Chapter 121 Goal Achieved

Chapter 121 Goal Achieved

Returning Atai's belongings would cost them an extra two taels of silver, which was painful for everyone in Atai's family. But pain was pain, and it was better than being haunted by a vengeful ghost.

Uncle Atai had considered another method—asking a master to perform a ritual to exorcise the evil spirits. In fact, based on instinct, this was the first method he thought of.

The difficulty with this method is that they can't find a real "expert" in a short time, and even if they do, they may not be able to persuade them to come. As for fake "experts," even if they spend money to bring them back, they still can't really solve the problem.

Time was of the essence, and he feared that before he could even find a reliable and truly skilled expert, his younger brother and sister-in-law would already be impatiently killing his entire family.

Furthermore, although the Lü clan was an obscure tribe that made a living by hunting, most of its members were reasonable. They might have their own little schemes and shortcomings, but none of them were truly wicked or evil.

The couple's previous actions had already provoked discontent among the clansmen, and now this incident has given them a legitimate reason to interfere in their "family affairs."

Not to mention that they were so frightened that they no longer dared to use tantrums and unreasonable behavior to get rid of the clan leader and other clansmen, even if they did dare, the clan leader and their other clansmen would no longer back down because of their tantrums and unreasonable behavior.

Everyone will only take a tougher stance, forcing them to return Atai's property and to compensate the brother and sister.

After much deliberation, Uncle Atai couldn't think of any other way to resolve his current predicament except to admit defeat.

Under the supervision of the clan chief, Uncle Atai obediently returned all the house, land, and money left by Atai's parents, as well as the grain, furs, farm tools, bows and arrows, firewood, bedding, and clothes that they had previously kept, either in their original form or converted into corresponding amounts of money, to Atai and his sister.

As for the crops that had already been planted in the fields, the clan chief decided to distribute them to the brother and sister, Atai and Xiaomei.

Uncle Atai initially disagreed, but the clan chief bluntly told him, "Why don't you wait? Your brother will come over tonight to discuss this with you."

Just by following the clan chief's lead and imagining the scene for a moment, Uncle Atai didn't dare to utter a single word.

He shook his head vigorously, "No, no, no, I'll listen to the clan chief, I'll listen to the clan chief."

Because they needed their help, Uncle Atai's family didn't dare to delay at all this time. In less than an hour, Atai and Xiaomei got back the inheritance left by their parents.

The two returned home empty-handed, without bringing anything with them.

Their uncle followed behind the two with a pitiful expression, pleading with Atai in an unprecedentedly good manner to go and pay respects at their parents' graves.

He had prepared all the necessary paper money, incense, and candles. All Atai needed to do was take the items over and tell his parents about the current situation of him and his siblings.

Atai didn't refuse to pass on the message for his family, but he also made a request: he wanted to sever ties with his uncle's family.

His uncle's first reaction was to disagree. After all, just because he had backed down now didn't mean he would continue to back down in the future. As long as he had time to get through this ordeal, he could slowly search for a master who not only had real skills but was also willing to suppress the ghosts of Atai's parents for him, and most importantly, whose fees were not too high.

He would not only make Atai's parents die of fright, but also make Atai and his siblings return everything they had taken from him, double the amount.

He will surely learn from this experience and make things more discreet so that his people cannot find any fault with him.

With such dark thoughts in mind, Uncle Atai was naturally unwilling to sever ties with Atai and his sister.

Once the kinship is severed, even if something really happens to Atai and his sister, their family will lose their inheritance rights to Atai's family's property because of that severance document.

He tried everything – appealing to emotions, threatening and intimidating – but Atai remained unmoved. Not only that, he calmly reminded his uncle, "If you keep dawdling, I won't be able to go to the cemetery today."

Here, they only visit graves between sunrise and noon. They don't go to the cemetery at noon, in the afternoon, or at night.

Uncle Atai was so angry with him that he felt like he was going to vomit blood, but for the sake of his family's lives, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and compromise.

With the clan chief and two elders as witnesses, Atai and his sister successfully severed ties with their uncle's family.

After receiving the letter severing ties with his parents, Atai finally did as his uncle wished, carrying paper money, incense, and other items to visit his parents' graves.

His sister, being a girl, was not allowed to visit the cemetery to pay her respects; she could only stand at a distance and watch her brother kneel, burn paper money, and repair their parents' graves.

His uncle and several cousins ​​could go, but they were too scared to go.

After visiting his parents' graves, Atai, accompanied by his sister, returned to his long-missed home.

The brother and sister did not rush to thank Jiang Yuan and Xie Wanniang, but instead cleaned their house inside and out first.

They also have a vegetable garden in their yard, which was taken over by their cousin Atai's family. This year, they also planted some vegetables in their garden.

The brother and sister had just brought back some grain and vegetables from their garden, so they wouldn't go hungry anytime soon.

As for safety, they originally kept two hunting dogs, and now those two dogs are back in their possession.

With the supernatural incident of their parents seeking revenge on their uncle's family before, plus the two dogs that their parents raised themselves, the siblings don't need to worry too much about their safety unless they encounter people like Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan who are highly skilled and don't believe in ghosts and gods.

The two of them were busy at home all afternoon. It wasn't until the sun was setting that Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan came down from the mountain. Only then did Atai take his sister to Aunt Ge's house to ask Xie Wanniang to give Xiaomei further treatment.

Of course, this was just one of their purposes in dealing with others. They also had another purpose for going there: to sincerely thank Jiang Yuan and Xie Wanniang.

Although Aunt Ge guessed that the scene at Uncle Atai's house was the work of Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan, she wisely chose to keep this secret to herself.

What Jiang Yuan and Xie Wan Niang did was truly gratifying. It's just that this old woman doesn't have the ability to do it; otherwise, she would also like to teach that family a lesson.

When Atai and Xiaomei came over, Aunt Ge guessed that they probably wanted to thank Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan. So after chatting with the two children for a while, the old lady very tactfully took her grandchildren to the kitchen to get busy.