C177 He Gave the Li Family a Plaque

Fan Wenbin only smiled in his heart when he saw Li Manrong speak so modestly. He looked at the few students who were putting in a lot of effort to perform in front of the Confucius statue and did not say anything unnecessary. However, in his heart, there was a very strong sense of ridicule.

At that time, in order to become the village chief, you, Li Man Rong, jumped up and down. After running to the county government, you ran to the village government. You went out of the gate of the house and into the yard. You were busy all day and night, and you used all the means that you could.

Now, as you wish, you have become the chief of the Fan Family Tourism Committee, the village chief as the common people say. You have real power in your hands, and you are so proud of yourself that you don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Yet, you deliberately said such boring things in front of me. You are truly a shameless guy.

After that, Fan Wenbin thought of another matter. At that time, when he heard that Fan Datou led the Fan Family's group of old men and women to the county environmental protection bureau to file a complaint, and then went to the Seven-colored Sand Factory to cause trouble, he thought that it was Li Manrong behind the scenes, just like his father, Fan Youmin, who caused trouble.

Now, through Ning Peng's covert investigation, he learned from Fan Datou that this was a premeditated plot against him. From the beginning to the end, Li Manrong did not know about it at all, let alone participate in it. He had misunderstood him.

Through this matter, especially the matter of borrowing six million yuan from him, Li Manrong was quite good. He did things with propriety and handled it very well, changing the bad impression that he had left in his heart in the past.

However, it was such a shrewd person who had seen a lot of things. How could he, who had just become the village chief for less than a year, forcefully request Fan Youmin and the others to sign the contract again, which would bring him a very bad influence? To be honest, even until now, Fan Wenbin had not figured it out.

However, the mastermind behind the scene that instructed Fan Datou to bring people to file a complaint, he had figured it out. This person was none other than the former employee of the Wind Thunder Factory, who was also the boss of Yushun Company, the wanted criminal Zhang Yongqiang.

The purpose of doing this was to take revenge on Zhang Yongqiang for ruining his plan to use the demolition machine to coerce the employees of the factory to extort a sum of money from Huacheng Group. When the scheme went bankrupt, it was very natural that the spearhead was aimed at Fan Wenbin, who had destroyed his scheme.

Later, when the truth of the matter was revealed to the world, he secretly discussed with Ning Peng and reported the case without any hesitation. He wanted to use the powerful police force to open up a breakthrough point from Fan Datou, and capture the wanted criminal Zhang Yongqiang, who was still hiding in a dark corner of Da An County, as soon as possible to prevent future trouble.

Up until now, Ning Peng had privately inquired about the progress of the case several times through his friends in the Public Security Bureau. He had also not received any news of Zhang Yongqiang being arrested. Hopefully, one day, he would bring Zhang Yongqiang, who had committed all kinds of crimes, to justice and fulfill one of his wishes.

Just like that, the two of them had their own ulterior motives and chatted with each other. When the performance of the art show that the teacher and student rehearsed ended, the principal, Fan Youcai, walked over with a smile and said excitedly, "Thank you very much for your support. The Confucius statue has finally been completed. I'm also relieved.

For the Confucius statue, Fan Youcai ran all over the place and found many local and foreign masons. However, after seeing their works, he was not satisfied. It was not that they did not have exquisite carving skills, but that they did not have artistic standards.

In the end, he chose a fat, thin, and the best of the best. Only then did he choose an old mason from Shaanxi. It was said that this old mason had carved many famous stone statues. Not only was his skills superb, but his artistic standards were also very high. That was why he decided to ask him to carve the Kong Zi statue.

However, the performance of the old mason. . . Fan Youcai was indeed very satisfied. The old mason was not only skilled in craftsmanship, but also had a good eye for art. It took him more than a month to eat and live in the school. Only by carefully carving did he complete this task. He carved out the Kong stone statue with both shape and spirit, standing in the middle of the campus. It attracted the praise of many villagers.

This year, with Li Manrong's strong support, Fan Youcai worked very hard and did a few things that he thought he was very proud of. Not only did he pass the county education bureau's inspection, but he also received many public praise from the local government and local education committee, making him work even harder.

If he could do his best and gather his thoughts during his principal's term, he would be able to set up the Fan family's primary school as a "Da An County Village Demonstration School. " This was the greatest ambition he had secretly set up when he first took office, and he would be satisfied.

In the early 90s, it had been 30 years since he graduated from the Da An Normal School. He had been teaching primary school for his entire life in front of his house, and he was almost at the age of retirement. If he could fulfill this biggest wish, he would not have any complaints. He would be able to retire to the second-tier without any worries.

He was a typical village kid born and raised. He relied on his own hard work and eventually became a paid person in the country. According to the common people, he was just a teacher who ate royal grain. Now, he had become the head of a school. At this point, what complaints and dissatisfaction could he have?

At this time, in this kind of scene, seeing Fan Youcai push the credit to himself and Fan Wenbin, Li Manrong also smiled and said, "Principal Fan, setting up a Confucius statue on the campus, this is the first time in the history of the Fan family's ferry. Your contribution is very great, and it can be recorded in the history books. "

Last night, after dinner, he told his father, Li Jizhen, about carving the Confucius statue. His words were full of pride, saying that this was the proudest and most valuable thing that he had done since he became the village chief. Just this matter alone was enough to live forever.

Li Jizhen smoked his pipe. After he heard his son's words, he beamed and said, "The Fan family first started this village. It was founded by an old ancestor of the Fan family. He was called the Fan family. It has been hundreds of years. Now, the Li family can also live a long life.

After a short pause, he said proudly, "Manrong, you built a Confucius statue in the school. In my opinion, it is even greater and more famous than the Fan family. Who is Confucius? That is the Kong Saint, the god in the hearts of scholars

"In the future, no matter how many years have passed, even if it is a thousand years, as long as you see the Kong Zi statue, you will remember the village chief. This is something that our Li family spent money to carve. With just the Fan family, they do not have the ability to erect this Confucius statue.

After saying that, he actually started laughing proudly. In his laughter, Li Manrong could tell that it contained the pride of paying the Li family money to do a great thing that could be passed down through the ages, as well as a trace of contempt towards the Fan family. It was very complicated and thought-provoking.

Many years after his father passed away, Li Manrong had almost reached his father's age. Every time he saw the Confucius statue still standing on the campus, he could not help but think of the words his father had said. He felt very secure in his heart, but at the same time, he was also filled with pride.

"Sixth Uncle, you have done a great thing for the Fan Family. " Fan Wenbin saw that Fan Youcai's face was filled with excitement and pride that was difficult to conceal, and he did not miss the opportunity to flatter him. He also spoke the truth, "This is the best Confucius statue I have ever seen. "

He had always been very grateful to this Sixth Uncle, who had been the village primary school teacher for his entire life. At that time, if Fan Youcai did not earnestly persuade him, perhaps he would not even be able to finish junior high school. Like other students, he had dropped out of school and made money in society. How could he still have today's glorious achievement?

"Where, where? If it weren't for the support of the two of you, I would have been finished by myself. It will not be this heavy responsibility. In terms of gratitude, I still have to thank the two of you. This is especially true for Village Chief Li. He took on all the expenses by himself. When many people heard about it, they were very touched.

It was precisely because Li Manrong paid the full cost of carving the Kong stone statue that Fan Youcai finally decided to make use of this rare opportunity to organize all the teachers and students in the school and gift the Li family a plaque with the words "Chong Wenshang" as a sign to express his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

This time's plaque delivery event was held after the end of the performance. When a group of primary school students lined up in a neat formation and carried a huge plaque with red silk hanging on it, under the arrangement of the teachers, they started beating drums and gongs. When they arrived at the Li family's main entrance in a grandiose manner, it attracted countless envious gazes from the entire village.

This massive gifting of the plaque had pushed today's Kong Zi statue unveiling ceremony to its climax. It caused a lot of people to talk about it for a long time, and it was also posted on the county television that night. It made Li Manrong a popular person in the entire county. His reputation spread across both the Yellow River and the Yellow River, just like Fan Zhengkun, the head of the Big Brother Association.

Li Jizhen stood at the entrance with a crutch, his wrinkled old face glowing with a layer of excitement. He looked at the plaque very excitedly, and he could not help but think of the scene from sixty years ago, not long after the liberation of Da An, when he joined the party.

At that time, he was just in his twenties. He had already been with his father, setting up lambs for the Fan family for five or six years at the back of the mountain. Previously. . . In order to compete for a batch of military grain from the Rich Grain Company to go to Silver River, Fan Zhengkun was the leader of the elder brother association. On the riverbank by the Yellow River, between the Liang Province Camel Visitor Tang Gang. . . A competition to decide the right of deposit was held.

In the end, Fan Zhengkun lost the competition under the favorable conditions of one win and one draw. It made Fan Zhengkun furious. He beat up Li Jizhen, who had lost the battle, and then punished him to go to the back of the mountain and work with his father to herd sheep for the Fan family.

In October 1949, the People's Liberation Army wiped out Ma Hongkui's remnants on both sides of the Yellow River, freeing the Great Safety County. Li Jizhen was also a sheep herder. He was freed and became an actimist of the Fan Family's Land Crossing Reform Movement. Not long after, he joined the party and became the youngest secretary of Mei Tanxiang's regiment.

In the face of the bright flag of the party, he closed his legs and maintained a very standard posture. He clenched his right fist tightly and followed the leader. He read the pledge word by word, making the young Li Jizhen's blood boil. He swore to himself that he would forever be loyal to the party and contribute his youth and strength to the cause of the party.

It was precisely because of his high self-confidence and the spirit of being responsible for others that he devoted himself to the happiness of the villagers during his 40 years as Fan Family's village secretary. In the harsh winter, people pulled donkeys to carry them, and with their bodies of flesh and blood, they built a Hui Min canal that was still benefiting the people on both sides of the Yellow River.

Of course, from now on, the Fan family would cross the Yellow River Pier, which used to be a mix of fish and dragons, and enter the era of socialism construction. Day by day, it would become clean. It was no longer an era where the power was decided by whoever had the final say.

Fan Zhengkun, this old society that dominated the world. The brothers on both sides of the Yellow River, the Supreme Masters of the Fan Family's Crossing Pier, had finally lost their former prestige. They could no longer act domineeringly. Instead, under the strict supervision of Li Jizhen, a long process of ideological modification began.

It was also from this moment on that everything about the Fan Family's ferry was decided by Li Jizhen, the secretary of the regiment. The Fan Family, which had been in control of the ferry for more than 200 years, had finally fallen. The former chief worker of the Fan family, the Li family, stood up and became the master of the Fan family.

Today, looking at the plaque of "Chong Wenshang" and experiencing the glory of life once again, Li Jizhen felt that he was many years younger. It was as if he had returned to the early days of liberation. In that era where he worked hard for the great cause of socialism, he could not help but shed a few tears.

At that time, after learning that Fan Youmin's second son, Fan Wengong, was going to participate in the election of the village chief, he thought about it again and again and called Li Manrong back from Xijing City. He encouraged his son to compete with Fan Wengong at all costs.

In his opinion, he had already been removed from the position for more than twenty years. A good man could not bring up his courage in the past, and time could not be reversed. Now, whether or not his son could become the village head of the Fan family depended on whether the Li family could defeat the Fan family.

Therefore, Li Jizhen told his son that if Li Manrong did not participate in the election of the village chief, it would be equivalent to giving the Fan family a huge opportunity. It would also be equivalent to throwing a piss on the Li family's head. The ancestors of the Li family who were buried underground would grimace in anger, while the ancestors of the Fan family would smile from ear to ear.

When the news of his son being elected as the director of the Fan family's village committee reached his ears, Li Ji was truly lying on the bed and recuperating. The moment he heard this huge piece of good news, he got up very quickly. Then, he opened his mouth and laughed.

Then, he got off the bed very quickly, washed his hands, and lit up three incense sticks. He respectfully inserted them into the incense burner and kowtowed three times to his father's portrait. He secretly said something very proud, "Twenty years later, the Li family suppressed the Fan family once again. "

Today, standing at the gate, Looking at the huge board with the words "Chong Wen Shang Learning," although Li Jizhen was more than 80 years old, However, he still couldn't help but shed a few tears of joy. His son had helped him fight for the Li Clan's honor. Although the descendants of the Fan Clan were rich, But there's no glory. Furthermore, this honor. . . It was the descendant of the Fan family who had taken the initiative to send it to the Li family's main gate.

However, when he looked around with a sincere and excited smile on his face, he accidentally saw Fan Youmin hiding behind a big tree, looking at the scene in front of him with a gloomy face. He actually said proudly in his heart, "It would be a waste to anger you to death. "

At this moment, standing behind the big tree and looking at the lively scene in front of him, Fan Youmin was indeed very angry. At the same time, he was also dissatisfied with his younger brother's way of doing things.

Li Manrong took out money to carve a Kong stone statue. Was it worth making such a fuss about? There was another grand opening ceremony, and there was also a plaque with drums and gongs. It was as if Li Manrong had done something even bigger than the sky. He wanted to let everyone in the world know that the money was paid by Li Manrong.

Before and after Fan You Cai became the principal, Fan Wenbin had spent so much money. He had bought tables, stools, computers, and even set up an education fund for the school. The children who were specially prepared for the enrollment into the university, regardless of the surname Fan or Li. They were all treated equally and provided with a certain tuition subsidy. There was no such big momentum, nor was there a plaque that symbolized glory.

However, as the head of a school, Fan Youcai. . . He could only see Li Manrong taking out money to carve a Confucius statue. He had given the Li family such a huge plaque with the words "Chong Wenshang" written on it. This made Fan Youmin feel ashamed, but at the same time, he also felt angry about his younger brother.