Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 92 Let the Gu family’s genealogy give Old Gu a separate page!
The village committee compound in Anping Village is just a nice name.

In fact, it was the large yard left after the former collective grain station was abolished. It was transformed into the village office, and later became the so-called village committee compound.

By the time Gu Heng's family of three arrived at the village committee compound, the yard was already crowded with quite a few people.

Anping Village is not very big, with only about a hundred households.

But even if each household only sent one representative, there would be more than a hundred people, so the originally empty yard seemed very crowded.
"Is Gu Laosan here?"

"Come on, come here. I brought a bench. Let's sit down and listen."

"Xiao Heng is here too? He has grown into a big boy in the blink of an eye."

Some sharp-eyed people saw Gu Jianguo and his family of three and immediately greeted them with a smile.

Hearing the name "Gu Lao San", Gu Jianguo was a little uncomfortable for a while.
He had been called Gu Lame for more than ten years, and now he was suddenly called Gu Lao San. He didn't know how to respond.
Compared to Gu Jianguo, who has some social phobia, Xu Hong, who is a social expert, feels at home in this environment. She directly joined the crowd and started chatting with a smile on her face.
At this moment, a man suddenly emerged from the crowd, grabbed Gu Jianguo and Gu Heng's arms and went inside, saying as he walked, "Third brother, why are you here so late? The meeting is about to start.

I've moved an extra bench over here, come sit over here."

Seeing such an enthusiastic uncle, Gu Heng was a little confused.
In his impression, his uncle usually stayed away from his family, fearing that he would be taken advantage of if he got too close. Today, the harmonious scene between the brothers had almost never appeared since Gu Heng could remember.
But if you think about it a little more, you will understand.
Huang Bo once said that when he was poor, he was surrounded by bad people, and when he was rich and famous, he was surrounded by good people.
As the representative of snobs, it is normal for my uncle's family to have such changes.
Although Gu Jianguo was dull, he had eaten more than Gu Heng for decades, so he reacted first. Then the father and son smiled at each other, and Gu Jianjun pulled them to the seat he had already occupied.
"Third brother is here? Come sit down, this bench is specially brought for your family."

Gu Heng's aunt was even more enthusiastic than Gu Jianjun. When she saw Gu Jianguo and Gu Heng, she stood up and invited the father and son to sit down with a flattering smile.
Only after seeing the father and son sit down did the couple sit aside with a smile.

"By the way, auntie, where is Xinran?"

Suppressing the discomfort, Gu Heng asked his aunt with a smile.

As the only top student in the village, Gu Xinran is usually the most powerful bragging asset for his uncle and aunt. It is hard for him to believe that the couple would not bring Gu Xinran with them to such a big occasion with most of the villagers gathered together.

When the aunt heard Gu Heng talking to her, her mouth almost stretched to her ears.

She was afraid that Gu Heng would still be resentful of her family for flattering her and bullying her now that he was rich. Now it seemed that Gu Heng was planning to let it go.
While secretly rejoicing that she had given birth to a good daughter, she smiled and replied, "I was planning to have her come, but that damn girl said she had to go pick someone up and couldn't come, so your uncle and I had to come."

Gu Heng nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

As more and more people came, the village committee compound became more and more lively.

As the New Year is coming to an end, migrant workers are coming back. No one wants to miss this grand event, and almost no one is absent.
A few minutes later, several middle-aged men put their hands behind their backs and walked onto a platform in the yard. There was a simple yellow table and a few chairs on the platform.
Gu Heng's uncle was one of those middle-aged men.
Gu Heng sat in the front row, very conspicuous. Gu Jiandang could see him at a glance.
As soon as he saw Gu Heng's smiling face, Gu Jiandang's originally smiling face suddenly turned gloomy.
Obviously, he still remembered what Gu Heng had done the night before.

Gu Heng also saw Gu Jiandang's gloomy face and didn't care at all.
Wealth determines status, and status determines mentality.

If it were in the past, I would have taken my uncle's identity as a village cadre more seriously, and would have considered whether this uncle would use the little power in his hands to disgust my parents.

But that was only in the past.

With my current wealth, if I really want to make a big splash and open a processing plant in my hometown, I can create dozens or hundreds of jobs at once.

By that time, even the mayor would have to coax himself.

Not to mention that I am not even the village chief, I am just an ordinary village cadre.
"Ahem! Be quiet!"

On the podium, the village chief sat in the center. He brought the conference microphone closer to his mouth, coughed a few times deliberately, and spoke slowly.

He has been the village chief since Gu Heng was a child, and has been in the position for more than ten years. He still has some authority. As his voice fell, the village committee compound, which had been very noisy, gradually became quiet.

Seemingly satisfied with the result, the village chief nodded and continued, "I'm sure everyone knows the purpose of holding this village meeting today, so I won't beat around the bush.

The roof of the ancestral hall in our village has collapsed for more than three years, and it has been delayed year after year. Now the spirit tablets in the ancestral hall are still kept in the village office. A few days ago, the leaders of the town came to inspect and pointed to a pile of spirit tablets in the storage room of our village office and asked me what was going on.

I had no choice but to answer truthfully.

The town leaders also ordered me to deal with this matter as soon as possible. It is too inappropriate to leave something like a spirit tablet in the village office!"

"The town leaders put pressure on me, so I can only put pressure on you!
Today I have a question: Should this ancestral hall be rebuilt? If it is to be rebuilt, every household will contribute money, and our village will coordinate the efforts to hire people to rebuild the ancestral hall. If it is not to be rebuilt, then today, while every household is here, please take the spirit tablets of your ancestors home and place them at home for worship! "

As the village chief finished his words, the village committee compound, which had been relatively quiet, became noisy again.

They were all talking among themselves.

The village chief seemed to be annoyed by this matter. He slapped the table and said, "Let's vote now. Those who are willing to rebuild the temple raise their hands. Those who are not willing to rebuild the temple stand aside. I will see everyone's opinions!"

Just a few seconds after the village chief finished speaking, Gu Jianguo, who was sitting next to Gu Heng, immediately raised his hand.

Then almost everyone raised their hands. Gu Heng looked around and raised his hand like everyone else.
In the countryside, no one would vote against rebuilding an ancestral hall.
If someone really stood on the other side just now, I guess someone would immediately stand up and scold them, and they would be criticized in the back every time they walk in the aisle.
The village chief had anticipated the result of the vote, and without delay, he said again: "Since everyone voted in favor of rebuilding the ancestral hall, I will briefly tell you about the village's plan.

Our village has been preparing for this for three years and all the procedures have been completed. The only thing left now is the lack of money.

The total cost of rebuilding a large ancestral hall is about 400 million yuan. There are 133 households in our village. Each household pays 3 yuan, and the excess is refunded and the shortfall is supplemented! In addition, after the construction of the large ancestral hall begins, the bills will be transparent. Everyone can come to the village office to check the bills anytime and anywhere. If there is any problem, I will resign as the village chief! " (PS: The real price.)
According to normal
The salary of village cadres is actually not as much as growing crops at home.
How can they live happily in the countryside? It is because they can make some money from such collective projects.
Now the village chief dares to say that the bill is transparent.
Then there is only one possibility.
He was really driven to a panic by this matter, and would rather not make any money but get the job done as soon as possible.
Just now when the village chief asked if they wanted to rebuild the house, almost everyone was willing to do so, but when it came to the fact that each household had to pay 3 yuan, most of them became reluctant.
Thirty thousand dollars for a family is really not a small amount.
Someone immediately shouted, "Village Chief, isn't 30,000 yuan too much for one family? Why would it cost so much to build a temple?!"

"It only cost me over 200,000 yuan to build my house. 30,000 yuan is enough for me to build an extra room!"

"that is!"

The village chief was so angry when he heard this that his eyes almost popped out. He slammed the table and said loudly: "How can building a large ancestral hall be compared with building your house? If you don't build it better, what will you do if it collapses again? Do you have to rebuild it again?"

"That's true, but 3 yuan a family is still too much. Our family of three may not be able to save that much money in a year." Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it also expresses the thoughts of most villagers.

These people work outside to earn a small salary. After deducting the cost of food and clothing, the family can only save about 3 yuan a year. No one is willing to pay yuan at once.
The village chief's voice sounded again.

"It's not just your family that has to pay 3 yuan, it's every household that has to pay 3 yuan! Other families can pay, but yours can't?!"

The voices of rebuttal came out almost at the same time: "Some families are rich, some are poor, can the accounts be calculated like this?

Gu Jianguo's son spent 400 million on a car, and now he wants to build a house worth several million. His family can easily come up with 3, so how can an ordinary family like us come up with that?"

When he heard someone talking about himself, Gu Heng gave up the idea of ​​watching the fun and looked back.

"That's right! Absolute fairness is unfair! In my opinion, rich families should pay more, and poor families should pay less!
Do you think what I said is right?!"

Gu Heng couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he heard the famous saying "Absolute fairness is unfairness".
These people are willing to say anything to save money.
At this moment, a discordant voice rang out.

"That's right. The Gu family is so rich now, why can't they give more? If he gives 30, the remaining 132 families will have to pay less. We can do so much!"

Gu Heng has been so high-profile in the village these days.

Where there are envious people, there will naturally be jealous people.

Although Gu Heng had already guessed that sooner or later someone would target and squeeze his family, he was mentally prepared.

But when he heard such shameless remarks, he couldn't help but refresh his understanding of shamelessness.
Just when Gu Heng was about to retort, his mother Xu Hong started cursing in the crowd: "Bullshit, my son should give more money if he has money? Why don't you kowtow twice more at my ancestors' graves every year when we visit their graves?"

The young aunt beside Gu Heng also stood up and pointed at the man and cursed: "Zhang Laoba! Are you crazy because of poverty? You can even say such shameless words. If your family has no money, just put your parents' spirit tablets in the toilet for worship! This way your family doesn't have to pay a penny! When you can't poop, you can ask your parents to bless you to poop smoothly!"

Rural women's insults are absolutely dirty and vicious.
But what Gu Heng didn't expect was that his aunt would stand up so clearly to support his family.
Seeing Gu Heng looking at her, the young aunt scolded even more vigorously.
By doing this, she was clearly making a statement.
As for what to say, there is no need to say more.
Snobs have both advantages and disadvantages
The downside is that when you are at your lowest point, not only will they not help you, they are likely to step on you.
The benefits are also obvious
Just like Aunt Gu Heng, when they need to curry favor with you, they will push you up very high, wishing that you could stand on their head and talk.
Seeing her husband being scolded like that, Zhang Laoba's wife couldn't help it and stood up to scold him too.
Others stood aside and watched the farce happily.
A good village meeting turned into a quarrel between two families.
Seeing this, Gu Heng asked his aunt to stop scolding him, then rushed into the crowd and pulled Xu Hong over.
Even when being dragged, Xu Hong would occasionally utter two vicious curses. Gu Heng could only comfort his mother with a helpless smile.
Under the village chief's slamming of the table and roaring, Zhang Laoba's family also stopped, but holding a village meeting here was already a joke. Just when the village chief was about to disperse the meeting and was about to think of a new solution, Gu Heng collapsed directly onto the podium.

"Gu family boy, what are you doing?"

Listening to the village chief's question, Gu Heng smiled and said, "Uncle, can I borrow your microphone for a while?"

The village chief thought that Gu Heng came to borrow the microphone to avenge Xu Hong, and hurriedly said, "We are all from the same village, so the quarrel will be over. Don't make a big deal out of it."

Gu Heng smiled and explained, "Uncle, don't think too much. Didn't Zhang Laoba just say that my family should contribute more? I came here to contribute more."

After saying that, before the village chief could react, he directly picked up the microphone and said to the crowd below: "Didn't Zhang Laoba just say that my family should contribute more? I think so too."

After hearing these words, the noisy crowd below suddenly quieted down.

When Xu Hong heard her son running up and talking nonsense, she was about to go up and pull Gu Heng down, but Gu Jianguo, who seemed to have anticipated this, grabbed her.

"The village chief just said that it would cost 400 million to build the ancestral hall. I can donate 200 million directly on behalf of the Gu people in Anping Village!"

In an instant, everyone in the audience started talking to each other.
I kept thinking, is Gu Heng's brain broken?
Only Gu Heng knew very well what he was thinking, and continued: "But there is a prerequisite for me to pay the 200 million.

That is, after the new ancestral hall is built, no matter how the previous ancestral hall was arranged, the spirit tablets of our Gu family must be placed first.

As long as you agree to my request, I will directly pay 200 million for the construction cost of the new ancestral hall, and the remaining 200 million will be shared by you.

Of course, it's okay if you don't agree. If you don't agree, my family won't pay for the new ancestral hall. I will just build a small ancestral hall next to my house, just for the spirit tablets of my ancestors, the Gu family. I don't need that much money anyway."

There are 133 households in Anping Village, but there are many surnames, about ten in total.
The surname Gu is the least common surname in Anping Village. Only Gu Heng's family and his uncle's and younger uncle's families have the surname Gu.

In the past, spirit tablets were placed according to surnames, with the older surnames placed in front and the younger surnames placed in the back.
Like the several spirit tablets of the Gu family, they are all placed in the back corner.
There is nothing wrong with this arrangement. People with large surnames have a large population, and they contribute more money and effort to build the ancestral hall. This is normal.

But now that I am going to pay 200 million, of course I have to put my ancestors' spirit tablets first, otherwise wouldn't the money be wasted?

"Impossible! How many people are there among you Gu people? And you still want to be at the top?"

"That's right! Let so many people's ancestors give in to your family surnamed Gu. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

People are always greedy and mean
When asking them to pay, there are always countless reasons.

Now that some people are willing to pay, they are unwilling to give up their own benefits.

Listening to the shouting from below, Gu Heng was not angry. He put the microphone back and said with a smile: "Uncle, I have already given you an idea. Whether you can succeed in the future depends on you. Anyway, I don't care. If it doesn't work, I will build a Gu family ancestral hall myself."

After saying that, he patted the village chief's shoulder without any respect and jumped down from the platform.

Then he sat back down under the excited gaze of his father Gu Jianguo.
He heard clearly what his son had just said. If he could put the spirit tablet of the Gu family's ancestors in the first place, it would be something he would never dare to dream of.
It is definitely a great honor to the family.

Seeing his father's eyes, Gu Heng smiled.

If this really happens, I will have to pay 200 million.

The two million could be considered the least worthwhile sum of money he had spent since he acquired the system, but looking at his father's expression, Gu Heng felt that this sum of money was the most worthwhile.
Anyway, Gu Heng had made up his mind. If this matter failed, he would spend his own money to build a Gu family ancestral hall. In any case, he had to let his father bring honor to the family!
The Gu family’s genealogy had to give him a separate page!
　I would like to give a unified reply here. There are many village ancestral halls here. They were emptied out due to wars. Later, there were many surnames in one village, and many outsiders merged, so ancestral halls were built according to the villages.

　　You can search online to find out that this is the case in many places in Anhui.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)