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It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when Chen Xinhua returned home. When he walked into the courtyard, he saw several people sitting in the main room, both old and young. He knew all these people. They were all elders in the village.
To Chen Xinhua's surprise, the grandfather was also there. He mostly lived at his son's house in the town, and occasionally lived in the village for a while. The grandfather was the most senior in the village and had great prestige in the village. Chen Xinhua quickened his pace. Entering the room, "Grandpa, you are here, stay at my house for dinner tonight, I want to toast you properly."
The grandfather did not delay, and said with a smile: "Okay, it is said that you have made a fortune in Daxin, what kind of wine are you going to entertain your grandfather.
Chen Xinhua pointed to the cardboard box placed by the door and said: "I know that my grandfather is here, so I specially brought wine from the county seat. It's four-star and five-star. This wine is okay."
"Haha, this wine is good, in fact, mine wine is enough."
Chen Xinhua said: "It doesn't matter what kind of wine, as long as you are satisfied." Turning to the other elders, he said: "Grandfathers and uncles don't need to say more, stay and have a drink with the grandfather."
Chen Lisheng said with a smile: "Daxin, with such good wine, we are reluctant to leave if you don't tell me." The others all laughed.
After talking with the grandpa, Chen Xinhua knew that the grandpa likes to drink two cups but doesn't smoke, so he started to smoke for others, and at the same time passed one to his mother. Seeing that his mother's face was not very good, Chen Xinhua knew something was wrong, otherwise It is also impossible for so many people to come to the house.
Chen Xinhua said: "Mom, Grandfather and the others are drinking at home at night. Did you buy any food in the morning? If there is no food, I will call the restaurant in the town to bring some."
"There are vegetables. I went to buy a lot of vegetables in the morning, and I even weighed a big herring. Why don't you go to the kitchen with me to have a look, and order some more if you don't have enough."
"Okay." Chen Xinhua turned around and said: "Everyone sit down, I'll go to the kitchen to see the dishes, don't leave the grandfather to drink, if you eat pickles, you will lose face."
Just followed his mother to the kitchen, Chen Xinhua said: "Mom, what are the grandfather and the others doing at home?"
"Well, they are here to ask for money."
"I want money, what kind of money do I want?"
"Money for building the ancestral hall."
This is even more strange. Chen Xinhua wondered what the construction of the ancestral hall had to do with his family. No, there had never been an ancestral hall in the village. Even when he was reborn, there was no ancestral hall in the village. Now he is building only one ancestral hall.
"Mom, you said that an ancestral hall is going to be built in the village, why didn't I know about it."
"It's a long story. Ever since the old ancestral hall collapsed, the village has been difficult to live in. This story has been circulating for many years, especially last year when your Uncle Lin Bo had an accident. The old man said that the ancestral hall should be built to suppress evil spirits. During the Chinese New Year, the meeting in the village will be difficult. It is proposed that the money will be shared according to the population, fifty yuan per person, and you have been outside all the time, so you don¡¯t know about it.¡±
Chen Xinhua said: "This money should be paid. Why didn't our family pay it? It's only one hundred yuan, and it's only one hundred and fifty including grandpa."
Chen's mother sighed and said: "It's not that I don't pay, I also want to build the ancestral hall, but there are only 300 people in the village, and each person is divided into 50, and the money collected is not enough to build the ancestral hall. If there are more people, there will be people." I don¡¯t want to, now the village says you have posted it, and the village wants you to donate some money.¡±
Hearing from my mother, it turned out that there was not enough money, so the ancestral hall was not built. Chen Xinhua had already decided to pay the money in his heart. What happens in the next life.
Donating some money to build the ancestral hall is a trivial matter, but he is still a little worried. This money cannot be paid by himself. This will make people feel that it is too easy to ask him for money. If you are satisfied, then you don¡¯t know what people say behind your back. This is like giving money and still being insulted. After thinking about it, I said: "Mom, has anyone in the village already donated money?"
"Yes, it's the grandpa's son. He paid three thousand, and Lin Zhi's family gave one thousand. According to your grandpa, Li Sheng, you want to pay twenty thousand." I want to give some money to others and ask him to share with him.
Chen Xinhua smiled and said: "Mom, why are you sighing? Isn't it just ten thousand yuan? Let's pay more, so that everyone in the village knows that your son is capable, and you will speak loudly in the village." some."
"I always speak loudly in the village, no one can bully me." Mother Chen had a smile on her face when she said this.
Knowing the reason, Chen Xinhua asked his mother to start preparing dinner, and then he went back to the main room, and said with a smile: "Today, everyone has a good meal. My mother bought a herring weighing three or four catties. The herring cooked with bean worms must taste good."
The second grandpa smiled and said: "This dish is good, there are dishes and it's delicious."Soup, this one dish is enough to go with the wine. "
Everyone smoked and chatted about gossip for a while, then Chen Lisheng turned the topic to the building of the ancestral hall.
Chen Linquan took the words and said: "Daxin, you should know the reason for our visit, right? Your grandfather Lisheng and I are the cadres of the village, so we must think about the village. The village is not easy to live in. This is a major issue concerning our future generations."
The grandfather said: "Daxin, I hope you will contribute some money. My family contributed three thousand, and Lin Zhi also contributed money. They have already been handed over to your second grandfather. The money for the construction of the ancestral hall is held by the elderly association in the village. The village cadres don¡¯t interfere in this matter.¡±
Village head Chen Linquan said with a smile: "Grandpa, you are talking as if our village cadres are all corrupt criminals."
"This is not aimed at you. Everyone's money is just digging out food. This is to make everyone feel at ease so that we can do great things." Everyone nodded in agreement.
Chen Xinhua said: "Grandpa, even your old man has paid for it. I am a young man, and I can still pay. How much money is left in the village."
Chen Lisheng said: "I roughly calculated it, at least 15,000 is still missing, and 20,000 would be even better."
The grandfather said: "Building the ancestral hall is a major event, and it is difficult to build it once. Now that we have done it, I think it will be better."
The second grandpa said: "Everyone knows this. The ancestral hall planned now is a bit small. There is not enough room for the elderly to spend the winter. It is better to make it bigger."
The village chief Chen Linquan said: "Second Grandpa, isn't there no money? We are the ones who raise the money, and you are the ones who spend it. You don't know how difficult it is to raise some money."
Chen Xinhua thought for a while and said: "Grandfather, Second Grandfather, and Uncle Lin Quan, I'm not at home to build the ancestral hall, so I can't help much. If you want to repair it, fix it better. I will pay 50,000 yuan. If it is not enough, I will add more. The ancestral hall has been repaired to keep our Chen family safe."
The grandfather patted the armrest of the wooden chair and said, "Daxin is right, keep our Chen family safe."
Everyone didn't expect that the lack of money for the construction of the ancestral hall was resolved, and it was completed beyond the plan. Everyone was very happy and said that they would have a good drink or two later.
? Chen Xinhua saw that the time was almost up, so he went to the kitchen to check. Seeing that the dishes were almost ready, he waited until the fish was cooked and out of the pan, then the banquet could be started, and other dishes could be cooked while eating.
Chen's mother asked him to invite two uncles who were close relatives to drink. Chen Xinhua had already thought about this, so that there would be a table of ten people, and soon the fish would be on the table. Everyone sat around the table, Chen Xinhua is a junior, and seniority is the most important thing in the countryside, so he can only be responsible for pouring wine.
The banquet started, the wine was good and the food was delicious, and there was a big event in the village, everyone was very happy. Chen Xinhua drank a whole case of wine from the county town, and he drank it himself.
After paying money, drinking and getting drunk, Mother Chen was happy when she saw the result, but her face was ugly.
That day, the whole village knew that Chen Xinhua had contributed 50,000 yuan to build the ancestral hall. If he paid less, someone would come to him to borrow money after only one night. Seeing the result, Chen Xinhua thought that he was not young anymore. A little self-inflated, I wanted to play at home for a day or two, and when my brother-in-law came back to find something to do with him, seeing that something was wrong, Chen Xinhua immediately had the idea of ??returning to Shenzhen.
During dinner, Chen Xinhua said: "Mom, I'm going back to Shenzhen tomorrow, you go with me, you haven't seen the new house after it's been decorated."
"Okay." Chen's mother didn't delay at all, and said happily: "Now that the house is bought, do you and Xiaohui have any plans to get married?"
Chen Xinhua thought for a while and said: "I proposed to her. This time I will go back to Shenzhen to discuss with her and see what she thinks. If she agrees, I plan to get married in the first month of next year."
"Really, that's great." Mother Chen smiled happily and shed tears.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
"I'm so happy, I'll laugh when you're married."
Chen Xinhua took out a tissue from his pocket to help her wipe away tears and said, "Mom, look at what you said, you still have to help me take care of my son."
"I'm not happy if you don't let me take it."
The next day, Chen Xinhua said hello to his grandpa, and went out with his mother on a trip. This time, he had to bring a lot of things to Shenzhen, including three sets of tea sets. Chen Xinhua called yesterday. Go to porcelain capital to hire a van to take them to neighboring counties.
It¡¯s much more convenient to have a car. I arrived in a neighboring county not long ago. This time I didn¡¯t go to my second sister¡¯s house or the train station. I went directly to the long-distance bus station to take a bus to Yingtan because I missed the train in the morning. Not until the afternoon.
Those who got on and off the bus reversed two or three times, and finally arrived at Dongguan East Railway Station at 6 o'clock in the morning on the 15th. After a whole day of tossing on the road, Chen Xinhua now deeply felt that the plane was fine. Mom must ask the eldest sister to take her to apply for an ID card when she gets home. It would be too much trouble without this small card.
Dragging Xing Lu out of the station, Chen Xinhua saw his mother was tired, probably because he hadn't slept well in the car, and he didn't want to reverse the car anymore, so he directly called a taxi back to the manhole.
An hour later, the taxi parked steadily at the gate of the warehouse. It had been more than ten days since he left here. Looking at the big rusty iron gate, Chen Xinhua felt a sense of intimacy, and said in his heart that I, Hu Hanshan, had returned. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)The plane is ready, this time when my mother comes home, she must ask the eldest sister to take her to apply for an ID card. It would be too much trouble without this small card.
Dragging Xing Lu out of the station, Chen Xinhua saw his mother was tired, probably because he hadn't slept well in the car, and he didn't want to reverse the car anymore, so he directly called a taxi back to the manhole.
An hour later, the taxi parked steadily at the gate of the warehouse. It had been more than ten days since he left here. Looking at the big rusty iron gate, Chen Xinhua felt a sense of intimacy, and said in his heart that I, Hu Hanshan, had returned. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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