A Timely Wife

"Open the ancestral hall." An elder of the Li family in Liujiagou put on his best clothes, stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and said with a serious expression.

Hearing this, the two young men immediately stepped forward and pushed open the gate of the ancestral hall. With a creaking sound, the heavy black gate was pushed open.

A damp smell came over his face, Cheng Dong wrinkled his nose, he couldn't stand the smell, Li Ruosong glanced at Cheng Dong's expression, and asked softly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Chengdong replied in a low voice: "No, the smell is not good."

Li Ruosong said with a suppressed voice: "All ancestral halls are like this, just bear with it."

Seeing that the young couple were talking small things, Li Liang clenched his fists to his mouth, coughed twice deliberately, and signaled Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong to stop talking nonsense, if the clan elders overheard I'm afraid it will be bad.

Li Ruosong and Chengdong hurriedly returned to their respective positions, and they continued to stand behind Li Liang with lowered eyebrows.

"The ancestors and ancestors are above. Today, the sons of the Li family, Li Qi, Li Liang, Li Ruosong, and Li Ruoshan, have returned to the ancestral hall. These four people are now recorded on the genealogy. The spirit of the ancestors and ancestors in heaven can protect the descendants and keep them safe for a lifetime. .

Ji, Li Qi, wife Li Wu, son Li Liang, wife Li Chen, eldest grandson Li Ruosong, husband Lang Cheng, second grandson Li Ruoshan, Ji Cheng, genealogy returns.Now, a kowtow. "

Li Qi's family of seven knelt on the ground together when they heard the words, kowtowed respectfully to the ancestors of the Li family.

"Kowtow again." The clan elder said.

Li Qi's family kowtowed again.

"Three kowtows." The clan elder continued.

After kowtowing three times, the clan elder said: "Licheng, you will officially return to my Li family's ancestral hall from now on. In the future, you must keep your identities in mind, and you must not do anything that insults the Li family's reputation, otherwise the national law will be forgiven, and the family rules will not be tolerated." , remember?"

"Remember it." Li Qi replied with a bow.

"Okay, remember what you said today." After the clan elder finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to support Li Qi.

Seeing that the affairs of the Li family were over, the village chief walked over and said, "I wonder if your patriarch has already been selected?"

The clan elder said: "It has already been selected. We all unanimously recommended Qi'er to be our patriarch. It's just that we haven't had time to discuss this matter with Qi'er. Since the village chief is here, I'll just say it directly. Qi'er, you Do you agree with this matter?"

Li Qi pondered for a while, and said: "It's not that the old man doesn't want to be the patriarch, but that the old man is really old and lacks energy. When he was young, he had a hard life for a few years, and his health became worse. insufficient."

When the patriarch heard this, he suddenly became anxious, "How old are you? The old man is already over the ages, and he still refuses to accept the old. Why do you not have enough energy when you are young? You can't do it. You have to be the patriarch! , if it’s not proper, it should be. Otherwise, you can recommend someone to us, if we old people can recognize it, that’s fine too.”

After the clan elder finished speaking, he looked at Li Qi fixedly, as if if Li Qi didn't give him a satisfactory answer, he would not let him go today.

Li Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "If the clan elders don't dislike it, you might as well let Quanzi take the position of clan leader."

Li Liang was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help looking at Li Qi. He didn't understand why his father proposed to let him be the patriarch. You must know that he is still too young, and these clan elders will definitely not let him be the patriarch. Even if he became the patriarch, it would be difficult to convince the public. Li Liang was about to refuse when he thought of this, when the patriarch said: "Success, it's the same if you don't want to be the patriarch and let your son be the patriarch. So it’s settled, village head, please remember, the patriarch of our Li family will be Li Liang from now on.”

Li Liang's words were choked back abruptly, and he almost choked on him. Now he understands that these elders of the Li family don't care whether the person who is the patriarch has qualifications or not, and he doesn't care whether it is his father or him who will be the leader. As long as the patriarch is a member of their family, even if it is Li Ruosong, they will agree.

It seems that these people have already planned to let their family take the burden. If their own family assumes the position of patriarch, then they will have to take care of them more or less when the Li family members come to them to do things. Afterwards, Li Liang's complexion was a bit unsightly. It seems that the Li family here needs to be rectified.

After that, Li Liang was a little worried again. He didn't know if he could be a good leader of the patriarch, but now Li Liang has learned how to turn the river upside down in his heart, and he will not miss anything on the face, so the elder of the clan wanted him to see it At that time, Li Liang pulled out a gentle smile and nodded at the clan elder.

"I'll go back and tell them about this, old man. From now on, our Li family will rely on you." After finishing speaking, the clan elder ignored what Li Liang and the village chief meant, and ran back, looking at his age. Does not match.

Li Liang was stunned for a moment, and soon came back to his senses. Seeing Li Qi winking at him, he followed Li Qi's instructions and looked over. He saw the village chief staring at him at a glance. Li Liang hurriedly cupped his hands at the village chief and said : "I will ask the village chief to teach me more in the future."

The village chief hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Don't dare, dare not, Patriarch Li has been busy with his affairs these days, if there is anything I need, Patriarch Li will directly order."

Li Liang was not polite, and replied with a smile: "The village chief is serious. After all, I am young, and I don't know how to deal with many things. If the village chief doesn't help me, I'm afraid I will go home soon. If what I do is not in compliance with the rules, or if I don’t do it well, the village chief doesn’t need to worry about my face, just say it.”

Hearing these words, the village head was very helpful. Look, the people who have read the book are different. They can speak better than others. They are also patriarchs. The old patriarch wished to raise his tail to the sky. The patriarch is a little younger, and he is much better than the old man before.

"Since you said that, I'm not polite. I will tell you directly if there is anything in the future. There is one thing. After the school is completed, how old will the children be admitted?" The village head is most concerned about Li Qi's promise school affairs.

"No matter how old they are, this is what my father said, but let's put the ugly words first. If someone's child doesn't study hard and spends all day playing or bullying other people's children, then our school is not good. We will drive this child out directly, no matter whose family it belongs to, we will treat it equally, if there is such a thing, the parents don't need to come here, just take the child back." Li Liang said seriously.

"That's, that's, if this kind of child doesn't study hard in the school, and doesn't let other children learn, that's definitely not okay. If there is such a thing, you don't need to come forward. I'll come to find it. His parents said." The village chief patted his chest and assured Li Liang.

Li Liang nodded and continued: "One more thing, if the children in our village are willing to study, they can go to the school to study; if they are willing to practice martial arts, they can practice martial arts with Zhou Huyuan; My son-in-law knows how to calculate, we can't say that the child is unwilling to study and press the child to study, and then study for several years, and delay the good child, village chief, do you think this is the case?"

The village chief wiped the sweat from his forehead and said repeatedly: "Clan Chief Li is right, very right."

"Oh, by the way, the last thing, when the time comes, what the child wants to learn or what is suitable for learning will be done by our school, um, deployment, I hope the village head and the villagers will make this clear, and enter the school , Don’t let their parents dictate what will happen afterwards.” Li Liang was halfway through speaking, and almost forgot the word that Chengdong said before, deployment, it’s quite an interesting word.

How could the village chief dare to disagree at this time, so he could only agree again and again, but he thought in his heart that he would make it clear to his sons and grandchildren that he would not go anywhere but study, or even think about it. What can you do? Only when you study in the future can you take the imperial examinations and have the opportunity to be an official. Knowing how to calculate, practicing martial arts, what's the use, it's ridiculous.

Li Liang saw the village head's disapproval at a glance, so he didn't say much, just smiled and chatted with the village head, and when the village head said goodbye to him, he turned around and walked up to Li Qi, saying: "Father , do you think what the baby did just now is appropriate?"

Li Qi stroked his beard and said: "It's not bad. Just remember, people in this world have always admired the strong. If they want to gain absolute control, they must have an absolute advantage. Now they are afraid We do it because we have silver. Rather than saying that they are afraid of us, it is better to say that they are afraid of the white taels in our hands.

Why did my father say that we want to open a school? The reason is actually very simple. If we don’t spend any money on them and just live our lives behind closed doors, on that day these villagers unite and rush into our house to kill, fire, Robbery, the old and the young and the villains are still few of us, there is nothing we can do about it.

So sometimes you have to learn how to spend money, of course, not to let you spend it blindly, but to spend the money where it should be spent, so that every penny spent can get back ten of the money, this is the only way to be successful. Spending money is like seeing a school. No matter whether our family is poor or rich in the future, we will not lose our prestige in this village.

Ruo Song, Ruo Shan, you two should keep this truth in mind, if you become rich, you will only attract the envy of others, but if you make other people rich, there are certainly people who do not care about kindness, but this There are more people who think of kindness in the world. We do this not to let others admire you, but to protect yourself so that others will not hurt you because they hate you. No matter how much money you earn, people die and want money What is the use.Instead of regretting it at that time, it is better to do what should be done in advance, understand? "

Li Liang, Li Ruosong and Li Ruoshan all replied: "Understood."

"Very well, let's go, let's go home." After Li Qi finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the house.