15. Cancellation
Fu Lichun bowed his head and was silent, he wanted to weigh it, including what the so-called 'more meaningful tenth birthday' in Dai Yue's mouth was.
Yang Xin'e stepped forward and interjected: "Director Dai, we know that everything you do in the village is for the good of the villagers. In fact, even if these gifts are recovered, they will have to be taken out again in a few years. If it is really only with the wedding and funeral ceremonies, our burden will be much lighter. But at this juncture, aren't we helpless? ”
Dai Yue smiled: "Sister Yang, I understand your hardships, isn't this discussing with you." ”
Fu Lichun raised his head and said: "Director Dai, let me tell you this, the day after tomorrow on New Year's Day, my son will have a holiday, if you can take advantage of this time to give him a meaningful tenth birthday, this banquet will not be set." But if my son thinks that the birthday is not interesting, then I will have to set up a banquet if I don't do it. ”
Dai Yue asked, "Where is our eldest nephew studying?" ”
"I was in the fourth grade in the village primary school, and I was at the top of my class all year round." Yang Xin'e hurriedly answered.
Dai Yue nodded: "Okay, let's celebrate the tenth birthday of our eldest nephew first, and then go and help you get a deposit." ”
Fu Lichun said: "The deposit is not a big problem, the one-stop banquet and the supply are acquaintances, so it should be possible to come back." ”
Dai Yue got up: "The proposal will stay here, and I will send it on the second day of January." ”
Leaving Fu Lichun's house, Dai Yue went straight to Liu Ji Primary School to find the principal Wang Zhigao.
In the past, Liuji Primary School was a village-run school, but due to a shortage of students, it became a primary school jointly built by several nearby villages, and the principal, Wang Zhigao, was also appointed by the town.
Regarding Dai Yue's sudden visit, Wang Zhigao was a little surprised: "Which gust of wind blew Director Dai here?" ”
Dai Yue had been acquainted with Wang Zhigao in the town before, and he went straight to the point and asked, "Principal Wang, do the students in our school have any extracurricular activities?" ”
Wang Zhigao thought for a while and replied: "Every semester, we will organize outings, and we will also organize to watch some patriotic movies. ”
"I used to study like this, but I didn't expect it to be like this after almost 20 years." Dai Yue shook his head.
Wang Zhigao looked at him: "Why did Director Dai suddenly ask this?" ”
Dai Yue didn't answer, and asked again: "I heard that many children will compare to the ten-year-old wedding banquet?" ”
Wang Zhigao shook his head: "This is also a helpless thing, although our teachers have taught students over and over again not to compare, but they can't resist the vanity of parents, you order two thousand cakes, I will set five thousand, you set twenty tables, I will set thirty tables, the children are exposed to it, and naturally there is a sense of comparison." ”
Dai Yue smiled: "Principal Wang, I have a way to stop this trend, and I can also instill positive energy in the students from an early age, are you interested?" ”
Wang Zhigao hurriedly asked: "What way?" ”
Dai Yue said: "We can hold a theme activity when each child is 10 years old, and the brigade headquarters in Liuji Village can be used as an activity venue. ”
Wang Zhigao looked at Dai Yue lightly: "This is a good proposal, but I'm a little strange, why is Director Dai suddenly interested in this matter?" ”
Dai Yue smiled bitterly: "It's not a secret, I am advocating that the villagers of Liuji Village cancel the children's 10th birthday party, but I don't want the children to have shortcomings on this special birthday, so I thought that the village school would jointly hold a positive energy theme activity for each 10-year-old child." ”
Wang Zhigao sat up straight: "Whether it is an initiative to cancel the banquet or a theme event, this is a good thing, and we will fully cooperate." ”
Dai Yue nodded: "The day after tomorrow, New Year's Day, it is the tenth birthday of Fu Zixuan in the 41st class, let's start with him, I have thought about the theme of the event: if I am the village head, and Fu Zixuan's tenth birthday event." ”
Wang Zhigao got up and smiled: "You have thought about everything, just waiting for me to agree." ”
Early in the morning of New Year's Day, the school bus carried more than 20 students from the 41 class to the team headquarters. As the 'village chief', Fu Zixuan wore a brand-new uniform, and his leather shoes were shiny.
Fu Zixuan first gave an inaugural speech in the large conference room, and then the first outdoor activity, condolences to the lonely and widowed elderly, the children cleaned the homes of the two five-guarantee households in the village with their delicate hands, and some parents secretly came to see only to find that their children were so capable; The second activity is to stop the unhealthy trend, the children returned to the activity room of the brigade headquarters, stopped them from playing mahjong, and earnestly warned them to live to learn and not waste time on bad hobbies. The old man watched the children educate them one by one in a childish tone, and felt that it was more cola than playing mahjong. The last activity is to make a fortune, Fu Zixuan expressed his imagination: in the future, it will be fully automatic sowing and harvesting, remote control rain and sun, crops will be planted and sprout one day, grow one day and bear fruit one day, so that farmers and uncles will have endless grain to sell, and every family will be rich.
After the activity was completed, the children shared Fu Zixuan's birthday cake in a burst of birthday greeting songs. This birthday is more unique than any student's 10th birthday, and it has to be interesting and meaningful. Even with most of the classmates went back and clamored for their parents to dispel the idea of the 10th birthday banquet, and to hold a themed event on the 10th birthday.
Naturally, Fu Lichun canceled the birthday banquet scheduled for the weekend and distributed the proposal to every villager.
After the weekend, Dai Yue walked around the village a few times, and several villagers who were originally going to set up a banquet were hesitating, and when they notified the group of the date of the happy event, they did not give a positive answer that they would definitely come, so they could only continue to wait and wait for one to come out.
Speaking of waiting for the coming out, Dai Yue felt ridiculous in his heart, people are all hitchhiking on the budding bird, but in turn, he feels that the budding bird is not 'tolerable' enough.
When I returned to the team headquarters, before I entered the square, I saw a group leader Liu Derong rushing over: "Director Dai, go and take a look, Liu Tongxin and his nephew Liu Dequan quarreled over the banquet, and the two of them are going to fight." ”
Dai Yue asked, "What kind of banquet?" Also, can't you, as the team leader, be a person with a head and face in the Liu family? ”
Since he first came to have a holiday with the Liu family for the compensation payment, Liu Derong has been doing his own thing in the name of the team leader, and this time Liu Derong did not sign the proposal.
It's just that Dai Yue has damaged the face of the entire Liu family, even if some reasonable people are on his side, such as the old man Liu Tongxin, but these are very few, so in the face of a group of two groups of Liu family, Dai Yue really has no good way.
Just like this time, Liu Derong hurriedly came to report that Liu Tongxin and Liu Dequan quarreled, but it was just to make Dai Yue accept embarrassment. But the contradiction arose because of his initiative, and he still had to go.
When he came to the door of Liu Dequan's house, the quarrel had not stopped, and the green tendons on Liu Tongxin's neck bulged with every word. The uncle and nephew argued repeatedly, and it was always those few words.
"So many people in the village have done happy events, and he Dai Yue is still happy to be a protocol for people, why can't it be when it's my turn?"
"If you don't act as a protocol, how do you know how tricky these well-appointed banquets are? What does it mean not to be able to do it when it's your turn? Didn't you see the whole village issuing a proposal? Fu Lichun, the leader of the four groups, has withdrawn from the banquet that has been scheduled. ”
"What benefits does the surname Dai give you? Are you so desperate to defend him? Don't you think he's targeting the Liu family? ”
"What good do I want as a man who is about to enter the earth? Don't say that the surname is Dai, no matter who it is, as long as you do things sincerely, I will defend it. ”
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you're about to enter the ground, but do you know how much gift money I give out?"
"How old are you? More than I went out with? ”
"You are willing to be fooled by Dai Yue, that's your business, but you can't interfere with my banquet."
"I haven't been fooled by anyone, I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, I was the first to put forward the initiative, and I promise in front of everyone that my relatives are not allowed to set up banquets indiscriminately, and if you dare to put it, I will smash your wedding shed."
"You are an old fool, you have been brainwashed all your life, do you still want to harm future generations?"
The more Liu Dequan talked, the more angry he became, and he hated to do it. The strange thing is that in the past, there were often arguments in the village, but as soon as they heard the movement, the neighbors next door would immediately come up to persuade them, but the uncle and nephew had been arguing for a while, and at most the neighbors stood at the door of their houses and watched, and no one came up to persuade them.
Seeing Dai Yue coming, Liu Dequan rushed forward: "Who asked you to come?" Give me where to go back from, you're not welcome here. ”
Liu Tongxin greeted him: "Bai is so old, no wonder he has been farming all his life." ”
Liu Dequan turned around and said in a weird manner: "Isn't it all thanks to you, my grandfather took a lot of effort to send you out, expecting you to have a chance to take care of future generations, but you only know that you listen to outsiders and harm blood relatives." ”
"You uncultured thing." Liu Tongxin shouted and grabbed Liu Dequan's collar.
Liu Dequan said coldly: "You are still famous." ”
Liu Tongxin was so angry that he raised his fist and gasped, and Dai Yue hurriedly pulled him aside: "Uncle, you dissipate your anger, we don't need to be so serious." ”
Liu Tongxin ignored his kindness and glared: "What do you mean that there is no need to be so serious?" Where do you stand? What about your principles? ”
Dai Yue smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, after all, this matter is not a violation of the law or public morality, we can only advocate it, and we have no right to interfere." ”
Liu Tongxin drank: "I can't care about others, but as a family member of a party member, whoever dares to set up a banquet will tear down someone's wedding shed." ”
Liu Dequan came over again: "Do you know that I am a family member at this time?" At that time, you were serving in the provincial capital, and my father asked me to go to the provincial capital to find you to make a living, and you threw me 200 yuan to find a job for myself. I haven't seen 200 pieces of land before. If you can find a job yourself, do you need to go to the provincial capital to find you? ”
Liu Tongxin roared: "If you can't find a job, you blame yourself, when you should study, you play marbles, you should learn a craft, you wander around, and you deserve to go home and farm." ”
Liu Dequan said coldly: "Those who went out with you, they didn't go to the battlefield, and those who only ensured logistics supplies made a way for their families to survive; You've also been on the battlefield, and future generations are embarrassed to come out and show up like this. ”
"Why am I embarrassed to show up?"
Liu Dequan turned around and prepared to leave: "At that time, you didn't care about any family members, and I won't recognize any family members at this time, no matter what you say, I have set up this banquet." ”
Liu Tongxin yelled at his back: "If you dare to put it up, I will dare to demolish your wedding shed, and whoever dares to come to you to participate in the banquet will go to his door and hang himself." ”