After Old Liu locked the door, rumors immediately spread in the ancestral hall that Zhang Ling, the wife of the next patriarch, had a private meeting with a wild man.
The details are as detailed as if they saw them with their own eyes.
Gradually, arguments against Li Xiang taking over as patriarch began to spread.
In the old patriarch's room.
The housekeeper informed the old patriarch of the matter in detail.
The old patriarch said with a slight smile:
"Well, not bad! Li Xi has indeed made a lot of progress. It's just that he's still a little behind on this matter. Butler X..."
"Understood! I'll go down and make arrangements."
The housekeeper can understand the old patriarch just by looking at him. It seems that this kind of messy thing is definitely done frequently.
Lotus Pond!
Two bold servants with noses and eyes are gossiping.
It is said that Zhang Ling was able to get Li Xiang with her own beauty, and she also fascinated Master Qi so much that she even chased him to the Li family ancestral hall.
He also said that the reason why Zhang Ling was able to rise rapidly in the workplace and finally secure the position of vice president of X Group Corporation was also due to her having a fairy face.
It also clarifies the purpose of this gossip.
That is, they said they just saw Zhang Ling seducing a man and they went to the XX Hospital together...
Li Xiang finished handling the real Li Xiang's belongings and was walking over with Xiaodouzi in his arms.
"Dad, you hear that they seem to be talking about mom. But Xiaodouzi doesn't know why they say mom has a fairy face. Where is the bus?"
Li Xiang's face was solemn, he didn't say a word for the time being, and deliberately coughed twice loudly.
A bold helper has a good attitude.
They were talking behind their backs and bumped into the person involved in the incident, but they were not panicked at all.
On the contrary, he could still smile and ask for benefits in front of Li Xiang.
He said he didn’t expect family sacrifices to be surprisingly tiring.
Xiaodouzi did not wait for his father's reply, and said to the two gossiping women in displeasure:
"Aunts are really too tired. In addition to having endless work to do in a day, they also worried and talked so much just now. I believe they must be thirsty."
The brave two were shameless and smiled and nodded in agreement with Xiaodouzi's statement.
Xiaodouzi then pulled Li Xiang’s sleeve and reminded:
"Dad, please hurry up and ask someone to buy two bottles of water so that we can moisten the throats of these two aunts."
Li Xiang was secretly happy when he saw the bold servant smiling awkwardly.
I didn’t expect Xiaodouzi to be able to speak with such skill.
It’s just a bold servant who still said shamelessly:
"Hey, the little princess still knows how to care for people! We are not picky about the patriarch. Liangbaikai is a bit bland, so give us two bottles of sweet ones..."
Another bold helper is no longer bold.
She could see fear from Li Xiang's gloomy face, fearing that her job would be lost.
Before his companion could finish speaking, he quickly waved his hand and continued:
"No, no, we just remembered that the housekeeper asked us to clean the room in Courtyard X. Patriarch, you are busy, so we will leave first."
The bold helper still said persistently:
"Why not..."
Knowing the fear, the helper still had the strength to cover the bold helper's mouth with his hand, and forcefully dragged him away.
Leave some distance.
The daring helper finally broke free from questioning:
"Hey, why don't you let me finish what I'm saying? My **** water! I've been ruined by you like this. You must compensate me!"
The helper who knew the fear explained:
"Speaking of which, go out and have a look. You didn't see the ugly expression on the new clan leader's face. I wish I could have someone beat you out of the ancestral hall right away. How dare you ask for XX water?"
The bold servant said stubbornly:
"Why not?"
The helper who was aware of the fear poked the bold helper's forehead with her index finger, and said with itching teeth:
"When will you change your habit of taking advantage of small things and suffering big losses? It was risky to take on the task of spreading rumors about the new patriarch's wife. You still don't know how to live and die and want to ask the new patriarch for benefits? I really admire you.
!"
The bold servant still said stubbornly:
"You don't understand this! What's wrong with them fighting between gods and us, taking the opportunity to get some benefits?"
"You have a life to reap some benefits, but you also have a life to enjoy them."
The bold servant looked back in the direction of Li Xiang with some hesitation.
The helper, who knew she was scared, pointed in the direction of Li Xiang and continued to say loudly:
"Aren't you disgusted with trying to stop you from reaping the benefits? I believe the new patriarch hasn't left yet. If you have the ability, go back now. I won't stop you this time."
The helper who knows the fear will naturally not stop him.
If the daring servant just wanted to die, she would definitely be implicated.
If the bold servant now returns alone to seek death, it is his personal behavior and has nothing to do with her.
At the same time.
Zhang Ling is sure that there is a person in the bag.
She opened the bag in no hurry.
He took out his cell phone and tried to ask Li Xiang to come over quickly and let her out.
But the strange thing is that there is no signal on the mobile phone.
Use your phone’s own flashlight.
She saw clearly that the furniture in the house was covered with a thick layer of dust.
But what puzzled her was that the bed in front of her seemed to have been cleaned deliberately.
Especially the bedding and curtains on the bed are not only bright in color, but also exude an intoxicating fragrance.
Unfortunately, her cell phone was out of battery and turned off at the moment.
The surrounding environment returns to darkness.
She basically relies on her hearing, and is once again attracted to the person in the bag.
He groped in the dark to untie the rope at the mouth of the bag and confirmed that there was indeed a man in the bag.
Although she couldn't see the outline of his face clearly, the aura emanating from the man was still familiar to her.
She took out the cloth stuffed in the other person's mouth, and the man immediately shouted:
"Ling'er, it's me, Qi Diaozhe! I wonder who is so wicked? He hit me with a sap and tied me here. Quick, help me untie the rope..."
When Zhang Ling heard this, she realized the seriousness of the problem. Without hesitation, she quickly stuffed the gag cloth she had just taken out back into her mouth.
With the experience of the fake Qi Diao Zhe, she cannot completely believe that this person is Qi Diao Zhe.
Even if this man is really a wise man, and a man and a woman live alone in the same room, if something unexpected happens, she will not be able to explain it even if she is full of words.
So the safest way is to keep this man in the bag.
The Qi Diaozhe in the bag kept struggling.
Obviously complaining about Zhang Ling's unwillingness to rescue him from trouble.
At this moment, the sound of unlocking seemed to come to her ears.
Just because of Qi Diaozhe's noise, she was not sure.
She touched the door again and pulled hard, and the door was indeed opened.
I poked my head out and saw no one outside the door.
Only Qi Diaozhe in the bag behind him struggled desperately and called.
That’s not right!
When Lao Liu left, didn't he say he wouldn't let her out for at least two hours?
Almost half an hour has passed now.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little flustered.
It seemed as if a crisis was sneaking towards her.
She couldn't allow her to think too much, so she raised her legs and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
The sound of breaking porcelain sounded again.
He asked her to retract her lifted leg, turn her head to look at Qi Diaozhe in the bag, with a smirk on her face.
……
Zhang Ling stood at the door, patted the dust on her hands, and with a somewhat proud smile, she just stepped out of the room threshold with brisk steps.
"Ahem".
She felt like she had hit something?
Xiaodouzi, who was following closely behind, saw his parents colliding with each other, and quickly covered his eyes with his hands and shouted:
"I didn't see it, I didn't see it, Xiaodouzi promises that I didn't see anything. Mom and dad, please continue."
The little guy's little eyes are still peeking through the gaps between the thick fingers.
There is a happy smile on his face.
Presumably, for Xiaodouzi, as long as she sees her parents looking happy together, she will feel extremely happy.
Li Xiang supported Zhang Ling with both hands, with some affection in his eyes, and said softly:
"You didn't hit your head and it hurt, right? It's true! You are such a big person, and you don't even look at me when you walk, as if there is a wolf chasing you behind you."
Zhang Ling's heart felt like it was wrapped in cotton.
Soft and warm!
She thought of her bad situation, tried to break free from Li Xiang's shackles, and wanted to escape from this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
But what she didn't expect was that she couldn't break free no matter what.
Weird!
In the past, whenever she wanted to break free, Li Xiang would obey her wishes and let her go.
She was about to ask Li Xiang what he meant with a somewhat angry tone.
I could vaguely hear noisy footsteps approaching.
"Xier, we haven't arrived yet! Old man, my legs can hardly bear it."
"Grandpa, we're here, we're almost there."
"Xier, are you telling the truth? That girl Zhang Ling would really do such a thing!"
"Grandpa, why don't you believe me? Someone saw it with my own eyes. I also verified it myself. That's right! Zhang Ling..."
Li Xi was speechless at this point.
Because everyone saw Li Xiang hugging Zhang Ling'er and rubbing her temples together, lingering and pathos.
I originally followed Li Xi to watch the rape drama.
Someone fed me a mouth full of dog food without paying attention.
The clan members who were already watching the fun quietly turned around and left.
If the old patriarch hadn't been pushed to the front by Li Xi, he would have wanted to leave immediately without anyone noticing.
Xiaodouzi turned around appropriately and respectfully called the old patriarch "Grandpa".
Therefore, the old patriarch instantly felt as if he was being roasted on a fire.
No way!
The old patriarch could only bite the bullet and agreed to Xiaodouzi.
Xiaodouzi continued with some doubts:
"Grandpa, why did you bring so many people here?"
"This..."
The old patriarch didn’t know how to answer for a while?
He stared closely at Li Xi beside him.
Trying to get Li Xi to think of a reasonable excuse quickly.
Li Xi was overly confident that Zhang Ling would not be able to escape this time.
So I didn’t wear headphones at all before coming here.
So she could only helplessly look at the old patriarch and shake her head.
The clever little Douzi continued to smile at the old patriarch and said:
"Oh, I understand. I believe that Grandpa, you also want to come over and witness the love of Mom and Dad in person."
The old patriarch immediately smiled and said:
"Yes, yes! Xiaodouzi is right. I am here to witness the love of your parents. By the way, I want to ask your parents for their opinions and hold a grand wedding for them."
The old patriarch then turned his attention to Zhang Ling and said:
"After all, the wedding of the head of our Li family must not be too shabby! Otherwise, other families in Wuchuan may think that our Li family has declined. Let me, a useless old guy, handle the wedding for you personally.
”
Li Xi looked at the old patriarch with great jealousy.
When she got married, the old patriarch didn't personally arrange it.
For a moment, I felt as if I was looked down upon by the old patriarch.
Zhang Ling and Zhang Ling replied in unison:
"No!"
Li Xi looked at Zhang Ling in surprise.
Li wanted to say no, but she could understand.
She thinks Li Xiang is a career-oriented man and will unconditionally reject any behavior that delays his career development.
Wanting a grand and grand wedding should be every woman's biggest wish in her life.
But why did Zhang Ling refuse?
It is said that Zhang Ling does not like Li Xiang, but she is just having fun with Li Xiang.
This makes absolutely no sense!
Because everything she just saw fully proves that Zhang Ling deeply loves Li Xiang.
Before the old patriarch could question him, the impatient Li Xi asked first:
"Why? Everyone saw how affectionate you were just now."
Zhang Ling is least willing to talk to Li Xi.
So she said to Li Xi with a bit of stubbornness:
"Does it mean we have to get married when we are in love? I, Zhang Ling, don't want to follow this logic. What can you do to me?"
She said this because she wanted to make Li Xi angry;
On the other hand, she has not yet had an in-depth communication with her father about such a big thing as getting married.
So I don’t want to make the decision without authorization.
She firmly believes in a marriage that is not blessed by relatives.
The happiness obtained is always false happiness.
And false happiness will sooner or later turn into pain that hurts each other.
"Oh, I understand. Zhang Ling, is your love just for acting for us?"
The astute Xiaodouzi seemed to understand the meaning of Li Xi's words.
He also looked at Zhang Ling and Li Xiang with some worry.
What kind of answer do we expect them to give?
Zhang Ling felt Xiaodouzi's worried eyes.
I was just about to explain to Xiaodouzi.
Suddenly!
Someone exclaimed that there was someone in the room where Zhang Ling escaped.
Li Xi's IQ is a bit lacking, and he didn't even go there. Let's take a look at the situation inside the house.
She jumped out anxiously and yelled at Zhang Ling:
"Okay! Zhang Ling, you are indeed a slut! You actually cheated on my brother Li Xiang during the family sacrifice."
His acting skills are a bit exaggerated and he wants to say to Li:
"My poor brother Li Xiang! Why is your life so miserable? You have been protecting yourself for many years..."
Those men were a little too ignorant.
Without waiting for Li Xi's grandiose performance to finish, he took out the cloth bag containing Qi Diaozhe.
When everyone looked at the caterpillar-like cloth bag.
Everyone couldn't help looking at Li Xi and laughing.
Someone even said directly to Li Xi’s face:
"Li Xi, is this what you call stealing wild men? It seems that our new patriarch's wife really knows how to play! Put wild men in bags and steal them."
Li Xi didn't understand the ridicule at all.
He actually admitted in front of everyone:
"That's right! The stealing I'm talking about is this kind of stealing. Zhang Ling knocked the man unconscious, put it in a cloth bag, stole it back, and then prepared to do it..."
The old patriarch really can’t listen anymore!
Very angrily, he yelled "Shut up" at Li Xi.
Because Li Xi is just a little too stupid.
The bag was not opened, and no one said that the bag contained a man.
How could she, Li Xi, conclude that she was a man?
No one said that the man in the bag was knocked unconscious and put inside.
And how did she, Li Xi, determine the specific details?
If the old patriarch hadn’t stopped this self-inflicted statement in time, who knows how much he would have said?
The family members who are in the head's head, combined with the opposition to Li's desire to be the patriarch, already understand what's going on?
All this farce is Li Xi's fight for the position of patriarch.
A big farce deliberately directed!
This is treating these tribesmen as fools.
Naturally, those who did not want to be fools immediately turned around and left some people.