Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

(This book is purely fictional and we are not responsible for any similarities.)

(To be honest, I am a little scared when writing this. The more I write, the more scared I am.)

Li Zihang and Li Huaide had finished their discussion before they stood up to see the guests off.

The funeral of Jia Dongxu next door is still going on.

At this time, some funerals are conducted in accordance with tradition, while others are simplified to keep up with the times.

In rural areas, people usually bury their deceased relatives.

When a wealthy family in the countryside holds a funeral, they will keep the body of the deceased for three days, then invite a suona opera troupe and hold a banquet to entertain the guests, and then bury the body on the morning of the third day.

For families who do not have the means, if the death is a natural one, they will generally buy funeral supplies on the same day and bury the body the next day.

City dwellers, who do not have their own land, generally choose cremation.

Take the body to the crematorium for cremation and then take the urn back.

If the conditions permit, a banquet will be held to entertain those who come to pay their respects.

If there are no conditions, just take the urn home and that’s it.

Rich families would buy cemeteries and place urns there.

Those who have no money can simply place the urn at home, set up a shrine, and burn incense and offer sacrifices every day.

After Jia Dongxu's body was cremated, it was taken back home and the urn was placed somewhere.

The Jia family invited guests to express their condolences and held a funeral banquet.

The entire funeral ends here.

There is reincarnation in the world. You reap what you sow.

Jia Dongxu's evil intentions cost him his life.

Sha Zhu's revenge also required him to spend his whole life to make up for it.

After three days of suffering, Sha Zhu finally realized that he was fine.

Out of guilt, he even hosted a funeral banquet for the Jia family for free.

Afterwards, he kept his distance from the orphans and widows of the Jia family.

Due to Jia Dongxu's death, Qin Huairu, who was pregnant, had a miscarriage.

The baby in her belly was saved after she went to the hospital.

Li Zihang remained aloof and indifferent whether it was Sha Zhu's business or the Jia family's business.

Compared to these trivial matters, what he is worried about is related to the future life and death of the entire Li family.

If you don't become a householder, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are.

Since Li Zihang accepted all the rights in the family.

Only then did I realize what kind of responsibilities the old man had shouldered in the past.

After he became the head of the family, he calculated his family's financial situation and found out.

The survival of the Li family directly affects the lives of nearly 20,000 people.

There are also families that are indirectly affected.

Only at this point did he know the number and ranks of all officials affiliated with the Li family in the capital.

There are two senior officials at the ministerial level and five senior officials at the vice-ministerial level.

There are seven department-level cadres and nineteen deputy department-level cadres.

There are thirty-nine people, from department-level cadres to section-level cadres.

Among them, Uncle Seven, Li Huaide, Gou Zi, and Li Dewang are all on the list.

In order to hide the power of the Li family, the rest of them basically did not contact each other unless it was absolutely necessary.

Only when there is something important will he communicate through the flock of birds raised by Li Zihang.

Li Zihang thought about what the eleventh ancestor said, that their entire clan was one of the great forces in the world.

This is absolutely true.

After Li Zihang took over, he became the head of the Li family in Sijiu City and also the bloodline heir.

Only then did I know the approximate distribution of power among the entire clan.

After he considered the entire family's power, he realized that what the Eleventh Ancestor said was true.

Apart from anything else, the power of the Li family, led by the old man in Sijiu City, is already extremely terrifying.

The second and third masters of the Li family are distributed in Hong Kong and Nanyang, and the fourth master of Taiwan.

These four forces of the Li family can influence the country's political situation at certain times.

There are also forces in the ancestral land of Jiangnan, which are distributed in three provinces and one city, Huizhou, Suzhou, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

There are bloodline branches of the Li family in these places.

This is the apparent power map of all direct members of the Li family.

Behind the scenes, there are countless connections.

Their alliance members, faction members, and their respective personal connections.

All added together, the influence can really affect the domestic situation.

However, these resources can only be integrated when everyone’s interests and the brink of life and death are touched upon.

Otherwise, who would waste their good life and do something stupid?

Even if it means causing trouble, they will only do so if everyone can benefit and it does not violate their principles.

Otherwise, the united Li family will be targeted by everyone.

This is a force where both inside and outside advance and retreat together, and there is only one voice.

It will keep everyone awake.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the example of the Three Families dividing Jin would be repeated.

At that time, Zhi clan was the most powerful family in Jin State. Jin State was the hegemon during the Spring and Autumn Period. As one of the six major families in Jin State, Zhi clan was the most powerful family in Jin State at that time.

But in the end, the three states of Han, Zhao and Wei divided Jin.

As the most powerful Zhi family, they left in disgrace in the end.

No matter how powerful a family is, it cannot defeat the combined forces of all the forces in the world.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhi family in the State of Jin was somewhat similar to the current Li family.

The heads of each branch of the clan also understand this truth.

So don't do it unless it's absolutely necessary.

The entire Li family will not unite.

After more than a year of planning, Li Zihang can now face the future situation calmly.

Even during big storms, his family can survive safely.

It’s just a question of how much strength is lost.

As I said, as long as the roots are there, the old foundation will not be destroyed.

All losses will grow back with the passage of time.

By this time, he and the old man had teamed up and done everything they could.

Now we are just waiting for the storm to come.

Parallel time and space.

December of the year 1962.

After more than half a year, the Jia family has come out of Jia Dongxu's death.

Qin Huairu gave birth to another baby girl and named her Huaihua.

Because of the small locust flower, the fetal energy moved in the mother's womb.

After birth, I suffered from major and minor illnesses from time to time.

At the Jia family, Qin Huairu, who had just finished her confinement, was wearing a thick flowered cotton jacket and holding her one-month-old baby Sophora japonica.

What was the fierce argument with Jia Zhang?

Qin Huairu's eyes were filled with tears and she spoke loudly to her mother-in-law.

"Mom, how can you be so cruel?"

"Huaihua is Dongxu's posthumous child."

"Are you really so heartless?"

Jia Zhang was sitting on the kang and said with a worried look on her face.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"For more than half a year, our family has been supported by my apprentice salary."

"I can't read a single word, and you want me to read blueprints and learn car parts. This is just a joke~"

"There are two older kids in the family, tuition, living expenses, and all kinds of expenses for our family."

"Plus, the money you spent on hospitalization for childbirth, and Huaihua's occasional illnesses."

"Dongxu's compensation has almost been used up."

"If this continues, our family will really be dragged down by Sophora japonica."

"Listen to my mother's advice and give the Sophora japonica flowers away~"

Qin Huairu knew that what her mother-in-law said was true, but Huaihua was still a piece of flesh that fell from her body after she had been pregnant for ten months.

How can you just give it to someone?

Qin Huairu said crying.

"Mom, I know you're telling the truth."

"But I still can't bear to~"

Qin Huairu's face was full of love as she looked at her little daughter in her arms.

For a time, the Jia family fell into despair.

After a long time, Jia Zhang finally expressed her thoughts.

"If it doesn't work, we'll go and ask the Li family for help."

"And when you feel better, you can take my place~"

"You asked me to learn locksmithing at my old age, but I am still illiterate."

"Even if I study for another ten years, I will still only be paid as an apprentice."

Qin Huairu's expression improved after hearing this.

"Go and ask the Li family to slow down the matter~"

"If you don't have a big problem, asking the Li family for help is like killing a chicken with a butcher knife."

"If we bother the Li family, we won't even be able to enter their front door in the future."

"I don't know what's going on. Silly Zhu has started to talk to me again recently."

"I'll see if I can get some advice from him."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she instantly became angry.

"You can ask Shazhu for help, but if you do anything to let Dongxu down, I will die in front of you."

Qin Huairu said this with helplessness in her eyes.

"Mom, what are you thinking about?"

"Am I that kind of person? If you and Dongxu hadn't been trying to blackmail Shazhu before, I would never let Shazhu take advantage of me even if you kill me."

Jia Zhang looked into Qin Huairu's eyes, trying to tell from her eyes whether she was telling the truth or a lie.

Time passes silently, and children grow up quickly while people grow old.

In a blink of an eye, another year has passed.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month in 1963, Yan Jiecheng got married.

Just like the original plot, he still married Yu Li.

The third uncle, who is usually stingy, made an exception and was generous at his eldest son's wedding banquet.

Uncle Sanye often said that good steel should be used on the blade, and saving money is for future use.

Save when you should, be frugal when you should. It is enough to have money to deal with emergencies.

Normally, it is better to let others gossip about you than to be short of money and have to ask others for borrowing money when the time comes.

Li Zihang happened to be free that day, so he went to have a drink at the wedding.

Of course, the share of money he gave also made the third uncle's family smile.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Xu Damao got married.

Thanks to the Li family's reminder, Lou Xiao'e did not repeat the same mistake.

But even if there was no Lou Xiao'e, there would be people like Zhang Xiao'e and Wang Xiao'e.

Relying on his family background, appearance, height, and eloquent mouth, Xu Damao successfully married the daughter of a small capitalist with fair skin and a pretty face.

Sha Zhu had set his sights too high over the years, and had gone on hundreds of blind dates without success. After the Jia family honey trap incident, his reputation was ruined. As a result, no one came to him to propose marriage.

But he was still blindly confident and declared: "With my conditions, I don't have to worry about not being able to find a wife. It's just that I don't want to."

Aunt Qi no longer paid any attention to Sha Zhu.

Firstly, the distance is too far and he has no time to go to the Li family, let alone run around for Sha Zhu.

Second, Sha Zhu completely disappointed Aunt Qi.

Aunt Seven introduced more than 20 girls to him, but none of them was successful.

This made Aunt Seven extremely angry, and she scolded him for being a rotten wood that cannot be carved and a rotten mud that cannot be propped up.

The Li family has basically cut off contact with Sha Zhu, and will not take the initiative to take care of him.

In this era, people at the age of 26 are already in charge of the household, supporting the elderly and taking care of the children.

Because of Sha Zhu's relationship with the Li family, the Li family now doesn't even look at him seriously.

However, Shazhu feels inexplicably superior every day.

His sense of superiority comes only from his job, two rooms, a bicycle and a watch.