Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

He Yuzhu has already called Li Pan and Xu Xiaoling, asking them to take good care of Liu Guangqi.

In less than three days, Liu Guangqi was promoted.

He Yuzhu looked down on his official position. But Liu Guangqi was quite happy with it.

What angered He Yuzhu was that the guy got promoted but didn't even come to thank him.

He Yuzhu hasn't had time to take care of him lately.

Lin Chih-chieh couldn't sit still any longer and wanted to go back to his hometown to take a look.

"While I can still move, I'll go back and visit. After this trip, I probably won't have another chance to go back."

He Yuzhu thought to himself, with him around, Lin Zhijie could surely live into the 21st century.

However, he didn't object and agreed immediately.

"I'll have someone prepare a car. Once we get to the city, we can take a car directly back to the village?"

"No need, that would be too much of a fuss," Lin Zhijie tried to refuse.

He Yuzhu said directly, "Dad, the city is quite far from the village. There are so many of us, we can't all walk there."

Also, when you go back, you should bring some gifts for the villagers.

Lin Chih-chieh hadn't been back for many years, and it wouldn't be good for him to go back empty-handed.

Knowing that He Yuzhu was wealthy, he did not refuse.

The family, without saying a word, boarded the train and went back to their hometown.

He Yuzhu arranged for someone to find a bus and wait near the train station.

After getting off the train, the group bought some things and then boarded a bus.

It took more than two hours to reach the village.

The village hasn't changed much, but the conditions are still pretty good.

This included support from Lin Jinghan, as well as the county leaders' underhanded attempts to curry favor.

Everyone knows Lin Zhijie's hometown, so how could those leaders not take care of him?

As soon as I entered the village, I was recognized by the elderly villagers.

Village chief Lin Fangxu came out to greet him: "Third Uncle."

Lin Chih-chieh said, "I just went home to visit. Let everyone go home."

Lin Fangxu enjoyed good prestige in the village, and the crowd dispersed at his call.

"Third Uncle, I've been having someone tidy up the house in our hometown."

Someone cleans every week. Shall I take you to see it?

The Lin family's old house was an adobe house, and no one had lived there for a long time.

In the 1950s, Lin Zhijie came once and specifically told the villagers that they didn't need the house anymore and should give it to someone who needed it.

Upon suddenly hearing that there was still a house at home, he looked at Lin Jinghan.

Lin Chih-chieh believed that Lin Ching-han had someone build it.

Lin Jinghan shook her head, indicating that she did not.

They definitely won't come back to live here; there's no need for them to occupy the village's homestead.

Lin Zhijie's face turned cold: "What's going on with the house?"

Having held a high position for a long time and coming from the military, his imposing presence was truly intimidating.

Lin Fangxu, an ordinary person, couldn't take it at all and explained nervously, "The house was built with money donated by the whole village. It's in the same place as before."

Regardless, this is a token of the village's goodwill.

Zeng Xueliu said, "Old Lin, this isn't the military base. Don't bring your military ways here."

Lin Zhijie snapped out of his daze and calmed down. He knew he couldn't lose his temper with these people over something like this.

"Alright. Tell me, how are things in the village?"

Lin Fangxu then wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully began his introduction.

Life in the countryside is quite different from that in the city.

Even with Lin Jinghan's secret care, Linjia Village could only ensure that everyone in the village had enough to eat.

As for meat, they eat very little of it.

Those who can afford it can eat meat once or twice a month; those who can't afford it can only afford to buy some meat during holidays.

There are also factories in the nearby towns.

However, there wasn't anyone with that kind of courage in Linjia Village. They soon arrived at the Lin family's old house.

Upon seeing the house, He Yuzhu discreetly observed Lin Zhijie's expression.

Most of the houses in the village were still mud-brick houses, but the Lin family's house was a large red brick and tile house.

Not only is it well-built, but its area has also doubled in size.

Fortunately, Zeng Xueliu and Lin Jinghan realized this and calmed Lin Zhijie down first.

Lin Chih-chieh then refrained from getting angry.

Lin Chih-chieh had originally been looking forward to catching up with people from his hometown, but now he's completely lost that interest.

He asked He Yuzhu to take out the things he had brought back.

"I bought some things for the villagers. You can distribute them to everyone."

"Okay, Uncle. I promise I'll take care of it." Lin Fangxu had already realized that his good intentions had backfired, and now he just wanted to get as far away from Lin Zhijie as possible.

Lin Zhijie waved his hand, telling him to leave: "I thought I had nowhere to live in my hometown, but I didn't expect there to be such a big house there."

Zeng Xueliu said, "They mean well. After we leave, we'll give them all the money we've saved for building the house."

The villagers are doing this because they hope to receive your help; it's only natural.

He Yuzhu said, "Dad, how about this? I'll pay for it and build a road for the village."

To be rich, build roads first.

With roads, the villagers can live a better life.

Lin Zhijie nodded: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

I know you have money, but I can't give it to you. That's a good idea.

I'll go talk to Fang Xu and ask him how much money he can come up with to repair the road.

He Yuzhu did the math: "Money is not a problem. If we're going to build a road, we should build a good one, a two-lane road in both directions."

Lin Zhijie was taken aback: "I see that the roads in the county are only two lanes in each direction. Is it really necessary to make them so wide?"

For the time being, there is indeed no need for the village to build such a wide road.

But He Yuzhu knew that if they didn't fix it now, it would be difficult to fix it later.

By then, the roadsides will be full of people, and there won't be any room left. We can't just carry out demolitions again.

"It's not that wide. If it were too narrow, it would be inconvenient for vehicles to pass. Only the main road in the village is this wide; the other side roads are not."

Lin Zhijie knew that He Yuzhu had made a lot of money, including hundreds of millions of yuan in donations to the country.

Because of the large amount of donations, outsiders had no idea.

He Yuzhu wasn't short of money, so he agreed.

They found a young boy and sent him to fetch Lin Fangxu.

Lin Fangxu wasn't alone; he was also supporting an elderly man in his seventies named Lin Zhilang.

Upon seeing Lin Zhilang, Lin Zhijie quickly walked over: "Fang Xu, what brings you here? I was just about to get ready to visit you."

"Third Brother, I should be the one visiting you," Lin Zhilang said. "Don't blame Fang Xu for the house issue."

It was a suggestion from the town leaders, and he, as the village head, couldn't object.

Of course, the people in our village also support her. Over the years, Jinghan has taken great care of the village.

Several children from the village have been admitted to universities in Shanghai.

Everyone knows you're in Beijing, and we didn't want to cause you any trouble, so we used this method to thank you.

With a house, you'll have a place to stay when you come back.

Things are definitely not that simple, but we can't pursue this further.

Lin Chih-chieh simply brought up the issue of road repair.

Lin Zhilang said with a smile, "It's good to build roads. Once the roads are built, the boys in our village can also build factories."

Our village has been hoping for a road for a long time.

Lin Zhijie said, "Alright, I'll have Zhu Zi cook a meal later, and we can eat and chat together."

"You've just arrived, how can we let you cook? Fang Xu, what are you standing there for? Find your wife and let her help with the cooking," Lin Zhilang said with a smile.

Lin Fangxu went out and shouted, which summoned several women.

"Hurry up and help me cook. Honey, take our bike and go to town to buy some meat."

Lin Jinghan took out some money: "Brother Fang Xu, buy more meat and give some to everyone in the village." (End of Chapter)