The patriarch really has a status in a family, and his prestige is second only to the patriarch.

Right is a good thing, Mu Jiu has the motivation to go, and promises, "It's done!" ”

Lin Changsheng said faintly, "In the past, the annual cost was that the forest landlord took the lion's share, and I have never been there, so this year, I guess I want you to take the lion's head." ”

"It's almost the same, can you regret it now?"

……

During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

Early in the morning, Mu Jiu and Lin Changsheng called Mu Hongli and the others, and brought sickles and other tools to the low slope on the west side of the village.

It is the mass burial ground of the Muslim family, where generations of Muslims have been buried.

Successfully found Mu Qiaoyong's grave, Mu Jiu and Mu Hongli rolled up their sleeves to cut the weeds around the grave, Lin Changsheng had great strength, and dug a piece of soil with a shovel and added it to the top of the grave.

Li Xiaotao stood and looked at Mu Qiaoyong's grave silently, Mu Zaien was very curious about everything around him, and asked questions, Mu Sanxi replied that he wanted to cry without tears.

Several people worked together to quickly tidy up the grave, put sacrifices on it, and everyone said a few symbolic words.

Mu Hongli bowed three times, and his mouth was full of words, "It's the Qingming Festival, we came to see you, although you didn't fulfill the responsibility of being a father, but there is no way, who made you our father, I have to come to worship you, I hope you don't be so confused after you die, your eyes will be brighter, and the spirit of heaven will bless your children, not other people's children." ”

Mu Jiu: "......"

Lin Changsheng stood behind Mu Jiu, guarding his surroundings at any time.

The Mu clan came one after another, doing the same thing, and the rain could not stop the enthusiasm of people to burn incense paper, and after a while, the whole low slope was filled with the smell of incense paper, and black smoke was filled.

When Mu Jiu saw that it was about the same, he poured the sacrifice on the ground, cleaned up, and went back as a family.

Everything went incredibly well.

The more this is the case, the more uneasy Mu Jiu feels, is the storm coming?

The next day, before dawn, Li Xiaotao arrived at the small building, urging Mu Jiu to get up, and made a loud voice through the door, "Jiu'er, today is a major event in your life, you must not be sloppy, you must know that the Mu family and even the entire Mu family village, no woman has ever been able to enter the team of clan elders, let alone a young man like you, this is an unprecedented honor, you must not be sloppy!" ”

Although it was very verbose, Mu Jiu knew that Li Xiaotao was happy and proud of her, and he was even more anxious about her, so he didn't dampen her enthusiasm and got out of the hot quilt.

Lin Changsheng quickly got up and prepared the clothes she was going to wear, helped her tidy up her clothes, combed her hair, tied her hair in a bun, meticulously, and put on light makeup.

Mu Jiu opened the door, Li Xiaotao had been waiting for some time, and Xiaomi accompanied her.

Seeing Mu Jiu, Li Xiaotao was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to find her voice back, "Jiu'er, you are really imposing like this." ”

The short skirt with black and red is clean and neat, the eyebrows are deliberately stretched and raised when drawing the eyebrows, the eyes are sharp, the flaming red lips, and the waist is straight, at first glance, there is a kind of majesty that is not angry and self-assured, but I want to take a look more, but I am stunned by her cold sense of oppression and dare not raise my head, only the heart is full of horror.

Mu Jiu showed a familiar smile and held Li Xiaotao's hand, "Mother, do you think Jiu'er is so suitable?" ”

Despite asking like this, she actually knew in her heart that she was wearing this makeup according to the specifications of the palace, which was not suitable or not, but it could make her the most majestic, at least it could deter some old antiques who were unwilling to let her enter the clan elder team.

Li Xiaotao nodded again and again, "Suitable!" Suitable! ”

"Let's go!" Mu Jiu and Li Xiaotao walked out of the small building arm in arm, and saw Mu Liu who came in a hurry.

"I was trying to urge you to be early, and you came out, just right!" Mu Liu, like Li Xiaotao, first looked at Mu Jiu for a moment, and then said for a long time, "Okay!" That's nice! Scare the broken mouths to death! ”

Mu Jiu grabbed Mu Liu's hand with his other hand and walked towards Li Zheng's house together, "Grandma Li Zheng, how can it be as exaggerated as you said." ”

"I'm not exaggerating, you'll see the reaction of the others later. You don't know, your grandfather was almost angry, our Mu clan finally came out of such a capable person as you, and what women are not women, your grandfather said, he has the ability to give birth to a daughter with nine sons so powerful, and let his daughter enter the ancestor worship ceremony at the age of fourteen, and then have a seat in the ancestral hall, let her make an exception to become the elder of the clan, if not, just shut up! ”

Mu Jiu always knew that it was not so easy for her to enter the ancestral hall and become a clan elder.

The biggest obstacle is that she is a foreign daughter, and Mucha is under a lot of pressure to do so.

On the surface, it seems that there is no benefit to being the patriarch of the Mu clan, but in fact, it is not, the Mu clan has many clansmen, and the clan is strong, which is very beneficial to Mu Hongli's career in the future.

Mu Jiu had his own little abacus in his heart, inquired a few words with Mu Liu's family, and went to Mu Cha's house.

At this time, Mucha's courtyard was full of people, most of them clan elders and their families.

Seeing Mu Jiu coming, almost everyone showed a unified look: shocked!

Mu Jiu glanced at everyone for a week, satisfied with everyone's reactions, walked straight to Mu Cha's side, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa Lizheng, Jiu'er is here, is there anything I need to do?" ”

"Not yet, have you eaten it? If you haven't eaten, go to the kitchen to eat a little, and you'll have to be busy later. ”

"Nope." But Mu Jiu didn't want to eat, "I'm not hungry yet." ”

Mu Liushi gave Mu Jiu a rice cake, "I'm not hungry now, I'll do manual work later." ”

Isn't it just to go to the ancestral grave and tidy it up? What Mu Jiu was worried about was not hunger, but what conspiracy Mu Qiaoluo and the forces behind him had!

You must know that all the clan elders and clansmen of the Mu clan will gather together today, and if something really happens and the other party succeeds, the Mu clan may be served by the pot.

Mu Hongbo brought Mu Jiu a bowl of sugar water, pulled her to the edge of the table, and moved a chair to pull her down, "Sister Jiu'er, it's better to have sugar water, just now my mother asked me to save some sugar water, and I almost choked to death." ”

Tong Yan was unscrupulous, Mu Jiu showed a knowing smile, "Your mother is for your good, and your teeth will break if you drink too much sugar water." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to Sister Jiu'er."

After Mu Jiu thanked him, he sat down, drank sugar water and ate rice cakes at the same time, he really responded to Mu Hongbo's words, it was difficult to swallow without sugar water.

I don't know when, Xiaomi stood behind Mu Jiu out of nowhere, with an indifferent expression.

Mu Jiu spoke to Mu Hongbo in a low voice, with a smile on his face.

And the clan elders and clansmen around who rejected Mu Jiu as a clan elder finally couldn't sit still and blamed Mu Jiu one after another.

"I really can't stand it, how can a married girl be the patriarch of our Mu clan! Even if you have money, without her before, our Mu clan would not have been passed down for generations! ”

"But no, when I think of the Mu clan having a woman as the clan elder, I feel that I have no face in front of other clans!"

"But no, you can't stand it when you see her attending an ancestor worship ceremony and taking a maidservant!"

"What do you mean? Ancestor worship ceremony Shanghai with an outsider, are you worried that we will harm her? ”

"But no, she can let someone else do it if she's worried about being insecure!"

The one who said the last sentence was called Mu Li, who was the most vocal person in the clan this year, about in his early fifties.

He was full of eyes and thought that he could be the clan elder, but who knew that Mu Cha did not play his cards according to common sense, and united with several clan elders who were willing to support Mu Jiu, operated in the dark, and gave Mu Jiu the position of the clan elder.

Mu Jiu glanced at Mu Li meaningfully, no wonder he was so resentful.

Take a bite of rice cakes and drink a sip of sugar water, and there is no need to pay attention to these people for the time being.

After all, if young people want to continue to make money with her, they don't dare to talk about her or offend her.

Those who dare to scold her are some elderly people, who are raised by sons and grandchildren, and they don't have to worry about their future future.

"Mu Jiu! Why are you dumb? Aren't you usually good at talking? Why, when you are an old man, you don't take us elders seriously? Don't say a word to us? ”

"I really don't know if Mu Cha has water or in his head, and he actually joined forces with those dogs to give you the position of clan elder! If it weren't for the documents of the yamen, I would have pulled you down a long time ago, how could you be a clan elder! ”

"But no, I really don't know what kind of unsightly means Mu Cha used to win over Master Zhai!"

"You only know now, do you remember how Mu Xiucai died earlier? If she hadn't used shady means, Mu Xiucai would not have died tragically. ”

Speaking of which, it turned over Mu Rongguang's old accounts.

Mu Jiu faced Mu Hongbo, and his face, which had originally maintained a faint smile, suddenly became gloomy.

Even the young Mu Hongbo couldn't listen to it anymore, his face turned red and he stood up, looking at the old people who scolded Mu Jiu, "You don't understand, don't talk nonsense, Sister Jiu'er is a good person!" ”

"What kind of mouth do the elders say, how did Mu Cha educate you, you are really uneducated!" Mu Li is the most aggressive.

Mu Hongbo was so aggrieved that his eyes turned red all of a sudden, but he couldn't hold back his tears, and explained for himself and for Mu Cha, "No, I didn't mean to split my mouth, it was you who slandered Sister Jiu'er first, I just told a few words of truth!"

And my grandfather is a good grandfather who is sensible, and he is also a good man who sits upright, you can't say that about him! ”

Several old men were afraid of Mu Cha and silently shut up, but as soon as Mu Li thought that the clan elder he had gotten flew, all his anger couldn't help but pour out, and said angrily, "You are his grandson, you naturally say that he is good, do you know how many dirty things he has done, maybe Li Zhengyi used some shady means to get it!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mu Hongbo was just a child in the end, and he didn't know how to control his emotions, so he yelled angrily, "You talk nonsense! My grandpa was a good grandfather! ”

"Okay? If he hadn't targeted Mu Xiucai, maybe it would be Mu Xiucai who is doing the right thing now, and your family is nothing, poor Mu Xiucai, he and Mu Jiu joined forces to kill him like this, in this Qingming Festival, do you dare to say with peace of mind that you didn't do anything bad? ”