Gong’s home is located two kilometers north of the town. The road can almost lead directly to the door of the house. Only a clear stream separates Gong’s home from the road. The road is at this end and Gong’s home is at that other end.

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This stream carries most of Chu Chengmu’s childhood memories. He scooped water from the river to catch small fish, dug holes to catch crabs, and even swam naked in the stream when the weather was hot.

Chu Chengmu learned the dog pawing style without any instruction in this stream. Later, during swimming lessons in college, it took a lot of effort to get rid of the habit of paddling with his arms in front of his chest.

A few years ago, a few outsiders who didn't know where they came from drugged the creek. As a result, the fish, shrimps, crabs, and even snakes in the creek were poisoned and were hanged by the angry Chu family.

He got up and beat her with a belt until his skin and flesh were torn apart. It was not until these two years that the creek regained some breath of life.

The ancestral home of the old Chu family is in Zhuangzhou, and they moved there from Zhuangzhou more than 300 years ago. If we dig deeper, it was what happened during the long-term expansion of Huguang into Sichuan during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

The genealogy of the old Chu family was a large and thick book, kept by the Duke of Chu City, and it looked tattered.

The genealogy was first written with a brush, and then it turned into very thick pen calligraphy. Later, when it came to the Duke of Chu City, it turned into Juanxiu's calligraphy. The material of the paper has also been changing with the times, and there are even some

A few pieces of cloth.

It records how the old Chu family came to be, and also records where each branch went and how it disappeared.

The great ancestor worship held every five years was the most glorious moment for the father-in-law. Most of the old Chu family members scattered all over the country would come to the father-in-law with their family trees and tell him how many wives they had married and how many children they had.

Those old people have left again.

Gong would put on his thick reading glasses, then open the thick family tree, and make notes and revisions on the situation of their family under that tribe. Those old people who carried their own family trees would see Gong's every stroke

Only when I wrote the names one by one with my pen did I feel relieved, as if if I didn't record these names, these people would no longer have the surname Chu.

During the turbulent years, many things in the family were robbed and smashed, and this genealogy was preserved by the father and the others at the cost of their lives. The reason is very simple. This genealogy records blood, inheritance, and people's hearts.

The father has always had a wish, which he could not fulfill until his death, which is to find the main line of the old Chu family in Zhuangzhou more than 300 years ago and add his family's genealogy to the original family's genealogy.

Later, after Lao Chu retired, he spent a lot of effort to find them in Zunyi and fulfilled his last wish. It is said that the scene was very grand that day, with three animals, sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, but the Chu city curtain was

did not see.

Most of the people in my hometown are surnamed Chu. Even if they are not surnamed Chu, they may be related by blood or relatives.

It’s quite interesting to talk about. In the era of difficult conditions, there used to be a family next door to the old Chu family. They have moved away now. They were the cousins ​​of the Duke of Chu City. Speaking of it, the Emperor of Chu City should call him Yaogong, Yaogong.

His wife is naturally the Yao Po.

Yao Po is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Being wise means that poverty breeds treachery, and wealth brings conscience. To put it bluntly, when you are poor, people will naturally care more. If Yao Po does anything wrong all day long, he will be stuck in Lao Chu’s house.

She was yelling at the door, and Lao Chu was so angry that he gritted his teeth because of his seniority, and there was nothing he could do to her.

What’s interesting is that Yaopo is one generation above Lao Chu in Lao Chu’s family, but one generation below Lao Meng in Lao Meng’s family. Later, after Lao Chu and Lao Meng got married, every time Yao Po wanted to get angry, Lao Meng would

I sat down on a bench at the door of Lao Chu's house, drooped my eyelids, and without saying a word, I could stifle Yaopo's internal injuries.

Over the years, children have been born in the eldest house, and elders have been born in the small house. Just by looking at their appearance, it is impossible to tell who is older and who is younger. Except for some old people, there are not many people nowadays who can accurately call out what their relatives should do.

Called.

That evening, Chu Chengmu and Lao Chu were washing their bodies in the stream.

Chu Chengmu's hair, which he usually maintained in a fluffy and natural style, became wet with sweat and stuck to his scalp indiscriminately. It was covered with rice leaves and grains.

He was wearing an old old Chu's shirt on his upper body. It was in tatters and there was even a hole under the armpit. There was a layer of salt on the shirt, which was the mark left by sweat after it had dried in the sun.

The lower body he was wearing was also Lao Chu's old trousers, which hung loosely around his waist. The original color of the trousers had long been lost, and they were covered with black dirt.

Lao Chu and Chu Chengmu were both barefoot, working in the paddy fields, and wearing shoes. That was simply because they couldn't get along with themselves. As soon as they stepped off, their shoes sank into nowhere and were wrapped in mud, with all the buttons buckled.

Not coming out.

Not far from the creek is the Gong's home. The sixth aunt and the sixth uncle collected the dried rice on the dam and piled it on the weir, and then covered it tightly with plastic film. This was because they were worried about rain at night. If

If the rice gets wet in the rain, new sprouts will sprout in a short period of time, and this year's harvest will be completely ruined.

The kitchen was brightly lit. Lao Meng was wearing an apron and cooking a spoon. A big shovel was flying under her hand. Pieces of greasy pork belly and green peppers were being stir-fried. Po was making a fire in front of the stove. Her hair was already white.

Most of the time, but still in good spirits.

Zheng Zheng took advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to take care of the eels and frogs at the door of the kitchen. The thick eels need to be broken into slices and stir-fried with green peppercorns and millet.

Just add some oil and fry together with dried sea pepper to make Panlong eel, one bite at a time, crunchy and crunchy.

Chu Chengmu and Lao Chu stood in the stream, flowed back and forth several times, roughly cleaned up the large pieces of mud on their bodies, and prepared to go ashore. Later at night, they had to wash it again with hot water, otherwise the rice leaves

Those little stubbles can keep you up all night with itchiness.

Lao Chu looked at his son's fair upper body, his eyes filled with satisfaction for his son.

There are several obvious red streaks on Chu Chengqing's back and shoulders, which were caused by the weight of the bucket and the pole when he was carrying rice.

After losing weight, although Chu Chengmu is not as clear-cut as Huo Tingfeng, he still has an inverted triangle, and he is not lacking in strength. How can he let his elders carry such a heavy thing.

"Dad, my aunt isn't coming back this year?" Chu Chengmu turned his back to Lao Chu and bent over to clean the shirt roughly. He didn't dare to twist it too hard because he was afraid that if he tried too hard, the shirt would no longer be wearable. Tomorrow

I still have to wear it to work.

"Hmph, your aunt is really a daughter who got married. The fifth and seventh sisters are married far away. I don't blame them. She is actually close. But when did she come back?"

Lao Chu snorted. He just came back from work at Lao Meng’s place yesterday. The scene of the whole family, more than ten strong working people, working in the fields together excited Lao Chu. Even the younger ones knew how to follow him.

Picking up the ears of grain that fell in the paddy fields at the back.

"If you don't come back, you won't come back. She was the eldest uncle who chased her back. It's normal that she can't talk there." Chu Chengmu comforted her.

"Oh, I can't speak. She doesn't want to come back. Did I ask her to come back with her husband? Even if she comes back, she won't do anything else, just pick vegetables, make a fire, and cook.

Can't we have a hot bite right away after we go to the field? It's not like now, we have to come back before we start cooking!" Lao Chu sneered.

"Eldest sister, eldest sister, just such an eldest sister." After speaking, Lao Chu punched a thick bamboo on the side. The bamboo squeaked and cracked.

For the first time, Lao Chu clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with his eldest sister in front of Chu Chengmu.

Chu Chengmu thought for a while and decided to remind Lao Chu that as for what decision Lao Chu would make in the future, it would be Lao Chu's own choice. He could never let Lao Chu have any regrets.

"I see that my aunt has been as thin as a monkey for so many years. It was understandable that she was thin because of poor conditions in the past. Now she earns a lot in a month. My eldest uncle and my brother are both eating so much that they are fat.

Why is she still so thin?"

"It's not like you've never been to her house. She's like that. Her husband and son are all she has. Every time there's something delicious at home, it's not for them. You forgot that you went to her house during the summer vacation during the high school entrance exam and you ate it.

Half a month of loofah, what happened that the father and son ate it outside every day before going home?" Lao Chu glared at Chu Cheng Mu and asked.

"Hey, I wasn't very young at that time, so I didn't know I could do it like this. I was still wondering why they ran out as soon as it was time to eat! My aunt's face was so gloomy that I didn't dare to ask. It's a shame.

I even went up to the rooftop to help their family grow vegetables every day under the bright sun!" Chu Chengmu also had a wry smile when Old Chu mentioned the past.

After watching Chu Chengmu wring out his clothes, Lao Chu walked towards the shore and said as he walked:

"She has that kind of character. She would rather stay at home with you and eat some vegetarian food every day, but also let the two people in her family eat and wear well. You think she can gain weight if she treats herself like this?"

Chu Chengmu followed behind, thought for a moment, and continued:

"Dad, I feel that my aunt is a bit like my grandma. Doesn't my grandma have diabetes? As you can see, grandma used to be fat and fat, but now she is like a dead tree trunk. Besides, my aunt also fainted this year.

Twice?"

When Lao Chu heard this, he was startled. He compared the image of the eldest sister and Chu Chengmu's grandmother in his mind, and found that they were really similar. Although the eldest sister had always been thin before, she still had some flesh. Now this image is not the same.

Is my mother-in-law exactly the same?

It's just that the eldest sister has always been thin, so Lao Chu has never considered that direction. After hearing Chu Chengmu's reminder, he felt something was wrong. Diabetes and asthma are not fatal in themselves, but they bring about various syndromes.

, the complications can be really fatal.

The eldest sister fainted twice. At first, he thought it was due to low blood sugar. She likes to eat sweets and has the habit of eating three sugar-watered eggs every morning, noon and evening. If she is really diabetic, it will be really fatal.
Chapter completed!