As July 5 approached, Baihe spent a lot of money to recruit hundreds of temporary workers to help, and sent countless materials to Lan Kwai Fong for no money, and then turned them into scraps and moved them to the winery for firewood, and the convoy that delivered materials every day became an alternative scenery in the city. The renovation project proceeded rapidly, and by July 2, it was nearing completion.

In fact, with Xiao Qi's skills, if it is just a general decoration, it will not take so much time at all, because Bai He's ideas are sometimes too strange, and with her receptivity, sometimes she has to digest it for half a day, and then spend an hour to finish it. In her own words: I didn't have to worry so much about going to the Shendu Palace back then, if it weren't for Shang Tongmo's restoration method, I would have stopped picking on it a long time ago......

The winery is making sake, the people are waiting to see the excitement, everyone is busy with their own things, and the small days are busy and fulfilling.

Now that the second lady is still in retreat, she doesn't know when she will be out of the customs, according to this trend, it is estimated that there is no one who can't do it for two months, which is more exaggerated than cultivating immortals.

And Li Bai has not returned to the Western Regions, and I don't know if he brought his newlywed to invite the moon for his honeymoon, if there are more than one little Li Bai when he comes back, it will be even happier.

Lianxing still hides in the cage smoke building every day to play the piano and sing songs, Bai He has been to it twice, and found that this chick is not just sitting, and occasionally takes care of the business of the cage smoke building, and appears to meet talented people and famous Confucians to exchange knowledge or something, and the small life is very elegant.

On the evening of July 3, the renovation of Lan Kwai Fong was finally completed, two days later than Bai He expected - he thought that such a big project as a wine tasting conference could be done by Xiao Qi overnight, so of course a Lan Kwai Fong was also captured, who knew that Xiao Qi said this at the time: You dead slut is ugly, but the idea is quite beautiful......

Looking at the results in front of him now, Bai He is very satisfied: when it opens, it will definitely surprise everyone! Anyway, it won't be a long wait, just the day after tomorrow.

In this way, it took another two days to fill in the gaps, and finally on July 5, the opening was completed.

Before dawn this day, Bai He was still dating Zhou Gong and his daughter naked, and was woken up by Xiao Loli with shame: "Young master, young master, get up quickly!" ”

"Huh?" Bai He opened his eyes in a daze, only to see that it was dark outside the window, he slept late last night, so he turned his head and went away again. It wasn't until little Lori urged him again that he sat up half-asleep and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"It's over the fifth watch, it's time to get up, young master." Little Lori said.

Five watches? Isn't it only five or six o'clock? Bai He was sleepy-eyed: "It's still early, I'll sleep again......"

The plan of the day lies in the morning, at this hour, the officials have to go to the yamen to order, I am afraid that he is the only one in the whole Da Zhou who will feel early, Xiao Lori is funny and helpless, and hurriedly pulled him up: "I can't sleep, young master!" Today is the big day for you to open the market, hurry up! ”

"Just let Lan Shu handle the opening of the market......

"No, young master, you still have to worship your ancestors before the market opens, everyone is waiting for you!"

"Sacrifice, ancestor worship?" Bai He was stunned for a moment and woke up halfway.

Little Lori was a little dumbfounded: "Young master, you, you won't forget such an important thing, right?" ”

Bai He shook his head blankly. It's not that he forgot, and no one has mentioned it to him, he didn't know that the custom of worshipping ancestors before the market opened, and it was so early.

But since they're all awake, let's get up.

At the moment, under the service of little Lori, he dressed neatly and washed cleanly, and Bai He went out in good spirits. Originally, he still habitually wanted to eat some breakfast, but little Lori said that she couldn't eat before worshipping her ancestors, as a sign of respect, so she had to give up.

"Young master, we have to go to the ancestral hall first, and only after worshipping our ancestors can we go to Lan Kwai Fong to open the market. The lady and the stewards are waiting for you in the ancestral hall, and the eldest lady has also returned, and the heads of the various branches of the house have also come. Little Lori said as she walked.

"Such a big battle, even the eight stewards and the eldest lady are here?" Bai He was stunned for a moment.

"Well...... little Lori nodded, and said happily: "Young master, you have established a business, this is a major event in the house, of course everyone has to come to witness." ”

"Khan ......" Bai He was a little embarrassed, and thought that he could kill a chicken casually and get some three teas and five wines to worship, but he didn't expect that this ancestor worship seemed to be a little different from the ancestor worship in his cognition.

In ancient times, ancestor worship is actually a very important ritual, not only strict rules, but also according to the full etiquette system, very cumbersome and exquisite, usually carried out in the ancestral hall.

And the ancestral hall can only be owned by the family in this era. What is a clan? The most striking feature is canonization. Contemporary or ancestral canonization by the imperial court is eligible to become a family. If a flat-headed common man casually builds a ancestral hall, he will be accused of rebellion every minute.

In addition to being used as a place of worship, the ancestral hall is also a place where clan rules and family laws are enforced. The crown ceremony, wedding, and funeral of the clansmen are basically carried out in the ancestral hall. In addition, disputes between clansmen or clansmen's families can also be adjudicated in the ancestral hall. Therefore, in a certain sense, the ancestral hall has the nature of a family "public hall".

It is only in later generations, especially in modern times, that due to changes in social customs, this concept and habit have become much weaker.

There are pros and cons to this change, and whether the pros outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the pros is a matter of opinion.

Xiao Lori took Baihe to another courtyard in the west of the Lin Mansion, and saw five gates in the black oil fence, and a plaque hanging on the door, which said that it was "Lin Clan Ancestral Hall".

Entering the courtyard, the white stone road, both sides are planted with pine and cypress, and the platform is set up with green bronze Dingyi and other utensils. Facing the courtyard gate, is the ancestral hall of the Lin family, the birthplace of the Lin family, the incense and candles are brilliant, the brocade tent is embroidered, and you can vaguely see the dense god card like the dominoes erected inside.

When Bai He pushed open the half-covered courtyard gate and entered the ancestral hall, he was shocked on the spot: there are so many people!

I saw that the Lin family ancestral hall was brightly lit and crowded, and there were no less than 100 people gathered. Under the firelight, you can see that the leader is a mature young woman with a lot of manners, it is Mrs. Lin.

And behind her stood two young women, Bai He's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw that one of them was the second miss, and couldn't help but be stunned: Isn't this chick a retreat? Why did you run out? I haven't seen her for a few days, and I'm still thinking about her. And that sister is ...... Hey, she's our mother-in-law! ”

Although it was the first time he saw it, he recognized at a glance that the beautiful young woman in front of him was his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lin, because she looked too much like the second lady.

"Tut-tut......" Bai He couldn't help but sigh secretly, this mother-in-law is too young, and she is stunningly beautiful, just like a ripe peach, not at all like her eldest daughter is already twenty, but a little more like a big sister.

But it's strange to say, I don't know what caused it, Baihe traveled for more than half a month, and he didn't see Mrs. Lin once. Now that I see it, it is really genetically excellent.

And the other woman, because of the perspective, so Bai He didn't see her clearly, thinking that she should be the eldest lady Lin Duyun.

And behind the two young ladies, there were a few men and women who knew at a glance that they were martial arts masters, they were the eight stewards of the Lin Mansion, and Bai He recognized a few of them: Uncle Shen, the second housekeeper, the weaver girl of the seamless cloth village, and the fourth master of the poetic old man who was a flower.

After that, Bai He only knew that they were a side branch of the Lin family, and they had seen them in and out a few times, but as for the famous ones, there was no one.

In addition, there are some miscellaneous subordinates.

Hundreds of people stood in a clear hierarchy like this, very well-behaved.

At this time, when the second lady saw Bai He coming in, her eyes flickered and drifted to this side, full of smiles. She raised her hand, as if to say hello, but for some reason it suddenly retracted again.

"Uncle is here."

"Lin San has seen my uncle!"

"Congratulations to my uncle, I wish my uncle a good business and a prosperous business!" The clansmen of the side branches greeted Baihe, and several major stewards headed by the fourth master also congratulated him.

"Thank you! Thank you! Bai He walked over and bowed in return. As soon as he approached, he suddenly heard a sneer of "hum", and when he looked at it, the cold sweat suddenly came down.

I saw a young woman of about twenty years old standing straight on the other side of Mrs. Lin, dressed in military uniform, heroic, exuding an aura of iron and blood, it was easy for people to ignore her age and her exquisite and perfect figure.

If the second lady is a fire rose, then this young woman is a flower on the other side - a flower blooming on the other side of the Yellow Spring, and a deadly murder is hidden under the beautiful appearance.

"Hmph, Bai Gongzi is really a big shelf, so that everyone in the whole house is waiting for you!" The young woman looked at Bai He and sneered.

Bai He suddenly shuddered: "You, you are the eldest lady?!" ”

Although he had never seen the face of the eldest lady, he remembered her voice. He still remembered her horse, named Snow Treading Crow, the fifth most mounted in the world!

Her name is Lin Duyun!

She is the eldest lady of the Lin Mansion, Lin Duyun!

- When she first crossed over that day, she was almost trampled to death by her horse before she could figure out what the situation was, and she sneered like this at the time! When he thinks of the scene of that day, Bai He is especially palpitating.

"What do you see, don't you know General Ben?" The eldest lady said coldly.

Maybe the murderous aura on this female general was too heavy, but she just glared at her, Bai He felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help but shiver, thinking that this eldest lady was too polite, as soon as we met, she gave us a contemptuous gift package, and also included a copy of "Dismounting", can't we hide if we can't afford it? hurriedly bowed his head and admitted: "How dare you!" I just didn't expect the eldest lady to be busy in the army, and now I have the time to go home, so I was a little out of shape because of an accident, please forgive me.! ”