Chapter 194: Can't Be Provoked

Zhulan really enjoyed interacting with the Li family. She was not tired. She smiled and said, "My dear in-laws, you are just sad. You don't have time to talk to us. Besides, we are in-laws. We are one family and we don't talk behind each other's backs. There is no need for my mother-in-law to talk about it."

Li Xu had seldom interacted with Zhou Yang before, and had only interacted more with her in the past year. She knew that Yang was very capable, "My mother-in-law is right, we are one family and we don't talk behind each other's backs."

Zhulan asked, "We have been here for a while, why don't I see Li?"

Mrs. Li Xu explained, "She has been closest to her grandmother since she was little. She cried all night yesterday and cooked again in the morning. I asked her to go to bed. My mother-in-law wants to see her, so I'll go get her."

Zhulan hurriedly stopped Li Xu who was about to get up, "Let her rest. I just miss her. She is a sincere person. She cried so hard yesterday. I would feel uneasy if I didn't ask her."

Li Xu pondered the words carefully and smiled more. The daughter-in-law neither reported good news nor worries. Zhou Yang was indeed good to her daughter-in-law. "She is a fool with good luck. This girl can meet such a good mother-in-law as her mother-in-law. It is a blessing for her to have cultivated for several generations."

The daughter is blessed because she is like her. She met a good mother-in-law. So when you think about it this way, the daughter is not entirely like the Li family.

Although Zhulan became a mother-in-law for the first time after coming to ancient times, she dared to stand up straight. She is indeed a rare good mother-in-law.

Soon the time came. Zhulan and others went to the front yard with Li Xu. This was Lijia Village, where the most people had the surname Li. Li's grandmother had four sons. If Li's grandfather had not passed away early, Li would have had more than three uncles. The Li family's sons had grandsons, and grandsons had great-grandsons. The men in the family alone were impressive, not to mention the relatives within the five degrees of mourning. The yard was even full of room for those who came to help with the funeral, and there was no room for outsiders to carry the coffin.

Women who did not attend the funeral were left behind. It was Zhulan's first time to see an ancient funeral with her own eyes. It was much more elaborate than modern ones. It was very important for the elderly to have a glorious life after death, and a funeral with many descendants was very spectacular. No wonder people in ancient times were afraid of leaving their families extinct. Not only would there be no one to smash the funeral pot after death, but it would also be an insult to their ancestors.

The Li family cooked a meal yesterday, and they have to cook another meal today for the people coming back from the funeral. Zhulan wanted to help, but Li Xushi refused, saying, "There are too many people at home, so just take a rest, mother-in-law."

Zhulan was silent for a moment. The Li family was not only straightforward but also fertile. Li had six brothers, not to mention two married sisters. She also had many sons from several uncles' families, and when you count the daughters-in-law, it was really a lot.

Thinking of this, Lijia Village is also a large village nearby, and it is also an existence that the nearby people dare not mess with. There are many sons in Lijia Village, so the daughters of Lijia Village are quite popular. This is also the reason why the original body was optimistic about the Li family. Who doesn't like a daughter-in-law who can give birth to a son.

The mourners came back and had a meal. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren did not come empty-handed, they came with money, one or two taels of silver.

The Li family spent a lot, but also gained a lot.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren should have gone back after dinner, but the Li family wanted to split up. It's true that the Li family had never split up before. Although the old lady died suddenly, she had made it clear what should be divided, and the division was just a formality.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were kept by Li Xushi, this was to give the eldest branch to maintain order. In the past, the Li family was united because of the old lady. After the old lady passed away, the daughters-in-law of several branches were all shrewd and naturally fought for the interests of all parties. Fortunately, the old lady's influence was still there and she had just passed away, so no one dared to make trouble.

The division of the family property was done neatly. The Li family got some money thanks to Li, and old lady Li was left with only twenty taels of silver. Together with the four taels of family savings, a total of twenty-four taels was left. They had long planned to divide the family property, so they used the rest of the silver to buy five mu of land and three more foundations. The boys in the family made the mud and chopped the trees themselves, and built the houses themselves, saving a lot of money. All three houses were built, and except for Li's father, who was the eldest and was guarding the old house, the other brothers all had their own places to live.

The Li family had a total of thirty-two acres of land. Old Mrs. Li bought five acres of land just to make up the number for dividing the property. It was fair for each family to have eight acres of land, and six taels of silver per family. As for the rest, it was fair. However, the eldest son got the better deal, as he got the whole block of houses in the old house!

Zhulan witnessed the division of the Li family and admired Mrs. Li even more. She used money to marry her son, grandson and daughter's dowry. It was really not easy for the old lady.

Zhulan thought about herself. She was indeed lucky to have traveled to the Zhou family. The Zhou family's wealth was rare in the countryside, and it directly gave her and Zhou Shuren the capital to start a business.

After returning from Li's house, Li was listless, which made Zhou's family very uncomfortable because they were used to Li's cheerful appearance every day.

Zhulan specially asked Zhou Laoer to go to the county to buy the pig's trotters that Li liked to eat. Zhao endured the pain and gave Li her favorite handkerchief.

Zhou Changlian, who looked down on his eldest sister-in-law the most, also expressed his condolences in a dry voice.

Li felt the warmth from her husband's family and finally decided to cheer up.

As a result, Changzhi, the slowest to react in the Zhou family, took out a pen and ink and handed it to Li, "Sister-in-law, I know you are sad, so copy the scriptures and burn them for Grandma Li on the 77th day after her death. If you still feel sad, then copy them for a year. If the first anniversary doesn't work, do it for the third anniversary. Sister-in-law, I believe you can do it."

Li, "............"

She was sad, but copying scriptures would cost her life. She listened to what her younger brother said. How could she think she could copy scriptures for the rest of her life? She didn't particularly want this warmth.

Zhulan, "........"

Zhou Shuren, "......."

Li finally came back to life, although her expression was a little bit indescribable!

The other three sons of the Zhou family were all stunned. It turned out that Chang Zhi was such a younger brother. They couldn't afford to offend him!