"Brother, this kid injured me. ”

After hearing Li Quansheng's words, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed. The people of the Li family were all ready to enter the Wufu Restaurant, and the other onlookers were also evacuated in twos and threes, and Li Yichen, who was originally standing in the crowd, was suddenly exposed to the vision of Zhong Xiang's group, especially the appearance of standing there on crutches was particularly eye-catching, and was suddenly discovered by Zhong Ji, who was about to leave.

Just after Wu Huoyun suppressed Zhong Xiang and his gang, when Li Quansheng sent a message asking everyone to disperse, Li Yichen wanted to follow the clansmen who flocked to the restaurant to go to Wufu Restaurant, but due to his crutches and inconvenience, he suddenly distanced himself from the front.

I thought that this was the New Year, but since the clansmen had already had a conflict with Zhong Xiang and them, and it was finally calmed down, he didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, so as soon as the crowd dispersed, Li Yichen followed the clansmen in front of him tightly in the direction of the restaurant, hoping not to be discovered by Zhong Ji and them in the crowd.

After walking a few steps, Li Yichen heard the voices of Zhong Ji and Zhong Xiang talking. At this time, Li Yichen knew that he had been seen by Zhong Ji, and since he couldn't dodge, he would face it directly. Especially when he saw Wu Huoyun standing at the door of Wufu Restaurant with his grandfather, his heart was even calmer. Li Yichen believes that Zhong Xiang of this meeting is no matter how dissatisfied he is, he has great vitality in his heart, and he does not dare to mess around, if he really does it to himself, it will not be to give Wu Huoyun face, but to directly slap Wu Huoyun in the face. Since his strength is not as good as that of others, then this Zhong Xiang endured the first breath, then this second breath must also be endured, even if he breaks his teeth, he must swallow it in his stomach.

After thinking of this, Li Yichen simply stopped, looked at Zhong Ji and them coldly, and saw if Zhong Xiang would help his younger brother come out for a while.

"I can't imagine that you kid has today! Squeak, squeak! Make your kid rampant, this must be retributed!"

Seeing Li Yichen standing in the middle of the road on crutches, Zhong Ji ran forward, circled around Li Yichen, and said gloatingly.

"You dead cripple is already on crutches and you dare to be so arrogant, what do you see? Brother, some time ago, it was this kid who caused me to lie in bed for almost a month, and you have to take this breath for me. After Zhong Ji ran over, Li Yichen stood there motionless, without the slightest expression on his face, just staring at each other coldly with his eyes.

Knowing that Li Yichen, who was on crutches, could not pose any threat to himself at this time, but under the cold gaze of the other party, Zhong Ji still felt a trace of throbbing in his heart, and he felt a weakness in the face of Li Yichen unnaturally, and felt that the other party was like a mountain, holding himself down. Under this pressure, Zhong Ji unconsciously lowered his voice, and after seeing Zhong Xiang coming over, he begged his brother to stand up for him.

"Little brother, Wu Huoyun is pressing here today, and we are not suitable to make a move. But don't worry, I'll have to help you out sooner or later. ”

Walking to Zhong Ji's side, Zhong Xiang put his hand on his brother's shoulder and comforted.

After Zhong Xiang finished speaking, he took Zhong Ji's shoulders and walked in the direction of Li Yichen together.

Just as he passed by Li Yichen, Zhong Xiang suddenly turned his head and said in Li Yichen's ear:

"Boy, it seems that the people of your Li family are kind enough, not only dare to beat my friend, but even my younger brother dares to bully. Today is your fate, and someone is covering you. You'd better hurry up and pray to God, don't let me meet your Li family in the future, miss today, as long as I do, I will definitely make you unforgettable. ”

After Zhong Xiang finished speaking, seeing that he didn't look at Li Yichen again, he pulled Zhong Ji and beckoned a few friends to leave.

"The next time we meet, I'm going to beat you up. ”

Standing there on crutches, Li Yichen didn't say anything grandiose, but he secretly swore in his heart, vowing to make himself stronger and defeat Zhong Xiang.

"Yichen, what's wrong? It's okay, right? Take two steps faster, the big guys are waiting. ”

After hearing Zhong Ji's voice, Li Yichen's family members who were walking in front stopped, and when they were about to gather around to take a look, they found that Zhong Xiang and his group had passed by Li Yichen and were about to leave, so they beckoned Li Yichen to follow quickly.

"It's okay, you guys go in first, I'll take my time in the back. ”

"You're not feeling well right now, so let's wait for you to go in together. ”

"It's okay, that's all there are left, I'll walk slowly behind, that is, three or two steps, and I'll be there in a while. ”

"Then you go slowly, and we'll go in first. ”

"Okay, you go first, I'll be there right away. ”

By the time Li Yichen walked into Wufu Restaurant, the hall of the restaurant was already full of people. In the hall on the first floor, there are nearly twenty large round tables, each of which can seat ten people. Although every table was full, because the hall was very empty, the nearly two hundred people sat down, and the whole hall did not look crowded at all, and there were still wide aisles between each table.

Li Yichen stood at the edge of the hall and looked carefully, and the entire hall on the first floor was full of men of filial piety and those women in the family.

Due to the rules of the ancestors, women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, so these women in the family came to the restaurant early to see if there was anything they needed help.

"Brother, why are you standing here, why don't you go up yet?"

Just when Li Yichen was standing in the hall on the first floor and searching for his grandmother and mother with his eyes, he suddenly heard Li Xinyuan's voice next to him.

Li Yichen turned his head to look, and saw Li Xinyuan with a bitter face and a group of little girls about her age rushing out of a small door next to her. All of them held a tray in both hands, and on each tray was a plate of steaming dishes.

Every girl pouted high, looking reluctant.

"It seems that after a year of growing up, our Li Xinyuan has become more sensible, and knows that she has taken her nieces to the kitchen to help with the dishes. ”

Seeing Li Xinyuan's bitter melon-like face, Li Yichen couldn't help but joke. "Besides, don't you blame you for this? ”

Hearing Li Yichen's joke, Li Xinyuan rolled her eyes and complained.

"How can we be blamed for this? Besides, it's a good thing that you took the initiative to help serve the food. ”

Hearing Li Xinyuan's complaint, Li Yichen asked in wonder.

"Why don't I blame you, I came here so late, and I was about to have dinner, so the big guy just came. In order to be able to start the table early, my grandmother asked me to take them to the kitchen to help. I also said that I am an elder and should set an example. ”

As soon as it came to being a good example for her elders, Li Xinyuan couldn't help but straighten her chest and tried her best to pose like an elder in front of the little girl in the back.

"By the way, what about Grandma, who are also helping out inside?"

Hearing Li Xinyuan say that she went in to help under the arrangement of her grandmother, Li Yichen guessed that her grandmother must have also arranged it inside, at least as a whole.

"Yes, grandma and aunt are in there. It's going to be too busy for you. ”

Sure enough, Li Xinyuan's answer verified Li Yichen's thoughts, and Li Xinyuan also told his grandmother that they would be busy, so it was best not to disturb them.

"Then you take these little nieces to get busy, and I'll go up first. ”

Since everyone was busy, he couldn't help himself in the past, so Li Yichen decided to go up to the second floor first and sit in his seat first.

While family gatherings don't necessarily take place in the same place each year, the order of seating remains the same from year to year.

Seeing that there were only about twenty tables in the hall on the first floor, and they were all juniors and family members, Li Yichen knew that his seat must be upstairs, and it was the chairman of the first table, sitting with his grandfather.

The entire Shenlong Empire has always been inherited by rites. Since ancient times, it has created its own etiquette, whether it is a change of dynasty or a foreign invasion, but the entire inheritance has continued, which is commonly known as etiquette cannot be abolished.

Although Tangjiang is only located in the Shenlong Empire, it also follows ancient rites. After all, the so-called etiquette is an important tool to maintain family unity and family relations.

In the ancient rites, the emphasis is on blood relatives, with grandchildren as the elders, and attention is paid to men. The status of the eldest son and eldest grandson is higher than that of others, and as long as the eldest grandson is born, he can be divided into the eldest grandson house and the eldest grandson field.

As soon as Li Yichen stepped on the second floor, he saw that the placement of tables and chairs on the second floor was completely different from that on the first floor. On the first floor, there are some large round tables, and they are placed randomly according to the location of the space, while on the second floor, there are two rows of Eight Immortal Tables, each table can seat eight people, and in the center of the top of these two rows of Eight Immortal Tables is a separate Eight Immortal Table.

Although this Wufu restaurant is three floors, the third floor is full of private rooms, and today Li Yichen and all the people in his family came to have a family gathering, and the emphasis is on reflecting the harmony of the family, so it is not suitable to arrange someone in the box. So today, although the entire Wufu Restaurant was contracted, in fact, it was only on the first and second floors.

Li Quansheng sat there on the left hand side of the top of the Eight Immortals table, and the left hand was the largest in the ancient rites, so the position where Li Quansheng sat was the most noble, and the position on the right hand side of Li Quansheng on the upper seat was vacant, and Li Yichen knew that this vacant seat was reserved for himself after seeing it.

Sitting on Li Quansheng's left side seat was Li Yichen's uncle, Li Musheng, originally as the eldest son, Li Musheng couldn't sit here, but after all, he was the oldest, even older than Li Quansheng, so he was given a seat on the upper seat.

Sitting opposite Li Musheng is Li Yichen's father, Li Chuanrong, as the eldest son, Li Chuanrong also has a seat in the chief.

The other seats on the chief are also full, all of them are some old people with gray temples, these are all contemporaries of the same generation as Li Chuanrong, and here they can sit in the chief because of their age.

As for Li Yichen's uncle, Li Gan, sat at the table below with other contemporaries. Chief, he still doesn't have the qualifications to sit on it. "Chen'er, come over here, come and sit next to grandpa. ”

Seeing Li Yichen stepping on the stairs, Li Quansheng waved with a smile and beckoned Li Yichen to hurry up and sit beside him.

After Li Yichen sat down in his seat, Li Quansheng picked up the wine glass in front of him.

Although there were almost 100 people sitting on the second floor, everyone was sitting upright, staring at Li Quansheng with their eyes. This saw Li Quansheng holding the wine glass, and the big guy also hurriedly picked up the wine glass, made a noise, and stood up.

"Sheltered by the blessing of our ancestors, all the descendants of our Li family in Chai Yuantang spent a year smoothly and peacefully. At the beginning of the new year, I wish you all a smooth and prosperous new year!

After everyone stood up, Li Quansheng began to say this year's New Year's message.

"I wish you good health and happiness like the East China Sea, uncle!"

"I wish grandpa a long life and a hundred years of happiness!"

"I wish Grandpa Tai's wish come true!

As soon as Li Quansheng's words fell, various voices sounded upstairs and downstairs, and those juniors were all wishing Li Quansheng for the New Year.

"Fill this cup, please!"

When the voice calmed down a little, Li Quansheng beckoned everyone to raise the glass in their hands and finish the wine in their hands.

As Li Quansheng handed the wine glass in his hand to his lips, raised his head, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, this also announced the official start of the first New Year's dinner of the Li family in Chaiyuan Hall. (To be continued.) )