Obligations of the elderly

"What are you still doing in a daze?! Hurry over there—" Peiyun Ji was the first to react, shouted loudly, and grabbed a person next to him—his car was knocked into the lake, so he took a closer look The person who caught him was Gong Si, and Peiyun Ji was stunned for a rare moment. Gong Si shook the car keys in his hand at him, and then quickly walked to the car next to him.

Without any hesitation, Peiyun Ji immediately followed him, followed by Chihu Ji.Their car was the first to start and drive out, and the other cars followed behind them. A group of cars roared and rushed towards the lower mountain——

While they were desperately rushing down the mountain, the roar on the opposite mountain continued, and following the terrible movement, the exquisite pavilions collapsed, and when they finally rushed to the opposite mountain, what greeted them was A ruin.

The originally magnificent and magnificent palace had collapsed into a pile of broken bricks, not even a single wall remained.

This is--

Have you been attacked?Seeing this scene in front of him, Gong Si thought.

There are plenty of people who think like him.

"Have you been attacked? Someone attacked Ji Gong?" Someone rushed behind them and said.

"But why is there no one there?"

"I didn't see the attacker, and I didn't see the people who should have been in the house. It's strange..."

The teenagers talked a lot.

"It wasn't an attack." Others were still discussing, but Peiyun Ji had checked around and came to this conclusion.

"What's going on? It can't be that the patriarch himself blew up Ji Gong, right?" Someone said,

He was just joking, but not long after he finished speaking, the gravel and rubble in front of him suddenly moved, a section of broken wooden pillar was pushed aside, and a gray old man crawled out from below after a while.

Then, another stone rolled aside, and an old lady appeared not far from him.

It wasn't just the two of them. Before long, a lot of gopher-like old men and women popped up from under the rubble, all of them were ashen-faced, but they were very well-dressed upon closer inspection.

"Grandpa Zeng?!" Not far from the palace, a young man yelled.

"Isn't that Grandma Fifth?"

"And fourth uncle..."

Amidst the whispers of the teenagers, Gong Si also probably knew the identities of these old men and old ladies - they were all important figures of the Ji family.

Reminiscent of what Peiyun Ji said before, "The patriarch is having a meeting with the elders opposite", it is not difficult to imagine that they are probably the elders of the Ji family who were supposed to be having a meeting.As for how they were crushed underneath...

Gong Si stared at the first old man who came out.

Ignoring the great-grandson's cry at all, the old man crawled out from the ground, without dusting off his body, raised the crutch in his hand, and yelled angrily at the side:

"Patriarch, how can you blow up the Ji Palace? How can it be? How can it be possible! This is, this is, this is the inheritance left by the ancestors——" Because he was so angry, the old man was out of breath At this moment, his walking stick turned into an old lady about his age, supporting him, the old lady poured him a pill, after taking the medicine, the old man got better.

However, he had already said the most important words, and the young Ji family surrounded by him could already hear what happened here: What?The patriarch blew up Ji Gong?oh my god... this is...

The boy who joked before that the patriarch blew up the palace was especially surprised, his mouth was so open that he could stuff eggs!

The old man just said this out of anger. Later, he noticed that the teenagers in the clan were all watching, and the other clan elders were stunned and didn't continue to say anything.

Then--

In front of everyone, two men in black suits came from behind. The two of them first bowed slightly in the direction of the clan elders. One of them turned on a device on the watch, and a huge light The screen then appeared on the ruins.

After a brief phantom, a half-faced bead curtain appeared in front of everyone. A woman in a gorgeous dress was sitting upright behind the bead curtain. The bead curtain covered most of her face, and people could only see her face. The chin, the luxurious robes on his body, and a gloved hand. At this moment, that hand was holding an unusually delicate round fan.

This is a projection made by using the most advanced projection technology today. The projection you see with it is no different from the other party in front of you. Standing in different places, you can see the other party from different angles, and the other party is lit by a stove. Incense, the thin smoke curls up, it seems that even the smell of the incense can be smelled...

The woman wears a thumb on a gloved thumb. The underside of the thumb is red, with a black Ji character on it. Seeing this finger, the teenagers know her identity without the woman's introduction.

"Hello everyone, I am the current patriarch of the Ji clan, Sheyun Ji." When many teenagers swallowed their saliva, the woman introduced herself.

really!

Is this the stream's sister?Gong Si was stunned.

Just as he imagined, this is an unusually elegant woman, although she is just sitting there now, but just sitting there makes people feel extraordinary pressure.

The heavy dress, the dull and luxurious color, the antique room background...all the details show that this is a long-standing high-ranking woman.

She just sat there quietly, her posture corrected but safe, but everyone around her didn't dare to make any moves, even the old man who was so angry that he jumped to his feet didn't dare to make any more moves, but his face was still not good. Just staring at the light screen.

"Nice to meet you, the future hope of the Ji family. The voice just now was a bit loud, but you are relatively far away, so it shouldn't affect you." She said, her lips painted with dark red lipstick slightly raised, Her complexion was so fair that, against the dark lipstick, it was almost paler than the pearls in the layered necklace around her neck.

I don't know if she was afraid that smiling would make the wrinkles more obvious, so she slowly raised her hand and covered the lower half of her face with the round fan. Now, people can only see the exquisite and unusual surface of the fan.

Her voice continued: "I bombed Ji Gong, no one dares to attack Ji Gong, please rest assured."

I feel even more worried!The patriarch actually blew up his own palace with his own hands—although none of the teenagers dared to speak, many of them were full of doubt and perplexity.

Did something happen to the clan?Did the patriarch and the elder lose their temper?This, this... is there going to be chaos in the clan?

At that time, many people thought about it wildly.

The round fan shook slightly, and Sheyun Ji's thin red lips once again exposed half from behind the round fan: "There is no civil strife, and there are no other major events. Hasn't the coming-of-age ceremony started? I just thought of the most suitable task for this coming-of-age ceremony." That's all."

ha?The confusion in Ji's young man's eyes was even worse.

Sheyun Ji suddenly stretched out the arm holding the round fan, pointed the round fan towards the ruins, and said with a smile, "Now, I am going to announce the patriarch's task for this coming-of-age ceremony."

"Rebuild Ji Palace."

"Don't stay here, I'm tired of living on this mountain. I've already chosen the location for the new Ji Palace, which is the mountain you used to go to. Hehe, that mountain is higher than this one, and its geographical location is even better. Well, last time when I was sitting in the hall looking at the mountain opposite, I suddenly thought, if I could live on that mountain, would the view be wider and the scenery more pleasant?"

"I hope that the new Ji Palace will be built by you, without the help of the family, and not using your own account deposits. Someone will observe you from the sidelines. Once you find out that you have used the help of the family to rebuild the Ji Palace, you will immediately Lost the opportunity to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony, hehe, don't think too much, just build a house."

After finishing speaking, she smiled again, the round fan habitually pressed her cheeks together, and her figure began to blur.

"By the way, your range of activities is limited to Ji Palace, and you are not allowed to leave the vicinity. Later, I will also clear out these old men and old ladies. During this time, you will be the only ones here."

"I'm looking forward to living in the new home that everyone built. By the way, the time limit is one month."

The red lips were slightly raised, and with the last sentence, Sheyun Ji disappeared in front of everyone.

"What?! The patriarch talked for a long time, and he just said this? The ancestral house was blown up because of a coming-of-age ceremony, this... this... this..."

The clan elders who were still waiting for an explanation were completely dumbfounded, but someone has already come to ask them to leave.

Polite, yet unusually tough.

The ashen clan elders were finally "invited" away, and the "old concubines" all left, leaving only a group of "little concubines" present.

Girls, you look at me, I look at you, dumbfounded.

After looking around for a long time and regretting for a long time, they finally chose to return to the original mountain—the place where they were about to sweat and build a house.

"I think we have a lot to do with building houses recently." Gong Si immediately said to Xi Liu as soon as he returned to the original place.

Just now, all of them went over there to see the situation, but Xiliu didn't go there-Xiliu carried out his words not to go there very thoroughly.

"How can I build a palace in a month? It's simply an impossible task!" The sky was already getting dark, and a mirage appeared for a while on the opposite side of the water pavilion, but now it's all gone, standing on the top of the mountain in Heibu Longdong , the teenagers complained.

"I have long heard that Sheyun Patriarch is a very...very willful person. I really can't imagine that he is so willful..."

"I major in architecture, but my family is a side branch. I have never had the opportunity to come here before. This is the first time I received an invitation letter. I wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at Ji Gong, but it turned out..."

"How can I fix it if I haven't seen it—"

Finally, everyone sighed together.

Everyone was still thinking about what to do about this matter, and they didn't know whose stomach rang first, and then everyone's stomach rang.

Looking at his stomach, and at the people opposite, they quickly rummaged in the car, but——

"There is only a gift for Patriarch Sheyun Ji in the car, there is no food..."

At that time, someone said with a mournful face.

They thought that they would come here for food and accommodation, but who knew that the place where they lived was bombed in front of them, and the food was naturally gone, let alone if they wanted to buy nearby: when they came, they found out that the surrounding area At least two hundred kilometers are useless!

"Not only the food, but also it's cold! I thought I was going to attend a dinner party, and I didn't even mention that I came here wearing dresses, and the suitcases were full of all kinds of dresses." A girl continued.

As soon as her words came out, they resonated again.

Gongsi and Xiliu are better than them. When driving along the road, the food bought by Gongsi on the side of the road helped a lot. Both of them have eaten and drank, and they are not hungry at the moment. Because of driving, they are wearing comfortable and loose clothes , Xie Kai also reminded them to bring relatively thick coats, they are not cold, but the others are completely unwell.

Soon fires rose up on the ground. With the fire, everyone was not so cold at last, but how to solve the stomach problem?hunting?But it's night now, the lights are dark, and besides, they are all city children, and they are not good at hunting!

"Ah!" Gong Si suddenly thought of something, he first looked at the stream, and then at the rear compartment.

He thought of the pile of snacks in their back compartment.

Gongsi's sister bought a lot of snacks in the shopping cart. Although she just glanced at it, she generally found instant noodles, sausages and dried tofu... There are many varieties and everything, although I don't know if these young masters and ladies can eat them. eat, but...

Xiliu nodded at him, and then the two began to move things out of the rear compartment.

"Come here to eat if you don't mind, we have instant noodle sausages and other snacks here." Xiliu opened the box beside him, and Gongsi yelled to the surroundings with a loud voice.

"What?!" Hearing what they said, basically everyone came over at that time.

When you are hungry, there is no chance to dislike it. Even the young man who joked that the gift prepared by Gongsi and the others came over. He was a little embarrassed to see Gongsi, but Gongsi didn't say anything, just put a box of bubble tea Pasta and a sausage were placed in his hands.

Only Peiyun Ji didn't come over, and finally Gong Si walked over without talking to him, Gong Si just put the instant noodle sausage beside him.

With food, there is no need for Gongsi and the others to help solve the rest.

"I'm a water element, and my weapon is a fire element. Together, we can boil water. Do you use hot water for making noodles?" Someone immediately flexibly used his ability to make noodles for himself. Came over to inquire about palaces and streams.

"Yes." Gong Si immediately handed over his instant noodle bowl, and as soon as he stretched out, Xiliu also stretched out his own. The two bowls were placed side by side, and the boy smiled and poured water into both bowls. Filled with hot water.

He smiled kindly, but the tool used to pour the hot water was very special - it was a sword, he cut it lightly in the air with a knife, and the hot water flowed out, also... very strange.

After splitting the water and pouring it into the instant noodle bowl, the boy smiled kindly, and then left. He didn't stop, and continued to ask other people if they needed help.

The top of the mountain is filled with the fragrance of instant noodles one after another.

After finishing his share of instant noodles, Xiliu sat in front of the fire thinking about something.

There was no fire in front of them. The people next to them saw that they had no fire, probably because they had just received food from them, so they took the initiative to share the fire. Many people gave them the fire for this reason. When they arrived In the end, the fire on their side became the most vigorous fire on the top of the mountain.

The strong fire attracted more people. Unknowingly, all the people on the top of the mountain came together and sat around the fire. They were either eating leftover snacks, or whispering to people they knew, or Some people are like streams, quiet as if they are thinking about something.

After sitting with his knees hugged for a while, Xiliu took out a relatively thin branch from the fire and began to draw on the ground.

His movements were not noticeable at the beginning, at most, the nearest Gongsi and Chihu Ji looked at him curiously. However, as the area he painted became larger and larger, the neat lines and methodical The layout, many people have seen it.

"What is this?" The boy who poured hot water for them just now couldn't help asking him.

Looking up at him, Xiliu smiled slightly: "Ji Gong."

"Ji Gong?" The boy was taken aback.

"The Ji Palace in my memory." Xiliu said, lowered his head and continued to draw: "Since we want to rebuild the Ji Palace, we must have an architectural design drawing, right?"

"You're right! We need to have a design drawing." The young man said immediately, he didn't look carefully enough just now, but now he bent down to look at the drawing that Xiliu was drawing, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he was: "Oh my God! You are so amazing , I even know this kind of thing, unlike me, when I grow up, I only went to Ji Palace once, after I went in, I just thought how beautiful and gorgeous, and I didn’t remember anything.”

His voice was loud enough, and under his preaching, more and more people came over.

"Ah... that's right, the design of Jigong I saw in the materials is like this, um, I majored in architecture, and I have been particularly interested in Jigong since I was a child. There are records about Jigong in various books and materials. I have memorized them all before, and I, I can also help you draw!" said a tall young man who had spoken before, he was from a branch of Ji's family, he was very tall, but he was a bit honest and shy. With these words, seeing everyone looking in his direction, he shrank his head in embarrassment.

His family is considered to be a very declining branch of the Ji family, and he himself is an ordinary person without any ability. Ji Gong, who was related to his ancestors, was particularly interested. Now that he received the invitation letter for the coming-of-age ceremony, thinking that he might have a chance to see Ji Gong, he decided to come here. If it wasn’t for this reason, as an ordinary person, he would be I dare not come here easily.

Seeing that the young man wanted to retreat, Xiliu turned his head and smiled slightly.

Dividing the thin wooden branch in his hand into two, he handed half of it to the boy: "Here, you can continue my painting, or you can paint other places, let's go together."

Holding a thin wooden branch in his hand, looking at the stream, the boy's eyes were shining, he nodded vigorously, and squatting beside the stream, he also immersed himself in drawing.

The two of them were drawing next to each other, and the others were watching them draw.

It's strange to say that when I first heard it, I thought it was an impossible task. Now that my stomach is full and my body is warm, I saw these two people squatting by the fire and drawing Ji Gong's picture. Although the structural diagram was drawn on the sand, the strokes and strokes of the two were very methodical. Seeing such a structural diagram gradually expand the area, everyone gradually settled down in their hearts.

Seeing that the area of ​​the surrounding land was not enough for them to paint, they didn't know who was the first to do it. They started to help Xiliu and the others to clean up the ground, clearing out more flat areas so that they could continue to paint.

"Okay, this is the blueprint of the main palace." With the efforts of the two of them, a complete blueprint of the palace appeared on the ground.

Patting his numb knee, Xiliu stood up with a smile, and then he glanced at Gong Si.

Raised eyebrows turned into the shape of scissors, Gongsi was held in the hands of the stream, and gently cut against the ground——

The "strokes" of the design drawing originally drawn by wooden branches suddenly caught fire, and the lines of the design drawing on the ground became lines of fire. Then, the stream gently turned it upwards, just like cutting the cut paper from the original paper. Like turning up and down, the design drawing condensed by the fire wire appeared in the sky, burning, clear and bright in front of everyone, it looked like a palace!

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