Yan Heng hung his hands between his knees, his chest straight, except for his white face and beardless jaw that revealed his age, his bearing was already solemn and calm.

Yan Yanhe, the cousin who wanted to take over the carpentry work in the ancestral hall, was obviously a little afraid of Yan Heng, and after finishing speaking, he stood there and didn't dare to move, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

When the breeze blew, Yan Heng squinted, stood up, and glanced around before telling Yan Yanhe: "The banquet will be held in half an hour, and we will discuss the matter after we have eaten a full meal, please inform my cousin again." ”

Yan Yanhe hurried away as if he had received a holy decree.

At this time, Yan Heng called Xiao Yan Song again, and quietly instructed him in his ear, asking him to personally invite the widow and seventh grandmother in the fifth room, as well as the lame fifth brother in the second room.

These are two poor people who have been marginalized by the clan, and now let Xiao Yan Song go, naturally because Xiao Yan Song already has a reputation as the world's number one filial son, and now let him make his filial piety more solid, so that he can continue to brush his reputation.

When Xiao Yan Song helped the staggering seventh grandmother and the limping fifth brother back to Yan Heng, the whole clan was shocked and couldn't help but stand up, no one expected that the five-year-old little Yan Song would actually think of inviting these two poor people to come.

The seventh grandmother was disliked because she was a widow, and the fifth brother of the lame man was disgusted because he was hungry and broke the family rules because his parents died and ate sacrifices.

In fact, it is not that the people of the clan really dislike them, but that these two people are helpless and have no ability to work, and each family can only support their own families, so they are afraid that they will drag down their own families, and choose to stay away from them for various reasons.

But as people with the same surname, they are not really cold-blooded animals, and they all have the idea of helping them, but they all hope that others will take the first step, and they are afraid that if they help first, they will have an extra burden and can't get rid of it in the future.

Now that Xiao Yan Song invited these two poor people, it naturally instantly made the clansmen a little embarrassed, and they all felt that Xiao Yan Song was worthy of being the first filial child in the world, and his moral character was good.

Especially when Yan Yanhe, the eldest brother in his thirties, didn't expect to invite these two lonely clansmen, it made the clansmen think that Xiao Yan Song had a lot of future prospects.

The third grandfather was even more excited and tears flowed, he was the eldest in the Yan clan, he had experienced the prosperous days of the five houses, and he always sighed at the harmony and mutual assistance in the relationship between the clan, the diligence and progress of the children and grandchildren, and the most sad thing is that the people in the clan now dislike the poor and love the rich, and are selfish;

Now seeing that Xiao Yan Song can do such a righteous act, he is naturally greatly moved: "Yan Zhun, you have two good sons!" ”

Daddy Yan Zhun was also very moved, it didn't cost much to invite a few down-and-out clansmen to eat, and besides, he was just an idle eater, and all he spent was Yan Heng's money, and now Xiao Yan Song is so good that he naturally makes his father happy.

Uncle Yan Jue also sighed, pointed to Yan Zhiqing, who was only trying to look at the sparrows on the tree, and said with some hatred: "Look at your little brother Yan Song, learn from others!" ”

Xiao Yan Song had never experienced this kind of happiness praised by his uncles and uncles in the clan, he couldn't help laughing, revealing his toothless mouth, and ran to Yan Heng and waved his little hand and said that the seventh grandmother's family is so difficult, there is no rice and no meat, and the fifth brother is still lame, so pitiful, even the dry grass roots are eaten.

Yan Heng nodded, and also praised Xiao Yan Song for being great, and agreed with his decision to give all the pastries he brought to the seventh grandmother and the fifth brother of the lame.

Aunt Li volunteered to be the head chef of this family banquet, while cutting the meat and cooking it in the pot, she quietly moved the cut fresh pork to her own home, and the other clansmen saw this, and they also wanted to do this, but the aunt Li didn't let them do this, and scolded these clansmen for not knowing what to do, just eat with their mouths, and take them with their hands.

Even, this aunt Li also came to Yan Zhun and Yan Heng to ask for merit and complaint, the third grandfather Yan Qi has always hated his aunt Li, so he snorted and ignored her, his uncle Yan Zhi has always been a temperless person, and it is not easy to say that he is his mother-in-law.

No matter how talented Daddy Yan Zhun is, it is impossible to teach his sister-in-law a lesson.

Yan Heng was the same, he could only smile slightly, and persuaded his aunt to go back, of course, the reason why Aunt Li was willing to stop bothering Yan Heng was because Yan Heng secretly stuffed her with a five-dollar silver bill.

Half an hour later, amid the noisy quarrel between the aunt Li and the strong women of the other clans who helped to cook in the kitchen, the family banquet was finally ready.

More than 20 large tables and more than 80 benches have been set up, and men and women, old and young, and more than 200 members of the Yan family have also sat down according to their ages and generations.

Yan Heng took a look, although the clansmen all looked at the meat on the table, they still knew the rules, and before the father Yan Zhun and several respected people such as his uncle and the third grandfather moved the chopsticks, they could still remain silent, swallow their saliva without moving the chopsticks to pick up the meat and send it to their bowls.

But after they took the first bite, they heard the sound of the table full of dishes and chopsticks, some pulling stools and pulling the table, some arguing over a piece of meat, and some directly grabbing a piece of ribs and holding and gnawing it.

When the sun set and dusk approached, under the brilliant glow, I only saw the cups and plates in disarray, the broken bones all over the ground, the dogs, chickens and ducks all gathered over, and the well-fed and well-fed clansmen gathered under the big banyan tree to listen to Yan Heng's speech.

Yan Heng was accustomed to lecturing in front of the crowd in his previous life, so although he is only twelve years old now, he is not timid, and he talked about the benefits of rebuilding the ancestral hall, and said that in the future, he will establish a family study in the ancestral hall, provide a place for the children of the Yan family and the children of relatives and friends to enter the school, and will also renovate water conservancy, reclaim the mountains and so on.

The clansmen naturally applauded loudly, they also knew that what Yan Heng said was of great benefit to them, rebuilding the ancestral hall could better worship their ancestors, establishing a family school could also give their children the opportunity to study for free, and repairing water conservancy was naturally more conducive to farming, but the mountains were reclaimed, and the clansmen did not think so, of course, Yan Heng had to spend money to reclaim, and they had no opinion.

However, what these clansmen don't know is that what Yan Heng really cares about most is how much mountain land can be cultivated.

Yan Heng still has thousands of taels of silver in his hand now, and it doesn't cost much to do some public welfare affairs in the clan, and there is still a lot left, but he doesn't want to put it in the cellar, he knows some economics, and he knows that when money is earned, it will quickly become other products that can appreciate in value.

But in this era, there were no banks, no funds, and even money banks did not appear, so Yan Heng could only buy houses and land after making money like other businessmen.

As long as the population is still increasing, the value of the land will appreciate, and of course Yan Heng does not want to simply become a big landlord.