Chapter 156: Repetition

In the Hua family courtyard, the Hua family members were all busy for tomorrow's engagement banquet, but Hua Changxi was somewhat idle. She wanted to help, but felt like she couldn't get a hand in.

Looking at the festive and lively Hua family courtyard, in a trance, Hua Changxi seemed to have returned to the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. That feeling of being detached from the atmosphere of family joy appeared again.

The place she was in was clearly her own home, and the people she saw were all her family, but she just felt that there was a thin film separating her from the others.

Hua Changxi didn't like this feeling of detachment hanging in the air, but she didn't force herself to join the busyness of her family either. Instead, she quietly returned to her room, sat by the window, and silently watched the busyness in the Hua family courtyard.

Looking at the fireworks in the Hua family courtyard, Hua Changxi was not repulsed in her heart, and even wanted to participate in it. She clearly knew that she needed family.

However, for the Hua family, she actually didn't have a deep sense of belonging.

As a daughter of the Hua family, she and Old Master Hua, and even most of the Hua family, had irreconcilable contradictions.

For Old Master Hua, he was the head of the family. The big and small affairs of the family and the development of the Hua family members all had to be based on his will, and he did not allow anyone to challenge his authority.

And she was certainly unwilling to live according to the mold polished by others. As long as she insisted on being herself, the conflict between her and Old Master Hua was unavoidable.

As for the others in the Hua family, in their eyes, a family should not distinguish between you and me. She was a member of the Hua family, and the things she possessed should be handed over to the Hua family. If she didn't hand them over, perhaps she was infringing on their interests.

Hua Changxi sighed. She discovered that she seemed to be repeating the old problems of her previous life. She longed for the warmth of family, but at the same time, she hated the demands and kidnapping of family.

"Ninth Daughter, what are you thinking about, you are so lost in thought?"

Seeing Hua Liulang lay on the window, curiously reaching out and waving in front of Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi looked at Seeing Hua Liulang, who was sweating profusely from busyness, and looked at the tables and chairs filled in the courtyard. The backyard also seemed to be full. She was surprised: "Will many people come tomorrow?"

Seeing Hua Liulang nodded: "Grandfather is now a clan elder, so people from the clan will definitely come. When I passed by the main hall earlier, I heard Grandfather say that several clan elders are coming."

"People from the Count's Prefecture will also come. The Hua family cultivators who practice with Fourth Brother and the others seem to be coming too. By the way, Young Master Hongqi and Young Lady Shuran from the Heir's family will both come."

"Then there are the people from the Sheng family. I don't know exactly which people from the Sheng family will come, but at least a few tables must be prepared for them."

"Plus other relatives and friends, the front and back yards combined might just be enough to sit."

Speaking of this, Seeing Hua Liulang suddenly sighed: "I used to think that our family had a two-entry courtyard, which was considered good in the capital, but now, I think our family is still too small."

"This is just Eldest Brother's engagement. If it were a wedding, more people would come. By then, I'm afraid there won't even be enough space to receive guests."

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Eldest Brother's wedding, if there is a headache, it should be his headache. Why are you worrying about it?"

Seeing Hua Liulang smiled: "I wasn't thinking about myself. When I get married, I'm afraid our family won't even have space to set up my bridal chamber."

Hua Changxi rolled her eyes: "If I were you, I would find a way to buy a house myself, instead of staring at this small courtyard."

Seeing Hua Liulang thought about himself guarding the fire spirit mine. Besides being able to practice for free in the mine cave of the fire spirit mine, he could also receive fifty top-grade fire spirit stones every month. He silently calculated the fire spirit stones he had accumulated and found that compared to the other brothers and sisters in the family, he already had some assets. He immediately grinned: "That's right."

The Hua family courtyard was busy until midnight before it slowly quieted down.

In the backyard, Master He San was not used to the Hua family's bed, so he simply sat cross-legged on the bed to practice. As soon as he practiced, his expression was shocked, and he immediately looked at Hua Wuniang, who was still coaxing the child to sleep: "The spiritual energy here in your house is so dense."

Hearing this, Hua Wuniang smiled: "Seventh Sister said that Ninth Daughter set up a spirit-gathering array in the Hua family courtyard. In this way, family members with spirit roots can practice, and those without spirit roots can also nourish their bodies."

Hearing this, Master He San's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "I thought Ninth Daughter and your family were on very bad terms."

Hua Wuniang paused: "Ninth Daughter... just has a sharp tongue. She has always been very protective of her family."

Master He San immediately thought of the time when Hua Wuniang gave birth and Hua Ninth Daughter ran to the Marquis Wu Yi's Prefecture to make a scene: "Yes, she is very protective."

Hua Wuniang also thought of Hua Changxi standing up for her, smiled, didn't say anything more, and continued to lower her head to coax the child.

Master He San didn't ask any more questions, but carefully felt the spiritual energy in the Hua family courtyard. As he absorbed more and more spiritual energy, the shock in his heart grew greater.

The He family also had a practice room specifically set up with a spirit-gathering array, but the density of spiritual energy was far inferior to the Hua family's. Even so, the He family had to spend more than 100,000 low-grade spirit stones every month to maintain the operation of the spirit-gathering array.

By this calculation, for the concentration of spiritual energy filled in the Hua family courtyard, the spirit stones the Hua family used on the spirit-gathering array every month were at least several times that of the He family.

Tens of thousands of spirit stones consumed every month, what a big deal.

The Hua family... no, it was Hua Ninth Daughter. She must have a spirit mine in her hand, otherwise, she couldn't supply the spirit stone consumption of the spirit-gathering array.

Spirit mine...

Master He San's breathing was a bit rapid. The He family used the power of the whole clan to occupy a small spirit mine, while Hua Ninth Daughter, just a young lady, actually had a spirit mine in her hand.

"Fifth Sister, what is Ninth Daughter's cultivation level?"

Hua Wuniang looked up at Master He San and shook her head: "I don't know."

Master He San asked again: "Does anyone else in the family know?"

Hua Wuniang shook her head again: "Ninth Daughter is a person who pays great attention to privacy. Let alone others in the family, even Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt might not know everything about Ninth Daughter."

Master He San was puzzled: "Didn't you say that your Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt are very good to Ninth Daughter? Then why would Ninth Daughter still have such great guard against them?"

Hearing this, Hua Wuniang was stunned. She really hadn't thought about this question.

Master He San looked at her reaction and smiled: "Perhaps, your Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt are not as good to Ninth Daughter as you imagine. Otherwise, Ninth Daughter wouldn't hide everything from them. At least she should have informed them about big things."

Hua Wuniang was silent. In her view, Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt could really be called a kind father and mother to Ninth Daughter. Whatever Ninth Daughter wanted, whatever she wanted to eat, Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt didn't say they satisfied everything, but most of them were satisfied.

However, when Ninth Daughter was punished by Grandfather and Grandmother, she also heard Ninth Daughter accuse Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt, saying that they didn't love her, didn't protect her, and helped Grandfather and Grandmother bully her together.

Was it this reason that made Ninth Daughter have a rift with Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt? ===== CHAPTER 157 =====