When Zhou Ping went home, dinner had already been prepared, so the family and Aunt Li sat around for dinner.

It turned out that when Aunt Li first came to Qin Zheng's house, she was not used to eating with Qin Zheng's family, although she had no education, but there was no concept of equality for everyone in China's traditional hierarchical concept for thousands of years, so in Aunt Li's concept, how could a subordinate sit at the same table with the master to eat? Not to mention that Aunt Li also knew that Qin Zheng's family was not an ordinary master's family, but an official family. is not only Qin Zheng alone as an official, but also the family even wives, Miss is an official, and she is still a big official, it is a very big one, although sometimes Aunt Li also feels strange, the family is an official, and she is still a big official, if this was before, it was not a slave to call a maid, there are more than a dozen subordinates waiting around at any time, how can she hire her own subordinate, but she is an ordinary ordinary person, of course, she doesn't dare to think about it, she only knows that she has given such a family the glory of her ancestors, so she dares to sit and eat with Qin Zheng's family. Although Aunt Li also listened to Wan when she was doing chores in the administrative office

But Qin Zheng and his wife told Aunt Li that it is now a new era, there is no emperor in East China, everyone is equal, although she is a nanny, but not a subordinate, and said that Aunt Li is now a person, and there are no other relatives, so she treats this place as her home, and Aunt Li also cried and thanked Qin Zheng and Zhou Ping again and again. For this reason, Zhou Ping felt strange, didn't she just sit down and eat together, as for being so excited? But Qin Zheng knew that the reason why Aunt Li was crying was not to eat, but that Qin Zheng's family really treated themselves like people.

In fact, this situation is very common in the families of the patriarchs, because the conditions are now good, most of the patriarchs have hired servants, and some of the patriarchs have hired several, and there are both men and women. However, when dealing with the relationship with the servants, there are differences, some of the elders are like Qin Zheng, treat the servants at home with an equal attitude, and insist that the servants in their own families change their previous hierarchical concepts, and some elders have reservations, believing that the change of concepts is not an overnight thing, and there is no need to force them artificially; some elders think that it will go with the flow, and also tell the servants Huadong** Some of the elders still demanded that the servants follow the old system, and asked the servants to call themselves masters, and enjoyed this attitude very much, and even used some punishment methods when the servants made mistakes, such as deducting wages, punishing stations, not allowed to eat, confinement, etc., but did not beat, after all, they are all modern people, and there is still a certain moral bottom line. And East China ** has no imposition on this, as long as you don't go too far, just don't go too far.

However, when she first started to eat on the table, Aunt Li didn't even raise her head on the table, she just lowered her head to pick up the rice, and she didn't dare to pick up the dishes, so Qin Zheng and Zhou Ping still served her vegetables. It took almost a month to eat with Qin Zheng's family more naturally, and to be able to say a few words at the dinner table. But since then, Aunt Li has indeed regarded herself as a member of Qin Zheng's family and has done her best.

Zhou Ping already knew that something had happened in the northeast, and Qin Zheng was about to rush back to Shenyang, but there were not too many surprises, because he had long been accustomed to Qin Zheng's sudden actions, and he just routinely told Qin Zheng to pay attention to his body and be careful in everything.

Qin Zheng said: "I will go to the Northeast this time, it is estimated that it will take 2 or 3 months, but the things in Japan are almost over, and in more than 10 days, Xiao Luo should come back, and this time he will come back, he will not have any tasks for a period of time, and he can stay at home for a while longer." ”

Zhou Ping said: "That's good, Xiao Luo has been fighting outside for the past two years, and he basically hasn't gone home much, and he has only met in the Far East once." ”

Zhou Weiying said with a smile: "Probably his father who doesn't know Far East, last time Luo Yue came back, as long as he hugged Far East, Far East would cry." ”

Zhou Ping said: "So their father and son should cultivate more feelings." Otherwise, the father and son would have to be made like strangers. ”

Aunt Li said: "Chief Qin, Chief Zhou, you can rest assured." It's okay, this old saying goes, father and son are by nature, mother and son are connected, Far East is that he has less time to get along with his father, as long as he spends more time together, then he can not know his own father. ”

Zhou Weiying smiled: "You are right. ”

Zhou Ping said: "Lao Qin, the first batch of children adopted this time has come out, and there are only 4 places in our family, you see if you want to adopt a few children this time." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Of course, it's not that our family can't afford to raise a few children, and the family will be more lively if we adopt a few more children, and in the future, when the Far East grows up, he can walk and run, and there are brothers and sisters who take him to play." I'm not at home, you and Xiaoying can do it with you, as long as it's a child you like, of course, it's best to have 2 men and 2 women, and keep a balance between men and women. ”

Let the senators adopt the daughters of the sacrificed soldiers and civilian service, this senate has long been decided, on the one hand, to expand the number of descendants of the patriarchs, and on the other hand, to reassure the naturalized soldiers of the People's Army, even if they sacrifice, but East China will not ignore their daughters. However, it is precisely because of the intention of reassuring the naturalized soldiers that this adoption, East China** has also made some regulations, which are much more restrictive than the adoption of ordinary orphans.

First of all, the scope of adoption is not only orphans, but also a group of children who are unwilling to continue to raise children for various reasons, such as the wife remarries after the husband sacrifices, East China ** is to encourage widows to remarry, and does not advocate women's observance, but if women remarry with children, it is quite troublesome, and East China ** for adoption, but also solved a lot of troubles in remarrying women, there is the death of both parents, and the grandparents are too old, it is difficult to bear the responsibility of raising grandchildren, also by East China ** In these cases, of course, the pension of the sacrificed soldier is divided equally between the parents, the wife, and the daughters under the leadership of East China, so as to ensure the interests of all parties.

The second is that the patriarch who adopts orphans must have established a family, because only with a family can they be stabilized, so that the adopted children can have a stable growth environment, and a patriarch can only adopt one child, and at the same time, the office will also conduct regular return visits to see how these adopted children are growing, whether the patriarchs who adopt them have fulfilled their obligations as adoptive parents, and so on. Bi Jing's fathers sacrificed for the great cause of East China, and East China is also obliged to provide them with a good environment for growth.

Finally, adopted children are not allowed to change their surname, and if there are still relatives, such as mothers and grandparents, they should be allowed to see their relatives regularly, at least once a month. Children who have no relatives should also be allowed to worship their parents, ancestors, and tombs on festivals such as Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and New Year's Day every year.

Most of the other children adopted by the patriarch took the patriarch's surname, but this in ancient China meant a complete change of ancestry, a complete break from the old family. Although this is the right of the adopter, and the society has basically acquiesced, but for this group of children, it is inevitable that they will be criticized, so the adopted children are not allowed to change their surnames, and let them maintain contact with the past family.

Therefore, in order to protect the interests of the adopters, it was clearly stipulated that the adopted children were the children of the patriarch in law, and that they would not only enjoy the rights and interests of the descendants of the patriarch, but would also bear the obligations of the descendants of the patriarch, including the responsibility of supporting the patriarch in the future, and this would calm down the controversy.

After screening, the first batch of adopted children was finally determined to be 418, including 284 boys and 134 girls, the oldest being 9 years and 10 months old, and the youngest being 3 years and 2 months.

Of course Qin Zheng knew these conditions, because they were all passed in the Senate House, Qin Zheng had 4 elders in his family, so he could adopt 4 children. However, Qin Zhi doesn't care whether the adopted children change their names or not, people are emotional, as long as they are really good to these children, sincerely care for them, raise these adopted children as their own biological children, and give them a good education and growth environment, even if these children retain the original clan connection, they will still be recognized and loved by them, not to mention that the patriarchal family can provide these children with a broader future. Otherwise, what can you do if you change your surname, from ancient times to make your father turn against you, and the examples of brothers becoming enemies are really too numerous to mention, not that everything will be fine if you change your surname.

Qin Zheng's decision to adopt a few children is not only out of goodwill, but also has his own plans, although there are 4 patriarchs in his family, but he and Zhou Ping are more than half a hundred years old, although Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying are young and loving, but the nature of Luo Yue's work determines that he and Zhou Weiying get together less and leave more, so it is unlikely that the two will have a large number of daughters, but to let the descendants spread out and form a big family, brothers and sisters help and support each other, and adopting a daughter is the fastest and most effective way. Of course, how to cultivate the children of Luo Yuandong's generation after adopting them, so that the children of Luo Yuandong's generation can work together and unite as one, that is another issue, and the family can negotiate slowly

Of course, it is not a bad thing to have your own selfishness, who does not think about their children and grandchildren, Qin Zheng asked himself that he was still an upright person, but he was not generous enough to be truly selfless. And it's not just him, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun also have such thoughts, now Xia and Xiao are both married, the objects are both nurses under Zhou Ping, Xia Bohai has given birth to a daughter, Xiao Jianjun's wife and children are also pregnant, the three of them communicate privately, and they also let the next generation make more friends, and it is best to be able to get closer to each other through communication, but this is at least 20 years later, although Qin Zheng is happy to see it, but he still advocates going with the flow.