955 One Should Feel Contented
In Tianjin, he didn’t have to worry all day long that the people in the stockade would come to find him and make trouble. He could sleep and eat. His complexion had naturally improved a lot.
With the help of Xu Xinyuan, he had also found a job. The salary was not very high, but the work was not very tiring either. However, he had no educational background or skills, so it was a very good job for him. He was satisfied.
I hope this will continue in the future! He had seen a glimpse of hope in achieving his desire for a peaceful life.
It would be better if Miao Tianchuan succeeds!
He hoped that Miao Tianchuan could successfully exact revenge and kill Miao Xihe. That was the only way they could eliminate any future troubles.
In return for the favor done for him, he told Xu Xinyuan a little information. It was a secret of the Valley of Thousands of Medicine.
“Using medicine to refine and train the body?” When he heard this, Xu Xinyuan was very curious.
“How does one go about it?”
Miao Chengtang didn’t have the answer to that question. What he knew was limited, and he couldn’t spill everything all at once. Otherwise, he would have lost his value and get thrown aside.
He had vaguely discussed this topic with Miao Qingyuan in secret before. He had the same opinions. They could not just spill their guts. They had to keep some things a secret. After all, they had to wait for the right price or the highest bid to sell. They were not talented, and they had no rich knowledge or special abilities. All they could rely on was their secrets, which were limited. Every little bit they shared meant a little bit lost.
They also possessed a few medical skills. In the stockade, almost everyone had knowledge regarding that. Also, he had a special means, but it didn’t play a very important role in a prosperous city built with reinforced concrete. Recently, he had given his situation some thought. He would see how things played out. If within a year or two, the people in the stockade didn’t find him or gave up on exacting revenge on him, he would find a way to open a shop and practice medicine. He wouldn’t be able to treat major diseases, but he could still treat minor injuries, such as headaches and colds.
That night, Miao Qingyuan had asked him out to dinner.
After drinking quite a lot of wine, their conversations deepened.
“In my heart, I also hope that Miao Xihe will die and have a miserable death,” Miao Qingyuan said. As he spoke, his expression became twisted.
Few people willingly left their hometown knowing they could never return, let alone escape in such a pathetic manner. After escaping, they had been worried and on guard for many years. Over the years, his inner hatred had not dissipated with the pa.s.sage of time. Instead, it had been gradually deposited and fermented with the acc.u.mulation of time. He often woke up in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, and thought of these things late into the night.
“Unfortunately, it’s just a thought!”
Miao Chengtang didn’t say anything. He picked up his gla.s.s from the table and drank all the white wine within it.
“I’m afraid that I can’t exact revenge myself. I can only resort to external help.”
“External help? Miao Tianchuan? He can’t. ” Miao Qingyuan shook his head.
“He’s a wanted felon and a madman who has lost the bottom line,” Miao Qingyuan said. “He will do crazy things, but crazy things can’t affect Miao Xihe, so naturally, he won’t do.”
“What other good ideas do you have?”
“External help is just right in front of you.”
“Right in front of me? Do you mean Xu Xinyuan?” Miao Chengtang asked.
“He’s a little bit lacking,” Miao Qingyuan replied. “I mean the forces behind him.”
“Behind him?”
Following that, Miao Qingyuan filled Miao Chengtang in on what he knew about Xu Xinyuan.
Although he was in the stockade and seldom had contact with matters outside, it did not mean that he knew nothing about those matters. After listening to Miao Qingyuan’s words, he understood that behind Xu Xinyuan was actually a big family. It was a very powerful and influential family.
“How do we make use of their power?”
“There are only two possibilities for them to pay enough attention to,” Miao Qingyuan said. “One is that there are enough interest and profits for them. The other is a big enough threat.”
“A threat? What happened in He County already threatened his future. Isn’t the threat big enough? As for interests and profits, what are we able to offer?”
“As for threatening the future, those vicious events in He County did have a great impact on him, but now it’s not only happening in He County,” Miao Qingyuan replied. “Qushan has cases too as well, right? It’s no longer an individual case. He’s still fairly young now. In a few years, maybe no one will remember it. So, that means the threat is not big enough.”
“If that is not big enough, what other threat is big enough?” Miao Chengtang’s face changed.
“His life!”
“Yes, that threat is big enough.” Miao Chengtang nodded after listening. At the same time, his heart skipped a beat.
“But he is well-informed. It has been determined that Miao Tianchuan was the one who had done all those things. He just wanted to fabricate a charge against the others. Who will pose a big enough threat to him now?”
“This needs arrangement and planning,” Miao Qingyuan said.
“Qingyuan, you already have a wife and children, and you aren’t hated so much anymore in the stronghold,” Miao Chengtang said. “To put it plainly, you are a dispensable person in the eyes of Miao Xihe, unlike me. He wants to get rid of me quickly to get rid of future troubles. You can continue to live like this. Think about it. If you think about doing something to them and they found out, you wouldn’t be able to stand either side’s fury.”
“Ah, I just can’t stand by and accept it!” Miao Qingyuan exclaimed.
Over the years, he had not been as calm as he looked on the surface.
“I think you have quite a good life now,” Miao Chengtang said. “Really, I envy you very much.”
“Revenge is to avenge the dead, but it can affect the living,” he added. “You are different from me and Miao Tianchuan. We are all single and have no worries. We have no one to leave behind. We can go all out and exact revenge, and we can go mad on the path toward revenge. You simply can’t. You have to think about your family.”
He was not a good or faithful man. If he had the chance, he would try his best to kill Miao Xihe and get rid of all future problems permanently. Without such an opportunity, there arose another opportunity. It was one that allowed him to change his life and continue to live. He had to settle for the next best thing. He wanted to seize the opportunity, but Miao had suddenly reminded him of such things. With his temper and character, it meant that he had been pondering this for a long time. In his opinion, this idea was terrible. This idea was dangerous and would break his hope of settling for the next best thing. Therefore, he had decided to persuade the other party. The real purpose was not for the good of the other party but mainly for himself.
This was plotting against his own benefactor.
If they were to do that, what would the results be? What would happen to them?
If he carefully thought about, he could have easily guessed the end result, not to mention how troublesome it would be to implement this plan.
“Well, I’ve drunk too much, so just take my words as that of a drunkard’s,” Miao Qingyuan said.
“Alright, you must make sure never to say these words in front of Xu Xinyuan.”
“I haven’t even mentioned anything to my family about what I have done before,” Miao Qingyuan replied.
“Come, let’s drink,” Miao Chengtang said.
With a clink, their gla.s.ses met in mid-air. The two of them gulped down the wine from their gla.s.ses.
They were in a strange situation. If one were prosperous, all would prosper. If one were to suffer, all would come to harm.
As someone from the same stockade, who had known each other for a long time and were in a foreign place, anyone who had encountered such a problem would surely consider the other person’s welfare.
After drinking, they went back to their own houses.
One had a wife and children to heat his bed for him. The other lived alone in a rented house.
To be honest, Miao Chengtang was envious of Miao Qingyuan. At least he had a home on the outside. A home was the harbor of the soul. That was not the case for him now. He always felt as if he was floating duckweed. He didn’t know where he would float to or where he would take root and settle down.
I should feel contented!
If he could settle down somewhere else, he would be very contented. As for revenge, it was not important. The most important thing was to be able to be with his family.
He was not appreciating the happy life he was enjoying.
Life pa.s.sed one day at a time just like that.
In the morning, two cars drove into the village. One of the vehicles was quite rare.
The person arriving in the village was Pan Jiayou. He had brought his mother from the Jiangsu Province and there to ask w.a.n.g Yao for diagnosis and treatment.
He picked the old woman up and carried her out of the car. He placed her into a wheelchair and pushed her into the clinic.
The woman was very thin and old. Her complexion was ashy and pale. There was no l.u.s.ter in her eyes.
Her Qi and blood flow was poor. It was obvious she lacked Qi.
This old woman’s main problem was her legs. She had cold legs and feet. As she got older, the problem grew worse. Over the years, Pan Jiayou had been trying to treat his mother. Famous doctors had been consulted and tons of money had been spent, but the effect was not obvious.
“Dr. w.a.n.g, I’ll leave it up to you.”
“Sure, no worries.”
The old woman’s legs were as thin as firewood. Her muscles were severely atrophied. She was unable to exert strength with her lower limbs. Since she lacked physical activity, the circulation of Qi and blood was also poor. It resulted in her whole body being in a very bad state. It was a vicious circle.
“Your mother’s disease can be cured, but it can’t be cured in an instant,” w.a.n.g Yao said. “I think the treatment can be divided into several steps. First, we need to replenish her Qi and blood to allow her to be in better health. Second is acupunctures and medicine so that she can stand up and walk. Third, there should be systemic conditioning of her whole body to allow her to return to a healthy state suitable for her age. What do you think?”
“OK, I have no problem with that,” Pan Jiayou said.
“That’s good,” w.a.n.g Yao said. “If there’s nothing urgent, you will need to stay here for three days to receive treatment. After three days, I have something matters to settle and have to go to Jing. I can’t continue to treat the old lady. I’ll prescribe some medicine. You can take it back with you to take it. After the new year, you can bring her back to receive more treatment.”
“Alright.”
“Let’s start.”
First, there were some things that w.a.n.g Yao explained clearly to Pan Jiayou. It was mainly regarding the magic herbs that would be used to treat his elderly mother. Those herbs were very expensive, so he had to make things clear beforehand. The Pan family said that they were willing to spend as much as was needed to cure the old lady’s disease.
He asked the old lady to drink the Primordial Spirit Soup. As for the medicine, he had already prepared it.