A Timely Wife

The Li residence is divided into the east courtyard and the west courtyard. Li Bairen and his wife live in the east courtyard. It is said that the east courtyard is actually just a small courtyard with three entrances, while the west courtyard has eleven courtyards, the smallest courtyard is larger than the one where Li Bairen lived. The east courtyard is much bigger.

When the government was divided, Li Baifang demanded that the courtyard be divided according to the population on the grounds that they had a large number of people in the second house. He even thought about the courtyard allocated to Li Bairen and his wife in advance, saying that the eldest son should live in the east, and the number of people in the long house should be less. Some houses, anyway, there are only two people in the long house, it is useless to divide too much, and it is not always empty.

For some reason, Li Bairen simply agreed to Li Baifang's proposal, packed up his luggage and moved to the East Courtyard with his old wife and a few old servants.Li's ancestral hall used to be located in a courtyard in the middle of Li's mansion, but after the division of the mansion, it was moved to a courtyard at the back of the west courtyard.

The opening of the ancestral hall was originally a very serious matter. Apart from the patriarch, the elders of the clan were also present, but the elders of the Li clan were all from the common branch. Since the Li clan opened another ancestral hall in the capital, these clan elders never I haven't been back to Songjiang Mansion, and the ancestors are worshiped in the Li's Ancestral Hall in the capital every year and festival.

Li Bairen's old wife, Mrs. Huang, was already waiting in the yard. She received the news relatively late, but she was faster than the rest of them. Seeing Li Bairen coming, she smiled slightly, walked over, and followed Li Bairen. Walk into the ancestral hall behind.

Only Li Bairen and his wife, Li Baifang and his wife, Li Baifang's three sons and their main wives, and their grandsons and their main wives or kings are eligible to enter the ancestral hall.Entering the ancestral hall is also in the order of seniority and inferiority. Li Bairen and his wife entered the ancestral hall first, lit incense, offered incense, and kowtowed, followed by Li Baifang and his wife, followed by Li Guoliang and Li Chengliang, Li Yeliang and his wife. The eldest grandson, the second grandson, and the sixth grandson were Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong's turn.

This is the first time Chengdong has seen the legendary ancestral hall. The tall black lacquered wooden door, rows of tablets with names written on them, and the ever-burning lights on both sides may be due to the fact that the ancestral hall gate is closed all the year round. The overall atmosphere in the hall is very gloomy. .

Before encountering things like time travel, Chengdong didn't believe in ghosts and gods. He was a standard atheist, but now he is somewhat taboo. After lighting three sticks of incense, he knelt side by side on the futon with Li Ruosong, respectfully He kowtowed three heads to the Li ancestors.

After kowtowing, Li Bairen took out the adoption document he had written before and read it in public, took out the ink, and took the lead in pressing his thumbprint on his signature. After fingerprinting, Li Bairen respectfully put the adoption documents with fingerprints on the incense case.

After that, Li Guoliang kowtowed to Li Bairen and Li Huangshi, calling him father and mother. Li Bairen received the gift and helped Li Guoliang up with his own hands, which meant recognizing his son.Then Li Chen took Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong to kowtow to Li Bairen and Li Huang. Li Chen naturally called his father and mother, while Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong called their grandparents.

Li Chen's mother and son did not need Li Bairen and his wife to help them up. Li Huang asked the three to stand up and gave them a meeting gift one by one. The adoption ceremony was considered complete.

Li Huangshi gave Li Chenshi a bracelet, which was given to her by her mother-in-law when she was alive. This bracelet was given to the eldest son-in-law of Li's family. Before Li Huangshi had no son, this bracelet was always worn on her hand. , Now that I finally gave it away, Li Huang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. At any rate, this bracelet did not follow him into the grave, so he can be regarded as having a son-in-law. After a hundred years, he will be able to explain to his mother-in-law when he goes underground .

What Li Ruosong and Chengdong received were all jade pendants, and Chengdong was an uninformed layman, he didn't know Hetian jade, what kind of sheep fat jade, and he couldn't tell the good from the bad when he got it. He took it respectfully, and followed suit.

Logically speaking, Li Guoliang still needs to kowtow to Li Baifang, but before Li Guoliang knelt down, Li Baifang waved his hand away from his kneeling ceremony, and only said one sentence to let Li Guoliang be filial to his parents in the future.

Li Guoliang bowed his head and responded obediently. Li Baifang nodded in satisfaction, stopped looking at his own son, and asked Li Bairen: "Brother, this matter is over. Do we two brothers want to tell the patriarch about it in front of our ancestors?" Explain something?"

Li Bairen was also unambiguous. Hearing what Li Baifang said, he replied directly: "It is indeed necessary to report to the ancestors, Guoliang, you go back to the main hall with your mother, and I will go there later."

Li Guoliang replied respectfully: "Yes, father."

After finishing speaking, Li Guoliang walked up to Li Huangshi, stretched out his hand to support Li Huangshi's arm, Li Chenshi stepped forward to support Li Huangshi's other arm, Li Ruosong and Chengdong followed behind the three of them. The family left the ancestral hall first.

Although Li Baifang was in a hurry to complete the adoption ceremony and take over as the patriarch, when he really heard Li Guoliang call Li Bairen his father, his heart was inevitably sour. After all, he was his eldest son. The birth of the child was a joy, but it's a pity that their relationship between father and son was not close, and they finally reached this point.