Grandpa Xavier furrowed his brow, "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing because Third Uncle, your business is so big now, you're a boss, but you can't even take out 200,000 yuan, or are you just unwilling to part with it?"
"And Eldest Uncle, your vegetable greenhouses are quite prosperous now. We were just chatting about making hundreds of thousands a year, so why are you quiet now?"
Xavier's words clearly stung them both.
Xavier's eldest uncle shouted, "Do you think making money is that simple? Do you think it's like drinking water and eating? Do my things not require any cost?!"
"Exactly! What do you know, kid? That's 200,000 yuan, not 20 yuan!"
Seeing the atmosphere become so stiff again, Xavier's Second Aunt quickly said, "Although our family's conditions haven't been good these past two years, I'll take out 20,000 yuan. Let's pool our money together."
As a result, Xavier's third uncle was displeased and said sarcastically, "Second Sister, what do you mean by that? Is it easy for us?"
"You know, Second Sister, I'm really struggling. Your brother-in-law broke his leg and hasn't been able to get out of bed all year..."
"Alright, alright, who wants to hear you complain about Xocoatl? Just say if you don't want to pay. If you don't pay, I won't either!"
Xavier's eldest uncle was even more direct, stating that he was unwilling to pay the money.
Grandpa Xavier didn't bother with their squabbling and instead asked Xavier, "Xavier, your parents are gone, so by rights, you should pay this money. How much do you plan to pay?"
"If Eldest Uncle can tell me the exact month and day he tried to take my family's house, then I'll pay according to that number!"
"If it's January 1st, I'll pay 110,000 yuan. If it's December 31st, then I'll pay 12.31 million yuan!"
Xavier's words were like a bomb, leaving them scorched.
"Nonsense!" Grandpa Xavier shouted, "Do you think this is a joke? Besides, how long ago was that incident? You're still talking about it here!"
"It seems none of you remember, which is truly a pity."
Xavier shook his head, then, as if by magic, produced a large pile of money and placed it in front of them.
He had just exchanged it from the system store.
"Second Aunt, take this money. Besides the 200,000 yuan for the cemetery, the rest is for you as a token of my filial piety."
Xavier pursed his lips, his expression somewhat complex, and said, "I won't be coming back here again. If you have any difficulties, you can come find me in Jiangcheng."
After speaking, Xavier pushed open the door and left.
It wasn't until Xavier left that the others reacted.
This large pile of money, by estimation, was at least 1,000,000 yuan.
Although they didn't know where Xavier got it, if it was real money, it was no small sum!
"Let's go."
Walking into the courtyard, Xavier had no unnecessary words, simply telling them it was time to leave.
"Let's go, let's go. Anyway, it's boring here, and the internet connection is bad!" Furina had wanted to leave for a long time.
Xavier, who had already planned to leave, suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something.
"Before we go, let's go to one more place with me," Xavier looked towards the distant small mountain.
"Oh, are we going mountain climbing?"
When Hu Tao realized Xavier intended to go to that mountain, she immediately became interested.
After all, this was Hu Tao's main job; she often went into the mountains to find clients.
This mountain wasn't very high; it couldn't even be considered a mountain.
For people from deep in the mountains, this was simply a dirt mound.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain, Xavier looked up and was momentarily stunned.
Furina was about to exert herself to climb to the top of the mountain, but then she saw Xavier stop.
"What's wrong, Xavier? You're not tired already, are you?"
"No," Xavier shook his head, "It's just that in my memory, this mountain was very high and large, but I didn't expect it to look so small now."
"Oh, I understand how you feel," Hu Tao said with deep understanding, "When Grandpa took me up the mountain, I thought the same thing, but later when I went up the mountain again, it was like walking on a main road, hehe!"
After a moment of emotion, Xavier prepared to go up the mountain again, but at that moment, someone came down from the mountain.
This was a woman who didn't look very old, but she was carrying a child on her back.
From the basket in her hand, it could be seen that she seemed to have gone up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables or something.
"Xavier?" The other person was stunned when she saw Xavier.
Xavier also said with great surprise, "Tang Xiaoya?"
He was certainly surprised because this was a childhood playmate of his.
But in his memory, even if Tang Xiaoya couldn't be called beautiful and graceful, she was still quite attractive.
He remembered that when they were in elementary school, two classmates even liked her.
But now, in this state, there was no trace of her former appearance.
Xavier was somewhat dazed.
She was dusty and disheveled, and even looked a bit embarrassed when she saw Xavier.
Xavier's current clothes, even if they couldn't be described as splendid, were at least neat and clean.
Looking at Tang Xiaoya again, the clothes on her body had probably been worn for who knows how long.
Even without knowing what had happened to her over the years, Xavier could guess a thing or two.
The other person symbolically asked, "You're back for Taigong's funeral, aren't you?"
"Yes, it just ended. I plan to go up the mountain to take a look."
"Looking is good. The village has changed a lot, only this mountain hasn't changed much."
After speaking, the two of them were silent for several seconds.
Then Tang Xiaoya greeted him and went down the mountain.
"Hey, Xavier, you're so strange today, always looking down!"
Hu Tao waved her hand in front of Xavier's eyes, trying to awaken the original Xavier.
"Ah, it's just the scenery triggering memories, it's unavoidable."
Xavier shook his head, not hiding his thoughts.
As Tang Xiaoya said, this mountain hadn't changed much, almost the same as in his memory.
This mountain wasn't as high or as far as it was in his memory; in just ten minutes or so, they were almost at the summit.
"Wow, it's a little rabbit!"
Klee was indeed someone who often ran up mountains; her eyesight was excellent.
She immediately saw the wild rabbit hiding behind Shitou and insisted on chasing it.
Unfortunately, this wild rabbit was also very alert; when it realized someone was approaching, it flapped its ears twice and ran away.
And Klee, enjoying herself, chased it from one side of the mountain to the other.
It wasn't until they reached the summit that the wild rabbit's trace completely disappeared.
And it was only at the summit that Xavier discovered that several windmills had been added to the top of the mountain.
"Whoosh~"
The autumn wind blew across the mountain, and the windmills began to turn.
And looking down from the mountain, the entire mountain was desolate and withered.
"Hmm~ I didn't expect the scenery here to be quite good, at least the air is much better than in the city!"
Furina sat on a large rock, feeling the breeze blow and enjoying the fresh air.
Xavier smiled faintly, "Yes, it smells exactly like when I was a child. I really don't know whether I should feel nostalgic."
"Xavier, what are you thinking about today? This isn't like you at all."
Furina tilted her head, very curious to know Xavier's thoughts at this moment.
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