According to seniority, Chen Zhengqian should call Uncle Chen Rongliang.

The entire village, including three generations ago, was actually in the fifth sermon. So it was not wrong to call Chen Rongliang as his uncle.

As soon as Chen Zhengqian entered the yard, he saw his mother chatting with Chen Rongliang. He was a little surprised and wondered why he would appear here.

What was even more unexpected was that when Chen Rongliang saw him appear, he stood up and greeted him enthusiastically: "Xiaoqian is back. I haven't seen you for a long time. I seem to have grown a lot taller again and I am so handsome!" He was so enthusiastic that even Chen Zhengqian couldn't resist it.

"Hello Uncle Rongliang, are you so free today? Have you eaten?" Chen Zhengqian smiled, knowing that he was talking politely, although he really grew taller and became handsome.

In addition, "Have you eaten" can be said to be the most common way of greeting people in China, which is more obvious in rural areas.

Chen Zhengqian didn't know what Chen Rongliang came here today. Logically speaking, his family was not close to him, and he could barely be included in the five sub-seasons. However, one of the two families was in the Shangcun and the other was in the Xiacun, and they didn't have many opportunities to meet on weekdays.

As the saying goes, what is it that you don’t go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble? Chen Zhengqian was surprised.

"Yes, your uncle Guiying went to work in the fields. I came over to see the fish in the fish pond. When passing by your doorstep, I came in and sat in." Chen Rongliang laughed.

He is an old cigarette gun, carrying a simple plastic bottled hookah with him. He takes a few sips from time to time, and occasionally he can't help but lower his head and light a pinch of tobacco while speaking.

Chen Zhengqian said he was used to it. His grandfather used to be like this, and the elderly in the village were like this. Some children even imitated it. However, young people like to smoke cigarettes more.

Speaking of fish ponds, there are five fish ponds in the village, distributed in three different directions. Among them, there are two fish ponds next to Chen Zhengqian’s house. Chen Rongliang’s house happens to be next to Chen Zhengqian’s house, with an area of ​​about five acres, and lotus roots were planted in the past. When summer comes, beautiful lotus flowers will bloom in the pond. A little naughty child will tie a bamboo pole with a sickle to find a way to pick lotus.

Of course, Chen Zhengqian would not pick other people's lotus flowers casually. Well, he was instructing others to do this.

When he was a child, Chen Zhengqian was very envious of the village chief's family having a fish pond.

After all, in the countryside, if you have a fish pond, becoming a fish pond owner means you have fish to eat all year round. This is what many children dream of! When he was a child, he dreamed that one day he could contract a fish pond, which would raise countless tilapia, grass carp and silver carp, and then he told the whole world loudly that this fish pond belongs to my family!

It seems that this obsession has always accompanied him in his growth. Even today, he still misses the fish pond.

"Uncle Rongliang's fish pond harvests well this year. When will he catch fish?" Since he mentioned the fish pond, Chen Zhengqian asked with a smile. This time of year is the season for fish pond harvesting.

Chen Rongliang waved his hand and smiled and said, "Get it first next month, and then grab it at the end of the year, and catch it again on the tenth day of the first lunar month. It will be almost done. The harvest this year is average, and it is not easy to raise fish now."

The fish in rural fish ponds are mainly four major fish. The yield is not high, but the taste is quite delicious, at least it is better than the ones bought outside. The reason is that it is not large-scale breeding, and it does not feed various hormone feeds, but the grass and vegetable leaves are fed. Although they grow slowly, they are definitely pure natural farm fish, which is very fresh!

Just like the fish from the village chief's house, when he was at home, Chen Zhengqian could always see him or his wife carrying a load of grass, vegetable leaves or sweet potato leaves and throwing them into the pond, which caused groups of fish to rush to grab food and shoot a burst of water.

Chen Zhengqian decided to go straight to the point and asked directly: "Uncle Rongliang, you should just say anything if you have anything to do."

Seeing that he had said this, Chen Rongliang couldn't beat around the bush, so he smiled and said, "Actually, my uncle came here this time to tell your father something, but your father was not here, so it would be the same to tell you."

Chen Zhengqian nodded: "Uncle, you say, I'm listening."

Chen Rongliang said, "That's right. Last time the village meeting was held, he proposed to repair the village's ancestral hall. Every household had to pay for the people, and everyone basically agreed. But it was not enough. There was not much money left in the village's public account. I heard that you became the big boss, so I thought about coming over to ask if I could trouble you with more."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen Zhengqian's face and found that there was no change. He quickly added: "Don't worry, the specific donation list and the amount of donations will be unified on the wall of the ancestral hall at that time, so that everyone can see clearly that the money will not be spent elsewhere, and will be used to build the ancestral hall."

In theory, Chen Zhengqian has no reason to refuse such a thing as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue to benefit future generations. After all, everyone has a share in the ancestral hall in the village, and his roots are here, and he cannot be avoided.

The key is the issue of more donations and less. It’s okay once or twice. If you have to pay for something in the village every time you have to pay for it yourself, then Chen Zhengqian is unwilling to do so. After all, his own money is not caused by the strong wind.

This matter reminded him that he must set a benchmark!

But her mother Li Xiaomei kept winking herself, and Chen Zhengqian gave her a reassuring look.

Chen Zhengqian decided to kick the ball back to Chen Rongliang and asked him: "Uncle, how much do you think I donate appropriately?"

"This... I can't say, just give it to you. It's all about your wishes. All the ancestors see it. In principle, there are 100 people per household." Chen Rongliang couldn't say it. After all, there is never any rigid standard for donating things. One hundred people per person is what everyone discussed in the village, which is quite reasonable. If you feel that you don't need your ancestors, you can not donate, and it will be difficult to poke the back of someone.

In his opinion, it would be good if Chen Zhengqian could donate a few hundred yuan more, but it would be better if it was more than a thousand yuan.

Chen Zhengqian silently calculated in his mind that according to the more than 120 households and more than 700 people in the village, he could receive about 70,000 yuan. With the subsidy of the village's public, he could still get 80,000 yuan.

However, if you build two ancestral temples at the same time, it would be a bit of a barely enough for 80,000 yuan. Can you build a ancestral temple better once? At least it will take decades of storms, and a hundred thousand may be fine.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhengqian spoke: "Actually, donating is not a problem, but I have a condition."

Hearing his reassurance, Chen Rongliang was immediately excited and said quickly: "Tell me, as long as I can help, I will definitely help."

"Uncle, don't worry, it won't make you embarrassed. In fact, it's just to seek some benefits for the village."

Chen Zhengqian smiled and said, "It's like this. I want to contract some land in the village and prepare to build an eco-tourism resort to see if it can attract some people from the city to come here to play. If you need personnel, you will directly recruit them from the village. The salary will definitely be higher than farming, so I hope the village will be convenient."

Chen Rongliang was stunned: "Oh? Where do you want to contract?"

"Just this one in front of my house!" Chen Zhengqian pointed to the outside of the yard and drew an arc. "From the back of the house to the opposite hillside, the bamboo forest in the east to the field in the west, including your uncle's family's pond that follows Liang's house, I want it!"

Those several slopes have been deserted for many years. Some people have planted a few eucalyptus trees there, but more of them have left the grass directly. It should not be a big problem if Chen Zhengqian wants to contract it. The key point is these two ponds.

Chen Rongliang couldn't help but take a breath, beloved, this is too big. This son of Chen Guowei's family seems to be richer than he thought, and he can take more than 100,000 yuan at one time.

Even Li Xiaomei was stunned. Unexpectedly, her son contracted such a large piece of land as soon as he opened his mouth, and he didn't discuss it with him. At least when his father came back, it would not be too late for the whole family to discuss the opinions.

Chen Zhengqian looked at Chen Rongliang and said seriously: "The land contract has been in contract for fifty years. The annual rent is calculated based on the highest rent in the village. I will not take advantage of the village. But I want to buy two ponds, only buy them but not rent them! If I can negotiate earlier, I will donate a little more and make a foundation of five thousand."

This is already an excellent price. If Chen Zhengqian refuses to agree, there is nothing he can do.

"This..." It was Chen Rongliang's turn to hesitate. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!