farmer's daughter

Chapter 278
Chapter 270 Eighth
As a result, all the dinners that should have been gathered in the ancestral hall were gathered at Xuejian's house.A few elderly women walked around and sat down to surround the Wang family. They just guessed what would be done in the ancestral hall. The third grandma obviously knew something, but she also pretended not to know. .

And those little daughters-in-law went into the workshop of Xuejian's embroidery workshop, and everyone looked here and there, all admiring.On the spot, several daughter-in-laws asked if they could ask for another man.I also thought about coming, but I was afraid that I didn't have so much time, and there were old and young at home, and I had to do some farm work.

Liang Chengfang and Lan's greeted these people, Liang Chengfang naturally agreed and said:
"Don't worry, everyone, as long as you come to work for a day, you will get a day's wages. If you embroider a handkerchief, you will also have a handkerchief. I am not afraid of crowds here. Come when you have time, and do it when you are busy Just go to the farm work. It’s the Chinese New Year, and the children in the family are going to study in the ancestral hall, and you will have more free time. Don’t worry about the children. Then come to embroider. If you can’t do embroidery, I’ll teach you. It’s just that the wages for beginners are less.”

Those big girls and little girls circled around the little Caoyue Yin, they seemed a little restrained in front of Xueer.Because when I was at home, I heard that this family is all earned by Xuejian, and I also know that Xuejian also has a master who can fly around. Although Xuejian is small, everyone can't help feeling a little distant.Xuejian was also a little depressed. In this situation, it seemed that none of the groups were his chat partners.Alas, forget it, let's play with my sister and younger brother.

In the ancestral hall, the patriarch looked around. Standing here are the masters of the whole village.Take a look, I am old!Why do I always feel that my advantage is that I am the oldest, but now I feel that I am the oldest and the most useless person?The patriarch sighed inwardly.

The clan elder took out a bunch of keys from his body, handed them to Shen Erzhu who was standing aside and said:

"Go and open the door next to it. There are stools inside. Ask a few people to move them out. Everyone sit down in this yard. The patriarch has something to say."

Shen Erzhu took the key and waved his hand behind him. Naturally, several young men followed him.After a while, some stools were moved out one by two and placed in rows.Everyone looked at the stools and sat down in the order of standing.Look at everyone sitting down.The patriarch stood up.He coughed lightly, cleared his throat and said:

"Men and young men of Shenjia Village, everyone has seen these stools. They were bought and made with the money Xuejian gave this year to build ancestral halls and run schools. There is also a table for reading in this room. Two years later, Mr. Tian, ​​who used to teach in the village over there, will come to teach here, and a scholar who used to be in the town will also come. These two gentlemen. From now on, the children in our Shenjia Village will study here , every family will have scholars!"

After a pause, the patriarch said again:

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is the beginning of the year! This year, you have something to do. Those of you who entered the construction team of Shenjia Village also gained a lot last year. I heard Xuejian said that this year and next year, you will be busy. Yes. Maybe I will take you into Fucheng, into the capital to repair houses. Ladies and gentlemen, how many of you have been to Fucheng? Most of you have only been to towns and counties. Now you are blessed. I can go to Fucheng to have a look, let’s go to the capital to have a look. We are getting old! We are too old to be used! But you are different. You follow Shen Lao San’s family and have a good time.”

Then he paused and said:

"Everyone knows. These things are all thanks to that girl from Shen Laosan's family. I didn't expect it. The person who can lead our whole village and family to make a fortune is a little girl! But this little girl is not It’s simple. If you are capable, you will not only make your own family better, but also remember our clansmen, our folks! This is a good boy!"

"As for me, I'm getting old, and there are a lot of things. I'm powerless. I also want to help Xue Jian girl more, but my own body is not getting better every year. So, today I put the whole family's The purpose of staying here, old and young, is to tell you that I can no longer be the patriarch. But our clan cannot live without the patriarch. So, I want our village chief to be our patriarch. He is also the elder of our village. People in my generation are very familiar with the affairs of our village. Do you have any opinions?"

The people below all looked at each other and were a little surprised by this.Didn't expect that on the first day of the new year, the patriarch would step down and give way?But when it comes to handing it over to the village head, everyone has no objection, and the village head is still fair in handling things, and he is also a literate person for the older generation.Being a patriarch is perfectly competent.

For a while, no one below raised any different opinions, and the patriarch felt a little cold in his heart. In fact, he didn't know whether it was better to have an opinion or not.For him, if he has an opinion, it means that this person may still support him.No comment, it means that everyone is afraid that they want to step down a long time ago.

After waiting for a while, no one spoke.The patriarch sighed in his heart, but raised his voice and said again:

"Then it's settled. From now on, he will be his patriarch. I have to take good care of my body. I'm old!"

said.Unable to suppress the disappointment in his heart, he lowered his head slightly in a low mood, and turned to look at the village chief.The village chief knew about this a long time ago.He also stood up, and there was no joy on his face, but there was no sense of heaviness, and he was very calm.

The village chief stood up, looked at everyone and said:

"You guys think highly of me, so I must learn from my elder brother and manage our Shen family well! But, I'm almost 60 years old. The village chief and the patriarch work together, and I'm afraid I will suffer too. Don’t be tired. I have an idea to tell everyone. If everyone agrees, we will let Sanzhu be the village head of our village. My brother said it just now. The changes in our clan from last year to this year, everyone is I personally felt it. But all of this came from Sanzhu’s family. This year, everyone has to make money under the leadership of Sanzhu. The daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law of the family also follow Sanzhu’s wife to make money. Good days for our Shenjia Village in the future It's coming!"

"Okay! I agree with Sanzhu being the village head."

The first one to shout was Shen Congting, the youngest son of the patriarch Xian.He and his wife are following Shen Laosan and his wife to make money.And because of his quick thinking, he has been selected to be a small team leader.Specially responsible for installing floor heating pipes.Erzhu and Shen Fugui were responsible for laying the planks.Sanzhu led several people to learn how to be carpenters and make some furniture that they had never seen before.This time during the Chinese New Year, their family received so much money and meat, which was unimaginable in previous years.In previous years, I could not earn so much.This year, the daughter-in-law made an exception and made new clothes for the children for the New Year.Of course, there is also some respect for the elderly.Therefore, he is the one who supports Sanzhu's family the most!
(End of this chapter)