Hearing this, everyone put down their luggage and looked at Li Dong, he quickly explained: "That's the case, the mountain road is not only uneven and difficult to walk, but also has to climb over two mountains, you guys will definitely not be able to hold on to these luggage, or I will call back to Lijiazhai to ask someone to come over and help carry it." After saying that, he took out his mobile phone to call.

Li Jiang immediately raised his arm to stop it, and said, "Fourth brother, don't fight, this little road, this little thing still needs to trouble others, you also underestimate us." ”

"Third brother, I didn't mean to underestimate you, but the mountain road is really difficult to walk."

"You just said that there are only more than two kilometers of mountain roads, right?"

"Hmm."

"It's just more than 2,000 meters, and we usually have to walk for 3 or 4,000 meters, it's okay, we have the physical strength." Li Jiang patted his chest and said.

Li Dong still wanted to persuade, but the others also echoed Li Jiang, so he had to give up, and then picked one of the heaviest luggage on his back, and then went to carry two more, but was stopped by several elders, Li Dong had to let them go again, and then led them into the mountain.

After walking for more than 20 minutes, the two families tasted how difficult and tiring it was to walk on the mountain road, not to mention Li Jiang and other young people who were carrying luggage, even the elders and children who were empty-handed also walked with sore legs, panting, and sweating.

Suddenly, my uncle Wan Shan shouted to Li Dong in front of him: "Xiaodong, let's rest for a while." With that, he sat down on the spot.

When Li Dong stopped to look back, the two families, old and young, were all sitting on the grass on the side of the mountain road, and then asked Li Jiang, who was beating his calf, with a smile: "Third brother, you should believe my words now, right?" ”

Li Jiang smiled bitterly and asked, "Third brother, how far is it?" ”

As soon as Li Dong said that he had only walked one-fifth of the way, several cousins, cousins and sisters-in-law collectively exclaimed, "Oh my God", Li Dong smiled and said, "It seems that I should call someone to help." "At this point, no one stopped it.

After Li Dong finished calling, his uncle Wan Shan frowned and asked, "Xiaodong, why didn't your local government build a decent road?" ”

"Uncle, I think there are two main reasons, one is that the local finances are tight, and there is not so much money to build a better road for our village, and the other is that there is only one village in our Lijiazhai, which has a small population and has not found decent resources, maybe the government thinks it is not cost-effective to build a road."

"What is not cost-effective, every village is a national policy, and it is really a mess." Wan Shan said angrily, although he is retired, his official authority is still there.

Li Dong pointed to the mountain road and said: "Uncle, this mountain road has been renovated, although it is not paved with cement or asphalt, but it has been smooth in the first few years after it was repaired, and it can also be used for cars, but then I don't care, maybe some officials think that this is okay." ”

"This is typical perfunctory, even inaction, and these officials must be given critical warnings." Wan Shan was very indignant.

Cousin Wan Ziyan hurriedly came over to remind her father and said, "Dad, don't get excited, remember that you have already retired, and this is not Baisha City." ”

Baisha City, the capital of Xiangzhou Province, a neighboring province of Ezhou Province, is not only the place where Wanshan worked, but also the city where Li Yunfeng's siblings were trafficked and lived for more than 50 years and had children.

Hearing this, Wan Shan suddenly woke up, but he was still angry, although he was the uncle of the Li family, he was not related by blood, and he could also be said to be an "outsider", and outsiders were still so concerned about the only way for Li Jiazhai to connect with the outside world, so how could Li Yunfeng's family, who was the Li family, ignore it?

Li Jiang, who is a businessman and has a wealthy family, took the lead in saying that if the local government really has no intention of repairing this mountain road, then he is willing to spend 100,000 yuan to take the lead in raising funds to repair the road.

Wan Shan immediately raised his hands in agreement, not only saying that he and his wife would take out 100,000 yuan in savings, but also asked the children and daughters to also make some efforts, Wan Ziyan and his wife are also in business, and the business is bigger than Li Jiang, the couple said that they contributed 200,000 yuan, and the cousin Wan Zixiong and his wife have just joined the work for a few years, and they have not saved much and gave 20,000 yuan to express their hearts.

How could Li Yunfeng lag behind any longer, raised his right arm and said loudly: "I will also take out 100,000 yuan, oh no, 150,000 yuan." ”

Wang Jiahui, the eldest aunt on the side, stretched out her hand and pulled her wife, Li Yunfeng glared at her, and shouted: "What are you pulling me for, don't you want to?" ”

Everyone was stunned and looked at Wang Jiahui, making her face dull, and asked angrily: "Li Yunfeng, which ear did you hear me say I was unwilling?" ”

"Then, then why are you pulling me?" Li Yunfeng asked in amazement.

"I mean, don't worry about this matter for the time being, it's not too late to make a decision after you get to Lijiazhai and work it out with your parents and fellow villagers."

Li Yunfeng felt that something was still wrong, and frowned and wanted to ask, but at this time, Li Haihai, the lobby brother, took a step forward and said: "Dad, what Mom said makes sense, wouldn't it be better for everyone to sit together and work together when we go back?" His wife and cousin Li Yao and his wife were also on the side to persuade him, and Li Yunfeng had no choice but to nod and say okay.

After resting for more than ten minutes, everyone continued to hurry, and after more than half an hour, they met the villagers who came to pick them up, and after Li Dong's introduction, these villagers took the initiative to help with the luggage, and then the speed of travel accelerated, and arrived at the entrance of Lijiazhai Village at one o'clock at noon.

Suddenly, a series of firecrackers rang out, echoing in the mountain nest for a long time, and the voices of the villagers "welcome home", "finally back", "it's good to come back" came and went, coupled with the powerful handshake or hug of the relatives, so that the uncle and aunt quickly sank into blood kinship

In the end, it was under Li Dong's reminder that everyone went to the ancestral hall in the village for dinner, the dishes and drinks had already been prepared, which were put together by all the families in the village, and they were all out of the best things.

There are countless things to say about the reunion of relatives, there are too many things to understand, and they all want to explain it clearly, so as soon as the conversation box is opened, it is like a surging river, and one lunch lasts until the evening, and finally the dinner is eaten in succession.

After the meal, the young people and children of the uncle and aunt's family were accompanied by Li Dong and some villagers around the village, while the elders sat around to discuss the process and details of the ceremony of recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestors tomorrow morning, which was simple but solemn.

First, the patriarch, that is, Li Dong's grandfather, explained the reason to the ancestral tablet, then the uncle's family and aunt kowtowed to the ancestral tablet in the order of the number of the eldest and then the youngest, then they kowtowed to the old man and the old lady for tea, and finally added their names to the family tree.