Chapter 67: The Maddened Patriarch
Last year's incident with Lao Lintou was something that the people of Sandaogou Village did not want to mention. In the final analysis, Lao Lintou's two sons are at fault in this matter, but these people who ignore the old Lin Tou in private also have a lot to do with it.
Although the villagers blamed Lao Lintou's two sons, they didn't even want Lao Tzu to make money. But they all knew in their hearts that if they had cared more about Lao Lintou, maybe such a tragedy would not have happened.
After the funeral, Lao Lintou's two sons also let out cruel words, and never set foot in this village where they grew up Chengren. These words also completely ruined the villagers' thoughts about their two brothers, and naturally became a thorn in the hearts of the villagers.
Now that this thorn was pulled out by Wu Tian, everyone present felt a little uncomfortable. After all, to put it bluntly, Sandaogou Village is surnamed Wu, and everyone counts up to several generations of relatives who have broken bones and tendons.
But with the changes of the times, Sandaogou Village, which was said to be united in the past, has also become private because of the impact of monetary interests, and everyone has their own small abacus in private. When it comes to money disputes, there is no harmony between neighbors. For Wu Tian, who has experienced poverty, he is undoubtedly very unaccustomed to the current atmosphere of the village.
This time, Wu Dao proposed to lead the whole village to get rich together, and Wu Tian knew that if this matter was not done well, it would become a thankless task. Therefore, when he heard that Wu Dao was prepared to sort out this unhealthy trend, he supported it from the bottom of his heart. Now when I see that these most prestigious people in the village are still entangled in the gains and losses of personal interests, these words are naturally a little impulsive.
Facing the speechless crowd, Wu Daoxin said, "The old man is crazy." But he still said with a smile on his face: "Maybe what my uncle said is a bit rushed, but think about it, if you change it twenty years ago, would this kind of thing happen in the village?" In fact, for me, it is not difficult for me to lead the people in the village to become rich.
The only thing that worries me a little is that the people in the village are rich, and the current habit of judging gains and losses by money will become Bengali. For the sake of each family's income of less than 2,000 yuan, everyone made a fuss, and even quarreled with the village committee several times.
If in the future, when everyone can earn 20,000 or more, there will be riots. If I don't stop this unhealthy trend, no matter how capable I am, I don't want to see the once peaceful village become compared or even hated by each other because of money! ”
After being retried by Wu Dao again, Wu He, the oldest patriarch among the village elders, spoke: "Listen, even Xiaodao, this kid knows that there is something wrong in the village, why don't you juniors and cadres understand the matter." People Xiaodao made money last year, but think about it, did he make these earnings from the sky?
If he doesn't come to us today, people will do something to us when they get rich in silence. stared at the money all day long, but forgot the ancestral teachings of the Wu family to help each other, you are elders, and all these years have been in vain. My old man doesn't have a few years to live, but I also know that what the grapevine said is very correct and necessary.
I don't care how you discuss the charter next, anyway, my old man will put his words here today, as long as Xiaodao is sincere in doing things for the village. Whoever dares to speak ill of people behind his back, my old man's crutches don't recognize people. If you think my old man is useless, then you can give it a try.
Although I haven't been out of the village much over the years, I've heard more or less that 'there are women who don't marry surnamed Wu'. Why do the people of these ten miles and eight villages say such things, don't they just think that our village is poor and doesn't even have a decent road? Now people are in the same vein, and they are willing to come up with ways to make money, and everyone will make a fortune together. If you say bad things again, will you still be red-eyed?
If you want to be conscientious, you will take the wasteland contracted by Xiaodao last year and take out tens of thousands of yuan in one go. The ancestral shrine that has not been repaired for many years has also been cultivated, and which of you has this heart? Every time during the Chinese New Year, I hear you talk about who makes money, but who of them has ever thought about taking out some money to do something practical for the village.
If it weren't for Xiaodao's contracting fee last year, I'm afraid that the few households in the village would have to follow Xiaolin's old path sooner or later. I used to think that when I was old, there was something for you juniors to toss. But now it seems that you are all a bunch of people who only know how to play tricks.
Since Xiaodao spread out the matter today, I decided to convene a villager meeting immediately and go to the ancestral shrine to open it. I want to see that junior dares to rebel and destroy the future of Sandaogou Village for a little immediate profit. Don't blame the old man then, use the power of the patriarch to remove his name from the ancestral tree. You know, I have this power! ”
Listening to the cruel words of the patriarch who was nearly ninety years old, the village elders and village cadres present knew that the matter was getting bigger. If those fellows really don't repent, they will do as soon as the patriarch doesn't say anything. It's not good, at tonight's villagers' meeting, someone will really make a fuss about being removed from the patriarch's name.
Don't look at the big and small things in the village now, these village cadres have ideas, but when it comes to the rules of the ancestors, no one can compare the power of the old patriarch in front of him. Moreover, the right to expel the ancestral family is really only possessed by the patriarch.
The patriarch's speech meant that the tone was set for today's events, and soon everyone moved the location of the meeting to the ancestral shrine, and the big bell that usually rings only when worshipping ancestors is resounding throughout Sandaogou Village at this moment.
Especially when the bell was still nine rings, even the villagers who were working in the fields were frightened, hurriedly ended the matter at hand, hurried home to change into relatively clean clothes, and came to the square outside the ancestral hall.
Although it was still broad daylight at this time, the villagers who rushed here didn't dare to say anything when they saw the clan elders who had moved out of the ancestral ancestral hall. Standing honestly in front of the square, waiting for the next old man who will only appear in front of everyone as a patriarch when worshipping ancestors.
With the arrival of the last villagers at home, nearly 1,000 villagers in Sandaogou, except for those who went out to work and study today, almost without exception came here. Even the women, who rarely had the opportunity to participate in this kind of villager gathering, were standing honestly in the square at this moment, looking at the patriarch sitting on the chair of the Taishi behind the table.
Looking at the villagers standing in the square, Wu He, who was the patriarch, suddenly said: "Burn incense and worship ancestors!" ”
It's not a New Year's festival or a festival, why do you want to worship your ancestors? The villagers who came to the square were a little puzzled, but in this solemn situation, everyone did not dare to ask, and continued to watch as several elderly village elders lit a few long incense sticks and inserted them into the table.
As the long incense lit the swirling smoke, Wu He stood up from the Taishi's chair, lit three smaller incense sticks, bowed respectfully to the ancestral tablet on the tablet, and inserted the incense into the small incense burner in front of the table again.
Only then did he slowly turn around and say, "I called everyone here today because there are some things that I can't see, so that you don't want to do things that will shame your ancestors in the future." Now I'm going to invite the ancestral tablet out and tell you what's wrong with our village.
If you still think that you are the descendants of the Wu family today, then you will listen carefully to me, the people of the ancestral rules village of the Wu family must respect and love each other and help each other, but now I heard that some people see that the village has some income, so they will fight the idea of that money. If you can give a real reason, stand in front of the ancestral tablet now, explain your reason, and let the big guy judge it.
As long as you're right, I'll do what you want. If you have bad intentions and only want to make a selfish profit, then don't blame me for removing you from your ancestral hometown, so that you can't enter the ancestral grave until you die. Don't think my old man is talking big, I don't believe you can try. ”
Wow! It turned out to be for the matter of sharing money, and the villagers who rushed here heard that it was actually for the purpose of sharing money. When it was so troublesome that a villagers' meeting was convened, it was also seriously excluded from the ancestral tomb after his death. The faces of the villagers who stirred up the trouble turned a lot pale.
In a place like the countryside, once he is expelled from his ancestral home and the right to enter the ancestral grave is revoked, then he really has no face to stay in the village. Looking at the patriarch who was too old and released these cruel words categorically, the villagers surnamed Wu at the scene felt scared from the bottom of their hearts.
Seeing that no one came up, Wu He continued: "I know that there are no family rules and family laws that are not popular now, but the rules that the ancestors have shed are not something that you can ignore if you want to. As long as you have the blood of our Wu family in your body, and you still have a Wu character in front of your name, then you must understand that the rules of your ancestors can still bind you.
In recent years, people outside have begun to get rich, and our Sandaogou Village is still living a life of starvation and death. Finally, there is a capable person in the village, and you don't think about how to learn from others, but you are bent on beating other people's ideas, and thinking about how you can get something for nothing. I'm ashamed of you!
A few days ago, the second eldest of Wu Tian's family contracted Shuangshengling and took out a contract fee of 150,000 yuan, and the village committee has already said that this money is useful and should be spent on improving the public facilities in the village. You all feel that you are afraid that people will be greedy for this money. But have you ever thought about it with your brains, and if they can become the cadres of this village, aren't they also elected by you?
Why didn't you doubt their character before, but now when you see money, you shout that you don't believe them? What are your intentions, since you are embarrassed to quarrel with other people's homes, are you still worthy of being a member of the Wu family?
If anyone feels that they have done something wrong, let them stand up and kowtow to their ancestors now and admit their mistakes, I may be able to give you a chance. If you think I'm old and confused, don't blame me for calling them one by one. It's all people from the same village, you did those heart-wrenching things, don't think you can hide it from the people around you.
It is not a shame to stand up and admit the mistakes of the ancestors now. If you know that you have money and refuse to admit your mistake, then you are not worthy of being a descendant of my Wu family, and don't blame me for removing your name from your ancestral home at that time. Give you half a pillar of incense time to think about it! ”
Putting aside this sentence, Wu He, with the support of the two village elders, sat on the Taishi chair again and closed his eyes to recuperate. And the villagers standing on the ancestral hall square began to beat drums in their hearts. Several villagers who took the lead in making trouble suddenly became restless, and the white hair on their faces was like rain.
If what the village cadres said just now, it is estimated that they can ignore it at all, but it involves this kind of ancestral family law, unless they really want to change their surname or move out of Sandaogou Village, they will not be able to avoid this pass no matter what.
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