"Folks, if you're scattered, let's go back to lunch."

Zhuang Su stood at the foot of the steps of the Lin clan ancestral hall in Clear Water Bay and waved to the villagers in Clear Water Bay Village.

"Can't be scattered! Which dare I scatter? ”

Lin Xizhen's voice surpassed Zhuang Su.

"Xi girl, don't be joking, how can the ancestral hall be renamed casually? It is even more impossible and should not be changed to the ancestral hall of the Lin family to the ancestral hall of the Zhuang family. ”

"The old and young people of the Lin family, as well as all the LDs from the county, I want to tell you two important things. After listening to me, after these two major events, you will decide together whether the Lin clan ancestral hall should be changed to the Zhuang clan ancestral hall? If you think you shouldn't, I'm struck the wrong bell. If you should, you have to change it now! ”

Lin Xizhen did not respond to Zhuang Su, but stood on the steps in front of the gate of the Lin family ancestral hall and told everyone present in detail about the two major events that Zhuang Su had done for the Lin family and Qingshuiwan Village.

That year, an unprecedented drought affected the state, and much of the county struggled to drink water.

Although the flow of clear water in Clear Water Bay has been reduced, it still bubbles and becomes the only source of water in the county.

In order to ensure the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people downstream, the above requires Qingshuiwan Village to sacrifice its ego, except for the villagers' drinking water, all other external uses, including farmland irrigation.

Giving up their small family for everyone, the villagers of Qingshuiwan Village have no complaints and resolutely implement the above decisions, but they are facing the situation of crop failure.

At first, the villagers ate a pitiful amount of sweet potatoes, and later they ate sweet potato seeds, wild vegetables and tree bark. Later, even the wild vegetables and bark were dug up, and the wild beasts on the mountain were hard to find.

Patriarch Lin was at a loss, watching the villagers dig tree roots and grind powder to satisfy their hunger, but after eating it, some of them became ill after stomach distension and diarrhea, and some of them were directly poisoned and died. He went to Zhuang Su and wanted to discuss with him what to do? You can find all the corners and corners of Qingshui Bay, and you can't see the shadow of Zhuang Su's family.

The villagers talked a lot, some said that Zhuang Su ran away with the only few sweet potato seeds in the village, and some said that Zhuang Su left the people of Qingshuiwan Village and returned to Ningzhou.

"Hmph, how can a person with a foreign surname be wholeheartedly devoted to us Lin clansmen?"

"It's really Lu Yao who knows how to see people's hearts for a long time, and he can't imagine that he is also this kind of person."

Patriarch Lin didn't believe that Zhuang Su would do that, and firmly believed that Zhuang Su must have encountered something big or thought of a way to eat food. He waited under the ancient tree every day from dawn until dark, waiting for Zhuang Su's return.

"Patriarch, is that pulling the cart Brother Su?"

On the road in the distance, a man bent his back and struggled to pull a cart full of objects, and a woman behind him struggled to push the cart.

"It's Zhuang Su, it's Zhuang Su, you go and help him!"

Patriarch Lin was overjoyed, knowing that the villagers of Qingshuiwan Village had been saved.

Zhuang Su pulled back a cart of rice bran and vegetable cakes, which were more than 300 catties.

"Patriarch Lin, these should be enough for the villagers to eat for a while."

After Zhuang Su finished speaking, he fell to the ground, unconscious, and even the solemn grandmother who helped push the cart behind him fell unconscious. At that time, there was no solemnity and Lin Daoqin, and there was no solemnity and Lin Xi.

"Hungry, they must be hungry."

At that time, the Lin patriarch and the villagers only knew that Zhuang Su and his wife would rather starve themselves, and brought back a cart of rice bran and vegetable cakes from Ningzhou, saving the lives of the villagers in the entire Qingshuiwan Village, and it was equivalent to Zhuang Su, a person with a foreign surname, who saved the lives of all the people of the Lin family in Qingshuiwan Village.

A few years later, some young people from Shuizhou wanted to arrest the Lin patriarch and burn down the Lin ancestral hall, Zhuang Su stepped forward to protect it, and paid for the Lin ancestral hall to build a big tent, and preserved this ancient building intact.

When the Lin patriarch was dying, he asked Zhuang Su, how did he get the cart of rice bran and vegetable cakes back then? Where did the money come from to build a big tent for the Lin ancestral hall?

Zhuang Su resolutely didn't say anything at first, he asked the Lin patriarch to rest assured that he would never do anything wrong, rice bran and vegetable cakes, including the money to build a big tent for the Lin clan's ancestral hall, came just and cleanly.

Patriarch Lin said, if you don't tell me the truth, I won't be blind, and I don't want you to build a big tent, I asked the clansmen to tear it down.

Zhuang Su had no choice but to tell Patriarch Lin the truth.

It turned out that after the liberation, the relevant departments of Ningzhou re-checked the assets of all parties, knowing that the Zhuang family was full of people for the national righteousness, and decided to return the real estate that should belong to their family, and allocated funds to renovate the Zhuang ancestral hall to comfort the ancestors.

found that Zhuang Su was the only descendant of the Ningzhou Zhuang family, and reported to the above for consent to transfer Zhuang Su back to Ningzhou City to work.

Zhuang Su politely refused, still living calmly in Clear Water Bay Village, silently doing things for the villagers in Clear Water Bay, and never mentioned a word among the people of Clear Water Bay Village.

Later, the villagers in Qingshuiwan Village faced hunger, Zhuang Su and his wife returned to Ningzhou privately, and exchanged the money allocated above for the repair of the Zhuang clan ancestral hall for a cart of rice bran and vegetable cakes through the comrades-in-arms working in the relevant departments of Ningzhou City. Later, he simply transferred the real estate in Ningzhou and used the money to build a big tent for the Lin ancestral hall.

Patriarch Lin wrote these down in the book one by one, hoping that Lin Xizhen or other descendants could see it and give the dealer a big thanks.

Today, Lin Xizhen walked into the ancestral hall of the Lin family, walked into the inner room of the Lin patriarch, looked through the relics, knew the origin of everything from the book, and was deeply moved by Zhuang Su Daren At the same time, he decided that he must return the love of the Zhuang family on behalf of the clan.

"Old and young members of the Lin family, do you think you should change the Lin clan ancestral hall to the Zhuang clan ancestral hall? Without the banker, can anyone in our Lin family in Qingshuiwan Village survive until now? Can it be passed down from generation to generation like this? Can this Lin clan ancestral hall be protected so well? Can it still be a national treasure? ”

"Grandma Xi is right, the Lin clan ancestral hall should be changed to the Zhuang clan ancestral hall!"

"I can't imagine that Grandpa Zhuang has paid so much for us Qingshuiwan Village, and our descendants should all have the surname Zhuang!"

The villagers were emotional.

"Alas, I also scolded Brother Su back then, thinking that this person with a foreign surname is not reliable. I can't imagine that he has paid so much for our people surnamed Lin in Qingshuiwan Village. ”

"Think about it, how much is this banker's property in Ningzhou worth if it is put now?"

"The commercial houses in Shuizhou have exceeded 11,000 square meters, and Ningzhou City has long been 40,000 or 50,000 square meters."

"Xiao Yan has suffered a big loss, he can live comfortably for the rest of his life with the assets handed down from his ancestors, and he doesn't need to go back to Qingshuiwan Village to create any business?"

"Isn't it solemn? It's perfectly possible to teach in the city. If the house in Ningzhou is still there, he can be a person in a big city in Ningzhou. ”

"What do we want from three generations of this banker? They have done so much for our folks in Qingshuiwan Village! ”

Everyone exchanged heads and talked about it.

"Folks, be quiet and listen to a few words from my junior. Just now, Grandma Xi told everyone about what my grandfather did, and I was very touched by it for the first time. I think this is my grandfather, the grandfather I respect. I also understand Grandma Xi's mood to change the Lin clan ancestral hall to the Zhuang clan ancestral hall, but I don't think it's necessary, because although we have different surnames, we are both from Clear Water Bay, as long as we love each other more than anything else. Moreover, the Wang Lao cultural relics of the Bureau of Culture and Tourism have already said that this Lin clan ancestral hall is a national treasure and the pride of our Qingshuiwan Village, and we must protect it. Grandma Xi, elders, while everyone is together today, I have something I want to ask you for help. ”

Standing solemnly beside Lin Xizhen, his words were sincere.

"Xiao Yan, you say it, as long as Grandma Xi can do it, I will fully support you!"

"Yes, our whole village supports you!"

"Three generations of your bankers are all for the good of us, can we not support you?"

(End of chapter)