Li Pei stood behind his father and did not look at him.
The highest-ranking official among the guests today was the head of the town. He had come because he was a close relative of the Li family. He called Li He cousin.
His uncle had a lot of influence, but not so much that the leaders would be stupid enough to talk about him. They came to send wreaths and elegiac couplets because Li Zhaokun was the candidate director of the China Unilever Charity Foundation and the vice-chairman of the North Anhui Federation of Industry and Commerce.
These titles were decided on the night of his grandfather's death, and he only knew about it yesterday.
Other than relatives and friends, most of the guests were business leaders.
Of course, he had to be solemn.
After the firecrackers, his family began to kowtow in front of the grave.
Pan Guangcai shouted, "Filial son, virtuous grandson, return the greeting."
They stood up and turned around to bow to the guests who were also bowing to their grandfather's grave.
Only then did he have a chance to look around carefully. There were at least a thousand heads everywhere. Some were here to pay their respects, and some were actually from the surrounding area.
His father, uncle, and the others went to greet the guests and took them to the hotel in the county.
He, Yang Huai, Li Lan, and the others had to stay behind to clean up the mess.
The guests had all left, and the wheat had all suffered a calamity. As far as the eye could see, out of the ten mu of wheat, only a few were left standing.
An old man sat on the ridge and smoked. When he saw Li Pei, he forced a smile and pointed to the burning pile of paper money on the grave. "Son, collect it. Don't burn it. As long as the wind doesn't blow it away, it will be fine."
Li Pei knew this old man. He was his mother's relative in Shangba. His grandfather had many uncles and brothers, so he said, "Second Grandpa, these fields are also your family's, right?"
The old man said, "They used to belong to Sang Yongyang's family. I asked your mother to tell me, so I planted them."
Li Pei took a stack of paper money from Li Lan and handed it to the old man. "Second Grandpa, I didn't give you the exact measurement. This is about the same. Don't complain."
The old man waved his hand and said, "Who do you think I am? A money-grubber?"
After stuffing it into his pocket, Li Pei tightened his grip and blocked his hand. "I didn't think of it that way, but this is a task that my old man gave you. If you don't accept it, my old man will skin me alive. You're old, so take pity on me."
The old man said, "Then I'll go back and talk to your dad. We're all family, there's no need to be so polite."
Just as he put his hand down, he seemed to have thought of something and raised it again.
Not far away, there were a few people carrying shovels looking over.
Li Pei walked over. After chatting for a while, he gave them money one by one and watched them leave happily.
Seeing He Zhou's grandfather, He Laoxi, waving at him, he jogged over and asked, "Grandpa He, I heard that you haven't been able to move these few days. Are you going to lie down?"
He Laoxi said, "You'll have plenty of chances to lie down in the future. Why are you panicking now? How many families haven't given them to you yet?"
Li Pei said, "I've given it to four families. I don't know who the remaining few families are. I'm going to ask Uncle Guangcai when I get back."
He Laoxi said, "You guys drive. I'll take you there. They're from Hewan and Shangba. I've already called them, but I'm too shy to come."
Li Pei said, "There's nothing better than this. You're always tired."
He Laoxi said, "You're just spouting nonsense."
They walked to the highway and got into Li Pei's car. Seeing that Li Lan and the others wanted to follow, he waved them off. "You guys rest well. There's no need for so many people."
Li Lan said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Li Pei said, "I'll go with Grandpa He. You guys can go back."
The plot of land was small, and there were many households. He followed He Laoxi to six households in a row. Five of them accepted money, and only one household refused to accept it. That was Wu You's biological father, Wang Dalong.
On the way back, He Laoxi lamented, "I didn't expect this old man to be so successful today. I gave him money but he didn't want it. I underestimated him."
Fifty thousand yuan was not a small amount at any time.
Li Pei said as he drove, "I heard that Sister Wu You still gives him money every year."
Wu You was brought home by his uncle from the riverside and raised by Hunchback Wu. He knew quite a lot about the inside story.
He Laoxi said, "Otherwise, do you think that old man has the money to build a mansion for his son to marry? That girl is too soft-hearted. Of course, Hunchback Wu is no longer here. He's her biological father and mother, so we can't say much.
It's just that this girl has a hard life. After this trip, she seems to have lost a lot of weight, but she's in better spirits.
We're old and can't help much. You guys should take care of her when you're outside. "
Li Pei smiled and said, "Sister Wu You is soft-hearted. She really chose that guy with her eyes closed. If she likes him, we can't do anything about it. Everyone wanted to teach that bastard a lesson. Big Uncle, Uncle Guang Cai, and I went together. Big Uncle slapped him hard. If it wasn't for Sister Wu You stopping him, he would have definitely beaten him to death. "
He Laoxi said, "Erhe went too?"
Li Pei said, "We went to their house. That guy was reckless and thought that Sister Wu You's family was empty. He was very arrogant in front of my uncle. He said that he knew this girl and that he got along well with everyone. His whole family is like this. His old man thinks he's great too.
It's not like you don't know my uncle's temper. If he really pissed him off, even the Emperor of Heaven wouldn't be able to do anything. He slapped him, and Uncle Guang Cai kicked him. It was very satisfying.
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He Laoxi said, "Yo, I've never heard of this. Why don't we go too?"
Li Pei said, "My dad heard that my uncle went, but he didn't even show his face. There's no point in going. It's useless to take care of this kind of trash. I could've gone alone. He's bragging about his connections. His family is rich. Actually, he's just in the hardware business. It doesn't take much effort. The whole family is back to square one. "
Actually, he occasionally thought about how his family would stand up for him if he caused any trouble.
Unfortunately, after so many years, not many people dared to provoke him. Those who did provoke him were not sane.
As for those who were sane, no one bothered to argue with them. They would just laugh it off.
Halfway through the journey, He Laoxi wanted to get out of the car to look at his family's wheat field. Li Pei put him at ease.
Just as he reached the river slope, he saw a cloud of smoke in the distance. When he got closer, he realized that it was his grandmother and aunt.
He stopped the car at the side and walked out. He saw the two of them burning some clothes. They were all his grandfather's clothes when he was alive.
He asked with concern, "Grandmother, are you feeling better?"
Wang Yulan held a stick in her hand and kept poking at the fire. When she heard her grandson call her, she turned around and said, "Your dad and the rest have gone to the county. If you're not going, eat at home. There's food at home."
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