Liang Shanbo was also moved to tears by Cao E's rescue of his father, and the scene of a fourteen-year-old girl crying along the river and looking for her father appeared in his mind.

"I heard that the Cao'e Temple was destroyed by floods decades ago, does the Right Army want to rebuild the temple?"

"Yes, yes, or you let me put this Cao E monument where to go?" Wang Xizhi saw that Liang Shanbo finally understood his thoughts, and immediately became happy.

"It is a good deed to repair a temple for a filial girl, and the Lord of the Right Army is really a high wind and bright festival, benefiting the people."

Liang Shanbo muttered in his heart as he spoke, it turned out to be a face-saving project.

When the Cao'e stele fell into the hands of Wang Xizhi, it became a hot potato. He can't throw away Cao E's monument casually like ordinary people, then he will not only lose the face of the Langyu Wang, but also fall into an evil that is not respectful to the gods and is not filial. Then the sin is great.

"Cousin, the old site of this Cao'e Temple is on Nanshan, and the Lord of the Right Army wants to build a temple on Nanshan, how can he not discuss it with the master of Nanshan?" Xi Chao finally helped Wang Xizhi explain the meaning of calling Liang Shanbolai

Only then did Liang Shanbo understand the purpose of Wang Xizhi's call to come, it turned out that he wanted to build a temple on my land. This is to expropriate the land! It's not a trivial matter, and I'm going to go back and think about it.

After Liang Shanbo went home, he gathered the second uncle and Zhu Yingtai together to discuss the repair of the temple, and the three of them also went to the old site of Cao'e Temple to check it out.

Liang Shanbo begged Wang Xizhi and said that the temple could be rebuilt in Nanshan, but the Liang family had to be responsible for the project. Wang Xizhi didn't want to worry about these chores, and happily left all the things about building the temple to Liang Shanbo. Of course, he donated 10,000 taels of silver each on behalf of Huiji County and Langyu Wang, and said that he would come to watch the ceremony when the temple was completed.

Three days later, the county seat of Shangyu and all the villages and towns under its jurisdiction saw a notice. In this day and age, there are not many literate people. There are scholars who know how to read and hyphenate for everyone to interpret, and people know that Shangyu County is going to build Cao'e Temple.

China is a country of etiquette, in which filial piety comes first. Filial piety is the foundation of life, and if a person is not filial, he will be abandoned by the world. You are not good to your own parents, can you be expected to be good to others? For unfilial people, people often retreat, lest they can't hide.

Confucianism attaches great importance to filial piety, saying: "The monarch and the minister, the father and the son." "The Father told the Son to die, and the Son had to die. Although it is very perverted, it also shows that the ancients attached great importance to filial piety to their parents. There are also the famous twenty-four filial pieties that have been passed down through the ages, which shows the importance of filial piety culture.

The proclamation called on people to support the construction of Cao'e Temple, and if they have money, they will make a strong contribution. When they heard that the Cao'e Temple was going to be built, people generously donated money and enthusiastically signed up for the construction. The story of Cao E throwing herself into the river to save her father happened in Shangyu more than 200 years ago, and people can see Cao'e Town and Cao'e Monument where Cao E lived when they go out. Speaking of Cao E's story of sacrificing herself to save her father, everyone cried with grief in their hearts. Now after the announcement said, people nodded yes, yes, the original Cao'e Temple has long been washed away by a flood, and it is indeed time to build a temple for the filial girl, the filial girl is very effective, and it can almost be said that there is a response.

The notice also said that after the temple is completed, the names of the people who donated and contributed to the temple, the number of donations, and the number of days of work will be engraved on the stone tablet for future generations to remember, and they will be ranked according to the amount of contributions. In recognition of the advanced, those who contribute a lot of money and effort can also enjoy a series of discounts, such as writing plaques for Cao'e Temple, and can engrave couplets or poems written by themselves on pillars or steles in the temple.

For the reconstruction of Cao'e Temple, the most active are the commoners and tenants, because it is difficult for poor families, and there are many things to ask for the blessing of filial piety. As soon as they heard that the Cao'e Temple was going to be rebuilt, the commoners and tenants donated their little money from their families, the most donated twenty or thirty copper coins, and the few donated one or two yuan. The most touching thing is that a five- or six-year-old girl named Cao'er also donated Wuwen, Cao'er's parents died when she was a child, and she lived by begging for a living, and she originally lived in Cao'e Temple. But later the flood washed away the temple, Cao'er could only sleep on the streets, heard that the Cao'e Temple was going to be rebuilt, Cao'er was very happy, so she donated five cents to her from a kind person.

The former site of Cao'e Temple is located at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, by the Cao'e River, with mountains and rivers at its back. The original palace is long gone, full of desolation, Cao E's tomb is overgrown with wild grass, and there are several black holes on it, and I don't know what was dug up. The stele in front of the tomb still stands, and the "Tomb of Cao E, the Filial Daughter of the Han Dynasty" on it has a smooth rhyme and rhyme, and the pen is strong, showing the extraordinary calligraphy skills of the writer. The sacrificial text on the stele tells people that the temple and the stele were built by the length of Shangyu County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the text was written by Handan Chun, a disciple of Du Shang. It can be seen that it has been more than 200 years.

Liang Shanbo ordered people to make a large blackboard and list the names of each donor and the money they donated. The generous little beggar Cao'er only knew his own name but didn't know his surname, and the Liang family's account office didn't know how to write it, so he came to ask Shanbo.

Liang Shanbo touched Cao'er's dirty little face and unkempt hair and said, "Cao'er, can the eldest brother name you?" ”

It is rare for someone to talk to her with a pleasant face, and said happily: "Okay." ”

"Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. Although Xiaocao is small, its vitality is tenacious and indomitable, so you can call it Yuan Shangcao! The account office hurriedly used white chalk to write the words "Yuan Shangcao Wuwen" on the blackboard.

Cao'er slapped her face happily and shouted, "Okay, okay, I have a name too." ”

Di Ting, who was lying behind Liang Shanbo, saw someone jumping, stood up suddenly, and looked at the little girl in front of him vigilantly.

Cao'er suddenly saw a big dog staring at her, she was wandering and begging, but she was often bitten by dogs, and she was so frightened that she turned around and was about to run. Liang Shanbo took her little hand and said, "Don't be afraid of Cao'er, this is the eldest brother's own dog, and it won't hurt you." You see, if I let it lie down, it will lay down. ”

Sure enough, Di Ting wagged his tail and lay on the ground on all fours, even his mouth was attached to the ground, and he looked at the grass with cute eyes, crawled forward and crawled to the feet of the grass, wagging his tail and licking the grass's shoes. Cao'er squatted down boldly, touched its head, and looked up at Liang Shanbo again.

Liang Shanbo said: "It's okay, it wants to play with you." The child and the dog may be better at attracting each other, and after a while, Cao'er and Diting will run to the grass in the middle of the mountain to chase and play, and they don't know who is leading and who is playing. The people around were so happy to see this person and dog playing, and their mood was a lot more relaxed.

While collecting donations, the craftsmen of the Liang family and the volunteers from the four towns and eight villages came one after another. Liang Shanbo asked several housekeepers of the Liang family to lead a group of people to start work, and the logging, quarrying, brick-burning, and garbage cleaning performed their duties and responsibilities. All those who participate in labor are not paid, but the construction site is in charge of food and housing. Those who volunteer come and go freely and voluntarily.

The work of building the temple is very busy, but the project is progressing quickly, the foundation is laid, and the wall of the main hall is also two people high. Liang Shanbo didn't want to build the temple how magnificent and magnificent, there is no need to increase the burden of the people, there is a place to burn incense and pray, but the courtyard must be big, in the future, there will be a temple fair here, there must be a lot of people, and the place will definitely not be able to open if the place is small.

The people who work are very active, although there is no salary, but three meals a day are enough for meat and vegetables, and besides, this is to work for the filial girl, and if you cheat and cheat, you will be punished for disrespecting the gods. There are a lot of displaced people from the north in the surrounding counties, because they have no household registration and are afraid of being arrested by the government to serve and wander around.