Households relocated in the 1990s

Chapter 102 Villager Meeting
An Jianguo and his wife arrived at the right time.

The two of them had just sat down when people from the village committee arrived.

After confirming that everyone had arrived, Captain Jiang Wenlin spoke first: "Since everyone is here, let's get started!"

"First, yesterday every household in the village received the first installment of demolition compensation. I'm here to remind you again."

“Money comes easily, but it can’t be spent easily.”

"Although the compensation for this demolition is quite high, it actually destroyed all our ancestral heritage."

"From now on, not only everyone here, but also your sons and grandsons, will have to rely on this money in your hands to start their own businesses."

"It's not just money, there's also a house. Wouldn't it be nice to leave it to your children and grandchildren?" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.

An Songyu looked in the direction of the voice, but only saw a large group of people like her, leaning their heads to look.

I didn't see clearly who was speaking.

However, Jiang Wenlin on the stage could see people clearly, both from his position and from his understanding of the villagers.

He stared at the man coldly for a while, then sneered, "Why, Jiangcun has been levied, so I, the captain, am no longer a dish?"

"Don't forget, even if I'm not the captain, I'm still an elder of the clan."

"How about we take advantage of the opportunity to move our ancestral hall and first bring out our ancestral family rules and seal them?"

As soon as Jiang Wenlin said this, forget about the person who just spoke.

Even the other people with the surname Jiang fell silent.

As for the An family, they never like to speak at village committee meetings.

In the past, we were suppressed by the Jiang family.

Later, the An family developed well and did not want to argue with the Jiang family in a place like the village committee meeting.

Jiang Wenlin waited for a while, but when no one spoke again, he continued with the previous topic:

"I don't care what's going on in other villages!"

"I don't care what you think!"

"But remember one thing clearly!"

"You absolutely must not touch pornography, gambling, or drugs!"

"If anyone in our village gets involved with these things, and they are from my family, I will definitely call on our ancestors to punish them without hesitation."

"There's no need for the police to even come to my house. I'll take him there myself!"

"As for those of you with the surname An..."

Jiang Wenlin turned around and looked at the village party secretary next to him.

An Jianxing is a village official who returned to the village after graduating from university.

Although he is young, as a young cadre, he does have a deeper understanding of the policies from above.

Combine policy with reality.

The farmhouses in their Jiang Village have developed to their current level almost entirely with his help.

Therefore, his words have some prestige, not only among the An family, but also among the Jiang family.

At this moment, under Jiang Wenlin's gaze, An Jianxing directly took out a piece of paper for everyone to see:

"In Jiang Village, the Jiang and An surnames are one family."

“But with the demolition, everyone has dispersed.”

"This one is signed by all my uncles with the surname An."

"They promised that the whole family would abide by the law even if they left Jiangcun."

"If there are any violations, they will work with me to help the police bring the perpetrators to justice."

"As for the rest of the village..."

An Jianxing put down the paper in his hand, glanced at the people below one by one, and then said:

"The heads of each household, please come over after the village meeting is over!"

It seems that An Jianxing did not explain the reason for his visit.

Jiang Wenlin couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly. Of course, he wouldn't directly expose An Jianxing's little trick here.

There are still important things to do at today's village meeting.

So, next, Jiang Wenlin announced some of the things discussed by the village committee based on the situation in the village.

Then came the formal meeting of the villagers today:
"Everyone in the village has been quite busy recently because of the demolition."

"The reason I called everyone here today is to relocate the graves in our village."

"I'm sure everyone knows that after this demolition, our entire village will no longer exist."

"And our ancestors who are in deep sleep will be invited to the ancestral hall specially designated for us by the government."

Having said this, Jiang Wenlin paused for a moment before saying:

"Because of regulations, there is no such thing as burial in the new ancestral hall."

"So in the next period of time, we will discuss with each family how to relocate these ancestral tombs."

"In theory, the government has already compensated each family for the demolition of the graves."

“But the situation in our village is also different.”

"Ever since the centralized management of the mulberry and fish ponds began, the practice of clan land used by our ancestors has been continued."

"So this time when the graves are demolished, the village's public account will also have to pay a portion of it."

"Now let me make it clear to everyone that it's difficult to keep the same timeline for relocating the ancestral graves of each family, given their own circumstances."

"Then you can register your time at the village committee."

"As for the time of moving into the ancestral hall, it must remain consistent."

"Of course, although this is a rigid rule, it's not completely without room for negotiation."

"Everyone must be clear about the situations that can be discussed."

"After each family's meeting, let them handle it on their own!"

“In addition, the village committee paid for professionals to come.”

"After the meeting, if you don't have any other plans, go with these Feng Shui masters to confirm the time for relocating the ancestral tombs."

"If you have other plans, make your own arrangements."

"Just report the confirmed time to the village committee."

Seeing that Jiang Wenlin was about to adjourn the meeting after finishing his speech, some people in the crowd could not wait any longer:
"Village chief, are you holding a village meeting today just to discuss this?"

Jiang Wenlin and the others looked at each other, saw everyone's expectant eyes, hesitated for a moment, and were still not ready to announce the news directly.

So he said, "I know very well what everyone is concerned about."

"The bosses from each family will stay and discuss the time and method of demolition."

"Even the matters you are concerned about, there are things we need to discuss."

After saying that, several members of the village committee left without asking anyone to stay.

The people who were left behind looked at each other and finally stood up.

The village committee had already mentioned the relocation of the graves when they notified us.

So there are indeed quite a few families who have made preparations in advance.

This also includes An Songyu's family.

Hearing that there was still something to discuss, An Shunhe simply took his sons to meet the specially invited Feng Shui master.

As for the village committee, let the women in the family participate!
On the contrary, their family has always had fine traditions.

Big things can be discussed together, and small things can be decided by women.

When each family in the village sat down in the village committee.

Looking at the only group of women in the room, everyone was silent.

But what else can I say?
An Jianping's family contracted so many mulberry-based fish ponds and orchards in the village, but his second daughter managed them all.

Now that she is attending the meeting on behalf of the whole family, it doesn’t seem so unacceptable.

(End of this chapter)