The smile on Shen Wangxin's face did not diminish when he heard this, but he stopped and looked at the patriarch calmly, not being overshadowed by his momentum at all.

"I'm sure you've heard of the purpose of calling you here today." The patriarch cleared his throat and said, "Before that, the forest in the upper reaches of Wubu River in our village was sold to Jiulong Village by Zhang Yuan. ”

When the words fell, the people below began to discuss.

"This forest can't fall into the hands of Jiulong Village, otherwise, how can we go into the forest to find mountain goods in the future?"

"Yes! Patriarch, how much meat can we eat in a year? Most of them come from the forest, how can you live without the forest? ”

The patriarch looked solemn, and when everyone finished talking, he motioned for everyone to stop, and said with a smile: "Don't worry! In order to ensure that everyone's livelihood is not affected, my eldest son deliberately bought the forest back from Jiulong Village for double the price! Actually, I've gotten older over the years, and I feel like I'm overwhelmed by a lot of things! With his position as the successor patriarch, I will be able to retire with peace of mind. ”

"Double the price, how much silver should it be?" The people below were amazed when they heard this.

The patriarch and his eldest son did not answer, but someone said, "I have heard that it is four hundred taels of silver!" ”

"Four hundred taels of silver!" At this time, even the part of the people who didn't make much noise was surprised.

To be honest, they didn't believe that the Shen family's big house could come up with so much silver. Moreover, who in the village doesn't know that a lot of the silver from the Five Flavors Medicine Zhai has gone into the pockets of the big house? Using other people's money to buy one's own reputation is also shameless enough.

But if the money is still in Shen Wangxin's hands, maybe she won't care about this stubble at all.

Then they could only suffer this loss, watching the forests of their own village in the past, and the people of Jiulong Village entering and leaving.

Thinking of this, everyone unanimously stopped mentioning that matter, pretending not to know: "Ngawang is the patriarch, of course we have no opinion!" ”

"Yes, how can anyone in the clan stand out more than Ah Wang?"

……

Shen Wangxin listened to everyone's words, and his eyes were still calm. Shen Xuan was a little anxious, but when he saw that Shen Wangxin was not timid at all, his heart calmed down.

At this time, Shen Wang was raising his chin, like a triumphant rooster, and even compared his middle finger to a few of them.

"Just like this, you want to be a patriarch too?" Shen Xuan sneered, and even until just now, he still had no idea about the matter of fighting with Shen Wang for the patriarch. But when he saw Shen Wang's virtue, he was suddenly full of confidence.

"Xuanzi, don't be provoked by him! Now he is smiling so happily that he will cry when the time comes. Li Zheng glanced at Shen Wang, and was very disdainful of this kind of person in his heart.

This reminded him of what happened back then, the patriarch favored his eldest son, just because Shen Wang was very similar to him when he was young. Back then, he was also angered by the patriarch's attitude, so he temporarily decided to snatch Lizheng's position.

It was because of this that the patriarch hated them for many years. However, he is only the patriarch of the Shen clan, and he is in charge of the entire Xitou Village, so he can't help himself!

And how similar today is it to back then! Li Zheng took a hard puff of his cigarette, he believed that Shen Xuan could be qualified for the position of patriarch, and he would do much better than Dafang!

The patriarch listened to everyone's words, his eyes met in the air, and the two looked at each other for only a moment.

The patriarch let out a cold snort, withdrew his gaze, the smile on his face became deeper and deeper, and he waved his sleeves and said: "Well, after the New Year, Ah Wang will be the new patriarch of our clan!" When the time comes, everyone must come to the house to set up wine! ”

"Wait!" Li Zheng's voice suddenly sounded, "Who said he could be the patriarch?" ”

The patriarch's face suddenly changed: "What do you mean! ”

Since he came to the ancestral hall, he has been sitting in the corner, smoking alone, looking like no one is close. Therefore, even the patriarch didn't take him to heart, thinking that he had nothing to do with himself.

Who knows, when it came to an end, he actually stood up to stop it, and it was clear that he was on the same page with them!

The older generation of the big house all remembered that Li Zheng suddenly came out and competed with the patriarch, and the joy on his face suddenly dissipated, and they all stood up and surrounded Li Zheng.

Shen Wang couldn't wait to be the patriarch, and he didn't have a good face for the roadblockers: "Third uncle, I respect you as my elder, and you are the leader of our village, and I usually let you have three points." But don't be embarrassed by inches! ”

"Shameless? I think everyone here can't dare to do half of your shameless work, right? Shen Xuan saw that Shen Wang actually threatened his father, and immediately stood up and blocked Li Zheng behind him, "Shen Wang, I'm afraid your skin is thicker than the city wall of the county seat, don't you feel sorry for taking the stolen silver as your own?" ”

Shen Wang had expected them to hold on to this, and his face was not flustered at all, but instead smiled mockingly: "The silver that was robbed? When did I rob it? Obviously, it was the silver given by Uncle Fugui's family, and it was used as the family property of the clan. My father is the patriarch, and he took the clan property to buy a piece of forest for the clan, why did it become a robbery for everyone? ”

Unexpectedly, when Shen Wang's voice fell, many people's eyes changed when they looked at Shen Xuan.

Yes, Shen Xuan said so, so didn't they become Shen Wang's accomplices?

"You!" Shen Xuan didn't expect Shen Wang's skin to be so thick.

He has always been an honest person, but he was choked by Shen Wang's shamelessness for a while.

Shen Wang proudly took out the title deed of the forest, and Shen Wang's name was clearly written on it: "Whose name is written on it, whose forest belongs to, don't you know this?" If you have the ability, you bought the forest, what kind of ability is it to talk cool here? ”

Shen Wang held the title deed high, as if everyone could see the title deed in his hand, he showed it in a circle, and folded it in front of Shen Wang's heart and put it in his sleeve pocket.

Rizheng took a few puffs of cigarette and threw the cigarette pole to the ground. Walking to the center of the ancestral hall, although his body is a little rickety compared to when he was young, the look in his eyes is not inferior to that of the year!

He stood in place and turned around, watched everyone's reactions, and finally looked at Shen Wang, and asked, "You just said that whoever owns the title deed belongs to whom, and whose forest belongs is right?" ”

"That's right!" Shen Wang did not hesitate.

"Then I don't understand why I also have a title deed for the forest in my hand, but it is my name, and the date is newer than yours." Li Zheng calmly took out a brand-new title deed, and the seal of the county government was clearly stamped, which definitely did not look like a fraud.