Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 71 The wisdom of our ancestors
"Okay, okay, I won't leave!"

Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani suddenly started crying again, and he quickly said to her, "Okay, stop crying. If you keep crying, you won't look pretty when you grow up!"

"Ok!"

When Xu Dani heard this, the nervous expression on her little face relaxed a lot at once, but she still held Li Guoqiang's clothes tightly with her hands, as if she was worried that Li Guoqiang would suddenly disappear if she let go.

Seeing Xu Dani like this, Li Guoqiang could only reach out and carry her onto the fire pit, and sit with her next to Qu Yinfeng.

At this time, Qu Yinfeng suddenly said with a grateful look on her face: "Qiangzi, I am really sorry to trouble you with the old man's funeral. Just think of the money I used as a loan to you. I will pay it back to you slowly in the future."

"Ah! What are you talking about?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, and then said seriously: "Aren't we a family? Since we are a family, let's not talk about whether it is troublesome or not."

"Also, don't take that little money to heart. My uncle gave me a hundred-year-old wild ginseng, so it's only right that I pay for his funeral."

"If you insist on calculating it so clearly with me, then I can only return this hundred-year-old wild ginseng to you!"

After saying that, he reached into his pocket, took out the newspaper with the ginseng picking route map on it, and placed it in front of Qu Yinfeng.

"you"

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang's actions, she was speechless for a moment, and she also felt relieved in her heart, thinking that Xu Guangshan really did not make a mistake in choosing him this time.

Then she reached out to wipe away her tears, a relaxed smile appearing on her face.

"Okay! I'll listen to you then!"

"Oh, that's right!"

Li Guoqiang nodded with satisfaction, then reached out to put the newspaper back in place.

Then, he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Auntie, why didn't you go and dig up that hundred-year-old wild ginseng, and then take it to the county town to sell it for some money to pay for my grandfather's medical treatment?"

"Ugh!"

Qu Yinfeng sighed softly upon hearing this, and then explained with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Actually, this is because the old man feels that his body is already useless. Even if he can use the money to get a little better, he can only live for another one or two years at most."

"So, he wanted to leave the 100-year-old wild ginseng to Dani and me as a family fortune. If one day we really couldn't make ends meet, we could use this 100-year-old wild ginseng to exchange for a chance to survive."

"I couldn't persuade him, and as a woman I didn't know how to pick ginseng, so I had to let him do it in the end."

Hearing these words, Li Guoqiang thought of Xu Guangshan’s last words, and a look of realization appeared on his face.

Then, he hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Well, Auntie, I heard that people in our village usually avoid our house, but I think everyone is very caring to come and help today!"

"You want to ask why they are all willing to come and help, right?"

Qu Yinfeng smiled slightly, and then said the key to this, "In fact, this is all because of the rules passed down by our ancestors. As long as people grow old, they will get old one day. If anyone of them doesn't come to help this time, then when their elders pass away, others will follow suit and find excuses not to help."

"So, they didn't actually want to help, but had to help."

"So that's how it is!" Li Guoqiang nodded, and suddenly felt admiration for the wisdom of his ancestors.

This kind of rule will undoubtedly enable people of the same clan to be more closely connected, so that after a few generations, no one will recognize each other.

Especially when living conditions are difficult nowadays, it can obviously make it easier for people to unite and face difficulties together.

However, perhaps our ancestors did not expect what kind of prosperous era the future would usher in. Many of the rules passed down from generation to generation have become less important in the face of money.

"What's the matter? Do you regret living here?"

Qu Yinfeng saw that Li Guoqiang suddenly became silent, and thought that he was worried that his family would be implicated in the future, so she hurriedly asked nervously.

"no!"

Li Guoqiang came back to his senses, shook his head quickly and explained: "You and Dani are so good to me, how can I regret living here? I was just thinking about how to make our life better in the future so that those people in the village can have a good look at us."

"You silly boy!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but said with some amusement: "Whether life is good or bad, we live it ourselves. Why should we live it in front of others?"

"Besides, our life now is already pretty good, so don't have any more crooked ideas!"

"hey-hey!"

Li Guoqiang knew that Qu Yinfeng was worried about him and would make another joke about buying piglets to raise in the middle of winter, so he quickly responded with a wry smile.

Then, he looked down at the little girl who was nestled in his arms and listening to their conversation quietly, and said softly: "Dani, it's getting late now, we have to clean up the house quickly, you lie on the kang and rest for a while, I will come back to accompany you after we finish cleaning."

"No, I don't want to take a break, I want to clean up with you!"

Xu Dani rejected Li Guoqiang's proposal without thinking, and offered to pack up with him.

"Okay! Then just follow me and give me a hand!"

Looking at Xu Dani's insistent expression, Li Guoqiang could only nod and agree.

Then he took Xu Dani down from the fire pit and went to the outer room to start working.

The first thing to do was to take out the sugar, peanut oil and pork hidden in the corn flour and put them away.

Then, he took a broom and a rag and carefully cleaned the floor and stove of the entire outer room, and put all the things in place.

After the outhouse was ready, he immediately took Xu Dani out to tidy up the yard.

While they were busy, Qu Yinfeng was not idle either. She filled several basins with hot water and scrubbed the kang mats and cabinets in the inner room several times. She also sorted out some of Xu Guangshan's belongings, preparing to throw them away outside or store them in a wooden box.

Just as Li Guoqiang was reorganizing the pile of firewood, which was already running low, and thinking about taking some time out to go to the mountains one day to get some firewood out of the storage space, he was suddenly attracted by the empty doghouse.

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