Rebirth 1983: Starting from taking back the family property.

Chapter 549 Needing Money to Build an Ancestral Hall

After climbing Mount Hengshan, Lu Jiaxin returned to her hometown.

When approaching Lujia Village, Lu Jiaxin recalled the last time she came here. Last time she could only borrow a cart to go home, but this time she could go back in a car directly.

It was around 4pm when we arrived at Lujiaxin. At this time, the villagers were busy working in the fields, except for some children playing. When they saw the car, they all gathered around to look.

Lu Jiaxin took out a bag of candy and shared it with them. The children ran back home after getting the candy. Uncle Lu's house couldn't accommodate so many people, so the two drivers drove away. They went to stay at a guesthouse in the county town and would come back tomorrow morning.

Arriving at Uncle Lu's house, Lu Jiaxin saw that the door was open and went straight in. Seeing that there was no one in the yard, she shouted directly: "Uncle, Auntie..."

Soon a person came out of the house and yawned loudly when he left the door. She was surprised to see Lu Jiaxin: "Jia, Jiaxin, why are you back? Hey, hey, why didn't you call us when you came back?"

Lu Jiaxin didn't call in advance, otherwise she would have to wait for the whole village to come and greet her, and even the county leaders might 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 uncle and aunt?"

Mrs. Lu paused and said unnaturally, "Dad went to the county to do some work, and Mom went to pick grass for the pigs."

She originally wanted to say she was going to visit someone, but Lu Jiaxin's eyes were so scary that she didn't dare to lie.

Lu Jiaxin's face suddenly turned ugly. Her aunt, who was in her seventies, went to collect grass for the pigs, while her daughter-in-law, who was only in her early forties, was sleeping in the house.

Mrs. Lu explained to herself: "I told her not to go, but I couldn't persuade her..."

Facing Lu Jiaxin's sharp eyes, she couldn't speak clearly: "I, I'm going to find mother now and call her back."

Without waiting for Lu Jiaxin to speak, she ran out.

Miao Na smiled and said, "I've seen many people say that daughters-in-law in the mainland are bullied by their mothers-in-law. Your aunt is over 70 years old and still goes out to pick grass for pigs, while your daughter-in-law is sleeping soundly in the house. This is not consistent with the rumors at all!"

Lu Jiaxin said: "Third sister-in-law is very lazy, but cutting grass for pigs is something that eldest aunt has to do because she has no time to spare. It has nothing to do with her."

Miao Na snorted coldly and said, "How can it be okay? If she had already cut the pig grass, your aunt would still go out in such a hot sun to cut the pig grass. Boss, do you think there is something wrong with the Feng Shui of the Lu family? Your third sister-in-law is so lazy, and the Xiangye in your second sister-in-law's family was also said to be very lazy."

"Xiang Ye is a thing of the past. Don't mention it again."

The eldest aunt didn't come back, but the seventh uncle came first. His great-grandson got a handful of candies that Lu Jiaxin gave out, and then he took it back to give to his sister and he saw it. After hearing his great-grandson's description, he guessed that Lu Jiaxin had returned, so he hurried over to see her.

The last time Lu Jiaxin came, Da Bo Lu took him to see his seventh uncle, so he recognized him: "Seventh uncle, why are you here?"

He needs the support of his younger family members when walking, and I don’t know what he came here for.

The seventh uncle smiled and said, "I knew you were back, so I came to see you. Jiaxin, you are the pride of our Lu family."

Lu Jiaxin immediately became alert, thinking that flattering her would not be a good thing. When she was a child, her grandmother was always proud of her father's company, and she boasted about it in the countryside, causing people who had nothing to do with her to come to borrow money.

"Uncle, I didn't do anything."

Uncle Seven thought she was too modest: "Thanks to you, all the children in our Lu clan can go to school now. Last year, six children in our clan were admitted to university."

Two of the six college students are from the Lu family branch, but it is rare for a village to have four college students (two undergraduates and two junior college students). This alone is enough to make Lujia Village a topic of conversation in the surrounding area. Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "That is also the result of the children's own hard work."

Uncle Seven shook his head and said, "If you hadn't sponsored their studies and bought them so many study materials, Dongzi and Xiumei wouldn't have been able to pass the exam."

There was funding for tuition and living expenses, but she didn't know about study materials. It should be that her elder brother and his friends found them outside and sent them back! However, there are not many study materials now, so this is really precious for rural children.

After a few words of gossip, the seventh uncle said, "Jia Xin, a wall of the ancestral hall collapsed two months ago. I asked someone to repair it, but the ancestral hall has been there for so many years, so the repair can only help for a while."

"The ancestral hall needs to be demolished and rebuilt, otherwise people will die if it collapses during ancestral worship. Jiaxin, you are the most promising child in our Lu family. This concerns our Lu family's ancestors and Feng Shui. You can't just ignore it!"

Before returning, Lu Jiaxin knew that this trip back home would cost her some money, but she didn't expect that the first person to speak would be her seventh uncle.

"Uncle, how much does it cost to build the ancestral hall?"

Seeing that she was showing signs of loosening up, the Seventh Uncle said expectantly, "Jia Xin, I hope you can donate money to build the ancestral hall. I calculated that 30,000 yuan would be enough."

Lu Jiaxin was unwilling to donate money to build the ancestral hall, but her seventh uncle was so old and came to ask for it, and 30,000 yuan was not much. 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 that I have never heard of it."

"You said."

Lu Jiaxin's two requests were also simple. The first was that girls in the clan should be able to enter the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors; the second was that the benefits of mountains, forests, land, etc. should be treated equally, regardless of whether they were boys or girls.

"How can this be done..."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "If that doesn't work, forget it. Uncle Seven, find a promising man in the clan to pay for building the ancestral hall!"

Uncle Seven was stuck. After a while, he said, "I have to discuss this with the villagers."

"Then you guys take your time to discuss it!"

Just then, my aunt came back. When she heard this, she couldn't help but ask, "Jia Xin, what do you want to discuss with Uncle Seven?"

Lu Jiaxin explained it clearly in one sentence, and then said in front of her seventh uncle: "When they asked me to donate money to build the ancestral hall, they didn't mind that I was a girl; but when it comes to allocating mountains and forests, applying for foundations to build houses, there is no share for girls. How can that be justified?"

Uncle Seven sighed and said, "I don't have the final say on this. We need everyone's consent."

The seventh uncle saw no problem in entering the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, but he said that mountains, forests and land had been given only to males since ancient times and never to girls in the clan.

The eldest aunt said with a smile on her face: "Then Uncle Seventh will call a meeting and ask for everyone's opinions. If everyone disagrees, then forget it."

Lu Jiaxin added: "If everyone disagrees, I will only support the girls in the tribe to study in the future. Since the men have so many benefits, let the girls in the tribe enjoy one benefit alone."

Seventh Uncle’s face froze.

The eldest aunt didn't expect Lu Jiaxin to say this, but she was definitely on Jiaxin's side: "Seventh Uncle, please talk to everyone and see if they are willing."

(End of this chapter)