Chapter 20: Turn Inside
While spraying water, Bian Rui stepped on the soft blanket-like soil in the vegetable garden, and couldn't help but start humming a little ballad in his mouth.
Bian Rui was beautiful now, when he suddenly heard footsteps, and turned his head to see that his teenage nephew was running towards him, panting as he ran.
"Nineteen uncles, nineteen uncles, the grandfather called you".
Bian Rui saw that this kid was running and sweating, so he reached out and picked a tomato and threw it at him. This guy is nimble with his hands and feet, and when he reaches out and grabs it, he firmly grabs the tomatoes that fly towards him.
took a bite, and then said: "Uncle Nineteen, hurry up, several masters are waiting for you."
"Do you know what to do with me?" Bian Rui walked out of the vegetable garden, and when he arrived at the door of his house, he untied the watering can on his back, and did not send it to the house, but put it directly at the door.
"How do I know, I happened to be arrested by a strong man, anyway, you go quickly, it is estimated that it has something to do with Uncle Seventeen, don't talk about it, I still have to go to school."
"Hey, you kid, are you skipping school again, why are you at home today isn't the weekend?"
Although the people of Bianjia Village attach great importance to education, there will still be a few guys who don't like to read, such as Bian Rui's eldest nephew, who is sleepy when he reads, and he is alive as soon as he puts down the book, because he has been beaten since he was a child, but the beating is still the same, and gradually his parents don't care too much.
"I went to the city yesterday to compete and won the first prize, isn't this the teacher's holiday to let me rest for half a day, just catch up with the class in the afternoon, by the way, Uncle Nineteen, your persimmons are better than my family."
Persimmon is the name of the tomato here.
Bian Rui's eldest nephew is not good at reading, but he is a good player at billiards. However, his parents don't like playing billiards, thinking that this thing is good for playing a fart, and he can't eat or drink and can't support his family.
Although there is Ding Junhui's pearl in front, the two of them dare not think that their children can play at such a level.
The idea of the people in the village is very simple, it is best to go to a good university, be a knowledgeable person, and find a good job after graduation.
Even if the eldest nephew has played a few games and won a few championships, in the eyes of his parents, it is a game that cannot be handled, and now the two of them put their hopes on the second and third children in the family.
"Yes, you can win the first place in the city!"
Bian Rui praised his eldest nephew.
"The level in the city is too poor, and I will go to the province in September and come back first!" The eldest nephew is very strong.
Bian Rui said: "Ambitious."
The uncle and nephew just chatted and walked down the slope.
After crossing the small bridge, Bian Rui and his nephew separated and entered the courtyard of the grandfather's house, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw several grandfathers and fathers sitting at the small table in the courtyard, the grandfathers and Zhu Tongqiang were sitting next to the table, there was tea, and the fathers were sitting on the periphery of the table, only the stool had no tea.
As for his seventeenth brother, he stood aside with his hands tied, bending slightly in the shape of a quail.
"Grandpa, second grandpa......" Bian Rui entered the courtyard, also stood with his hands tied, bent down and greeted the elders.
"Brother Seventeen!"
"Nineteenth Brother"
"Little Nineteen, find a random place to sit down and talk," the grandfather spoke.
Bian Rui looked at it for a moment, then tilted his butt and sat on the small stone bench in the courtyard, still sitting on it with his butt half-pulled.
"Little Nineteen, Mr. Zhu agreed that we would exchange things for the window lattice of the ancestral hall, but people don't want money, they want the four mullions with the eight immortals you donated. You donate things,...... So I'm looking for you to ask," Grandpa said the cause and effect of looking for Bian Rui.
This is the attitude of the old elders, they will put a rational word in everything, and they will not dispose of his things at will just because Bian Rui is a junior, even if it is donated to the ancestral hall.
The name is upright and the words are good, the body is right, and the public is obeyed by the people, which is the quality necessary for the helm of a clan.
In many novels, the leaders of ancient clans are described very badly, it can't be said that there is no such person, there will definitely be such people in the country, but it is definitely not the mainstream, the head of a clan has been cultivated since childhood, it can be said that the two generations have been taught by heart, and the wise and martial arts are the fortune of the family, but the general observance of the industry to maintain the unity of the clan is the basic requirement.
Bian Rui said: "I have no opinion, it's all up to you to make up your mind."
When the grandfather heard this, he turned his head to look at the old brothers sitting at the table, and asked, "Then this matter is settled?"
"Listen to Big Brother"
Several elder brothers nodded one after another.
"In that case, third child, you take this Mr. Zhu to pick up things," the grandfather said.
Zhu Tongqiang listened and said: "Old man, I don't have that thing at hand, let's come back when I get it."
The grandfather laughed twice, and said heartily: "No, can there still be this trust between people? Go and get it, when you have time to send things over, or let people pick them up."
Bian Rui also stood up at this time: "I'll go with the third uncle."
The eldest grandfather nodded lightly when he heard this, so Bian Rui went to fetch things with the third uncle and Zhu Tongqiang.
Bian's ancestral hall is in the best feng shui position in the whole village, as if it is surrounded by the whole village like an arch moon, out of the courtyard, from the side road next to the house up, two bluestone steps, a group of seventy-two on a small platform, and then thirty-six steps to the door of the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall is surrounded by big trees, and when you look at the ancestral hall from the village, you can only see a white courtyard wall, as well as a pitch-black double gate, each gate has six vertical and six horizontal three or six copper door nails, and a large copper door knocker at the mouth of the sea bowl.
Zhu Tongqiang saw the door nail on the door, and couldn't help frowning slightly, he was playing antiques, and knew that the door nail was particular in ancient times, and the general public door was seven vertical and seven columns, and the column was five vertical and five columns, and he felt a little strange in front of him for six vertical and six columns. It's too rare to have one less than the public door and one more than the waiting door.
No one explained to him, and the third uncle pushed open the door and motioned for Bian Rui to accompany Zhu Tongqiang to wait at the door.
The ancestral hall is not a place for outsiders to visit, let alone outsiders, and the juniors in the clan are rarely allowed to come in, unless it is a few times a year when they worship their ancestors, they come in and are responsible for miscellaneous work and kneeling. For example, the daily cleaning and maintenance are done by the elderly.
The ancestral hall of the Bian family is very exquisite, in Zhu Tongqiang's opinion, whether it is feng shui or the establishment is very particular, like this ancestral hall, so far he has seen it with his own eyes with one hand can be counted, like it is so intact that there is only such a one in front of him.
The ancestral hall faces the south and the north, the door is just south, there are two round huge beast head stone carvings on both sides of the wall of the door hole, the carving is the ancient god beast to ward off evil spirits, the door hole and the stone carving as a whole seem to be like a huge beast head, the angry eyes are round and the tiger looks at the mountains opposite, and the whole village seems to be under the protection of this divine beast, the ancestral hall is like a beast, the village is like a child with the ancestral hall on its back, like the stars falling on the chess cloth, very particular.
Zhu Tongqiang knew at a glance that the village and the ancestral hall must have been instructed by a master when it was first built, like such a feng shui level, like a tiger standing on a dragon plate, although it is not a dragon vein in feng shui, but it is also very easy to descend.
The dragon vein thing is now in people's mouths all day long, but in feudal society, if a village is built according to the dragon vein, then b is almost looking for death, you can see such a position, others can also see, no matter which emperor is in power, and whether he believes in feng shui or not, the first thing I am afraid is to destroy such a village, otherwise the emperor will not sleep well.
If the ancestors want to build their own land on the dragon vein, it is not to protect the descendants, but to think about cutting off the descendants and grandchildren.
For example, the ancestral hall and village of the side family are built very well, although it is not a dragon vein, but it is the appearance of a dragon and a tiger, and the atmosphere of wealth and nobility.
Zhu Tongqiang can't see how much area the ancestral hall occupies, but according to the specifications, it must not be small in the white wall and gray tiles.
Look at the surroundings are ancient trees towering to the sky, these two old ginkgo trees on both sides of the door, it is estimated that there are not four or five hundred years of dry branches that cannot grow like this. Around the ancestral hall, such ancient trees are not one or two, although they are not precious trees, but the smallest one can only be hugged by two or three people.