Chapter 105 Xinmin Village
"However, the villagers are used to burying their ancestors together, and they also hope that we and our descendants will not be separated after death."
"So, we simply communicated with the brigade headquarters and agreed to use a portion of the small hill behind the ancestral hall as a new burial ground for our two families, in exchange for the reconstruction of the ancestral hall."
"I heard that the elders of the two clans in the village worked hard for a long time to get this done."
"Then, does Lin Village also belong to Xinmin Brigade?" An Songyu asked with a slight hesitation.
An Jianning shook his head slightly: "Jiangcun and Lincun may be adjacent, but they are actually completely unrelated."
Seeing the wide eyes of An Songyu and the others, An Jianning's smile deepened.
Before she could speak, An Jianjia spoke first:
"It was because of this demolition that the two villages seemed to be bound together."
"In fact, Jiangcun and Lincun are directly under the jurisdiction of two different production brigades."
"Their Lin Village is called Xinqiao Brigade."
"It is on the edge of Rongdi, one of the closest villages."
"But Lin Village is the village in the entire Xinqiao Brigade that is furthest from Rongdi."
"Now that everything has been demolished, the Xinqiao Brigade no longer exists."
"As for our Jiangcun village, it belongs to Xinmin Brigade."
"The entire Xinmin Brigade consists of nine member groups."
“Our Jiangcun is the closest to Rongdi, so it should be called Xinmin No. 1 Community.”
"In contrast to Xinqiao Brigade, our Xinmin First Community was the first village in the entire Xinmin Brigade to be demolished."
"It is also the only village that has been demolished so far."
"So now, we're in Xinmin Brigade?" An Songyu looked out of the ancestral hall.
They had indeed seen quite a few strangers on their way here.
The envy in their eyes as they looked at the group was almost palpable.
But An Songyu had seen so many such looks lately that she hadn't really thought of this.
An Jianjia nodded: "Our surnames, An and Jiang, are actually quite common in Xinmin Brigade."
"I heard that the land where we lived in Jiangcun was low-lying and had many rotten ponds, so it wasn't very suitable for people to live on."
"It was the Jiang family ancestors who led people to open it up."
"Later, as more people could be supported there, some of us with the surname An also moved there."
An Jianjia also felt a little awkward when talking about these things.
Nowadays, we hear less debate about this matter.
But in the years before she got married in Jiangcun.
It's a major event that happens almost every year during holidays and festivals.
Whenever the Jiang and An families gather together, they've revisited this old story countless times.
An Songyu had only been back in the village for a short time, so she had never heard of such a claim.
However, An Jianjia didn't want to say much more and continued with the original topic: "So the ancestral halls of our two surnames have been here in the brigade since they were rebuilt."
"But this time, our village was demolished, and there was another sum of money for resettlement."
"We renovated the ancestral hall after discussing it with the village committee and the clan elders."
"Even the cemetery behind it was not there before."
"However, there was already quite a bit of space available for the ancestral hall."
"Now that we've designated the cemetery, they can be buried here in the future, and no one will object."
The ancestral halls of the Anjiang and Anjiang families were built almost side by side.
It also surrounds the area at the foot of a small, not-too-high hill.
Furthermore, besides the ancestral halls of the Anjiang and Jiang families, there seem to be other families in the vicinity.
However, compared to the newly renovated and expanded Anjiang ancestral hall, their presence is almost non-existent.
The small hill behind the ancestral halls of the two families used to be empty.
The area immediately behind the ancestral halls of the two families has now been designated as the new cemetery for the Jiang and An families.
It seems that An Songyu and her sisters are quite curious about the Xinmin Brigade.
An Jianning simply led a few people to check out the situation nearby.
Although the two ancestral halls in Jiang'an are somewhat remote, you can soon see the brigade headquarters by following the obviously newly built road.
In addition, there are also primary schools in the brigade, etc.
However, compared to the bustling Jiangcun Street, this place does have a more tranquil feel, like a small village.
As for the shop, it was just a small general store.
When An Jianning took An Songyu and the others to buy water, someone asked them if they came from Jiangcun.
Even at the headquarters of the Xinmin Brigade, there are usually many people coming and going, and you don't know anyone you don't know well.
Although Jiangcun belongs to Xinmin Brigade, most villagers have almost never been to the villages inside.
An Jianning's generation was alright; among his childhood friends, there were always a few from the same brigade.
Even when I was a child, I went to primary school in Xinmin Brigade.
As for the younger generation, let's not even mention the three An Songyu siblings, who all grew up in the city.
Even An Songyue and her siblings, who grew up in the village, chose Rongdi, where educational conditions are better.
Instead of continuing to travel back and forth to Xinmin Brigade.
Night was fast approaching.
An Jianping and the others, who had been busy on the mountain for almost the entire day, finally came down from the mountain.
Having accomplished this great task, the people of Jiangcun left the brigade headquarters together.
Seeing five cars drive out together, many people in the convoy had mixed feelings.
This is simply an unexpected windfall of wealth.
That really benefited those people in Jiangcun.
Compared to most people who haven't moved out of Jiangcun yet, An Songyu and his group are in a bit more trouble.
After returning to the village, they could only exchange brief greetings with familiar people before heading back to the city.
An Jianping couldn't help but bring it up again after An Jian'an dropped him off at the entrance of the family quarters:
"I think our family needs to buy a car too."
This time, Bi Lizhu didn't object at all.
In the evening, after the whole family had finally finished their work, they gathered together again.
The village committee reminded me of this while I was in the car today.
A conclusion should be reached as soon as possible regarding the establishment of a logistics company using village public resources.
After all, if a logistics company is to be established, there are still many things to consider.
It's not like most people are still in the village now.
After everyone has actually moved out.
Getting everyone together again in one go is really not that easy anymore.
The family had actually had their own thoughts about this for a long time.
After An Songyu finished the meeting in Jiangcun, he went straight back and told his family.
They just haven't filled out that opinion form yet.
Now that the forms have been distributed to everyone, including Anshun and the two elderly people, they have all filled them out without hesitation.
When all the feedback documents were returned to An Songyu.
Seeing the unanimous agreement, An Songyu was not surprised at all.
The next morning, An Songyu and Yuan Qionghua met to deliver the written opinions from both sides back to the village.
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