Yun Zheng came over again to borrow a hatchet. The old patriarch seemed to see what Yun Zheng was thinking. He lent him his hatchet with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young man has a lot of strength, as long as he
If you are willing to work, you will not starve to death. Today I happen to be going to the village chief for a banquet. I will help you get your household registration. In this way, you will more or less always have a small piece of mountain land to plant. As long as you work hard,
You’ll be able to start a family and start a business soon.”
Yun Zheng thanked the old patriarch and reported his name and Yun Jianqiang's name to the old patriarch. Seeing that the old patriarch was reciting his memory silently over and over again, Yun Zheng found a small piece of wood, found charcoal black, and painted himself
The names of the two brothers were written and handed over to the old patriarch.
"Are you literate?" The old patriarch was surprised for the first time. He opened his mouth wide, took the hatchet from Yun Zheng's hand and threw it into the bamboo basket, dragging Yun Zheng up to his bamboo house.
"The Master said: "Isn't it right to learn and practice it over time? Isn't it a joy to have friends come from afar? Isn't it true that a person who doesn't know and is stunned is not a gentleman?"
Youzi said: "It is rare for a man to be filial to his younger brother, but to be fond of offending his superiors. It is rare for a man to be filial to his younger brother, but to be fond of causing trouble. A gentleman is committed to his roots, and the Tao is born from his foundation. He who is filial to his younger brothers is the foundation of benevolence!"
Yun Zheng still knew about the popular book "The Analects of Confucius". He just wondered why the old patriarch wanted him to shake his head while reading this tattered thread-bound book.
Moreover, the old patriarch obviously did not understand what he read, but he showed an intoxicated expression as if he were drinking fine wine, shaking his head along with him.
After being pestered by the old patriarch for a long time, Yun Zheng couldn't sit still when he saw the sun climbing towards the top of the mountain. He cupped his hands towards the old patriarch and said, "It's getting late. I have to go to the mountains to chop firewood. You know that,
There is no food for the night at home. If we don’t chop wood, we will go hungry. The sky is huge and the earth is the most important place to eat. I’ll take my leave now.”
The old patriarch, who was rummaging through boxes and cabinets, burst out laughing after hearing Yun Zheng's words. He walked up to Yun Ye with a big bundle in his arms, and opened the bundle with care. He didn't know what was inside, but it was wrapped in printed blue cloth.
Several layers.
When the last layer of blue cloth was opened, Yun Zheng let out a surprised sound. There were no treasures in the bag, but only a few thread-bound books with their corners rolled up. The one on top was also the worst one.
This book is actually a "Tongshu". The so-called "Tongshu" is the almanac. The ancients relied on this book to determine matters such as farming, hunting, traveling, weddings and funerals. Yun Zheng picked it up and flipped through two pages.
, found the corresponding time recently, smiled and said to the old patriarch: "Today is an auspicious day, suitable for banquets, marriages, and blessings. The only disadvantage is that it may lead to financial losses, so be careful."
Yun Zheng said this to the old patriarch as a joke, but he himself never believed in such things.
Unexpectedly, the old patriarch jumped up, pointed to the mountain to the north and spoke a long paragraph in dialect. He looked very excited. As a good observer of words and expressions, Yun Zheng felt a kind of anger from the obvious oppressive aura.
This guy is cursing! It doesn’t matter who he is scolding, Yun Ye is not scolding himself anyway.
The old patriarch scolded him for a while before he calmed down and became so angry that Yun Zheng poured a glass of water from the nearby clay pot and gave it to the old patriarch so that he could drink some water to calm down.
"The old man is so evil that he wants to marry his daughter-in-law today. He will naturally choose a good day suitable for banquets, blessings, and marriages. For us, it is a day of great loss of money. It is also mentioned in the book.
Okay, whatever you do in the future, you must listen to what is in the book. If anyone in the village dares to act recklessly, I will give him a hard time. Just say that, for so many years, all the girls in the village have been raised, and it is all caused by their careless living.
"
Yun Zheng's eyes began to have mosquito coils. He couldn't figure out how not living according to the almanac had anything to do with having a boy or a girl.
"Baby, you will stay in the village and read to everyone every day. As for the food you and your brother have, every household in the village will have enough for you if you take one less bite. You are a scholar, and these books are enough for you.
Take it and study hard. If you can pass the exam, our whole village will be honored. A boy came out of Guangling Village in Nanshan. The old guy named Zhou actually performed a shadow puppet show in the village for three days. What a scene.
Grandpa, I also want to invite a shadow puppet troupe, but the young people in the village are not up to par. They are all good at hunting in the mountains, but if they are asked to read and read, all of them will become mallets. The good young people who can kill tigers will take
I started to tremble when I started writing. I couldn't draw a circle for a long time, which made me so angry."
Yun Zheng's shoulder and back were patted by the old guy. What else can I say? In one day, he changed from a young boy to a boy, and then from a boy to a baby. The old guy has become a grandfather. What about his grandson?
There may be other things to say, not to mention that this grandson is still worrying about what to eat tomorrow. In this state, his grandfather is determined.
"Grandpa Patriarch, it's no problem for me to study, and it's probably not a big problem to be a boy's student. I just give you a year and a half, and I promise to go to the county to get you a boy's boy. If there are more books, I can let you read.
, it shouldn’t be difficult to get a scholar back in three years.”
Yun Zheng didn't believe it. He was a liberal arts graduate. The exam process back then was no easier than the exam now. He was also a strong academic master who came from thousands of armies. Now it wouldn't be too difficult to take the exam for a child who is equivalent to a junior high school student.
It's difficult.
Yun Zheng's words made the old man shed tears. He grabbed Yun Zheng's hand and said: "Good baby, good baby, grandpa doesn't want you to stay in the village all your life, as long as you can write your hometown as Doucha County on the paper."
, the grandfather of Dousha Village was satisfied. He would have something to say when he went to see his ancestors after his death.
You are the seed of reading, and your younger brother is also a smart child. You two brothers should study hard. Even if the village sells iron, they will support you. From now on, you will be the children of the village, and you will say so to everyone. "
The old man was crying profusely, but he said the last sentence in a stern voice, not allowing Yun Zheng to disobey in the slightest. This may be the majesty of the patriarch.
Yun Zheng was afraid that others would ask about his origins. Now that he is fine, the old patriarch has issued this hush-hush order. It is estimated that no one dares to violate it. The Song Dynasty is still a clan society, and the old patriarch absolutely has the supreme power in the clan. His sentence
Words are more effective than harsh punishments. He said that the Yunzheng brothers are children from the village, so the two brothers are from Dousha Village, even their skins and bones. Anyone who dares to raise questions will usually be put into a pig cage by the old patriarch and thrown into the pig cage.
In the water pool, it sounds cruel, but this right lasted until the end of the feudal dynasty.
The old patriarch wants to completely wipe out the shadow of the Yunzheng brothers. In the eyes of the old patriarch, they are just children. As long as everyone keeps telling him that he is a child of Dousha Village, over time he will become a Dousha Village.