Zhulan really likes interacting with the Li family. She is not tired. She smiled and said, "My in-laws are just sad. How can they have time to talk to us? Besides, we are in-laws. We are one family and we don't have to talk about our differences. There is no need for my mother-in-law to be an outsider."
Li Xu and Zhou Yang seldom interacted before, and they only interacted more in the past year. She knew that Yang was powerful, "My mother-in-law is right, we are one family and we don't have different opinions."
Zhulan asked, "We have been here for a while, why haven't I seen 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 let her go to rest. My mother-in-law wants to see her, so I'll go and call her."
Zhulan hurriedly stopped Li Xushi who was about to get up, "Let her rest. I just miss her. She is a simple-minded person. She cried so hard yesterday. I will feel uneasy if I don't ask her about it."
Li Xu thought about the words carefully and smiled more. Her daughter did not report good news or bad news. Zhou Yang was indeed good to her daughter. "She is a fool with good fortune. This girl can meet such a good mother-in-law as her mother-in-law. She is blessed for several lifetimes."
My daughter is lucky to be like her. She met a good mother-in-law. So when you think about it this way, my 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 more than three uncles. The Li family's sons had grandsons, and their 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 all left behind. It was the first time Zhulan saw an ancient funeral with her own eyes. There were much more details than modern ones. It was very important for the elderly to have a glorious life after death, and a funeral with many descendants was a spectacular sight. No wonder people in ancient times were afraid of extinction of the family. Not only would there be no one to smash a 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, "There are many people at home, 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, so when you count the daughters-in-law, it was really a lot.
Thinking of this, Lijia Village is also a big village near and far, and it is also an existence that the neighbors dare not mess with. There are many sons in Lijia Village, so the girls in Lijia Village are very popular. This is also one of the reasons 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 was true that the Li family had never split up before. Although the old lady passed away suddenly, she had made it clear what should be divided. The division was just a formality.
Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were kept by Li Xu to maintain order for the eldest branch. In the past, the Li family was united because of the old lady. After the old lady passed away, the daughters-in-law in each branch 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 also done neatly. The Li family got the money with the help of Li, and old lady Li only kept twenty taels of silver. Together with the four or five taels of silver in the family, a total of twenty-four taels. They had long planned to divide the family property, and used the rest of the money to buy five acres of land and three foundations. The boys in the family made the mud and chopped the trees themselves, and built the houses themselves, which saved a lot of money. All three houses were built. Except for Li's father, who was the eldest and guarded the old house, the other brothers all had their own places to live.
The Li family has a total of 32 acres of land. Old Mrs. Li bought five acres of land in order to make up the number for division. It is fair for each family to have eight acres of land, and six taels of silver per family. As for the rest, it is fair. However, the eldest son got the better deal, as he got the whole group of houses in the old house!
Zhulan witnessed the division of the Li family, and she admired Old Lady Li even more. She used silver money to marry her son, her grandson, and her daughter's dowry. It was really not easy for the old lady.
Zhulan thought about herself. She was indeed lucky to have traveled through time to the Zhou family. The Zhou family’s financial situation was very 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 looked listless, which made the Zhou family very uncomfortable. 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's favorite handkerchief to Li.
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, Chang Zhi, who was 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 7th day after her death. If you still feel sad, then copy them for a year. If the first anniversary doesn't work, try 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 her younger brother's words. Why did she think she could copy for a lifetime? She didn't particularly want this warmth.
Zhulan, “… … ..”
Zhou Shuren, “… .”
Li finally came back to life, although her expression was a little hard to describe!
The other three sons of the Zhou family were all shocked. It turned out that Changzhi was such a younger brother. They couldn't afford to offend him!