Chapter 50 The Fifth Ancestor

"Uncle Hui, I'm fine now." Zhao Shi said.

"Okay, okay, I'll be fine once I recover from my illness. In the future, when you do anything, think about your seventh brother and his wife first. It hasn't been easy for them these years!"

Zhao Guohui sighed when he heard that Zhao Shi had recovered.

"Uncle Hui, don't worry!" Zhao Shi nodded.

"By the way, Xiao Shi, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" At this time, Zhao Guohui thought that Zhao Shi obviously had something to ask him, but he didn't know how he could help.

"Uncle Hui, is my grandfather at home?" Zhao Shi asked.

"Yes, the old man is unwilling to go out as he gets older. He stays at home listening to operas with a box every day!" Speaking of his grandfather, Zhao Guohui said with a trace of helplessness on his face.

"I'll add you on WeChat. Please accept my call and I'll video chat with you. I have something to discuss with the Fifth Ancestor!"

"Row!"

Soon, the two added each other as friends, and Zhao Shi called via video.

The reason I used video was because I was afraid that the Fifth Ancestor wouldn’t believe it.

After all, it’s a joke that anyone can want the ancestor’s tablet!
Even now, Zhao Shi doesn't know whether he can succeed.

Zhao Shi even planned to donate 100,000 yuan to the clan to repair the ancestral temple in exchange for the tablets of his ancestors.

"Hello, Uncle Hui, long time no see." After the video call was connected, Zhao Shi greeted him with a smile. Zhao Shi hadn't seen anyone from his hometown for seventeen or eighteen years.

At this time, when I see people from my hometown, especially those with whom I had a good relationship before, my mood becomes very good.

"Yeah! You kid."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. He is still a good man after he recovers from his illness. We in the Zhao family are not cowards. We will be good in the future."

Zhao Guohui looked at the fair-skinned boy in the picture with emotion. He was the pride of the Zhao family, the first college student in many years, and the top scorer. All the people with the surname Zhao had high hopes for him.

pity!

I fell into depravity because of some insignificant things.

yes! !
In his opinion, love between men and women is not worth mentioning, and living life to the fullest is the most important thing.

For people of their generation, there is no such thing as love. They get married after just meeting once, and even three or five days after the marriage, they don’t recognize the bride during the day.

Love?
For people like them in the mountain villages, can love fill their stomachs? Can love help them farm?
As Zhao Guohui spoke, he walked towards the east wing.

In the old man’s inherent thinking, even if he doesn’t live in the main house, he has to live in the east wing. The east is the new house for his grandson, and it is not convenient for the old man to occupy the main house, so he can only live in the east wing.

"Grandpa, old man." Zhao Guohui shouted as soon as he reached the door.

"Stop yelling, are you trying to call my soul? Even if I don't die of illness, I will be scared to death by you!"

At this time, an old but confident voice was heard in the room.

"Hehe!" Hearing the old man's yelling, Zhao Guohui just laughed dryly twice and didn't say anything. Instead, he pushed the door and walked into the side room.

When Zhao Guohui shouted, the old man had already stopped talking. When he saw Zhao Guohui coming in, his nose was not nose and his face was not face, and he didn't smile at all. It was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with his grandson's behavior of disturbing him from listening to the opera.

Zhao Guohui was not annoyed.

The old man is 99 years old, his eyesight is not blurry, his ears are not deaf, and he can cook for himself every day. This is the blessing for the younger generations. It’s just that his temper is a little hard to understand. However, old children, old children, this is what we call these old people.

"Grandpa, Seventh Brother's kid is looking for you!" Zhao Guohui said to the old man.

"Seventh Brother, who is it?"

"Oh, I remember now, it's Brother Desheng's eighth son!"

"His kid."

"That bastard!!"

"I went out for a while, but instead of studying hard, I learned some messy things from the city, and ended up making myself sick."

When the old man heard his grandson's words, he was confused at first, then he remembered who it was and started cursing.

awkward!

Zhao Guohui was embarrassed because Zhao Shi was listening to him. He felt a little uncomfortable when he was being scolded by someone.

Where is Zhao Shi?
It’s also a bit embarrassing!
I had to endure the embarrassment and asked loudly on the phone: "Fifth Ancestor, are you in good health?"

Hear Zhao Shi's voice.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then glared at his grandson angrily and took the phone from his grandson's hand. Zhao Guohui was embarrassed, Zhao Shi was embarrassed, but the old man was not. He didn't think there was anything wrong with scolding Zhao Shi just now.

He could not only scold these Zhao descendants, but even if he beat them, their parents would have to apologize and say, "Our children are ignorant and they made us angry."

Although the old man is old, he still knows how to use the video phone.

After picking up the phone, he looked at Zhao Shi on the phone carefully and said, "Well! OK, the boy is in good spirits, his eyes are bright, it seems that the illness is really cured."

Obviously, the old man knew about Zhao's father and mother returning to the village.
He had some doubts in his heart, but when he saw Zhao Shi, he believed it.
Whether a person is sick or not, especially a mental illness, can be seen from his eyes.

"What's the matter? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?" asked the old man.

"Fifth Ancestor, I have a favor to ask," Zhao Shi said after a moment's hesitation. However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old man, "Bullshit, don't use fancy words. Are you bullying me for being uneducated? If you have something to say, just say it!"

awkward!

Zhao Shi touched his nose awkwardly, and then did not dare to say anything unreasonable, and directly said, "Fifth Ancestor, I want to bring back the tablet of the ancestor of the Zhao family in our ancestral hall!"

"Ok?"

The old man was stunned when he heard this. He sat up straight in an instant, looking at Zhao Shi in confusion, and said, "You kid are not going to exchange the tablet of the ancestor for money, are you?"

Not only the old man had this doubt, but even Zhao Guohui next to him had a look of doubt on his face.

There was a collecting craze in the past few years.

But many people come to the village to shop on Taobao.

Among them, some people have their eyes on the ancestral tablets.

antique!

Yes, ancestral tablets from hundreds of years ago are also antiques, and some people even try to steal them from the ancestral hall at night.

Among them was a descendant of the Zhao family who lost money and owed a lot of foreign debts, so he wanted to sell the tablet of his ancestor.

Unfortunately, it was found out that it was just an ordinary tablet made of mountain cypress wood.

Not those rare wood species.

Because of its age, it is considered an antique, but is only worth a few thousand dollars.

When the deal was about to be completed, they were caught by the Zhao family. The person who stole the tablet was almost beaten to death and was removed from the family tree. The person who collected the tablet was sent directly to the police station.

Therefore, when they heard that Zhao Shi wanted to take the tablet back, they couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Zhao Shi didn't know about these things. After hearing what the old man said, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Exchange for money? Can the tablet of our ancestor be exchanged for money? Why do others want the tablet of our ancestor? Can't our family also worship the ancestor?"

The grandfather and grandson looked at Zhao Shi, who was bewildered in the video, and then they looked at each other and relaxed and said, "It can be sold for money. It's an antique that's hundreds of years old! But since the ancestor's tablet is just ordinary cypress wood, it's only worth a few thousand or eighty yuan."

"Uh, huh."

At this time, Zhao Shi finally understood why the old man said that, and could only laugh awkwardly to hide the embarrassment in his heart.

Although he is not selling it for money, it is still the same in the end.

Then Zhao Shi quickly explained, "Fifth Ancestor, I don't want to sell it for money, I want to worship it. I've had nightmares in the past few days. I wanted to spend 100,000 to buy a statue of Guan Erye, but then I thought of our ancestor. I thought, there were two people who were equally famous in the past. Isn't our ancestor better at taking care of me, a descendant of the younger generation, than that statue?"

"Humph!" Hearing Zhao Shi's words, the old man snorted coldly and said, "He is definitely better than that one! Our ancestor was not inferior to anyone in his life, but he was a little arrogant and had no background or connections, so only a little bit of him was recorded in the history. I think the novel is more in line with our ancestor!"

"Yes, I also think that our ancestors should be worshipped and given incense and worshiped as gods."

Zhao Shi quickly agreed.

In fact, no one knows exactly what happened in ancient times.

But according to what was passed down by their lineage, the ancestor's martial arts were not inferior to any famous generals at the time, but unfortunately, the ancestor had a bad personality and was a bit arrogant.
So that there is only a little text about him in historical materials.

On the contrary, the image in the novel is more consistent with the records of their lineage.

(End of this chapter)