One afternoon shortly after the big harvest, the sun was shining and the blue sky was filled with thin clouds. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Wenfeng and other clan elders gathered in the ancestral hall, and they all sat in their positions and were silent. Li Wenfeng held his crutches with both hands, staring straight at the ground with his eyes, as if flowers were growing on the ground, Li Hubao kept rubbing his bald head with his hands, and Yunhe closed his eyes slightly, but if you look closely, you will find that Yunhe's two cheeks are constantly shaking, as if the toothache on both sides is unbearable. The other old men were the same, each doing their own little movements, but no one spoke.

Until Li Wenfeng couldn't help it, he snorted angrily: "You don't say it, I say." After saying this, he paused heavily.

"We never dreamed that we would be able to earn so much money all of a sudden. But the big guys also saw it. What Chen Wazi was worried about at that time still happened, and the people's hearts were not enough to swallow the elephant. Not even food is grown. Today, there are still people who run to the Taoist temple to block the morning baby, asking him to think of more ways to make money. How unreasonable is that! ”

"This morning, the baby told Yunhe that he was going to go outside to find his biological parents when he was ready for spring. Why? Frightened by our people, they simply felt that they had repaid the favor and could retire after completing their work. As a result, at noon, he was blocked in the Taoist temple, and it was embarrassing to think about it."

Speaking of this, Li Wenfeng stared fiercely at a middle-aged man named Li Dahai who was sitting at the end, because Li Dahai didn't believe much in what Li Chen had made, and felt that it was too late to open up the wasteland and replant, and this year would definitely be in vain. When others were actively cultivating wasteland, he did not do much to open up wasteland, and he also dragged a few people who were close to him on weekdays to also do not open up wasteland, but only planted rape and tobacco in the existing fields, and the result was that his family's income was less than half of that of other people's families.

Seeing the results now, he was cried and made a fuss by his wife at home, and simply led a few people who had less income with him to the Taoist temple platform at noon to block Li Chen, who was studying. didn't let Li Chen leave, grinding Li Chen to give them a few people to think of some ways to make quick money, so that a few of them could catch up with the income of others this year. Li Chen was still smiling at first, but in the end, he was really impatient, he didn't say a word coldly, bumped into 2 people who blocked the way, and left the Taoist temple quickly, and now he doesn't know where he went. Even when he heard that something was wrong outside, Yunhe didn't stop when he drove out of his residence.

Yun He is not worried about Li Chen's safety, after all, after living together for more than a year, Yun He deeply knows the stakes of Li Chen, a little monster. But the back of Li Chen's cold departure made Yun He suddenly feel a chill, and he directly grabbed Li Dahai to find Li Wenfeng, and then there was such a scene.

When the clan elders heard Li Wenfeng say this, they all shivered. I suddenly thought that if Li Chen left, the glory of Lijia Village would end here. So they all seemed to come back to their senses, and stared at Li Dahai fiercely with their eyes. If the eyes can kill, it is estimated that Li Dahai is already crushed at this moment.

Seeing this, Li Dahai slightly tucked his neck into the middle of his shoulders, but he quickly straightened up. looked at Li Wenfeng with straight eyes, and said: "Great-grandfathers, uncles, you can't blame me for this, that morning baby is too unaffectionate, if it wasn't for the people in our village who took him in, he wouldn't have known that he was pulled out by that beast as grass fertilizer." ”

When Li Dahai said this, he secretly glanced at the faces of several clan elders, and saw that everyone didn't show much disgust, and he became even bolder.

"Yes, this year he came up with an idea to make everyone money. But isn't there still some time before the Chinese New Year? A few of us have made less money this year, so what's wrong with finding him and asking him to find a way to make more money for us? Who knew that this unfamiliar little wolf cub didn't say a word, and even beat someone. Dahe's shoulders are still swollen? You don't teach him a lesson, let him obediently come up with more ideas to help everyone make money, and teach me a lesson in turn. Is it my fault, I am kind enough to consider the old and young masters in the village......"

When Li Wenfeng heard this, he was angry, picked up his crutch and threw it at Li Dahai, Li Dahai didn't dare to move, he was beaten alive, and then knelt on the ground on the spot. But he still craned his neck and shouted, "You can kill me, I'm not wrong anyway." For the sake of the whole village, my grandfather did not lead the way for the Japanese, but he was killed, and even the body could not be found. I'm thinking about it for the sake of the village now, this notoriety is mine, and it's clean to be killed, anyway, my daughter-in-law and baby won't starve to death......"

When Li Dahai was talking energetically, he was kicked in the back. It turned out that Li Quanshan, who had gone out to look for Li Chen, came back, and when he entered the door, he happened to hear Li Dahai say this. I couldn't help it, so I flew out with a kick. The old people ignored Li Dahai, who was crying out in pain, and all looked behind Li Quanshan, but there was no one behind him.

Looking at the old people who were full of expectations, Li Quanshan sighed and said: "I found Brother Chen, he is now meditating on the top of Daozu Peak above the Taoist Temple, the grandfathers in that place all know, a whole stone is smooth, there is not even a crack that can be grasped, I don't know how Brother Chen went up, I tried a lot of ways but couldn't go up, I didn't pay attention to him, where are Grandpa Wuhu and Uncle Quan Liang staring, I'll come back to report a letter, I have never seen Brother Chen'er like this, he used to smile at all times, Looking at him from a distance today, his face was expressionless, and he felt chills all over his body at a glance. ”

"Let's all go over, I hope for the sake of our old guys' face, Chen Wazi can expose this matter, at least persuade him down first, I will talk here, how the sea will deal with it all listen to Chen Wazi." A thin old man sighed and said that he was Li Dewu, the younger brother of Li Dahai's grandfather. His nephew is not angry, but after all, it is the bloodline left by his eldest brother, and at this time, he still wants to protect Li Dahai, hoping not to deal with it too seriously.

"Listen to a fart!" Li Wubao, who had a fiery personality, directly scolded with a foul language. "Let Chen Wazi deal with it, he is a doll, and he is foreign, when he proposes a way to make money, he is worried that the people in the clan will make irresponsible remarks, and he doesn't even dare to be a leader. You let him deal with it, how does he deal with it? Don't take others for fools, if you want to cover up, just say it, and don't talk about calves. ”

"Uncle Bandit, why do you say that? Didn't I want Chen Wazi to let her breath out, don't take my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Li Dewu said dissatisfied.

"What do you think, you know, isn't it just that the calculating Chen baby is young and an outsider, and it is not good to deal with the sea seriously, when we are all fools!" After refuting Li Dewu, Li Hubao turned his head to Li Wenfeng and said: "At that time, I was the one who took charge of this matter, and I didn't give an explanation for this matter, I didn't have the face to see Chen Wazi going, I want to go to you, I won't go, I can't afford to lose that person!" After saying that, he didn't even sit on the chair, squatted on the ground, holding his head and making no sound.

"Let's not go over yet." Li Wenfeng thought about it, looked at the other old men, saw that the big guys were slightly bowed, and then made up his mind, and then said to Li Quanshan.

"All the mountain, ring the bell, 5 rings"

"Master, five sounds, it's serious!" Li Dewu was startled and hurriedly stopped. In recent decades, except for one time when the Japanese soldiers were about to cross the river, they had never sounded.

"Yes, five tones. Go all over the mountain! Li Wenfeng realized that if this matter was not properly resolved, not to mention whether Li Chen could stay, the hearts of the people in the clan had already begun to disperse. If it is not solved well, the family will be in chaos, but it is not the time for the whole clan to live and die.

Quan Shan looked at Li Dahai and Li Dewu hesitantly, but did not move. Seeing this, Li Wenfeng was very angry and said to Li Hubao: "I can't stand your grandson, bandits, you go knock." ”

Li Quanshan, who originally felt something and couldn't bear it, saw that Li Wenfeng lost his temper, and hurriedly said, "I'll go, I'll go." He turned around and went out to ring the bell.

Li Dahai saw that Li Wenfeng was really moving, and he felt scared. got up and wanted to run out, but was slapped on the shoulder by Yunhe, and fell on his head. scolded casually: "What is not angry, what a hero the Devon brothers were back then, how can there be such a grandson as you!" After speaking, he said to Li Dewu: "Your grandson is a grandson, but my grandson is not?" People are doing it, the sky is watching, today I must explain things clearly for Chen Wazi, otherwise the family style of the old Li family will be defeated in our hands. ”

Li Dewu looked at the faces of the people around him, sighed, and didn't make a sound. I kept shouting in my heart: "Shame on you!" ”

As the bell rang, the villagers who heard the wind silently counted the ringing, trying to guess the seriousness of the matter in the number of times the bell rang. After everyone heard the five bells, everyone's hearts were heavy, has the matter reached such a serious point?

People slowly walked into the ancestral hall with heavy footsteps. Soon the large courtyard of the ancestral hall was full of people from all over the village, and everyone had serious expressions, and even the usually naughty bear children were affected by the emotions of the adults at the moment, and they followed their parents closely, losing their previous liveliness.

When Li Wenfeng and the old people slowly walked out of the ancestral hall, the people in the whole courtyard all turned their eyes to the old patriarch and Li Dahai, who was hanging his head behind the clan elders.

Li Wenfeng stopped on the high platform at the entrance of the ancestral hall and was silent for a moment. At this time, the silence in the courtyard was terrifying, and everyone stared at the old patriarch's mouth and listened to what he had to say.

"In March this year, when we forced Chen Wazi to find a way to make the village rich, he said that there was a way for everyone to make money, but he was worried that after making money, someone would make trouble because of more money and less money, which would make the clan restless, and it would be better to continue to live a poor life. A bunch of old guys have patted their chests in front of the morning baby. What did we say at that time, we said at that time, 'Don't worry, the whole and young people of Lijia Village can't lose you.'" ’”

"Later, it was also here, when we announced Chen Wazi's thoughts, I said again, 'If you have something to say in the future, don't say it today, chew your tongue in the future, hurt Chen Wazi's heart, and destroy the unity of the clan, don't blame my old man for asking the ancestors to follow the rules for you!' ”

"After you dispersed, we patted our chests to Chen Wazi alone and said, 'Chen Wazi, you let it go. The old and young of Lijia Village have been living hard for hundreds of years, and they have had enough! You can use all your skills, as long as you don't kill people and set fires, don't rebel, it's a big thing, and my Li family will follow you. We also said, 'The Li family is a Confucian scholar, although they are poor, they will never pollute you'. As a result, the three-pronged approach of Chenwazi fertilizer, oil press, and baking technology has made every family turn over and become rich this year. What now? Some people get carried away when they have money and learn to gamble; Some have forgotten their duty, and have even plowed the crops that are about to be harvested, leaving the land there waiting to be planted with tobacco; Someone coerced Entu to repay the favor, and actually ganged up to go to the Taoist temple and forced Chen Wazi to think of a way to make quick money for them alone. really responded to what Chen Wazi said, such a Li family village, such a Li family, it is better to continue to be poor! ”

"Now, because the child Chen Wazi felt uncomfortable, he ran to the top of Daozu Peak to meditate. Poor Li Laohu finally found a grandson, and now he is looking at the child under the cliff. Everyone touched their consciences and said, what does the child owe to our village? Did the tiger take him in? If this is the case, he only owes Li Laohu and Yunhe love, but it is those of us who have started to live a good life thanks to the blessing of the tiger. But just now, someone said that the child was a white-eyed wolf, and asked us to teach the child a lesson, so that he could obediently help us make money wholeheartedly. How did our Li family come out with such a scum! ”

When Li Wenfeng said this, he shouted hoarsely: "Li Dahai, and a few people who ran to the Taoist temple today, all roll to the front and kneel for me!" ”

Immediately, Li Dahai and a few people of different grades knelt at the bottom of the steps, and their faces were covered with cold sweat and bursts of cold sweat broke out.

Looking at the few unlucky people at the bottom of the steps, Li Wenfeng trembled with anger. Trembling and stretching out his fingers, he nodded at a few people, almost roaring: "It's these rabbit cubs, who don't think about the good of other people's children, but instead coerce them to repay their kindness, forcing Chen Wazi to help them make money, and make quick money." Today, in front of your ancestors, in front of the whole village, say what you said to Chen Wazi today, again! And Li Dahai, do you dare to say what you just said in the ancestral hall again! ”

Under this circumstance, Li Dahai's hearts were like drums, and the shadow of being expelled from the family was already pressing on their scalps like a mountain, how could they dare to speak, just kneeling, their fingers clasped the cracks of the stone slabs on the ground, and the sweat on their heads dripped down like raindrops.

At this time, Li Dahai's wife came out of the crowd with their children, and just knelt next to her husband. I didn't dare to say a word, just kowtowed desperately.

While kowtowing, he shouted Li Dahai over and over again, "Dahai, you are a dead man, don't you quickly kowtow to beg the ancestor for forgiveness...... old ancestor, old ancestor, you can forgive us as the head of the family, he is also dizzy for a while, you also know his strong donkey temper, you want to save face, please spare him!" ”。

Li Dahai's wife really knocked her head on the stone slab, and after a few strokes, blood began to ooze from her forehead, and Li Dahai's son also cried when he saw his parents, and kowtowed like his mother.

With Li Dahai's wife's actions, soon the wives of several other families also rushed out of the crowd with their children, following the example of Li Dahai's wife, kneeling there, crying and begging for mercy. Suddenly, the woman's wail and the child's cry made the scene a mess.

Just when the scene was chaotic, there was a sudden commotion outside the ancestral hall, and then, the crowd slowly separated a passage, Li Wenfeng stared at it, indeed Li Chen slowly walked from the passage with a pale face, followed by Li Wuhu and Li Quanliang, when passing by Li Dahai's wife, Li Chen reached out and helped Li Dahai's wife on the ground, stopping her from continuing to kowtow, and said: "Don't kowtow, hurt yourself, what he does as a big man, why bother you and your children to suffer?" The voice was very cold, and the cold Li Dahai's wife shivered, looked at Li Chen blankly, and did not react at all. After Li Chen finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to her reaction, and walked straight down the steps to Li Wenfeng. Quietly glanced at Li Wenfeng, didn't wait for Li Wenfeng to say anything, turned around, and faced the people in Lijia Village under the stage, coldly, as if a god looked down on all living beings in the underworld, without a trace of emotion.

After a long time, Li Chen opened his mouth to speak, his voice was very soft, but everyone really listened to it.

"I was wrong." Hearing Li Chen say this, the crowd immediately burst into a commotion.

"I've always known that the hardest thing in the world to grasp is the human heart. After coming to Lijia Village, because I seemed to have found the warmth I had not seen for a long time, I once denied my understanding of people's hearts, thinking that a village isolated from the world has not received the influence of the world, and we can live happily together. But actually, I was wrong. Selfishness is shared by everyone, including myself. ”

"Today, I watched everyone's performance." Li Chen paused, turned his head and looked at the several clan elders behind him, especially Li Dewu who stayed for a while.

"Thank you Grandpa Wubao and Grandpa Yunhe for being really good to me! The kid took it to heart. Hearing that Li Chen was more and more resolute, Li Wubao hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Chen Wazi, we know that you have grievances, and you have something to say, okay?" ”

Li Chen shook his head. Then he said to Li Dahai: "The sea, we are not familiar with it, right?" ”

Li Dahai didn't dare to reply.

"An immature wolf cub should have been pulled out by some beast to be used as grass fertilizer, I mean it, right? I'm supposed to make a lot of money for you, right? Hearing Li Chen say this, the villagers of Lijia Village were stunned, so it is possible that someone would describe the little genius who helps the big guy make money.

"You have offended me, I will never forgive you!" Hearing this, Li Dahai's waist weakened and spread on the ground. The fear of being expelled from Lijia Village and being removed from the family tree completely crushed him.

"But because I am an outsider, I will expel you from the clan. It's a little too much" Li Chen's words sounded like a holy voice at this time, Li Dahai and the others struggled to taste the last bit of strength, supported their bodies from the ground, and looked at Li Chen, their eyes full of anticipation.