Li Dequan knelt on the ground, holding a candle, a little overwhelmed.

He suddenly came to his senses when he heard what Lee Jae-ho said. He lay on the ground, and without waiting for Li Zaihao to finish speaking, he hurriedly interrupted Li Zaihao's words: "Dad, I can't take the 'treasure map'!" ”

"It's not something you can't take! Dequan! Li Zaihao said to him with a smile: "According to the rules handed down by the ancestors, the previous patriarch has reached the age of sixty, even if he has not abdicated, he must hand over the 'treasure map' to the bookkeeper for preservation. I'm sixty years old, shouldn't I give it to you to keep? ”

Li Dequan saw that his father had moved out of the ancestral system, and he knew that he couldn't resist him, so he had to nod and remain silent.

Li Zaihao looked at him with satisfaction, helped him up from the ground, and explained to him in detail the essentials of preserving the "treasure map." He said to him solemnly: "It is not an easy task to protect the 'treasure map', in the future, you will have a heavy burden, you have to deal with outsiders, but also prevent internal ghosts. You know that now, the Ma family wants to take away this half of the 'treasure map' from us all the time, and I believe that you will not let the 'treasure map' fall into their hands. However, you should also beware of the greed of our unscrupulous children and grandchildren in Li Jiashan, and prevent them from joining forces with the Ma family or other outsiders to steal the 'treasure map' and steal the treasure. ”

"Daddy, please forgive my nephew for being brave! Now, many people know that our Li family and Ma family each have half a 'treasure map', and they are all trying to play the idea of a 'treasure map'. Actually, in my opinion, it's better for us to pick a date and ruin it publicly! Li Dequan held the "treasure map" and suggested to Li Zaihao eloquently.

"O virtue power! Don't think so! Lee Jae-ho interrupted him and admonished him solemnly.

"Why not?" Li Dequan defended unconvinced: "Now that the Ma family and we have become a feud, our two families may never join forces to find any treasures again." In that case, what is the point of keeping this half of the 'treasure map'? It is better to let the Ma family and those who want to find treasure break their thoughts, so as not to prevent the descendants of the Li and Ma families from fighting to the death and hurting their lives in the future in order to find treasures. ”

"I can't!" Lee Jae-ho shook his head and said to him: "The 'treasure map' must have been passed down by our ancestors, and there are treasures of great value hidden in it. More than 200 years have passed since the hatred between us and the Ma family, and in a few decades, as long as everyone gets along, it is not impossible to join forces again. ”

"Daddy! Do you still want us to get back together with the Ma family? Li Dequan asked in surprise.

Lee Jae-ho smiled and said to him, "It's not something I can dominate if I want to or not. You want to! Now that the country is in turmoil, the foreign invaders are eyeing us, maybe the country needs our Li Jiashan people to contribute money and efforts that day, and it is not impossible for us to endure humiliation and bear the burden, and it is not impossible to find out the treasure and dedicate it to the country with the Ma family. It's just that it's not that time yet, and we still have to keep the 'treasure map' to prevent the Ma family and other bad guys from having bad intentions. ”

"It's still my father's long-term thinking!" When Li Dequan heard this, he said with emotion: "I will definitely live up to your old man's entrustment, and I will do my best to protect this half of the 'treasure map'." ”

"It's not that I think it's long-term, but that ancestor Li Zhong instructed him before he died, so let's just remember it. You don't have to be burdened, you have to work hard at every turn. Li Zaihao said to him with a smile and a smile in his mouth. He listened to the door again, and said to Li Dequan: "Someone is already here!" Go and open the door and put away the treasure map, and I'll sit here and wait for someone over the fire. ”

The people in the mountains live scattered, and the people whose homes are close to the ancestral hall come to the ancestral hall early after hearing the "shout". When it comes to the ancestral hall, it is already a habit for those who come first to wait for those who come later, and everyone has no complaints. Fortunately, this year's New Year, the sky is beautiful, although it is a strong north wind, but not as in previous years, as in previous years, as soon as the New Year came to the heavy snow, although the sun has set at this time, the weather is still not too cold.

When the older people arrived at the ancestral hall and saw that the door was open, they walked straight in and sat by the fire, roasting the fire, smoking, and setting up a dragon gate array. Younger people do not want to be with older people, so as not to listen to them "talk about leisure" (the meaning of putting on a dragon gate formation or talking) to "ramble" and "ramble" until they are finished, so they find a leeward place, take off the "back mat" draped on their backs, spread them on the ground, and sit on them to doze off. Some people are afraid of the cold and are unwilling to collapse the hot "back cushion" draped on their backs, so they put the "clamp back" upside down on the ground and sit on the "clamp back". Everyone sat or stood in twos and threes, telling jokes, smoking dry tobacco, and passing the time.

The half-grown old man who had a few governors saw the two women of Li Hu's family and Li Dequan's family busy boiling porridge in the stove room, and also took the initiative to run in to help. Gradually, the sweet smell of "porridge with grain residue" wafted over the ancestral hall, and people who arrived at the ancestral hall were greedy when they smelled this smell. While waiting for someone's work, the porridge was boiled, and Li Zaihao's two daughters-in-law also came up with steaming steamed rice dumplings. Li Hu and them worked together to scoop porridge and pickles for everyone, and distribute grain and poop. When they arrived at the ancestral hall, the men of Li Jiashan were eating cereal baba soaked with gray flour, chewing pickles, drinking hot porridge, and waiting for the people who came after them with laughter and laughter.

Winter was dark early, and only a moment after the Shen hour, someone lit a torch in the courtyard of the Li family ancestral hall. Li Chongpin ran into his house from outside and told Li Zaihao: "Grandpa, everyone who should come is almost there." ”

Li Zaihao listened and nodded happily, he took off the cigarette pot in his mouth, knocked off the cigarette ash inside on the edge of the table, stood up, and walked out of the house with Li Dequan and Li Chongpin.

By the light of the fire, Lee Jae-ho saw that there were already more than 80 men standing in the courtyard. Most of these people are members of the Li family, and there are also more than a dozen people with foreign surnames, they are the descendants of the cronies and retinues who followed the ancestor of the Li family, Li Zhong, up the mountain to avoid danger, and now they have almost become the relatives of the Li family, and the relationship with the people with their own surnames is no different.