In the countryside, there is a saying that goes like this: "Whoever has money is the boss?" However, after hearing this sentence at the communication meeting of the genealogy, the representative of our village directly lifted the table and left.
My surname is Li, Danyangfang, Longxi County, Zhiyuan, and I moved from Jiangxi to Hunan during the Northern Song Dynasty. In the past few hundred years, from the first ancestor to the present more than 100,000 people, our sect is divided into four branches, about 30,000 people, all scattered to live in a radius of 120 miles from the old house.
Last year, the four branches of our sect united to repair the genealogy, and the cultivation was indescribable, which made people shake their heads.
As we all know, there is power in numbers. Nowadays, there are people who are rich and have a rough mouth.
The four-room grandson who lives in the county seat is the least powerful in the clan according to the old rules. However, with good luck, they now have a big project on the village's fields, and the land requisition money has been divided into individual parts, and there are still a few small goals left in the village collective accounts.
The representative of Sifangsun said that no matter how much money was spent on the genealogy repair, his village would bear the burden. They promised to do it in a prosperous manner, on the condition that the ceremony would be held in their village, and that in the future, when there was something in the clan, the old people of their village would sit at the table. He also said what age it is now, and whoever has money is the boss.
When the representative of our village heard this, he stood up on the spot and overturned the table. He asked the representative of Sifangsun: "Whoever has money is the boss, isn't it?" Now that you have money, what does your father call you, what does your grandfather call you, do you want to call you a big brother. ”
The representatives of the other two rooms also left with black faces.
That afternoon, Sifangsun realized that he had spoken too much. Through the branch secretary of their village, the word was passed that the bastard had drunk and was talking about wine at the meeting, so that everyone should not mind. They said that the next thing should be done amicably.
There is a saying among rural people, "It doesn't matter if you are poor, but you must live with ambition." Whether he drinks or not, if he says such a thing, people will look down on you in their bones.
So, our village decided to start our own family tree and repair it ourselves.
Our village, including the people who have moved out, is about 10,000 people. It is completely feasible to cultivate your own genealogy.
But the problem is that the original editor-in-chief is not ours. If you want to fix it yourself, you have to find a new editor-in-chief. I found a lot of people, but only the principal who had retired from the village school was the most suitable.
Representatives of the village came to his door many times, and the retired principal always excused himself with various reasons. In the end, there was no choice but to do what he proposed. The editor-in-chief is 200 yuan a day, the other three compilers are 150 yuan a day, and another financial manager is also 150 yuan a day.
All five people punch in, and the salary expenditure for one day is 800 yuan. We also rented an office for the nephew of the editor-in-chief's family, and bought a new desk, desk, chair, tea utensils, etc., and spent more than 20,000 yuan on the layout of the office.
However, as soon as the bills for office supplies came out, there were comments questioning the reasonableness of doing so.
Someone else said, "Don't talk so much nonsense if you have opinions." The headmaster didn't want to take over the genealogy in the first place. If he picks a child, who of you will pick it up? At the beginning, everyone had a share in the matter of flipping the table with the fourth room grandson. If we can't fix it ourselves, it will really be a shame to go to grandma's house. Let him earn a little, let's make up the money. ”
Rural people talk about face, I really don't know what to say.
The fundraising plan set by our house is: 200 yuan for red ding, no money for white ding, and free for the elderly over 60 years old. Five generations will issue a set of genealogies, and those who need it for individuals will be 1,000 yuan a set. Together with voluntary contributions, a total of 300,000 funds were raised.
The original plan was to complete the family tree in three months, but it took half a year. The editor-in-chief said that because some materials require a lot of effort to research, the head of the score has not yet been handed over to the printing house, and the remaining five volumes have already been printed.
When receiving the genealogy, there is also a banquet for uncles and nephews, and dragon dances and singing must be arranged.
However, now that the accounts are settled, the salaries of the five people have accounted for more than half. Coupled with the cost of printing, there is no money to do the follow-up.
Someone dug out the bill and questioned the editor-in-chief, saying that a month is a maximum of 31 days, how did he receive 35 days' wages.
The editor-in-chief explained: "This is overtime pay at night. ”
The retired principal was my teacher before, and most of the people in the village were his students. However, if he does such a thing without public morality, his personality will collapse in everyone's hearts.
It is now the twentieth day of the lunar month of the year ago. In order to be able to complete the work of connecting the music in time for the village when there were many people a year ago, we once again mobilized donations and raised more than 100,000 yuan.
All the work is to add money to get people out of the way.
Chatting with the peers who participated in this matter, they all said that our generation has completed the task after doing this, and finally did not make a fool of himself in front of the other rooms.
As for the money, forget it after that. Someone will have everything in the future.
Things in the countryside are not clear and difficult to say. After this time of cultivating genealogy, perhaps the people in our village will know how to behave better. Living with dignity is perhaps more important than anything else.