Chapter 371 Overseas Chinese worship their ancestors
"Third uncle, is life in our hometown so good now? Even these top-notch luxury cars are on the road? Fang Changhe couldn't help but ask the same question.
Uncle Tai smiled heartily and said, "Life in the village is indeed passable, but these cars are not something we can afford ourselves, they are all borrowed." ”
Uncle Tai didn't know the value of these cars, and he couldn't bear the shouts of those people in the village who saw them, and with their excited and excited looks, even the deaf could know that these cars were worth a lot.
"Borrowed?" Fang Changhe was stunned, if he wants to say that he can still understand that he can still understand that borrowing a car, and it is this kind of top-level luxury car, is not a very good relationship, or the other party has a request for himself, generally no one is willing to borrow, isn't there a saying, the car is a man's second wife.
"Hehe, yes, borrowed it, I heard that Fang Yun's friend in the capital specially sent it to the village." Uncle Tai pointed at Fang Yun with a smile and said.
Fang Yun said with a smile: "Grandpa, Uncle Tai is right, these cars are borrowed by friends to drive for a few days to fill the façade." ”
Fang Changhe glanced at Fang Yun deeply, borrowing a car from others, and letting others go all the way to the door, this ability is absolutely extraordinary, whether Fang Yun has a deep relationship with those rich people, or those rich people have a request for him.
Of course, Fang Changhe didn't think that Fang Yun had any place to make those rich people ask for him, he had also remitted a sum of money back the year before last, if there was such a powerful person in the village, Fang Zhong would definitely not accept his money.
Even if Fang Yun had a good relationship with them, it was enough to make Fang Changhe feel incredible. People of all identities have their own life circles, and it is difficult for people with insufficient identities to integrate into other people's circles.
No matter what, Fang Changhe's feeling for Fang Yun is very good, he can directly admit that he borrowed a car to fill the façade, at least his personality is very direct, he can say whatever he wants, and he is not hypocritical.
After all, he was getting older, and after chatting with Uncle Tai and Fang Yun for a while, Fang Changhe felt very tired. Under the care of his own son. Leaned back in his chair and fell asleep.
"Dad's health is getting worse and worse, this time we didn't approve of him coming back in person, but Dad insisted on coming back, and he often said that the fallen leaves had to return to the roots. Even if you die, you have to die in your hometown. Fang Nianzu looked at his father worriedly. Qiang said with a smile.
"It's fine. As long as the grandfather comes back, we still want to pay good tribute to his old man. Fang Yun said with a smile, joking. With oneself, as long as one still has a breath, it is not easy to want to die.
Uncle Tai said proudly: "Don't worry, as long as you come back, the days after the dog will still be long, you see the old man, I am more than 110 years old this year, and my body is much better than the dog egg, why, it's not the feng shui of our hometown." ”
"More than one hundred and ten! It's true? Fang Nianzu was taken aback, and looked at the proud uncle in disbelief, an old man in his hundred years old was actually in better health than himself. At first, I thought that my uncle was just older and younger than my father.
"You rabbit cub, uncle, I will not be able to lie to you." Uncle Tai's eyes widened, but his heart was a little weak, there are some long-lived old people in the village, but their health was not very good before, they were all in the old age, their body was worse than a dog's egg, and half of the loess was buried in the body.
I don't know why, since last year, everyone seems to be living younger and younger, and now Uncle Tai is very confident that he will live for another ten or twenty years.
"Don't dare, don't you dare, I'm not too happy." Fang Nianzu was overjoyed, looking at the red-faced appearance of the old lady who was more than 100 years old, he was excited in his heart, if this was the case, Dad really came back this time.
"Uncle, can you tell me how my dad had a dog's name back then?" Putting his mind at ease, Fang Nianzu was also in the mood to start gossiping.
Uncle Tai smiled bitterly and said: "What else can I do, the name is cheap and easy to feed, the previous life is not as good as now, the little baby is very easy to die, the family has five or six children, and none of them are kept." ”
Seeing that his uncle was a little sad because of his words, Fang Nianzu hurriedly changed the topic and began to ask about the current situation in the village, which tickled the old man's itch, and proudly talked about the current life in the village.
"It's back, it's back." When the two old men were chatting happily, the car had already driven into the parking lot at the entrance of the village, and the villagers who had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time shouted excitedly.
"Dad, we're here."
"It's home, it's finally home." The hometown is timid, and the hometown that haunts him is in front of him, Fang Changhe didn't dare to get out of the car, I don't know what the relatives in my hometown will think of me, I don't know if my ancestors and ancestors, my parents and brothers will welcome me back.
Taking a deep breath, he got out of the car with the support of Fang Yun, and when he got out of the car, Fang Changhe's tears blurred, and the village entrance was crowded with people to welcome his arrival, several old people were looking at themselves excitedly, a big red carpet was spread from the village entrance to the depths of the village, and two rows of mighty and majestic soldiers were lined up on both sides.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as hanging banners, and the book warmly welcomes so-and-so to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and a group of little children hold flowers and shout: Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome, the bloody bridge.
"Big brother."
"Uncle."
The leading group of villagers shouted excitedly, and several of Fang Changhe's childhood friends stepped forward with blurred tears in their eyes, and the wanderer who had been away from home for decades finally returned.
"I'm back!" originally thought that he could face his hometown relatives very calmly, and looked at the villagers who greeted him tremblingly, Fang Changhe suddenly knelt on the ground and cried, an old man cried so much that he seemed to vent all his grievances and pain for decades.
"Big brother!" Several old men pounced on them, hugged Fang Changhe and cried bitterly.
Looking at the reunion of his relatives and crying with joy, he didn't know why, Fang Yun suddenly felt that his eyes were a little sour, and he hurriedly looked up at the sky.
"The wind was so strong today that it blew my eyes red. Okay, what do you look like when you cry, all of them are people in their seventies and eighties, and they are not afraid that others will see the jokes, hurry up, go back to worship the ancestors first, and talk about it later. Uncle Tai wiped his eyes and reprimanded with a straight face.
"Yes, yes, yes, the eldest brother just came back, let's go to worship the ancestors first, if there is anything to say, we will talk about it later." Wiping a handful of tears, the third uncle hurriedly helped Fang Changhe to stand up and said with a smile.
"Salute!" As everyone walked forward, a loud command sounded, and on the road from the entrance of the village to the ancestral hall, the soldiers on both sides stood tall with their swords held their heads high, their right hands clenched into fists, and slammed into their chests.
"Playing music!"
Beat the gongs and drums, the suona blows, a group of specially invited country musicians to make the milk out, the red envelopes given to them in the village are not small, they can't help but work hard, but at the time, if everyone is satisfied, there will be a big red envelope afterwards.
"It's grand, it's grand." Fang Changhe felt a little flattered, he didn't expect the villagers to welcome him back so warmly, his eyes couldn't help but turn red again, if he had known, he would have waited until now to come back, he would have suffered for so many years in vain, and he cried every day when he looked at the direction of his hometown.
"Grandpa, please get on the sedan chair!" An eight-lift sedan chair fell in front of Fang Changhe, and Fang Yun, the sedan chair driver, shouted loudly.
"I can't help it, I can't help it, I don't have the qualifications to sit in a sedan chair." Fang Changhe hurriedly shook his hands, the custom in the village, only the nobles who enter the village, or those who have made a great contribution to the village, are qualified to enter the village in a sedan chair.
"Dog, you can sit on it, you are definitely qualified to sit in this sedan chair, these eight sedan chairs are all funded by you to go to college, you can afford this gift." Uncle Tai said with a smile.
Sitting in the sedan chair with blurry teary eyes, Fang Changhe felt that it was worth it, tired and tired, saving money and remitting it back to his hometown, with the affirmation of the villagers, it was worth it!
"Who is that old man? Why is it so respected by everyone? The onlookers on the side inquired curiously, even when the secretary of the provincial party committee and others came, they had never seen such a grand welcome from this village, let alone eight sedan chairs carried into the village.
Since the morning, all the tourists have been waiting for the side curiously, early in the morning all the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, it is clear what kind of big people are being received, the stage built at the entrance of the village, the red carpet paving, a group of majestic soldiers standing guard, all the elderly people are dispatched, so long, it is the first time to see such a grand village it.
"That's our grandfather, who was arrested as a soldier before liberation and hasn't come back until now." A villager on the side explained with a smile.
"It turned out that overseas Chinese returned to their hometown, did your grandfather donate a lot of money back?" A tourist nodded knowingly, in his mind, the villagers welcomed the return of this overseas Chinese so warmly, it must be that this overseas Chinese donated a lot of money to help the villagers improve their lives.
"yes, lots and lots of money. I heard from the village uncle that the grandfather sent back half of his savings. The villager said with a respectful face.
In fact, this villager knows that Fang Changhe doesn't send much money home, and now any family in the village can easily take it out, but Fang Changhe's heart is priceless, and his life is not very good, and he has sent half of the money he earns back to his hometown for decades, which is enough to make everyone respect him sincerely.
"Half of it!" The tourist exclaimed, his face was full of incredulity, obviously in his heart, overseas Chinese are very, very rich, and half of their savings must be a lot of money.
Fang Changhe's children and grandchildren followed behind the sedan chair with a proud expression, in the past, they didn't say anything about Fang Changhe's behavior, although they didn't say anything, they were always a little unhappy in their hearts, after all, their own family was not a rich family, and half of the money was donated back to their hometown for free, which was enough to affect everyone's life.
But now, there are only two words in everyone's hearts, it's worth it! (To be continued......)