On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 182 New ancestral hall, new rules!
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By the time Li Shiyue drove back to Liujiatun with his family and Jiang Huai, who was invited back to be a teacher, Li Shiyang had already returned to Sanshan County to work.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of their house, Li Wangshui, Zhou Lanhua's family, and Erdan's mother who was holding Erdan's hand were on their way to Li Shiyue's house.

Li's mother arranged to help Jiang Huai move his luggage first, "Mr. Jiang, you stay with Shitou from my family for a few days. I will take you to the village to look at houses. When you find a house, you can move in."

"Auntie, just call me Wenzhi. It's really embarrassing to call me Mr. Jiang."

Mother Li smiled and said to Jiang Huai: "Okay, I'll listen to Mr. Jiang.

Hey, that’s not right, just listen to what you say, Wenzhi.”

The family was busy unloading the things from the carriage, and Li Shiyue was busy comforting the two horses that were very tired after following them all the way. At this time, Li Wangshui, Zhou Lanhua and Erdan's mother came over.

As soon as they entered the room, they discovered the strange man Jiang Huai.

When they heard Li Shiyue say that this was the nephew of General Liu Tan's wife, and also a scholar, who was specially invited by Li Shiyue to teach in the school, they all bowed their heads and greeted him.

Zhou Lanhua was holding down Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang, while Erdan's mother talked to Erdan and asked the three kids to greet Jiang Huai properly.

Of course, they did not come empty-handed. There were eggs in Erdan's mother's basket, and Zhou Lanhua's basket contained not only cabbage, but also a pound of meat.

"I asked our boss to buy it early in the morning at the market outside Qingsong Town. It's very fresh."

Everyone cleaned up the food together and ate. Then Zhou Lanhua winked at Li's mother and Li Shiyue, meaning that she had something to tell them in private.

Jiang Huai was a person who was very good at reading people's expressions, not to mention that he was at Li Shiyue's house, so he became even more cautious.

So at this time, he asked Shitou to take him around the village and see the school.

"Go and have a look. I'll see if there's anything missing. I can also tell Madam Li as soon as possible. Once everything is ready, we can start classes a day earlier."

Mother Li gave Shitou a warning, and Shitou nodded obediently and led the way out. After Jiang Huai bowed to everyone, he followed Shitou out the door.

After Jiang Huai left, everyone in this room became our own people.

Zhou Lanhua then spoke, pouring out everything from a bamboo tube, telling Li Shiyue what Li Shiyang had said to Li Wangshui when he came to her house and returned to the village two days ago.

".In October, after the scholar left my house, he went to the third brother's house. I wonder what he talked to the third brother?
How about asking your uncle to call the third brother over to ask him?"

"Aunt, I don't think that's necessary. I guess Brother Shiyang is just asking about the day when I had a conflict with them."

But as soon as Li Shiyue finished speaking, she heard shouting from the door.

When Li Xiatian went to open the door, the person who came in was Gou Laosan!

Wow, it’s complete.

Gou Laosan came into the house, thanked Li's mother for moving the seat for him, and as soon as he sat down, he started to tell everything about Li Shiyang's visit to his house.

"Shiyue, I think my nephew Shiyang should be able to persuade Uncle Youfu to bow down to you."

Li Shiyue was not surprised after listening to what Zhou Lanhua and Gou Laosan said. After all, when she cut off her eighth great-grandfather's fingers that day, she had already considered several possible situations.

The situation in which Li Shiyang intervened to mediate the conflict between her and Li Youfu was already one of the better situations she had anticipated.

So, she was not surprised or surprised.

However, facing the few people who stared at her without blinking, she smiled and said to them: "It's okay. If the clan leader can take me seriously and treat all the families in the village equally, and don't always think of suppressing me, I am still surnamed Li, so I won't go against them."

"Shiyue, tell me, what if Uncle Youfu insists on taking advantage of us?"

In his heart, Gou Laosan really didn't want to use the money to build an ancestral hall for the clan. If you ask him, what's the point of building such an ancestral hall?

Something that is not suitable for eating or drinking.

After this time, who knows what other reasons the tribesmen might find to ask them to pay more money, or they might take a fancy to their paper mill or the house they are building.

He knew what kind of people they were when he was young.

“That won’t work!
The paper mill, the school, and the houses that will be used as shops in the future are all ours, and the land deeds have been signed in the government office. Don't worry, Third Brother, they can't take them away.

As for the matter of building the ancestral hall?

If the ancestral hall is not only the Li clan's ancestral hall, but also the village's ancestral hall, and not only people with the surname Li or other small surnames, but also women and girls can all enter the ancestral hall to worship, then we should pay for it.

This is our ancestral temple, and we can donate the money.

But if they don't agree to this new rule, then why should we pay for the construction of the ancestral hall?"

With Li Shiyue's words, Gou Laosan felt relieved and stopped asking any more questions.

In the following days, Li Shiyue was very busy. He went to the paper mill to experiment with the method of making high-quality paper.
We also had to find someone to renovate the school and find a carpenter to build tables and chairs as Jiang Huai said;
Jiang Huai also said that the way children and adults learn to read is different, and the books they use are also different, so they all need to be prepared from scratch;

These are enough to keep Li Shiyue busy. People always come to her for advice on buying land and building houses in the village and on the riverbank.

Not to mention, the road for trade, that is, the road from the river beach to the grassland, also needs to be repaired, and the bridge also needs to be built.

All these things really kept Li Shiyue busy.

During these busy days, Li Shiyang returned to the village again.

The next day, Li Shiyang went to Li Shiyue's home and talked with Li Shiyue alone in the house for more than an hour.

Then, on the third day after Li Shiyang returned to the village, he personally invited Li Shiyue and others to go to Li Youfu's house again to discuss the construction of the ancestral hall.

Because of the advance communication with Li Shiyang, the atmosphere in Li Youfu's house this time was not as tense as last time.

Li Shiyue only spoke a few words to them, giving them ample time to think.

She said word by word to Li Youfu, who was sitting opposite her, and the other members of the Li clan standing behind him: "How old am I? How old is the clan leader?
How old can I live to be? How old can the patriarch live to be?
What will happen to the world in the future? What is the future of your Li family?

Do what I say? Or don't?

You decide for yourself.”

Li Shiyue's words were quite impolite, and one could even say that this was a naked attempt to seize power, to seize the power of Li Youfu, the patriarch of the Li family!

Li Youfu was so angry that smoke was coming out of his nose, but Li Shiyang sat aside without saying a word.

Li Youfu wanted to slam the table, get angry, and curse, but he thought of what Li Shiyang said that day, so he had to stop.

Finally, the results of the discussion can be summarized into three points:

First, the new ancestral hall is no longer just the Li clan ancestral hall.

Among them, the smaller surnames in the village can be worshipped, even the original Liu family in Liujiatun, and the Wang family who came with the Li family, all can enter the ancestral hall.

But at the same time, the younger generation also had to contribute money and effort to the construction of the ancestral hall.

And when something happens, they all say to the outside world that they are all from Liujiatun!

Second, new ancestral hall, new rules!

Not only men can enter the ancestral temple to worship, but women can too!
Moreover, ancestral tombs are no longer exclusive to men. Women, even married women, can also go up the mountain to worship their ancestors!

Third, although Li Shiyue is no longer Li’s father’s Li but Li’s mother’s Li, his surname is still Li.

He wanted Li Shiyue to share his profits with the Li family headed by Li Youfu and his eighth uncle;
Then, Li Youfu and the others must obey!

Listen to Li Shiyue!

This one can be summed up in six words - listen to Li Shiyue!

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