Sandalwood has the effect of promoting qi and blood circulation, and is a taboo for pregnant women. Inhaling enough sandalwood can even cause miscarriage. It is no wonder that Yan Jiyun's face is like this.

Someone hurriedly went in and removed the sandalwood, feeling a little embarrassed. This momentary negligence was fatal. If the fetus in Shuihan's belly was really affected by this, the consequences would be disastrous...

Shuihan had never entered the ancestral hall before, but had only made sacrifices outside. It was fine when he arrived. But now that he wants to go in and kneel down, the sandalwood incense must be removed.

Yan Hongzhang also heard the commotion inside, but said nothing. He just asked Yan Jiyun and Shui Han to wait for the smell of sandalwood to dissipate before entering.

What Shui Han was most unaccustomed to was being in such a serious and crowded place, feeling that everyone's eyes were focused on her, and she even lowered her head to her chest.

Yan Jiyun has not let go of her hand. Somehow today, her hand feels much smoother than before, and it feels very comfortable to hold it like this.

The two of them stood outside the gate of the ancestral hall. Shui Han held out his belly and his fleshy face was slightly red. He looked down at his toes and didn't know what to say to Yan Jiyun. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they were too unfamiliar to talk.

Don’t even know how to say it?

Shui Han frowned bitterly, looking a little anxious... I felt so uncomfortable, as if my whole body was covered with other people's eyes. In such a serious occasion, I felt very reserved. I had never participated in a sacrifice before.

When she was a child, she only went to visit graves. Now that she finally saw the grandeur of a big family, she couldn't help but secretly sigh, the Yan family is really different from ordinary families. Who would have thought that in today's society, there are so many families in the family?

The ancestral hall is still preserved, and the whole family comes out to worship. The ceremony is grand, a bit like what is shown on TV.

Fortunately, Yan Jiyun was by her side, otherwise she would have been even more nervous... Hey, why did she have such thoughts, just because he had people remove the sandalwood? But he had done more hateful things than this, she

Don't be fooled by his temporary concern.

Thinking this, Shui Han couldn't help but flatten his mouth and wrinkle his little nose, as if to warn himself.

Yan Jiyun had been paying attention to Shuihan. Although she lowered her head, he could still see the vivid changes in her expression. She didn't even know how adorable she looked.

"Why are you keeping your head down? I'm not a tiger, I won't eat you." Yan Jiyun's words were a bit teasing, but Shui Han was not in the mood to tease him.

"You are not a tiger, you are a bastard..." Shui Han blurted out without thinking.

Bastard, call yourself a bastard again?

Yan Jiyun's face froze, and he couldn't help but hold her hand hard, glaring fiercely at this little woman who was not afraid of death. Her courage had really grown. She had scolded you asshole once before, and now she scolded her again. This made the wise and powerful man

How can the young master be so embarrassed?

"It seems that you have grown a lot these days, which surprises me..." Yan Jiyun smiled sinisterly, and Shui Han felt bad. Could he be angry?

"You... don't be cruel to me... I won't be afraid of you." Shui Han said bravely, but she still felt weak in her heart. When Yan Jiyun became fierce, his eyes were like sharp swords.

"I'll take care of you later!" Yan Jiyun gritted his teeth and dropped these words, leading Shui Han into the ancestral hall. It was estimated that the smell of sandalwood would have dissipated in time.

There was a solemn atmosphere in the ancestral hall, with Yan Hongzhang standing at the top, Yan Jiyun and Shui Han standing in front of the tablets, with futons under their feet.

Shui Han didn't know how to worship now. She held the incense in her hand and looked at Yan Jiyun with her bright eyes from time to time. It was always right that she wanted to follow him.

Yan Jiyun held the incense in his hand and bowed three times. After inserting the incense into the incense burner, he knelt on the futon and kowtowed respectfully.

People in the Yan family have been accustomed to worshiping their ancestors since they were young. Every movement of Yan Jiyun is meticulous, and his face is extremely pious. Yan Jiyun respects his deceased ancestors, elders, and everyone else except his father.

of.

Shui Han was dumbfounded. Instead of just offering incense, she also had to kneel down and kowtow? But now she has a big belly...

Yan Jiyun knelt upright, without squinting, but said in a deep voice: "You don't have to kneel, just stand."

When Yan Hongzhang heard this, an imperceptible smile flashed across his eyes... He just didn't say anything on purpose. Just like what happened with Sandalwood now, it wasn't that he didn't expect it. He just wanted to test Yan Jiyun's reaction. It seems that his grandson also

It's not really that cold and heartless.

"Shui Han, you have a big belly. It's not appropriate to kneel down and worship. Just stand and be sincere." Yan Hongzhang spoke in a gentle tone and nodded encouragingly at Shui Han, signaling her not to be nervous.

Shui Han nodded blankly, held the incense and bowed three times to the memorial tablet, still thinking silently in his heart: "The ancestors of the Yan family, and Yan Jiyun's parents, I am Shui Han, I am Yan Jiyun's wife, I hope

You have spirits in heaven, please keep the child in my belly safe...Bless..." Shui Han closed his eyes and muttered a series of blessings behind them.

The ancestral hall, which displays the tablets of ancestors, is a place of incomparable holy spirit in people's hearts. When worshiping, Yan Jiyun's heart can be especially calm and serene, letting go of impetuousness and boredom, giving his mind a space to breathe, and giving himself a moment of relaxation.

, he can not think about anything, forget his cares, forget his bonds, forget the contradictions that bother him...

Looking at Shui Han with her eyes closed like a devout believer, her face as calm as water is almost transparent and pure, and she is carrying his child in her belly, who is the flesh and blood of the Yan family. Many years later, when Shui Han grew old,

When he grows old, their memorial tablets will also be placed here for future generations to worship and mourn...

A strange feeling that had never happened before grew from the bottom of Yan Jiyun's heart, as if there was an inexplicable connection with Shuihan... If this marriage will last for decades, regardless of whether the two parties have feelings for each other, then...

Is it all called growing old together? Will she be by your side when your temples turn gray?

Yan Jiyun was shocked by his thoughts... grow old together? Him and Shui Han?

Shui Han suddenly opened his eyes, and unexpectedly ran into Yan Jiyun's complicated eyes, which seemed to have a familiar light flashing. Shui Han's heart tightened, and he almost shook off the ashes in his hand.

Their eyes met, and neither of them said anything, but her speaking eyes were full of sorrow, as if to say: "Bastard, bastard, you are the bastard who makes me sad!"

Yan Jiyun's breath was suffocated, and the long-lost throbbing was swirling in his heart again. He stretched out his big hand and held Shui Han's hand. With the other hand, he covered the hat on her clothes and deliberately said with a straight face: "You can finish the worship.

Wear a hat."

Yan Jiyun would never admit that he thought Shuihan was so cute wearing a furry hat, so tender and dewy that he couldn't help but want to hold her in his arms and kiss her...

"Ahem..." Yan Hongzhang coughed a few times to signal that it was time for the two of them to come back to their senses!

Shui Han looked at Yan Hongzhang with embarrassment, his face was hot, and he cursed himself for not living up to expectations, why he always had no immunity to Yan Jiyun, and would be sucked by him if he was not careful. This was in the ancestral hall, how embarrassing.

Yan Jiyun was thick-skinned and did not feel uncomfortable at all. He looked directly at Yan Hongzhang.

Yan Hongzhang's wrinkled face showed rare kindness in his deep eyes. Seeing Yan Jiyun holding Shui Han's hand, he was also quite pleased: "You two have already worshiped in front of the ancestors' tablets. This

For the Yan family, it is more important than the wedding ceremony. In the future, I hope that you can support each other, work together to contribute to the Yan family, raise children, cultivate outstanding descendants, and pass on the foundation of the Yan family. You have the glory bestowed by your family, and you also have

The responsibility is to contribute to the family, remember, put the family first in everything, and don't do anything that damages the reputation of the Yan family, otherwise, this ancestral hall will also be the place where family laws are enforced."

The last sentence obviously meant a warning. It was a lecture that every woman who married into the Yan family would hear when she first entered the ancestral hall to worship. It was not directed at Shui Han alone.

Shui Han didn't quite understand why such a big family felt a bit like a feudal society, but she still respected it very much and nodded cautiously: "Yes, grandpa, I will remember it."

"Very good, very good...you guys, go down." Yan Hongzhang waved his hand. Only he himself knew what "very good" meant.

Shui Han walked out of the ancestral hall and immediately felt relieved. He raised his hand to touch the hat on his head, frowned and asked Yan Jiyun: "Is it over?"

Yan Jiyun held her little hand without letting go, and said lightly: "We have finished worshiping, but there are still people..."

Just as she was talking, Shui Han saw Yan Zhui walking into the ancestral hall quickly. She couldn't help but look back... This didn't matter, and she almost screamed in shock!

In the ancestral hall, Yan Zui knelt in front of the memorial tablet and had taken off all the clothes on his upper body, exposing his naked body. The old man guarding the ancestral hall stood beside Yan Zui holding a stick.

In such a cold weather, there is no air conditioning in the ancestral hall. Even if Shui Han is "fully armed", it is still a bit chilly, not to mention Yan Zhui taking off his clothes like this?

Yan Zhui gritted his teeth tightly, tried his best to endure the biting cold, and straightened his back...

At this time, other members of the Yan family also gathered around and stood at the door of the ancestral hall. They didn't want to see this scene, but the Yan family had to let everyone see it when they were enforcing family laws, so that it could create a lasting impression in the hearts of every family member.

to achieve a stronger warning effect.

"Yan...Jiyun...this is..."

"Family law. Yan Zui eloped with others without permission. This is a violation of family law." Yan Jiyun's deep voice contained complex emotions. He had never liked the existence of family law, but this time Yan Zui eloped with Shen Yunzi. Yan Jiyun

How could I not hate it.

Shui Han was shocked. Just now Yan Hongzhang was talking about family law. She didn't take it too seriously. She always thought that family law was something out of reach. But she never expected that in just a short time, she would actually see the family law with her own eyes.

Law?

Yan Hongzhang regained his usual majesty and stood there like a criminal, glaring at Yan Zhui with a sullen face: "Do you know why we have to enforce family law on you today?"

"I know." Yan Zhui replied simply, suppressing the trembling of his teeth.

Yan Hongzhang's expression was stern: "Look at these tablets. Each one of them has made a contribution to the Yan family. The Yan family has its current foundation because the ancestors worked their whole lives to build it and protected it with all their strength from generation to generation! If

The ancestors of the Yan family are like you, who can easily abandon their loved ones and jobs, and quietly run abroad without a trace. How can you, the younger generation, live as well as you do now? You have ordinary people.

It is something that is hard to get in a lifetime, but how much have you paid for the Yan family? The prosperity of the family cannot be achieved by one person, it is passed down through the joint efforts of each generation! Today's family law is to punish your selfishness!"

Yan Zui pursed his lips tightly, his heart surging, but he did not talk back. He did not want to argue with Yan Hongzhang at this time whether his behavior was great or selfish. At this moment, he knelt in front of the Yan family's memorial tablet and was deeply moved by Yan Hongzhang's words.

It was deeply touched. Indeed, if the ancestors of the Yan family were like him, willing to give up their family and relatives for love, then the Yan family might just be an ordinary family. How could it be as glorious as it is today? To become a wealthy family, too many people

They have paid, what sacrifices the ancestors have made in exchange for the long-term prosperity of the Yan family. No matter what they did right or wrong, at least this spirit of dedicating themselves to the family is worthy of admiration.

"Grandpa, I am willing to accept the punishment." Yan Zui was shivering from the cold, and he spoke a few words between his teeth.

"Do it!" Yan Hongzhang roared, with a look of regret mixed with anger in his eyes.

The old man who enforced the family law immediately raised the stick high, and heard a muffled sound, hitting Yan Zui firmly on the back! Yan Zui bent down in pain, but he quickly straightened up again, and the second stick

Then fall!

Shui Han trembled all over, and his face turned pale instantly... It was so cruel. It was already a kind of torture to have people take off their clothes and be bare-chested in such a winter, but they also had to use sticks. This is simply the style of a bully.

!

Shui Han had never seen such a battle before. He only felt that his breathing was disordered and his heartbeat was erratic. He nervously hugged Yan Jiyun's waist, buried his face in his chest, and did not dare to look at the terrifying scene in the ancestral hall...

She leaned sideways and nestled in his arms. He could feel her trembling, and at the same time he felt her almost instinctive dependence. He couldn't help but feel soft in his heart... After all, she was only an eighteen-year-old woman, and she had no mental capacity.

They are limited, so they will naturally be frightened when they see the family law being enforced. Not to mention Shui Han, even the other members of the Yan family are silent and dare not make any sound. However, there is little gloating in their eyes when they look at Yan Zui.

A little more, and more of a sadness that is rarely revealed... As a member of the Yan family, there is glory, but there are also unknown cruel restrictions. In this world, there are gains and losses, and they have gained wealth and status that ordinary people do not have.

, but they also lost the freedom and ordinary fun of ordinary people... Is this gain and loss worth it? Even the ancestors of the Yan family cannot answer this question.

Shui Han was so filled with panic that she didn't realize that her dependence on Yan Jiyun was now undisguised. She only knew that she wanted a little more warmth and a little more courage at this moment... How many unknown things are waiting for her in a wealthy and powerful family? Too much

Terrible...

Yan Jiyun's breath carried a familiar fragrance, which came from Shui Han. She never wore perfume. Her fresh and natural body fragrance was his favorite smell. He hadn't smelled it for a long time. On this cold winter day, he was holding her like this.

, looking at her chubby cheeks, his heart began to itch again.

"Let's go." Yan Jiyun hugged Shui Han and walked down the steps.

"Where to……"

"Take care of you!"

"..."
Chapter completed!