After breakfast, someone came to call, saying that the village chief was calling everyone to the ancestral hall.

Huaizi snorted, went to the next door and invited Aoki to go to the village.

In fact, when there is something going on in Dafan Village, they all gather at night to discuss, but now it is only the end of February, and there is not much farm work, so the Zhang family and the Zheng family have to be busy because they are tending to wasteland, but how can others care about them? Therefore, seeing that the Zheng family and others were delayed yesterday afternoon, they decided to continue to discuss this matter this morning.

Originally, they wanted to ignore the Zheng family - as long as the village decided on this matter, were they afraid that he Zheng Changhe would not follow? It's just that the Zheng family didn't come, the Zhang family didn't come, and then the Zhao family and the Liu family didn't come, so they didn't dare to decide this matter at will - these three families are all talented.

I don't know why, people's mood is a little anxious, when Aoki and Huaizi arrived at the village ancestral hall, there were already many people sitting in the wing room next to the ancestral hall, Li Gengtian sat on the side of the Eight Immortals table above, and the rest of the people such as Sun Jinshan, Li Tiandi and other croppers sat down below, only Li Mingtang and a few other village elders, because of their high seniority, were invited to sit on Li Gengtian's right hand.

When Li Gengtian saw Aoki and Huaizi, he couldn't help but be stunned, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart—why wasn't Zheng Changhe and Zhang Dazhuan here?

Aoki stepped forward with a smile and said respectfully to Li Gengtian: "Uncle Li, my father's body is not very comfortable, so I came on his behalf." ”

Li Gengtian looked at him scrutinically, nodded slightly, and turned his head to look at Zhang Huai again.

Huaizi said with a smile: "My father said that he had a headache yesterday, so he couldn't come, so I had to come as a son." ”

Li Gengtian listened for a while, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he still didn't speak; Li Mingtang next to him snorted and said, "Who will believe such nonsense?" Do you think that the old ones are useless, so you ......?"

Huaizi and Aoki each found a bench to sit down, and when they heard this, Aoki slammed the bench to the ground, and with a "snap", the stool was broken and his leg was broken.

Everyone looked at him in shock, and Li Gengtian hurriedly said, "Aoki, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Mingtang was startled by this sound, and couldn't help but be annoyed when he was interrupted again, and pointed at Aoki with a trembling hand: "You...... You...... Dare to do this to the elders, there is no tutor ......"

Li Gengtian hurriedly interrupted: "Third uncle! ”

Everyone thought that Aoki was about to have a seizure, but he smiled slightly, and said to Li Mingtang: "Whether the old one is useful or not, that is also the matter of my Zheng family and the Zhang family, don't worry about the third grandfather." And my Zheng family is very good, never hurting people behind his back, let alone doing that ungrateful thing. These words made Li Mingtang angry, but he kicked the bench with broken legs, and smiled at Huaizi, "This stool is not solid, and it will break its leg when you touch it." ”

Huaizi brought another bench to him, and said indifferently: "If it's broken, change it." After saying that, sit down honestly.

The people in the room looked at each other, and they didn't know what the two uncles were thinking.

Li Mingtang was about to get up and scold angrily, but Li Gengtian stared at him, and his nephew Li Gengtian pulled him and pulled him to sit down, so he didn't speak.

At this time, there were people outside, and Liu Dashun, Liu Ershun, and Liu Sanshun walked in together. Their brothers have already split up and are in charge of their own affairs, so Li Gengtian is not surprised, but he still asked: "Dashun, your father?" ”

Liu Dashun didn't speak, but Liu Sanshun replied with a smile: "Uncle Li, my father is a little uncomfortable today, let me speak for him." ”

Li Gengtian was stunned for a moment - not comfortable? How is this a coincidence?

As soon as the Liu brothers sat down, Zhao San strode in, "haha" and said with a smile: "There is still no one here?" I thought I was late! While finding a stool next to Aoki and Zhang Huai, he sat down.

Huaizi quipped: "Third uncle, what are you in a hurry?" It's not a share of silver, but if you do, I'm afraid you'll have to rush here in the middle of the night. ”

Liu Sanshun and Liu Ershun also laughed and laughed, as if they were doing something for a while.

Next, Li Gengtian and the others watched in amazement as the young juniors entered the house, and their reasons were varied, either their father was sick, or they went out, or they were guests at home.

Li Changxing said to him with a smile: "Uncle, my father-in-law said that his in-laws are here, and he is not idle, and he wants me to help him speak, and what I say is his words." "His father-in-law is Uncle Cheng, and his daughter-in-law is bamboo.

Li Changming and Li Changliang also came in together, and Li Changliang said with a straight face: "My father is not free, I have the final say in my family today." "His father is Boss Li.

Sun Jinshan was very surprised when he heard this, and looked at his son-in-law Li Changliang, but he didn't look at him at all.

Li Changming also said: "My father-in-law has broken his foot, and I will speak for his old man." "His father-in-law is an old friend of Qin.

Zhou Xiaonian said: "My father went to my aunt's house, and he went with my uncle." "His father is Zhou Baozhu.

Zhou Xiaoman said: "My father also went to my aunt's house, and I went with my second uncle." "His father is Zhou Xiaozi, who is Zhou Baozhu's eldest brother.

Huang Xiaodun said: "My father has a cold leg, so I went to the market to see Dr. Qin." "His father is Huang Da Yanzi.

The rest of the people also have their own arguments.

In the end, Zhao came panting with a big mouth, took a stool, sat down in it, looked around, and asked, "Why don't you say it?" When you're done, go back to work. When you're so busy, don't you delay your work by bringing people here and not eating? ”

Li Gengtian was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to scold him, but he endured it. He thinks it's too weird today - Lao Tzu didn't come, and all his sons were replaced, was it Aoki and Huaizi strung together?

What do these babies want to do? No, they all married daughters-in-law and gave birth to babies, they can't be considered babies anymore, they are all men.

Alas! It looks like I'm really old!

Zhao San smiled and said: "Big mouth, go to my house to eat at noon, your third aunt stewed a pig's trotters and burned them with pickled vegetables, and when you go back, you will definitely burn them thoroughly, and the oil is moist just right for dinner." ”

When Li Changxing heard this, he hurriedly said, "I'll go too." My bamboo went back to my mother's house, my mother went to my grandmother's house, and I had no place to eat! ”

Liu Sanshun pouted and said, "You don't have a place to eat, what's the matter with Uncle Guan?" If we all go to the third uncle's house, will the pig's trotters still dare to come out to meet people? ”

"Hahaha!" The crowd burst into laughter.

Li Gengtian coughed vigorously, and the people immediately stopped laughing, looked at him together, and waited for him to speak; Li cultivated the land and glanced at the group of young croppers and glanced at his brother with some concern; Sun Jinshan and the others also sat up vigilantly.

Li Gengtian felt bitter in his heart, glanced at Aoki and Huaizi with a calm face, and said in his heart that this must be their troublemaker, and they got such a group of young juniors to come——- and even pulled the people in the second room of the Li family over - what is the result of this matter today, needless to say, he didn't want to embarrass the Zheng family, it is better to do a personal favor with Shunshui!

He just wanted to speak, but Li Mingtang opened his mouth - he was angry with these people, as long as he was not a fool in this situation, he could see that Aoki and Huaizi had skewered these people.

"Changming Changliang, what do you two want to do? Don't you think your father is old and useless? Are you still the Li family? Why do you elbow out? ”

Li Changliang grabbed in front of his brother and said in a deep voice: "My brothers are filial to my father, let him worry less and worry less, so as not to be instigated to be a fool." The third grandfather said that we turned our elbows outward, and this nephew didn't dare to recognize ......"

Li Gengtian was afraid that they would quarrel endlessly, so he hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Don't talk about those words, get down to business!" ”

Li Changliang stood up and said, "Uncle, I'm just talking about business." Isn't it just a baby to study, so that you don't give up? After arguing for several days, I tried my best to delay my work, and I was not afraid of people's jokes when I spread it, saying that the people of Qingnan Village had lost their duty to be human beings? A few years ago, Uncle Zheng did to everyone, can't you forget it, right? ”

Zhao Dazui immediately continued: "How can you forget?" If it weren't for those two workshops, I'm afraid even the land would have been sold by now.

Sun Jinshan said in a deep voice: "Aren't you talking about reading, why did you go to the workshop again?" This matter is not just for the Zheng family, but for all people from other villages, and everyone's relatives are also treated the same, set a rule, no one has anything to say, right? ”

There are many people who agreed, saying that it was not aimed at the Zheng family, but just set up a rule for everyone to act according to it.

No one would slap them in the face, and besides, the situation was a little strange today, and those people became timid.

Li Changliang said angrily: "Rules? This birthday was accepted by Master Zhou before, and I have been studying for half a year, are you talking about it as a fart when Master Zhou? ”

Everyone changed color when they heard the words - although Master Zhou was gone, everyone didn't dare to disrespect him.

"Why don't everyone's relatives treat them the same? Didn't they all get their nephews and nephews last year, but it was just that Master Zhou was not selected, and it was not a shame to ask someone to say it? If you want to find a way to return Aoki's cousin, you should also pat your chest and ask yourself if you still have a conscience? I can't do this anyway. ”

Sun Jinshan's face turned purple, and he felt that this son-in-law was simply crazy, and when so many people made him faceless, he trembled with anger for a while.

Liu San said: "It doesn't make sense to return Cousin Aoki or ask him to pay the silver." Those who are already in school will follow the old rules; The new rules can only be applied to those who come after them. Otherwise, should we turn over everything from a few years ago and agree on it again? ”

Zhao San nodded and said, "That's what I meant." Everything must be reasonable, if you don't count the usual things, then it's not all messed up? ”

Zhao Da rolled his eyes and shouted: "I don't care, we can't tell those ways, we only know, just rely on the Aoki family's usual help to everyone, not to mention getting a baby to study, just get a few babies to study, everyone can't say anything, otherwise it will be ungrateful." ”

Zhou Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaonian echoed continuously, the three brothers of the Liu family nodded one after another, and Huang Xiaodun and others all said that they couldn't do that thing that made people poke their backbones.

Li Changming was older, he stood up and said to Li Gengtian sincerely: "Uncle, we don't care what others think or do, but our brothers will not lose their duty to be human beings." We don't say how to thank Aoki - those are all ready-made words - it's just that his cousin is already studying in the academy, and these rules don't concern him at all, they are completely irrelevant. ”