Chapter 269 Zongba and taro

"Filial piety is the starting point of moral cultivation, is a person's easiest to discover and cultivate the virtue, a person's admiration for parents is from a young age, so filial piety is also the easiest to cultivate. Therefore, all dynasties have attached great importance to the word 'filial piety' for thousands of years, and unfilial piety is the second major crime after rebellion, which can also be seen that China's history attaches great importance to the cultivation of personal moral cultivation. This is how the 'State of Etiquette' came about. ”

On this basis, as we grow older and more experienced, we will develop other virtues, such as devotion to peers and relatives, faith to friends and partners, respect to superiors, loyalty to the country, and finally benevolence to all things in the world. ”

"And then these virtues will manifest themselves externally, in the form of a set of patterns of interacting with people, with a sense of ritual, which is the etiquette, which is what you just called the 'rules'. ”

"Confucius said, 'respectful and rude is old, prudent and rude, brave and rude, chaotic, straight and rude, hanging', and said, 'clever words, order, full respect, Zuoqiu is ashamed, Qiu is also ashamed', pay attention to morality at the same time, but also pay attention to etiquette, internal and external unity, can not say one thing and do another, this is the theoretical basis for the formation of our Lijiagou folk customs. ”

"All these rules, in fact, are basically formed under this set of theories, such as wiping the table, even if the guests and elders are off the table, or wipe from several sides to their own side, instead of pushing the dirty things to the guests and elders who have sat in the few sides, which contains the ideological content of 'respect', 'respect', and 'prudence'. ”

"For example, when you see an old man, you have to stop fighting and go to the side of the road, which contains the ideological content of 'filial piety', 'benevolence', and 'gong'. ”

The three of them nodded again and again, and Aunt Bai said: "Chinese civilization is really broad and profound, Pi ...... Baby, your words are very insightful, you also study traditional culture?"

Li Junge said: "I'm nothing, I'm just a hobbyist, these truths are my ancestors of Li Jiagou, by the way, it is Alice and Shirly's great-grandfather, he taught me, I have invented at most." ”

After speaking, he shook his head and said: "However, China's poverty and weakness in modern times have caused intellectuals to reflect, and they have formed a situation of reckoning with Confucianism academically, believing that these are all dross, which once attracted widespread spurning from society. With the enhancement of national strength and the boost of national self-confidence in recent years, it has been re-emphasized, but the effect is ...... Forget it, it's better than nothing for someone to start paying attention. By the way, my uncle and cousin are all right in the United States?"

Aunt Bai nodded and said, "They are all very powerful! Professor Siyuan and Professor Junlou are both very respected scholars in our school. Professor Siyuan is a sinologist, mainly studying Confucian culture, in a different direction than my East Asian folklore, and your sister in law, Yu Ning, is his student. Junlou is an expert in computer science, and his research seems to be digital thinking or AI, which has too much to do with my major, and I don't understand what's going on. ”

Li Junge shook his head, the fourth grandfather is all a school bully, no wonder the two sisters are so arrogant, they don't have to go to school, it must be related to the group of school tigers at home, this school corruption seems to be everywhere.

Changed the subject and said: "Our place is still relatively closed, and we will have to take a boat to get there later, but the scenery is very good, and the food is good, by the way, you can all use chopsticks, right?"

Aunt Bai smiled: "I know this very well, Wuxi No. 1 has been sitting in the game many times." ”

Taro said, "Two...... Pi, the art design of your website is so beautiful, and now many students in our major use it as a screensaver."

Zongba also said: "Chopsticks are no problem, we often eat Chinese food, Kung Pao chicken, mapo tofu, sweet ......"

Li Junge scrambled to speak: "Sweet, right? I said how many people have been deceived by the small Chinese restaurant at the entrance of your school? Is it opened by our Shuzhou people?"

Zongba spread his hands and said: "I don't know, anyway, the boss's favorite sentence is 'thunder-fruit-who-slash-should'!"

Li Junge slapped his head: "Damn! Cantonese people!

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talked all the way to Jiachuan, the sister-in-law in the lobby and the second cousin Li Junan who came back from going out to work, and the second sister-in-law Wan Jia were also waiting at the dock, and Li Yuning and Li Yuduo were fighting on the side.

After getting out of the car, a few people greeted them, and they introduced them again.

The two little ones were curious about Aunt Bai's taro dumplings, biting their fingers but not daring to approach.

When Li Junge dragged the two small ones over, as soon as the white mother-in-law Zongba brother and the taro brother shouted, they immediately relaxed, and chattered around the three of them.

Li Junge smiled at the dumpling and taro thieves: "See, that's why I want to give you two nicknames, what Uncle Bart and Brother Jack don't taste right when they hear it, and it's difficult to mingle with the villagers anymore." ”

The two stupid boys nodded straightly, and Erpi said it so reasonably! Only Brother Lobby was silently rolling his eyes: "It's your quirk to give people a nickname, okay, are you embarrassed to say it so high-sounding?!"

Seeing Wuxi No. 1 on the dock, Zongba whistled directly: "So...... cool！”

When the group got on Wuxi No. 1, Aunt Bai pulled the two children to sit next to her, teasing the two children and singing nursery rhymes to him: "Cry again, laugh again, yellow dog! Pee, ...... boat at both ends."

Li Junge couldn't cry or laugh: "Can you say something good?" It's okay to recite 'Goose Goose Goose, Song to the Sky'......"

Aunt Bai waved her hand again and again and said: "No, no, no, this is good, I heard that your country's children's songs have a magical power, which can predict the great changes in the country and the change of dynasty......"

Li Junge was so frightened that he wanted to go up and cover Aunt Bai's mouth, and he dared to say this nonsense! He hurriedly explained: "That's a feudal dynasty! A group of conspirators came up with something used to create a public opinion offensive, what 'Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang', what 'Mo Dao Shiren has one eye, instigating the Yellow River to rebel in the world', you can't believe it......"

Aunt Bai blinked innocently: "But it's ...... in your history books."

Li Junge said: "Teach you a good one, the history books before the historical records, you can see the meaning on the surface, as for the future, you have to look at the other side, and look at the things under the book......"

Aunt Bai looked at the old man and nodded thoughtfully: "Hmm...... That's your homeschooling, isn't it?"

Damn, this pot didn't dare to carry it, Li Junge had no choice but to let Aunt Bai continue to tease the baby, and ran to chat with the old brother.

The old man is introducing to the old brother: "Siyuan, the place where we got on the boat just now is where the old wharf of the county seat is located, the large rocky beach on the left is called Shipanjiao, and the opposite side is Majiezi, where the salt warehouse is located, and the horse gang is there to load salt into Qianzhou. The place where we boarded the boat was Yidu Wharf, there was no bridge on the Hongshui River at that time, and it was first repaired by a few big salt merchants to facilitate everyone to cross the river......"

The old brother pointed to a tall tower on the opposite side of the Yangtze River and said, "There is also a white tower there. ”

The old man said: "The white pagoda was originally called Jiang'an Futu, built in Jiaqing, lasted 12 years, was built by the government, and was used to calm feng shui. I still remember the text of the two stone tablets on the tower, one is 'Yuxian Rich People', and the other is 'Zhenba Humanities', the identity of this tower is actually known clearly through the two tablets. ”

"Legend has it that Jiachuan was located between two rivers, shaped like a bamboo raft, so this tower was built, which means a cable pile, which can fix Jiachuan County, in fact, the real practical significance, similar to a navigation beacon......"

Legend has it that the villagers on both sides of the Yangtze River are not harmonious, and there is a tomb on the other side of the river, and the feng shui is good, and the old officials are bullying the villagers on the other side, so the other side of the river is angry and works together to build this tower, the so-called 'water is like a curved bow tower like an arrow, shoot down the opposite Wang Xun', hahaha, it can be regarded as a legend to listen to......

After that, he pointed to a boulder under Majiezi and said: "There are still four big characters there, 'return my rivers and mountains', which were left by General Feng when he came to Jiachuan to raise donations and called for resistance against Japan during the War of Resistance Against Japan. ”

Li Junge greatly admired: "Uncle, you are so powerful! Forty or fifty years have passed, and you can remember the allusions of Lao Jiachuan clearly, but I don't even know the inscription on the white pagoda." ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "Although decades have passed, the mountains and rivers of this hometown often appear in my dreams, and I can't remember it or not...... Alas, the Lingwaiyin book is broken, after winter and spring, the hometown is more timid, and I dare not ask anyone!"

Li Junge held hands and comforted: "Uncle, it's good to be back, Panao Township and Lijiagou, except for the lychee forest, have not changed much, and your childhood memories should be able to be recovered." ”

Wuxi No. 1 turned into Wuxi River, and the old man continued to tell the story of this river, telling the legend of his hometown and the hardships of the life of the elderly, which made everyone sigh.

When the boat passed through Panao Township, the old man was silent, his eyes flashed with tears, and he kept looking at both sides of the strait, as if he wanted to bring everything into the deepest part of his heart.

When Li Jiagou appeared in the distance, the old man insisted on going ashore at the big banyan tree on the old wharf, as if he wanted to get back the memories of the year little by little.

Along the stone road, passing by Ermao's small supermarket, Ermao's grandfather Li Liangzuo was coming out to shout at the chicken baby, and when he saw the old man, he shouted: "Yuan baby! Hahaha, you are a far baby! My God, you are back!"

The old man took two steps closely, took Li Liangzuo's hands, and shouted "Uncle Xiao", with a smile on his face, but tears came down.

Although the two are of different generations and have already been served, they are about the same age, and they were also playmates when they were children, and they were affectionate when they met.

This is Li Sixin and Ermao also came out, and said, "Yo Piwa, bring your uncle and brother back?"

Everyone hurriedly came over to salute again, Li Liangzuo rubbed the old man's shoulder, and couldn't hold back tears in his eyes, and said: "Far away baby, far away baby! I heard that you have run to the other side of the earth to take root, you said that you ran so far to beg?!"

The old man said suddenly: "It's a little far......

Li Liangzuo didn't tear yet, and laughed again: "Don't worry, isn't it also back, our brothers haven't seen each other for more than 40 years! You don't know that this person is old, and from time to time I dream that when I was a child, there is you every time! Eh, this is your foreign daughter-in-law, right?"