Daughter-in-law

Lu Zhou asked the people surrounding him, "Why are you surrounding me?"

"Xiaozhou, I am the seed of longevity peach. It has the effect of prolonging life and increasing cultivation. As long as you plant it, I can give you half of the peach when it matures. At that time, you can give the peach to your important ones." Relatives and friends, make sure they can live to be over two hundred years old." A bald middle-aged man said to Lu Zhou holding a seed in his hand.

The corner of Lu Zhou's mouth twitched, and he said, "Why didn't you say that what you took were flat peach seeds, and you would live forever if you ate them."

MLM scammers are not as exaggerated as he said. If you eat it, you can live for more than two hundred years. Who will believe it?

The middle-aged man frowned and said: "Actually, I also thought about planting flat peaches, but it takes 3000 years to bloom, 3000 years to bear fruit, and 3000 years to mature. I guess you will die before it grows seedlings. However, you You can turn into a ghost and wait for it to mature."

Lu Zhou: "..."

He was mocking the other party, but the other party answered him seriously, is it really okay?

Another young man said sharply: "What's so good about longevity peaches? My ginseng fruit is better. If you eat it, you can..."

The more Lu Zhou listened to the more outrageous, he felt that these people could make up any kind of lies in order to let him plant seeds. If he listened to it any more, he would probably become mentally ill, so he quickly shouted: "Stop, stop, don't Moreover."

The crowd quieted down.

Lu Zhou said: "Actually, you don't need to blow up your seeds so extravagantly..."

Everyone: "..."

They didn't blow it, they really did.

"As long as the things you grow from your seeds are not illegal, I can help you plant them in the ground."

Everyone quickly said: "It's not illegal, it's definitely not illegal. If you don't believe it, you can ask Major Li."

"No need to ask, I trust you." Since Li Nanxuan had already said that he could plant seeds for them, there would be no major problem.

At this time, the butler's voice came from outside: "Young Master Lu, are you there?"

"I'm here." Lu Zhou walked out of the yard and asked, "Uncle Di, what's the matter?"

The housekeeper said: "Just now the second old lady told me that in the future, all kinds of sacrificial activities such as worshiping ancestors and gods will be transferred to you, and the people in their courtyard will no longer ask about this matter."

"Second old lady?"

"It's the marshal's second younger sister-in-law."

"Second uncle?" Lu Zhou recalled seeing them in the courtyard before, and he thought to himself, this sacrificial activity must be difficult, otherwise he wouldn't have left it to him.

"Yes."

Lu Zhou asked, "Does grandma know about this? What did she say?"

"The old lady said that the responsibility of the head of the Li family has been scattered for too many years, causing some people to forget their duties. It is time to gather all the affairs of the house and let the head of the family assign tasks, otherwise the family will be destroyed sooner or later. Dispersed, it's just that Lu Shaogang took over the position of the head, and he doesn't understand the affairs of the Li family, and everyone can't trust you, so many things need to be done by you yourself, and you can't send tasks to others until you are proficient in handling everything and gain everyone's respect , So, during this period of time, Master Lu will have to work hard."

300 years ago, the affairs of the Li family were assigned to other courtyards by the head of the family, and then let other people handle them. Later, the ancestors of the Li family married a rather lazy mistress. In addition, other affairs were assigned to the courtyards of other houses. From then on, they would deal with certain things in the mansion on a regular basis. Over time, it gradually became an unwritten rule, such as sacrificial activities, which were assigned to the second master's In their hands, their courtyard is responsible for various sacrificial activities, and people from other courtyards will not intervene or intervene. Because of this, the person in charge has less and less authority, and the marshal's wife wants to take this opportunity to change the rules of the Li family.

"Does this mean that grandma also agrees with me to take over the sacrificial activities?"

"Not only sacrifices, but also many important banquets will be handed over to you, and you will attend them in person." The butler took out an invitation card from his pocket and handed it to Lu Zhou: "Before I came here, I received a letter from the Palace family. Come with the invitation letter, and the old lady will let me send it to you, and you will attend the banquet."

"Gong's family? Which Gong's family?" Lu Zhou opened the invitation and saw the inviter's name, he was surprised: "That family is full of officials' Gong's family?"

This palace is incredible.

In Huaguo, if the Li family is the leader in the military, then the Gong family is the leader in politics. Like the Li family, almost all of them are officials and control the entire political situation. Take part in the presidential election.But what makes everyone feel incredible is that the election of Mingming Gong's family is a matter of sure chance of winning, but the final elections all end in failure.

"Yes. The old lady told you not to be nervous, just treat it as an ordinary banquet."

Lu Zhou chuckled inwardly.

He and his family once participated in the banquet of the palace family. At that time, the Lu family had a lot of connections to get the qualification to attend the banquet. Everyone who attended the palace banquet was not an ordinary person, and their status was unattainable. He wanted to treat it as an ordinary person. Banquets are simply impossible, and it was also at that time that Lu Zhou fully realized how low the status of merchants is in the eyes of politicians, just like in ancient times, among scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants, the status of merchants was the lowest. , the most looked down upon by people, unless they are as rich as their Lu family, they will be looked down upon by the people of the Gong family. After that, he is no longer willing to participate in banquets with his family.

However, this time is different, the Li family and the Gong family have equal status in Huaguo, and after he arrives, he doesn't need to bow his head to anyone.

The banquet was the night after tomorrow, and Lu Zhou was not in a hurry, so he took the invitation letter and asked, "Then what do we need to do for the sacrifice? And when is the sacrifice?"

"Every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a sacrifice to the Kitchen God. On the morning of New Year's Eve, we worship the ancestors. In the afternoon, we worship the Door God and the Door God. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we worship the God of Wealth. As for how to do it, I really don't know. After the courtyard finishes worshiping the Kitchen God, each small courtyard will send a piece of red paper to worship the Kitchen God and paste it around the stove. The ancestors will be worshiped except on New Year's Eve, Ching Ming Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Zhongyuan Festival. The offerings mainly include food for three animals, three teas and five wines, etc. Offering sacrifices to the God of Wealth should be similar to offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God. I don’t quite understand the process of the mid-term. Master Lu, if you have any questions, you can ask the old lady. Although the old lady has no contact However, I should know more or less."

"Thank you, Uncle Di, for telling me this." Lu Zhou planned to go back to rest first, and then find someone to inquire about the sacrifice, when he saw Li Nanyi sneaking into the bushes to peek at them, he pretended not to see him returning to Yangmen courtyard.

Seeing him leave, Li Nanyi quickly jumped out and asked the housekeeper, "Uncle Di, is my elder brother in the yard?"

The housekeeper replied with a smile: "The young master has already returned to the army."

"Huh? Returning to the army so soon? I still want to talk to my elder brother." Li Nanyi turned back with a disappointed face.

Seeing her leave, the butler followed her to get busy with other things.

When Li Nanyi walked to the corner, he saw the butler gone, so he quickly hid in the corner to look around. Ever since Lu Zhou moved into the Yangmen courtyard, no one was guarding outside the Yangmen courtyard, and the patrol guards had patrolled before. Here, it takes 5 minutes before the next batch of patrolling guards arrives.

She rushed to the stone screen in the Yangmen courtyard as fast as she could, and took a deep breath while covering her rapidly beating chest. This was the first time she did something sneaky like a thief. Scared, but she really couldn't suppress her curiosity, she wanted to see what secrets were hidden in the yard that her elder brother had been keeping her out of.

Li Nanyi let out a breath, walked lightly to the edge of the screen, poked his head inside, and saw a group of people in ancient costumes floating in mid-air to fight.

She couldn't help but widen her eyes, did she have hallucinations, she actually saw someone flying in the sky.

The group of people flying in the sky quickly found Li Nanyi, stopped fighting and said with a smile: "Another desperate woman came to this yard."

"She looks only fourteen or five years old, so she can only be regarded as a girl." A kind woman in ancient costume said to Li Nanyi: "Little girl, you are very yin, and you will easily attract the evil spirits here. You'd better get out of here immediately."

Li Nanyi was puzzled: "Evil ghost? What evil ghost?"

Everyone saw that she, like Lu Zhou, was ignorant of the existence of ghosts, so someone with evil intentions flew up to her and said, "Evil ghosts are just like me."

Suddenly, the man's face became extremely ugly, two eyeballs fell out, a lot of blood flowed from the eyeholes and the corners of the mouth, and he said deeply in his mouth: "Little...girl, take...life... "

Seeing the terrifying face, Li Nanyi turned pale, and screamed uncontrollably: "There is a ghost—"

She was so frightened that she turned around and ran away. Her legs couldn't stop shaking because she was so frightened. As soon as she ran out of the door, she fell hard on the ground and cried loudly: "Come on, there's a ghost, come here!" man."

But no one agreed.

Lu Zhou, who was sleeping in the courtyard of the Yangmen, woke up when he heard the cry. Through the window, he saw a group of people in ancient costumes lying on the stone screen looking outside and laughing. He thought they were playing around again. He ignored it, turned around and fell asleep again.

Outside the courtyard, Li Nanyi got up in a hurry, and ran towards Tingwan's small courtyard while crying: "There are ghosts, there are ghosts."

After she left.

The housekeeper came out from the corner of the courtyard and sighed. He knew that Li Nanyi had always been curious about Yangmen courtyard, so he left on purpose just now in front of Li Nanyi so that she would have a chance to enter.

The patrolling guard next to him couldn't bear to say: "Uncle Di, Miss Yi was really scared, is it really okay if we don't go out?"

The housekeeper shook his head: "The old lady said, it's time for Miss Yi to get in touch with ghosts and gods, otherwise she will become an ordinary person like Mrs. Lan when she gets older."

In fact, Mrs. Marshal doesn't care that her granddaughter will become an ordinary person, but the problem is that she was born in Li's family who often comes into contact with ghosts and gods. If she doesn't have the ability to protect herself, she will only suffer more harm in the future.