Volume 2: Secret Realm Reincarnation Chapter 226 Time is cruel!
After Li Xuanfeng and his family arrived, Shen Hua finally put down the heavy stone in his heart. Although he believed in Li Xuanfeng's character, he was still worried that Li Xuanfeng would not come back so soon.
Although three years was an extremely long time for Shen Hua, he could understand that Li Xuanfeng would be reluctant to take his parents away from his hometown forever.
After they left that year, Shen Hua and Han Yue felt that the mansion had become extremely deserted. They often counted the days and calculated how long it was left until the three years agreed upon by Li Xuanfeng.
Li Tang did not feel any difference Shen Hua's enthusiasm quickly made their reserve disappear.
While chatting with Li Xuanfeng, Li Tang praised Shen Hua highly. He did not expect that his relative in-laws in such a high position would be so approachable.
Before coming to Xuanling City, Li Tang had many concerns in his mind, but he did not expect that all of them would be dispelled by Shen Hua.
Because of years of hard work, Li Tang could not sit idle after arriving at the Shen Mansion, so he took the initiative to take charge of the work of taking care of the garden in the mansion.
After Shen Hua's repeated attempts to dissuade him failed, he had no choice but to let him go. The two of them had similar personalities and soon became like old friends. In their spare time, they often drank tea and played games together in the garden.
Han Yue and Li Xuanfeng's mother Yang Qing also became good sisters. They studied dishes and embroidery together, or took Siyan out for fun. They had endless things to talk about every day, as if they were closer than real sisters.
Time passed in the peaceful life of everyone. Little Siyan had grown into a little girl and started to study in school.
Shen Hua gradually handed over all the affairs and business in the mansion to Li Xuanfeng. He only dealt with matters in the city and became much more free.
Although life in Xuanling City remained monotonous every day, Li Xuanfeng did not feel bored. Instead, he enjoyed it very much. His relatives were safe, his family was harmonious, and he lived a worry-free life.
Although Li Xuanfeng and Shen Luoyan tried hard, they did not have another child, only a daughter, Li Siyan.
Seeing that Shen Luoyan was still a little disappointed about this matter, Li Xuanfeng smiled and comforted her softly: "God has already given us such a perfect daughter, so we should not push ourselves any further."
After hearing Li Xuanfeng's words and thinking of her daughter's good education and manners, Shen Luoyan burst out laughing and agreed very much with Li Xuanfeng's words. She was no longer upset about the matter, but let it take its course.
Li Siyan grew up slowly, and in the blink of an eye she became a young lady in her prime, but her personality did not change much, she was still well-educated and well-mannered, and now her temperament is extremely outstanding.
Moreover, Li Siyan has an extremely outstanding appearance and is recognized as the most beautiful woman in Xuanling City. She is admired by countless young men. However, after seeing the huge Shen Mansion, most of them are discouraged, otherwise the people who come to propose marriage are afraid that the threshold of the Shen Mansion will be broken down.
In his spare time, Li Tang would look for medical books all over the city to read, which made his medical skills more and more advanced. He even completely surpassed other doctors in Xuanling City. Many people who had been ill for many years came to him for treatment.
After several treatments, Li Tang's reputation grew, and eventually almost all the citizens in the city came to the Shen Mansion for medical treatment, and the number of people coming and going was countless.
But Li Xuanfeng soon discovered the problem. These people came to seek medical treatment, and it would be bad not to let them in. Letting them in would disrupt the peace of the Shen Mansion and make his father too tired.
Finally, Li Xuanfeng came up with a foolproof plan. He opened a large clinic outside the Shen Mansion and recruited doctors in the city to treat those who sought medical treatment. Only those diseases that they could not treat would be treated by Li Tang.
This method completely solved this problem. It also centralized the medical treatment places for the city residents, making them easier to find and reducing the costs significantly.
As Shen Hua and Li Tang began to grow older, Shen Hua resigned from the position of deputy city lord and handed it over to a young and talented man of virtue and knowledge.
The affairs in the city had been put aside, and Li Xuanfeng was taking care of the affairs in the mansion. Shen Hua began to concentrate on resting at home, drinking tea and playing games with Li Tang every day.
A few years later, Li Siyan found her home. He was a gentle and elegant young man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. His personality was similar to Li Siyan, and the two had similar interests.
The young man's name was Yu Xia. After Li Xuanfeng learned about this, he sent people to conduct a very detailed investigation for a long time.
When Yu Xia came to propose with trepidation, Li Xuanfeng saw his daughter's nervous look and thought helplessly that she was the same as her mother back then, fearing that her father would not agree to the marriage.
Li Xuanfeng suppressed his smile and asked many questions with a sullen face, constantly testing Yu Xia's feelings. In the end, all of them were consistent with his investigation, and he had already made a decision in his heart.
In the face of Yu Xia's sincere pleading and his daughter's coquettish pleas, Li Xuanfeng frowned and nodded in agreement seemingly reluctantly, which made the two of them very happy and grateful.
After the two left happily, Shen Luoyan came to Li Xuanfeng's side, and seeing his face suddenly turned from gloomy to bright, he smiled and murmured to himself: "I can't keep my own girl, just like you did back then."
Shen Luoyan rolled her eyes at him immediately after hearing this, and asked unhappily, "Isn't it good for me to do this?"
"Of course, otherwise how could I have the honor to marry such an outstanding wife like you." Seeing that she seemed a little angry, Li Xuanfeng immediately flattered her with a smile.
Under Li Xuanfeng's arrangement, his daughter's wedding was held two months later. He sat on the high hall, watching his daughter and Yu Xia get married. He couldn't help feeling a little reluctant and finally understood Shen Hua's feelings back then.
Time is like the water in a river, it will never come back once it’s gone, and the years are ruthless. Even though there are too many reluctances and regrets in our hearts, people will eventually grow old.
As time went by, Li Tang and Shen Hua had more and more white hair on their heads, and their health began to deteriorate, which made Li Xuanfeng and others extremely worried.
Even though Li Tang and Li Xuanfeng are both doctors with excellent medical skills, no matter how good their medical skills are, they cannot stop the ravages of time. This is human destiny!
The first one to leave was Shen Hua. Perhaps it was because he was busy with the city's affairs all year round, his health was the worst among the four elderly people in the family in recent years. Finally, he fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again!
Shen Hua’s departure was unbearable for Shen Luoyan and Han Yue, and they cried heart-wrenchingly.
Li Tang picked up the wine glass, clasped his fists toward the sky, and with tears in his eyes, he murmured, "Rest in peace, old friend Shen!"
At this time, Li Tang had been bent by the years, and his whole body exuded an air of vicissitudes.
Li Xuanfeng buried Shen Hua with great ceremony. On that day, all the people in Xuanling City came to see him off. When Shen Hua was the deputy city lord, he did many things to benefit the people and was deeply loved by the citizens.
Before the burial, Han Yue choked up and said, "Please prepare a grave for me next to your father."
Shen Luoyan immediately became anxious after hearing this, and Li Xuanfeng also tried to persuade Han Yue with concern, fearing that she would be too sad to get over it.
"Don't worry, mom is fine. I just want to prepare one early so that I don't have to do anything next to your dad in the future." Han Yue explained to her softly.
Seeing that she was so persistent, Li Xuanfeng and Shen Luoyan had no choice but to follow her advice and prepare a joint burial tomb next to Shen Hua's tomb.
But it was only two years before this tomb was used. After Shen Hua passed away, Han Yue's health deteriorated rapidly, getting worse day by day. In the last six months, she had not left her room and was always taken care of by Shen Luoyan and her daughter!
Han Yue's departure made Yang Qing and Shen Luoyan shed countless tears. It took Li Xuanfeng several days to comfort them before they calmed down.
After the three-year mourning period was over, when Li Tang and Li Xuanfeng were standing in the garden, Li Tang looked up at the sky with eyes full of nostalgia and said to him, "Let's go back to Taoyuan Village."
Looking at the serious look on his father's weathered face, Li Xuanfeng nodded. He knew what his father was thinking.
For him, his father had left Taoyuan Village for thirty years. Now he was in his twilight years. When he saw Shen Hua and Han Yue pass away, he finally couldn't control his homesickness.
He doesn't want to die in a foreign land, he wants to return to his roots.
Before leaving, Li Xuanfeng wanted to hand over all the affairs in the mansion to his daughter and son-in-law, but when his daughter heard that he was going back to Taoyuan Village, she immediately insisted on going back with him. Naturally, Yu Xia would not stay alone in Xuanling City.
A lot of things have happened in the past few years. The death of her grandparents has made Li Siyan grow up completely. She knows that her grandparents will not be able to escape the fate next, and she doesn't want her father to bear all of this alone.
After a month of arrangements, Li Xuanfeng handed over all the affairs of the mansion to the current steward, who was the grandson of the former steward Zhou, who had passed away before Shen Hua.
Steward Zhou and his family are loyal to the Shen family. Li Xuanfeng trusts them very much and feels relieved to leave the affairs of the Shen family to them.
After arranging everything, Li Xuanfeng rushed to Taoyuan Village with his family and several guards.
Considering his parents' frail health, Li Xuanfeng not only bought a horse carriage to speed up the journey, but also reduced the speed a lot. Finally, he arrived at Taoyuan Village three months later.
When Li Xuanfeng and his party entered Taoyuan Village, the villagers were extremely surprised when they recognized them. They did not expect that the Li Tang family, who had been away for thirty years, would return to the village again.
When Li Xuanfeng saw that his three childhood friends now had haggard faces and gray hair, he couldn't help but sigh at the ruthlessness of time.
Li Tang also looked among the many villagers, but found that many familiar faces had disappeared, and his mood instantly became much more lost.
There are not many people of his age left, and most of them have passed away. Things have changed and people have changed. It's just like that.
Fortunately, there were two or three people left. After they came back, they immediately found a quiet place, drank tea and chatted, talking about their experiences over the years.
Li Xuanfeng came to the wooden house where he used to live. It was now covered with dust. Fortunately, Li Tang had chosen extremely durable wood when it was built, otherwise it would have collapsed completely by now.
It took almost a whole day to clean the house, then I started cooking, and finally stopped for dinner.
Two or three years after returning to Taoyuan Village, his parents became increasingly thinner and their physical condition became worse and worse. The dullness in Li Xuanfeng's eyes became increasingly intense. He knew in his heart that his parents might not be able to accompany him for much longer!
Finally one day, when Li Xuanfeng went to call his parents for breakfast, he found them still lying on the bed. He immediately touched their hands in horror, only to discover that their palms had no temperature!
In Li Xuanfeng's already cloudy eyes, big tears rolled down uncontrollably, and tears blossomed on the ground!
When Shen Hua and Han Yue passed away, Li Xuanfeng was just sad but did not shed tears. However, the departure of his parents made him completely unable to control the sadness in his heart!
There were not enough conditions in Taoyuan Village, so only a simple funeral could be held. With the farewell of the whole village, Li Xuanfeng buried his parents in the nearby mountains, under a tall pine tree.
