On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there was a lot of pastries left in Lin He's house, and Erniu thought that this was all the people in the village who had only eaten one meal and didn't come, so there were so many left, so the Huang family discussed and sent these pastries and clean dishes to each family.

Huang also agreed, so many families can't finish eating, and it's good to send it to the people in the village, anyway, it was originally intended to be eaten for the people in the village, but of course it is excluded from eating every day.

The time in the first month is walking around each other among relatives, and naturally the time passes quite quickly, and it is the tenth day of the first month in a blink of an eye, the Erniu family has just finished breakfast, and they are playing with the two little ones in the house, and there is a shout from the courtyard outside, not long after, Ziqing walked in, saying that the patriarch came to find the owner, the Erniu family was very surprised, how could the patriarch come over, thinking that he also walked out quickly, sure enough, the patriarch was standing in the courtyard, Erniu hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Patriarch, why did you come to the door today?" ”

After speaking, he beckoned the patriarch to sit down in the courtyard, the patriarch was also smiling, but the smile on his face was a little complicated, and after sitting down and greeting Erniu for a few words, he said the purpose of his coming: "Erniu, like this, I will pass some old people in the village, we plan to rebuild the ancestral hall in the village, the current ancestral hall is really too dilapidated, so many people in our Linjia Village, the ancestral hall is dilapidated like this, and it also makes people laugh." ”

"Didn't the ancestral hall be renovated a few years ago?" Erniu listened to the patriarch's words and spoke in some surprise.

"Yes, the big guys paid for it a few years ago. However, it was only repaired and rebuilt, but this has been going on for several years. There is no way to repair some dilapidated places, so I discussed with the old people in the village and planned to rebuild them. The patriarch explained.

Erniu listened to the patriarch's words, and also said: "It's good to rebuild this ancestral hall, but if it is rebuilt, I'm afraid that the family will have to pay a lot of money, do the people in the village agree?" ”

The patriarch listened to Erniu's words, and his face changed. But immediately his face was full of smiles and said: "I haven't said the people in this village yet, but the village has already decided, whether you agree or not." This ancestral hall is to be rebuilt again, if you want to build it, you must make it better, the ancestral hall is a place to worship ancestors. You can't afford to slack off. ”

Erniu listened to the patriarch's words. didn't say much, just echoed the patriarch's words, and after a while, the patriarch spoke again: "Erniu, I came to you today, just to build an ancestral hall in this village, and I hope you can support it more." ”

Erniu didn't understand what the patriarch meant when he said support, thinking that the patriarch just asked him to agree to build an ancestral hall, so he said with a smile: "It's a good thing to build an ancestral hall in the village." Since everyone agrees, I'm definitely in favor of it. If there is a need for someone to build the ancestral hall, I will definitely go. ”

The patriarch looked at Erniu and didn't understand what he meant, and was a little anxious: "Well, we will go to the town to find a mason to do it, it should be enough, but I'm afraid that this silver will be lacking a lot, Erniu, you also know that the people in the village have eaten the last meal without the next meal, except for the share of money, there is no extra money, you see that your family has been very prosperous in the past few years, so I still have to count on you in terms of this money." ”

Erniu didn't know what the patriarch said about the support of this means, this is going to build a new ancestral hall I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, listening to the patriarch's meaning, it seems that their family has to pay for it in addition to the money, and it seems that there is still a lot, Erniu doesn't know how much the patriarch wants his family to give, thinking that he still can't easily agree, so he said: "Patriarch." Isn't this ancestral hall built by everyone contributing money, I will definitely not lose the money, how much money does a family pay? ”

The patriarch didn't seem to understand what Er Niu meant, so he said bluntly: "The money for a family is three hundred big money, but we calculated that the money alone is not enough, and it is almost a dozen taels short. ”

Erniu listened to the patriarch's words, but was stunned, what does this patriarch mean, is this ancestral hall a matter of his Lin Erniu's family, although the other people in the village are not too rich, but there are also a few people whose family backgrounds are good, why should he put all the rest of the money alone, what is this statement.

But Erniu knows that this patriarch can't be easily offended, if he refuses too much, he will save his face, and he will have to do something in his family in the future, and he will help him, but this dozen taels of silver, he will definitely not be able to come out, although these silver coins are not a big amount for their family now, but if he easily takes out these silver coins today, presumably as long as he does things in the village in the future, Erniu is a cash cow, and he will find him.

Erniu thought of this, and said: "Patriarch, I definitely support the construction of the ancestral hall in the village, and I won't say anything about the money, but these dozen taels of silver are a lot, and our family is afraid that it will not be able to come out like this, patriarch, you see that there are a lot of places where money is used in this family, it looks good, but it is actually an empty shell, and I am afraid that there is no way to do it this time." ”

"Erniu, your family has recently become famous in Linjia Village, this is to build a big house, and to set up a flowing water seat, a dozen taels should not be a lot of money for your family, and your family will raise more than one girl a year, the ancestral hall has been built, and your ancestors are also enshrined in it, you don't even want to pay this money, it's too stingy." The patriarch saw that Erniu was unwilling to pay this money, and his face was a little uncomfortable.

The patriarch's words are a bit excessive, Erniu's face is also a little bad looking, his own money is earned back by his family, this is to build a big house, and inviting a girl is also a matter of his own family, although he is the patriarch, but he can't control the affairs of other people's families, but Erniu doesn't want to have a head-on conflict with the patriarch, and when he was worried about not knowing how to refuse the patriarch, Lin He came out and shouted: "Dad, my brother is crying, crying very much, my mother said that I want you to go in and have a look." ”

The patriarch thought about the purpose of his coming and said it, so he planned to go back, and said: "Erniu, this is the thing, you see that if you have time, send the money to me, the ancestral hall will be ready to start after the festival, you have to hurry up." With that, the patriarch walked away.

Erniu watched the patriarch leave, then walked to the house, walked to the house and asked him what was going on, Erniu told the patriarch what he said, Lin He's family was a little angry, the patriarch was really too much, although the ancestral hall said that his own family also wanted to use it, but it was not used by their family, why did everyone use it the same, their family had to pay half of the money, this is not reasonable.

Erniu thought about it, and then said: "I'll go to my father's house, this money is handed over by the family, and when the time comes, my father will give the money, I'll go over there to discuss it, and see what to do with this money." After Erniu finished speaking, he went to Father Lin's house. (To be continued......)