She asked her daughter to take Zhang Chi to drink tea and watch TV first, while she went to help in the kitchen.
When Zhang Guofu saw his wife bringing in so many expensive fruits, he sighed and said, "This kid doesn't have much money, so how can he buy such expensive fruits? He really treats us like outsiders."
In fact, I feel guilty. Because of them, I have become an outsider with my nephew these years.
Qin Xiangmei lowered her voice and said, "This child is very smart. All the Zhang family members are like this."
Zhang Guofu sensed that she was not being complimentary and reminded her, "Please be more polite tonight." He was worried about his wife's temper.
Qin Xiangmei said: "I know, I will give him the money right now."
The couple also decided to give Zhang Chi a sum of money after a fierce ideological struggle. Zhang Guofu originally planned to give 10,000 yuan. Although it was 260 yuan per month and could not save that much, he still gave the whole thing to look good for the sake of face.
Unexpectedly, Qin Xiangmei actually objected. The reason for her objection was that the ten thousand yuan was too small. She asked Zhang Guofu to be more generous and take twenty thousand yuan this time. Zhang Chi is the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Yannan Province and will definitely be a promising person in the future. When this kid has
If they have a future, they must trouble him for help
Even if you give him money at that time, people may not appreciate it. Since you have given it, just give it to him in time, and don't wait for the icing on the cake later.
And Zhang Chi, haven’t you always said that our family is mean to you and greedy for your property? Today we will let you see that in fact, the person who treats you best in this world is still your uncle.
There is another reason why Qin Xiangmei insists on doing this. She was frightened by Zhang Guofu's running away from home last time. She is just an ordinary laid-off worker, and Zhang Guofu is a civil servant in the notary office.
Although Zhang Guofu has a cowardly temperament and the financial power of the family is controlled by her, she cannot deny that Zhang Guofu is the pillar of the family. The reason why Qin Xiangmei is so generous this time is also to please her husband.
Zhang Qingguo showed her paintings to her cousin in her room. She likes to draw animations and is already very good at them. She plans to apply for such a major in the future and become an animation painter. As an elder brother, Zhang Chi must certainly encourage her.
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Qin Xiangmei knocked on the door and walked in. Before anyone came in, a voice rang out: "Xiao Chi, please advise your sister not to do these useless things all day long. No matter what you want to do in the future, it still depends on your academic performance and grades.
It’s bad that you can’t even pass the university threshold, so why choose a major?”
Zhang Qingguo said: "You don't understand, art colleges value professional performance."
"Are cultural achievements not important?"
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "It depends on your mother. Art colleges also have requirements for cultural achievements."
Zhang Qingguo nodded, admiring this cousin with enigmatic respect.
Qin Xiangmei handed a thick red envelope to Zhang Chi: "Xiao Chi, you have been admitted to college. Your uncle and I don't know what to buy. This is 20,000 yuan, part of which your uncle has helped you save over the years.
The rest are some of our thoughts.”
Qin Xiangmei's unprecedented generous act was really unexpected by Zhang Chi. He thought it would be good if they could return his more than 9,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that they actually gave him 20,000 yuan this time.
Learning to change one's destiny really makes sense, because for this top scorer in the college entrance examination, everyone looks up to him, and even his aunt, who has always been snobbish, has undergone earth-shaking changes in her view of him.
Zhang Chi said: "Auntie, why did you give me so much money?"
As he spoke, he already reached out and took it.
Qin Xiangmei thought he would be polite to her, but seeing how neatly this boy accepted the money, she knew that even if it was 200,000 yuan, he would take it without hesitation even if it was 200,000 yuan.
It does feel distressing to give so much money at once, but you have to give it even if it hurts, even if it is for future investment.
Zhang Guofu asked them to eat outside, and the family came to sit down at the dinner table. Only then did Zhang Guofu remember asking about Zhang Chi's admission notice.
Zhang Chi showed him the admission notice. Zhang Guofu was trembling with excitement and read it several times. It wasn't until Zhang Chi gave him another copy to keep that he put it away. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "Shui Mu
University, this time there is smoke coming from the ancestral grave of our old Zhang family."
Ever since Zhang Guofu got married, his waist has never been as straight as it is today. His wife often shows off her relatives in front of him. How can your relatives who do small business compare with my nephew? Our old Zhang family has a college entrance examination champion, you Qin
There are not even many high school graduates in our family.
Zhang Guofu drank some wine and talked more. He told Zhang Chi that his family was the direct descendant of Zhang Liang and Zhang Zifang.
Mother and daughter Qin Xiangmei and Zhang Qingguo heard Zhang Guofu nagging them more than once. They both couldn't help laughing. Qin Xiangmei said: "Just pull it down. There are so many people with the surname Zhang in the world. How can you be sure of your ancestor?"
Where is Zhang Liang?"
Zhang Guofu blushed and said, "You are all outsiders. Even if you tell me, you don't understand. Only Zhang Chi and I are direct descendants of the Zhang family here."
Zhang Qingguo protested: "Dad, I don't like hearing what you are saying. It's just the two of you. My surname is Zhang too. You are quite patriarchal."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Uncle, you are drunk."
Zhang Guofu shook his head and said: "I didn't drink too much. Our Zhang family has a family tree. It has been passed down from generation to generation and written down clearly. It's not the rules that I pay attention to because I favor boys over girls. Women from the Zhang family are not qualified."
Listed in the family tree.”
Zhang Chi does know that there is such a rule. Not only the Zhang family, but also other big surnames are like this when making family trees. The daughter will eventually get married, so she has no status in the family.
Qin Xiangmei said: "Don't listen to your dad's nonsense, Qingguo, let's clean up."
Zhang Chi wanted to help, so Qin Xiangmei asked him to chat with his uncle.
Zhang Guofu saw that no one believed in him, so he got excited and went to the room to find their family tree. Zhang Chi wanted to leave, but seeing Zhang Guofu's high interest, he didn't want to dampen his interest, so he sat with Zhang Guofu.
on the sofa.
Zhang Guofu smoothed back his hair and opened the Zhang family tree. The ancestor on the first page was indeed Zhang Liang and Zhang Zifang.
Zhang Chi doesn't think there is anything strange. After all, every family wants to have a famous person as their ancestor. What Qin Xiangmei just said is right. There are so many people with the surname Zhang in the world. How do you know that they must be Zhang Liang's direct descendants?
Zhang Guofu scrolled back and ignored his less famous ancestors. Zhang Chi discovered that people are indeed different, even when he treats his own ancestors, whoever is more famous will look up to them and remember them.
It's relatively profound.
Zhang Guofu turned to one of the pages and stopped: "This is our ancestor Zhang Tianshi Zhang Daoling."
Zhang Chi was startled when he heard this. Zhang Tianshi Daoling, also known as Fuhan, was the eighth grandson of Zhang Liang.
Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was born in Tianmu Mountain in the tenth year of Jinwu. According to legend, on the day Zhang Daoling was born, yellow clouds shrouded the house and purple gas filled the courtyard. The brilliance in the room seemed to be illuminated by the sun and the moon, and the strange fragrance in the dream could be smelled for a long time. scattered.
Zhang Daoling received orders from the Supreme Lord in Heming Mountain in the first year of Han'an, Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty. The Lord rode five white dragons, rode purple clouds, led the crowd down, and taught 930 volumes of Taoist scriptures and the secret of talismans and alchemy stoves. Seventy-two volumes, one thousand two hundred official seals, two divine swords for killing male and female evil spirits, and one "Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal".
He came up with the new method of "rectifying the power of one alliance" and founded the Tao of Heavenly Masters. Because he taught the way of rectifying the power of one alliance, it was later also named Zhengdao. Zhang Tianshi studied Laozi's Five Thousand Essays, the Yellow Emperor's Nine Cauldron Alchemy, the Immortality Technique, etc. He also passed on the Taiping Jing.
Later generations honored him as the Heavenly Master, also known as the Patriarch.
Among the five major sects of Taoism, only Zhang Daoling's lineage insists on passing on the position to relatives, that is, "it cannot be passed on except to my clan members." Therefore, in addition to certain requirements, the inheritance of their lineage must identify the tokens of heavenly masters from generation to generation and pass them down from generation to generation. The target must be based on the Zhang family clan as the principle.
In other words, when inheriting Zhang Tianshi, special emphasis is placed on bloodline. It is not that the bloodline of Tianshi is not passed on. Most of the time, it is mainly passed down from the previous generation to the next generation. If the descendants have no heirs, the worthy ones will be selected from the brothers, uncles and nephews to inherit the inheritance. For example, the 30th generation Heavenly Master Zhang Jixian passed it on to his uncle, and the 35th generation Heavenly Master Zhang Keda passed it on to his second son Zhang Zongyan.
However, there has never been a case where the Heavenly Master was passed on to someone with a foreign surname who was not related by blood, and there was absolutely no example of a woman inheriting the title.
When Zhang Guofu looked up the family tree, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be surprised. According to the family tree, their lineage was not only the direct descendants of Zhang Liang, but also the descendants of Zhang Tianshi Daoling.
Zhang Guofu turned to the end of the family tree and found Zhang Chi's father, Zhang Guoshi, who died in a car accident. Zhang Guofu sighed and said, "Your father and I are far away from Taoism."
Zhang Chixin said that after working for a long time, his descendants of the Celestial Master were not officially certified. He asked: "Shouldn't the descendants of the Celestial Master have the Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal and the Evil-Slaying Male and Female Divine Sword?"
Zhang Guofu said: "Cultivating Taoism depends on talent and understanding, but also depends on chance and good fortune. No one in our lineage has practiced Taoism in the late Ming Dynasty, so how can we have these two magic weapons?" When he said this, he suddenly remembered something. .
"By the way, your grandfather left something behind." He got up and went to the room to get something out, but it was a mahogany canopy ruler.
Zhang Chi is no stranger to canopy rulers. In ancient times, peach branches were used to remove bad luck, and Hou Yi died with peach sticks. Therefore, later generations used them to drive away ghosts. Canopy rulers are usually made of mahogany wood or iron, with four-sided and six-sided shapes. The faces are respectively engraved with the twenty-eight constellations, the sun and the moon, the purple taboo, the canopy tab, the six stars of the South Dipper, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, the South Dipper is for life, and the Big Dipper is for death.
The canopy ruler that Zhang Guofu took out is slightly smaller, about the same size as a pen, but it must have been aged, and has a layer of dark patina on it. Although this canopy ruler is small, the wood grain is clear, and every line is They all seem to be able to affect people's thoughts, and their whole body exudes an indescribable force of pressure.
