Chapter 27: The Ancestral House
"Okay, you can call one of the city government's cars, which is convenient to use, anyway, this is also a patriotic businessman, we have to show our atmosphere" The mayor directly dispatched a car to Xu Wenlong to use.
Early the next morning, Xu Wenlong came to the guest house early, Guo Yongren had already gotten up, although the conditions here can not be compared with those big hotels in Hong Kong, but they are much better than the average, at least hot water is available at any time.
When Xu Wenlong came over, Guo Yongren had just eaten breakfast, and when he saw Xu Wenlong, Guo Yongren asked, "Uncle Xu, have you had breakfast, if you don't have it, eat some."
"I've eaten, it depends on whether you have eaten or not, if you have eaten, we will set off directly, the road conditions are not very good, we still need a certain amount of time" Xu Wenlong said directly, Guo Xing nodded,
"I've eaten, then let's go" Guo Yongren is not a person who drags mud and water, Xu Wenlong and Guo Yongren did it in the back row of the car, and Fang Zhan sat on the co-pilot.
Xu Wenlong deliberately didn't bring his own secretary, knowing that Guo Yongren was two people here, and if he brought the secretary again, he would definitely not be able to sit down, so the car drove out of the guest house and drove directly to Hudong.
Now the Shanghai market has not yet developed, Hudong is a wasteland, the ground is uneven, the distance from Guojia Village is still not close, along the way Guo Yongren and Xu Wenlong two people talked very happily.
Wei Ming told Guo Yongren that Xu Wenlong smoked, and when Guo Yongren took out a cigarette and handed it to Xu Wenlong, and lit it for Xu Wenlong, the two of them swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog for a while, and the relationship was much closer, smokers.
When it was almost noon, the car arrived at Guojia Village, and Guo Mingde, the village head of Guojia Village, received a notice from Xu Wenlong yesterday that people were coming over today, saying that they were bringing foreign guests from Guojia Village to see the ancestral house.
The ancestral house that covers a large area can be said to be very famous, with a history of hundreds of years, and the old people in the village have said that there is the richest man in Guojia Village, and it is also the former Guo family patriarch's old house, which left during the war.
I really didn't expect that the descendants of this family are back now, this is an opportunity in the village, if I can let this person spend a sum of money to build a primary school in the village, it will be a great help, and the children will not go to school in the town.
Early in the morning, Guo Mingde was waiting at the entrance of the village, far away, I saw the car coming, this year, the people who can sit in the car are big officials, Guo Mingde is not afraid to slack off at all.
The car stopped, Xu Wenlong and Guo Yongren got out of the car, to be honest, this trip was really bumpy enough, and it was still very good to get down and walk.
Xu Wenlong looked at Guo Mingde and smiled, "Old Guo, I can bring you the nobleman, at noon, you can watch it" Guo Mingde's eyes lit up, and he looked Guo Yongren up and down.
"There, Uncle Xu lifted me, I'm a wanderer returning home" Guo Yongren hurriedly said, this is the root of the Guo family, and the Guo family walked out from here.
"Okay, a good wanderer returning home, what do you call this little friend" Guo Mingde has studied for a few years, not an ordinary person
"My name is Guo Yongren, uncle" Guo Yongren said eagerly, and when he heard the title of uncle, Guo Mingde's face smiled.
"Let's go, eldest nephew, it's time to get home, now it's noon, go to my house for dinner, after eating, I'll take you to see, your family turned out to be the patriarch of our Guo family" Guo Mingde said loudly, directly raising the status of Guo Yongren's family.
"Thank you, uncle," Guo Yongren said generously, and he already had the will to improve the village
stopped taking the car, the three of them walked while talking, Guo Yongren handed Guo Mingde a cigarette and lit it, the three of them got a lot closer, and walked in the fog.
It's not very far from the sea, so there's a lot of rain, and there's water in the place, not to mention, many places are walked around, and this is when I arrived at Guo Mingde's house.
Early this morning, Guo Mingde collected a lot of seafood, and at the same time put a chicken on credit in the village, as well as two large jars of wine, no way, don't look at the village chief, but also a poor person.
Guo Mingde's wife at home started to cook it when she looked at the time, cooked seven or eight dishes, and opened a jar of wine to entertain Xu Wenlong and Guo Yongren, which can be said to have made a lot of money.
Guo Yongren directly put two boxes of cigarettes on the table, which was a pack of cigarettes in front of one person, and let go of the smoke, at this time the dishes were ready, they were all things from the sea, Guo Mingde opened the wine and poured it directly, and the three of them drank it.
Yesterday, Xu Wenlong said that he stayed here for one night today, and the guest rooms and everything were packed up, and in Guo Mingde's house, the west wing room was vacated, and they were replaced with new bedding, which was very convenient.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Guo Mingde began to complain to Guo Yongren, sometimes he was still in tears, Guo Yongren also shed tears, and the three of them talked and cried.
"Uncle, don't worry, since I'm here, I must do something for the village, and this is also the wish of my grandfather and my father" Guo Yongren immediately expressed his position, which can be regarded as stopping Guo Mingde's sadness.
After eating a meal for more than two hours, the three of them came out and went straight to the old house of the Guo family, which is located at the east end of the village, and the purple air comes from the east.
When I got here, Guo Yongren took a look, I rely on, the family is really a landlord, the area is really not small, the front, middle and back three-story courtyard, small bridges and flowing water, rockery fountains, carved beams and painted columns, and towering trees.
It's just that now it's full of weeds, and I don't know how much ash has fallen off the courtyard wall, but Guo Yongren doesn't care, here, Guo Yongren feels a sense of familiarity, a sense of belonging.
Xu Wenlong and Guo Mingde did not go in, this time is suitable for Guo Yongren alone, the two of them are talking outside, and swallowing clouds.
"Old Guo, you can do it, I see, there is no problem with your elementary school, this may be more than that, Guo Yongren should be the kind of person who values feelings" Xu Wenlong's eyes are very poisonous, Guo Yongren's nature He has already seen seventy-seven eighty-eight.
"As long as I can build a primary school, don't say crying, just kneeling, I don't care, the village is too poor, I shouldn't be so calculating the younger generation as an elder, but now there is really no way" Guo Mingde said with a guilty face.
After Guo Yongren entered the inside, he looked back and forth, stopped in a room in the backyard, pushed open the door, and inside was a small ancestral hall, enshrined in a lot of spiritual seats, and a large case in front of it, with a black incense burner on it.