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Chapter 7 A blow to the ancestors
"Come on, my nephew is coming back to Tanggou Town to recognize his ancestors. I'm happy. Let's eat something dry. Come on, nephew has a chicken drumstick."

Li Jinli, who was the head of the family at the dinner table, said something, and immediately picked up a chicken leg for Li Chaosheng, and then picked up a piece of chicken himself, and said with a wave of his hand, "Eat."

At this time, other people on the table dared to move their chopsticks one after another, and as a junior, Li Chaolong only dared to move their chopsticks after many clan elders finished moving their chopsticks.

There is no way, this is the rule of feudal society, and the women and children at home can only watch from a distance, drooling.

Li Chaosheng took a mouthful of chicken leg meat, and his eyes lit up. This chicken is really fragrant, and it is definitely not comparable to the broiler chickens bought in the market in the 21st world. Than, it's delicious.

Li Chaosheng was eating, when he suddenly saw a six-year-old child in the crowd, looking at the chicken leg in Li Chaosheng's hand, he couldn't help crying, looking at him helplessly, very pitiful.

Li Chaosheng couldn't bear it and waved: "Come here."

At this time the child came over, Li Chaosheng touched the child's head with a smile and said, "What's your name?"

The child was a little timid, so he hid back. Seeing this, the old patriarch smiled and said, "Sui Wa, this is the elder brother of your second uncle's family, and he hasn't answered his questions yet."

Hearing this, the child acted like a little adult, imitating the Confucian scholars of this era, cupped his hands and said: "I have met my brother, boy Li Chaotun."

"Puff~cough cough..."

Li Chaosheng took a sip of water at first, but when he heard the kid's name, he almost choked to death. Li Chaotun, his real ancestor, did he touch his head just now?

"Nephew, are you okay?"

"Brother, is it okay?"

At this time, Li Jinli and Li Chaotun all looked at Li Chaosheng with concern, especially Li Chaotun. For some reason, they always felt that the brother in front of him was unspeakably kind, but at a glance, he seemed to be closer than his own brother Li Chaolong.

"Ahem~ It's okay, I just choked."

Li Chaosheng waved his hands and said, he finally calmed down his breath. At this time, Li Chaosheng looked at the 'old ancestor' who was staring at the chicken leg in his hand.

"Want to eat?"

Li Chaosheng asked Li Chaotun with a smile on his face, Li Chaotun swallowed and said, "I don't think so at all."

"Hahaha...the mouth is so stubborn, it really looks like me, Nuo, take it and eat it."

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Chaotun and smiled, and then handed over the chicken leg. Li Chaotun didn't dare to pick it up directly, but turned to look at the old patriarch. If you dare to resign, accept it."

"Thank you brother."

Li Chaotun took the chicken leg at this time, his face was full of excitement, he still did not forget the etiquette to salute Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng didn't know what was in his heart, at this moment he reached out and touched Li Chaotun's head again.

"Why are you being polite to me, hahaha..."

Li Chaotun glanced at Li Chaosheng, and then retreated into the crowd. Li Chaosheng took a look, thinking that this greedy ancestor would gobble up meat, but unexpectedly, Li Chaotun did not go to eat, but came When he arrived in front of an old lady, he handed the meat to the old lady. The old lady refused with a smile, but Li Chaotun still handed over the meat. It was not until the old lady took a bite that Li Chaotun began to eat happily.

What a filial ancestor.

"How old is Chaogu?"

Li Chaosheng looked and asked, and the old patriarch beside him said dotingly: "Six years old."

six years old?

Li Chaosheng looked at the old man with a gray beard, and was very curious, how did he give birth to a six-year-old child at such an advanced age?Is this child yours?

In fact, this is really a miracle of life. Although the old patriarch seems to be dying, he is actually only in his 50s this year, but in this age when the average life expectancy is 40 years old, this age is already considered an old man, and the reason for this is Weakness is mainly caused by poor nutrition and harsh natural conditions.

Moreover, ancient times paid attention to growing beard and hair. Once this person grows a beard, he can at least look ten years older. The combination of many reasons makes this old man look like he is going to die at any time.

But the old man is really in good health. Six years ago, he had a son when he had nothing to do. In fact, having a son in his fifties is nothing to a man, but it is a hell of a thing to a woman.

Not to mention this era, it is a high-risk thing for a woman in her 40s to give birth to a child. However, Li Jinli's daughter-in-law survived the hell and gave birth to Li Chaotun. Branches are gone.

But even though he came back from the ghost gate, his body has also become weak. The whole person looks sick all the time. To put it bluntly, it is also after-care, and the nutrition can't keep up.

As for Li Chaotun, it was not easy to give birth, and because he got a son when he was old, Li Jinli cherished it very much, and even spent ten catties of wheat to find the most educated old scholar Zhang in the town to enlighten him.

You must know that ten catties of wheat can save lives in these days!
Everyone was very happy to eat. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen dried ones. Li Chaosheng’s food was alright at first, trying to make it fresh, but the second bite was a bit hard to swallow. This wild vegetable is wild vegetable after all, and there is no seasoning here. In the age of the product, no matter how you eat it, there is a bitter taste, which is extremely uncomfortable in your mouth.

But other people ate it up, especially the pot of stewed chicken, which was full of beards from several ethnic groups, but at this time they didn't care about their image at all.

You must know that these elders usually have great power. In the Ming Dynasty, the administrative unit set up by Zhu Yuanzhang only reached the county level. As for the villages and towns below, they were all managed by these elders, and there were no public officials such as village chiefs or town chiefs.

Therefore, when the law is not perfect and the government does not go to the countryside, the clan elders are equivalent to the local emperors, and even have the right to decide life and death.

The whole meal was almost finished. At this time, Li Chaosheng didn't even finish a single cornbread. The cornbread was really unpalatable. Although it was made of flour, it was first mixed with bitter wild vegetables, and secondly, the flour used in this era It is not the refined flour that people eat now.

It is rough noodles without the wheat bran and malt removed. The taste is very rough. In this era, flour is also ground with stone mills. It is inevitable that some sand will be mixed in during the process. It's nothing serious, but for a modern person, it really hurts the teeth.

"Chaosheng, now that the recognition of the ancestors has been completed, what are your plans next?"

The old patriarch looked at Li Chaosheng and asked, at this time Li Chaosheng said: "Since I am back, I want to live in our Tanggou Town first. My father also left some inheritance. I will see if I can buy some land. From now on Make your home here."

　Happy Holidays everyone~
　　
　
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