Chapter 672 Someone proposed to rebuild the ancestral hall

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"Brother, why aren't you asleep?" Ye Zihua knocked on the door and came in, and asked when she saw that Ye Zishu was still up.

Ye Zishu looked at the time, it was already past six o'clock in the morning, and the features outside were already dimly lit, so he said, "I'm almost done with the things at hand, I plan to finish my work before I talk about it, you go to bed first."

"Well, you should go to bed earlier, it's not good to stay up all night like this!" Ye Zihua said.

Seeing that he agreed, Ye Zi drew the study room and closed the door by the way, while Ye Zishu continued to work hard, and the work at hand would take about an hour and a half to finish.

By the time he finished his work, it was nearly eight o'clock. Eight o'clock in the morning was the time to pay New Year's greetings to his ancestors. Ye Zishu quickly stood up, stretched his muscles and bones, and then went back to the bedroom to wash up.

After going downstairs, Ye Zihua said, "I'm planning to go up and call you, you're not asleep, are you?"

Ye Zishu smiled, but didn't answer. His father was beside him. If he said he didn't sleep, he would have to say something again. It's Chinese New Year, so there's no need to feel uncomfortable.

Breakfast is actually ready, but I can't eat it for the time being because I haven't paid New Year's greetings yet. I checked the time and found that it was already eight o'clock, so I said, "Let's go to the old hall as soon as possible."

When his father heard what he said, he also looked at the time and said, "Then let's go there quickly, it's not appropriate to let others wait."

So the three of them walked towards the ancestral hall. On the way, they saw many people walking this way. They were all men. Women didn't need to pay New Year's greetings, and greetings were indispensable along the way.

When I came to the ancestral hall, there were already seven or eight people here, probably hundreds of people, as long as they were males who could walk, they all came to worship the ancestors.

In fact, paying New Year’s greetings is very simple, that is, put a table in front of the ancestral tablet, then put red lacquered chairs on the table, put the family tree on the chair, and turn the family tree to the page with the geographical pattern of the village.

The reason why I want to turn to the page of the geographical pattern of the village is mainly to respect the achievements of the ancestors, because these lands were bought by the ancestors in the past, so that the descendants can reproduce to the present.

Of course, after various events in history, the land in the village is not the same as before, but this rule still remains.

After all the men in the village have arrived, everyone starts to light firecrackers. Rich people will sell bigger firecrackers, and those with poor family conditions will also bring out the best firecrackers.

According to the statement here, the longer the firecrackers, the more prosperous this year's life, Ye Zishu disagrees with this, so his family is quite satisfactory, it is still the same as before it was not developed, and did not buy bigger firecrackers.

Fortunately, this is all a personal idea. It is completely unnecessary for everyone to compare whose firecrackers are longer, so there is no opinion on his family's approach.

With so many firecrackers piled up together, it really shook the ground and the mountains could be heard clearly within a few kilometers, but the same was true in other villages, but no one stood up to make a noise.

After about ten minutes, after all the firecrackers were fired, the entire village family began to look serious. Everyone stood up according to the rules. When they saw the people in front kneel down, the people behind also knelt down and bowed three times to the ancestral tablet. Kowtow gift.

After worshiping, New Year’s greetings are over. If there are newcomers in the village who want to register their genealogy, they should do so after New Year’s greetings. There will be a person in charge of this to record the relevant information of the newcomers on the genealogy.

This does not distinguish between men and women, all need to go to the genealogy, but the males are on the original genealogy, and the females are on the secondary genealogy. In this era, people are still willing to have children, and there are cases of genealogy almost every year.

Decades after the previous life, people in the countryside are unwilling to have more children, and it is impossible to have a family tree every year, so he believes that everything should be done within limits, and should not be too extreme.

Fortunately, in this day and age, although the control is relatively strict, the rural areas will not strictly follow it. If there are few, there will be two children, and if there are many, there will be three.

Of course, if any family can't give birth to boys, then they can only continue to give birth. There are also five or six births, but the number is very small.

After all, they themselves know that raising so many people is very stressful.

When checking the family tree, Ye Zishu didn't go back right away. After all, there are newcomers in the village, and he also wants to see whose family the children are. He is not at home all year round, so he doesn't know much about the newcomers in the village.

When everyone was chatting, someone mentioned the matter of building a new ancestral hall. Last year, he thought about rebuilding this old ancestral hall. After all, this ancestral hall has a history of at least hundreds of years, and many places are very old.

Even if it is not rebuilt now, it is estimated that it will fall down in a decade or two. However, the construction of the ancestral hall is not decided by one or two people, but by the consensus of the whole village.

This has nothing to do with whether you have money or not. Even if others don't pay a penny, they still have a say in this matter. This is a rare matter in the village that requires consensus.

So he didn't mention it last year, because his family was not short of money, but other people's families didn't have that much money. Even if his family was willing to pay more, other people's families would still have to pay a share.

Fortunately, they went out to work in the past two years, and everyone made some money. Now most of them are already working in factories in the county, making more money than before.

In addition, Juewei Food Company also made some money last year. Although the dividends are not very large, it cannot make them rich, but it is still more than what they earn from working part-time.

It is precisely because everyone's economic conditions are good that on this day when everyone can get together, we propose to rebuild the ancestral hall, hoping to reach an agreement.

If everyone at the scene expresses their willingness to this, then we will find time during the year to hold a special meeting to solicit everyone's opinions. After the consensus is reached, we will discuss the size of the building, how much it will cost, and the apportionment of each household.

In rural areas, the apportionment for building ancestral halls is not based on the number of households, but on the basis of the number of males. Generally speaking, the males in the family need to pay the full head money, but the females do not necessarily.

In some villages, children do not need to pay for it. This kind of existence is generally a relatively large village, and only males can obtain enough construction funds.

In a small village like theirs, women generally need to pay half of the men's money, but about this, sometimes it needs to be discussed, and it is not set in stone.

For example, some families have more girls but fewer boys, so they don't want girls to pay too much money, because the ancestral hall basically has nothing to do with girls.

If you have to say it, that is, the ancestral hall will be used for business on the day of marriage, so everyone has no opinion on paying the money, but how much to pay must be discussed carefully.

Everyone seemed to agree with this proposal, so someone came to ask Ye Zishu for his opinion, hoping to get his approval.

It stands to reason that such matters should be decided by his father. He is not married yet, and his account is still in his father's household registration book. For important matters in the family, his father can decide.

But after all, he has achieved so much, and many people in the village rely on his property for a living, so his status has improved a lot invisibly. If he can get his approval, it will be easier to persuade others.

This kind of situation is very common in rural areas. Not only big bosses like him, but also officials, or intellectuals with high education, their status will be much higher.

This actually hides the way of survival in the countryside. The prosperity of a family depends on the help of these capable people. Even if they don't help, some troublesome things, if these people can talk about it, it will be much easier.

Regardless of this small village, there are also some talents. In addition to the big boss like Ye Zishu, there are also a few officials. The official positions vary. Level, which is not bad in the county.

Gao works as the vice principal of a technical secondary school in the provincial capital. Although he is not a government unit, his rank is not low. If he is placed in a county, the county magistrate will treat him warmly.

And no matter where these people are, as long as they have the opportunity, they will go home obediently during the New Year, live in the family's dilapidated house, and kneel in the muddy water to worship their ancestors when it rains.

Only at this time, there is no difference in status and status, and the ancestors are treated equally, and even where these people sit in a bad place, they can also criticize.

He thinks this is very good. As long as people are in society, it is difficult to completely eliminate the difference in status, but they cannot always put their status on display, which will easily intensify conflicts.

There must always be a mechanism that can temporarily eliminate the barriers caused by status, so that everyone can speak fairly. This can be regarded as a small opening in a tight society.

Don't underestimate this point, if there are really some people who don't behave properly, there are really people in the village who don't care about face, and they just scold them badly, and they can't be dealt with.

Of course, this kind of situation only exists in same-sex villages. If there are too many surnames in the village, this will not only fail to solve the problem, but will even arouse conflicts, and even cause struggles between surnames.

Only in the villages with the same surname, everyone is related. Maybe a hundred years later, you will still have to be carried up the mountain by the red-faced people.

So no matter how big the conflict is, it will be controlled within a certain range. In addition, everyone will coordinate in the center, and will not make things out of hand, and can always maintain a state of fighting without breaking.

Closer to home, Ye Zishu saw someone asking for his opinion, so he said, "My family definitely has no objection, and this ancestral hall won't last long, so it's time to build it."

Seeing that he agreed, the people on the side also echoed: "It is true, many pillars are very big."

"How big do you plan to repair it?" Ye Zishu asked.

"Our village has few people, so there is no need to make it too big. We can expand it by half according to the current area, so that it will be much more convenient to hold weddings and weddings in the future." Someone suggested.

Ye Zishu nodded, expressing his approval, and then said: "That's true, but the area doesn't need to be too big, but if it needs to be repaired, it must be repaired, and it will not need to be rebuilt for at least a few hundred years.

Although my father is in charge of my family, let me tell you here that I am going to spend an extra 1 million yuan and use the best materials for repairs, don’t you think so? "

Hearing that his family paid an extra 1 million yuan is still a bit surprising. There is no return for paying more money for this matter. If there is, it will be able to compete for incense when the ancestral hall is erected.

Generally, if the family wants to have a boy, they will fight for this opportunity to be incensed. Obviously, there is no need for his family, neither he nor his younger brother are married.

However, the burning of incense sticks on the beams in the ancestral hall is still very effective. In his memory, the people who fought for the incense sticks basically gave birth to boys, which is quite miraculous.

In fact, more than 100,000 yuan is enough to build a normal ancestral hall. In this era, the labor and material costs are relatively cheap, but Ye Zishu took out 1 million yuan, and the materials for the construction must not be traditional materials.

It just so happens that there are a lot of special materials in his company, which can be used for this. The ancestral hall built has been built for thousands of years without any major problems.

This is why he took out the money, not because he wants to make money, which he really doesn't care about, but because he wants to set an example, and the surrounding villages will be built according to this standard in the future.

Don’t take this for granted, actually it’s not the case, the surrounding villages also want to save face, those without strength should be built similarly, not too bad, and those with strength will only build better.