The old patriarch is indeed a thousand-year-old fox who has blessed Know-How.
Even Chen Jian at Zhihua Technology is not very clear about this matter.
I didn't expect that the old patriarch would be able to learn such important information.
Li Xiang pretended to be horrified and looked at the old patriarch, speechless for a long time.
The old patriarch continued with a somewhat proud smile:
"Li Xiang, I promise you to use this personal investment for free for at least one year."
Seeing that Li Xiang had no intention of expressing his stance, the old patriarch decided to take another dose of strong medicine and said:
"Don't worry! I won't bully you. As long as you make other reasonable requests, I will try my best to satisfy you with the authority of my clan leader. Of course, this also includes your mention of writing Zhang Ling Xiaodouzi into the family tree."
Li Xiang's frown relaxed a lot after hearing this.
But his expression was still solemn.
After all, the core secret of Zhihua Technology was discovered by an outsider.
Li Xiang must show serious concern to be more reasonable.
Zhang Ling looked at Li Xiang's face and looked a little ugly. She nervously stepped forward to help her and asked:
"Are you okay?"
She guessed that the old patriarch must be threatening the people or things that Li Xiang cares about most.
People?
She first thought of Xiaodouzi who had been playing with another little girl in the ancestral hall.
Zhang Ling wanted to move away with a worried face, and wanted to quickly confirm Xiaodouzi's safety.
Before Li could speak, the old patriarch smiled and explained:
"It's okay, you don't have to worry. He just heard incredible good news and needs to digest it."
It seems that these words were specifically said to Zhang Ling.
Li Xiang then nodded and looked at Zhang Ling and explained:
"That's right! It's rare for the patriarch to take such good care of my grandson. I'm just not used to it for a while."
The old patriarch looked at Zhang Ling kindly and said with a smile:
"After all, I am Li Xiang's grandfather, and I will never do anything to intentionally harm my grandson."
As expected of an old fox.
Such unintentional words came out of his mouth.
Always able to bring at least 50% confidence.
If it weren’t for Zhen Li Xiang who introduced the old patriarch’s ruthless character in advance.
Li Xiang really thought that the old patriarch was a simple and kind elder grandfather because of these words.
But Zhang Ling seems to have somewhat believed the old patriarch’s expression.
In a somewhat accusatory tone, he said that Li Xiang did not treat his elder grandfather with respect.
Everything went through a lot of twists and turns according to the setting of Zhen Li Xiang.
The old patriarch happily agreed to all three requests made by Li Xiang.
That is:
Article 2: After he takes over as the patriarch, he must be allowed to join the Li Group and have one vote of decision-making power in the Li Group.
Because Zhen Li Xiang has never been welcomed by the old patriarch.
No matter how outstanding he has been in the family?
The old patriarch never thought of letting Li Xiang join the Li Group.
Article 3: He has absolute say after taking over as the patriarch.
Even the old patriarch cannot use his status as an elder to interfere in all his decisions.
Perhaps the old patriarch agreed to these requests too readily.
Li Xiang, an outsider, also began to worry about the fate of the real Li Xiang.
Because like Zhang Ling, he also vaguely felt that the old patriarch was definitely planning a big conspiracy against the real Li Xiang.
A towering tree must have its roots;
The water that surrounds the mountain must have its source.
As we all know, filling in the musical score is only performed during the ancestor worship ceremony in the Year of the Dragon and Tiger.
Generally, when filling in the spectrum, the shaman should choose an auspicious day and auspicious time.
The shaman placed rice wine cups, shochu cups and cake trays according to the procedure.
I saw the old patriarch placing two incense dishes at each end of the sacred table, and then lighting a stick of incense in the incense burner.
After the incense burns for a while, firecrackers are set off in the courtyard, the clan leader reads the sacrificial words, and the whole clan kneels in front of the ancestral plank according to age, and the clan leader kowtows three times after reading the sacrificial words.
After the two shamans clean their hands, they stand on the stools and take down the ancestor box, remove the red cloth outside, and the shamans arrange the mandarin jackets representing the ancestors' deities on the sacred table on the west wall in order.
After the family tree is opened, it is also hung on the west wall. After unfolding, a yellow silk curtain is hung on it to prevent others from seeing the family tree directly.
It turns out that this is a hanging family tree.
This is different from a book-style family tree. It is a family tree that is hung or rolled up for collection.
Folks call it the axis of the family tree (referred to as the genealogy axis).
This kind of family tree is actually a kind of family tree scroll, which is generally larger in format, with stylized patterns and blanks for filling in.
In the past, patterns were usually drawn by hand by professional painters.
Patterns generally include halls, pavilions, pines and bamboos and other mascots.
There is an offering table painted in the pavilion, and a tablet with the words "enshrined for the ancestors of all generations" is placed on it.
Spaces of different sizes are drawn on both sides of the table, like tablets, to fill in the names of deceased ancestors, elders or people of the same clan.
The order of names is generally based on the topmost person with the highest seniority, and other elders are arranged in order by seniority.
When arranging, follow the traditional custom of men on the left and women on the right, and the husband and wife should be symmetrical.
The writer will report the list of living and dead members of each clan in the past 12 years, and the clan members will confirm it again.
The writer used a red pen to fill in the name of the person who was born under his father's name, and the name of the person who died used an ink pen to underline the red name in black.
If there is no child, it is necessary to adopt the next of kin (uncle, uncle, brother). Both families should be present to instruct the adoption in the name, and the person who writes the document should fill it out.
Under the instructions of the old patriarch, the writer successfully wrote the names of Zhang Ling and Xiaodouzi into the family tree.
It is worth noting that in the genealogy of the Li family, the words "match" and "marry" are used together when a man gets married, but it must be understood that there is a difference between these two words.
Matching and step-matching both refer to a woman’s first marriage;
Marry and step-marriage both refer to a woman remarrying (i.e. remarrying).
Therefore, Zhang Ling uses the word "match" in her genealogy.
It starts the moment the writer puts pen to paper!
The souls of their family of three seem to have begun to have an inexplicable bond.
Looking at the brush in the hand of the writer, dancing stroke by stroke, her mind began to recall all the beautiful moments quickly and unconsciously.
When I met Li Xiang on a blind date for the first time, he looked so lifelike as a migrant worker;
On the first date, she boldly asked him to take her with her to the barren mountains to see the wind turbines, standing in the wind and enjoying the refreshing feeling of the wind blowing every inch of her skin;
There were the laughter of Xiaodouzi calling Li Xiang daddy for the first time, and the family of three going to Disneyland for the first time.
……
When the names of a family of three appeared perfectly on the genealogy, the beautiful things in her mind ended appropriately.
She looked sideways to her side with a smile. From the moment their eyes met, she found that he was looking at her with tender eyes.
As Haizi described in "Summer Sun":
I think of children born during the day
It must be intentional
Come to the human world
You need to look at the sun
With your sweetheart
Walking on the street together
Get to know her
Also understand the sun
……
At that moment, time seemed to have stopped on purpose.
Let her know clearly.
Come to the human world and see the sweetheart who makes her happy.
At this moment, although we are not walking romantically together on the street.
But it is still difficult to express the happiness of a family of three whose names are written into the same volume of genealogy.
Now she is more eager to understand him than before.
If she hadn't been concerned about the current occasion, she would have wanted to impulsively embrace, kiss, and kiss him in front of everyone.
In order to show favor to Li Xiang, the old patriarch deliberately made Xiaodouzi the eldest sister of his great-grandson despite the uncertainty of Xiaodouzi's birth date.
The eldest sister of the great-grandchild enjoys the privilege of having first access to the family's high-quality resources.
In other words, Xiaodouzi has priority in selecting any resources with limited quotas.
As for Li Xiang’s clan leader succession ceremony, it is planned to be held during the ceremony of worshiping heaven.
The score-filling ceremony ends.
In the past, there were quite a few people in the clan who spoke and acted against Li Xiang.
The dormitory at this moment is full of joy and peace.
I wish I could take out my heart in front of Li Xiang to express my sincerity.
Maybe the parents of some tribesmen have to put down their dignity just for the sake of their children. When Xiaodouzi gives up his privileges, he can think of their children;
Maybe some tribesmen had to put down their attitude because of their words and deeds that offended Li Xiang in the past, and asked Li Xiang to ignore the faults of others;
The so-called emperor and ministers of one dynasty.
Maybe some tribesmen just want to have a stage to show their talents, so they have to put down their pride, just to win more favor with those who have evil intentions.
……
No matter what purpose these people have?
Li Xiang has completed the staged substitute mission for this family sacrifice.
The only thing left to worry about is Li Xiang.
Now he just wants to join hands with Zhang Ling to leave this place quickly to find Xiaodouzi who is having fun playing somewhere.
After walking through a few doors, we returned to Xiangtang District.
Xiaodouzi was not found, but Qi Diaozhe appeared in front of him for some reason.
"Master Qi, why are you here?" Before Qi Diaozhe could answer, Li Xiang said with a somewhat teasing smile, "Oh, maybe you are the illegitimate son of someone from my Li family. Today
I came here specially to recognize my ancestor and return to my clan."
Li wanted to know that it was probably Li Pan's masterpiece.
He already knew the previous relationship between Li Pan and Qi Diaozhe through the last gathering.
After all, their relationship is no secret.
As Li Pan, he can definitely bring a friend into the ancestral hall.
Qi Diaozhe waved his hand and explained with a slightly livid face:
"I heard that Mr. Li always speaks the truth in the business world, and he pays most attention to the spirit of contract."
Having said this, I paused for a moment and observed that Li Xiang's face was slightly solemn.
So I concluded that he was heading in the right direction.
So he shook his head and continued:
"It seems that the rumors are just rumors and have no credibility at all."
He glanced at Zhang Ling who was standing aside and tried to instigate:
"Ling'er, I would like to remind you that a man like Mr. Li is very dangerous. I don't want to see you get hurt because of him. That will make my heart hurt."
Qi Diaozhe covered his chest with one hand. The painful look on his face would make you think he was really sick if you looked at him from a distance.
Zhang Ling didn't let Li Xiang speak. She took two steps forward and said as if she was specially protecting Li Xiang:
"Heartache! Haha, Master Qi, did you come here to tell me a joke? I didn't know you still had a heart! If possible, can you satisfy my curiosity and let me see your heart?
Where?"
It feels bad to hide behind a woman.
Li Xiang tried several times to stand up.
Unfortunately, they all ended in failure.
The main reason is that I am worried that my excessive behavior may inadvertently hurt Zhang Ling.
That would create another excuse for Qi Diaozhe to provoke.
"My heart is..."
Qi Diaozhe was filled with a proud smile and patted his chest with one hand. As soon as he said a few words, he realized the hidden meaning of this question.
Why did Zhang Ling ask him where his heart was?
The only thing is to say directly that Qi Diaozhe has no intention at all.
"Tell me! Where is it?" Zhang Ling urged with a bit of disdain.
Qi Diaozhe explained with an awkward smile:
"Okay, you can pretend that I don't mean anything. After all, I, Qi Diaozhe, do owe you."
Zhang Ling sneered and said:
"No, please don't talk like that. It makes it seem like the relationship between us is unusual. But in fact, we have no relationship at all."
She suddenly remembered that her name had been included in the Li family tree.
In front of Qi Diaozhe, he took Li Xiang's arm and continued:
"You must have heard that I, Zhang Ling, am Li Xiang's wife in the Li family tree. Therefore, the person of the opposite sex with whom I, Zhang Ling, currently have a close relationship is Li Xiang, my husband!"
When she said the words "my husband", she buried her blushing face into Li Xiang's arms.
When Qi Diaozhe saw the scene in front of him, his blood pressure instantly rose, and he was so dizzy that he almost lost his balance.
"Okay, okay, very good!" Qi Diaozhe looked at Li Xiang with eyes like a wolf, "Mr. Li, you are really good! You are very good at secretly cheating Chen Cang. It's ridiculous that I chose to believe in your contractual spirit.
”
When Li Xiang heard Qi Diaozhe's accusation, a trace of guilt appeared on his face.
In order to eliminate his guilt, Zhang Ling deliberately snorted at Qi Diaozhe and said:
"That's not right. I seem to remember that being dishonest is your patent, Master Qi. What's more, my Li Xiang is not as dishonest as you."
"But he..."
Zhang Ling continued what Qi Diaozhe said:
"Yes! We are indeed together now. You must know that we were already together before we met again. We have a lovely daughter. And we both love this daughter very much."
Li Xiang jumped for joy when he heard this, while Qi Diaozhe felt like he had a lump in his throat.
"When I found out about my husband last night, he had been fulfilling his responsibilities as a father. As a wife, how could I give up my responsibilities as a mother so easily?"
Only then did Qi Diaozhe realize that he had lost to his child.
And he is still a child with no blood relationship.
"I don't know how cunning you were in making my husband reach a bullshit gentleman's agreement with you that he cannot meet with me. But my husband has always abided by it very honestly."
Qi Diaozhe didn't believe what Zhang Ling said.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, Zhang Ling's cold gaze made Qi Diaozhe's body shiver.
"It wasn't until I discovered that your gentleman's agreement created a huge conflict with our fulfillment of our responsibilities as parents. I didn't realize that your intentions, Qi Diaozhe, were so evil and vicious!"
"I...why am I evil and vicious?" Qi Diaozhe asked inexplicably.
Zhang Ling continued with endless disappointment in her eyes:
"You, Qi Diaozhe, are just willing to become a complete scumbag. You are also evil enough to want Li Xiang to become a complete scumbag like you. You even want to stop Li Xiang from becoming a responsible husband!"
Qi Diaozhe tried to argue:
"I didn't. I..."
Zhang Ling didn't give him a chance to quibble, she glared at him fiercely and continued:
"So you hurt me once and you didn't think it was satisfying enough. So you thought about using Li Xiang to hurt me again to feel satisfied, right?"
Qi Diaozhe tried to quibble again:
"No, not...listen to me..."
Zhang Ling scolded loudly:
"Shut up!"
When she saw that Qi Diaozhe was no longer quibbling, she seemed to recall the bitterness of the past ten years again in her mind.
With tears of disappointment in her eyes, she shook her head and said:
"It's enough for you to hurt me as an adult one after another. You can actually have a vicious plan to let us husband and wife hurt a child who has been hurt before. This will prevent my little Douzi from having a complete family!" This chapter has been completed!