"Mother, don't worry, we'll be careful." After saying that, Li Dong and his second son went to prepare dry rations, then went to get the horses, and soon they set off.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua returned to the house. When they were having dinner that evening, Village Chief Lin told them that the ancestral hall had been built and that they could invite the ancestral tablets the next day. Of course, it wasn't just the Lin clan members who would be there; there were also several other families with different surnames.
Their ancestral tablets can also be placed there, and the Lin clan members will worship them as if they were their ancestors, but not many are placed there.
After dinner, everyone started pooling their money to buy vegetables and meat in Jinnan City the next morning to prepare offerings. Whenever it was for the ancestral hall, the money was all pooled together by everyone.
The next day, before dawn, Taoyuan Village began to bustle with activity. Because they couldn't delay the workshop's work, everyone had to get up early to finish the day's tasks. Once Lin Changwu and the other clansmen who were responsible for buying vegetables and meat returned, everyone would start preparing lunch.
Inside the workshop, only a few people remained to serve those who came to buy things. Just like the third brother last time, those who wanted to join in the fun could stay, while those who didn't could simply buy what they wanted and leave.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua also got up early, but while it was early for them, it wasn't early for the other tribesmen anymore, though everyone was already used to it.
When noon arrived, the two went to the ancestral hall to join the fun, while those who came to buy things had already been invited to wait in the dining hall, just waiting for this place to finish before they could eat.
The ancestral hall was crowded with people, men, women and children. Inside, there were only a few elders and Village Chief Lin. An Shuyi and Xia Hua were also outside, joining in the fun. It was then that they realized that the ancestral hall was just like the house. After entering through the main gate, there was a spacious courtyard. The main courtyard was just like the house. At the very back of the hall were the ancestral tablets, and below them was a table with upturned corners, on which were placed offerings.
After the village chief and the others finished their visits to the township, it was considered a success. Everyone waited for the clan chief and several elders to come out. However, after a short while, Village Chief Lin came out, and the clan chief instructed them to invite the two of them inside.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua refused. After exchanging glances, they both expressed their incomprehension of Chief Lin's actions. After their refusal, Village Chief Lin went inside to inform Chief Lin. After a while, Village Chief Lin came out again.
“Sisters-in-law, the clan chief said that since you are not going into the ancestral hall, could you please offer incense outside the ancestral hall?”
The two remained silent for a moment, glanced at the cold sweat on Village Chief Lin's forehead, and finally nodded helplessly. An Shuyi said, "Then let's light incense." Then the two were invited over.
Standing outside the ancestral hall, looking at the ancestral tablets inside, even though the two of them had never knelt before anyone before, they had no choice but to kneel in this situation. They took the incense from Village Chief Lin, knelt down on both knees, and bowed three times before handing the incense back to Village Chief Lin.
The two glanced at Chief Lin inside, then turned and left the cafeteria without saying a word.
"Are you angry?" Xia Hua asked, looking at An Shuyi's unhappy face.
An Shuyi nodded, "Yes, he actually schemed against us. We've been good enough to the Lin clan, but he still doesn't trust us. If he didn't have bad intentions, I would really want to kill him."
Xia Hua patted her head, "Don't be angry. You're still injured. Getting angry is bad for your health. Don't worry, that old man just wants a guarantee for the Lin clan. As long as we kneel down and admit that we are members of the Lin clan, then we can't hurt the Lin clan members."
"Not to mention our feelings for the Lin clan and our unwillingness to harm them, even if we wanted to harm them, there would be a prerequisite. We would only take action if they harmed us. So what if they kneel down? As long as you are happy, I can make that person kneel in front of you."
The old man's calculations were quite accurate. Only men of the Lin clan were allowed to burn incense in the ancestral hall. Those who had married out or into the village could only stand outside and were not allowed to step inside. But now they were allowed to burn incense, which meant that they were members of the Lin clan, just like the men in the village. In the future, if anything happened, they would also consider the Lin clan.
They weren't entirely against it; after all, they would still help if the Lin clan members were in trouble. But they couldn't accept this kind of scheming.
An Shuyi shook her head and took her arm. "Making that old man kneel in front of me would shorten my lifespan, so let's just let him go. I just hope he sees our threat this time and doesn't do it again. Otherwise, I really will kill him."
They are not kind people, and she is even less so. As long as her and Huahua's lives are not threatened, everything is fine, but if anything happens, she can slaughter the whole world.
"I know that with our threat, those old men probably won't dare. If they do, you don't need to lift a finger, I will!" Of course, she knew that Shushu would dare, but she just didn't like it because of her personality.
"Hua Hua, I only have one bomb here. Can you make me a few more?" She was injured now, so she could ask Hua Hua to make some for her.
"Okay, it's already dark, I'll make them for you tomorrow, and I'll make a few more then." After experiencing those snakes, she wasn't sure if there were any other dangers in the world, so she would still make the bombs, and not only make them, but make a lot more.
If we encounter any danger, we can fight if we can win, and if we can't, we can drop bombs. After all, it takes time to run away, so we can use bombs to buy time.
"Thank you, Flower."
In the morning, Xia Hua got out of bed, looked at An Shuyi who was still sleeping, and quietly left the room. Looking at the dark sky, she thought it was going to rain. After washing up in the side room, she went to the kitchen to make the bomb that Shushu had been thinking about.
When the bell rang at noon, the bombs were ready. She had made twenty this time, enough to blow up even a thousand troops. She put the bombs in the warehouse before opening the door. To her surprise, the ground outside was wet and a light rain was falling.
She was probably too focused on making the bomb to notice that it was raining outside. But with this rain, the mushrooms and bamboo shoots on the mountain will also sprout.
Although it was drizzling, it didn't stop her from going to the canteen to get her food. She walked slowly towards the canteen, but before she had even left the village, Wu Shi came up to her carrying a food box.
Looking at her, Wu asked, "Auntie, why don't you wear a straw hat to cover yourself when you come out? You'll get sick if you get wet."
Xia Hua shook her head. "It's alright, the rain isn't heavy. Give me the food box, go back and eat. Don't rush to get the food box, I'll wash it and bring it back when we eat tonight."
Mrs. Wu shook her head, "No need, Auntie, I'll clean it up in a bit, you don't need to wash it." As she spoke, she handed over the food box.
"Whatever!" She didn't bother to say anything more to her. Let her tidy up if she wanted to. She took the food box and turned to leave.
After watching her leave, Wu turned around and went to the canteen to eat. Although she was timid and cowardly, she knew that serving her mother-in-law was something she should do as a daughter-in-law. Now that her mother-in-law was injured, she didn't need to serve her. Just bringing her some food was enough to ease her mind.
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