The ancestor of the Chen family is the soul of Chenjia Village. He was born in hardship, experienced war, struggled for survival, and ushered in glory in the last stage of his life.
The ancestor passed away, and the entire Chenjia Village fell into grief. It was just dawning, and countless people reporting the funeral drove out of the village.
"Zhongsheng, since our ancestor has left his last words to let Xiao Mo take full responsibility for his posthumous affairs, then we will follow Xiao Mo's arrangements."
Li Zongsheng looked at his senior brother. He was over eighty years old. He seemed a little older after one night. He couldn't help but said worriedly: "Senior brother, you have to take care of yourself."
Everyone of seniority in Chenjia Village came to wait outside the old house. The ancestor was gone. The most senior ones were Mr. Chen and Li Zongsheng. The next ones were Li Mo. Since the ancestor had his last words, what to do next? It depends on Li Mo's plan.
Everyone stared at him, waiting for him to speak.
"Xiao Mo, tell me."
Li Mo thought for a while, looked up at the people in Chenjia Village around him, and said in a calm tone: "I have been thinking about why Master asked me to be responsible for handling his affairs, and now I have figured it out. Think about it carefully, everyone. From ancient times to the present, looking at the entire history of human civilization, there are absolutely only a handful of people who have experienced suffering, peace, and glory like our ancestors, and have lived to be one hundred and eight years old."
"Each of us is very sad when our ancestor passes away, but we must be happy for our ancestor. This is his blessing. Who among our group can be better than him in the future. So we It should not be done in vain, and each of us should not have a look of sadness on our face, but send the ancestor away with a smile and let him rest in peace. Although the ancestor is gone, his spirit, his Will, the blessings he left us will forever affect generations of people in Chenjiacun."
After Li Mo finished speaking, he quietly watched everyone's reactions. The first person to break the silence was Mr. Chen. He nodded slightly and finally showed a smile on his face: "Xiao Mo said it well. Before his death, the ancestor said that he had no regrets in his life. He came clean and had no regrets." It's a pity that he passed away, we should all be happy for him."
Li Zongsheng sighed lightly. It seemed that the ancestor of the Chen family had understood this a long time ago, so he told Li Mo to take full responsibility for his posthumous affairs.
Everyone in Chenjia Village has figured this out, so the next thing has a direction. Just follow what was agreed upon, and open flowing seats around the clock.
"Xiaojun, have you contacted Xiaofeng?" Chen Gaofeng asked with a bit of anger when no one else was present.
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“There’s been no answer.”
Chen Xiaojun's eyes seemed to be burning with blazing fire.
"Beast."
Chen Gaofeng cursed in a low voice and turned to leave. Li Mo walked over and looked at Xiaojun: "If we can contact him, let him come back at all costs. The ancestor will be laid to rest tomorrow, and we can't wait for him long."
"If he can't come back in time, after the ancestor's death is settled, I will personally come to the door and break his legs."
Li Mo patted him on the shoulder. This was Jia Chen's own matter. It was not for him to intervene.
More and more people came to worship, and even people from the surrounding villages came in droves to pay their respects after receiving the news.
Yanagawa Kei called and wanted to come over to see the ancestor of the Chen family on his last journey. After all, he was also Li Mo's master. Li Mo originally didn't want to trouble him, but he slapped his head and covered his face.
Unexpectedly, people from all over the country rushed to pay their respects the next day, and local officials also appeared one after another.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Li Mo had to urgently discuss with the Chen family and publish an obituary through formal channels. This dragged on for another day, and finally the matters behind the death of the ancestor of the Chen family were settled.
"Xiao Mo, you've been delayed here for several days. The matters behind our ancestor's death are over. You'd better return to Kyoto as soon as possible. After all, you have many things to do of your own."
At the dinner table, the uncle personally poured a glass of wine for Li Mo. He had to pour it by hand.
"Uncle, if you don't want to go to Kyoto with us, you can choose wherever you want to live."
"No, no, the ancestor is gone, but this old house still needs people to guard it, and the Chen family's Bajiquan martial arts gym also needs people to take care of it. When people get old, they don't want to go anywhere. Xiao Mo, come with me Master, let’s have a drink. I know how much you drink, so I’ll do whatever you want.”
"It's okay to drink the first cup. Master, I respect you."
Li Mo stood up and raised his wine glass with both hands to toast him.
"Senior brother, it's better to drink less alcohol."
Mr. Chen glanced at Li Zhongsheng and smiled and said, "I still remember that time when you drank secretly. You were only eleven or twelve years old at that time. You good guy took advantage of us not paying attention and ate half of the plate by yourself." Peanuts, drank half a bottle of loose wine, and slept for a whole day and night before waking up after being drunk. Life goes by so fast, it seems like in the blink of an eye, you are already in your early fifties."
"Brother, while we can still move and drink, we can do whatever we want."
Mr. Zhou's family, who had returned from the United States, also rushed over. Last year, he was accepted as a direct disciple by the ancestor of the Chen family.
"Yes, yes, the most important thing is to be open-minded."
After three rounds of drinking, Mr. Chen suddenly thought of something and put the wine glass on the table with a bang.
"Gaofeng, your son is so shameless. Is he going to change his name? Is he going to have no contact with the Chen family?"
The target of the old man's anger was naturally the missing Chen Xiaofeng. Several people called him, but no one answered. In the end, he was even hung up on and his phone was turned off.
"Grandpa, don't be angry, I will go to the Magic City myself."
Chen Xiaojun stood up quickly and said, he is the elder brother and he is more angry than anyone else.
"Xiaojun, let's go back to the Magic City together tomorrow."
Li Mo felt that things were a bit strange. It was impossible for people to be unable to contact him for no reason, unless something happened.
"Xiao Mo, that kid is really ignorant. As my uncle, you can give him some clues. As long as you don't kill him, you can do anything."
Mr. Chen seemed to be drunk and angry, so the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
After dinner, Li Mo saw Chen Xiaoyan silently helping to clean the house, and couldn't help but walked over and took the broom from her hand: "You have been silent these past two days. Although the ancestor is gone, there are other relatives around you. exist."
"Uncle Junior, I know." Chen Xiaoyan's handsome face showed a hint of hesitation, "Uncle Junior, my second brother may have been tricked in Magic City."
Li Mo put down his broom and asked doubtfully: "How do you know this? Why didn't I hear you say it?"
"It was last month that I suddenly received a call from my second brother. He was anxious and said that he was not careful.
I accidentally made a woman pregnant, and that woman was still married. A group of them grabbed the second brother and wanted to send him to jail. They also said they would cause trouble at home. He asked me to lend him a sum of money to tide him over first. "
Li Mo remained calm: "How much did you give him?"
"One million and three hundred thousand."
"How many?"
Chen Xiaoyan was a little panicked by him and stuttered: "One.
one hundred.
Three hundred thousand. "
"You actually have so much money saved on you, okay."
Chen Xiaoyan was a little anxious. Her eyes were red and she said: "Uncle, that is the money I have saved since I was a child, and the money I earned myself. I am not afraid that my second brother will borrow the money and not pay it back to me, I am worried After he took the money, he would do something more extreme. In the past few days, we have been contacting him, but we couldn't get in touch. I felt even more uneasy and didn't dare to tell my dad and brother."
"You kid, don't you dare tell your family, just give me a call and I'll be able to handle it no matter what happens. Now I can't contact you, and there's no sound when you call me money. What's the point of just being anxious? use."
Seeing that she was about to cry, Li Mo quickly comforted her and said, "Tomorrow you will go to the Magic City with us. When we find your second brother, won't you know what happened?"
"Uncle Junior, I know I was wrong."
"Well, since you have quit your job, you will go to Kyoto to develop your career this time. Be careful when you encounter borrowing money in the future."
Chen Xiaoyan nodded.
"Don't tell anyone else about your second brother's borrowing money from you. The Chen family are all martial arts practitioners, so they can't get rid of the dirt in their eyes."
"Before, I was worried that my father would beat him to death, so I didn't dare to say anything."
Li Mo sighed secretly, how could a loser like Chen Xiaofeng appear in this big family. I haven't seen any progress in him in so many years, and I haven't paid attention to him, but my senior sister and Xiaojun definitely want to help him, but in the end, he can't help himself up the wall, and others can't do anything just being anxious.
Another day later, Chen Feng and Sirui returned to Kyoto first. They all had children at home who needed to be taken care of. Li Mo, Xiaojun and Xiaoyan drove to Kyoto.
We set off in the morning and arrived at the entrance of a high-end apartment building in Pudong, the magical capital, at around 2 p.m.
"Xiaoyan, are you sure he lives here?" Li Mo looked up at the building and said, "This place is close to the Bund. Many foreigners live here. It is a high-end luxury apartment. The monthly rent for a small apartment is less than Less than 10,000 yuan.”
"I sent him something two months ago. The address I left did not have a specific room number, it was a property address."
Chen Xiaoyan replied firmly.
When Chen Xiaojun heard this, he became even more angry: "He doesn't know if he can earn so much in a month. Where will he get the money to live here?"
"Brother, it's better to find the second brother first."
"To find him, peel off a layer of his skin first." Chen Xiaojun looked at the building, "But how to find it with so many floors?"
"Just say a few words and get out of the car."
Li Mo had already seen two security guards approaching. He lowered the car glass. The security guards who came nearby were stunned for a moment, and then saluted at the same time. One of them asked tentatively: "Are you Professor Li Mo from Beijing University?"
"It seems that I can directly scan my face wherever I go. Two eldest brothers, I have a relative who lives here. He had some conflicts with his family and lost contact. That's why his brother and sister came here all the way from Huizhou."
The two security guards glanced at the Chen Xiaojun brother and sister, and one of them hurriedly said: "Professor Li, do you have a photo of that person? Let's take a look. We will have an impression if he really lives here."
Chen Xiaoyan quickly took out her mobile phone and showed it to them. Unexpectedly, the two security guards suddenly had strange looks on their faces after seeing the photo.
