Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The car drove straight into the square. Two people got out of the car after it stopped. They were two rather stylish people!
It was a man and a woman. The man was obviously a government official in his forties. He had a rather dignified appearance. His hair was slicked back, his face was square, his nose was high, and he was dressed in a black suit. He looked very stylish just by standing there.
The woman was classy and knowledgeable. She was tall, neither fat nor thin. Her facial features were regular, and her skin was very good. It was obvious that she was not wearing any makeup. It was hard to tell her age, but she should be in her late thirties. She was also dressed in black.
Everyone in the village looked at each other. No one knew them. Chen Weizheng also looked at them. He did not know who they were. As the village director, Chen Baoliang went up to greet them.
The man and woman ignored Chen Baoliang. Instead, they went straight to Lord Eighteen, Chen Chuanping.
"Uncle Eighteen!" The woman called out. Her voice startled everyone in the village. Which family did she belong to? She called out to Uncle Eighteen!
"Pretty niece." The older the ginger, the spicier it was. Lord Eighteen was the only one in the village who did not know who she was.
All the villagers looked at the two people who were talking with amazement.
"Is this my father?" The woman pointed at the urn and asked.
"Father?" Everyone in the village called out. Chen Weizheng also looked at the woman in surprise.
"Yes," Lord Eighteen answered affirmatively. The woman's legs went soft. She knelt down on the spot and kowtowed three times. The man followed beside her and bowed three times. The woman stood up and walked to Chen Weizheng's side. She took off the mourning cloth on Chen Weizheng's head and put it on her own head. She said, "Aunt is here. Just put on a linen cloth. I'll take care of the mourning."
Chen Weizheng looked at the woman in front of him and said to himself in disbelief, "Aunt." He seemed to have understood something.
The woman looked at Chen Weizheng and nodded. She reached out and tidied up Chen Weizheng's hair that was messed up when he was wearing the mourning cloth.
The middle-aged man walked up to Lord Eighteen and whispered something to Lord Eighteen. It was obvious that they were very familiar with each other. After saying a few words, Lord Eighteen seemed to have made a decision and nodded heavily. He walked in front of all the villagers.
"Everyone might be wondering when Fifteenth Brother got a daughter," Lord Eighteen said.
Everyone in the village looked at him and nodded in unison. Chen Weigang also looked at Lord Eighteen, waiting for Lord Eighteen to open the cup. At this moment, the car behind them stopped. The people in the car walked out. Everyone was familiar with these people. They were the leaders of the village. Basically, all the leaders of the village were here. Chen Baoliang was familiar with them and was passing them cigarettes to light them up.
"Does everyone still remember what happened to Baoguo seven years ago?"
Everyone nodded.
"Everyone knows that Baoguo is a martyr. He saved people in the mudslide. Who did he save? It's the one in front of us. His surname is Liu Dehou. At that time, he was still the county magistrate of our county. What is he doing now? Let me ask him. "Lord Eighteen turned around and asked. Then, he said loudly," In the city, um, um, he's a leader. " Liu Dehou probably didn't say what kind of leader he was. Lord Eighteen guessed that Liu Dehou's position would get higher and higher. Now, Liu Dehou's position must be the county magistrate of seven years ago.
"After Baoguo was killed, Dehou came to our village and found Fifteenth Brother. He insisted on acknowledging Fifteenth Brother as his father and taking care of Fifteenth Brother on behalf of Baoguo. Fifteenth Brother didn't allow it. He said that a county magistrate can't just randomly acknowledge a father. One must acknowledge, and the other must not. Later, Zhao Changfu from Xiling Village came up with an idea. He wanted Dehou's wife to acknowledge Fifteenth Brother as her father. Coincidentally, Dehou's wife, Xiaomei, also has the surname Chen, so Fifteenth Brother agreed. When they acknowledged each other, Fifteenth Brother was afraid that it would affect Xiaomei and his niece, so he refused to make wine. So, he asked me and Zhao Changfu to be witnesses. "
At this time, Chen Xiaomei said, "A few years ago, he always wanted to come to Longshan Chen Village to visit everyone, but my father never allowed it. He said that he was afraid that it would affect Dehou's reputation if word got out, so he wanted to pick him up to celebrate the New Year. But Dehou refused to go. He didn't wear the new clothes we bought for him. Once, I knelt in front of him and cried. I asked him if it was because we weren't as close as Brother Baoguo, or because he thought of Brother Baoguo when he saw us and didn't want us to be filial. So, he went back to my place and stayed for half a month." As he spoke, Chen Xiaomei cried again.
After crying for a while, Chen Xiaomei turned to Chen Weizheng and said, "When you were in high school, we were still in the county. Your grandfather didn't allow us to acknowledge you. He said that we didn't want to mess with your thoughts. We didn't dare to visit you openly. When I was in the Education Bureau, I often found excuses to go to the county's No.1 Middle School. In fact, I just wanted to see you. When you went to university, I asked your grandfather if I could acknowledge my nephew now. Your grandfather didn't say anything, so I didn't dare to acknowledge him. "
Chen Weizheng knew why his life in the county's No.1 Middle School had been so smooth for the last two years. It turned out that he had the support of the county's mayor and his wife. In the county's No.1 Middle School, Chen Weizheng had a tutor who was envied by his classmates. He also had a single dormitory that was envied by his classmates. He also had a subsidy given by the school every semester for those in need, a subsidy for the families of martyrs, and scholarships given out under various pretexts. On average, he had about 500 yuan a month. He was richer than most of his classmates. When the college entrance examination was approaching, the principal even regularly sent him supplements such as milk and eggs in the name of concern. Now he knew that these were not subsidized by the school, but by his aunt in front of him. Thinking of this, Chen Weizheng took out his wallet and took out a postal savings card. This was given to him by his grandfather when he was in university. He said that there were 3,000 yuan in it, and the password was the last six digits of the ID card. When Chen Weizheng swiped the card at school, he found that it was made with his own ID card. There was money in it, but it was not 3,000 yuan, but 20,000 yuan. Every January 1st of the New Year, 10,000 yuan would be automatically deposited into the card. With this 10,000 yuan a year, he finished four years of university. Now he knew where the money came from! His grandfather only knew that there was a card with 3,000 yuan in it. He didn't know that there was another sum of money.
"This card was made for me by my aunt?" He asked. He just wanted to get an answer. In fact, he already had an answer in his heart. Other than the person in front of him, who else in his circle could be so generous?
"I have a copy of your ID card." His aunt did not answer him directly.
"Aunt, thank you." Chen Weizheng said sincerely.
"I'm your aunt." Chen Xiaomei looked at him kindly.
"Aunt." The tears that Chen Weizheng held back for a long time finally fell down. His mother was gone, but there was still his father. His father was dead, but there was still his grandfather. After his grandfather died, he felt that he was an orphan for the first time. But at this time, he felt that he was not an orphan. He still had an aunt, an aunt who had been secretly caring for him for seven years.
"Don't cry, don't cry. You're a man." Chen Xiaomei watched Chen Weizheng grow up and silently cared for him for seven years. She did not feel strange to Chen Weizheng at all. In her heart, she had long regarded Chen Weizheng as her own nephew.
"Come, greet your uncle." Chen Xiaomei held Chen Weizheng's hand and walked in front of Liu Dehou.
"Uncle." Chen Weizheng greeted.
Liu Dehou patted Chen Weizheng's shoulder and said, "You're a big boy now. You look like your father, but you're even taller than him."
Chen Weizheng lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly.
The next stage was handed over to Lord Eighteen. After a large set of sacrificial procedures, the work at the big camphor tree finally came to an end. The women stayed to cook, and the men all went to the cemetery.
Seeing that Liu Dehou was also walking in the direction of the cemetery, the township party and government officials naturally had to follow him. On the way, Chen Baoliang asked Secretary Huang of the township party committee which department his cousin-in-law, who had fallen from the sky, was working in. Secretary Huang Shengyuan told him very seriously, "Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Executive Deputy Mayor."
Old Master Chen Chuanping followed and chatted with Liu Dehou along the way.
"Dehou, why didn't Changfu come?"
"Changfu? Did Changfu say he's coming? "
"Didn't Changfu tell you that your father-in-law will be buried today?"
"No, it was Secretary Huang of the township party committee who informed me."
"I thought it was Changfu who informed you."
"You informed Changfu?" Liu Dehou felt that it was strange. If he informed Zhao Changfu, Zhao Changfu had no reason not to inform him. Moreover, when he came here, Zhao Changfu should have been waiting for him. It seemed that Zhao Changfu did not receive the news.
"You still dare to talk about it? How infuriating! "Old Master Chen thought of the phone call yesterday and became angry. "I called Changfu yesterday, and a secretary with the surname Zhang received the phone call. This little brat lectured me on the phone. He said that if we wanted to report problems, we should use the proper channels. If everyone in the county called the leader, the leader would not even have time to fart."
Seeing that Old Master Chen was still angry, Liu Dehou said, "I guess the secretary did not inform Changfu. Don't be angry. I will call Changfu immediately and ask him to bring the secretary to apologize to you."
As he spoke, he dialed the number. When the call was connected, he only said one sentence, "I am in Chen Village, Longshan. Bring your secretary here."
Chen Xiaomei was nominally his daughter, so she had to go to the cemetery with him. Chen Weizheng held the urn, and Chen Xiaomei held the black umbrella. They chatted along the way. After all, Old Master Chen had passed away for almost a year. This time, he was just buried, not a new death, so there was not too much sadness. She mainly asked about Chen Weizheng's life and study in the past few years. When she knew that Chen Weizheng had become a fool for a whole year and even caused Old Master Chen to die in a foreign place, she said angrily, "It's all your grandfather's fault. He did not allow me to recognize you. If you had my phone code, I would have rushed over immediately. You would not have suffered so much, and your grandfather would not have become seriously ill because no one took care of him."
Chen Weizheng thought about it. His aunt's words were very reasonable. Although he had known this aunt for less than half a day, he had completely regarded her as his own aunt.
His grandfather was an old-fashioned person. He did not want to trouble others in his life, and he also did not want to trouble Chen Xiaomei. He forbade Chen Xiaomei and his wife to come to Longshan because he did not want the people of Chen Village to know that such a relative was a big leader. If the people of Chen Village in Longshan went to Liu Dehou all day long to ask for benefits, Chen Xiaomei and his wife would be in trouble. For this reason, he sternly warned the current patriarch, Lord Eighteen, that as long as he was still alive, he would not allow the people of Chen Village in Longshan to bother Liu Dehou. Chen Weigang failed the civil servant examination twice. Lord Eighteen had wanted to go to Liu Dehou several times, but in the end, he did not dare to do so.
As for the reason that he did not want Chen Weizheng to recognize his aunt, the main reason was that he did not want Chen Weizheng to change his already formed worldview. It should be known that in high school, once people knew that there was a powerful background supporting them, many people would immediately become a spiritual or material nouveau riche, and their whole life would be completely changed. As for after going to college, the old man might think that it was more practical to rely on oneself to be more independent and independent.
The old man thought that the savings card was just a consumption card that would be used up after it was used up, and 3,000 yuan was not a lot. Moreover, it was a good thing to have 3,000 yuan as a subsidy when one first entered college. If he had known that there were 20,000 yuan in the card and that he could deposit it at any time, he would never have accepted it.
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