Chapter 333

"Good morning."

"Good morning."

In the morning, Meng Huo yawned and said hello to Li Qin, then washed with a towel.

"How was your sleep last night?" Li Qin asked with a smile.

"It's OK. It's a little bit like when I was a child."

Meng Huo replied that he and Li Qin slept at Grandma's house last night, which actually surprised him.

When he came home the year before last, the old couple still wanted to nag with their grandchildren, unwilling to let their mother and son stay for the night. The old couple have a bad temper, but their concept is very traditional. They think that the children born by their son are their grandchildren. Therefore, the old people, including Meng Huo and his aunt's children, don't love them very much.

Originally, Meng Huo was ready to return to the county to stay in the hotel. Unexpectedly, his uncles took the initiative to leave with several children last night, so he stayed. He hasn't lived here for many years, which is a bit nostalgic, but he prefers to go to a hotel. There is nothing in the countryside. The two old people don't watch TV either. They have nothing to do except chat in the evening.

"Xiao Huo, come to the ancestral temple with me before dinner."

Li Qin said again.

Ancestral hall, which is one of the ancient buildings in China, can be found in almost every village, which is different from Meng Huo's previous life. Most of his ancestral halls in his last life were located in the southern region. In the northern region, ancestral halls were demolished and smashed in several movements after liberation, and ancestral tablets and even some genealogies were burned and destroyed.

Qingcheng county is located in the south, so Meng Huo is very familiar with the ancestral hall. However, another person, Hexi's hometown is in the north. When Meng Huo talked with her about this topic, she had no idea what ancestral hall was or what it was used for

Meng Huo gushed a sense of nostalgia. At that time, he showed for the first time that she was not omnipotent. He still remembered that he had some angry faces under his own questioning. However, the world should never see it again. While traveling, Meng Huo found that the ancestral hall culture of China had not been damaged. The north had a good inheritance, and the world's Hexi should also know about the ancestral hall.

"It's a pity..."

Meng Huo sighed, then washed his face and followed Li Qin to the ancestral hall.

In Qingcheng County, on the first day of the lunar new year, every family, including the county residents, will offer incense to their ancestors and set off a cake of firecrackers in the ancestral hall to celebrate. In this day's activity, people in the county usually incense at home, and then go back home after breakfast, while people in the village have to come to the ancestral hall early in the morning to incense.

Li Qin also wants to offer incense. She doesn't have a formal husband's family, so she is still a member of the Li family. However, Meng Huo could only stand at the side of the ancestral hall and watch his mother and several unmarried women pray together. Since he was a child, he could not participate in this activity. His identity was not even as good as those married to Li village, and he was never regarded as a member of the Li family by others.

It's always been true, but this time it seems different.

"Meng Huo, you also go to shanggenxiang."

The old man in charge of revising the genealogy in the village suddenly came up to Meng Huo and said, "no, how can this be done?"

He quickly refused, but the old man explained.

"You were raised by Li Qin, and you don't have a father. In fact, you are a member of the Li family. This year, you are an adult, and you are qualified to serve incense."

Meng Huo was silent because of the old man's explanation. Being an adult has nothing to do with this activity. The village didn't admit that he was the key. When Meng Huo was a child, the village seemed to have discussed the topic of his surname. Li Qin's experience was a bit embarrassing, but she was still considered to be a member of the Li family, so Meng Huo could have been identified as a descendant of the Li family.

This is the same as a man who becomes redundant and a child who follows his mother's surname. With only one sentence from the village, Meng Huo can become "Li Huo" and join the genealogy. But in the end, the village did not admit that in the past, Meng Huo was regarded as an outsider no matter what happened, including tomb sweeping and other activities. But now the old man's attitude has suddenly changed. He wants to accept Meng Huo again. But now, what's the point of this?

"No, I'm an outsider. Just have a look."

Meng Huo said with a smile. There was a disappointment on the old man's face and he left with a sigh.

"Look, I knew the child would not agree..."

"Alas... The village shouldn't have been so harsh in those days. Now that he is rich and powerful, it's hard for us to curry favor with him again."

"It's a pity that if he had been asked to change his family name, now the child would have to honor his ancestors for us..."

Meng Huo heard a lot of detailed talks. He laughed bitterly in his heart. In the final analysis, it's still a matter of strength - you can change everything around you if you have strength, and no one will please you if you don't have strength. Li village celebrates every year when there is only one college student. This village has a history of hundreds of years, but there is no such person as Meng Huo. The old people in the village will regret that they didn't agree to change Meng Huo's family name to join the genealogy.But they didn't seem to give up. After burning incense, the respected people in the village came to talk to Meng Huo. Meng Huo's grandparents seemed to acquiesce in this practice, and their eyes became much more friendly.

However, to be honest, Meng Huo didn't expect such a scene, which made him a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, he was very lucky. When Li Qin didn't have enough authority to help him, Yang long from the county government arrived.

"Mr. He Xi, the county magistrate wants to invite you to tea."

He appears like a savior. While apologizing to the elders, Meng Huo laughs in his heart and leaves with Yang long. At the invitation of the county magistrate, all the old people in the room did not dare to come out to stop them. They were all in a daze. After Meng Huo left with Yang long, these old people began to riot.

"Why did the county magistrate send for him in person?"

"That's the head of a county, our parents! It seems that it is true that the government helped us build roads to please Meng Huo. How powerful is the child now? Even the head of the county wanted to please him? "

"We can't let the child go like this. We'll wait here for him to come back. We must let him join the genealogy! Li Qin, you motherfucker should help us persuade him! "

"Yes, he has no father. Our village is his home!"

The old people said excitedly, while Li Qin was listening and sweating. She likes Meng Huo's present surname very much. In fact, she never wanted to let her son join the Li family. However, in front of these elders, her seniority is too low for people to say anything. Li Qin had no choice but to hope that Meng Huo would come back later.

Meng Huo did have this plan. When he met the county magistrate, he had nothing to say. The magistrate of Qingcheng county gave Meng Huo a good feeling: "he is worthy of being an official, and his words and actions are more tactful than those of a businessman."

The county magistrate is very enthusiastic, and the people immersed in officialdom are very good at observing words and colors. During the chat between the county magistrate and Meng Huo, Meng Huo didn't feel any pressure. And he also expressed the will of the county government. The will of the county government is very simple. They hope that Meng Huo, as a native of Qingcheng County, can make some contributions to the city.

For example, in an interview with the media, when praising his hometown or drawing cartoons, when describing the scenery of his hometown, or when he has the idea of developing to the mainland in the future, he can invest and build a factory in Qingcheng County... Generally speaking, things are all incidents of violence. The county government just hopes that Meng Huo can make some contributions to the development of his hometown when possible.

Meng Huo agreed, these things are very simple, he does not have a strong love plot, but he himself is willing to help the development of his hometown as much as possible.

Meng Huo was pleased that Qingcheng county government attached great importance to its relationship with him. He has been planning to set up a charity fund for some time, and it will be officially started next year. Just as the government of Qingcheng County flattered him, Meng Huo decided to take it as a key experimental area. This small county is not rich, and the charity foundation plays a very important role.

When the county magistrate learned of the incident, he was excited to thank Meng Huo on the spot. If the charity fund is successful, it will do no harm to Qingcheng county. After chatting for a whole morning, they had lunch together. Meng Huo asked the county magistrate to send someone to Li village to bring his luggage. He decided to return to Ninghai early because of his busy work.

Yang long sent Meng Huo to the station, and even bought high-speed rail tickets.

"Thank you." After saying goodbye to Yang long, Meng Huo enters the waiting hall wearing a hat and scarf. However, just after passing the inspection gate, he picked up his luggage and saw a familiar person in the waiting hall, Shen Jie, with her suitcase, reading a book in his hand.

"Why is she here?"

Meng Huo is surprised. Does Li Qin tell Shen Jie that he will leave Qingcheng at this time?

But it's impossible. Meng Huo didn't inform Shen Jie when he came back this time, and the decision to leave was just made. Li Qin only knew when the county government sent someone to pick up her luggage. In such a short time, Shen Jie could not get the news, buy a ticket and wait in the waiting hall in advance.

It's just an accident——

“……”

At this time, Shen Jie seems to notice a different look, she put down the book in her hand and turned to read it. Meng Huo's heart slightly jumps. Although there is a hat and scarf to cover up, there is no reason. He knows that Shen Jie will recognize him.

Sure enough, Shen Jie just looked over, her face slightly shocked, immediately burst into a smile of surprise and joy.

"Meng..." she wanted to shout out, but stopped in time, got up and said, "when did you go back to Qingcheng?"

"Yesterday." Meng Huo replied, "I only stayed for two days, so I didn't inform you. Why did you leave so early?"

On the first day of the lunar new year, even the third year of high school did not start. He did not understand the reason why Shen Jie left Qingcheng so early."I have training." Shen Jie sat down with Meng Huo and said with a smile, "I want to seize this time to learn more things before school starts."