"Good morning."

"Good morning."

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

"How did you sleep last night?" Li Qin asked with a smile.

"Fortunately, I feel a little bit like a kid."

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

When he went home two years ago, the old couple wanted to chat with their grandchildren more, and they were unwilling to let their mother and son stay overnight. This couple had a bad temper, but their concepts were particularly traditional. They felt that the child born to their son was the grandchildren, so the elderly did not love them much, including Meng Huo and his concubines' children.

Meng Huo was originally ready to return to the county town to stay in a hotel, but he didn't expect that his uncles took the initiative to leave with a few children last night, so he stayed there. He hadn't lived here for many years and missed him a little, but speaking of this, he would rather go to the hotel, and there was nothing in the countryside. The two old men didn't watch TV and did nothing except chatting at night.

"Xiao Huo, go to the ancestral hall with me before dinner."

Li Qin said again.

The ancestral hall is one of the ancient buildings in China, and is spread all over every village, which is a little different from Meng Huo's previous life. Most of the ancestral halls in his previous life are located in the southern region. The ancestral halls in the northern region were pushed down and smashed in several movements after liberation, and the ancestral tablets and even some family tree were burned and destroyed.

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

Meng Huo felt nostalgia. It was the first time that Jose showed that she was not omnipotent. He still remembered that Jose was a little angry and embarrassed after asking him. However, this world should never be seen again. When traveling, Meng Huo found that the culture of the ancestral hall in China had not been destroyed, and the north had a good inheritance. Jose in this world should also understand the ancestral hall.

“What a pity…”

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

The rural customs and cultures in each region vary. In Qingcheng County, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household, including the residents of the county, will burn incense to their ancestors and set up a cake of firecrackers in the ancestral hall to celebrate. During this day's activities, people in the county usually burn incense at home, and then return to their hometown after breakfast. People in the village must come to the ancestral hall to burn incense early in the morning.

Li Qin also wants to burn incense. She does not have a formal husband's family, so she is still a member of the Li family. Meng Huo can only stand by the side of the ancestral hall and watch his mother burn incense with a few unmarried women. He has never been able to participate in this activity since he was a child. His identity is not even as good as those women who married into Li Village, and has never been regarded as a member of the Li family by others.

It's been like this all the time, but it seems different this time.

"Menghuo, you can also take incense."

The old man in charge of revising the genealogy suddenly walked 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 have no father. In fact, you are a member of our Li family. You are already an adult this year and are qualified to burn incense."

The old man's explanation silenced Meng Huo. Whether he was an adult or not had anything to do with this activity. The village did not recognize him as the key. Meng Huo seemed to have discussed the topic of his surname when he was a child. Li Qin's experience was a bit awkward, but she was still considered a member of the Li family, so Meng Huo could also be considered a descendant of the Li family at the time.

This is like a man marrying into a family, and the child takes his mother's surname. With just a word from the village, Meng Huo can become "Li Huo" and join the family tree. But in the end, the village did not admit that Meng Huo was regarded as an outsider in the past, no matter big or small matters, including activities such as Qingming Festival tomb sweeping, etc. But now the old man's attitude has suddenly changed, and he wants to accept Meng Huo again. However, what is the meaning of this matter now?

"No, I'm an outsider, just look at it."

Meng Huo said with a smile, and a faint disappointment flashed across the old man's face and left with a sigh.

"Look, I knew the kid wouldn't agree..."

"Oh... the village shouldn't have been so harsh back then. Now he is rich and powerful, so it will be difficult for us to curry favor with him."

"What a pity. If he had changed his surname, the child would have to shine his ancestors for us..."

Meng Huo heard a lot of silly talks, and he smiled bitterly. After all, it was a matter of strength - if you have strength, you can change everything around you, and if you don’t have strength, no one would please anyone. Li Village will celebrate every year as soon as a college student comes out. This village has a history of hundreds of years, but there has never been a person with the identity of Meng Huo so far. I did not agree to change Meng Huo’s surname and join the genealogy back then, and this incident was destined to make the elderly in the village regret it.

But they did not seem to give up. After burning the incense, all the respected people in the village came to chat with Meng Huo. Meng Huo's grandparents seemed to have agreed to this approach, and their eyes looked at Meng Huo became much more friendly.

However, to be honest, Meng Huo did not expect such a scene to happen, which made him feel a little embarrassed. Fortunately, he was very lucky. When Li Qin did not have enough authority to help him, Yang Long from the county government arrived.

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

He appeared like a savior. While apologizing to all the elders, Meng Huo left with Yang Long with a smile in his heart. The county magistrate invited him, and all the old people in the room dared not come out to stop him. They were stunned one by one, watching Meng Huo leave with Yang Long, and these old people began to riot.

"Why would the county magistrate send someone to invite him in person?"

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

"We can't let this child leave like this. We're waiting for him to come back here. We must let him join the genealogy! Li Qin, you, a mother, should also help us persuade him!"

"Yes, he doesn't have a father, our village is his home!"

The old man said excitedly, Li Qin was sweating while listening. She liked Meng Huo's current surname very much. In fact, she never thought of letting her son join the Li family. However, in front of these elders, her seniority was too low and people could not say anything slightly. Li Qin had to hope that Meng Huo would come back later in her heart.

Meng Huo did make this plan too. When he met the county magistrate, there was nothing to say about the meeting. The county magistrate of Qingcheng County gave Meng Huo a good feeling - "I am a magistrate, and I am more sleeker than a businessman."

The county magistrate is very enthusiastic, and the people immersed in the officialdom have a strong ability to observe words and expressions. The county magistrate did not feel any pressure during the chat with Meng Huo. Moreover, he also expressed the wishes of the county government. The wishes of the county government are very simple. They hope that Meng Huo, as a native of Qingcheng County, can make some contributions to the city.

For example, when you are interviewed by the media, you praise your hometown, describe some scenery of your hometown when you draw cartoons, or when you have the idea of ​​developing in the mainland in the future, you can invest and build a factory in Qingcheng County... Overall, things are all ** events, and the county government hopes that Meng Huo will make some contributions to the development of his hometown when possible.

Meng Huo agreed. These things were simple. He did not have a strong plot of love, but he was willing to help his hometown develop as much as possible.

The Qingcheng County Government attaches importance to its relationship with him, and Meng Huo is happy. He has been planning to establish a charity fund for some time and will officially start next year. Just as the Qingcheng County government is pleased, Meng Huo decided to use this place as a key experimental area. This small county is not rich, and the charity foundation plays a great role.

When the county magistrate learned about this, he was excited to thank Meng Huo on the spot. If the charity fund is successful, it would be beneficial to Qingcheng County without any harm. After chatting for a morning, the two had lunch together. Meng Huo asked the county magistrate to send someone to Li Village to bring their luggage. He decided to return to Ninghai early on on the grounds of being busy with work.

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

"Thank you." After Meng Huo said goodbye to Yang Long, he walked into the waiting room wearing a hat and a scarf. However, just after passing the inspection port, he picked up his luggage and saw a familiar person in the waiting room - Shen Jie, with her small suitcase, reading a book in his hand intently in the waiting room.

"How could she be here?"

Meng Huo felt strange. Did Li Qin tell Shen Jie that she would leave Qingcheng at this time?

But this is impossible. Meng Huo did not notify Shen Jie at all when he came back this time, and the decision to leave was only made. Li Qin only knew when the county government sent someone to pick up his luggage that in such a short time, it was impossible for Shen Jie to get the news and buy the ticket, and sit in the waiting hall in advance to wait.

This is just a coincidence-

“…”

At this time, Shen Jie seemed to notice a strange look. She put down the book in her hand and turned to look at it. Meng Huo's heart jumped slightly. Although he was concealed by a hat and scarf, there was no reason for him. He knew that Shen Jie would recognize him.

Sure enough, Shen Jie had just seen it, and after a slight shock on her face, a smile of surprise and joy immediately appeared.

"Meng..." She wanted to shout, but stopped her mouth in time, stood up and said, "When have you returned 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 in the third year of high school, he didn't understand why Shen Jie left Qingcheng so early.
Chapter completed!