The whole ceremony was not lively from beginning to end, with only a few dozen participants, and the shops in the old alley had withdrawn long before the ceremony began.

After the ceremony, the elders did not delay for too long, and withdrew one by one after saying a few kind words to me.

There are a lot of things in the industry these years, and I don't dare to keep them, so I can only watch them leave one by one, and in the long old alley, only me and Yu Heng are left.

Yu Heng seemed to have something to say to me, but I really didn't want to talk too much to him, so I just took off the portraits of Master Zu one by one and rolled them up, with my back to Yu Heng, and I didn't know that he was still in the store.

The air became a little oppressive, and Yu Heng and I were silent.

It wasn't until I put away the portrait and was about to walk towards the warehouse that I said, "If not." ”

I reluctantly stopped, turned my head and replied, "Huh? ”

Qi Heng exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his face was a little gloomy: "Are you ...... Hold a grudge against grandpa? I asked my second child to do that thing at the beginning, and it was really a last resort, but I also knew that those things had already happened, and no matter how much I explained, it would be useless. ”

Since he said so, I simply said what was in my heart: "To be honest, I don't hate you, but every time I see you, my heart is full of pimples." ”

"It's good not to hold grudges, it's good not to hold grudges." Yu Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face also stretched a little.

After a while, he asked again, "If not, what are you going to do?" Can you tell grandpa? ”

I said, "Shouldn't you first ask him what he plans to do with me?" You said that when I first returned to my house, I didn't recruit him and didn't provoke him, he thought about yin me all day long, and he couldn't wait for me to die before he was happy, to be honest, I really couldn't understand what he was thinking. ”

"But after all, he is your cousin," Yu Heng became worried: "Among the juniors of the Yu family, if the blood relationship with you is the closest, you should not be too ruthless for the sake of family affection." ”

"The question is, even if I treat him as a relative, does he treat me as a relative? Uncle...... Let me ask you, you also tell me the truth, if I am determined to kill me, are you going to stop me? ”

Yu Heng sighed from his nose and stopped talking.

In fact, even if he doesn't say anything, I know the answer, if I really plan to kill him, he will definitely come forward to obstruct it, even if he doesn't obstruct it, the second master will also obstruct it.

After a while, I sighed, and then continued what I had just said: "Even if you don't stop me, I won't kill me." The second master said that in the old couple's family, one family is not allowed to dominate, and there must always be two forces to check and balance each other. Nowadays, the only one who can compete with thrift stores is like this. ”

Yu Heng held his knees and slowly stood up, he opened his mouth, as if he still had something to say, but after a moment of hesitation, he silently turned around and left.

He is a little older than the second master, his physique is not as tough as the second master, and his every move is the appearance of an old dragon clock.

Watching Tong Heng walk out of the threshold of the thrift store, his clumsy back looked particularly vicissitudes in the sunset, at that moment, I felt as if I was hit by something, and there was an indescribable taste.

It wasn't until Heng Heng was far away that I contacted him and asked him to take me to meet the elders in the family.

Under the practical operation, the news of my founding of the sect should not have spread in the family.

Yu Liyan was waiting for me outside the old alley, and as soon as the two of us met, we didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to Mingtang as fast as we could.

Due to the demolition of the old house of the family, the Ming Hall of the family was temporarily placed in an office of the City Museum, which usually has few people, and the sound insulation of the exterior wall is also good.

At noon, Yu Liyan sent a message to the clan elders' association, saying that I would visit them in the evening, so when the two of us came to the Ming Hall, it was already full of people.

They were all some old men and old ladies, I had never seen any of these people, and in view of the fact that it was too wasteful to greet them one by one, I stood in the center of the Ming Hall and saluted all the old people present.

"If not, you are also the young talent of the family," and when I straightened up, the old man sitting in front of the door spoke: "We old people, I really like you from the bottom of my heart." On the side of the clan elders, there is also a lack of someone to pass the word, so we have thought about it for a long time and decided to recruit you in. ”

Yu Liyan whispered in my ear, "This is the Third Elder, and the one sitting next to him is the Fourth Elder. ”

Yu Heng is the head of the family, and the second master is the elder of the first room, neither of them is there, and now among the elders here, that is, the two elders of the third room and the fourth room have the highest status.

I smiled and said to the three elders, "It is my blessing to be able to train in the clan elders' association. ”

At this time, the four elders also spoke: "We are planning to protect you materials, you know what it means, right?" ”

"Yes," I bowed, "Thank you elders for your love for me." But the uncle and the second master should not agree to the preservation of materials, right? ”

As the last sentence was spoken, the atmosphere became very awkward, and the elders began to look at each other, and some people were pretending to cough.

The third elder stroked the two mustaches on his lips and pondered for a moment before speaking: "If you want to protect the materials, you really need the approval of the eldest brother and the second brother, but if you want to recruit you into the Council of Elders, you only need the consent of more than half of the elders." What do you think, are you willing to accept recruitment? ”

This is really interesting, summoning me to the clan elders' association, regardless of whether the materials are guaranteed or not, will restrict my freedom, after all, according to the rules of the family, the people of the clan elders are not allowed to leave Bohai Bay casually.

I immediately laughed: "Of course I do." ”

The third elder's eyes lit up: "Okay, well, since you are willing, then there is nothing to say." Liyan, go, bring the genealogy. ”

An old woman sitting in the back seat seemed to have some doubts: "This is going to change the family tree, isn't it too urgent?" ”

The fourth elder waved his hand: "Let's hurry up and settle the matter, if today's matter is known by the eldest brother and the second brother, it will not be easy to do." ”

The old woman was stunned for a moment, and then nodded as well.

The three elders brought a brush and dipped it in purple ink, and painted my name in purple. It's just that because the original ink is black, the new colors don't look obvious.

The third elder dried the new ink before raising his head and smiling at me: "That's it, you can pack up your things tonight and move out of the thrift store." ”

I smiled at him, too, "Yo, I'm afraid this won't work, the thrift store is now my dojo, I can't leave." ”

The Third Elder and the Fourth Elder looked at each other, both of them looking puzzled, and the Fourth Elder asked me, "Dojo...... What is the meaning? ”

Yu Liyan explained for me: "Just today, if it weren't for the opening of a new sect, the dojo would be in a thrift store. Zhang Zhenren, Kongyun Dao Chief, and Yao Seniors of Ge Soo Mountain gave him red, and Chi Yun Dao Chiefs of Qiyun Mountain, Xuanxin Dao Chiefs of Qingcheng Mountain, Master Suxian of Mingyin Mountain, and Elder Ma of Liulu Mountain all participated in the opening ceremony. ”

Hearing this, the face of the four elders was not very good-looking, the color on his face changed several times in a row, and his mouth was half open, but he didn't speak.

The Third Elder looked full of interest, and asked me deliberately, "What is the name of the new sect you opened?" ”

I said, "Returning to the Heart, this name was conceived by Master Suxian and Yao Ancestor together, and the idea is 'Ten Thousand Laws Return to the Sect and Wholeheartedly Enter the Dao'. ”

At this time, the fourth elder suddenly spoke: "Since you have opened a new sect, why did you still come to see us?" ”

Yu Liyan helped me sloppy: "Didn't the clan elders make an appointment in advance, he happened to be free today, so he hurried over." ”

I know what the four elders are worried about, it's nothing more than that I'm afraid that my family will become bigger, and the juniors in the family will no longer be able to check and balance me.

If I continued to stay, the four elders might challenge me, so I hugged my fists and said goodbye to the elders present: "The new sect has just been established, and the juniors still have a lot of things to deal with, so I won't stay long." ”

After saying that, I bowed to the Third Elder and the Fourth Elder, and immediately turned to leave.

The moment I turned around, the Fourth Elder seemed to want to get up to stop me, but the Third Elder pressed him back into his chair.

The reason why I came to accept the recruitment of the clan elders this time is to break into the highest power center of the family, so as to grasp the major trends in the family and have a certain right to speak.

Anyway, the clan elders can't restrict me now, and accepting recruitment is only good for me, not harmful.

When I left the Ming Hall, I heard someone slap the table angrily, and then I heard the fourth elder sigh: "This time, I'm afraid I won't be able to turn over again!" ”

Then came the voice of the three elders: "Time, life, this is the luck of the same thing, and it is also his life." ”

Coming out of the museum, I exhaled at the same time as Yu Liyan.

Seeing that I was relieved, I was happy on the spot: "I didn't expect you to be nervous when you saw those elders?" ”

I said, "What's so nervous about seeing them, what's the matter, these old-timers can still eat me?" I just felt relieved that the thing was finally over. ”

He asked me, "What are your plans next?" ”

"I'm going to go to Miaojiang in the near future, Uncle Fourteen, if I'm not at home in the future, I'll trouble you to take care of it at the thrift store."

"What's not troublesome, it's so polite to me." He grinned as he hooked my shoulders.

I pursed my lips and couldn't help but laugh.

When I returned to the old alley, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening, and as soon as we arrived at the mouth of the alley, I and I were dumbfounded, in the long alley, there were lights and lights, and the roadside was full of tables, and the shopkeepers were talking and laughing in groups around the table, and there were people dressed as chefs carrying plates and walking quickly through the gaps between the tables.

The old alley, which has always been cold, suddenly becomes lively, which is really uncomfortable.