Ancient Buddhist Life

Having achieved their respective goals, the two looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Go, go out and talk."

As soon as Hutong and Hu Ziyi walked out of the room one after the other, they were spotted by the elders who had been paying attention to their movements. They stopped their quarrelsome conversations and quickly gathered in the direction of the Hutong.

After a while, Hu Ziyi was pushed aside by the clan elders who kept crowding up.

Hu Ziyi glanced at the patriarch's alley surrounded by the crowd, and after a brief moment of silence for him, he walked towards where Hua Xin was standing.

"How is it? Did he agree with your leaving the clan?" From Hu Ziyi's smiling face, it could be seen that the matter was over, but Hua Xin still asked with concern.

Hu Ziyi, who had his wish come true, said with a smile, "It's done, it's my purse, which has bulged up so hard, it's about to collapse again."

"It's fine if you can get out of the clan smoothly, and you can still make money if you lose the money, not to mention that this little money may be nothing more than a few days' profit for you to "cover" cure all diseases, so don't cry about being poor anymore." Xin hugged Hu Ziyi's shoulder, joking.

"Hey, let's treat it as a filial piety to the Hu family before our brothers and sisters leave!"

"Business Manager Hu, you've got a bargain and you're acting like a good boy, that is, they don't know that you bought a house in the town, and there is a shop that can lay golden eggs, otherwise they wouldn't let you go so easily." Looking at Hu Ziyi With an embarrassing look on his face, Hua Xin teased.

Hu Ziyi raised his eyebrows and said with a smirk: "Unfortunately, the patriarch has already accepted the money, and now we just need to wait for him to convince the clan elders to cross our names off the family tree."

"It's still shopkeeper Hu who acted decisively. I admire the young one." Hua Xin clasped her fists in a funny way.

Hu Ziyi raised his hand politely, and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."

The two of them who were playing with each other didn't know that in the alley not far from them, their voices were almost hoarse when they talked about Hu Ziyi's leaving the clan.

"Patriarch, could it be that Hu Ziyi promised you some benefits just now, otherwise, how could you agree to such a shameful thing for the clansman?" The elders of the three clans with heavy responsibilities, in order to destroy Hu Ziyi's departure from the clan, spare no effort to openly alley with the patriarch against.

Hutong, who was dedicated to the sake of the clan, said with a calm face to the doubts of the elders of the three clans: "I, Hutong, have been conscientious since I became the clan leader. I also told everyone the reason just now, if you disagree, you can speak up, there is no need to beat around the bush and say something weird."

"Patriarch, you are..." The elders of the three clans, who had a ghost in their hearts, wanted to continue to choke with Hutong, but were stopped by other elders beside them.

Unwilling to be reconciled, the elders of the three clans were forced to obstruct by the crowd, and dared to be angry and dared not speak out, and made a stern note to the patriarch Hutong in their hearts.

Without the meddling of the elders of the three clans who are the shit-stirring stick, soon the elders of the clan agreed to the matter of Hu Ziyi's brothers and sisters leaving the clan with a minority obeying the majority.

The Hutong felt that the four hundred silver in his hand was hot, cleared his throat, and shouted: "Everyone be quiet, about the matter of the brothers and sisters of the old Hu family Hu Ziyi leaving the clan, I have discussed the result with the elders of the clan." .”

Among the people present, except for the father and son Hu Mo who knew nothing about it, the others knew the result well.

The impatient Hu Mo said: "I can just drive them out, there is no need to waste time here, I am also in a hurry to go to the town to meet the Yue family who just came, talk to them and get in touch with each other, they are far away It’s not easy coming here.”

Hutong, who already had a rough idea of ​​what Hu Yilai had committed, looked at Hu Moxie with mixed feelings, wondering if what happened to Hu Yilai was as optimistic as he said.

After struggling in his heart for a while, Hutong considered his words and said: "The result of our discussion is that Hu Ziyi's brothers and sisters are agreed to leave the clan, but I hope that you can reach out to help them when they encounter difficulties in the future. After all, everyone is Hu Ziyi. The descendants of the clan, the blood relationship is constantly parted."

"It should be, the patriarch understands righteousness."

"Since everyone has no objection, I'll go in and ask the family tree out of the ancestral hall, and cross their names off the family tree under everyone's witness." said with a smile.

Hutong patted the dust off his body outside the door, then walked into the main hall of the ancestral hall with a solemn face, bowed respectfully three times, and carefully held out the genealogy enshrined on the incense table with both hands.

Holding the family tree in Hutong, he took the writing brush handed over by the elder of the second clan, and before writing, he asked again: "Zi Yi, are you sure you don't regret leaving the clan?"

"I don't regret it." Hu Ziyi said forcefully.

"Okay." Seeing that he was still so determined, Hutong crossed out the names of the six siblings without hesitation.

Hutong drew the last stroke, closed the genealogy and said with a serious expression: "From now on, the six Hu Ziyi brothers and sisters have nothing to do with the Hu family."

"Thank you, patriarch," Hu Ziyi said gratefully.

When all the dust settled, Hu Ziyi and the patriarch discussed going to the county government office to get the household registration, while Zitong and Zixin, accompanied by Huaxin, went to the Hu's house to bring out the tablet of the original poor mother to the town enshrined.

Before leaving, Hu Yihu took Hu Ziyi's arm and told him: "This time is different from the family separation last time. From now on, you really can only have six brothers and sisters to depend on each other. Take good care of yourself and your younger brothers and sisters. And I will take care of you. The children of the village say your "thank you" to you."

"Uncle Village Chief, I did this only to leave the clan, so I can't afford your thanks."

"No matter what your reason is, as long as you paid for the money for building the school, you can afford it." Hu Yihu said, patting him on the shoulder without rejection.

Hu Ziyi scratched his head helplessly, and said, "Uncle Village Chief, don't thank me, or I won't be able to float."

"Hahaha... Good boy, Uncle is optimistic about you. It's a good thing for you to leave the Hu family. Go out and make a living. Your future is limitless."

"Thank you for your blessings."

Seeing that half of the time agreed with Huaying had passed, Hu Ziyi hurriedly said a few words to Hu Yihu, and then left in the bullock cart.

Seeing their backs going away, Hu Yihu said with emotion: I don't know when we will meet again.

"Don't even think about seeing each other again for the rest of your life. I tell you not to agree to let him go out of the clan. Now that he's gone, you still want him to come back. Just dream." The elder of the three clans, full of complaints, turned around and left after speaking angrily.

"Why does this youngest look like he has eaten firecrackers? His temper is so hot today, and he dares to talk back to his elder brother." The elder of the second clan and the stunned brothers who were scolded complained.

"Who knows, forget about him, let's discuss where to build the school?" Thinking of the few people in the village who will soon have a school, he decided to announce the good news to the younger generation at home later, to make them happy too Happy.

"Where is the old locust tree at the entrance of the village? It is conspicuous and convenient for the children in the village to go to and from school."

"It's too noisy there. I don't think the land in the middle of the village is good. It's safe and quiet, and it's completely suitable for all aspects of building a school."

"No, the rules passed down from the ancestors in that place cannot be used by others."

"Hey……"

The few people who were arguing endlessly, you talked and gestured for a long time, but no one was willing to back down.

I really can't listen to Hutong and can't watch it anymore, so I yelled in a hoarse voice, "Now that you have nothing to do, go back and rest quickly. The school will be decided after dinner and everyone will be called together to discuss."

"Yes, big brother." The majesty of the patriarch still remained, and the elders greeted him and went back together.

In the quiet ancestral hall, there was no one else except the patriarch and Hu Yihu. Taking advantage of the meeting, the two reorganized the affairs of Hu Moxibustion's family from the beginning.

"Yihu, do you think it's right or wrong for me to agree with Ziyi and the others today?" Looking back again, I went back and straightened out what Hu Ziyi and Hu Moxie said. I always felt that there was some sense of disobedience, but Not sure where the problem is.

Before Hu Yihu answered this question, he looked up at Hutong's expression, and seeing that he was normal, he said unhurriedly: "I think that's right, the people in Uncle Hu's family are too selfish, let alone They care about Zi Yi and their children, they have nothing else in their eyes except interests. In fact, I have been hearing people mentioning that Zi Yi and the others are doing business in the town, and it seems that the business is pretty good. I even went to make trouble, slandering Zi Yi and the others in front of the whole town."

"And this thing? Why haven't I heard anyone mention it before?" Hutong was surprised when he heard about it for the first time, but soon he remembered how happy Hu Ziyi was with taking 400 taels of silver today, and he reacted belatedly. It turned out that the most stupid person was himself.

After thinking about everything, Hutong patted his thigh and said excitedly: "I'm old, I'm really old."

"Uncle, what's the matter with you?" The two who had a good relationship in private were not so polite when they got along.

The matter is a foregone conclusion, and after getting entangled in the alley, he opened his heart and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just feel that I am old, and I was led by a teenage child for a long time before I realized it."

"Uncle, you are still young, don't belittle yourself so much, our Hu family is still waiting for you to lead us to flourish!" Seeing that he was in a good mood, Hu Yihu joked deliberately.

"Among the younger generation, you are the only one who can speak and have a flexible mind. From now on, you have to work harder and strive to bring the Hu family to soar into the sky." Hutong said, clapping his hand trustingly.

Hu Yihu, who was a little embarrassed by the praise, scratched his head cheerfully, and nodded in agreement after a long while.

As for the eavesdroppers who were tricked by the young men into coming to the ancestral hall to prepare, they came to the back door of the ancestral hall full of joy, only to find that the original door had already been sealed.

Having nothing to do, they tried all kinds of ways and didn't hear half a sentence, so they went back endlessly.

On the other side, the elders of the three clans who had already arrived home, as long as they remembered that the 200 taels of silver promised by the man in black had disappeared because of the temporary defection in the alley, they would hate him even more.