When Wu Jun was busy recovering the lost territory of Jizhou, Situ Yan's new home had already been built. At this time, she was busy building the Li family ancestral hall in the south of the village, and this matter was naturally decided by Li Dalang first to discuss with the old patriarch Yang.

At the beginning of leap June, the ancestral hall has been built, covering an area of nearly three acres, the main hall of the front yard is three, and the middle hall is dedicated to Fu, Lu, Shou, Guanyin, Fuxi, Nuwa, Queen Mother of the West, Confucius and other Buddha and sage portraits. The east room is engraved with the origin of the surname, the plaque of the glory of the clan, the ancestral tablet and the genealogy.

The western room enshrines the tablets of the deceased wives of the Li clan, so that these women who marry the Li clan also have a home. In addition, Situ Yan also discussed with Li Aniu and others to formulate clan rules, and carved them into a plaque and hung it on the west wall for the Li clan to abide by.

The family rules are actually made by slightly changing the rules of the Li family, but the Li clan, men do not take concubines, and women do not take concubines, but it has become the first rule of the family rules. Li Aniu and Li Si were the oldest of the Li family's refugees, so naturally the two of them and Li Dalang, the village, were jointly agreeing on the patriarch candidate.

If it weren't for the fact that Situ Yan was not surnamed Li and was a girl, the three of them would even directly push her to become the head of the Li family. For this, after Li Aniu became the patriarch, he also added a clause to the family rules, the good girl Situ Yan is the benefactor of the Li family, and the Li clan people, regardless of their age, must be respectful and listen to the training, and must not be disobedient, and the descendants of future generations should only remember not to forget, otherwise the light ones will be punished, and the heavy ones will be expelled from the ancestral hall and will never enter. And Li Dalang also wrote a book on how Situ Yan rescued them and took them all the way from Liaodong County in Youzhou to escape here, and attached it to the clan rules to warn future generations.

Situ Yan discussed this matter with Li Aniu, Li Si, and Liangzi many times, but she didn't want to record the matter. But these people feel their kindness, where can they be willing, they have no choice but to do what they do.

The entire front yard of the Li family ancestral hall covers an area of one acre, not only the main hall was built, but also two wing halls were built, the west wing hall was used for two family studies, one for boys to read and write, and one for girls, after all, this was in ancient times, and the rules of men and women who were seven years old still had to be observed. The two rooms in the East Wing Hall, one is used as a place for the patriarch to gather the clansmen to discuss punishment (to put it bluntly, it is the patriarch's office), and the other is used as a warehouse to store lanterns and candles, and Situ Yan also put four large water tanks in the middle of the front yard, which can be regarded as ancient fire extinguishers.

In the backyard of the ancestral hall, Situ Yan asked Li Aniu to open up two acres of clan land, and built a chicken coop and pigsty at the backyard wall to raise livestock. He planned to use the proceeds from these two acres of land and the money from the sale of eggs and pork to provide incense for the ancestral hall and repair the house.

On the day when the ancestral hall was built, the sky that was still raining heavily suddenly cleared, and it was already cloudless in a few breaths, Li Dalang and Li Aniu took the Li family to incense and worship God, and after worshipping one by one, they enshrined the ancestral tablets of each family.

Women were not allowed to participate in the ancestral shrine, but Situ Yan was an exception, not only Li Dalang, but even Li Aniu, Li Si and Liangzi simply pulled her to worship the gods and ancestors together.

"Little Wu, I really don't know what to say! If you don't want to change your surname to Li, I'd rather be the patriarch than you. Li Aniu's eyes were red, although he was presiding over the opening of the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors today, he knew in his heart that the Li family could have today because of this girl, but he picked up a ready-made patriarch, where can he really regard himself as the patriarch in front of Situ Yan.

"Uncle Niu, look at what you said, you are the oldest among these people, don't say that I am a person with a foreign surname, even if I change my surname to Li, but I am still a female baby, this patriarch is the fourth uncle, and I can't let me mess around. And I just want to live a good life with my brothers, this is a laborious thing, I have to ask you to help me take advantage of it. ”

"You, since you entered Lijia Village, no matter how many things you have done or how many people you have helped, you have never let others feel that you have been favored by others, I know this in my heart." Li Aniu became the patriarch, and he still spoke in a crepe from time to time, but he also had the appearance of the patriarch.

"I didn't think about this, I was just lazy and couldn't stand this tiredness." Situ Yan's words made a room full of people laugh, sacrificed to the ancestors and set up a table in the East Chamber, and invited all the villagers to eat, and this Li family ancestral hall took root in Fuxiang Village.

The old patriarch Yang still had a problem in his heart because Li Dalang robbed his grandson's village, but looking at the families who fled from the Li family, all of them were good, not to mention the good planting, and they did not forget their roots, and even the ancestral hall was built in a decent way. even opened a clan study, so that the children in the village can follow the enlightenment. For this point alone, he let go of Li Dalang's discomfort.

When eating, while the whole village was there, Li Dalang stood up and saluted the villagers first, "I Li Zhi, from Lijia Village, Xinchang County, Liaodong County, Youzhou, fled all the way to Fuxiang Village, thank you for not giving up and taking them in, and thank the old patriarch Yang for taking care of them in many ways, not only let us settle down, but also built this Li family ancestral hall, in order to thank the villagers for their kindness, I will open the Li family ancestral hall, and the children of this village, both men and women, can enter the family to learn to read and write. The male baby in the village only needs to pick up a small bundle of firewood every day, and the female baby can cut a basket of pigweed, and there is no need to hand over the bundle for repair. ”

"Muramasa, are you serious? It's not easy to find this teacher who teaches, so if we don't teach Shu Xiu, what kind of money will we pay for someone? Don't let the children really go to study then, and you will get money from us again? A villager surnamed Yang stood up and shouted. In fact, who can be unhappy to hear such a good thing, but he also has his own worries.

"Big guy, just rest assured, this master will be my second brother, but there is no need to invite another person to teach the children to enlighten literacy, so the Li family will never be restrained in cultivation."

"Ouch, that's a great thing! My family has three children, if they can read and write, and they can go to the city to find an errand in the future, then they will not have a big future. ”

"It's not good, my kid should see each other in another year, if he can read two words, this woman will come in a hurry before she hears it."

"It's okay for you, my son is getting older, I'm afraid that the master won't teach?"

As soon as Li Dalang's words fell, the discussion rang out, making Situ Yan dizzy, but these were discussed by her, the four brothers of the Li family and Li Aniu early in the morning, so she could only endure the noise and sit on the side and listen.

"Don't shout about the big guys, Li Cunzheng can have this heart is the blessing of our Fuxiang Village, in the future, the big guys will have to listen to Li Cunzheng, less small belly chicken intestines, chicken feathers are skinned." Patriarch Yang was happy in his heart, so he stood up and helped Li Dalang say two words.

"That's not how it should be, Li Cunzheng is such a good person, how can we make trouble for others, the big guy said that this is not the case!" If there is someone who takes the lead to meet him, there will naturally be someone to help. The matter was decided, the banquet was eaten, and Situ Yan had time to go home to rest.

"Little Wu, are you tired today?" San Lang noticed early in the morning that the little sister had been pinching the bridge of her nose and frowning, thinking that she was a little tired.

"I'm fine, it's just a panic just now, and the third brother also knows that I don't like to be lively. Next time, if you have this thing again, don't pull me in again. Situ Yan took off her shoes and leaned on the kang in the hall.

"Okay, this time it's an ancestral shrine, Uncle Niu, they said that you must go with you, otherwise I will be reluctant to let you suffer this sin." Of course, Li Dalang put the feelings of the little sister first in his heart, so he planned to let the little sister go home to rest after sacrificing his ancestors, but Li Aniu and the others were willing to pull Situ Yan to eat the banquet before letting her leave.

"That's right, eldest brother, I went to the county school a few days ago to inquire, before the war, the county school took a break, saying that it was tomorrow that the class would start to resume, I thought that the third brother and the fourth brother would go to the county school to study, and even the 'six rites' I had prepared, and it was all left in the western room. And the third and fourth brothers are not young anymore, they don't need to let the eldest brother help catch the car, there are three cars at home, one for the people in the village, whoever wants to go into the city to catch the market, they will pull it for free. One will be given to the third and fourth brothers to go to school, and the carrots will be left at home, thanks to it along the way, otherwise I don't know when I will be able to walk to this Henan county. ”

San Lang and Shiro didn't expect that they would be able to enter the county school so soon, they originally planned to mention this matter to their little sister after the New Year, but they didn't want the little sister to be busy every day before dawn, but they still remembered their affairs, and their hearts were happy. "Little Wu, thank you!"

"Family, you're welcome!" Situ Yan only replied, and discussed with Li Dalang about tomorrow's apprenticeship, and after dinner, the four brothers were used to sitting in the hall to read and practice calligraphy, Situ Yan taught for a while, and then went back to the east to prepare a long shirt for San Lang and Shi Lang, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, these things have long been stored in her ring, which will be convenient.

After waiting for two hours, when the four of them got up to go back to the house to rest, Situ Yan handed over the prepared things to San Lang and Shi Lang, "Third brother, fourth brother, Ming'er will go to apprenticeship, I won't go, when the master asks, as long as the brothers don't mention the art of war, everything else is the same as when they worshiped Master Jiang before." ”

"Xiao Wu, I'm a little panicked here, why don't you go with me?" Although Shiro has killed people along the way, fought, and seen the world, he is timid by nature, and he always hopes to have a little sister to help him when things happen.

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Si, there is me, Xiao Wu likes to be quiet, and she is tired these days, so don't let her follow." Saburo patted Shiro on the shoulder and gave him a reassuring look.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, although the brothers' homework has been interrupted along the way, but there is no delay, today we have not finished learning the "Analects", only this book will not underestimate you, you just need to answer the master's questions with peace of mind."

"Hmm." Listening to the little sister's encouragement, Shiro's confidence was greatly increased, and he nodded and took his things and went back to the West Chamber with San Lang to sleep.

Da Lang and Erlang checked the door in the front and back yards, and then went back to the east chamber, Situ Yan ordered the "six rites" and wrapped them again, making sure that nothing was missing, and then they went back to the east room to sleep with peace of mind.