The eighth grandfather said a lot of things, all about the arrangement of the ancestral temple, Zheng Yang listened drowsy, after a while, Zheng Yichen opened his mouth and talked about Zheng Yijun and Zheng Lishui in recent years, Zheng Yang instantly came to the spirit, listening to it, Zheng Yang frowned.

The eldest brother Zheng Lishui's company is in an extremely bad situation now, if it weren't for the relationship between the third grandmother in Kyoto, the company is likely to collapse, and those relationships are all old and frail, and they may die at any time.

Since Uncle Zheng Yijun was transferred to Dongshan Province as the secretary of the provincial party committee, he has been hollowed out by the people below him, and he has no actual power. Similarly, Ning Ke, a classmate who studied with him in the early years, served as the governor of Dongshan Province, and was also set aside, which is a very wonderful phenomenon, the governor and secretary of a large province have no actual power, which is really incredible.

Everyone seems to know the reason, only Zheng Yang doesn't know, the third grandfather and the fourth grandfather have long ignored the family's affairs, and after a few words of symbolic encouragement, they will no longer be involved in this topic.

This is the first time I have participated in a family gathering, and in previous years, I was too young to participate in it, but I was not too interested in the things in the family.

After listening to the nagging of the elders for a while, the women had already prepared the meal, and the fourth grandmother Li Peony was in charge, in the early years, this grandmother was the Manchurian aristocratic lady who loved Xinjueluo, but then the family fell and married her grandfather Zheng Mingqi, who has good cooking skills, a full stomach menu, and can eat a bite of the food she cooks, and it is worth living in this life.

A large family gathered together, ready to start eating, there are not so many rules at the dinner table, the third grandfather is the largest, so the first to move the chopsticks, then the smallest Xiaoliuer to move the chopsticks, and then everyone starts to eat.

Uncle Zheng Yilei took out the ten years of aging wine buried in the backyard at home, he and his eldest brother were very happy, mixed with the newly brewed wine, drank very freely, and when the freshwater fish in the lake was served, everyone was stunned, and the fragrant aroma wafted to their faces, and they couldn't help but move their index fingers.

"It is said that Yang Boy plans to open a farm, and he invested more than one million yuan in the early stage, I thought he was crazy, but if he raised such a fish, it would be worth it!" Uncle Zheng Yilei said in surprise after tasting it.

Zheng Yijun looked at Zheng Yilei, smiled faintly, and said: "Big brother, Yang boy also made out the ancestor's 'Hundred Herb Incense', and now this tea is fried to a price of 100,000 catties on the market, and it is still priceless!"

Hearing Zheng Yijun say this, Zheng Yilei looked at Zheng Yichen, Zheng Yichen nodded, and said, "It is indeed 'Hundred Herb Fragrance'." ”

Hearing Zheng Yijun say this, Zheng Yang was surprised for a while, and glanced at his father, who just smiled faintly.

"The wine has 'Longquan Wine' and the tea has 'Herb Fragrance', which are the two most proud objects of the Zheng family in the past, the craft of Longquan Liquor was learned by Zheng Yilei, and now he is the most famous brewing master in Qinglong Town, but the craft of 'Herb Fragrance' is lost, and I didn't expect it to return to the hands of my own family in the end. Zheng Yijun said with emotion.

"Boy, it's okay, give your eldest brother a hundred catties, there are more contacts, this 'hundred herb fragrance' just fills the face. Zheng Lishui smiled faintly.

Zheng Yijun nodded and said, "Those colleagues of mine have been salivating over this tea for a long time, and I don't know where they heard that it is our family's secret recipe, so I must bring some back and give your uncle a hundred catties." ”

Seeing that his uncle and eldest brother were speaking, Zheng Yang was speechless for a while, Zheng Yang's father Zheng Yiyi smiled faintly, and said: "Big brother, Xiaoshui, it's not my son who picks the door, now Qinglong mountain tea has been detained in the shed, ready to spend the winter, where is there fresh tea for him to tinker with, next spring, I will definitely let him prepare more for you, but"

Zheng Yiyi's 'but' immediately attracted the eyes of the two uncles and the eldest brother, then Zheng Yichen smiled faintly and said: "Don't look at the eldest brother who is tinkering with the orchard at home now, the shrewd head is not reduced back then, if you want to take things from his son's hands, you have to pay the corresponding price." ”

"Say, what do you want?" Zheng Yijun said.

That Zheng Lishui smiled faintly, looked at Zheng Yiyi, and wanted to know what his uncle wanted to do.

"You two are big people in the foreign family, I only ask you two to owe me a favor, and in the future, my son will get into trouble, and you two will help me. Zheng Yiyi said.

Hearing Zheng Yiyi say this, Zheng Yichen's face became unsightly, and the three grandfathers also had gloomy faces, only the third grandmother looked at Zheng Yiyi with a smile while eating fish.

Zheng Anhe looked at Zheng Yang's 'I don't know what to say' look like he was eating with his head down, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

The ladies looked at each other, and Zheng Yang's mother also looked at her husband with a puzzled face.

"Brother, are you very interested in foreign affairs?" Zheng Yichen said, Zheng Yang was eating happily on the side, only his eating and drinking was left on the table, and everyone was looking at him, which made Zheng Yang embarrassed for a while.

Zheng Mingtang sighed, called Zheng Yang to the outhouse, and looked at Zheng Yang silently, Zheng Yang was confused, and he was very surprised.

"You've grown up, and it's time to know what's going on at home. Zheng Mingtang said.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Yang asked in surprise.

"Our Zheng family is actually the descendants of Shennong, the descendants of the pre-Qin peasant school. Zheng Mingtang said.

Hearing this news, Zheng Yang's head was slightly stunned, if this is the case, isn't it that his bright eyes and the knowledge in his mind are their own things, and it is no wonder that they say that this herb incense is their own inheritance.

"One word is about planting trees, the other is related to politics / governance, one is from a commoner, the other is from an official, the main family and the other family, the two factions of the farmer's family, the inheritance is orderly, each has its own mission, must not interfere with each other, and is interdependent, so that the farmer can always exist until now, but now there are only 'three households' left, living up to the grand occasion of the year. Zheng Mingtang said.

Zheng Yang's mind suddenly remembered the story that his grandfather had told him back then, a story about the rise and fall of the Shennong family, could that family be his own family.

In this story, the boss of the main family is the eldest family, the boss of the foreign family is the commander, the battle between the main family and the foreign family has been going on for a long time, all in order to get the highest power to control the family, even if it is a family, in the past, if it was a red eye, the main family and the foreign family also saw each other, but in the end, the foreign family won, and the main family was suppressed.

If this is the case, his grandfather and eighth grandfather are the real masters, and they will not be allowed to engage in business, or practice medicine to save people, or fight with swords in their lives.

The third grandfather and the fourth grandfather are considered to be outsiders, they can be in business, protect the family with power and money, Zheng Yijun and Zheng Lishui, their own uncles and eldest brothers, are the mainstays of the foreign family?

Now my father, the member of the main family, has skipped the order to make Zheng Yichen, and directly wants to promise to win over people from other families, and the main family interferes with the affairs of foreign families, and commits taboos, no wonder everyone has changed their faces, only he is the only one who does not know the affairs of the family, and he is confused.

As soon as Zheng Yichen heard Zheng Yichen say this, he smiled faintly, then took a sip of wine and said, "Don't think about it too much, in the future, if my son gets into trouble, you can help him." ”

Zheng Yang returned to the house, and he had already recovered his previous amiable appearance, but his two uncles, as well as his uncle and his eldest brother, looked at him very strangely.

Zheng Yang was speechless, so he had to drink with his head bored, Zheng Yiyi smiled faintly and patted his son on the shoulder, but at this moment, a person walked into the house.

When everyone saw the man, the women went to another room very consciously, leaving the men alone.

"Mingjue, you don't go down the mountain on weekdays, why did you go home at this time?" Zheng Mingjun said in surprise.

Mingjue smiled faintly and said, "This is not my home, I have become a monk." ”

Everyone fell silent for a while, the eighth grandfather's face was very obvious, not very good-looking, after all, Monk Mingjue was his biological son.

"Yangzi, there is a force in the main family, called the Shadow Man, I don't know if you are interested in being the shadow master of the Shadow Man. Mingjue smiled faintly.

Hearing this Mingjue monk say this, Zheng Mingtang was slightly stunned, the third grandfather and the fourth grandfather also left the house with their own offspring, this is the matter of the main family, and the outside family can't interfere, so if you can't listen, you won't listen.

"What kind of shadow man, is it very powerful?" Zheng Yang said in surprise.

Zheng Yi glanced at Monk Mingjue and said, "Mingjue, you don't have to be like this. ”

"I am already a monk, and I should not have this right in my hands, but since we have the right person, we must support it with all our might. Monk Mingjue smiled.

Zheng Mingtang sighed and said: "Okay, the position of the head of the long family, Zheng Yiyi, you will take over, after all, it will be the world of you young people in the future, and I should also learn the freedom of the third and fourth brothers." ”

After speaking, Zheng Mingtang turned around and left, his back was very lonely, Zheng Yang's heartache was to see it, they were all family, why did it look like this, what kind of master is outside the house, it's really nonsense.

Thinking about it, Zheng Yang took another sip of wine and pursed his lips with disdain, and Zheng Yiyi and Monk Mingjue saw it and smiled faintly.

"The power of the shadow man is terrifying, I will let you take it slowly, are you willing?" asked the monk Mingjue.

"Stinky boy, don't answer yet, this is a life-saving talisman!" Zheng Yiyi patted the back of Zheng Yang's head, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

Zheng Yang shouted very indifferently: "I only found out about the affairs of the family today, what is the main family, the foreign family, the elder family, and the commander of the order, they are all one family, isn't it rusty to talk about this, if something happens to me, will you elders stand by and watch!"

Zheng Yiyi and Monk Mingjue were a little embarrassed, Zheng Yang also knew, it must be that the family knew that they had secretly made some small moves, and the father moved out of the family in order to prevent his son from having an accident, hoping to get a talisman for himself, presumably Monk Mingjue was also invited by him.

Outside the house, the third grandfather, the fourth grandfather and the eighth grandfather all laughed loudly when they heard Zheng Yang's words, this Zheng Yang is worthy of being Zheng Mingli's grandson, and he is really carved out of the same temperament.

This book was first published in Reading Books