I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 103 Ancestral Hall
In the early morning of the next day, heavy snow fell. In this freezing weather, the gatekeepers reported that someone from Nanwa'ao came to the house to look for He Anwen.

He Anwen, who was dozing off by the stove, regained his energy immediately, wrapped himself in a cotton-padded coat, and hurried to the gate of the government office to pick him up.

He Youcheng, the security chief of Nanwa'ao, stood at the door leaning on crutches while waiting while stomping his feet to drive out the cold. There was a four- or five-year-old child beside him.

"Youcheng" He Anwen was very happy to see He Youcheng, and his lame leg was more agile than ever.

"Creek Dog"

"Follow me into the house, it's cold outside"

The people who came and went to the commander's mansion were all high-ranking dignitaries. People like He Youcheng who came out of the backcountry would not be able to step through the threshold here, but Zhang Qixian specially asked He Anwen to move freely in the mansion, and brought the old and the young directly into the house. in the room.

After seeing He Youcheng, He Shao, who was dozing off while He Jing was reading, got up and called out to Uncle He.

"Okay, okay!" He Youcheng replied quickly.

"Why are you here at this time, it's freezing cold."

Although there was a bit of reproach in He Anwen's voice, his expression couldn't hide his excitement. Obviously, the arrival of his old acquaintance made him very happy.

"The child still wears so little, come and bake by the fire"

He Anwen took the child's cold little hand and hurried to the stove.

"This is my eldest grandson, He Yun, Yun'er quickly call grandpa"

"Hello Grandpa"

"Good boy, you look smart at first glance, Badger, you go and get a suit of clothes," He Anwen hurriedly ordered.

It was the cold winter, He Youcheng and He Yun were both wearing single clothes, especially He Yun's immature face was frozen purple.

Originally, He Shao was holding a piece of pastry in his hand and was going to put it in his mouth, but He Anwen came over and took it away very bluntly, and took away the plate with the pastry by the way.

"Lai Yun'er, you're hungry, eat something quickly"

He Yun looked at the snack, his stomach was growling, but he didn't reach out to take it.

"What's the matter, eat quickly." He Anwen picked up a piece and put it in his hand.

"Father and mother haven't eaten for a day..." He Yun's voice was childish, but it hit He Anwen's heart like a hard stone.

"Youcheng, why is there a problem at home?"

"It's not like you don't know the situation in our Aoli, that family has no difficulties.

Last year, families were either short of harvest or robbed by the Khitans, and there was not enough food for the winter. In previous years, they could make it through by drinking gruel to cheat their stomachs, but this year they might not be able to survive.

The price of rice in Taiyuan Mansion has risen from six to seven hundred wen a shi to almost two guan a shi, and the folks can't afford it.

In addition, this year's winter is extremely cold, several old people have starved to death in Aoli, and three infants have froze to death." He Youcheng sighed after finishing speaking.

"Both of us grew up naked and we are not outsiders. To tell you the truth, I also have some family wealth now. If you are successful, how do you want me to help you?"

He Anwen has only lived in Nanwa'ao for a few years, but this is his hometown and the place where his parents are buried, so he wants to help out, so He Shao promised Zhang Qixian to find a job for the people here.

"Xigou, actually I want to borrow some rice this time"

He Jing brought some cotton-padded clothes for He Yun to put on, and wrapped them up next to the stove.

"Feng Lang, go get the money, how much do we have?"

"Father, you can't save the world for a while," He Shao said.

"If you can save it for a while, let's talk about it later." He Anwen sighed.

He Anwen asked He Youcheng and He Yun to be sent back by the carriage at the commanding envoy's mansion, which also carried a lot of food for you, but this is not a long-term solution after all.

"Feng Lang, you said we really have charcoal pits in Pingshan?" He Anwen was also a little tangled in his heart, so he repeatedly confirmed it.

"kindness"

"Can charcoal really help the people along the way to survive?"

"Carbon is also called black gold. You should know better than me how much firewood and fuel is lacking in Kaifeng City in winter," He Shao said.

"With the folks in Shitanao, they won't freeze to death or starve to death." He Anwen limped back and forth in the house.

"Your grandma is cowardly, your grandfather He Sanqiao was a well-known rascal in Nanwa'ao when he was young, he did almost everything except murder and arson, even after he died, people applauded him, it's not a good thing.

No matter how outsiders poke him in the back, but your grandparents gave me their lives after all, if I move his old man’s grave, I’m afraid I won’t be able to see them when I go down.”

He Shao knew that He Anwen was hesitating and embarrassing because he didn't want to move the old grave.

"There are many coal pits on Hedong Road, but it is not easy to mine in the cold weather today, only the shallow soil layer in Pingshan can be excavated in the open air.

The big deal is to let them survive this winter and dig after the soil thaws in spring. "

"When spring starts tomorrow, I don't know how many people will freeze to death. Why don't we just move..."

He Anwen finally made up his mind.

"Have you decided?"

He Shao knew very well how important these two graves were to He Anwen's heart. He always thought that the stubborn old man would rather die than move, but he figured it out by himself in just two days.

"The old couple died of starvation. People can die in various ways, but they can't be starved to death. That is the most tragic way of death in the world. I think they can understand it.

What's more, the sloping land in Pingshan is very windy, and the graves will be leveled in a few years. Why don't I build a ancestral hall for them behind our old house, and we can count as accumulating some virtue for them after our death. "

"Okay, as long as you think about it, I will discuss with Commander about the construction of the ancestral hall."

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. I found a coal mine by myself, and moved the ancestral graves away in order to dig in winter.

Everything was exactly as Shao Shao thought, Zhang Qixian not only agreed, but also wanted to set up the ancestral hall with great fanfare in the name of the government.

There are many types of ancestral halls, including ancestral halls, ancestral halls, female ancestral halls, etc. However, Zhang Qixian ordered the construction of a special ancestral hall in the name of the commander. , its wings shade the people of one side.

After removing the old grave, there is no biggest obstacle, and the coal mine in Pingshan can be excavated smoothly.

Originally, He Sanqiao and his wife had been forgotten long ago, but this time when the grave was moved, all the people in Nanwa'ao remembered the name that had disappeared for 50 to [-] years.

No matter how many bad things he did during his lifetime, now the whole Nanwa'ao people have been taken care of by He Anwen's family, and they have found a way to survive. This is a real great kindness.

Many people also said that He Anwen's ancestral grave had good geomantic omen, that his children and grandchildren were wealthy, and that the place where the grave was buried happened to be a coal mine. He Anwen didn't explain anything about such a statement.

My own father's reputation is already stinky, I didn't expect that someone would build a shrine for him and worship him after he died.

(End of this chapter)