Fugitive slave! What a trick! Chen Liulang frowned. Isn't this someone else? He actually knew that Siping had been following him, so it could only be those people, and he actually found him?
What does it mean to be a runaway slave? Although Siping has been following him all these years, just like a long-term follower, he definitely does not regard Siping as a slave.
He once wanted Siping to study hard, maybe he could find a new path. You know, the children of the Chen family were sent to study one by one, but they found that they were not the kind of people who knew how to study.
But he never expected that Siping would not stay at home to study. He said that he would go on the road with Chen Liulang. In addition, Chen Liulang also found that his wife and children did not like Siping, so he took Siping with him on the road.
He would always remember that little Siping was skinny and skinny at that time, but was treated as quasi-food. At that time, his face was numb and he had no reaction at all.
On the night when he rescued Siping, he cried himself to sleep as a child, holding Chen Liulang's clothes tightly with his little hand. As a father, he felt soft-hearted for the first time.
Although he has been a father for a long time, for some reason he did not develop any feelings after getting along with his sons. The sons prefer to be with their mothers, and he is just a stranger to them.
He spends most of his time outside throughout the year and spends very little time with his children, so that in the end he becomes a stranger and feels out of place.
The appearance of Siping made Chen Liulang, who had always thought that he had no potential to be a father, like this child from the bottom of his heart, so he did not let the child sign a paternity contract.
He did not tell anyone else about this matter. After all, all the people he could serve as confidants over the years had signed a contract of betrayal. Siping was a special case and a rare exception.
It was impossible for him to turn all his slaves into free men. The mainstream of society was such a rule. As an ordinary person, he had better not challenge the social rules. That was why he did not tell others that Siping had always been a free man.
Siping asked him later, and he told Siping: He regarded Siping as his nephew and would not let him sign the deed of sale. He hoped that Siping would marry a good wife and have a family of his own in the future.
Siping cried profusely at that time, and he stopped chasing after him to sign any deed of betrayal. However, he became more diligent and was always willing to go out with Chen Liulang.
Facts have proved that Chen Liulang did not make a mistake. When he was in the most dangerous moment, Siping took him to escape. In normal times, he even tried his best to help Chen Liulang.
In his opinion, Siping is his child, so he is absolutely not happy to hear what kind of escaped slave Siping is. How can someone who has not even signed a deed of sale be a escaped slave?
He stood there and watched, and saw Siping running at the front, followed by those who were carrying something. Fortunately, after arriving at his sister's place, Siping learned how to fight from Ling Xiao, and his skills were much stronger than before.
That's why no one got caught.
Even so, because there were more people following this time, Siping was still a little unable to hold on. Fortunately, he knew that this was the place where the Seventh Old Lady belonged, so it should have the advantage of being at home.
Not only did the men in the village recognize Siping, they naturally wanted to help Siping, but they didn't know what a runaway slave was, but it still made those people a little afraid.
Chen Liulang was in a state of rage. He couldn't bear it and shouted loudly: "Who dares to come to Chenjiazhuang to cause trouble? Don't even look at whose territory this is."
As he spoke, he slowly walked out, and when Siping saw him, he shook his head and said repeatedly: "Master, don't come out." Although Chen Liulang's condition improved, Siping still didn't want Chen Liulang and his child to go out.
On the contrary, people who are recovering from illness should avoid arrogance and impatience.
As he spoke, Siping was about to get off his mule, and the people who had been chasing Siping also saw Chen Liulang. Some people felt that something was wrong, narrowed their eyes slightly, and had a plan in mind.
Others saw Chen Liulang and immediately recognized who he was. They knew in their hearts that he was really not dead and was alive and well. It was just that he was standing under the sun without any fear of the sun.
There were also people who didn't know Chen Liulang at all, but they all looked at the new people who had appeared, and the people from the village who were running over with various farm tools. They were all very aggressive, which made those people feel that something was wrong.
When Siping arrived in front of Chen Liulang, he was about to say something, but Chen Liulang suddenly stopped him, "They were looking for him sooner or later, and now they have found it very late, so I can explain it clearly to them."
After saying that, he took a step forward and stood in front of Siping. He looked at those who were chasing Siping and said, "I want to see who wants to treat Siping as an escaped slave? Why don't I know when Siping joined the slaves?"
membership?"
Anyone who recognized Chen Liulang at this time was stunned. How could this be possible? Wasn't Chen Liulang burned to death? So what are you doing standing here now?
Someone also met Chen Liulang's eyes, and saw that the older Chen Liulang had a rosy complexion and looked very young. Those who felt that something was wrong crawled down to the ground to greet him, "See you, sir."
Chen Liulang ignored them, but looked at the last rider with his hands behind his back. He said that it was his youngest son. At this moment, he looked at his father standing there in shock, but found that he was alive and well.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say, because he found that his father looked fine. He thought he didn't dare to go out, but he didn't expect that his father would dare to come out to meet people. It was really unexpected.
He gradually came back to his senses, and suddenly realized that this should be his aunt's territory. In the past two years, his aunt had only cut off relations with them, but did not come to the door, making them all think that their father was afraid of death, and that his aunt treated them thoroughly.
Desperate and unwilling to deal with myself.
During this period, the brothers, who were living in a very bad situation, would often recall the good days when their father was still alive and their family had their aunt to take care of them.
But this good life was ruined by themselves, and they did not dare to go to their aunt. When things got worse and worse, they wondered whether their father had any private wealth.
You must know that after the death of your mother, your father did not remarry, and there were no concubines. No matter how you look at it, it seems that your father has some extra money in his hands. It is a pity that they did not have the mind to take care of such things when their father came home.
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Later, they were anxious to deal with the possible problems that might arise when their father was burned to death, in order to prevent outsiders from finding out the actual situation and settling accounts with them. As a result, everyone was overjoyed after the separation.
Chen Liulang's sons did not notice that most of the family's money was earned by Chen Liulang. They all felt that they were the masters of the family and felt happy that no one was pressuring them.
After really living for a period of time, the children and grandchildren, who were used to spending a lot of money, discovered a problem: they didn't have enough money left to spend, and without the help of their aunt, the situation of the Chen family was even worse.
After thinking about it, they regretted that they should not have pretended not to see it because the yard was on fire. Although they thought that the strange behavior represented the father's own evildoing, children should not be too ruthless sometimes.
If they went to save people, I believe their father would favor them. But at that time, they were all huddled in their own houses, and they didn't even think about helping, and they didn't see what their father took with him when he left.
This is because after they separated, they found that the family's money was not as much as they imagined, and they had to wonder if it was possible that their father had a large sum of money?
The reason why they think so is because they know that Chen Liulang is really stingy. Not only is he stingy with himself, but he also asks his family to save money every day. Sometimes he himself will take out a sum of money every few years.
And this time the family was separated and there was no such sum of money. Could it be that he would keep it for himself? They all thought that their father still had a sum of money, and it would be great if they could get it.
If Chen Liulang knew what they were thinking, he would kill those bastards. This family only became prosperous in his generation, and he is indeed a stingy person who is used to living a hard life.
As a person who is very aware of his social status, he has always been unwilling to spend money lavishly because he knows that making money is not easy. In many cases, he would like to break a penny in half.
He also asked his son and daughter-in-law to do the same. If they want to live a good life, they must increase expenditure and reduce expenditure. If the children at home cannot increase expenditure, they must always reduce expenditure, right?
He also wanted to let his sons take over the work he was doing, but none of them were willing to go out to eat and sleep in the open air. He wanted to take them with him but was pushed back and forth. In the end, he could not decide whether to go ahead or not, and only Siping accompanied him.
Under such circumstances, he naturally looked at those sons with displeasure. Seeing that they were all popular, drank spicy food, and were fatter than his father, Chen Liuye was even more unhappy. It was necessary to eat well every meal.
of?
In his opinion, eating meat only once in a while is enough. His family is not very rich and he doesn't want to go out to make money. He doesn't even want to farm, so what should he do?
The decision to cook less food while he was around made the family hate him from the bottom of their hearts. Even the grandchildren secretly disliked this unpleasant grandfather.
You must know that his children have never been in a situation where they were hungry and wanted to eat Guanyin soil. Naturally, they looked down upon Chen Liulang's behavior and felt that their father was too stingy and could not even eat meat. In this case, their family
People's hearts are very disgusted with Chen Liulang.
Both sides look down on the other, and the younger generation cannot speak out due to filial piety, otherwise they will be criticized by their elders, so they dare not speak out, but the resentment in their hearts has been accumulating.
Chen Liulang also felt uncomfortable. In his opinion, the life at home is very good now, with food and clothing. When he was a child, he only ate two meals a day, and even the two meals were mostly gruel. Usually, he didn't even have rice.
If you don’t have enough to eat, isn’t it still alive?
Nowadays, the child still thinks that the food is not delicious? He just eats enough to hold on. He has no idea what his family thinks. It is precisely because of his stingy behavior that he and his family are farther and farther apart, and they feel incompatible with each other.
But what Chen Liulang never expected was that they were more afraid of him. He just remembered his responsibilities and worked hard to make money and provide a good environment for his children and grandchildren.
Even when he found someone stealing his purse, he forgot his age and chased him away. He still refused to give up and was almost beaten to death. Fortunately, Siping chased after him and saved Chen Liulang.
This injury caused his hands to become disobedient. He had to go home because of the injury, but he didn't know that his family didn't want to see him. At that time, Chen Liulang also realized that something was wrong, so he gave the family's property to several children.
Divided it up.
He was afraid that the children would fight after he left. Because he was injured on the way, he didn't make much money this time, and he asked someone to sell the last batch of goods. The whole process was a bit of a loss.
He took out some of the money he had saved before and divided it among the children. He also divided the land he had purchased over the years among the children, leaving him without much money.
He planned to wait for the last piece of payment to arrive, and then leave it to his Siping, especially Siping, who had been traveling with him all the time, so naturally he had to give some money.
When doing this, he thought he was worthy of his children. You must know that he was originally a poor man. The Chen family also belongs to the kind of homesteaders who only have a few acres of land at home. They can barely live a life, but it is definitely not a good life.
of people.
The days that followed gradually improved after my sister married into the Wei family. After earning some money outside, in addition to improving her life, she later discovered that her wife liked to move good things back to her parents' home, so she began to purchase land and some gold and silver.
Save it well.
It can be said that life will be better after the eldest nephew is admitted as a scholar. Even though the eldest nephew has wasted many years in becoming a scholar, it is undeniable that ordinary gangsters do not dare to offend their family.
In this regard, he always remembered his sister's kindness, and because he found that his wife didn't care much about her sister, to put it bluntly, he once thought about separating from his wife, but considering that the couple still had several children, he gave up the idea of divorcing her.
idea.
However, this caused the relationship between the couple to end, and the two of them moved further and further apart. The relationship between him and his children also began to fade, and he gradually became unwilling to go home.
He cannot accept the children's ideas, such as when it comes to food. He feels that compared with his life as a teenager, his life as a child is very good.
But the children have lived a different life from the beginning, and naturally cannot understand their father's thoughts. There have been many rifts between the two parties for a long time, but they did not break out until Chen Liulang's illness made it impossible for the two parties to be together anymore.
This incident finally made Chen Liulang realize the difference between him and the children. He learned more in life by himself, because he was older when he was able to read. Later, he became literate under the attention of his sister, and that was all.
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At that time, you could only practice calligraphy in the sand. Like today, children don't need to worry about pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, nor do they need to worry about having money to rush for exams. He thinks that he has completed all the tasks of being a father, although it is not perfect.