to give him a reminder. He reminded him to take a look at the stocking policy, but Gu Tang looked sideways and nodded to show that he knew.

“Father, please rest assured. I’ll be careful.”

Gu Mingwei patted his son on the shoulder. As a father, he believed in his son’s ability. “Go down. Your mother should have prepared some refreshments for you. Cough, but don’t eat too much.”

Hearing his father’s words, Gu Tang silently gave him a disdainful look. His father was going to give him to his mother as an experimental mouse.

Tang Yun was good at everything, and she liked to make snacks. It was all right if she followed the normal procedure. However, Miss Tang loved to take an unusual path. From childhood to adulthood, Gu Tang had tasted pepper, green vegetables, eggplant, melon, and so on. No one could think of Miss Tang’s unexpected taste.

Gu Tang felt that his sense of taste was not distorted by his mother’s strange snacks because he had strong willpower.

Even if he knew that there was a pit downstairs, Gu Tang could only take the initiative to send himself to the door to be pitted. It would be strange if his mother easily let him go after not being home for two years. He only hoped that today’s snacks didn’t taste too weird.

Gu Tang didn’t know that his mother’s snacks today were normal. However, he ran to the toilet several times at night.  Gu Tang, who had taken the gastrointestinal medicine prescribed by the family doctor, said that his mother would better make those snacks with strange flavors. At least, he would only suffer from tongue damage and wouldn’t have diarrhea.

Yanhuang Country had a very important festival in May, the founding day of the country. It was National Day.

There were seven days of holiday on National Day, and another week later was the college entrance examination. It could be said that this holiday was so good that the college entrance examinations didn’t know what to say.

Let people feel at ease during the holidays, ah!

These seven days were a national holiday. Except for some industries, everyone else would have holidays. Even if there was no sign, the students who would face the college entrance examination would still have seven days off.

Although the college entrance examination was about to take place, Yi Xing’s mentality was still very good. As long as he didn’t have any problems, according to his usual results, there was no problem attending a first-class university.

“Master Dao, do you have any activities on National Day?” Although the four people’s home was not far from Hua City, one was in the east, and the other in the west. This position really made people toothache.

“Go home.” After Ming Wuxiang finished speaking, Li Jiahua on the other side nodded. In seven days, you can go home and take a look. The college entrance examination was about to take place. You can relax at home.

Different from Li Jiahua’s plan to go home and relax, Ming Wuxiang already had a detailed plan after going home. He intended to go to the mountains and plant the herbs he had planned before.

Through this period of diligent practice, Ming Wuxiang’s cultivation base had been restored to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining. Some small spells could be used, and he could also arrange simple arrays. Therefore, he could start the project of Chinese medicinal materials in the mountain forest.

Two weeks later, it was time for the college entrance examination. After that, Ming Wuxiang had time to arrange the mountain forest. It was better to start the project earlier than to wait for him to do it after the college entrance examination.

Because it was not possible to plant medicinal herbs in the mountain forest immediately, it was better to take some time to make some arrangements

Yi Xing heard the two people were going home, thinking about it, he would go home too. Fortunately, Yi Xing didn’t know Ming Wuxiang’s plans. Otherwise, he would like to join the fun. How could he miss such an interesting thing?

Dong Zhiming and Yi Xing were from the same city. They were together every time they came to school or went home on vacation. With the two people teaming up, the road was no longer lonely.

On the first morning of the holiday, Yi Xing, who was in charge of driving, first sent Ming Wuxiang and Li Jiahua to the station. There was a midway car passing through Luoye Village at the station, so it was very convenient for them to go home.

If the two people were not in the opposite direction to Yi Xing’s home, Yi Xing wouldn’t mind driving them home directly.

Although it was a holiday, there were a lot of departures for this train, so they didn’t have to wait for long before leaving.

They took the high-speed highway, and there were no traffic accidents or traffic jams. Two and half hours later, they both carried a small suitcase and stood under the very conspicuous banyan tree at the entrance of Luoye Village.

As soon as the two people got off the train, they immediately attracted the attention of the villagers who were chatting under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. Although the villagers were old, their eyes were very sharp. They recognized Li Jiahua at a glance. As for Ming Wuxiang, he had become white and handsome, so the villagers didn’t recognize him for a while.

Li Jiahua’s uncle was the head of Luoye Village, so the villagers were very enthusiastic about him. “It’s Jiahua. Come back for the holidays, right?”

“Yes.” Li Jiahua’s mouth never stopped as he was being called by the uncles and aunts all the way. Ming Wuxiang, who was watching, couldn’t help but smile. Li Jiahua glared at him when he saw him laughing secretly.

Of course, Li Jiahua knew that because Ming Wuxiang had changed so much, the villagers didn’t recognize him. Adhering to the principle of sharing the blessings and difficulties, how could Li Jiahua easily let go of the Ming Wuxiang laughing at the side.

To a villager who greeted him warmly, he said, “Uncle, Wuxiang has also come back. Why didn’t you notice him?” Then he pushed Ming Wuxiang, who was standing beside him, to the front.

Ming Wuxiang’s grandfather, Ming Zhenchang, was very famous in Luoye Village. It could be said that sometimes, the words of Grandpa Ming were better than those of the village head.

No one should offend a doctor. Especially if it’s a doctor with good medical skills. Normal people understood it.

Grandpa Ming left, leaving Ming Wuxiang, a newly grown-up child. The villagers felt pity for the child who had no relatives. The funeral of Grandpa Ming was organized by the villagers.

So when they heard Li Jiahua say that the handsome boy next to him was Ming Wuxiang, the villagers didn’t believe it at first. They soon discovered that it was indeed Ming Wuxiang.

“Ouch, this kid Wuxiang, how come he suddenly became a handsome boy after a few months of absence?”

It was not unexpected that the villagers were surprised. Although it was not absolute, Ming Wuxiang’s original appearance belonged to the intermediate level. Now that the skin had turned white plus the unintentionally revealed temperament after cultivating, he looked much better than those actors from the idol drama on TV.

Before, it was Li Jiahua who was being greeted by the uncles and aunts. Now that Ming Wuxiang had been pushed out by Li Jiahua to attract firepower, he was surrounded by aunts.

While the aunts were surprised to see Ming Wuxiang’s changes, they didn’t forget to complain about Li Jiahua. Li Jiahua didn’t change at all. No, there was a change; he turned darker. They laughed at him and said that the next time he came back, he would become black charcoal.

Li Jiahua, who originally only wanted to drag Ming Wuxiang into the water and not let him linger on the side, was speechless. How did it become a talk about him? Was having dark skin bad? It was even more masculine!

Ming Wuxiang, who was praised by the aunts, didn’t care about Li Jiahua’s madness. Looking at the aunts who surrounded him, Ming Wuxiang found that they were really lethal. Finally, it was the village head’s children who came out to the rescue. Ming Wuxiang and Li Jiahua didn’t know how to escape from the aunts’ murderous hands.

“Brother, Grandpa knows that you are coming back. He is waiting at home but didn’t see you, so he asked me to go to the village entrance to see. You are here.” A teenage boy said as he squeezed into their group. It was Li Jiahua’s cousin, Li Jiaye.

Li Jiahua’s grandparents were gone. Li Jiahua’s elders, except for his parents, were the big uncle and his wife, and his uncle’s in-laws. His uncle was the village chief.

“Just go. Niuwa [Small Cow/Ox/Bull], you tell my uncle that I will go back with your brother.” The villagers surrounding the two heard that the village chief was waiting for them at home, so they didn’t continue to hold them.

The boy who was called Niuwa by Li Jiahua yelled loudly as he ran home,” Brother! How many times have you called my little name?! I will also call your nickname, Daniu [Big Cow/Ox/Bull]! 

“Poof…”

“Niuwa, stop for me!”

“Hahahaha.”

Hearing the dialogue between Li Jiahua and Li Jiaye, not only Ming Wuxiang laughed, but the villagers nearby also laughed.

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