The car drove all the way to a mountain on the outskirts. It wasn't until they reached the middle of the mountain that they saw the Shen family's mansion.
The entire mountain belonged to the Shen family. The mansion on the middle of the mountain had a history of a thousand years, and even the stone lions at the entrance were several hundred years old.
"Wow, Third Senior Brother, your family's place is so huge! It's many times bigger than the Hu family's," Niannian exclaimed as soon as she got out of the car.
The Hu family's three - courtyard compound was already quite large, but the Shen family's place was at least three or four times bigger.
"Our whole family lives together, so of course the place has to be big. But having so many people can be troublesome too. If someone upsets you later, you can act however you want. Don't worry about me," Shen Weixun bent down to remind her before entering the door.
As long as the little dumpling didn't care about his face, with her temper, she would definitely not be wronged.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother," Niannian nodded, looking determined as if she was ready to take on a big challenge.
Seeing the little dumpling like this, Master Qingyun knew that when Niannian offered to come to his third disciple's home, her real intention was not just for fun.
She wasn't here to play at all!
She probably knew about the grievances his third disciple had suffered before and had been holding them in her heart. She was taking this opportunity to avenge her senior brother.
Just like before, she still held grudges.
Master Qingyun looked up at the sky, pretending not to know.
The fact that the little dumpling held grudges wasn't something new. The key was that she didn't hold grudges for herself but for others.
There used to be a wild tiger behind the Taoist temple. Since Niannian was three years old, the tiger liked to chase her whenever it saw her.
However, the tiger was quite intelligent. Chasing people was just for fun; it had no real intention of hurting anyone.
At that time, Niannian would stick talisman for swift movement on her legs, and the tiger could never catch up with her. So no one in the Taoist temple was worried.
The chase between the human and the tiger even became a daily show in the temple.
But one day, the little dumpling got a fever.
Instead of Niannian going to fetch water from the back mountain as usual, it was Liu Chuchen.
The big tiger thought Liu Chuchen was just like Niannian, someone it could chase for fun.
The result was predictable.
Liu Chuchen was the weakest in the Taoist temple. Even with the talisman for swift movement on his feet, he couldn't outrun the tiger.
While being chased, he rolled into a big pit and broke his leg. He had to lie in bed for a whole month.
When Niannian heard about this, after she recovered from her illness, she went to the back mountain to settle the score with the tiger.
For some reason, the tiger didn't appear in the back mountain for more than a month.
It didn't show up for a long time even after Liu Chuchen's leg had fully recovered.
Everyone originally thought the little dumpling had forgotten about this.
After all, they had already forgotten this little episode in their lives.
But they didn't expect that Niannian had remembered it deeply in her heart.
Almost two months later, a three - year - old child saw the tiger and chased after it.
The tiger was completely stunned.
It didn't understand why this little human cub didn't run away when it saw it but instead pounced on it.
While the tiger was in a daze, Niannian had already jumped on its back and started punching and kicking it.
As she beat the tiger, she shouted, "You dared to bully my Fourth Senior Brother!"
The tiger let out pitiful cries. Master Qingyun rushed over when he heard the noise and saw the little dumpling pounding the tiger on the ground.
He was almost scared to death.
He quickly separated the little dumpling from the tiger, and the tiger tucked its tail and hid in the jungle.
Everyone thought the matter would end there.
But unexpectedly, Niannian would beat the tiger every time she saw it.
The tiger below didn't even dare to get close to the range of the Taoist temple.
But even so, the little dumpling didn't let it go.
The next time she went to chop wood or fetch water, she would go deeper into the mountains.
There were more than one wild tigers in the deep mountains, but Niannian could always recognize the one that had bullied her fourth senior brother. She could always find it accurately and give it a good beating.
Later, it seemed that the tiger had finally understood something.
It seemed to understand why Niannian was so persistent in chasing and beating it.
One early morning, it carried a wild boar on its back and crawled in front of the Taoist temple, showing an apologetic gesture.
Niannian accepted the wild boar and finally let the tiger go.
After that, the little dumpling became the king of the back mountain.
There was no longer the situation where Niannian was chased by the tiger all over the mountain.
Instead, the tiger became her helper. When Niannian went to fetch water or chop wood, it would follow behind and carry things for her.
If it had human hands and feet, it probably would have done all the work and Niannian wouldn't have to do anything.
It was extremely obsequious.
After that, the senior brothers in the Taoist temple silently agreed that they must never let Niannian hold a grudge against them.
They would also try not to tell her things that they thought were unnecessary but would definitely make her angry.
"Master, why are you smiling so slyly?" Shen Weixun looked at his master, who was smiling somewhat lewdly as he recalled the past, feeling completely confused.
"Nothing. I just thought of some happy things, and I thought there would be even happier things to come later, so I couldn't help but smile," Master Qingyun knew there would be a good show today. He coughed lightly, put on a serious and upright look, and said seriously.
"Humph..." Shen Weixun really didn't know what to say. He also suddenly remembered how much Niannian held grudges.
After giving a cold snort, he looked back at Niannian with gentle eyes and couldn't help but show a doting and gentle smile.
Let the little dumpling cause some trouble.
He hoped that the restless people in the Shen family could withstand the trouble.
They stepped into the courtyard gate. The butler had been waiting at the gate for a long time.
Seeing so many people come this time, the butler was a bit stunned. Then when he saw Niannian, his old face almost burst into a smile like a chrysanthemum.
"Oh, Niannian has come to see grandpa too?"
"Yes, yes! I came to play with grandpa. I've missed you so much, Butler Grandpa," Niannian beamed when she saw the butler. In fact, it had only been a few days since they last saw each other, but the kind aura of the old man made people can't help but want to get close to him.
Niannian reached out for a hug, and the butler naturally picked her up in his arms.
He led them towards the inner courtyard, where their accommodation was arranged.
The scenery of the big mansion was really beautiful. The mountains and waters were so nice that it was like a beautiful painting.
Just as they rounded a small path and passed a small wooden bridge, a woman walked towards them.
The woman had a delicate makeup on her face and looked no more than thirty years old.
When she saw Shen Weixun, her eyes suddenly lit up. With a smile on her lips, she walked towards them.
Shen Weixun frowned, looking very unhappy.
The little dumpling felt extremely disgusted the moment she saw this woman.
When she found out the woman's identity, her disgust for the woman reached the peak.