In the yard, Liu Yun and Chu Nanxiang were dressing up the newly made mourning clothes for the little treasures. Chu Nanzhi just walked over and saw the little four treasures Lin Ruijia running hurriedly out of the yard, shouting: "Li
Uncle, Aunt Zhou,"
Looking around, I saw Liu Shuyang walking in with Li Ce and his wife, followed by five or six strong men.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Li Ce was extremely friendly when he saw the little guys. He picked up Si Bao, and the little guy threw himself into his arms and cried loudly: "Uncle Li, my great-grandfather was killed by a bad guy."
"If the Four Treasures don't cry, the bad guys will get their retribution sooner or later."
Li Ce held Si Bao and comforted him softly and walked to Chu Nanzhi. He first expressed his condolences to the Chu family, and then said in detail: "Sister-in-law, several people who were in Xiumu at the county office today are here, and there are some
The yamen brothers heard about the affairs at home and wanted to come with them, but they were still on duty, so they specifically asked me to come over and ask. If necessary, they had arranged the county yamen affairs and came immediately."
"No need to alarm everyone anymore."
Chu Nanzhi ordered Chu Nanzhu and his wife to greet the tourists to rest in the courtyard, and then said to Li Ce: "They all have official business, and they are no better than the people in our village. Don't let everyone delay their errands."
Li Ce nodded and said, "Then let the wanderers take turns to come here in the next few days."
After saying that, he pushed Ms. Zhou in front of her and signaled: "My mother is taking care of me at home. My wife will be here for my sister-in-law's errands these days."
"OK."
Chu Nanzhi pulled Zhou's cordially. Thinking of what happened yesterday, she couldn't help but ask: "Is my sister feeling better?"
Mrs. Zhou nodded tenderly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry. I am a farmer in my family with rough skin and thick flesh, but I only got a couple of kicks. It's nothing serious."
"Well, I feel relieved now."
After saying that, Chu Nanzhi led her over to meet Liu Yun and his wife.
The yard became lively again, and in the evening, Mrs. Su came with her son and daughter-in-law, so the number of people to arrange the funeral was much more complete.
As soon as the front foot of the Su family entered the house, two carriages came one after another outside the yard.
Chu Nanzhi and Liu Yun went out and saw Butler Qin from the Shen Mansion bringing some servants from the mansion.
Steward Qin slowly and generously bowed his hands and said, "It's really heartbreaking to hear that Brother Wen Yu passed away suddenly. I would like to ask Brother Wen Bi to express my condolences."
Then he glanced at the servants behind him with his peripheral vision, and continued: "Today I heard that the Qi family was also having a funeral, and they came to the village to invite people. When my daughter learned about this, she discussed it with the clan elders.
We need to call in some manpower, so I'm here uninvited. Brother Wenbi and Sister Liu don't think it's presumptuous of me."
"What the hell. Your house is so enthusiastic. I am very grateful. I also invite you to sit in the courtyard."
Chu Wenbi was moved to tears and returned the gift to Butler Qin. He never expected that a family like the Shen family would be willing to make friends with a down-and-out family like himself at this time. This was not the same as expressing his position with the Qi family.
Chu Nanzhi greeted the Shen family to come in, but she began to feel worried in her heart.
After all, the Shen family is not an ordinary family. She chose to support the Chu family at this time. Although she was full of gratitude, she had offended the Qi family and would inevitably suffer revenge from the Qi family in the future business field.
This made her a little uneasy.
While he was melancholy, people who went to other villages to ask Taoist priests to come down the mountain to perform rituals came back one after another. Looking at them all with dejected faces, Chu Nanzhi knew that they all returned without success without asking.
Someone in the yard began to complain loudly: "The Qi family is really nothing. They have done things too much. Two bad guys thought they had become the local emperors of the county."
Liu Chengming was very distressed when he heard that. He walked up to Chu Nan Zhi and his daughter, frowned and said: "Although there is no need to make a big deal, we can't let Wen Yu live in such a miserable state. If that doesn't work, just stay inactive for a few more days.
I will ask people to go to villages farther away to see if they can find someone to do the work."
Chu Wenbi was also worried at this time. He did not expect that the Qi family would go so far. His brother was already uneasy. If he could not perform a decent ritual for him, it would be difficult to save the souls of the dead by simply burning a few volumes of scriptures.
Everyone in the courtyard was talking about this matter, but they saw a group of Taoist priests wearing long black clothes walking in.
Seeing this scene, everyone looked surprised. They couldn't help but gather together and whisper to each other: "Didn't you say that no one was invited? Where did these Taoist priests come from?"
Several members of the Liu family who had returned from visiting Taoist temples looked at each other and shook their heads to express their ignorance.
"Excuse me, who is the benefactor of the Southern Gardenia of the Chu family?"
Everyone was talking quietly, and the Taoist leader searched the crowd and asked politely.
When Chu Nanzhi heard the sound, he immediately went up to meet him. Seeing that the leading Taoist priests all had an air of immortality and a certain charm, he politely replied: "That's the slave family."
"Immeasurable longevity and blessings. I am the master of Nanhua Temple in Tanshan. Today, the disciples in the temple came uninvited to perform a ritual ceremony at the home of the female donor. Is it okay?"
Although Chu Nanzhi was a little surprised when she heard the name of Nanhua Temple, she didn't have much favorable impression.
But since he made his intention clear, he couldn't refute it face to face, so he replied respectfully and tactfully: "The Taoist Master's kindness is greatly appreciated by the Nu family. The Kegui Temple has hundreds of years of incense, and not a poor family like the Nu family can afford it."
Yes, even if I lose my fortune, it won’t be enough to pay for the incense.”
"The female donor is too worried."
Tanshan Taoist Master waved the dust in his hand lightly, held the gift and replied: "How can a Taoist monk miss mundane things? All he wants is that the female benefactor can prepare bowls and meals for all the disciples in the past few days, and then he is completely satisfied."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young Taoist priest beside him couldn't help but interjected: "The female benefactor may have misunderstood my master. Today, the Qi family sent someone to the temple to pay a large sum of money to invite the master and the two of them."
Uncle Master came down the mountain. Master is grateful to the female benefactor for cleaning up the door in my temple and preserving the centuries-old incense. I came here to express my gratitude to the female benefactor for her kindness. There is no ill intention."
Hearing this, Chu Nan Zhicheng was horrified and realized that he had misunderstood these Taoists. He quickly apologized and said: "I have little knowledge and have misunderstood you Taoist priests. Please forgive me."
After that, Liu Yun, Chu Wenbi and his wife quickly greeted the Taoist priests into the mourning hall to arrange the arrangements.
But there was an explosion in the yard. Who would have thought that the master of the Royal Taoist Temple would personally come to perform rituals for ordinary people in the village.
With this precedent set, some people began to have the idea of Nanhua Temple:
"When my deceased mother passed away, the family was so poor that she couldn't even afford a coffin, so she wrapped her body in a straw mat and buried her in a scribble. Although she is now prosperous, I still feel sad every time I think about it.
Don’t worry, if the Taoist priests from Nanhua Temple can perform rituals for my deceased mother, it will definitely make her feel more at ease."
"Pooh."
Unexpectedly, as soon as the man spoke, Liu Chengming scolded him with a look on his face: "Don't say that people are not moved by worldly things. Even if it is really about money, Nanhua Temple has a strong incense, and your family is not short of money.
"
After a pause, he put his hands on his waist a little arrogantly, and said even more arrogantly: "You don't even know why the Taoist priests are here. It's all because of my niece's face. Can you come here to help me today?"
Everyone has discernment, and my niece will never forget your kindness."
Faintly, he already felt that the Chu family's funeral would be no worse than that of the Qi family.
When he refuted his wife at noon, he still had a lot of worries in his heart. If he presided over the funeral and was disturbed by the Qi family, he would be devastated. If the news spread, he would make people laugh in the future.
I never thought that in just half a day, not only the Shen family, the richest man in the village, would come to support the show, but even the master of Nanhua Temple would show up uninvited. With such a big show, the Qi family would be able to count all the Taoist temples in the entire Luyan Port.
Even if you invite all the Taoist priests, it will be incomparable.
"Well, I'm really terrifyingly clever."
Thinking back on his previous choices at this moment, Liu Chengming couldn't help but secretly admire his wisdom in his heart.