If Xiao Tianlei's seven aunts and eight aunts are ranked the top of the list, the seven aunt will undoubtedly rank first. The seventh aunt married to the city in her early years, and her husband's family opened a restaurant, and she rarely comes back a few times a year. However, every time she comes, she always goes to Xiao Tianlei's house to chat with Jiang. Every time she can't help but grab Xiao Tianlei and talks about it for half a day, especially when Xiao Tianlei drank her milk when she was a child, she often talks about it.

It was the voice of Aunt Seven. Almost subconsciously, Xiao Tianlei ran away, completely ignoring the shouts of Aunt Seven behind him.

Then I heard a sound of footsteps from behind, and another voice shouted: "Leiwazi, wait for me!"

Xiao Tianlei turned his head and saw that he was a young man. After careful look, he was also an acquaintance. Qin Jincai, the son of the seventh aunt, was sent to Zhengjiazhuang for a while when he was a child. He also played together every day at that time. Later, it was said that his uncle spent money to make him join a very famous sect.

Xiao Tianlei stopped, Qin Jincai came forward and said happily: "Ha... I finally ran out. My mother was so annoyed. She kept talking all the way, and her head hurts! By the way, why are you the only one, where are the others going?"

"I'm going to go to their side."

"Let's go and play with them all the way." Qin Jincai couldn't wait.

Soon, Xiao Tianlei led Qin Jincai to a barn. Qin Jincai felt strange. When he arrived at the door of the barn, there were several rows of shoes outside the door. Xiao Tianlei took off his hemp shoes and walked in barefoot. Qin Jincai looked into the barn and saw that there was a huge space inside, with a layer of straw mat on the ground, and he also took off his shoes and entered.

This is the indoor martial arts training ground established by Xiao Tianlei and others. It is still simple, but it is enough to use it. Because selling candy makes money, Xiao Tianlei customized some equipment in the ironwork to train muscles and body coordination.

Xiao Tianlei has to do some experiments in the Yilu every day, and he has to check the candy workshop, check the accounts, and the teaching work in the martial arts training ground is mainly done by Xiao Tianfu. Xiao Tianlei comes once a day and plays a few games. In addition, he does some targeted exercises. Although he has a hero template, Xiao Tianlei has not relaxed his exercises. Whether the hero template can exert its true strength is very important. The energy comes from a strong body.

At this time, two people were competing in the field, fighting hard and sweating profusely. While watching, the others drank some salt and sugar water to replenish water and restored their energy.

Xiao Tianlei did not make a sound, so he found a seat to sit cross-legged, and Qin Jincai also sat down to watch.

"Hey, Brother Cai, it's you!" The others glanced at Qin Jincai and did not pay more attention. Xiao Tianbao recognized Qin Jincai. Xiao Tianbao is now here to practice martial arts every day, and his body is much stronger than before.

"Baowa, you are here too, you are also starting to practice martial arts and stop studying?"

"It's not interesting to study, but it's still easy to practice martial arts. By the way, Brother Cai, I heard that you have joined that sect?"

"Don't mention it! I've been expelled from the sect!"

"Oh! Why?"

"Why can it be? Isn't it just a fight? My master said that I was not obeying discipline and was so brave and fierce, so I drove me out!"

"Then have you learned great martial arts?"

"Then... Of course, I, Mr. Qin, are you? I will show you some tricks later." Qin Jincai was a little insincere. The advanced martial arts in the sect were not so easy to learn, but he couldn't bear to lie. Seeing the two young men in the field, he was a little eager to try. He practiced hard in the sect for several years, and Qin Jincai was still quite confident about his martial arts.

"Biaozi, let's have a fight, how about it?"

When the competition between the two was over, Qin Jincai got up and walked into the field, hooked his finger at Zheng Biao. He used to fight with Zheng Biao, and the two could be said to be old opponents.

Zheng Biao also recognized Qin Jincai. Facing the challenge of his old opponent, he was also somewhat expectant and jumped up suddenly: "Okay!"

The two walked to the center. Qin Jincai was about to speak, but Zheng Biao kicked the side without warning, hitting Qin Jincai down. Qin Jincai was caught off guard, and his legs were taken off the ground, and he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground like a green onion.

Qin Jincai rolled on a carp and stood up, and said angrily: "You're attacking!"

Zheng Biao shrugged. He never talked about any rules in the indoor martial arts training ground. He was just based on actual combat, and he was only seeking death if he was careless. He heard that Qin Jincai entered the sect to practice martial arts. He was originally as if he was facing a great enemy, but now it seems that Qin Jincai doesn't seem to be very good.

"Then come again, I'll wait for you to get ready this time." Zheng Biao acted quite kindly. After Qin Jincai was ready for a while, he asked, "Are you okay?"

"Wait a minute..." Qin Jincai took a step and punched Zheng Biao.

Zheng Biao looked shocked, and Qin Jincai felt a little vengeful pleasure, but this pleasure lasted less than a second because he found that his wrist was locked by Zheng Biao.

"Hey--!" Zheng Biao shouted softly, and he poured his whole body on the ground. With Qin Jincai's own strength, he easily threw Qin Jincai out, but Zheng Biao pretended to be trapped and used the trick, and did this.

Qin Jincai fell several meters away. Fortunately, the ground was soft, otherwise it would be damaged. Qin Jincai was a little confused by the fall. He slowed down before he stood up and gritted his teeth and said, "You are so treacherous!"

"Everyone! Are you still here?"

"When I'm afraid of you? Come on!"

At this time, Xiao Tianlei gestured to Zheng Biao. Xiao Tianlei wanted to see what Qin Jincai learned in the middle of the sect. If he followed the current fighting style, Qin Jincai could not use the skills he had learned. Xiao Tianlei asked Zheng Biao to change his fighting style and compete with Qin Jincai in one move. It was basically Qin Jincai's main attack, Zheng Biao was passive in defense and occasionally counterattacked.

It should be said that Qin Jincai's martial arts are good, and the martial arts in the sects have been trained through many generations. If you practice to a state where you can pick them up, you will not be weak. Of course, Qin Jincai is still far from that state, but because of his move routine, he is unable to perform.

This competition ended up because Qin Jincai was exhausted. However, Qin Jincai did not admit defeat and agreed to continue the competition with Zheng Biao the next day. However, the next day was the New Year Festival, and all families were reunited. How could there be time to compete?

On that day, the candy workshop also stopped production. Xiao Tianlei, Zheng Biao and others settled the accounts together. The workers and their friends distributed some candy and bonuses, and went back to their respective homes for the holidays.

Like in previous years, the Xiao family would hold banquets in the old house and the whole clan would worship their ancestors together.

The New Year's Day banquet was mainly organized by women from each room. On the New Year's Day, Jiang went to the old house to help. Xiao Tianlei was not idle either. Even if he didn't like it very much, the two brothers still had to change into new clothes and follow his father Xiao Qinghe to the old house to complete some of his rituals as juniors.

The old Xiao family's house is just a two-in-one courtyard, but there are only about twenty rooms, but it was built by the older generation of the Xiao family exiled to Lingzhou. The old house is dedicated to the ancestral tablets of the Xiao family, which can be traced back more than a thousand years ago. The following are the ancestors of the Xiao family in Langya County, and then the ancestors of the Xiao family in Zhengjiazhuang.

My grandfather's name is Xiao Shaoyun. Everyone in the village called Mr. Xiao. He was a teacher in the village. He was a thin old man with a goatee. He spoke slowly and walked straight, which was quite like a scholar. As a gentleman, his grandfather was very strict, but he was quite kind to his grandchildren in the clan. Xiao Tianlei heard from people in the clan that his grandfather was the most knowledgeable person in the clan. If he had not been implicated and exiled, he would not have been allowed to take the literary exam, so he might have become a high-ranking official.

Xiao Tianlei had some opinions on the clan system, but he had no prejudice against his grandfather himself. It should be said that his grandfather was a qualified patriarch. He never used public property in the clan and treated the children of the clan equally. He was usually very frugal. The old man was very stubborn and still insisted on going to work in the fields at the same time.

"Qinghe, here we are, both of them are strong, okay! I heard that Tianfu and Tianlei followed the Zheng boy to do business. Doing business is also a way out, so you have to do it well!"

Xiao Shaoyun said a few words with a smile. Like most people in the village, Xiao Shaoyun didn't know that the candy business was actually Xiao Tianlei who was the one who was doing, and only thought it was the business of the Zheng family. Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu were just following Zheng Biao to join in the fun. No matter what, in the old man's opinion, it was also a good thing, and it was better than just digging for food in the soil.

After paying homage to his grandfather, there were other elders in the clan, Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu, who followed Xiao Qinghe one by one.

After walking through these rituals, Xiao Tianlei breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as he thought about finding a quiet place to stay, his seventh aunt was caught by him. He grabbed his ear and scolded him: "You stupid boy, I ran away yesterday when I saw me. Aunt Seven is so unpopular with you? You are so heartless. I have watched you grow up since I was a child. You have eaten my breasts. When you grow up, I don't recognize you!"

The seventh aunt had a sharp voice. When he said, the other aunts, aunts, aunts, aunts, and mothers... were all attracted attention and threw down the work in their hands and gathered together. Xiao Tianlei secretly complained that something was wrong. He wanted to try to get out, but it was too late and surrounded by the seven aunts and eight aunts.

"Oh, Lei Wazi is so cute when wearing this outfit."

"Damn Lei Wazi, you made the clothes by yourself, you're so clever!"

"Leiwa is not young, I'll tell you a beautiful wife another day."

"It's early, it's only thirteen."

"It's not small, it's not small. The son of Zhao Qianzhu in our place is only twelve years old!"

"That's a rich family, how can you compare?"

"Why can't you compare?! Don't talk about anything else, just look at this little face. Which girl doesn't like it after seeing it."

"But our Leiva..."

"I think Lei Wazi is not stupid at all, she is just a little stunned. She is much better than the foolish boy in my family who makes trouble all day long."

"That's it! With Rewazi's talent, it's not surprising to find a lady from the official family."

"If that's the case, we'll benefit from it when the time comes!"

...

The more Xiao Tianlei listened, the worse it became. Isn’t this just letting himself be a novice and have a soft meal? But, anyway, it’s just casual. Xiao Tianlei just wanted to get out of here. He just found a gap and grabbed his ear with one hand, and it was the seventh aunt again.

"This kid wants to leave again. Before he finishes his business, listen honestly."

What kind of serious things are these?! Xiao Tianlei lamented in his heart, but he couldn't get into an attack. He tried to keep his face blank, and felt that the corners of his mouth were jumping unconsciously. Xiao Tianfu, Xiao Tianbao, Qin Jincai and others were watching the fun while watching the fun.

"I've got time to gossip here, but I've got nothing to do, right?"

At this moment, an old lady dressed in an extremely clean dress appeared, with a calm face and shouted loudly, saying that the aunts and aunts had just dispersed and were all busy, and Xiao Tianlei was finally saved.

The one who came was Xiao Tianlei's grandmother, Ye. Everyone in the clan called her big grandmother. She was also a lady from a wealthy family. Now the old lady is the housekeeper of the Xiao family, in charge of the Xiao family's money bags and affairs of all sizes.

"Tianlei, let grandma take a good look. I won't see you a few times a year... From now on, come and see grandma when you have time." Ye pulled Xiao Tianlei and said a few words before he greeted others. If he hadn't been busy, he would probably have been a long time.

Xiao Tianlei let out a long sigh. As an introvert and very independent person, he is really not used to being too close to others. Even if he is a relative, he can only say sorry for his expectations for some relatives.

When adults are busy, the teenagers and children in the clan gather together, basically each with their own circles. Those who study together are like little adults, with regular and serious smiles. Those who are not studying together are much more casual and irrelevantly. Qin Jincai returned from the sect and naturally became the center of the conversation. Many people wanted to hear him talk about some things in the sect, and Qin Jincai was also very happy, saying it was like a singular saying:

"There are a few senior brothers in the door who always bullied me because they entered the door earlier. Who is my young master Qin?! Can you bully someone?! I secretly gave them some medicine to the urination. While they were in the cottage, I kicked them into the pit and filled them with shit and urine, haha."

When everything is ready, the whole clan worships the ancestors of the Xiao family. The specific process is not mentioned. In one of the important links, the clan leader will call the children who are studying in the clan to the ancestral spirit throne to preach the precepts. This year, he is very solemn and asks the children to recite the ancestral teachings. Perhaps because there is a literary exam this year, several children in the family will take the exam. Several children kneel there and listen to the old men chant for a long time.

To be honest, studying is not easy. Although living conditions are better than those of ordinary people, you can imagine how much hope and psychological pressure of the people are.

After the ceremony, everyone was hungry and the banquet that the children were looking forward to began. There were some conventional rules for eating. Women and children’s tables were different. Each dish was basically divided before serving, one piece of each person, and it was not enough to pick up one more chopstick. However, Xiao Tianlei and a group of boys sat at the table, but there was not much attention. They ate it in a few seconds and swept the food on the table.

The next day, the seventh aunt and his wife returned to the city, but Qin Jincai proposed to stay. The seventh aunt and his wife were happy to do so, so that Qin Jincai could cause trouble in the city and mingle with some erratic and chaotic all day long.
Chapter completed!