The ancestral home of the Li family is located on Xinglin Street. It should be said that the entire street is populated by members of the Li clan. However, because of the large number of descendants and the rapid population growth, this street has long been unable to accommodate so many people. Out-of-town migration.

The nearest village to Shunde is Lijiazhuang, which has always been the medicinal field of the Li family, and now there are rows of houses built there. It is impossible to buy a house in the city. Most people choose to build a house in Lijia Village.

   And their family has few heirs, the ancestral house has never been divided and separated, and it is still a big house with four entrances.

   Simple and elegant.

   The house on Xinglin Street, where the house is so tense, is really eye-catching, so many people who were raided by the Li family were tempted to buy it from the yamen.

   As we all know, the price of the items sold after being copied is very low. There are various reasons. The two main ones are that the yamen is not very concerned, and the items that are copied are unlucky.

But for the Li clan, don't mind the latter one, the former one is a good thing, so many people want to buy it, but want to lower the price, just at this moment, the third grandfather paid for this The house was bought.

  Li Sheng is the direct son of the eldest family branch. Although he is the third oldest, he has good medical skills and has a good relationship with his eldest brother and patriarch, so no one from the Li clan dared to argue with him.

  He got the house with ease.

   At that time, Li Sheng didn’t want to occupy the house, but because he was heartbroken to Li Bo, he wanted to buy his ancestral house, so that he or his descendants would have a place to stay when they came back.

   But twenty years have passed, times have changed, and even people’s hearts have changed.

   Now that Li Hong and his son have returned, Li Sheng is very happy to transfer the house to Li Hong in order to make up for them and to make his heart feel better.

   also called people to repair the house in advance, clean the house, Li Hong and the others will be able to move in as soon as they arrive.

  Li Jun declined the servants Li Sheng sent, and insisted on doing it himself regardless of his father's face, so only five members of their family lived in the huge house.

   Now that there are only eight people in Gu Jingyun, Li Baolu and Nanfeng, the house looks empty.

   However, Li Jun still declined the kindness of the steward, and did not accept the cook and maid he sent again.

   When only his own people were left in the house, Li Junfang took a long breath and said, "Second sister, it's right that we don't live in Shunde."

"I knew before that the Li family had a lot of influence in Shunde, but only a few **** knew that what I saw before was just the tip of the iceberg." Li Jun sighed: "These **** are with the eldest grandfather and the third grandfather. After visiting several elders in the clan, and then following Uncle Wen to visit the in-laws of the Li family, only then did I find that the Li family is related by marriage to the above-average families in Shunde City, and there are also many people from below-average families."

"Shunde is a big station for the transfer of medicinal materials, and it is also a place where medicinal materials are grown. The villages that these few people have passed by are all planted with medicinal materials, and those medicinal materials are only sold to Li's Tongxintang. I asked the local people, I don’t know about the rest of the places, but in the county of Guoxia, Shunde, there are people in 68 villages in 10 towns that grow medicinal herbs or go to the mountains to collect herbs, all of which are sold to Tongxintang without exception.”

"Pharmacists from other places come here to buy processed and dried medicinal materials from Tongxintang and sell them elsewhere, and no matter where we go here, as long as Mr. Lai is interested, let alone our whereabouts, it is what we did. , they can know exactly what they said."

   Therefore, if they really accepted Li Xie's proposal and returned to Shunde to wait, let alone the matter of returning to the clan and the 100,000 taels he promised, I'm afraid they would not even have the freedom to go out of the city gate.

   The more he learned, the more timid Li Jun became, and he also understood that these few days, Mrs. Li took him to watch these things like watching flowers on a horse, not only to appease him, but also to deter him.

   "What are you afraid of if you don't live in Shunde?" Li Baolu said indifferently: "I also come back every year to visit tombs to worship ancestors. As long as you have a right heart, you will naturally not be afraid."

  Li Jun smiled bitterly, "I know, but it's just that my heart trembles."

   "Then you can go shopping more, just get used to it." Li Baolu got up and said, "Let's go down to wash and rest first."

  Li Jun said immediately: "The room is ready for you, and my mother and eldest sister have also boiled hot water. By the way, I'm afraid that the eldest grandfather and the third grandfather will come..."

   "No," Li Baolu said, "if they send someone over, say we'll visit later in the evening."

   She just wants to take a bath and sleep now.

   Gu Jingyun is the same.

   Li Xie and Li Sheng were indeed very knowledgeable, so they sent their servants to deliver a few food boxes to inquire about the meeting time.

   The next day was an auspicious day, so Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun met with the heads of the various branches of the Li clan in the evening, had dinner, and got to know each other.

  Li Baolu wanted to know these grandfathers and uncles, after all, they were also her family.

   The people of the Li family wanted to meet the legendary aunt who saved the emperor, the emperor and the prince, but forced them to suffer such a big loss.

   are already married daughters, or child brides who have been sent away since childhood. They must not have much affection for the family, but they are so strong to intervene in their clan affairs. Everyone is not dissatisfied.

   However, looking at Li Baolu who was dressed up, and looking at Gu Jingyun, who had a calm expression and a smile on his lips, and who was as warm as jade, he had to hold back his dissatisfaction. He didn't even see the patriarch raising his glass to respect Jingyun wine with a smile?

   It has been five days since he came to Shunde, and Li Hong, who was being ignored every day, pouted secretly and took a glass of wine to pour himself.

   He still has to rely on Li Baolu. When he gets the money and kills him, he won't go back to the capital, nor will he stay in Shunde, who sees people as inferior.

   Where can he go with money?

  When the time comes, I will find a good place to buy a house and settle down, then buy some fields and shops, and then buy a few servants and girls, and live a life of fine clothes and food as I did when I was a child.

  150,000 taels, enough for him to live unrestrainedly for the rest of his life.

  Li Hong's eyes flashed with dim light, and his chest was full of ambition.

   It was late at night, and the banquet was scattered.

  Except for a few people, everyone slept peacefully until dawn.

   The next morning, Li Baolu was dressed in linen clothes and Gu Jingyun also wore filial clothes, and the two went to the front hall holding hands.

   The Li family, who were also dressed in linen clothes and filial piety, were shocked when they saw this, and looked at Gu Jingyun in disbelief.

   Mrs. Mei murmured, "Here, Second Uncle just needs to wear plain clothes."

   Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law only have Baolu's bloodline. Since I have married their precious daughter, I should wear hemp and filial piety for them."

  It is a good thing for them to return to the clan today, but Li Bo, the protagonist, has died, and this time his spiritual position has to be moved into the ancestral hall.

   Following Li Bo's tablet and returning to Li's ancestral hall are his wife Wan, the eldest son Li Kang and the eldest daughter-in-law Fu.

  Li Hong held his father's tablet, Li Jun held his grandmother's tablet, Gu Jingyun followed behind Li Hong with his father-in-law's tablet, Li Baolu held his mother Fu's tablet and stood behind Li Jun.

   A group of seven went to Li's main house, where the ancestral hall was located.

  The gate opened slowly, and the clansmen who sang trumpets were already listed outside the door. Some people lit firecrackers and sang aloud, "Return of the soul—the south cannot stop—"

   On both sides of the road stood a group of people every fifty steps, old and young, all sullenly sang "Return of the Soul".

   They were all buried in Qiongzhou, and there were even three of them with no bones left. They had no other way but to summon their souls.

Everyone sang all the way, and led the four people holding the tablets to the front of the ancestral hall. Li Xie was dressed in full clothes, only a white cloth was tied around his waist. It was the grand costume he used for the sacrifice of the patriarch, and it was only worn during the big sacrifice. , which shows that he is cautious about this matter.

  Li Xie looked down at Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun who were walking in gradually, glad he chose this one among the two sets of sacrificial clothes.

  Since you have to do it, then do it well, even if you can't sell the face of the other party, you don't need to cause the other party's dissatisfaction.

   Waiting for Li Hong to stand first with the tablet in hand, and the rest of the tribes to stand up in order, and then Li Xie started the ceremony.

   But this is not just an article to pay homage to Li Bo, but more importantly to explain the matter of returning to the clan.

   Start with the origin of the Li family, then count the ancestors, trace the relationship between the Li Bo family and the ancestors, and then explain the reason why Li Bo spent the family back then, and now why he agreed to return to the family.

To put it simply, it is to prove that the Li Bo family came from their Li clan, and their blood relationship with the Li clan is recorded in the genealogy. It has only been 20 years since the incident, and the young people in the clan and above all know about them. support, so this is not difficult.

   And Li Bo has been rehabilitated, and the emperor himself did so, so there is no doubt about the second point.

   This item went very smoothly, but when Li Xie thought about the industrial situation of Li Bo, there was a brief riot below, but fortunately it was only for a moment.

   Even if everyone was already mentally prepared, at this time, looking at Li Hong and others in front, there were still many people who were still unconvinced.

   They actually have so many shares, obviously they are all side branches, why is the gap so big?

  Li Xie ignored them, finished reciting in a calm voice, and finally said loudly: "Open the ancestral hall and welcome Li Bo, the sixteenth-generation owner of the fifth house, to enter the shrine—"

   "Welcome the eldest son of the sixteenth-generation owner of the fifth house to the shrine—"

  Li Hong raised his eyes and took a deep look at the ancestral hall, then slowly stepped up the steps and sent the tablet into the ancestral hall.

  Li Jun followed closely...

   In the ancestral hall, Li Sheng brought three of his family members waiting. He took the tablets in their hands and placed them in the position of the fifth room. Li Hong led everyone to kneel and worshipped three times and nine times according to Li Sheng's instructions...

   After the ceremony was over, Li Hongzao was dripping with cold sweat and was so tired that he could hardly breathe.

   But he still insisted on kneeling to the side and waiting for the Li clan to come forward to worship and give thanks before getting up.

Everyone slowly exited the ancestral hall, Li Baolu glanced at Li Hong who was pale, and said to Mrs. Mei who was waiting outside: "Second aunt and cousin first help Second Uncle back, we will do the rest. ."

  Li Hong hesitated. Although he was not filial, he had persevered so much.

  Li Baolu said indifferently: "The rest is nothing important. Cousin Jun and I are just sending off the elders. Second uncle will go back first if he feels unwell. No one will blame you."

  Li Hong then asked Mei Shi and Li He to support him back.

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