Chapter 549 Asking for Money to Build an Ancestral Hall
After climbing Mount Hengshan, Lu Jiaxin returned to her hometown.
When Lu Jiaxin was approaching Lujia Village, she remembered the scene when she came last time. Last time I went home, I could only borrow a trolley. This time I exchanged shotguns for cannons and went back directly in a car.
It was around four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Lu Jiaxin. At this time, everyone in the village was busy working in the fields, and only some children were playing. When they saw the car, they all gathered around to look at it.
Lu Jiaxin took out a bag of candies and gave them to them. The children ran home after getting the candies. Uncle Lu's house couldn't accommodate that many people, so the two drivers drove away. They went to the county town to stay in a guest house and would come back tomorrow morning.
When they arrived at Uncle Lu's house, Lu Jiaxin saw the door open and went straight in. When she saw no one in the yard, she shouted: "Uncle, aunt..."
Soon the house A man came out and yawned loudly as he walked out of the door. She was shocked when she saw Lu Jiaxin: "Jia, Jiaxin, why are you back? This, this, why didn't you call us when you came back?"
Lu Jiaxin didn't call in advance, otherwise What is waiting is that the whole village will come to greet him, and maybe even the leaders of the county will come. After what happened in Yi County, she didn't want to deal with the county leaders at all.
"Third sister-in-law, where are the uncle and the eldest aunt?"
Lu San's sister-in-law paused and said unnaturally: "Dad went to the county to do some business, and mother, she, she went to visit, It’s a shame.”
I originally wanted to go visit him, but Lu Jiaxin’s eyes were too scary and she didn’t dare to lie.
Lu Jiaxin's face suddenly turned ugly. Her aunt, who was in her seventies, went to collect pigweed, while her daughter-in-law, who was only in her early forties, was sleeping in the house.
Sister-in-law Lu explained to herself: "I asked her not to go, but I couldn't persuade her..."
Facing Lu Jiaxin's sharp eyes, she was speechless: "I "I'm going to find my mother now and call her back."
She ran out quickly before Lu Jiaxin could say anything.
Miao Na said with a smile: "I see many people say that daughters-in-law from the mainland have to be bullied by their mothers-in-law. Your eldest aunt is in her seventies and still goes out to hunt pigweed, while your daughter-in-law sleeps in the house It smells so good, it doesn’t match the rumors at all!”
Lu Jiaxin said: “The third sister-in-law is very lazy, but the eldest aunt has no time to do it, so it has nothing to do with her.”
Miao Na snorted coldly and said: "How come it doesn't matter? If she had finished planting the pigweed, your aunt would still go to fight the pigweed under such a strong sun. Boss, what do you mean? Is there something wrong with the feng shui of the house? Your third sister-in-law is so lazy, and the Xiangye from your second sister-in-law’s house is said to be very lazy too.”
“Xiangye is a thing of the past, don’t mention it again.”
The eldest aunt did not come back, but the seventh uncle came over first. His great-grandson got a handful of the candies sent by Lu Jiaxin, and then took them back to his sister to eat but he touched them. After hearing his great-grandson's description, he guessed that Lu Jiaxin was back, and hurried over to take a look.
Last time Lu Jiaxin came, Lu DabertHe deliberately took him to see his seventh uncle, so he recognized him: "Seventh uncle, why are you here?"
You have to be supported by the younger members of the family when you walk, and you don't know what you are doing here.
The seventh uncle said with a smile: "I knew you were back, so I came over to see you. Jiaxin, you are the pride of our Lu family."
Lu Jiaxin suddenly became vigilant and gave It's probably not good for her to wear a high hat. When she was a child, her grandmother was always proud of her father's company. She didn't know how to brag about it in the countryside, causing people who had nothing to do with her to borrow money.
"Uncle, I didn't do anything."
The seventh uncle felt that she was too modest: "Because of you, our Lu family's children can now go to school. Last year, the family changed It’s six children who are admitted to college.”
Two of the six college students are children of the Lu family, but it is very rare for a village to have four college students (two undergraduates and two junior college students). . This incident alone is enough to make Lujia Village the talk of town.
Lu Jiaxin said with a smile: "That is also the result of the children's own efforts."
The seventh uncle shook his head and said: "If you hadn't funded their studies, you would have bought them so much study materials. Information, Dongzi and Xiumei cannot pass the exam."
There is financial support for tuition and living expenses, but she doesn't know about the study materials. Her eldest brother and the others must have found them from outside and sent them back! However, there are few learning materials now, which is indeed precious for rural children. < /p>
"The ancestral hall needs to be demolished and rebuilt like this, otherwise people will be killed if it collapses during ancestor worship. Jiaxin, you are the most promising child of our Lu family, and this has a bearing on our Lu family ancestors." Follow Feng Shui, you can't ignore it!"
Before returning, Lu Jiaxin knew that this trip to her hometown would definitely involve some blood, but what she didn't expect was that the seventh uncle would be the first to speak.
"Uncle, how much does it cost to build the ancestral hall?"
Seeing her signs of loosening, the seventh uncle said expectantly: "Jiaxin, I hope you can donate money to build it." Ancestral hall. I calculated, thirty thousand yuan is enough."
Lu Jiaxin is not willing to donate money to build an ancestral hall, but the seventh uncle comes to ask for it at such an age, and it is not worth just thirty thousand yuan. many. She said: "I have two conditions. If you agree, I will donate money to build the ancestral hall. If you don't agree, I will pretend I have never heard of it."
"You say."
Lu Jiaxin’s two requests are also simple. The first is that the girls in the clan can go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors in the future; the second is that the benefits of forests, foundations and other benefits should be treated equally in the future, regardless of male or female.
"How can this work..."
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said: "If it doesn't work, forget it. Seventh Uncle, you can find a promising man in the clan to fund the construction of the ancestral hall. !"
Uncle Seven was stuck, and after a while he said: "ThisI have to discuss it with the people in the village. "
"Then you can discuss it slowly! "
My eldest aunt just happened to be back. When she walked in and heard these words, she couldn't help but ask: "Jiaxin, what do you want to discuss with the seventh uncle?" "
Lu Jiaxin explained clearly in one sentence, and then said in front of the seventh uncle: "When I was asked to donate money to build an ancestral hall, I didn't think it was a girl's family; there are no benefits such as dividing mountains and forests, applying for foundations to build houses, etc. Where does the girl's share come from? "
The seventh uncle sighed and said: "I don't have the final say on this, everyone has to agree. ”
It’s okay for the seventh uncle to enter the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, but the mountains, forests and foundations have only been given to men since ancient times, and they have never been given to the girls of the clan.
The eldest aunt is full He said with a smile on his face: "Then Uncle Seven will hold a meeting and ask everyone for their opinions. If everyone doesn't agree, forget it. ”
Lu Jiaxin added: “If everyone disagrees, from now on I will only support girls in the clan to study.” Anyway, the men have so many benefits, and the girls in the tribe also have one exclusive benefit. "
Uncle Seventh's face froze.
Auntie Lu did not expect such a sentence from Lu Jiaxin, but she must be on Jiaxin's side: "Uncle Seventh, you and me Let's talk about it and see if they are willing? ”
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