Chapter 4 The Past Is Like a Dream

Out of the bedroom, there is a large living room. There is also a bedroom to the east of the living room, which is estimated to be the room of the grandparents, and Yu Le is too lazy to take a closer look.

Since the living room was facing the courtyard gate, Yu Le saw that there was a large chicken coop made of wooden planks on the west side of the courtyard gate, and several roosters and hens were flapping their wings in the chicken coop.

Yu Wenquan's family is not from Shuzhou, and the courtyard where Yu Wenquan lives now was also bought by Yu Wenquan when Yu Le was two years old, and he wanted to live here after retirement.

Speaking of Yu Wenquan, the experience was also bumpy, he was born in a scholarly family in Yanjing. Due to the continuous inheritance of Chinese culture, three masters of scripture and philosophy have emerged in the ancestors of Wenquan.

Yu Wenquan's father, Yu Shuxiang, liked to sell all kinds of goods since he was a child, and he was quite business-minded. It's just that every time I read the Four Books and Five Classics, poems and songs, my mind becomes groggy and I can soon fall asleep.

Later, Yu Shuxiang was really unbearable for school education, so he dropped out of school at the age of fifteen to start a business, and slowly broke through a world in the business world.

Sometimes, it's really hard to figure out what people think. Although Yu Shuxiang doesn't like to read, he hopes that his eldest son Yu Wenquan can inherit his ancestral business.

However, Yu Wenquan has been obsessed with Chinese dramas since he was a child, coupled with his own talent, he apprenticed to Zhang Wenshan, a veteran giant of Chinese dramas, at the age of ten and became his close disciple.

Yu Shuxiang was reluctant to learn Chinese drama in Wenquan, and angrily reprimanded him: "Lao Tzu, I named you Wenquan, I just hope that you will be a spring of thought, you are good, go to be a dramatist, I knew that I would name you Koulian, and let you spit lotus in your mouth." ”

Yu Wenquan didn't look at people as small, stubborn, and bold, and directly refuted Yu Shuxiang and said: "Well, don't talk about me." Grandpa named you Shuxiang at the time, hoping that you would be full of books, but as a result, you were full of copper smell. ”

The father and son broke up unhappily. In the end, Yu Shuxiang was angry and severed the father-son relationship with Yu Wenquan.

Yu Wenquan did not change his mind, he learned in three years and became successful in five years, and was praised by Zhang Wenshan many times.

When he was seventeen years old, Yu Wenquan happened to catch up with the war with neighboring countries on the southern border of Xinjiang, Yu Wenquan gave up the drama to join the army, and was reprimanded by Zhang Wenshan.

Yu Wenquan said stubbornly at that time: "The frontier is not quiet, and men should serve the country from Rong." Serving the country and learning art are not incompatible. This sentence is loud and clear.

Finally, Yu Wenquan signed up to go to southern Xinjiang with the army. After joining the army, Yu Wenquan did not forget his love for drama and often performed for soldiers in the army. A year and a half later, the fighting in southern Xinjiang subsided, and Yu Wenquan was discharged.

After returning to Yanjing, Yu Wenquan knelt down and begged Zhang Wenshan, hoping to continue to be taught by him.

Although Zhang Wenshan cherished Wenquan's talent, he was still angry about Wenquan's refusal to listen to his advice to join the army, and he refused to let go.

At this time, Zhang Wenshan's daughter Zhang Jiayi came forward. Although she has been learning Mei School singing with Mei Xiangshan since she was a child, and did not get along with Yu Wenquan in the past, she is also a childhood sweetheart.

Besides, she knew that her father cherished Yu Wenquan's talent, but Yu Wenquan didn't advise, which made him lose face. Therefore, Zhang Jiayi tried all kinds of means to finally make Zhang Wenshan change his words.

Because of this incident, the relationship between Yu Wenquan and Zhang Jiayi has grown by leaps and bounds. A year later, both entered the Union Theater with their outstanding singing voices and engaged in theatrical performing arts. got along day and night, and the two soon fell in love.

The laws of the Huaxia Alliance mostly follow the ancient system for marriage, but they have also been deleted and modified with the changes of the times.

As in ancient times, men could marry at the age of sixteen and women at the age of fourteen, or even younger. Now, it is changed to 18 years old for men and 16 years old for women. However, men and women are considered to be of majority at the age of sixteen.

Since there has been no subversive revolution in the various alliances. Life. Fortune. There are many inheritances for some old systems. If the concubine system is not abolished, but the concubine is no longer like goods without status as in the past, but respects the independent personality and property rights of the concubine, and the legitimate children have equal property inheritance rights.

Condoning requires the man to pay a deposit to the tax department of the country, the amount of which is one-tenth of all the property at the time of the concubine's marriage, and if the husband's family forcibly dissolves the marriage with him against the wishes of the concubine, the security deposit is paid to the concubine.

If the concubine offers to dissolve the marriage with the man, she cannot obtain a bond unless it can be proved that the husband has committed illegal acts such as abuse.

In addition, if the husband voluntarily proposes to dissolve the marriage, he must pay one-half of the amount of the deposit to the state as a "special marriage tax". There is no such provision for the relationship between husband and wife.

Because Yu Wenquan and Zhang Jiayi often have performance tasks, although the two got married before the age of 20, they did not give birth to a son, Yu Zhengqing, until Zhang Jiayi was 28 years old. Later, due to busy work, the two did not have any more children.

When Yu Wenquan joined the army, he had been injured in Qingshan Village, and he liked the simple folk customs here very much, and he wanted to enjoy his old age here when he was old. No, when Zhang Jiayi also reached retirement age, the two came to Qingshan Village.

After the introduction of the villagers, the two found this house, with trees in front and bamboo in the back, and the environment was quiet and quiet, which was very much in line with their hearts. The downside is that the house is too dilapidated.

The owner of this mansion has long moved to Shujin City, and when he heard that Yu Wenquan and Zhang Jiayi wanted to buy a house, they sold the land and house to them at a price. Because the Huaxia Alliance practiced private ownership of land, the owner could buy and sell the house and the attached land at will.

After Yu Wenquan purchased the courtyard, he designed the house according to the style of the old house in Yanjing, planned the courtyard, and built a new house.

Not long after the house was built, the leaders of the Union Theater called and invited them again and again, and invited them in person by plane, again and again. Yu Wenquan and Zhang Jiayi couldn't polish the face of their acquaintances, so they were hired back to the theater.

It's just that the second old man is too old to undertake heavy performance tasks, so he takes apprentices, occasionally participates in performances, and comes to live in Qingshan Village in his spare time. Who knew that the troupe had been refusing to let go for more than ten years, but the old couple was too old to sing on the stage, so they relented.

After combing through Yu Wenquan's experience in his mind, Yu Le's heart was a lot more stable. For this grandfather, Yu Le is very in awe, of course, fear is greater than respect.

After all, Yu Wenquan is too strict with music, completely according to the standards of a genius boy, he wants to teach Yu Le all the skills he will know in his life, and he doesn't care about Yu Le's feelings.

Yu Le wandered around the yard for a while, and he didn't see his grandfather appear, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange. It's just that he is still in the adaptation stage, so naturally he sees more and talks less.

Grandma Zhang Jiayi was busy in and out of the yard, feeding the chickens for a while and cleaning the yard for a while.

After finishing this, Zhang Jiayi washed her hands and wiped them, and looked at Yu Le wandering around boredly, so she said: "I heard that you woke up, and the old man went to buy you some mountain delicacies and game, saying that he wanted to replenish your body." ”

Yu Le stood in the courtyard and talked to Zhang Jiayi, and his legs were a little sore.

Zhang Jiayi saw Yu Le's listless appearance, and persuaded him: "Go back to the house and lie down again, you haven't eaten for a few days, and your body is still too weak." ”

Yu Le also felt a little unbearable, nodded and said, "Grandma, then I'll go back to the house." ”

Back in the room, he took down a copy of "A Brief History of China" from the bookshelf, wanting to read the book and compare the differences between the two Huaxia.

As soon as he opened the title page, Yu Le felt groggy and soon fell asleep again.

Yu Le had a dream in which he saw the smiling face of his wife in his previous life, and heard his son's crisp voice calling "Dad". Thinking of his wife and son, who are still in a dream, Yu Le's heart aches terribly.

In his previous life, Yu Le often played various games with his son. Sometimes when I get home, I am tired and annoyed, but my son will pestering him to play games with him. Yu Le will patiently and gently tell the child that he is very tired and will play another day.

But how can a child understand the feelings of adults, he always refuses to give up, and sometimes he is annoyed by children, and he will scold the child a few words.

The child's face is like the sky, and it changes when it is said. I was still smiling just now, but as soon as the adults scolded me, it immediately turned sunny to cloudy.

Seeing his son squinting and choking with tears, pouting and pretending to be aggrieved and pitiful, Yu Le couldn't continue to reprimand, so he could only play with him.

Now, it's impossible to play with him for a little longer. Hey, thank you for your hard work, my wife from my previous life!

Yu Le's mind is like a movie screen - playing the pictures of his past life frame by frame, there are bitterness, sweetness, joy, sorrow, and unconsciously tears wet his cheeks.