Wind and rain all the way, stop and go, stop and go, in an instant, the familiar relatives and friends in the memory are all gone, leaving Wang Zheng alone in this red dust to go around and around, turning around the people are gone, only the passing figure remains, falling in the depths of memory, left in the unreachable time and space.

In this life, the moment he woke up from the shoreline of the Xiangjiang River, he was destined to be separated from his relatives in his previous life, but when it was time to really verify it, Wang Zheng was difficult to accept.

Wang Zheng was stunned on the spot with the Wang family tree, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears in his eyes, ignoring Wang Youcai's continuous greetings beside him.

Wang Youcai was originally a big house, and he had been breeding for three hundred years, and the bloodline on Wang Zheng's body had long been thin, which was why he could still stay in this time and space.

Wangjia Village is not big, the news of the two strangers entering the village has already spread throughout the village, and it didn't take long for Wang Youcai's house to be surrounded by the villagers who came to see the excitement into three layers inside and three layers outside, and the noisy scene was like the New Year.

Wang Zheng, who was stunned for a long time, slowly suppressed the grief in his heart, looked around at the strange and familiar villagers, a sense of belonging arose, no matter how chaotic time and space were, this is also his hometown, although there are fewer parents and friends, but these villagers are also their relatives.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng turned his head to Wang Youcai and said: "Village Chief Wang, I am a tourist from other places, I have lived in Taohua Town for a period of time before, and I like the feng shui of Wangjia Village very much, I wonder if I can stay in your village for two days?"

Wang Youcai has not yet reacted from Wang Zheng's startled actions, as soon as he enters the door, he has to look through the genealogy of other people's families, if it weren't for the Cultural Revolution, and now he has entered the period of reform and opening up, he still thinks that Wang Zheng is here to copy the family.

After a while, Wang Youcai regained a little bit of the village chief's prestige and replied: "The two of you came from afar, of course, there is no problem with staying overnight, but in this remote mountainous area, there is nothing to entertain the two. ”

"But it doesn't matter. Wang Zheng took out a pile of ten-yuan bills from his travel backpack and said with a slight smile: "Here is 1,000 yuan, and I also ask Village Chief Wang to find a few fellow villagers to go to the city to buy some wine and food. ”

Wang Youcai was so shocked by Wang Zheng's actions that he didn't react for a long time, and the onlookers all stopped talking and looked at the pile of ten-yuan bills in Wang Zheng's hand in a daze. It's no wonder that they will react, in the 80s, 10,000 yuan households could be regarded as the richest man in a region, but Wang Zheng casually took out 1,000 yuan to invite guests to dinner, such a heroic act, not to mention that they have never seen it, they have never heard of it.

Wang Youcai's hands shook like rattles, and he refused repeatedly: "Young man, I can't help it, even if I invite guests to dinner, it won't cost a thousand yuan." ”

"The remaining money will be counted as the funds of the village committee, Village Chief Wang should go and prepare, I'm already very hungry!"

Wang Zheng ignored Wang Youcai's refusal, stuffed the money directly into his hand, and took Guan Zhilin straight towards the Sanhuai Hall next to him.

The disciples of Sanhuai have a long history, and the reputation of the top ten families is long. Sanhuai Hall, that is, Sanhuai Wang's family, is the largest branch of today's Wang family, and Wang Zheng's previous life was from Sanhuai Wang's family.

The couplet handwriting on the side of the door of the Sanhuai ancestral hall has long been mottled, and the big wooden door is also full of large and small insect eyes, with a creaky sound, the door is pushed open, but the eyes are seven or eight buckets of different sizes scattered on the ground, it seems that this ancestral hall has fallen into disrepair for a long time, has reached the verge of collapse.

Wang Zheng sighed lightly, lit the incense candles on the shore of the table, and bowed three times in front of the statue of his ancestors, which can be regarded as an end to his previous life, and from now on, he will live for this life.

To Wang Zheng's surprise, Guan Zhilin also lit incense and candles, and also bowed three times, and said playfully after worshipping: "I can be regarded as having finished meeting my parents!"

Wang Zheng was amused by Guan Zhilin's actions, and the sadness in his heart was also diluted a lot, he took her little hand and chuckled: "When I return to Xiangjiang, take me to meet my uncle and aunt!"

Guan Zhilin nodded obediently: "Wait until after Christmas, my mother should come back from the United States at that time!"

Wang Zheng knew that Guan Zhilin was still in conflict with her father Guan Shan, so he didn't ask any more, and the two walked out of the ancestral hall, walking hand in hand on the country road, breathing in the sweet air of the field.

Wang Youcai according to Wang Zheng's instructions, found more than a dozen strong guys, personally led the team to Taohua Town, three miles away, pulled back more than a dozen carts of chicken, duck and fish, the whole village men, women and children went into battle, not long after, each family rose up the smoke, the smoke curled, the light smoke was like fog, fluttering with the wind, like a call to the wanderer.

"Bang Bang Bang"

A brass pipe knocking sound sounded outside the village, after the knocking sound sounded a group of children's laughter, the laughter was getting closer and closer, and after a while, he saw a group of ragged children running in the field, Wang Zheng then remembered that Wangjia Village was next to the Taohua Primary School, and now it was school time, but this group of children were all carrying tables, chairs and benches, which looked very weird.

"Zheng, why are they all carrying tables and chairs?" Guan Zhilin's big eyes were full of doubts.

Although Wang Zheng has no experience in moving desks and chairs to school, he knows the reason, he explains: "Because there are limited desks in the school, children can only bring their own desks and chairs to school, and then take them home after school, because they also need to be used at home." ”

Guan Zhilin, who heard the answer, looked surprised, and couldn't understand how difficult life was in the interior of this era, especially in the countryside, and the remote mountainous areas were even more unimaginable.

"The meal is almost ready, let's go back first. ”

Wang Zheng rushed back from thousands of miles, in addition to looking for his parents, relatives and friends, he also wanted to do something for his hometown parents so as to improve their lives.

The large open space outside the ancestral hall, has been filled with more than 100 tables of banquets, the atmosphere is very lively, the faces of the villagers are filled with joyful smiles, such a scene is difficult to see during the New Year, and they feel more happy that today's fish and meat are enough, in the early 80s, the state limited the supply of fish and meat, so that the villagers want to eat a meal of meat is difficult, if it is not for the cancellation of meat tickets this year, even if Wang Zheng pays more money, I am afraid it will be difficult to buy this table of sumptuous dishes.

"Young man, I really don't know how to thank you, the banquet is almost ready, come with me!"

Wang Zheng stopped Wang Youcai, who was sitting at the head of the house, and said: "Village chief, don't be in a hurry to start the banquet first, let a fellow with fast legs and feet invite the mayor of Taohua Town over, and say that investors from other places have something to discuss." ”

Wang Youcai is now very convinced of Wang Zheng, listened to his request, and without saying a word, he asked a strong guy to run to invite the mayor. Taohua Town was originally a small town of tens of thousands of people, but now it is a period of reform and opening up, everything is in its infancy, and the mayor is not as difficult to invite as later generations.

When the aunts in the village filled the wine table, five or six Phoenix bicycles roared over, and it was the leadership team of Peach Blossom Town.

"Wang Youcai, why are you in such a hurry to find me, have you made a fortune in Wangjia Village, and opened so many tables of banquets. ”

Mayor Peach Blossom is a middle-aged fat man, and he shouted to Wang Youcai out of breath as soon as he got off the bike.

Wang Youcai quickly stepped forward to hold the mayor's hand, and said flatteringly: "The mayor of the town, you can count it, it's not that our Wangjia Village has made a fortune, but that our village has met a noble person today, come, let me introduce you..."

Without Wang Youcai's introduction, Wang Zheng said directly to Mayor Taohua: "Hello mayor, my surname is Wang from Xiangjiang, the meal is ready, let's talk while eating!"

With the mayor of Taohua Town and several leading groups entering the table, the villagers who were already hungry and thirsty immediately started to move, and the scene of eating together was extremely spectacular.

Different from the scene of the dishes and chopsticks flying sideways, the people in the first table had not yet started, and the mayor heard that Wang Zheng was from Xiangjiang, so he couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that Mr. Wang is also from Wangjia Village?"

Without waiting for Wang Zheng to answer, Wang Youcai said, "No, such a young man and this girl just arrived in our village today." ”

Wang Zheng smiled faintly: "Because I lived in Peach Blossom Town for a period of time when I was a child, I can speak some dialects here, and I invited the mayor to come over this time, mainly because I want to build a primary school here and want to hear the mayor's opinion." ”

Mayor Peach Blossom was pleasantly surprised after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Of course I have no opinion, for Mr. Wang's kind deed, we welcome Peach Blossom Town!"

Wang Zheng nodded: "Then it was decided, I can only stay in Taohua Town for one or two days, I will invest 50,000 US dollars to build this primary school, and Wang Youcai Village Chief will be responsible for this matter for me, the name of the primary school will be Zheng Zheng Upward Hope Primary School, and I will take another 10,000 US dollars out to pave the road and build bridges in Taohua Town." ”

Wang Zheng's straightforwardness made everyone present a little stunned, but it was the mayor of Peach Blossom Town who reacted first, he held Wang Zheng's hand tightly and thanked: "I thank Mr. Wang for his kindness on behalf of the people of Peach Blossom Town!"

Wang Zheng smiled faintly: "I don't want to thank you for doing good deeds, these money are just the initial donations, and when I return to Xiangjiang, I will set up a Zheng Zheng Upward Foundation, and someone will contact you for me." ”

After Zheng Zheng Upward Hope Primary School was established, the Hope Project became Wang Zheng's initiative. The reason for taking such a typo as Zheng Zheng is that the law of Xiangjiang requires that charitable foundations must be named after themselves, just like the later Gu Tianle Hope Primary School. Moreover, the word "Zheng Zheng" has the meaning of righteousness and loyalty, and Wang Zheng hopes that the children who come out of Zheng Zheng to the primary school can have the courage to be upright and steadfast.

A banquet was enjoyed by all the guests, and the mayor of Peach Blossom left with a surprised smile, and Peach Blossom Town was happy to receive a large amount of donations, which would add a lot of political achievements to him.

After the banquet was dispersed, Wang Zheng gathered Wang Youcai and several older clan elders together and said, "I still have 40,000 US dollars left here, and I am going to leave it to Wangjia Village to rebuild Sanhuai Hall..."

Without waiting for Wang Zheng to finish speaking, Wang Youcai hurriedly refused: "I can't help it, you built a school for us, we don't know how to thank you yet, how can we ask you to build an ancestral hall for us again, this is not appropriate, building an ancestral hall is the responsibility of our Wang family." ”

After Wang Youcai finished speaking, several clan elders also seconded the proposal, shouting that they couldn't help it.

Although Wang Youcai's words were tactful, Wang Zheng could hear the meaning, and he smiled faintly: "There is nothing inappropriate, I am also from the Sanhuai Wang family, and I funded the construction, which is not a violation of the ancestral rules." ”

On the same day, Wang Zheng spent the $100,000 engraving fee for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to be spent, and he felt a heavy heart due to the loss of his loved ones, and he was also much more relaxed.