Qin Gongyang's face was warm, as if the Hua and Qin families were still as close as before. He pointed at the spirit house and said, "It has been ready for a while. It was placed in the Dazhuo Temple to attract some incense. I originally wanted to invite Master Prajna to come together, but I didn't expect that you had sent someone to invite him a few days ago. It's just right that we can come together."
"I see. I thought you and the master had run into each other." Hua Zhi took a few steps forward and greeted Master Prajna. "I'm sorry to trouble you again, Master."
Master Prajna looked at the bracelet on her wrist, bowed gently and chanted the Buddha's name.
"I have prepared a quiet room. Please go there and wait with the other masters. We will set out when the time comes."
"Flower donor is thoughtful."
The bald heads, big and small, followed Butler Xu and walked away one after another. Hua Zhi looked at Qin Gongyang who was still standing there, "It's cold outside, cousin, please go and rest first."
Li De immediately stepped forward to invite him.
Qin Gongyang also knew that he shouldn't be too anxious, at least he shouldn't be the first to do so, so he smiled and nodded, "You shouldn't stay in this yard either, it will be uncomfortable if the snow melts on you."
"yes."
Hua Zhi had planned this originally, and she immediately walked towards the corridor. This reaction surprised Qin Gongyang. He would not take it for granted like his mother that the Qin family should be grateful for the Hua family's closeness. He was prepared to say a few soft words to subdue her when he came, but he was not used to seeing her being so obedient.
But this moment of stunnedness was only for a moment. Qin Gongyang followed Li De to the flower hall for receiving guests with thoughts turning in his mind.
Soon, people from the Xia family, the Wu family, and the Qi family came to the door one after another. The woman was led to the inner courtyard by Nanny Su, and the man was led to the flower hall by Li De.
Then Chen Dayi's wife came and reported Chen Dayi's whereabouts. "She said she would be here after checking in. I guess she won't be much slower than me."
"Mr. Chen has a heart."
Then came Mr. Mu and Mr. Zheng. They had different relationships with the Hua family and did not go to the flower hall to join in the fun. Instead, they went to the clan school side by side, thinking that they could take this opportunity to tidy up the study.
Then came Shen Qi from the Shen family, Lu Boxi from the Lu family, Jiang Huanran from the Jiang family, Hua Qin from the Cai family came with her husband and pregnant, Yu Xiasheng came, the Liu family, the Peng family, the Qi family... and so on and so forth. Those who were related to the family came, and those who were not related but forced to be related also came. The Hua family, which had been deserted for a long time, suddenly felt a bit bustling.
On the contrary, the Zhu family came later. When the old lady saw Hua Zhi, she explained, "I thought it would be lively today, so I came later on purpose."
Hua Zhi greeted her two uncles, aunt, and cousins behind her grandmother. She didn't expect so many people to come to the Zhu family, but she was not surprised that Zhu Shan didn't come.
"It's very lively." Hua Zhi smiled. "Don't worry about it. Go to mother's place. I'm afraid she must be waiting for too long."
"You're just teasing your mother." The old lady poked her forehead, unable to hide her smile, "It's almost time, go get busy."
The female family members followed to the inner courtyard. The two uncles of the Zhu family were too lazy to go to the flower hall, so they just stood in the corridor, their eyes all on Hua Zhi who was in command.
"In the past, when my mother joked that Zhi'er was short and I didn't know who she took after, I would argue that Zhi'er was not short. Now it seems that she is indeed not tall. Everyone around her is taller and stronger than her."
Zhu Haocheng smiled, "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. Why didn't I think she was short before?"
Looking at his brother who only found it interesting and didn't feel sorry for him at all, Zhu Haodong swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. People with different beliefs cannot work together. No matter how much he said, it would be useless. Zhier was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment. His brother could see that the Qin family was losing more than it gained, but he didn't think that if he continued like this, he would become the second Qin family.
No, and she won't. With Zhier's behavior, she will only cut out this uncle from the profit chain, but will not change the way other people in the Zhu family treat her. The brother who claims to be smart did not notice how many white hairs his mother had during this period of time, and even his father sighed more often.
Sighing secretly, Zhu Haodong turned his head and looked towards the direction of the second gate where there was movement. The young boys of the Hua family, wearing exactly the same plain clothes, came out one after another, each holding a small basket in their hands, and no one knew what was inside.
Hua Zhi also saw them, but she did not go forward. She just stood there and watched Bai Yu make trouble.
Hua Baiyu understood what his elder sister meant. He swallowed to slow down his heartbeat, bowed to the people coming out of the house, and then walked to Master Prajna and bowed solemnly, "Master, please follow us."
Master Prajna looked at the children carefully and agreed gladly. He had seen them at this time last year. They looked confused at that time, but now, they had firm eyes and a sense of responsibility. People outside only said that the eldest daughter of the Hua family could turn stones into gold and was a genius. In his opinion, the most praiseworthy thing about the eldest daughter was her management of the household. The vitality of the Hua family was rare.
Spiritual tea and tribute fruits had been laid out in the courtyard, with smoke rising. As the sound of Sanskrit was heard, the spirit house was carefully lifted up by the younger generation of the Qin family who insisted on taking over the job after kneeling down. The children of the Hua family followed behind them in twos, holding hands, and went to the Hua family's ancestral tomb in the wind and snow.
This scene had the power to touch people's hearts. Even those who came here with selfish motives felt bitter at this moment. The Hua family was once famous throughout the world, noble and unparalleled, but in the end, they only had a bunch of children to support the family. If Hua Jingyan knew...
But no matter how big the shock is, it will pass. When the courtyard becomes quiet and everyone regains their senses, the bitterness will be suppressed. No matter how big the things happening in other people's families are, how can they be as important as one's own affairs
Almost at the same time, everyone looked at the eldest daughter of the Hua family, who was sitting alone and cold under the corridor, but no one broke the silence first. Everyone knew that the eldest daughter of the Hua family was not easy to mess with. Just now they saw the Sixth Prince mixed in with the Hua family members. The closeness between them was self-evident. Now no one wanted to be the first to stand out and be hated by Hua Zhi.
Yingchun walked quickly to the young lady and said, "I have asked about it. The baskets that the young masters are carrying contain some small things they prepared themselves and words written to the old lady. They will burn them together with the spirit house after the worship."
Hua Zhi was a little surprised, "Who proposed this? Did they hear something?"
"It was proposed by the Seventh Young Master. He heard the Fourth and Third Madams say that they didn't know if the Qin family would prepare more things, so they had to prepare some. He remembered it and prepared one for each of the Young Masters."
Hua Zhi pinched her nose bridge to get rid of the sour feeling.
Yingchun covered the young lady's hood better and said with red eyes: "The young masters are all sensible. Your teaching them was not in vain."
Hua Zhi smiled and said, yes, they are all sensible and will become even more sensible in the future.
Then, the next step is her battlefield.
Hua Zhi looked at the people who were looking at her from a distance, gathered her cloak and walked over. Isn't it just a back-and-forth of intrigue and deception? It's not like she hasn't experienced it before, so why has she, Hua Zhi, ever been afraid