As soon as I got home, I saw a number of people sitting in the main hall of the house, and on the left hand side, from top to bottom, sat an old man with gray hair and a gray beard, who looked to be in his sixties, but slightly fat, and did not see the old man's thinness, but looked a few years old. His position was an old man with a goatee, with light gray hair, a bald piece on the top of his head, a thin body, and he looked older than the first, but his actual age was younger than the first.

On the first position on the right sat a younger middle-aged man in his forties, a little domineering between his eyebrows, and in the position where he started sat a young man, who looked older than Sang Ai, and looked very similar to the man who started it.

The old lady didn't know when she got up, and she was sitting in the top seat at the moment, and there was some unpleasant expression on her face at the moment, thinking that she had just talked to these people about some unpleasant things. Seeing Sang Ai come back, he seemed to have more confidence suddenly, and said, "Ai'er, why don't you meet a few elders soon." ”

When Sang Ai saw this, he started from the position of the upper hand on the left and saluted everyone one by one.

"Second Uncle—"

"Third Uncle—"

"Uncle Yan—"

Then he just moved to the right, and the young boy nodded slightly, and also asked hello: "Brother Yan." ”

The young boy suddenly became shy, his face was slightly red, and he looked like a very shy person, and he also smiled and nodded to Sang Ai.

Sang Ai then turned back to Ji Xuan'er and the others and said, "Childe, you all find a place to sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

Then, she walked quickly to her grandmother's side, bent down and said to the old lady, "Grandma, are you alright?" Why did you get up? ”

The old lady glanced at the old men in the hall with a majestic expression, and said to Sang Ai with something in her words: "Grandma can't find you when she wakes up, and your grandfather is no longer there, and your uncles said that they want to talk about the affairs of the clan, so I naturally have to hold on to my sick body to talk to your uncles." ”

At this time, the old man who was sitting on the left and was called the second uncle by Sang Ai spoke: "Ai's nephew, we heard that the old patriarch has returned to the west, so we came to the old lady to discuss the new patriarch. ”

Sang Ai listened, stood up straight, naturally knew that it was the second uncle who came with two uncles to seize the throne, and hated that they were not making a living for the whole clan at the moment of their crisis, as soon as he heard that his grandfather had died, he came to be embarrassed, and his face was unhappy: "Several uncles, my grandmother has just learned the news of my grandfather's death, and her heart is very sad, she has already fainted just now, and now she is holding on to her sick body to see your uncles, I am afraid that it is not suitable to talk to your uncles about business, so I will let my niece do it for you." ”

He bent down and said to his grandmother: "Grandma, you are not in good health, leave it to me here, you can go back and rest first." ”

The old lady Yu stretched out her hand to stop Sang Ai and said, "I'm not busy, I have something to do, I'll go to rest after I explain it to you." So saying, he motioned to the mother-in-law who was waiting for her to hand her her crutches.

The old lady took the cane, took off the head of the crutch, and took out a rolled piece of paper from the crutch, which was tied with a red rope, and on the red rope there was a wax seal, which was stamped. She handed the scroll to Sang Ai and said, "Ai'er, take this scroll to your uncles to see if the seal on it is your grandfather's patriarch's seal, and let your uncles make a seal." ”

Sang Ai then took it to the three uncles to look at one by one, and the three old men all nodded and said, "Yes, this is indeed the seal of the patriarch." ”

Then the old lady said, "Then, Elle, open it in the presence of your uncles, and read it to your uncles and hear what it contains." ”

Sang Ai promised, "Yes." So he opened the seal of wax and oil, opened the letter paper, and read:

Aoki's ancestors are above, and the 1,199th patriarch of the Aoki clan, Sang Hong, is planning for the future of the whole clan, and he goes to the Black Witch Clan to seek the return of the grass seeds.

When Sang Ai finished reading, the old lady said, "Ai'er, tell a few uncles, can you get back the Returning Grass Seed?" ”

Sang Ai nodded and said, "With the help of a few enthusiastic friends, my granddaughter asked the Black Witch Clan for five Returning Grass Seeds, and she had just put them into the flower garden of the altar, and the granddaughter came back after watching them sprout. ”

The old lady nodded, "Yes." According to your grandfather's wishes, the position of patriarch will be passed to you, and I hope you will inherit your grandfather's will and protect the Aoki clan for him. Grandma is tired and has to go back to rest. ”

Sang Ai said, "Yes." The granddaughter will live up to her grandfather's expectations. ”

Several old people in the hall were obviously very unwilling, and called out to the old lady and said, "Sister-in-law, Ai'er is so young and a girl, this, how can this work?" ”

The old lady looked back at the old men on crutches, and said, "This is the intention of my old man, and if you have any objections, you will go to the altar and pray for the spirit of my old man, and come and argue with you." After speaking, he didn't look back, but went back to the back hall.

Several old people looked at each other, the people of the Aoki clan have no soul after death, once they die, their souls will return to heaven and earth, didn't the old lady's words deliberately block them.

Sang Ai saw her grandmother leave, turned around, and said to the uncles: "If the uncles have any important matters related to the clan, you can talk to me, I think my niece can now have full authority to do the major affairs of the main clan." ”

The white-haired second uncle, who walked in the first position on the left hand, sat there with a black face, so angry that he didn't say a word, he originally wanted to pull the two brothers and want to inherit the patriarch's position with their support, but now, he was led by a girl, where did he feel good.

But seeing the black-haired Uncle Yan on the right hand, he opened his mouth and said, "Niece Ai, Uncle Yan congratulates you on inheriting the position of patriarch, but you are a weak woman after all, and there are many major events in and outside the clan, and you may work too hard alone." Since you and my son have been engaged to marry since childhood, it is better for me to make the decision to complete the marriage for you as soon as possible, so that Shu'er can help you. "Since the brother can't inherit the position of the patriarch, having a daughter-in-law who inherits the position of the patriarch is more beneficial to their Yan family.

The young man sitting next to him listened, his face turned red again, and he peeked at Sang Ai, who seemed to like Sang Ai very much and was afraid of her.

All this fell in Sang Ai's eyes, but Sang Ai just glanced at him, and his eyes fell on Ji Xuan'er, who was sitting at the bottom, the two were compared, one was handsome, and the other was submissive, how could she Sang Ai marry a man who was as timid as a woman?

She took a sip of tea and smiled: "Uncle Yan, I can't hide it, about the candidate for this patriarch's aunt, my niece already has a candidate in her heart, if Brother Yan doesn't dislike it, I can also accept Brother Yan as my male concubine." ”

When Yan Zhengke heard this, he was so angry that he said, "What did you say? ”

When Yan Yishu heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Sang Ai with a flushed face.

Sang Ai continued: "Since ancient times, the female patriarch of the Aoki clan has the right to choose her husband regardless of whether she has a marriage contract or not, has Uncle Yan forgotten the ancestral teachings? ”

Second Uncle Sang said: "Er, your brother Yan grew up with your childhood sweetheart since he was a child, and he is sincere to you, how can you say such a thing in front of him!" ”

Third Uncle Sang said, "Ai'er, what are you talking about!" ”

Sang Ai continued: "A few uncles, my grandmother has been hit hard by my grandfather's death, I have to accompany her, today's matter will be discussed here, Ai'er will not send you away." ”

When a few old men heard that this was an eviction order, they couldn't bear it anymore and blew their beards.

When Yan Yishu walked in front of Ji Xuan'er, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Ji Xuan'er, he decided that Ji Xuan'er was his rival in love, and his eyes were full of jealousy.

Ji Xuan'er also glanced up at him, and didn't know how to explain, so she had to pretend that she didn't know anything in embarrassment, and lowered her head to drink tea.