"Wu Jun, come over and kneel down. Take the incense and kowtow to our ancestors.”
In the Wu family ancestral hall, Wu Jun was at the mercy of the genealogy manager, Wu Rushui, who was Wu Zhanglai's father. He was like a " machine ", being ordered around.
With a thud, Wu Jun knelt on a snakeskin bag filled with straw. He held three incense sticks in his hand and knelt in front of the ancestral tablet.
" Today, a descendant of the Wu family, Jun, has won the title of Jieyuan in the provincial examination. Now, I hereby report the good news to my ancestors…" Wu Rushui muttered and said a long passage," Wu Jun, kowtow to my ancestors.”
Dong dong dong!
Wu Jun kowtowed three times and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
"Fire!" Wu Rushui shouted at the outside of the ancestral hall. In an instant, the sound of kicking could be heard from outside.
It only stopped after a full five minutes. The ancestral hall was bleeding. Five minutes of noise, and the noise was so loud and dense. This would cost a lot of money.
After paying their respects to the ancestral hall, Wu Jun followed Wu Rushui to pay his respects to the village temple, the " dragon head ", and then the ruined temple.
The reason why it was called a ruined temple was naturally because this temple was already gone. When it was destroyed, it was pushed down and then dug into a pond.
It was said that the ruined temple was actually the ancestral temple of the Ji family, which was also the ancestral temple of the earliest ancestors of Wu Lou.
Wulou Village had a total of five ancestral halls, which meant that the surname Wu of Wulou had been divided into five branches. Wu Jun and Wu Xiao did not belong to the same branch, so Wu Xiao's family would not send representatives to participate in the ancestral hall's activities.
However, Wulou Village was not big. In addition, the matter of Wu Jun had already spread throughout the village.
There was no reason for Wu Xiao's family not to know about today's ancestral ceremony.
Wu Jun turned around and looked at his mother's dignified and solemn face. However, it was obvious that she couldn't hold back her smile. Wu Jun was very satisfied.
"Mom, please be proud of me!"
……
After a round of kowtows, Wu Jun had kowtowed countless times. Blood had already formed on his forehead.
Once again, he returned to the grain-sunning field where the dragon head was placed. Wu Jun kowtowed to the dragon head and burned incense. The final highlight had also begun.
"Wu Jun, come here." Wu Rushui called out. Wu Jun obediently walked up to him and bowed to Wu Rushui.
"Wu Jun, you've done well for the village and our Wu family this time. I can't represent the village. I'll let the village chief do it himself tomorrow. On behalf of the Dragon Lantern Association and the ancestral hall, I'll give you 5000 yuan as a red packet.”
"I don't dare. This is already a lot."
"You little ones should also watch. Study hard so that you can get good grades and make your parents proud. Tomorrow, the county head, the town head, and the township head will all come to the village to congratulate Wu Jun. This is such an honor. Don't you care about it…"
For the past three days, Wu Jun had been like a marionette, being led around and smiling foolishly at all times.
However, the income was quite considerable. The county did not give them a house, but gave them 100,000 yuan in cash. In addition, the town gave 50,000 yuan, the village gave 20,000 yuan, and the village gave 10,000 yuan. In addition, a villager with the same surname who had made a fortune and moved to the city a few years ago also sent Wu Jun a red packet of 18888 yuan.
In total, Wu Jun received more than 200,000 yuan in red packets.
However, the prosperity would eventually dissipate. The glory and joy lasted for a few days before they dissipated. After that, Wu Jun closed the door and began to calculate his own small accounts.
"Including the money from my relatives, it's a total of 210,500 yuan. How should I deal with this money?”Wu Jun's mother asked after counting the money.
"Building a house." Wu Jun's father was about to open his mouth when Wu Jun spoke first,"Use it to build a new house. This house at home leaks when it rains. We can't live in it anymore.”
"I…"
"I know, Dad, you still have debts outside, but they are all gambling debts. You can pay them back slowly. The price of reinforced concrete was increasing. Who knew how much it would increase in the future? Now, 200,000 yuan was enough to build a magnificent house. In the future, it might not be enough to build a frame.”
No matter what, this money was definitely used to build a new house. Not only would he build it, but Wu Jun would also go to the village to approve the foundation and let the village know that he had paid for the house.
Although this house would most likely be given to his younger brother in the future, it was still a matter of knowledge.
If he gave it to her secretly, who knew what was going on in this house?
The reputation of the village was very important. If Wu Jun wanted to be filial, he also needed the village to pass on his filial reputation. He had seen a very filial son, but because of his parents 'favoritism, he did not have a good reputation in the village.
If the parents said that their children were not, how would the villagers who did not know the inside story spread it?
Wu Jun had to be filial and respectful, but he had to be wary of his father. His mother wasn't someone who liked to gossip at home. On the contrary, she would tell others about his father's family matters.
It was hard to say how much water was in the version he was talking about!
If the same thing was said from different mouths, it would often lead to the opposite. Both sides might lose one person. With the lesson from his previous life, how could Wu Jun not be wary?
"Okay, okay, okay. Let's build a new house." His father sighed and said helplessly,""Give me the money. I'll go get it.”
"Dad, you don't have to work hard. After the wine is served, you can go back to work. My classmate's father is in the construction team. I'll get his father to come over and help build the house. You just have to do a good job with the homestead.”
"Hmph, fine. The money is yours. You've made a big decision, and your wings have hardened. I'll go back to work tomorrow. Since you have such a big idea, why don't you do it yourself?”
"Oh, that's good. Mom will host it.”
"You, hmph!" His father slammed the table and walked out.
After her father left, Wu Jun ignored him." Mom, I'll go to the village later and tell them that I want to build a new house and ask the village to approve the land for the house. I won't touch the land at home either." Didn't the orange trees in the village be cut down? It just so happens that there's an empty space. I'll just buy one from the village.”
His mother looked at Wu Jun with a complicated expression and said,""Alright, if you have your own ideas, then you can do it yourself. The earlier you set up the banquet, the earlier your father and I will go back to work.”
"Yes, Mom, don't worry. I'll do it well.”
On the way to the village committee, Wu Jun said quietly,""Mom, it's not that I want to do this, but I have to do this. You don't know how the old man did things in the years after you left…Sigh!”
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