Rebirth: He refused to Divorce Again

Chapter 2070: Chapter 2068: Interwoven Space-Time, Transformed Life (16)

Gu Qiaoqiao discovered that this time, when she activated the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation, her power was somehow strengthened.

Could it be that she could master the Fourth Layer?

Thinking of this, the frown on Gu Qiaoqiao’s face finally started to ease a little.

Then she remembered her eldest uncle’s family in Lian Family Village of Stone Town.

Although her aunt was harsh and cold, her uncle became disabled because of her.

She couldn’t just stand by and watch; she also needed to find her younger uncle, but unlike before, when she was searching in the Southwest Region.

But now she didn’t know where her younger uncle was, so the most urgent thing was to continue cultivating.

Before cultivating, Gu Qiaoqiao concentrated the Spiritual Energy from the Spiritual Spring into her fingers, opened the space again, and what she saw was Lian Family Village, where her uncle leaned on a crutch, peeling corn in the yard, and her only cousin, Lian Chen, had just turned eighteen this year.

Also silent and reserved, he kept his head down, quietly tidying up the grains in the yard.

And her aunt wore a worried expression, looking like an old woman in her sixties, feeding the chickens in the yard, muttering curses under her breath.

The house was still the same old house, looking like it would collapse with a strong gust of wind. Her uncle also had a troubled appearance, with his indispensable crutch beside him, as one of his legs had been broken by the Kang Family.

Gu Qiaoqiao bit her teeth tightly, a deep-seated hatred welled up again in her eyes — Kang Shan, this ungrateful bastard!

Unfortunately, being so far away, she couldn’t absorb the Heaven and Earth’s Foul Qi to give to his family; she could only wait until she went to Stone Town to punish them in person.

"Just you wait, your good days will soon be over!"

Gu Qiaoqiao said coldly to herself.

Since returning to this world, her face had not shown a trace of a smile; she had returned to being shrouded by hatred and sorrow.

It was currently morning.

Gu Qiaoqiao glanced at the dilapidated house, a hint of confusion flashing between her brows. That’s odd; she had been sending them money these past few years, the money hadn’t been sent back, she had forgotten how much she had sent, but it should be over a thousand yuan, enough for her uncle’s family to live on.

Why were they still living in such poverty?

Her cousin Lian Chen seemed to have not even finished schooling, his face was dark, nothing like the handsome and bright young boy in the world she was reborn from.

Yes, in that reborn world, her little cousin was just twelve, studying in middle school in the provincial capital, with excellent grades, and her aunt was with him there, living in a beautiful apartment over a hundred square meters.

So she hated this world!

But now she didn’t know if the money she sent them was being hoarded by her aunt, or if other issues had arisen.

Yet the current plight also left her distraught.

So how could she help them now?

Gu Qiaoqiao glanced back at the large red sandalwood chest filled to the brim.

There had been more before, but she and Qin Yize had donated a lot, leaving only this chest for emergencies.

Who would have thought it would come in handy now, and besides this, there were only flowers and plants in this space, she had never put money here.

However, this large chest of gold nuggets was enough.

Gu Qiaoqiao touched her throat, trying to make a sound, and was pleasantly surprised to find that she could produce a simple syllable now, although it was extremely hoarse and ugly.

Gu Qiaoqiao thought for a moment, then with a thought, her body exited the space, took up paper and pen, and wrote a few crookedly with her left hand.

She held the note in her hand and re-entered the space. She found that activating the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation in the space was twice as effective, perhaps because the virtual space was extraordinarily strong with Spiritual Power, so cultivating the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation here had noticeable effects.

The gold nugget’s natural form, unprocessed and mixed with fingernail-sized rocks.

Yet even so, a single gold nugget was still quite valuable.

She couldn’t speak now, so she had to use a note to deliver the gold nugget to her uncle’s family to relieve their urgent needs, and the rest would have to wait until she got to Stone Town.

Gu Qiaoqiao patiently waited for an opportunity, preparing to bury a gold nugget under a cherry tree in the yard, but needed to do so when no one was around. Luckily, this cherry tree wasn’t in the middle of the yard, but in a corner.

Beside it was a storeroom for miscellaneous items, though not high; it was enough to obscure the actions that followed.

Gu Qiaoqiao patiently waited while she cultivated the Fourth Layer of the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation.

The Soul Mentor had taught her each step, so all she had to do was repeatedly draw the talisman, just like cultivating the Third Layer; there would be a moment when the talisman she cultivated would turn into a stream of light, blooming in the air.

Gu Qiaoqiao had strong confidence in herself.

Time passed bit by bit, as she cultivated and observed her uncle’s family.

Her uncle and little cousin worked sullenly, with little interaction between father and son. Her uncle’s face was full of sorrow, prematurely aged by the pressures of life, and her little cousin was not much better, with a face showing an unwarranted sense of suffering and confusion for his age.

At this time, her aunt went into the house to cook.

There was no shortage of grains, but there was no meat in the house, and only a little cooking oil, with other seasonings pitifully scarce.

In the northern land during September, it was already the harvest season, but the sparse vegetable garden still had some vegetables, like cabbage and large radishes, stubbornly growing.

These would take more time to harvest, especially the cabbage, which became heartier and firmer the colder it got.

So they grew steadily in the garden.

Today was still foggy weather, as if she hadn’t seen the sun since arriving in this world, just like her mood at this moment.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s mouth curled into a bitter smile, then saw her aunt calling the two into the house for a meal with a bad attitude.

There was rice, cabbage stewed with potatoes, with a little cooking oil, and a dish of pickles.

The three of them ate, and then heard her aunt grumble, "There’s only three yuan left at home, no more salt, no more oil, how can we go on living..."

Then as she spoke, she started to cry.

Her uncle’s face was grim, frowning, he said, "At least we have grains, we won’t starve, right?"

"Yes, we won’t starve, but look at the life we are living now, we are the poorest in Lian Family Village."

She said, her voice rising, pointing at her son, "Lian Chen is eighteen now, it’s time to talk about marriage, look at us, which girl would marry into our family..."

As she cried and scolded, cousin Lian Chen’s face was as grim as his father’s, with marks of hardship and premature burden bearing the family’s weight beyond his age.