MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It-Chapter 324 Shocking, this ancestral hall is so awesome!

Chapter 324 Shocking, this ancestral hall is so awesome!

evening.

 Public Security Bureau Family Home.

 Old Mrs. Zhu was washing the dishes while happily humming a classic old song that was born decades ago:

 “The east is red, the sun rises

 China has a…

 He seeks happiness for the people

 Hur, cough, ah

 He is the great savior of the people…”

Seeing Mrs. Zhu’s happy look, Mr. Zhu, who was stuffing tobacco into the mouth of the chimney, also smiled.

 Today is indeed a day to be happy about.

 In the morning, their youngest son and daughter-in-law finally went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage.

At this moment, Zhu Junjie came back and answered: "Dad, what are you looking for to ask someone?"

Old Mrs. Zhu washed the dishes, wiped her wet hands on her clothes, walked over and asked: "Old man, now that Ajie and Azhen have registered, we have to hire someone to decorate this house, especially Their wedding room should be as decent as possible, what do you think?"

Such a restaurant that can lay golden eggs actually uses it as a dowry for a daughter. Even if you put it in other places, few people would dare to believe it, let alone in Bobai, which has a serious patriarchal mentality. This is completely It subverted their three views.

Such a beautiful house, given as a dowry to my daughter, who would believe it?

“Ajie, is everything you said true?”

Because the younger son and the younger daughter-in-law have been talking for a long time, they don’t know everything about the profits of Suifeng Hotel, but they know the approximate income. In short, for them, that income is definitely An astronomical figure.

It took Mrs. Zhu more than ten minutes to digest this huge good news. Then she looked at her youngest son and said with a serious face: "Ajie, you must treat your wife well in this life. Don’t let people feel wronged!”

 In April in the countryside, there are few idle people, so they are planting sericulture and planting fields.

Although the wine has not yet been served, it is not yet a real marriage for the Bobai people of this era, but after the two received the marriage certificate, they are a legal couple recognized by the state, which is still very different from before.

 Old man Zhu nodded and said: "It should be renovated, and we can't wrong others."

Moreover, who doesn’t know that Yedeng’s community is in the county seat? It is recognized as the community with the best living conditions. No one knows whether such a beautiful community will appear in the future. But for now, there are no houses anywhere. It can be compared with the Naye Deng Community.

Zhu Junjie nodded and said: "Dad, Mom, don't worry, I will definitely treat Azhen well."

Zhu Junjie naturally understood his parents' thoughts. When he first heard what A-Zhen said, he couldn't believe it was true. He continued to zoom in and said: "Not only the house, A-Zhen's father brought Suifeng Hotel to She is a dowry!"

Deng Changli began contracting land to grow flue-cured tobacco in 1983. In the past two or three years, relying on flue-cured tobacco cultivation, he became the richest man in Nahua Village and had considerable prestige in the village.

From the song "April in the Countryside", we can see that rural people are quite busy in April of the lunar calendar.

 Bobai County begins harvesting winter potatoes and transplanting rice seedlings in late March, and basically ends in early April.

Old man Zhu echoed: "Ajie, it's up to your mother to decorate the wedding room. The bride's relatives and friends will come over to see it, and I'll feel better."

“A-Zhen told me personally, of course it’s true.”

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu were stunned!

Still, Bai Bai County in this era only heard that his son married his parents prepared a house. He never heard that his daughter married a house as a dowry. This refreshed their cognition.

At this time, Deng Changli was sitting in front of his house holding a hookah and burning tobacco. The tobacco was naturally produced at home.

 Old man Zhu also added with a shocked face: "She has more than five brothers, she also has nephews!"

 Old Mrs. Zhu said in disbelief: "Azhen has five brothers!"

Zhu Junjie said: "Azhen only told me after registering that her father gave her the house in Naye Deng's community as a dowry. The house is currently being renovated. When the house is renovated, the time for the wine will be determined. ”

Zhu Junjie knew that his parents had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Dad, Mom, I asked you not to decorate the wedding room because the woman is already making preparations!"

Mrs. Zhu frowned and said: "That won't work. Although A-Zhen doesn't mind that our family's conditions are not good, our family must also pay attention to this matter. If we don't have the conditions to build a new house, we must at least decorate the wedding room in a decent way." ”

After burning a few pipes of cigarettes, a half-year-old boy ran over and said: "Uncle 15, my father asked you to come to my house and discuss something with you."

 Hence, nine out of ten Bobai people in this era smoke hookah, which has a lot to do with the large scale of tobacco leaf cultivation.

The mountains are green and the rivers are white, and the rain is like smoke amid the sound of the rules.

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said: "Ajie, we are talking about decorating your wedding room. Let your dad go out to find someone tomorrow to find out how much it will cost."

 Next, Old Man Zhu and Mrs. Zhu asked again and again. It was not until their younger son confirmed it again and again that they had to accept this fact.

 As soon as these words came out, Old Man Zhu and Old Mrs. Zhu were completely numb!

If they hadn't known that their in-laws had five sons, Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu would have immediately suspected that their in-laws wanted their youngest son to marry into the family. The dowry was really too scary.

 It is no exaggeration to say that the money they earn in a lifetime is probably not as high as someone else’s restaurant income in a month.

 Bobai Xintian Township has always been dominated by agricultural planting, especially flue-cured tobacco, which has a large planting area, high yield and good quality. Last year, it produced nearly 300,000 kilograms of flue-cured tobacco. Among them, Deng Changli of Nahua Village contributed more than 30,000 kilograms of tobacco production alone, making him a veritable king of flue-cured tobacco.

Mrs. Zhu said: "Then go out and ask someone tomorrow to find out how much it will cost to decorate a wedding room."

Old man Zhu had already accepted this good thing at this time, and said with emotion: "It's not just Ajie, but us too. We must treat Azhen well, otherwise we will really have no face to face our in-laws."

 …

Hearing this, Zhu Junjie immediately waved his hands and said: "Dad, Mom, there's no need to ask about this. There's no need to decorate the wedding room."

 Old Mrs. Zhu was stunned for a moment when she heard this and asked, "What do you mean?"

At the same time, villagers have to harvest winter tobacco in April.

 Although since 1984, due to changes in the tobacco leaf market, the scale of tobacco leaf planting has decreased, the output still ranks first in Guangxi.

 Old man Zhu smoked a few water pipes and then said, "Okay, I'll go out and ask someone tomorrow."

Bobai is a veritable tobacco-growing county. In the 18 years from 1966 to 1983, a total of 125 million kilograms of tobacco leaves (dry) were produced, with an average annual production of 6.922 million kilograms of tobacco leaves, accounting for one-third of Guangxi's tobacco leaf production. More than one.

Deng Changli put down the chimney, stood up and said, "Did your dad say anything?"

The young man replied: "I didn't say, but there is a guest at my house. It should be related to that guest. I don't know the details. I have to continue to call people. Uncle 15, please go over first!"

 “Okay, I’ll go there right away.”

 …

The Nitta Deng family was separated from Naye in the 101st generation. It has been hundreds of years since it took root. The population has grown to more than 2,000 people. It is a branch of the Naye Deng family with a relatively strong development momentum.

The contemporary head of the Deng clan in Xintian is named Deng Changfa, and he is already in his early fifties.

At this time, Deng Changfa was making tea at home to entertain his brother Deng Changjue (Di Lei) who came from Naye. The two of them drank tea and chatted.

Deng Changfa took a sip of tea and said: "Brothers, you are really amazing. I heard that your whole family raised funds to build the Naye Deng Community in the county. When the brothers from our village who had been to the county came back, they all built this community one by one. The community praised it to the heavens, saying it was the most beautiful house they had ever seen.”

Deng Changjue said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, our clan leader took the lead in doing this. Before we did it, we didn't expect that this community would be so beautiful. After we built the house ourselves, we would The greening was done well, and we were shocked by the final effect. ”

Deng Changfa asked: “I heard that it is possible to raise 5,000 yuan for a house. I don’t know if this is correct?”

Deng Changjue nodded and said, "Yes, a house costs 5,000 yuan and is 160 square meters."

 “Brother, you are really like this!”

Deng Changfa gave a thumbs up, and then exclaimed: "That's 5,000 yuan. It wouldn't be surprising if eight out of ten households took it out. Our village can also do it, but there are hundreds of households in the whole clan, and every household It’s a fantasy that people can afford so much money.”

Deng Changjue took a sip of tea and said with pride: "This is all the credit of our clan leader. Since the old clan leader abdicated and our new clan leader took over three years ago, he has led our entire clan to become rich." , Our life is indeed different now compared to three years ago.”

Deng Changfa was also the leader of the clan. He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to lead the whole clan to become rich. He couldn't help but humbly ask for advice: "Brother, I don't know how your clan leader can make you so successful in just three years." How much time does it take to make such a big change?”

Deng Changjue said lightly: "Actually, things are not complicated. Our clan leader first led us to plant lychees and watermelons, and then raised funds to open a passenger transport company in the county. Then our life became better and better. !”

Deng Changfa was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Is it that simple?

 When he was about to ask in detail, the people he asked his son to call began to come over one after another.

In this race, naturally do not invite ordinary people to come, but to invite those old people and people in the clan to come over.

Soon, several people invited by Deng Chang arrived, including Deng Changli, the richest man in Nahua Village.

Deng Changfa introduced both parties. After both parties had said hello, he said to the clansmen: "Naye's brother came here today to tell us about a big event. The Naye Deng family is going to raise funds to rebuild the ancestral hall."

Deng Changli understood what he said and answered: "We are also the descendants of the Naye Deng family. Now that the Naye Deng family wants to rebuild the ancestral hall, we must also contribute. I don't know how to build this ancestral hall? Is it in Rebuild on the original site, or rebuild at another location?”

Deng Changjue took a sip of tea and replied: "It was rebuilt at another location, the grain drying field in Naye Village. Do you have any impressions of it?"

Deng Changfa shook his head and said: "I haven't been back to Nayezu land for more than ten years. I only remember the location of the ancestral hall, but I have no other impressions."

Deng Changli also shook his head and said: "I haven't been back to Nayezu land for more than ten years!"

Other clan elders also shook their heads. Although they are all descendants of the Nayedeng clan and have not been in contact with each other for hundreds of years, the two places are still relatively far apart. When nothing happens, there must not be much between the two sides. Coming and going.

 In the past, when there were contacts, it was usually about major events such as building ancestral halls and worshiping ancestors, so the Jedeng clan would send people to inform them.

Over the past ten years, due to the reasons of the previous ten years, the Nayedeng family has not worshiped their ancestors, and the contact between the two parties has been temporarily interrupted.

Several people present have basically returned to Naye's ancestral land, but it is normal for them not to be able to remember the appearance of their ancestral land after so many years.

Deng Changjue smiled and said: "This time the ancestral hall is rebuilt, you will have an impression once you go back."

Deng Changfa nodded and asked: "Brother, how do you plan to build this new ancestral hall? What is the budget?"

Deng Changjue said: "The leader of our clan wants this ancestral hall not to be built, or to build it into a nationally ranked ancestral hall, so he hired a professional architect to design it, and we have the design renderings." I have seen it all. If the ancestral hall was really built like that, it would be so beautiful.

 As for the budget, Renjia architects gave it 1.18 million. "

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence. Everyone was dumbfounded.

That the Jedeng family wants to build an ancestral hall that is ranked among the best in the country?

 This is too crazy!

After all, the Ye Deng clan is just an inconspicuous branch among the many branches of the Deng clan in Nanyang. It would not be surprising if Nanyang wanted to build such an ancestral hall. After all, it is respected by millions of Deng clan members across the country. ancestral land.

 But the Naye Deng family, a small branch of the Deng family, now has to spend 1.18 million to build an ancestral hall. It is really terrifying!

Deng Changli calmed down the shock in his heart and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, I have to say, your clan leader is so courageous!"

Deng Changfa took a deep breath and asked: "Brother, I would like to ask, how much do you charge for the population of building an ancestral hall?"

Seeing the extremely shocked expressions of these clan brothers, Deng Changjue was secretly happy and said with a smile: "The population cost is not much, only 10 yuan per person. Our clan leader said that the population cost should not be too high, otherwise It brings a burden to everyone, and the money to build the ancestral hall mainly comes from donations from tribesmen with good economic conditions. "

An elder from a certain ethnic group asked: "How much donation can be made to have a merit monument in the ancestral hall?"

Deng Changjue replied: "If you donate 20 yuan, you can have a memorial monument; if you donate more than 200 yuan, you can have a merit monument. As for the ranking of the merit monument, it must be ranked according to the donation amount from high to low; as for entering the family information, There are three different levels of stone tablets in the merit wall. The basic level is 1,000 yuan to 4,999 yuan, the advanced level is 5,000 yuan to 9,999 yuan, and the top level is more than 10,000 yuan.

Several people present took a breath when they heard this. The price shocked them again.



It is equally outrageous to pay more than 200 yuan for a merit monument, but this is a merit monument after all, so it is understandable.

The scariest thing is the merit wall. Of course they know this merit wall. It is to build one or more walls and build merit tablets on the wall. The lives of the owners of the merit tablets and their family members are recorded on them. The higher the grade, the more the tablets. The larger it is, the more detailed the recorded content is and the higher it is located.

In this era, you can actually qualify for such a merit wall by donating a hundred or dozens of yuan, but now the newly built ancestral hall of the Naye Deng family starts at 1,000 yuan, and there are even more than 10,000 yuan. It is indeed a bit scary. .

However, considering that the total investment is as high as 1.18 million, it is normal to raise the threshold as high as possible.

After Deng Changfa, Deng Changli and others were shocked, they all began to think in their hearts. If they didn't have money, forget it. If they had money, which clan member wouldn't want to build a merit monument on the merit wall of the ancestral hall and put the whole family in trouble. His life is recorded for future generations to admire?

 From ancient times to the present, there have always been only a handful of people who can be indifferent to fame and fortune. Most people spend their entire lives pursuing fame and fortune.

If a merit tablet can be built on the merit wall of the newly built ancestral hall to record the life of their family, then they will become famous throughout the Nayedeng family. There are really not many people who can refuse such a reputation.

Deng Changfa then asked: "Brother, when will the foundation laying ceremony for the ancestral hall start?"

Deng Changjue said: “The groundbreaking ceremony for the ancestral hall will be held on the 16th day of the fourth lunar month, and all the clan brothers will be invited to attend.”

Deng Changfa nodded and said: "We will definitely participate in this."

Having said this, Deng Changjue finished the tea in his cup, put it down and said, "Brothers, I'll leave first. I have to go to other places to inform other clan members!"

Deng Changli immediately spoke out and said, "Brother, you have come all the way here, why do you have to eat before leaving?"

Deng Changfa answered: "Yes, brother, it's rare for you to come here. I'll have someone kill the chicken for cooking. I have to stay for a meal no matter what."

Other clan elders also expressed their wishes to stay. The other party represents the Naye Deng clan. Whatever kind of reception they receive when they come here, they will definitely tell the clan members when they return. Of course, they must entertain the other party well so as not to harm the Naye clan. Leave a bad impression.

Deng Changjue smiled and said: "Brothers, you're welcome. It's already getting late. If we stay here for dinner, it will be difficult to take a bus to other places!"

Deng Changfa immediately answered: "Brother, this is not a problem. I will send a car to take you there after dinner."

Deng Changli agreed and said: "That's right, brother, don't worry, we still have small trucks in our village."

Seeing that it was difficult to refuse the hospitality, Deng Changjue could only agree: "Okay, I will cause trouble to you brothers!"

 …

When Deng Changjue rushed over to inform the Deng clan in Xintian about the reconstruction of the ancestral hall, Hepu Baisha, Najiang, Shankou, Gongguan, Changle, Dadun, Lingshan, Zhangmugen, Zhutoujiao, Shanling, and Bobai Qutian Tribesmen from , Shahe, Lingjiao, Jiangning, Nalin, Baisha Dengwu, Beiliucao and other places went to notify.

So many Deng clan members have been more or less connected in the Bobai realm for hundreds of years. However, outside the Bobai realm, there are fewer connections in places far away. Like Beiliu, We are more than a hundred kilometers away. In this era of inconvenient transportation, it is normal to lose contact.

However, as long as you send someone there, it is not difficult to get in touch again.

  After all, this is a move, and you must know where your ancestors are from.

Those who don’t know where their ancestors came from are basically caused by turmoil or various accidents.

As for the branch clan members of the Nayedeng clan, when they received notification from the Nayedeng clan about the rebuilding of the ancestral hall, they were naturally stunned when they heard that the budget for rebuilding the ancestral hall was 1.18 million.

This number was normal in later generations, but in today's era, the power was really like an atomic bomb explosion, and everyone who heard it was shocked.

 After the shock, the attitude of all the clan members was very positive.

 Originally, everyone was a descendant of the Nayedeng clan. Now that the Nayedeng clan wants to build such an awesome ancestral hall, clan members with good economic conditions want to participate and donate money, because this is the fastest and most effective way to gain prestige.

As for whether it is useful to brush up on this kind of prestige, this is a matter of opinion.

If you just live a life guarding your own one-third of an acre of land, then to be honest, there is not much use in gaining this kind of prestige. At most, it is just to gain a reputation and let the Yedeng clan know you. But if you want to go out and do something big, then brushing up on this kind of prestige is very useful.

Perhaps one day, when you need help, you can find someone who can help you through kinship relations.

Therefore, after receiving the notice from Naye Deng, these wealthy clan members scattered in various places are gearing up to build a merit tablet on the merit wall of the ancestral hall to record the life of the whole family. His deeds made him famous in his ancestral land.

 …

 In a blink of an eye, time has arrived on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

At the entrance of the Deng family's ancestral hall in Naye, the tribesmen started killing pigs and sheep early in the morning to entertain the Deng family members who came from all over the country.

Although the groundbreaking ceremony for the ancestral hall will not be held until tomorrow, clan members from all over the place will arrive one day in advance. If they arrive on the same day, it will definitely be too late. After all, the transportation nowadays is not as developed as in later generations.

 Therefore, after two o'clock in the afternoon, relatives from the clan arrived one after another.

When clan members from all over the country arrived, they all went to the ancestral hall to sign in under the leadership of the Nayedeng clan.

After the clansmen completed signing in, the clansman responsible for guiding them introduced them: "Dear clansmen, this is Deng Shirong, the contemporary head of our Nayedeng clan."

 “Hello, Uncle Shirong!”

 “Hello, Lord Shirong!”

Clans from all over the place greeted each other one after another. These clansmen all moved out from the Naye Deng clan. They had never lost contact with their ancestral land before, so they were naturally unified when typing generations.

These clan members are relatively senior clan elders in their respective branches, but in front of Deng Shirong, they are all nephews and grandchildren, not even a single one of his own generation.

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Welcome all clansmen to return to their ancestral land. Due to the turmoil in the country in the past hundred years, many of our Naye Deng clan and other clansmen have lost contact. The most recent one is with clansmen from all over the country. The connection goes back more than ten years.

 Fortunately, our genealogy records the situation of clans in various places, so we can reconnect the clans in various places.

 Now, we are not familiar with each other yet, so please introduce yourself to the clan members from various places. "

Immediately, a clan member stood up and said: "Hello, clan members, I am Deng Changli from Bobai Xintian. I have contracted a lot of land in the village to grow flue-cured tobacco. I hope all clan members can take care of me."

Deng Changfa also stood up and introduced himself: "Hello, clan members, I am Deng Changfa, the head of the Deng family in Xintian, Bobai. I have opened a brick factory in Xintian. Please take care of me."

 They took the lead in making samples, and clan members from all over the country basically introduced themselves in this way.

“Hello fellow clan members, I am Deng Changqiang from Hepu Mountain Pass. I currently open a bowl factory in the village. Please take care of me.”

“Hello fellow clan members, I am Deng Yunguo from Hepu Gongguan. I currently own a pig farm and raise hundreds of pigs. Please take care of me.”

“Hello fellow clan members, I am Deng Changxing from Beiliucao. I have contracted several hundred acres of mountains to plant fruit trees in the village. Please take care of me.”

　　　…”

As the clan members from various places introduced themselves, Deng Shirong discovered that the clan members who came were not simple. Almost every one of them had their own industry and had certain financial resources.

What Deng Shirong is most concerned about is Deng Changsheng, a clan member from Bobaisha River. He runs a ceramic tile factory.

Laying ceramic tiles when building and renovating will be a popular trend in the next ten or twenty years. Whether it is urban or rural, as long as a newly built building is renovated, ceramic tiles are basically indispensable. This is a very promising future. industry.

As long as he can seize the opportunity, Deng Changsheng should be able to make a fortune.

After the clan members from all over the country completed their self-introductions, Deng Yungui, Deng Changbao, Deng Changxiong and other prominent figures in the Naye Deng family naturally could not lag behind, and they all introduced themselves according to this model.

When the Deng family in Naye began to introduce themselves, Deng Shirong, who was in a hurry to urinate, went to urinate.

After the Naye Deng clan members present introduced themselves, Deng Changfa asked: "Brothers, I would like to ask what business Shi Ronggong does?"

He didn't ask this to embarrass the other party. The Nayedeng clan members who came to inform them that day had told them that the Nayedeng clan is where they are today because of the leadership of their clan leader. .

 So, he was very curious, what kind of property did the head of the Jedeng clan own?

Deng Changbao, who is doing the same business as Deng Changfa, smiled and asked: "Brother Changfa, have you been to the county town in the past two years?"

Deng Changfa was a little confused when he heard this, but he still replied: "I've been there, what's the matter?"

Deng Changbao said: "If you have been to the county town, you should know the name of Suifeng Hotel, right?"

Deng Changfa reacted as soon as he heard this and said in surprise: "The largest Suifeng Hotel in the county is made public by Shirong?"

Deng Changbao nodded and smiled: "Yes, Suifeng Hotel is opened by our clan, as well as Tenglong Passenger Transport Company. I wonder if you have heard of it, Brother Changfa?"

Deng Changfa said: "I heard this from the brothers who informed us. This is a passenger transport company that your whole family raised money to build. There are more than thirty buses."

Deng Changbao said: “This passenger transport company was also started by our clan leader, and the Yongjia Supermarket that opened on National Day last year was also opened by our clan leader.”

These words shocked Deng Changfa until his scalp went numb.

 Because he happens to know all the three industries mentioned by Deng Changbao.

 Of these three industries, the passenger transport company is naturally the most profitable, but this is a company owned by the entire clan, and he does not know how many shares the leader Shi Ronggong holds in the company.

However, he knew the other two. If he picked the worst one at random, the income would be higher than that of his brick factory. From these two major industries plus the shares of the passenger transport company, he could not even imagine how high the total income would be. .

 As for other clansmen who were not clear about these three major industries, other members of the Nayedeng clan explained them to them.

 In short, when Deng Shirong came back from urinating, the clan members from all over the world looked at him differently.

Next, Deng Shirong invited these clan members to his home for tea, and naturally Deng Yungui, Deng Changbao and others also came to keep him company.

 Because these clan members knew about Deng Shirong's greatness from Deng Changbao and others, they felt that it was normal when they saw the layout of Deng Shirong's house.

After all the clan members sat down and drank tea, Deng Shirong took out the renderings designed by the architects from Nanning and said: "Dear clan members, this is the renderings of the ancestral hall that we asked professional architects to design. , you all take a look!”

Before coming, these clan members were extremely curious about the ancestral hall that would cost 1.18 million to build. Now that Deng Shirong has shown the renderings, of course they want to take a look.

Even though they were mentally prepared, these clan members were still shocked and dumbfounded after seeing the renderings of the ancestral hall.

 Beautiful, so beautiful!

Furthermore, the layout of the entire ancestral hall is majestic. Once such an ancestral hall is built, it will really cause a huge sensation!

 The following are partial pictures of the ancestral hall:

 No wonder it cost 1.18 million to build this ancestral hall. It’s also no wonder that the head of the Yaedeng clan is confident that he will build an ancestral hall that can be ranked among the best in the country, and that it will be passed down for hundreds of years without being damaged.

 After seeing the renderings of the ancestral hall, all the clan members understood it, and at the same time their hearts began to boil.

 For such an awesome ancestral hall, they must participate in it and leave their names on the merit monument. And it is not the kind of name that is left behind a crane, but in front of the merit monument and the merit wall.

Such an ancestral hall, as long as nothing goes wrong, is destined to be famous for centuries. Maybe it will be passed down for hundreds of years like those buildings left over from ancient times.

 It is indeed a big burden for them to spend tens of thousands of yuan now, and they may not even be able to make it back in a year or two.

 But once such an opportunity is missed, they will never see it again. Compared with making a name for the whole family and investing all their income in one or two years, they think it is very worthwhile.

 (End of this chapter)