【Chapter 018】 Family secrets
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"Grandpa, I have something to tell you!" After returning to the old mansion for lunch, Xiao Feng said to the old man.
"Let's go to the study!" The old man knew that his grandson had a good idea since he was a child, and looking at his stern face, he must have something right.
The old man's study is a little old, and the old house was built at the beginning of Xiao Feng's grandfather's study, which preserves the rare books and porcelain antiques preserved by the Xiao family over the ages, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small museum. When I was a child, I was worried that the hairy child would damage the collection in the study, and this place can be regarded as a forbidden area for Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang.
In Xiao Feng's impression, his father rarely seemed to be able to enter the study.
Today, the old man actually took the initiative to let himself go into the study to talk about things, which made Xiao Feng a little surprised, and more nervous. In the Xiao family, there is an unwritten rule, an important sign of adulthood is whether you can enter the study?
After entering the study, Xiao Feng looked around, as if he wanted to reveal the secrets hidden in the study for hundreds of years, but he couldn't see anything for a while.
"Don't look at it, this family business will be handed over to you sooner or later, and you will have time in the future!" The old man interrupted Xiao Feng's gaze and asked, "Tell me, why is it so solemn?" ”
"Grandpa, I bought a lottery ticket in Haizhou and won the jackpot, and there are still eight million after tax deduction!" Xiao Feng paused and said, "I haven't thought about what I'm going to do with this money all along, but this time when I come back, I think I should do something for the village." ”
The storage of Zizhu Space is too weird, and Xiao Feng has no way to tell the old man everything, so he can only explain the source of the huge amount of money in the name of 'winning the jackpot'. didn't dare to say too much, Xiao Feng reported the amount of eight million after thinking about it, presumably this money should be able to do something.
"With money, it's a good thing to think of the villagers!" The old man nodded and asked, "Then have you figured out what to do?" ”
For the old man who has gone through vicissitudes, the maturity of his grandson is the most gratifying thing for him, and Xiao Feng's first reaction with money is not to eat, drink and have fun, which makes him very satisfied. In the old man's heart, if Xiao Feng spends all his time drinking and not doing his job properly after he is rich, Xiao Feng will definitely be sentenced to death by the old man in his heart.
"Grandpa, aren't you surprised at all? Eight million! Seeing the old man's calm face, Xiao Feng was a little strange.
In Xiao Feng's opinion, no matter who heard about such a huge fortune, he would definitely not be indifferent, but the old man's reaction was beyond Xiao Feng's expectations.
"Your grandfather is not old and foolish!" The old man saw his grandson's confused look and said: "The steel cable bridge on the Lancang River is only 1oo yuan, and the house your parents bought in Yunnan is only 400,000 yuan, I know it very well!" First of all, what are you going to do with the money? ”
"I want to widen and harden the steel cable bridge to the village's Big 6 first, and then think about how to better use the various resources in the village." Xiao Feng could only suppress the doubts in his heart and said to the old man: "I am young and have no experience, I hope Grandpa can give me the helm!" ”
The old man was not too surprised when he heard the figure of eight million, which proved that Xiao Feng had always suspected that the family was really not short of money. It's just that Xiao Feng couldn't figure out why the whole family had been hiding in the mountains all the time, and they didn't go out of the mountains to start a business or anything like that.
In fact, Xiao Feng was unemployed in Haizhou for three days, and in addition to his own personality, he did not have much pressure to survive. If you change to someone else, no matter how short-tempered you are, you have to endure it no matter how angry you are for work and survival.
In Xiao Feng's impression, the family and even the entire family have never been short of money, and it is rare for ordinary mountainous areas to have difficulty in treating diseases and going to school. This is extremely rare in the western Yunnan region, which is known for its poverty, so Xiao Feng has always suspected that his family has a strong background.
"This idea is very good, Grandpa supports you!" The old man nodded and said, "When you turn around, you will go to your uncle and ask him to come forward to contact the construction team and start construction as much as possible!" ”
"It seems that you still have a lot of questions in your heart, so I'll tell you about it today!" Seeing that his grandson was still unclear, the old man thought for a while and said, "You have also graduated from college and become an adult, so I should tell you about some of the situation at home!" ”
No matter how many years have passed, Xiao Feng will never forget that in this ordinary afternoon, he finally understood the history of the Xiao family in depth, and there are some unknown secrets. It was also from this time that Xiao Feng began to take over the power of the family from the old man and became the helmsman of the family.
The ancestral home of the Xiao family is Hanyang, and there was a second-class jinshi during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and finally the official went to the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, the prince Shaobao, etc., and was prominent for a while. Since then, the Xiao family has prospered and become a well-known family in the Hanyang area.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the ancestors of the Xiao family fled to the western Yunnan region with the Ming Dynasty, and finally survived incognito in Ginkgo Village. More than 300 years have passed, and Ginkgo Village has grown from a population of 100 to thousands of people today, which can be regarded as retaining a bloodline of the Xiao family in Hanyang. In the past few hundred years, relying on the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Ginkgo Village and the fertile fields around Jinghu Lake to ensure harvest, the Xiao family's family has become richer and richer, and has accumulated a lot of wealth.
And a shrewd and capable clansman like Grandpa Xiao Feng will also appear in a few decades, and they will continue to accumulate family wealth through business, horse gangs, and other ways. However, out of concern about the current situation and other reasons, the Xiao family has always adhered to the ancestral motto of 'low-key forbearance', and did not make a big deal of it, and still lived peacefully in Ginkgo Village.
The details and ancestral property of the entire Xiao family are only known to the patriarch Xiao Dushan and several clan elders, and most of the people of the Xiao family are not clear. In this way, the family hopes to select from hundreds of people who have enough ability to lead the family to continue to prosper.
In the hundreds of years of history of the Xiao family, the clansmen will get the full support of the family when they study, and the clansmen who go out to do business will get the first funds; Whether it is studying or doing business, the clansmen need to prove their abilities to the clan elders with their superior expressions.
Xiao Feng's great-grandfather finally took over the position of patriarch because of his extraordinary courage and ability in the process of running the horse gang, making Xiao Feng's house the core of the Xiao family in Ginkgo Village.
"The position of patriarch was originally reserved for your grandfather, but it's a pity that he was arrested by the national army in 42 years, and there has been no news since then, and I finally took it over from your grandfather!" The old man's voice was a little low, and he said: "I think I don't have the power to pioneer, so I can only end the family's business in Yaozhou and Chuncheng, and finally escape many catastrophes. Now that the politics are harmonious and the situation is stable, it is time to make a difference! ”
For a whole afternoon, Xiao Feng listened to the old man talk about the secrets of the family, and he could only describe the family's forbearance and low-key tradition. Compared with Zizhu space, the huge shock brought by the family background is not weak, and even surpasses.
You must know that the appearance of Zizhu Space was extremely abrupt, and Xiao Feng accepted the existence of Zizhu Space almost without any reaction; And the secret of the Xiao family is that for more than 20 years under Xiao Feng's nose, he has not shown any abnormality at all.
Now that I think about it, the luxury of the Xiao family's old house, the perfect facilities and the affluent life of Ginkgo Village are not comparable to the ordinary western Yunnan-mountainous area. Now that he gradually understood the family situation, Xiao Feng went back to verify the various differences of Ginkgo Village, and suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.
With the support of the old man, Xiao Feng decided to do a big job!