The patriarch's words made everyone in the ancestral hall boil.

Most of the people stood up on the spot, clapped their hands and said yes, and the deafening cheers almost tore off the tiles on the roof of the ancestral hall.

The relatives of the eldest uncle and the fourth aunt were especially excited, as if they wished that I would be removed, and I stood in the crowd, my hands and feet were cold, and I felt deeply insulted.

Why did you remove me? Lao Tzu donated a full 100,000 yuan at one time!

Without waiting for me to think about it, the patriarch struck while the iron was hot and said: "Everyone be quiet and quiet, if anyone wants to be on the top of the list, inlaid with gold edges, and given to the whole clan to visit, then please donate enthusiastically, the one with the highest price will win!" ”

Oh, it turned out to be this kind of abacus.

I was laughed at, didn't I just know that I was bankrupt? Don't you think I'm afraid of losing face and don't dare to go back to the village? Don't you just think my dad died early, so it's easy to bully?

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, although Lao Tzu was poor, he was not a soft persimmon, so he threw away the cigarette, squeezed out of the crowd, and shouted: "I haven't come back for two years, why should I be removed?" Three years ago, I donated 100,000 yuan, which of you here can compare! ”

The entire ancestral hall was silent in an instant, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at me in unison, looking at each other, and for a while, no one recognized me.

Even the patriarch looked at me for a while, and then his face turned red, and he said It turned out to be Chen Ge, when did you come back? Why don't you shave your beard all over your face?

I didn't plan to get close to these people, and I went straight to the point, saying that the number one position on the list should remove me? Didn't I just not go home for two years, and now I'm going to make up for the donations I owe in the past two years? As he spoke, he took out a few renminbi from his trouser pocket and slapped them on the table next to him, saying that this is my share with my mother, plus this year is three years, a total of 600 yuan, a lot.

The patriarch looked at me with a strange face, and the clansmen watching the play around him were even more outrageous, and many of them laughed on the spot, saying Do you have a problem with your brain, and you want to be the number one on the stele for six hundred yuan? Dream, you can't even get a big red sticker, you know?

The fourth aunt jumped out, still swallowing melon seeds, and sarcastically said: "Chen Ge, if your brain is not good, hurry up to the hospital for treatment, don't waste everyone's time, the glory of the stele is not something that can be done by just one person, if you don't have money, you can take out a few hundred yuan?" Why aren't you ashamed? ”

The eldest aunt also came out to add oil and vinegar, and said to the patriarch: "Chen Ge has been bankrupt for a long time, and he should be removed from the list, and he has not come back to worship his ancestors for two years, such an unfilial thing, and let him occupy the first place, and others are not convinced." ”

The people in the ancestral hall are a little related to each other and know each other very well, so they talk around them, saying that they are not a family? Why do you make it like an enemy?

The fourth aunt immediately took the initiative and said that everyone should not misunderstand, Chen Ge has already broken off relations with us, it's not that we don't recognize him, it's that he doesn't recognize us! This kind of unfilial descendant, we would have died long ago!

I don't want to tear up these dog relatives in public, I can be shameless, but I have to take into account my mother's feelings, so I said to the patriarch: "According to the rules of the clan, someone must donate more than me to replace my name, I am not dead, I am also a member of the Chen family, you get rid of my name for no reason, will the ancestors agree to it?" ”

The patriarch's face was very ugly, and he said that the first place on the stone tablet was closest to the ancestors, and only sincere descendants were eligible, but you Chen Ge did not worship the ancestors for two years, and did not donate for two years, so in terms of sincerity, you don't have it at all, getting rid of your name is the result of everyone's unanimous discussion, not for no reason, if you want not to be removed, unless you donate another 100,000, and then make a statement to everyone, the ancestor should forgive you.

My brain was buzzing.

Not to mention 100,000 yuan, I can't even get 10,000 yuan now, isn't this forcing me to a dead end?

My dad died early, and I am now the head of the family, but once I am removed, not only will I lose my dad's face, but my mother will not be able to raise her head in front of outsiders.

Although the patriarch's words are very realistic, they make sense in principle, I didn't come back to worship my ancestors for two years because of a stiff relationship with my relatives, and I was really disrespectful to my ancestors.

When the fourth aunt saw that I didn't speak, she looked a little gloating, and said with melon seeds: "Old patriarch, let's do it, let's not make it difficult for you, my family is filial to the ancestors, and is willing to donate 100,000 and 100 yuan, 100 more than him Chen Ge!" After the stele removed him, can we change our name to be on the list? You don't need to be gilded, just put it in the first row. ”

The patriarch thought about it for a while, and said that donating 100,000 yuan together is also money, okay, the names of several of your heads of households can be on the list and tied for the first place.

The fourth aunt and the eldest aunt were happy, so they went back to discuss with others, and after a while, the second uncle came out with a mobile phone, and said a few words to a special uncle who was responsible for bookkeeping, now the times are different, no need to pay cash, scan the code to pay, there is a collection radio on the table, and the speaker is also pestle, the second uncle took the mobile phone and scanned the code, and soon there was a deafening sound from the speaker: 100,000 and 100 yuan has arrived!

The whole ancestral hall is boiling again, the clansmen look at me, although they don't donate it themselves, but they are also excited just to look at it, some relatives simply surround the four aunts and several families, all kinds of greetings, praise them for getting better and better, donate 100,000 at once, and the net worth is estimated to be not far from Chen Ge a few years ago, you have all given birth to good sons, you must have made a fortune working outside, what are you.

The eldest aunt was obviously very happy, and she was about to run to the sixth, but she had to pretend to be calm, and said in a weird manner: "How can we compare with Chen Ge, we have a conscience, unlike him, he doesn't take care of his relatives when he gets rich, he only cares about himself, now it's okay, if he doesn't come back to worship his ancestors, he will be punished, and he deserves bankruptcy!" ”

The fourth aunt also mocked beside her, saying that Chen Ge's mother didn't know how to teach children, and taught to eat something outside the grill, but if he was kind to his relatives before, he wouldn't be like this, he could go home to live if he was bankrupt, eat and drink, and starve to death.

I stood beside me like a fool, and the naked stares around me, some of them were contemptuous, some of them were laughing at jokes, and some of them were disgusted, and I was so embarrassed that I wanted to find a way to dig into the cracks.

Three years ago, I was a man of the year in the whole clan, and countless people approached me to build relationships and borrow money, but now, no one takes me seriously, I not only became an unworthy descendant, but also took my mother with me, and became the laughing stock of the whole clan.

In the end, it's because of poverty!

I gritted my teeth, and the voices I heard in my ears were all about me, and a few old people even pointed at me and said to their grandchildren who were in elementary school: "You must be down-to-earth, respect your elders, and don't learn from him, they are all thirty years old, and they have not achieved anything, and this life is doomed to be wasted." ”

The relatives of the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt are actually very painful, after all, 100,000 yuan, it is already a huge amount of money in the countryside, but they successfully stepped on my head and humiliated me, which made them very happy, and the eyes that looked at me became more stinging, like a knife, cutting me to the ground.

I closed my eyes, I just felt that it was gloomy in front of me, there were hundreds of people in the ancestral hall, most of them knew me, but none of them stood up to speak for me, they were all jokes, I obviously had no grievances with them, I obviously helped the village do so many things, why did I end up like this?

I kind of want to cry, really, it's too hard to live, this world is full of malice, you are the father if you have money, you are not a fart if you don't have money, even beggars look down on you.

At this moment, I was standing in the middle of the crowd, helpless, humiliated, and hesitant, all of which came over me, almost suffocating me. As far as I could see, everyone present had strange eyes, without exception, sharp and hurtful, and it deeply hurt my eyes.

I want to have a huge amount of money, not much, 200,000 is good, I don't want anything, even if I die, I'm willing, I don't care what others will think, I just want to fight for myself, for my mother, really, just for a breath!

I was in agony, my hands were shaking, and I wanted to light a cigarette.

But just then, my phone suddenly vibrate, and then a faint voice began to explode in my ears.

"Your China Merchants Bank card with the tail number 7347 has received 200,000 yuan."