Rebirth 1983: Starting from taking back the family property.

Chapter 552: Honoring the Family (2)

After Lu Jiaxin fell asleep, Uncle Lu went to the home of his seventh uncle. When he arrived, his seventh uncle was still talking with the village chief and several elders in the clan.

Seeing Uncle Lu, Uncle Seven felt relieved. Because Uncle Lu was in charge of Jiaxin's sponsorship of the clan children's education, he now had a lot of say in the village.

After Uncle Lu sat down, he asked, "How did you guys discuss it?"

Uncle Seven and the village chief thought they could agree to it, but they were worried that the villagers would not agree, after all, there was no such precedent. The villagers were also short-sighted and would think that it was a bad rule for girls to share the forest and that it would harm the interests of men, and that if too many people applied for the land, there would not be enough.

After listening to this, Uncle Lu talked about his own family: "I have three sons. The eldest and the second son each have three sons, and the third son has two sons. Do you think my family has built a house (a cave dwelling) now? The house we live in now was built more than ten years ago. As for the future..."

After a deliberate pause, he looked at the people present and said, "I won't talk about Jiaguang's four children. Those who grew up in the city will not come back. As for Jiazong's three children, Lushan now has a house and a shop and has established a firm foothold in the city; Luyun and his wife help the second son run a noodle shop and will definitely stay in the city in the future; Lutao has a job and it is even less likely that he will come back. Jiayao's two sons, the elder one joined the railway bureau, and the younger one will go to the city to find a job after graduating from high school and failing to get into college."

"None of my eight grandchildren will ask for land to build houses in the village. Similarly, the children who have passed the exams will not come back to the village to build a cave house. Now the family planning policy allows only two children per family, and those who are capable go out to make a living, so it does not affect the girl's application for land."

The eight grandsons of the Lu family's eldest branch would not come back to build a house. This example is too convincing. Of course, the most important thing is the family planning he proposed. If they had as many children as they wanted in the past, no amount of land would be enough. Now that the situation has changed, it is easier to convince them.

Seventh Uncle said nothing.

The village chief agreed with Uncle Lu and said, "Uncle, now a family can only have two children at most. If the first child is a son, they can only have one. In the future, when the population of the village decreases, the land will not be so scarce. The girls in the village can apply for land."

Uncle Lu added: "The policy only allows two children. If you have two girls, you can't have any more. It's good for them that the girls can apply for the land foundation."

Uncle Seven thought for a moment and said, "A family can only apply for a foundation once. As for the hilltops, will they be divided according to the number of people, just like the land?"

Everyone thinks this method is feasible.

The next day, Lu Jiaxin woke up at dawn. After washing up, her aunt brought her breakfast, which was still her favorite mutton dumplings, but this time it was served with smashed cucumbers and kimchi.

Lu Jiaxin took a bite of the kimchi and praised it highly: "Aunt, your kimchi is so delicious. Where did you learn how to make it?"

My aunt saw that she liked to smile from ear to ear. Although she was almost 70 years old, her teeth were still straight, perhaps because she took good care of herself or because of her genetics. On the contrary, most of my uncle's teeth had fallen out, and now he couldn't eat hard food.

The eldest aunt said cheerfully, "I learned it from the old lady Wang next door. She makes really good pickles. It took me a lot of effort to learn how to make them. I'll teach your second sister-in-law how to make them when she comes home for the New Year. You like them, so they'll definitely be popular if we sell them in the store."

Lu Jiaxin coaxed her and said, "I guarantee that the customers will want to eat more after eating it, and the business will be better in the future."

After breakfast, the group went to visit the graves. The road up the mountain was quite rugged, but the branches and weeds on the roadside had been cleared, and it had been open for some time. Uncle Lu smiled and said, "During the Qingming Festival, we went to visit the graves and asked the villagers to repair both sides of the road. I also plan to call on the villagers to carry stones to pave the road during the slack season, so that we don't have to worry about slipping even if it rains."

Lu Jiaxin thought the idea was good, but the villagers might not agree. However, she did not discourage Uncle Lu. When people get old, they hope to have something to do and be respected by their children and grandchildren, so that they can feel a sense of accomplishment.

It took about half an hour to get there. In the past, Lu Jiaxin had to take care of the graves of Lu's mother herself. Now, she could burn incense for the ancestors of the Lu family, and with Uncle Lu here, she just had to follow his instructions.

Uncle Lu said in front of a grave: "Dad, this is Jiaxin, the daughter of the third Red Army soldier. This child is very promising. She donated money and materials to the country to help many orphans and also sponsored the children in the clan to go to school. Dad, now everyone in Feng County knows about our Lu family."

The character "家" in the middle of the next generation of male offspring was chosen according to the genealogy sequence, and the characters after that were chosen according to the four characters "光宗耀祖". However, he never dreamed that the next generation who would bring glory to the family would not be his sons and nephews, but Jiaxin.

Because Lu Hongjun only had one daughter, the order of the generations was also followed in the genealogy. At that time, Uncle Lu wanted her to marry a son-in-law, but Lu Hongjun did not agree.

Lu Jiaxin listened to his nagging without getting annoyed. The older generation thought this way, hoping that their children and grandchildren could bring honor to the family and make it prosperous. The four children of the eldest brother were very motivated and would have a promising future; the three brothers of Lu Shan would all have a good life in the future; Lu Cheng joined the Railway Bureau, and Lu Hui was in high school. As long as they didn't go astray, they would have a good future. As for the second wife, she ignored her.

Because Lu Jiaxin still had to go to school, she left without staying for long after burning incense. When going down the mountain, Uncle Lu said with some regret: "You are leaving tomorrow, and you are in such a hurry that you have not prepared anything. If you can go back two days later, you can offer sacrifices to your ancestors."

The main reason was that Lu Jiaxin didn't tell him in advance, otherwise she would have definitely prepared. This girl likes to do things unexpectedly now.

In rural areas, there is a serious preference for boys over girls. For example, in her previous life, she was not allowed to worship her ancestors, even though she was the only daughter, so she was very averse to such activities.

In order not to spoil the fun, Lu Jiaxin made up an excuse: "Uncle, I came back to do some work. I happened to be not far from here, so I came back to visit you and aunt. I will wait until next time. I will definitely tell you in advance when I come back to visit you."

The school is not far from Lujia Village, and it takes about ten minutes to walk there. The so-called school is actually a few cave dwellings, one cave dwelling for each grade.

Lu Jiaxin walked in and found that the light was not very good, but everything else was fine. It was just that the light was not good, and staying in such a place for a long time was not good for the eyes.

“Is this the environment in which children study?”

Uncle Lu nodded and said, "Yes! Two years ago, they said that the higher-ups would allocate money to build a school, so I didn't tell you. But after waiting for two years, there was still no movement. I asked someone and they said that the county didn't have the money to build it."

It was because he heard that the county would allocate money to build a school building that he didn't tell Lu Jiaxin. Otherwise, if he told Jiaxin, she would definitely donate money to build a school building, and the children would have studied in a spacious and bright classroom long ago. So when he got the news, he was furious.

(End of this chapter)