162, like a fishbone stuck in the throat

162, like a fishbone stuck in the throat

When Patriarch Lu saw the father and son still standing, he raised his hand and pressed them down, saying, "You two should sit down and talk."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Lu Youtian took his eldest son to find a seat and sat down.

After Lu Youtian and his son sat down, the old patriarch brought up the matter of opening the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors. "The last two times, because Fei Ge'er still had to take exams, we didn't hold a big ceremony for him. This time, Fei Ge got the first place in the college entrance examination, so we must open the door of the ancestral hall, burn incense for our ancestors, and tell them the good news."

"Okay, we will all follow your arrangements, Fifth Master." Lu Youtian also knew that his eldest son had become successful, and he wanted to come back and inform the ancestors.

Having left the village in such disgrace, he wanted to return with honor. Lu Youtian also wanted to let those relatives who had driven him out see for themselves how wrong it was to drive the three of them out!

Just because he no longer mentions something doesn't mean he has forgotten it.

"Today's time is not right, so we can't arrange to open the ancestral hall to worship our ancestors. I'll ask a fortune teller to pick a good day, and then have Chunping go to the city to tell you. Then you can bring your wife and children back to the village."

"We have to hold a three-day banquet in the village to let everyone join in the fun and share in Fei Ge's joy. Let's see if the village can produce a few more scholars in the future. If everyone can be as promising as your Mingfei, I will be very happy to know this news even if I die in the nine springs." Before, when his own grandson passed the imperial examination, his family held a three-day banquet in the village. This time it was the turn of the grandson of the clan to pass the examination. They couldn't show favoritism, otherwise if it got out, people would think that he, the old clan leader, was partial.

He is the patriarch of their Lu family. In his opinion, as long as the younger generations of their family have a promising future, it is a matter worth celebrating and being happy.

"Fifth Master, please don't say such things. If you want to live a long life, it would be best if you could see us younger generations succeed." Lu Youtian said.

Patriarch Lu waved his hand. He had lived to this age, how could he not know how much time he had left to live?

Hearing the old patriarch's suggestion that they come back to the village to set up a buffet, Lu Youtian glanced at his eldest son and discussed with the old patriarch: "I've discussed it with Ming Fei's adoptive father and the others. We're going to set up a few tables in the city and then invite everyone to have a meal in the city."

As for setting up a buffet, they had no plans to do so. Firstly, a three-day buffet would cost too much money; secondly, their family did not have so much time to do this in the village every day.

The old patriarch was stunned for a moment. He looked at Lu Youtian and his son. He thought for a moment and said, "It's too expensive for you to hold a banquet in the city. It's better to come back to the village. We've bought a pig's head and some meat for the ancestral hall opening that day. Every household in the village grows vegetables. If each family picks a basket of vegetables and sends it over, we can have a few tables of food. You don't have to spend any money."

"We have enough people working in the village. I will find you a chef to help you cook."

"Besides, the older generation in the village are all old and frail, and can't walk that far to the city. If you hold a banquet in the city, many of us won't be able to attend your banquet."

In fact, the old patriarch also had his own selfish motives. If he held a banquet in the village, everyone in his village and those in other villages would know that his village had produced another scholar this year. This time, their scholar had even won the first place in the imperial examination, which was even more worthy of celebration and more glorious.

Their village has many talented people, which will bring them a good reputation. In the future, it will be easier for young people in their village to find a partner. In the future, there will be no need for matchmakers from their village to go out, and matchmakers from other villages will come to their village.

At this time, Lu Youtian and Lu Mingfei, father and son, did not know that their old patriarch was thinking so far ahead.

However, there was one thing their old patriarch said that was correct: if they held a banquet in the city, the elderly and children in the village would probably not be able to go. The men would have to work in the fields, and the women would have to stay at home to take care of the elderly and children. They would probably not be able to go to the city to eat.

So after thinking about it, Lu Mingfei discussed with his father: "Dad, how about we go back to the village and set up a few tables to treat everyone to a meal. Then we can set up a few tables in the city and treat my adoptive father and mother, as well as the surrounding neighbors to a meal?"

"Okay, that's fine. What do you think, Fifth Master?" Lu Youtian looked at the old patriarch and asked.

This is also a good idea, so the old patriarch had no objections and agreed, "Okay, let's do as Fei Ge'er said."

"When the time is set, you can ask Chunping to come to the city to tell us two days in advance, and we will come back to the village early on that day. We will prepare the fish and meat for ancestor worship, as well as the dishes for the wine, so you don't have to pay for it." Lu Youtian was embarrassed to ask the people in the clan to pay for and help with the banquet for his eldest son.

"But I still need your help to arrange the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, Master Wu."

"Okay, that's no problem. I'll ask Chunping to say hello to everyone later." The old patriarch agreed.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Youtian still mentioned it to the old patriarch: "The area in front of the ancestral hall is quite large. We can cook and eat there, right? We don't have to borrow space from anywhere else." What he meant was that he was the eldest son's banquet, and he didn't want to go back to the Lu family's old house to hold it.

In fact, the three families had already been divided, and they had no share in the Lu family's old house. If they went back there to hold a banquet, wouldn't that mean they had to borrow a place? Lu Youtian didn't want to borrow a place from the Lu family's old house.

"That's fine, let's do as you say." The old patriarch Lu also knew about what happened between Lu Youtian and his family in the past, and knew that Lu Youtian's family still had a grudge against those people in the Lu family's old house.

If this happened to someone else, he might have offered some words of advice. But even as an outsider, he couldn't stand the actions of Lu Gensheng and Old Wang.

Now that Lu Youtian's family is about to rise, the old patriarch secretly doesn't want Lu Youtian and his son to get involved with those people in the Lu family's old house and fall into that quagmire.

Then they talked about some more things.

Originally, Lu Youtian planned to come back and say hello to the old patriarch and leave, but later the old patriarch and the old lady pulled them back and forced them to stay here and eat two bowls of noodles.

After eating noodles and sitting with the old patriarch for a while, Lu Youtian stood up and said goodbye to the old patriarch and his wife. "It's getting late, we'll go back to the city first." They had originally thought that they could burn incense for their ancestors and hold a banquet in the city tomorrow without having to return to the village. Who knew that this matter could not be completed today, and they would have to come back another day.

Lu Mingfei stood up along with his father.

"Okay, you guys go back early. After I ask the master to choose a date, I will let Chunping go to the city to tell you." The old patriarch did not keep the father and son, and let them go back first.

Old Mrs. Dou filled a basket with dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots and stuffed it into Lu Youtian's hands, asking him to take it back for his family to eat.

Lu Youtian took his eldest son to say goodbye to the two old people, and came out with Lu Chunping's farewell.

When they reached the door, Lu Chunping hesitated for a moment, then asked Lu Youtian, "Are you guys going back...over there?"

This side, of course, is the Lu family's old house.

"We're in a hurry today, so we won't go back there," said Lu Youtian.

"Oh, okay. Then you should be careful on the road." Lu Chunping thought about it and still did not tell Lu Youtian and his son that the people in the Lu family's old house were quarreling every day.

So Lu Youtian took his eldest son on a donkey cart back to the city.

***

Liu Sanniang, who had been waiting in the city for half a day, saw the father and son come back. After hearing what her husband said, she learned that the old patriarch said that he would choose another day to go back to worship the ancestors and hold a banquet in the village. She was not very willing to go back to the village.

As soon as Lu Youtian saw his wife's face, he knew what she was thinking. While observing her expression, he said carefully, "The clan leader said that since Mingrui is a few years old now, we should take him back to burn incense for the ancestors and have his name recorded in the family tree."

"Who cares!" Liu Sanniang rolled her eyes. The thought of her family's name being listed after those of the people in the Lu family's old house made her feel uncomfortable.

"How about this, I will take Mingfei and Mingrui back with them, and you will do business in the city alone? If people in the clan ask you why you didn't go back, I will say that you were busy here and couldn't leave. Do you think this is a good idea?" Lu Youtian knew that his wife had sworn that year that she would never go back to Shihua Village, that cannibalistic place.

In fact, they have been separated for so many years, and except for the fact that he took his eldest son back to the village in recent years, his wife and youngest son have never returned to the village once.

Liu Sanniang didn't say it was bad, which meant she tacitly agreed.

The thought of their family of four having their names listed after those of the people who lived in the old Lu family mansion made Liu Sanniang feel very uncomfortable. After thinking about it, she discussed it with her husband: "Go back and ask the clan leader, saying that our third branch has been separated, and whether we can have a separate page in the family tree, not listed with those in the old mansion."

"This..." Lu Youtian looked at his wife's willful appearance, and for a moment he didn't know whether to agree or not.

"Hmm?" Liu Sanniang glanced over with anger.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask the clan leader later if it's okay." Lu Youtian had no choice but to agree first, thinking of asking the clan leader later. If it's okay, the three families will open a separate page. If not, they can only follow the rules.

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