Chapter 140： Terribly clever

Chapter 140 Terribly clever

In the courtyard, Liu Yun and Chu Nanxiang were putting on the filial piety clothes they had just made for the little treasures. Chu Nanzhi just walked over, but saw the little four treasure Lin Ruijia hurriedly running towards the outside of the courtyard, shouting: "Li Uncle, Aunt Zhou, "

Looking around, I saw Liu Shuyang walking in with Li Ce and his wife, followed by five or six strong men.

Having not seen each other for a few days, Li Ce saw that the little guys were very kind, and picked up the four treasures. The little guy threw himself into his arms and burst into tears: "Uncle Li, my great-grandfather was killed by bad guys."

"Sibao don't cry, the bad guys will have retribution sooner or later."

Li Ce hugged the Four Treasures and walked up to Chu Nanzhi in a soft voice. He first said his condolences to the Chu family, and then said in detail: "Sister-in-law, the few tourists who were in the county government today have come here, and there are still some The yamen servant brothers heard about the family affairs and wanted to come with them, but they are still on duty, so they specially asked me to come and ask, if there is any need, they have arranged the matters of the county yamen to come immediately."

"There is no need to alarm everyone."

Chu Nanzhi ordered Chu Nanzhu and his wife to invite the tourists to rest in the courtyard, and then said to Li Ce: "They all have official duties, no better than people in our village, so don't let everyone delay their errands."

Li Ce nodded and said: "Then let the players take turns in the next few days."

After finishing speaking, he pushed Mrs. Zhou in front of her, and gestured: "My mother is taking care of me at home, and my wife is here for my sister-in-law's work these few days."

"Row."

Chu Nanzhi pulled Mrs. Zhou affectionately, thinking about what happened yesterday, she couldn't help asking first, "Is my sister feeling better?"

Mrs. Zhou nodded tenderly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm a farmer with rough skin and thick flesh, but it's okay to get kicked twice."

"Well, I'm relieved."

After finishing speaking, Chu Nanzhi led her to meet Liu Yun and his wife.

The yard became lively again, and in the evening, Mrs. Su came over with her son and daughter-in-law, so that there were a lot of manpower for the funeral.

As soon as the front foot of the Su family entered the house, two carriages came one after another outside the yard.

Chu Nanzhi and Liu Yun went out to welcome them, and saw that it was the housekeeper Qin from the Shen residence who had brought some servants from the residence.

The steward Qin bowed his hands slowly and generously, and first said: "It's really heartbreaking to hear that brother Wen Yu passed away suddenly, and I would like to express my condolences to brother Wen Bi."

Then he squinted at the servants behind him from the corner of his eyes, and continued: "I heard that the Qi family is also holding a funeral today, and they went to the village to invite people around. When my young lady learned about this, she discussed it with the elders of the clan. We need to send some people over here, so this old man comes here uninvited, brother Wen Bi and sister Liu, don't think that old man is presumptuous."

"Where is there, your house is so enthusiastic, I am very grateful, please come and sit in the courtyard."

Chu Wenbi was so touched that he returned the salute to Butler Qin, never expecting that a family like the Shen family would be willing to befriend a down-and-out family like him at this time, which is not the same as showing his position with the Qi family.

Chu Nanzhi beckoned the Shen family to enter, but she began to feel uncontrollably worried.

After all, the Shen family is not an ordinary family. Although she was grateful for choosing to support the Chu family at this time, she would offend the Qi family by doing so, and would inevitably suffer revenge from the Qi family in the future.

This made her a little uneasy.

Was melancholy, the people who had gone to the outer villages to ask the Taoist priests to come down the mountain to perform ceremonies came back one after another. Looking at all the dejected faces, Chu Nanzhi didn't need to ask any more to know that they all returned in vain.

Someone in the yard began to complain loudly: "The Qi family is really nothing. They have done things too badly. If they have two bad money, they think they are the local emperors of the county."

Liu Chengming was very distressed when he heard that, he walked up to Chu Nanzhi's father and daughter, frowned and said, "Although there is no need to make a big fuss, we can't let Wen Yu leave in such a poor way, if it doesn't work, we can stay for a few more days. I'll ask people to go to some distant villages to see if they can find someone who can do things."

Chu Wenbi was also in a state of desperation at this time. He did not expect that the Qi family would go so far, and his elder brother was already restless. If he could not do a decent ceremony for him, it would be difficult to save the dead just by burning a few volumes of scriptures.

Everyone in the yard was discussing this matter, but saw a group of Taoist priests in black long clothes walking in mightily.

Seeing this scene, everyone was surprised, and they couldn't help whispering together: "Didn't it mean that no one was invited? Where did these Taoist priests come from?"

Several members of the Liu family who had returned from visiting the Taoist temple looked at each other and shook their heads to express their ignorance.

"Excuse me, who is the benefactor of the Chu family Nanzhi?"

Everyone was discussing quietly, and the Taoist leader searched the crowd and asked politely.

Chu Nanzhi heard the sound and immediately went up to meet him. Seeing that the leading Taoists were all immortal, with a bit of charm, she also politely replied: "This is the slave family."

"Infinite longevity, Pindao is Tanshan, the master of the Nanhua Temple. Today, the disciples who led the temple came uninvited, and specially presented a ritual ceremony for the female benefactor's home. Is it possible?"

Chu Nanzhi was a little surprised when she heard the name of Nanhuaguan, but she didn't have much affection for it.

It's just that he was straightforward about his intentions, and he couldn't refute it face-to-face, so he replied respectfully and tactfully: "I am grateful for the kindness of the Taoist priest, and the precious temple has hundreds of years of incense, not poor people like the slave family can afford it." Yes, even if the family goes bankrupt, it won’t be enough to provide you with incense money.”

"The female benefactor is too worried."

Tanshan Taoist lightly waved the whisk in his hand, and replied with the ceremony: "How can a cultivator be so attached to ordinary things, I just hope that the female benefactor can prepare bowls of fasting meals for the disciples in the past few days, so I am satisfied."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young Taoist priest next to him couldn't help interjecting: "I'm afraid the female benefactor may have misunderstood my master. Today, the Qi family sent someone to the temple to invite the master and the two Uncle Shi went down the mountain, and Master thanked the benefactor for cleaning up the door for me and keeping the incense for a hundred years, so I came here to thank the benefactor for her kindness, without any malice."

Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi was terrified, and realized that she had misunderstood these Taoists, and quickly apologized: "My family has little knowledge, and misunderstood all Taoist priests, please forgive me."

After finishing speaking, he and Liu Yun, Chu Wenbi and his wife hurriedly greeted the Taoist priests to enter the mourning hall.

The courtyard has exploded. Who would have thought that the master of the Royal Taoist Temple would personally come to do things for ordinary people in the village.

This precedent was set, and some people began to think about the idea of ​​Nanhua Temple:

"When my late mother passed away, my family was very poor, and I couldn't even afford a coffin, so I wrapped the body in a straw mat and buried her sloppily. Although I have made a fortune now, every time I think about it, I feel very sad." Uneasy, if the Taoist priests of Nanhua Temple can do another ritual ceremony for my late mother, it will definitely make her feel more at ease under the Nine Springs."

"Bah."

Unexpectedly, the man had just spoken, Liu Chengming reprimanded him with a look of air on his face: "Don't say that people are not moved by vulgar things, even if it is really for money, Nanhua Temple is full of incense, and there is no shortage of your family's money. "

After a pause, he poked his waist a little arrogantly, and said even more airily: "You don't even look at it, why the priests came here, it's all because of my niece's face, if you can come here today to help Everyone has eyesight, and my niece will never forget your kindness."

Faintly, he already felt that the Chu family's handling of the funeral would be no worse than that of the Qi family.

When he refuted his wife at noon, he still had a lot of worries in his heart. If he presided over the funeral by himself, if the Qi family disturbed his family, he would make people laugh after spreading the word.

Unexpectedly, it took only half a day. Not only the richest man in the village like the Shen family came to support the venue, but even the master of the Nanhua Temple came uninvited. With such a big lineup, even if the Qi family took over all the Taoist temples in the entire Luyan Port It is incomparable to invite all the Taoist priests to go.

"Hey, I'm really terribly clever."

Recalling his previous choices now, Liu Chengming couldn't help secretly admiring his own wisdom in his heart.

(end of this chapter)