Sure enough, as Xiang Nan expected, Bai Jiaxuan was successfully elected in the subsequent election of clan leader.

Although Bai Jiaxuan was very humble and said that he had been in prison and should no longer be the patriarch of Bailu Village. Moreover, he had a hot temper and was afraid of causing trouble again when he became the patriarch, so he strongly recommended Lu Zilin as the patriarch.

But the villagers still trust Bai Jiaxuan, and he must be the clan leader.

Even Lu Taiheng stood up and said that his son could not be the clan leader, and Bai Jiaxuan had to be the clan leader.

Therefore, in the end, Bai Jiaxuan became the clan leader, while Lu Zilin, who failed to run for clan leader, took out his evil anger on his father, thinking that he was the reason why he failed to be elected because he helped to undermine him.

"Who are you? Is there any reason in the world for your own son to cause trouble for his own son?" He complained and refused to eat lunch.

"If I don't break the stage, you will fall even harder." Lu Taiheng explained, "Look at the day Bai Jiaxuan came back, the whole village ran to greet you, leaving you alone on the stage. This is what people want, you

Don’t you understand yet?”

"It's not like there are no people who support me. Bai Xing'er, Sang Laoba, Bai Shitou'er, don't they all support me?" Lu Zilin said immediately.

"Bai Xing'er, Sang Laoba, and Bai Shitou'er are nothing. My grandma doesn't care, my uncle doesn't love me, I have sores on the top of my head, and pus on the soles of my feet. If you get together with them, you are called a shameful ancestor."

What?" Lu Taiheng cursed.

Bai Xing'er, Sang Laoba, and Bai Shitou'er are all famous second-rates in the village. They are idle, lazy, and despised by the villagers. They are the lowest class of people.

It's a shame to deal with them, and it's really not a good idea for my son to talk about some of them!

Lu Zilin was robbed by his father, and immediately had nothing to say, so he could only sulk alone.

…

After Bai Jiaxuan became the clan leader, he wanted to do a big thing, which was to repair the Bailu Ancestral Hall.

That ancestral hall was built in the Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of two to three hundred years. Although it is a sacred place to worship Qi ancestors, it is a public official property after all and no one has to worry about it.

The tile ditches of the five halls and six mansions are covered with fallen leaves and dirt, embroidered with green moss, and wisteria grass growing up to two feet high; the rafters' eyes have become ideal nests for sparrows to lay eggs and hatch their chicks; the walls are made of wool

It peeled off; the bottom of the square bricks on the floor were hollowed out by rats, and the bricks sank.

Bai Jiaxuan wanted to come forward and completely renovate the old Ketang.

Firstly, renovating the ancestral hall is a good thing to accumulate virtue, and the ancestors will bless you. Secondly, by renovating the ancestral hall, the villagers can also be of the same mind.

After all, building an ancestral temple is not an easy task. It requires raising funds, materials, and labor. If this can be done, then his position as the patriarch will be completely secure.

No matter what happens in the future, everyone will support him and respond to him, and will not have any second thoughts with him.

This is just like the ancient emperors who always liked to build pyramids, hanging gardens, the Colossus of Zeus, Easter Island statues and other wonders.

Although many of these wonders were of little use, the emperors still spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources on them.

However, his proposal was unanimously rejected by the villagers.

Everyone's opinion is that it is indeed a good thing to build the ancestral temple. But it is May now, which is the busy time of farming. They really can't afford it, and they are not rich.

In particular, Lu Zilin jumped out to make trouble, saying that Bai Jiaxuan was building the ancestral hall just to use everyone's money to accumulate merit for Bai Jiaxuan, and the villagers could not get any benefits at all.

He also sarcastically said to Bai Jiaxuan, "If you want to build the ancestral hall, you can do it alone, and all the merits of your ancestors will belong to you in the future."

Everyone was reluctant to build the ancestral temple, but they just didn't dare to resist.

Now that Lu Zilin said this, everyone immediately agreed, so Bai Jiaxuan's plan to repair the ancestral temple could only be scrapped.

…

But Bai Jiaxuan has a high spirit and is not the kind of person who takes offense.

Since Lu Zilin asked him to repair it by himself, he simply sold the grain storage at home. He really planned to build the ancestral hall by himself.

He wanted to show the villagers that he, Bai Jiaxuan, was a man who kept his word.

Moreover, he also wanted to see what Lu Zilin would have to say after he finished repairing the ancestral hall, and what face he would have to come to the ancestral hall to discuss matters in the future.

The Bai Zhao family was naturally very dissatisfied with this, "You have been the clan leader for decades, and you have never mentioned using your own money to build the ancestral hall. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

"Okay, Mom, stop talking. As the leader of the clan, I have to keep my word and I can't let others laugh at me." Bai Jiaxuan said.

"Oh, you are going to make this family poor." Bai Zhao said anxiously.

I have never seen such a stupid person. He spends his own money to repair the ancestral hall. Isn't this stupid?

At this moment, Lu San walked in, "Jiaxuan, are you there?"

"Third brother, it's over here!" Bai Jiaxuan responded.

Lu San then walked over and said with a smile, "Jiaxuan, I heard that you want to build an ancestral temple. My son and I are both from our original land, so we can't ignore it. You see, this is a family relationship between us.

"

With that said, he handed a red cloth bag to Bai Jiaxuan.

Xiang Nan also received news at the temple about Bai Jiaxuan Zhang Luo's repair of the ancestral hall.

He was noncommittal about this matter.

Because he knew that this ancestral hall was just a spiritual sustenance, and it would not actually produce any miracles, nor could it achieve the effect of protecting his descendants.

In the play, the ancestral hall in Bailuyuan was even destroyed by a Japanese bomb, and he was not even protected.

Moreover, the ancestral hall is also a representative of feudal rule.

Bai Jiaxuan punished the villagers who were eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling and smoking in the ancestral hall, and made them swear to stop gambling and drug addiction from now on. In order to teach them a lesson, he beat them with wooden sticks, made them get money from boiling water pots, and fed them rice fields...

Because Hei Wa married Tian Xiao'e who was divorced, he lost the qualification to enter the ancestral hall. And Tian Xiao'e was not allowed to enter the ancestral hall because she did not observe women's ethics...

Therefore, Xiang Nan was unwilling to intervene in the matter of repairing the ancestral hall.

However, Lu San is very positive, thinking that his family is now a well-known, well-established and wealthy family in the village, and they should take the lead in doing something.

Especially this time when the ancestral hall is being built, their family should have more. This will add glory and make the ancestors happy.

Xiang Nan didn't want to refute Lu San's reputation, and besides, the times have changed, and he had a reputation and status in Bailuyuan that was not comparable to that of Bai Jiaxuan.

Building the ancestral hall would also highlight his status in Bailu Village, so he agreed. He gave Lu San one hundred oceans and asked him to hand it over to Bai Jiaxuan.

"Oh, third brother..." Bai Jiaxuan was very moved when he saw it.

All the young and old men in the village did not support him, and he was a little disappointed. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Lu San was still the most powerful.

"You accept it." Lu San said, "I owe my ancestors' blessing to have such a good son. I should pay more to build the ancestral hall."
Chapter completed!