Chapter V: The Case of History
"Come, I'll see my eldest grandson!"
Grandpa stretched out his hand and hugged Liu Lang, the current grandfather is only forty-five years old, and he is still a middle-aged man, but his hair is already a little gray.
"Big grandson, big grandson!"
Grandpa kissed Liu Lang again and again.
"I'll see, I'll see!"
The second uncle, the third uncle and the aunt also came over to see, and the old uncle is only eleven years old this year, a small man, he can't reach it at all, he didn't make do with it, he sat on the kang with an impatient look, and saw the dictionary thrown aside and picked it up casually.
"All pull aside, what are you doing to make a fuss, don't touch my son!"
The father stopped the second uncle, the third uncle and the aunt, and the three of them pouted and didn't say anything.
Liu Lang knows that his father is the eldest brother at home, and the so-called eldest brother is the father, except for his grandparents at home, his father is in charge, not because of his father's age, but because his ability determines his status in the family.
A few years ago, this big family had grandfather, grandmother, father, second uncle, third uncle, aunt, uncle, plus grandma, a total of eight people, at that time only grandfather, grandmother and father had jobs, three people to feed eight mouths How difficult it was, at that time my father was still working in the iron mine, earning work, what is called work? It is a unit of measurement work, and those who are able to earn more work points, settle every day, and the work points counted in the last year are converted into wages, and at that time, my father's work points are worth six cents, and he can earn more than 6,000 points of work in a year, which is almost 3780 yuan, and the average is 323 yuan per month.
Being able to earn 3670 yuan a year by working is already the best in that iron mine, and the average young man can earn 30 yuan a month is already good, Liu Lang's father is in good health, plus the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and not afraid of death, and the whole mine, his father is also "high salary".
You must know that now is the era of more work and more rewards, even if you are a mine manager, there is no front-line worker to earn much, Liu Lang heard his father's workers talk about it when he was a child, when his father was a model worker every year in the big mine with more than 1,000 people, and he joined the party honorably at the age of nineteen, and in terms of party age, he was ......... longer than many national leaders of his time.
Even my grandfather's salary as the deputy director of a large chemical factory at this time was only 36 yuan a month, and my grandmother worked in a spring factory before she got sick, and she retired after she became seriously ill, and now it is only 27 yuan a month, and the two of them add up to just 63 yuan, even in 1980, this rice was one cent and three cents per catty, and flour was one cent and seven per catty. In the era of pork nine cents per catty, it was not easy to feed a family of eight, and my father relied on his own labor to share the worries of the family, and this alone enjoyed a high status in the family, and those younger brothers and sisters had to be honest and obedient.
"Donglai, have you thought of a name?"
Grandpa hugged Liu Lang and asked.
"Not yet!"
Father muttered.
"Dad, just now Donglai took the dictionary and flipped through it for a long time, but the first time I turned it to a dog, the second time I turned to a dog, there is no good sound, you should give it a name!"
Mother said with a smile.
"Hahaha, puppy, puppy, that's so interesting!"
Before anyone else could speak, Liu Lang's uncle who was sitting on the kang laughed loudly, patting the edge of the kang while laughing.
Liu Lang's uncle is only eleven years old now, he is still a little kid, this "name" is the funniest joke he has heard recently, he couldn't help laughing out loud for a while, the second uncle, the third uncle and the aunt are a little older, although they also think it is very funny, but they still endure it.
"Laugh ass!"
Father glared.
"Dongwei, play by yourself, don't make trouble here!"
Grandpa waved his hand and kicked Liu Lang's uncle out.
"Donglai, do you really look through the dictionary twice, once as a dog and once as a dog?"
At this time, the old man, who had been standing aside and had not spoken, suddenly asked.
"Uncle, isn't it, you two are knowledgeable, you and my dad should give this name!"
The father sat on the kang and confessed.
"I'm a father! I named my son and let someone else name him, and then he took this "naming right" for himself, and when I grow up, if he says that he gave this name again, I will tell this fact!"
Liu Lang couldn't help but express "contempt" for his father in his heart.
"I'm afraid that's a hint, I'll have to think about it!"
Liu Lang knew that this old man liked ancient literature and Chinese studies very much, especially he thought that he was very good at studying the Book of Changes, and it seemed that he had received some inspiration from his father.
"I'm going to have to see how they came up with the name!"
Liu Lang himself was very curious.
"The names of your generation are all based on the words left on the family tree, the eldest comes from the east, the second learns from the east, the third Dongbao and the fourth Dongwei, but now that the country has family planning, the family can only have one, and the family tree is useless......... But the things of the ancestors still can't be completely thrown away, you flip through the dictionary This is a hint, which implies a truth, let me think about it......... The words dog and canine are very vulgar, so naturally they can't be named, well, by the way, they are all canines, and wolves are also canines, and they are extremely fierce, so why don't you call this wolf?"
"Liu wolf?"
Liu Lang almost vomited out a mouthful of blood when he heard this explanation, this name is really a beast.
"I'm Lang, not a wolf dog's wolf, how can you be with the dog!"
Liu Lang is not yet a full moon, and the muscles of his mouth are not yet strong, if he can speak, I am afraid he will shout out now.
"Oh, uncle, this wolf is the same as a dog, you can't call it that, but I have a good word. ”
Liu Lang's aunt suddenly spoke at this moment.
Liu Lang's aunt is only eighteen years old this year, and it is a good time for her to be in her prime, with a jet-black braid on her shoulders.
"Hua Jin, what name should you choose?"
Liu Lang's father asked.
"There is a sentence in the Dream of Red Mansions, one is called "Lang" Yuan Xianbao, the other is beautiful jade flawless, the word Lang in this refers to beautiful jade, my little nephew looks so white, it is really like beautiful jade, it is better to call it Liu Lang!"
"My aunt! That's Langyuan Xianbao, it's Lang, it's Lang, it's not Lang .........!"
These relatives, it turns out that my name is a typo! Liu Lang is simply powerless to complain in his heart.
"Liu Lang, Liu Lang! Okay, this name is good, that's it!"
The old man nodded frequently in praise.
"Hua Jin, it seems that you haven't read this book in vain! Yes, yes!"
Liu Lang's grandfather patted his daughter's head.
Finally, after twists and turns, Liu Lang finally has a name, as a public case in history, under Liu Lang's personal witness, the truth can also be "Zhaoxue", but Liu Lang believes that with the passage of time, this history will still become blurred, and the protagonist will change from his aunt to his father and master, and he can only pretend to be confused, otherwise it will be these two "big coffees" who will be offended.