Chapter 1323: Lao Qi

Besides, the gifts Lao Qi gave to others were actually much the same, with little difference.

Whether it was the gifts for Sheng Hanyu or the Sheng Family's boys, they all had to do with gemstones and Agarwood; the only differences were the shapes and sizes.

The gifts for Shi Youxuan and Shi Ran were also clothes or skirts made of the same beautiful thread, and there were even Bulletproof Vests!

Shi Youxuan caught a business opportunity: "Lao Qi, can you secure the agency for that place?"

"Pfft—"

Lao Qi nearly sprayed a mouthful of tea onto Nianyin's face.

Nianyin's expression was displeased: "My elder sister asked you to go again, is it worth getting this excited? Go, just go, no one is stopping you."

Something wasn't right; was there something in this that she didn't know about?

Just now she had only been focused on teaching Lao Qi the way to get along with his son, and hadn't even asked what had happened to him while he was away.

Looking at Nianyin's expression now, there was clearly a story here... Shi Youxuan wasn't a gossipy person, but she was occasionally very interested in gossip.

"Lao Qi, what happened to you while you were away? Tell us, did you have an affair and do something to wrong my younger sister?"

"No, I swear absolutely not." Lao Qi was very nervous.

"Since you didn't, why did Nianyin glare at you just now?" She was relentless.

Sheng Hanyu was helpless and reminded her: "That's enough now, Lao Qi just got back and is quite tired. Have the rooms been arranged? Let them get some rest early." He spoke to change the subject, but used his eyes to tell his wife.

I will tell you when we are alone in the bedroom; don't talk about it in front of so many people, Lao Qi needs to save face too.

The couple usually had great tacit understanding and could basically read each other's meaning with a single look, but today was an exception.

Shi Youxuan seemed unable to understand, or rather, she hadn't looked at all.

"Lao Qi, tell us, what happened while you were away? Children, you want to hear too, right?"

"Yes."

This bunch of brats spoke in unison, all showing the same intense interest on their faces.

Gossip is human nature, regardless of age or gender.

Everyone sat in a neat row, all resting their chins on their hands, waiting to hear the story.

If there had been tea, melon seeds, and various snacks on the coffee table in front of them, it would have been perfect.

Sheng Hanyu didn't stop them again, nor did he change the subject. He could see that his wife's intention was not really about the wine; wanting to hear the story was true, but there was a deeper meaning underneath—letting Yulong and Lao Qi have more contact.

Lao Qi and Nianyin had also reacted by now.

Fine, tell it then.

Anyway, such things couldn't be hidden, and rather than letting everyone use their imaginations to guess wildly, it was better for him to take the initiative and say it himself.

Lao Qi's story was indeed exciting.

Back then, when Zhu Qingrui led people to raid the Ji Family, they encountered two main waves of resistance.

One was led by Nianci, and the other was the resistance led by Lao Qi.

But both forces ultimately failed; Nianci's failure lay in her rigid adherence to old rules and her arrogance.

She thought the Ji Family was impregnable and that outsiders were not worth mentioning; such thinking easily leads to suffering a great loss, and Nianci was killed in that battle!

And the other strong resistance was led by Lao Qi; he was brave and skilled in battle and familiar with the terrain, but he didn't expect to be betrayed by the men of the Ji Family.

The men of the Ji Family grew up being oppressed by women since childhood, so they were particularly timid; when they encountered such a situation, they were scared out of their wits.

The people Lao Qi led were cowardly and afraid of death; once threatened by the other side, they sold Lao Qi out.

After Zhu Qingrui captured Lao Qi, he didn't want his life, but wanted to recruit him and make him work for him.

After being rejected by Lao Qi, he came up with another very wicked idea.

The women of the Ji Family were sold or killed back then.

But not a single man was killed; they were basically all sold to nearby tribes as slaves, and Shi Yucheng and the two children were sent to an uninhabited island under strict guard.

Only Lao Qi was the one Zhu Qingrui put the most effort into.

He was first sent to another uninhabited island, treated with good food and drink, and people were sent every day to brainwash him.

But it was useless.

Two months later.

Seeing that Lao Qi was impervious to persuasion, Zhu Qingrui didn't want to waste any more time on him, so he sent him to a tribe.

That place was practically a miniature Ji Family.

Women were in power, but it lacked the high level of civilization of the Ji Family, and the women weren't as smart as the Ji Family women.

Lao Qi was a man of talent and good looks.

Upon arriving in such a place, he was targeted by the tribal Chieftain, who insisted on marrying him.

He explained that he had a wife and couldn't have an intimate relationship with another woman; the Chieftain had never seen a man reject her voluntarily and nearly killed Lao Qi.

The reason she didn't kill him was because on the way to the execution ground, Lao Qi had casually woven a small figure out of roadside grass and kept it on his person.

The grass-woven figure was made in Nianyin's likeness; Lao Qi didn't want to be too lonely on his way to the afterlife, so he wove it into Nianyin's likeness to keep him company.

As it turned out, this grass-woven figure caught the Chieftain's attention, and she asked Lao Qi if he could weave another one for her.

He was about to be executed, and he was supposed to weave a figure for her?

Lao Qi had resentment in his heart, so naturally, he didn't have good intentions.

He wove a pig, modeled after the Chieftain!

As it turned out, the Chieftain wasn't angry, but instead overjoyed.

She immediately changed her mind, stopped the execution, brought him back to the tribe to be treated with good food and wine, and that grass-woven pig was even placed on the altar to be worshipped.

Only then did Lao Qi discover that their god's prototype was actually a pig!

But this place didn't raise pigs, and it was isolated, making it very difficult to have contact with outsiders; perhaps that was why the pig became a god.

Lao Qi became the messenger of the "god" and remained in the tribe.

Aside from the lack of freedom of movement and being unable to escape, everything else is quite good.

Zhu Qingrui has sinister intentions; he deliberately sent Lao Qi to a tribe where women hold power in order to disgust Nianyin.

When they launched a sneak attack on the Ji Family, Nianyin was not at the Ji Family, and Zhu Qingrui felt she would surely become a major threat.

He hates Nianyin, and he hates everyone by Ji Yingjie's side!

Lao Qi has nothing to do in the tribe, and he doesn't care for pretending to be mysterious to fool people every day, so he used grass to weave many practical items like baskets and hampers.

Lao Qi's hometown is a land of weaving.

Almost everyone there can casually weave all sorts of things using grass, reeds, and the like.

There is plenty of grass here; it is not rare at all.

Yet before Lao Qi arrived, the people here had no idea that the grass seen everywhere had so many uses.

Everyone wanted to learn from him, and he was not stingy, generously teaching the people in the tribe.

Capable people are usually respected; this applies everywhere!

In half a month, Lao Qi taught the people in the tribe how to weave grass mats, straw hats, rain capes, and Spring Shoes.

Once the people learned, their standard of living improved significantly.

He is now not only regarded as a messenger of the gods, but simply as the incarnation of a god!

The Chieftain invited Lao Qi to her thatched cottage, but not to profess her love; instead, she solemnly took out two items and asked him if he recognized them.