Chapter 17: Father

Xingyang Zheng can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

Before the Han Dynasty, there was Zheng as the great Sinong at that time, and after the Han Dynasty, there were Zheng Xing and Zheng Zhong for a generation of famous Confucians, and after that, the descendants of the Zheng family, the world has a famous position, in the field, living in the township, passing on the scriptures, entering the dynasty, and being a famous minister in the world.

Zheng Suizhi's great-grandfather Zheng Si, the founding father of the previous dynasty, successively served as Shang Shulang, Guangluxun, Situ, turned to the prince Taibao, recorded Shang Shushi, and sealed the city and countryside. Because since the unification of the north and south of the previous dynasty, the extravagance of the DPRK and China has become a trend, Zheng Si felt this, and once specially admonished a "Jiejian Fu", at that time, when the world was leveling, Haiyan River was clear, Emperor Wu only laughed at it and did not adopt it.

Later, due to illness and feeling the current situation, he returned to his hometown and returned to Xingyang.

When the world was in turmoil, Rong Di thieves rose together, Zheng Si united the clan and township party in Xingyang, and gathered forts to defend himself, until the regime moved south, Luoyang fell, Xingyang resisted the invasion of Rong Di with 100,000 parts, after great-grandfather Zheng Mu, grandfather Zheng Chang, uncle Zheng Yuan, stood in Zhongzhou for more than 100 years.

After several changes in the Hu regime, the Zheng family still lived in Xingyang and was not affected.

When the great-grandfather died, the great-grandfather was still young and could not take charge of the affairs of the clan, and was bullied by the six brothers, and was deeply resentful.

that the children may not have children.

Great-grandfather, five sons and one daughter were all born to the Li family.

Because of this, my grandmother was not in good health, and my grandfather did not accept the side room, and my grandmother gave birth to her uncle Zheng Yuan, and only after thirteen years did she give birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, that is, my father and aunt.

And uncle Zheng Yuan, after his aunt gave birth to three daughters in a row, he never mentioned that he had a concubine in the side room, and a few years later, the eldest brother Zheng Jing was born, and the uncle raised the eldest brother as the eldest son.

Until the death of the great-grandfather, the aunt was over forty years old, under the control of the great-grandmother, from the aunt's maiden family, Langya Zhuge family picked two side branch girls as a side room, two side rooms, a total of three daughters, and finally, the aunt, at the age of forty-five, gave birth to a young son Zheng Hong.

In view of this, when A-Niang married into Xingyang, my grandmother considered that the Zheng family's generation of heirs was difficult, and there was no heir in the long house, so she prepared two Cui daughters as wives. The two Cui daughters, the eldest Cui, are the daughter of the side branch of the Boling Cui family, the biological mother of the fourth brother Zheng Jun and the ninth sister Zheng Qian, and the little Cui family, the sister-in-law of A-Niang, and the biological mother of the fourth sister Zheng Fan.

After the death of A-Niang, in order to avoid the appearance of the former son and stepmother, his father Zheng Han did not marry another bride.

Starting from Gaoping City, it took ten days to arrive in Xingyang.

Zheng Sui lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw the watchtower standing in the center of the dock fort from a distance, which was extremely high and eye-catching, no wonder, when he was in Pingcheng, every time he heard the fifth brother mention Xingyang, the fifth brother always talked about this tall watchtower.

When the fifth brother left Xingyang, he was only six years old, and in his vague memory, there was probably only this watchtower left.

got off the carriage, got on the soft sedan chair, along the roadbed paved with bluestone slabs, through the courtyard, staggered and walked for a long time, Zheng Sui only knew that when he first entered the door, it was not yet dark, and when the soft sedan car stopped, the sky had completely darkened, and lights had been lit everywhere in the courtyard.

The house is also lit up, the door is half-hidden, looking around, into the water pavilion tower, not to mention exquisite, not as luxurious as the courtyard of Pingcheng Cuifu, one stone and one wood, but better than the simple and elegant.

Just as Zheng Sui was looking forward to it, the voice of the eldest brother came from his ears, "This is Aya's courtyard, I visited Ayah first, and then I went to see my uncle and aunt." ”

After a while, he only looked at the old man who had just entered, walked out of the house again, looked at Zheng Jing and said, "Lang Jun is waiting inside, and Ling Da Lang will take Wulang and the little lady in." ”

As soon as she heard this, Zheng Sui couldn't help but reach out and grab the fifth brother's hand, feeling a little apprehensive in her heart, her father was very strange to her, and even, Aya or yes, such a title, she had never called once when she was ten years old.

Zheng Jing glanced back at Zheng Wei and Zheng Sui, naturally seeing Zheng Sui's small movements, he couldn't help squatting down slightly, stretched out his hands towards Zheng Sui, with a smile on his face, and said softly: "Come, brother take you in." ”

Zheng Sui hurriedly took a small half step back and hid behind the fifth brother, she didn't forget jì, a few days ago, the eldest brother taught the fifth brother a lesson, so that along the way, she avoided the eldest brother.

"Let her go on her own. Zheng Wei fished out Zheng Sui from behind him, took her hand, and looked at Zheng Jingdao.

When Zheng Jing saw it, he didn't force it anymore, stood up, and led the way in front.

There were thirteen lamps on the desk, which made the whole room as bright as day, and the vision could be clear, however, Zheng Sui didn't have time to see the middle-aged man sitting on the couch next to the desk, so he followed the fifth brother and knelt down.

"Aya, unfilial piety, is back. ”

After the fifth brother said this, he fell to the ground, Zheng Sui almost followed the fifth brother to salute, but after kowtowing, he raised his head slightly, facing a pair of bright eyes, at this moment, Zheng Suifang saw clearly the person sitting on the couch, his eyes were bright, his face was white, he had a beard, his body was thin, and he had the usual calm and indifference of the family.

Zheng Sui thought in her heart that this was her biological father, which was completely different from what she had imagined before, because the fifth brother resembled her uncle, since she saw the eldest brother three years ago, she thought that the eldest brother was like her father, and she always thought that her father was about the appearance of the eldest brother, but he was much older than the eldest brother.

The room suddenly fell silent, there was no sound, the fifth brother did not move, the eldest brother lowered his head, only when Zheng Sui came to his senses, he noticed that his father's eyes had been staring at her face, but there was a bit of trance in his expression, and there was a surprise that he didn't have time to take it back.

I don't know how much it took before I came back to my senses and heard a clear voice: "You are Xixi." The fluttering eyes still did not withdraw from Zheng Sui's face, but only hid the surprise on his face.

The word Aya swirled in Zheng Sui's mouth for a while, but it was a father who shouted, even she herself was surprised, and she kowtowed busily, and replied: "Son is Shi Niang Xixi." "She was the tenth and youngest of the sisters in the family.

Immediately after, I heard the clear voice, and it sounded again, "Ah Da, help Anu and Xixi get up." ”

The eldest brother replied, stepped forward and pulled up the fifth brother, Zheng Sui hesitated, but still stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of the fifth brother, the fifth brother saw it, looked back at her, and reached out to hold her hand.

Suddenly heard a snorting laughter, Zheng Sui followed the prestige, the laughter was no one else, it was the father who was sitting on the couch, I couldn't help but wonder, I heard my father say: "I am your yes, look at your brother and sister are full of vigilance, it's just bustling, is it possible that Anu has forgotten what yes looks like." ”

"Don't dare. Zheng Wei hurriedly replied.

When his father heard this, he just glanced at him, but he stretched out his hand to beckon Zheng Sui, "Xixi come here, come closer, let Ye Ye take a good look at you." ”

Zheng Sui hesitated, but the fifth brother nudged her and said softly, "Go over." Zheng Suicai moved his steps and walked to the front of the couch, and Zheng Wei stood sideways beside his eldest brother Zheng Jing.

"When I left, I was still holding it in my arms, I didn't want to blink an eye, it was so big, and it looked more and more like Ah Qi......" In the end, the voice was very low and deep, as if it came out of the throat, if it wasn't for Zheng Suixing to the front of the couch, he wouldn't be able to hear it clearly.

Somehow, Zheng Sui seemed to see a trace of sadness and remembrance from his father's momentary dazed eyes, and after a long time, he took her hand, touched her head and said: "I was scared along the way, and I blamed Yeye for not sending someone to pick you up in time." ”

Later, he asked her about the physical condition of her grandfather and grandmother, asked her about her hobbies and what books she reads, and Zheng Sui answered them one by one. Because of his kind tone, his father had a faint smile on his face, and it was at this time that Zheng Sui found that his father's smile was very similar to that of the fifth brother's smile, which made Zheng Sui's anxious heart gradually let go a lot, and he lost his initial restraint.

After about two quarters of an hour in the house, the old man who was guarding the door walked in and replied, "Erlang and Saburo Shiro, when they heard the news, they all came over, and now they are waiting outside." ”

The father was obviously stunned for a moment, glanced at the eldest brother, and then said loudly: "They have a heart, since they are here, let's see them." Holding Zheng Sui's hand, he didn't mean to let go.