The servants and wives of the Li family also cried loudly, and the cry came out of the Li house, echoing over Yuezhuang, adding a bit of desolation to Yuezhuang.

When he was young, someone came up to persuade him.

Li Zhuohang and his wife collected their tears, waited for the old lady to wrap up, cut filial piety clothes, decorated the mourning hall, and arranged for people to report funeral letters to relatives and friends. Immediately afterwards, a relative of his own family who got the news came to the door, and his husband and wife greeted him according to the courtesy, and sent someone to send Li Hanyao to sleep. The little girl came back from a long journey, just crying, she was tired, her eyes were misty and she couldn't open them, and her little head was straight.

The more difficult it is for the heirs of the Li family, the more reluctant they are to make it simple in the wedding and funeral, and they are very grand every time, so as not to make people say that the Li family is in decline. According to the rules of the ancestors, Mrs. Li had to stop her spirit for 7749 days before she was buried.

During the funeral, children and grandchildren are not allowed to touch meat.

Mourning guests do not have to follow this rule.

Li Hanyao ate vegetarian for a few days, and her appetite gradually weakened. She endured it obediently. My grandmother died, she couldn't get up when she slept in the coffin, and her father and mother cried from time to time in the past few days, and she also cried in front of people, how could she upset them again?

On the first seven days, many relatives and female dependents came to each room in the inner courtyard, many children gathered in the patio to play, and Li Hanyao was also there.

There are many people in the Li family, with different family backgrounds and different temperaments. An old woman went to the kitchen, turned around with a chicken leg in her hand, and found her little grandson in the patio, a boy with a shaved head and a cannon piercing his head, and handed him the chicken leg to nibble, and his mouth was full of oil.

Li Hanyao sniffed the aroma and swallowed.

Her diet has always been very delicate.

She really hasn't eaten a whole roasted chicken thigh!

The braised chicken thighs look attractive in color and smell attractive, attracting not only Li Hanyao, but also other children. The older children know that they are ashamed, and there are many people around, so they will not have the idea of beating the chicken legs; There are also some families with good backgrounds, it doesn't matter; The young child from a poor family couldn't do it, and he couldn't help but plead with his eyes at the cupola: "Brother, give me food." ”

Of course, the cupola was unwilling, and somehow quarreled.

Other children were also involved, everyone was a relative, but there were relatives who were distant and close, and each helped each other, and the mess was very noisy.

In the chaos, I don't know which mischievous one knocked the chicken leg that was half eaten on the gunner's cupola to the ground. That's not all, the cupola was dumbfounded, and the black dog, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly rushed over, picked up the half of the chicken leg and ran away. Seeing that the flesh of his mouth flew, his mouth deflated, and he cried loudly.

Li Hanyao was standing under the porch to watch the excitement, but when she saw that the situation was not good, she hurriedly ran down the steps and shouted: "Don't make any noise!" ”

All the children closed their voices and looked at her; The cupola also held back his crying in time, looking at her with teary eyes, very pitiful.

Li Hanyao first instructed the maid Hongye: "Go and get some dim sum fruits." ”

Momiji hurriedly said, "Yes, girl." ”

He turned around and went into the house.

Li Hanyao turned her face to the children and coaxed, "I'll give you snacks and fruits." What does a noisy one look like? It's a big deal. ”

When the children saw her little face serious, they were a little afraid of her; And when he heard that there was fruit to eat, he rejoiced even more, and was busy with his good manners, and was obedient, and made no more noise. ——The Li family's dim sum fruit is not comparable to theirs, it is very exquisite.

The cupola stopped crying, and rushed Li Hanyao to call "sister".

Li Hanyao asked, "What's your name?" ”

Cupola said: "Li Tianhua." ”

At this time, Hongye brought two little maids to bring a few plates of dim sum fruits and distributed them to the children one by one, and everyone ate them with a smile.

Li Hanyao grabbed an extra handful of fruit and gave it to the cupola cannon to compensate for the loss of half of his chicken legs. She didn't eat herself, and looked at the children and thought: Daddy and Mom are already tired from entertaining guests, and if they quarrel in their own house, wouldn't it be more annoying? So she didn't let them quarrel and gagged them with fruit.

However, she also really wanted to eat chicken legs.

She imagined the smell of a chicken leg that had been snatched away by a black dog......

At lunchtime, she swept the vegetarian dishes on the table and had no appetite. After all, he is still a child, and he coaxed others very sensibly just now, but he didn't want to endure it anymore, and he thought of the chicken leg of the cupola, so he said to Red Leaves: "I want to eat chicken." ”

Hongye was stunned for a moment, and complained in his heart that the old woman made a chicken leg to make trouble for herself, and hurriedly coaxed: "Girl, you have to keep filial piety, you can't eat meat." ”

Li Hanyao pushed the bowl and went off the table.

Momiji can't call the shots, so she goes to her father.

The old woman can steal chicken legs for the cupola to eat, and her father can also secretly let people make chicken legs for her to eat, she believes in her father. My mother is too busy, and there are always many people around me waiting for a reply, so it's better to find my father quickly.

Li Zhuohang was kneeling in the mourning hall, and there were seven or eight masters of his own family, Li Zhuohang's two uncles, as well as his brothers Li Zhuoyuan, Li Zhuoran, Li Zhuoer, etc., as well as two great monks, and the others all went to sit at the table.

These people from the side tribe are all working under Li Zhuohang, and they are all in Huizhou or nearby shops, and they rushed back after receiving Li Zhuohang's funeral report.

The heirs of the Li family are difficult, but the qualifications of each generation of heirs are very high, as if the heaven and earth spirit and the luck of the descendants contained in Yuezhuang have gathered on this person's head; The side branch is far behind. Although the people on both sides are not equal, the Li family's branch is well-managed and prosperous, while the side branch can only rely on the branch to live.

Li Zhuohang and his father and ancestors are full of wealth, if they participate in the imperial examination, they may not be able to win fame, but for some reason, the Li family does not want to get involved in officialdom, so they have never been out. This knowledge was not learned in vain, and the Li family became a famous Confucian merchant.

The number of people in the branch is scarce, and the side branches will inevitably have ambitions and covet the family business of the branch branches. In order to prevent them from plotting to seize the family property, Li Zhuohang's father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-grandfather all tried their best to suppress and guard against the side branches. After Li Zhuohang took over, he was much more tolerant of the clansmen, and most of the clansmen got an errand.

In just a few years, Li Zhuohang has more than doubled the family business.

The clansmen are very grateful to Li Zhuohang.

Until Li Hanyao was born, they had no other ideas; After Li Hanyao was born, the situation changed, and they inevitably had a thought.

The idea is:

Li Zhuohang actually gave birth to a daughter!

The grandson is gone, and the male inherits the family business!

Li Zhuohang is still young, so what?

The five generations of the Li family are all single transmissions, and it is useless to accept as many concubines as possible, Li Zhuohang gave birth to a daughter, is there any hope? Extinction!

Now Li Zhuohang's only way out is to inherit an heir from the clan, continue to continue the incense of the grandson branch, and inherit the family business of the grandson branch. Fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and they can't give Li Hanyao a dowry for this large part of the family business, and it is cheap for people with foreign surnames. Even if the concubine and them have five suits, they can't act like this.

This matter is in the interests of all peoples.

Imagine, if no one inherits this family property and is taken to her in-law's house by Li Hanyao, what will the Li clan live on in the future?

Therefore, everyone is working together.

Several important clan elders have discussed several times in private, and even the candidate for the heir has been decided, that is, Li Zhuoyuan's second son Li Tianming, who is ten years old this year, and he is the smartest among the men of the Tianzi generation. - You have to pick a smart one, and the stupid one is afraid that he will not be able to keep this big family business, and in the end he will be guilty of a great sin.

Everyone rushed back with this idea, wanting to persuade Li Zhuohang to settle the matter of the heir. If you are sure as soon as possible, you can also take your heir with you as soon as possible to train you, otherwise you will not be able to take over the family business until you are old, and you will not be able to take over the family business?

was knocking on the side to persuade Li Zhuohang, and Li Hanyao came running.

Most of these people had never seen Li Hanyao yet, and as soon as Li Hanyao came in, she immediately attracted their attention, and everyone's eyes fell on her.

This is the only daughter of the Yanzhi!

Although she is only five years old, given that her parents and grandparents are very qualified, Li Zhuoyuan and others dare not underestimate her. Selfishly, they don't want Li Hanyao's qualifications to be too good, for fear that she will bring resistance to the heir's inheritance of the family business; I am afraid that Li Hanyao will marry a husband with wolf ambitions in the future, and use her hands to seize the Li family's property.