Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 541: No Chance to Slap Your Face

"You really put a lot of effort into it..." Li Yan explained to Wei Yunzhi, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "It basically restored the appearance in my memory. Even this small TV is still working."

"Have you ever lived here?"

"No, I was bored after the Chinese New Year so I watched TV. Actually, I couldn't see it clearly. Now it's broadcasting clearly."

Looking at Wei Yunzhi's curious little eyes, you can tell that she has definitely never experienced such a day.

The two looked for a while, and Li Yan keenly felt that the surroundings had become much quieter, so he pulled Wei Yunzhi out of the small room, but saw a sign saying "Temporarily Closed" had been put up at the door.

The few people who had just come in to visit had already left, and even the crowd queuing at the door had disappeared.

Even Li Chun and Chen Fengling were not seen.

"Huh?" Wei Yunzhi was wondering, but Li Yan already knew what happened.

The ticket girl did not say anything, so that the tourists who were suddenly persuaded to leave did not realize that Li Yan was inside, but she informed the village chief.

When Li Yan walked out of the old house, the village chief and a group of village cadres were already chatting and laughing with Li Chun and Chen Fengling.

As soon as they saw Li Yan coming out, they all smiled with wrinkles on their faces, and almost bent over to invite Li Yan to the Binchen Temple next door, which was comparable to a palace.

"Do you know them all?" Wei Yunzhi was quite used to this kind of situation. She had probably seen quite a few of them at her father's place.

"I don't know any of them." Li Yan shrugged.

Li Yan lived in Bengbu as soon as he entered the ancestral hall. From the entrance to the altar, a big red carpet was laid. A group of old elders from the village stood on both sides, applauding and welcoming him.

"Dad, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"It was uncomfortable in the past two years, but now I'm used to it. I just kept telling them at the door to keep a low profile, otherwise the show would be ten or a hundred times bigger than this."

What is even more unbearable is that the two armchairs placed in front of the altar are empty and people don’t even dare to approach.

"Li Yan, I'm the village chief of our village, Li Mao, and this is the patriarch of our Li family, Li Ken." Village chief Li Mao had a hunched back and looked exactly like the patriarch Li Ken next to him.

In fact, this row of elders are all similar, except that they are fat or thin, and they all have poor body shape, rough skin, and mottled hair.

Now everyone is standing, waiting for Li Yan to take a seat.

"Isn't it appropriate for me to sit there?" Li Yan glanced at Li Chun.

"What's inappropriate about that?" Li Mao waved his hands again and again. "Your grandparents are on their way here. Let's sit down and chat then."

"No need." Li Yan shook her head. "I just want to go home today. I don't plan to stay longer. I'm busy with work."

"I understand!" Li Mao immediately followed Li Yan out again, "Everything is up to you."

Li Yan gave Wei Yunzhi a troubled look, and the beautiful girl tried to hold back her laughter. He then gave Li Chun a look for help, and Li Chun simply spread his hands.

He thought that in such a small place, there would be some drama like "Even if you are the king, you are still the junior today". When he saw the throne, Li Yan had already imagined the scene where the village chief and the clan leader would sit on it and ask Li Yan and Wei Yunzhi to serve them tea.

The "fuck you" face-slapping drama hasn't even started yet, why is it interrupted?
The throne was actually prepared for Li Yan. I believe that even if Li Yan asked Wei Yunzhi to sit on it as well, these old people would not disagree.

You elders are so sensible!

"Uncle Mao, who paid for the repair of this ancestral hall?"

The word "Uncle Mao" made Li Mao's eyes narrow with joy, "It was raised by the villagers in our village!"

"Crowdfunding?" Li Yan frowned.

This is a remote and poor place, with maybe only 200 people in the village. Where can they raise so much money?
"You don't know, ever since you became successful, Lincheng has been very caring towards our village, attracting investment, and a bunch of big bosses have come to buy the land at high prices. Now everyone in the village is rich, so building a ancestral hall for your family is nothing!"

It sounds fucking weird...

"Let's go check out the ancestral hall." Li Yan had a bad feeling.

"Okay!" Li Mao nodded repeatedly. "Secretary Luo and Mayor Liu from Lincheng are also on their way here. Do you want to meet them at the ancestral temple or the clan temple?"

"What are they here for?" Li Yan looked unhappy.

"Hey," Li Mao immediately moved closer to Li Yan, "Li Yan, this is also the task given to us by the two leaders. If they knew you were here and I didn't notify them, then..."

"What? Respect my opinion or theirs?"

"Of course it's you!"

Li Yan was helpless. Forget it. It would be better for the county magistrate to be in charge now. He might come back once every few years. Luo and Liu’s management of the villagers was real.

Along the way, Li Yan shared his childhood memories of the village with Wei Yunzhi.

But the sense of disconnection is strong, because Li Yan often points to a square and tells Wei Yunzhi, "This used to be a wall, and behind it are old houses and a bunch of old trees."

Or he would point to a wide road and tell her, "This used to be a very small road, and you had to go around a lot to get to the ancestral hall."

The village chief and clan leader nearby all agreed.

As he was speaking, the huge front yard of the Li Clan Ancestral Hall was already in sight.

Sure enough, what Li Yan worried about happened - this ancestral hall did not have the grandeur of Li Yan's "family hall".

After all, the ancestral hall was built according to the regulations of Lincheng's ancestral halls, but Li Yan's so-called family hall was completely built at the level of a palace.

The ancestral hall, which should have been bustling with people, now only had some village committee staff and clan representatives welcoming people with smiling faces.

Just as he was walking along the road, Li Yan heard Li Mao constantly saying to some relatively young village cadres behind him, "taking photos is absolutely not allowed."

Li Yan gave Wei Yunzhi a helpless look.

Wei Yunzhi smiled and said, "You already knew you wouldn't be free."

In another direction, Secretary Luo and Mayor Liu were already walking towards this side with Li Yan's grandparents.

"This Lin Cheng really has a lot of ideas." Li Yan shook his head.

In Li Yan's memory, grandparents had always been in poor health, especially grandma, who suffered from diabetes in her later years. But now she was supported by the two leaders of Lincheng and her face was rosy...

It can also be regarded as a ray of Li Yan's influence on the world.

"Oh, Li Yan!" Grandma Li Yan hurriedly took the last few steps, "You're back, you're back! Chun, Fengling, Happy New Year!"

Grandpa also rushed forward to shake hands with Li Yan, and then started chatting with Li Chun and Chen Fengling.

The two leaders stood a few steps away, watching with a smile.

What a harmonious picture! If you don’t know, you would think this family had a very good relationship in the past.

Li Yan actually felt a little uncomfortable, but seeing his grandparents were so excited that they cried, and his parents were also concerned about the elderly's health, he didn't know what to say.

What's more, after just a few words with Chen Fengling, grandma started to complain about "I was wrong back then". It seems that since Li Yan's rise and Li Chun's stay in Lincheng, the knot of the older generation has long been untied.

"Wow, what a pretty girl! Here, a New Year's red envelope!" The two old men took out red envelopes and gave them to Wei Yunzhi. The village chief, clan leader and several elders next to them also woke up as if from a dream, clapped their hands and started taking out red envelopes.

Even the two leaders came forward to ask for red envelopes.

As soon as Wei Yunzhi started to feel awkward, the elders stepped away and talked about their own village affairs, such as who had the most distant relatives. It was so fucking weird.

Li Yan felt uncomfortable all over.

How can these people behave like this? !

Is this still a return home for the Spring Festival? Not even one person asked about his relationship with Wei Yunzhi. Grandpa and grandma acted as if they were afraid that Li Yan would have an opinion. The village chief kept a low profile throughout the whole process, and the clan leader had no sense of existence. The two leaders came specially and knew to use Li Yan's grandpa and grandma as a shield. All the staff used red envelopes to dispel Li Yan's negative emotions about the exaggeration of his going home.

They are so good at performing each one of them, it's like they have rehearsed it before.

"Li Yan, welcome home! We just happened to be conducting research nearby..." Secretary Luo has a round face and a slightly bald head, and looks quite cheerful.

Li Yan just smiled and nodded without responding.

You're doing research here on New Year's Day, right? I'm afraid you've been waiting here to ambush me every year.

"The Li Clan Ancestral Hall has sufficient historical value because of its celebrity effect. Lincheng also attaches great importance to it. Under the instructions of the provincial government, it has been renovated and declared a cultural relic protection unit in Linjiang Province..."

Mayor Liu is quite tall, with a long face, and speaks in a sonorous and powerful voice.

"Is this money given by the government?" Li Yan asked as she took Wei Yunzhi around.

"It's 50-50. The villagers also raised a lot of money on their own. There is a stele here that records it."

"Why didn't you let me donate something?" Li Yan suddenly asked.

Li Mao immediately panicked, "Why do you need to pay, Li Yan? Our village is what it is today, it's all your contribution, we all acknowledge it, the villagers have paid what they should pay, it's really not a big deal to bother you with this kind of thing..."

"Village Chief Li," Secretary Luo interrupted Li Mao, "The villagers are eager to do something for the village and want to give Li Yan a surprise. This is also normal and does not require too much explanation."

"Okay okay."

Li Yan walked to the altar again and said, "I remember when I was a kid, every time I came here, I couldn't stand the various incenses here. I always had to hide outside and watch the paper shadow play outside."

"Yes," Mayor Liu said with a smile, "Xiantian Village's shadow puppet show, as a city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been vigorously supported and promoted in the past two years and has become a very good intangible cultural heritage brand. Now there are three large shadow puppet shows in the big square outside, and TV stations are reporting on them every day."

"Since last year, we have issued some regulations to address the problem of excessive incense burning, which have effectively curbed the situation of excessive incense burning..." Secretary Luo also started talking.

There are only three words in Li Yan's heart:

What the fuck?
Wei Yunzhi had a helpless expression on her face, trying not to laugh.

Li Yan walked around the ancestral hall in silence and came out again. Suddenly he found that this group of elders didn't even ask him to burn incense.

This was to the point that even Wei Yunzhi had to frown.

From this moment on, Li Yan knew his position in Lincheng, knew what he meant to the once backward mountain village, and knew that the "freedom" he pursued today could never be understood correctly.

Seeing that Li Yan was about to leave the ancestral hall, Li Ken quickly picked up the red-covered family tree on the wooden table and handed it to Li Yan, "Li Yan, take a look, this is the family tree that our village elders collected materials from everywhere. If you want a few copies, we will give them to you."

Family tree? Li Yan remembered that he had also asked Li Chun to confirm that the small clan in the small mountain village did not have this thing.

Then you can see who your ancestor is that you can trace back to.

After all, when he was a kid, he often joked, "My ancestor is Li Shimin"...

When I opened it, I was shocked. There were only two big words on the first page: "Li Yan".

The following is a full introduction to Li Yan’s past achievements, with exaggerations and details, just like a fucking novel.

I flipped through more than ten pages but still couldn't reach the bottom.

Seeing that Li Yan was flipping through the pages quickly, Li Ken said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Li Yan, we've left more than a dozen pages for you. You're making cars, and your battery technology is world-leading. We've written it down. If you have sales data later, tell us in advance and we'll write it right away."

"That's a trade secret. How can it be used to record a family tree?" Secretary Luo frowned.

There were too many complaints and Li Yan was almost dizzy. She stuffed the family tree into Li Chun's hands and quickened her pace to leave.

"Li Yan, where are you going next?" Secretary Luo followed closely, "Lincheng has spent a lot of effort in the past two years to build Xiantian Village..."

"Yes, yes, yes," Li Mao was also very positive, "The so-called hometown of Li Yan!"

Li Yan paused when he heard this.

I'm less than 20 years old this year, and you've found a hometown for me?
Secretary Luo and Mayor Liu both changed their expressions. "What nonsense are you talking about? Leveraging the celebrity effect to tap into the potential of rural areas, comprehensively revitalize the rural areas of Lincheng, and strive to create a demonstration site. If you don't say anything, no one will think you are dumb!"

Li Mao took a few quick steps and appeared behind the crowd, his presence completely disappearing.

In the end, Li Yan refused to stay in Xiantian Village for lunch and prepared to go to the headquarters of Lincheng Chamber of Commerce.

However, Li Chun and Chen Fengling did not refuse. They seemed to enjoy the feeling of being treated as guests of honor by this group of villagers. Besides, they were not interested in Li Yan's next trip, so it would be better for them to act separately for the time being.

"It's really... surprising." Li Yan drove the black MPV of the two leaders, and Wei Yunzhi shook his head and sighed in the passenger seat.

“Very cooperative.”

"I even think... they are a little afraid of you."

"Ok?"

"They know exactly what you like and dislike, and they won't do anything that would make you lose face," Wei Yunzhi said. "I thought there would be some messy things like forcing you to donate money, your fellow villagers asking you for money, and you're still a junior."

Yo? You think so too?
Li Yan smiled and said, "What's the matter? Do you want to see me show off?"

"There aren't many opportunities to get slapped in the face now, Boss Li." Wei Yunzhi said as he placed his hand on Li Yan's thigh. "Even regarding car manufacturing, few people dare to make negative comments now."

"I'm driving, Yunzhi."

The beautiful girl took her hand back obediently, "It feels so good, and I'm a little itchy sitting in your passenger seat."

"I was wondering," Li Yan didn't respond at all, "Why are they behaving like this? Even if my dad revealed the information, they must have wanted to know the information themselves."

"Do you think it's right for them not to cooperate like this?"

"No matter what, they don't even care that I don't worship the gods." Li Yan frowned, "Even if I did bring them earth-shaking changes, it's still not enough. It's not like Lincheng hasn't produced rich people before, but they were heartbroken when they brought real money back to their hometown, let alone me? Look at the entrepreneurs who go back to their hometown to give money every year, and the villagers only think of their kindness at that time. When have they ever been grateful at other times?"

"I thought they would also let you give me some money. I even thought of the lines to refute them - you also sponsored Li Yan to go to college?"

Wei Yunzhi is actually quite childish deep down in her soul.

"So," Li Yan pondered for a while, "Can they also understand that, in addition to being young and rich, I have also helped the country break through the two major difficulties of operating systems and chip manufacturing. The assembly line intelligent manufacturing has directly improved the industrial manufacturing level of the entire society. Our products have entered the international market, and our software and hardware have taken root in major countries. Drone technology has led the world in various achievements, and it has already had the influence of a national strategic weapon?"

Wei Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, then kept laughing.

These words sound like bragging, but when Li Yan said them, he was just listing data and presenting facts.

"No, it's impossible. Not to mention them, even someone at Lin Cheng's level may not understand these things."

As Li Yan was thinking, the car arrived at the Lincheng Chamber of Commerce's office headquarters located in the suburbs - it was said that it was placed in the suburbs for "convenience of fun".

He was stunned before he even got out of the car.

This "office building" that looks like a hotel has a large poster of Li Yan posted on the door, which is a photo of him at the launch of the first generation of Jiaolong.

(End of this chapter)