Chapter 34: Speaking of Ancestral Affairs
"In the past 100 years, many families with other surnames have cut off their heirs, and the Zhao family can pass down this large piece of land except for the family rules left by their ancestors. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoMore than a hundred years ago, it can be said that at that time, except for Shangzhao Village, the surrounding five miles were deserted, and it was also because the ancestors of the Zhao family came here to open up the wasteland, and there were only a few villages around it. ”
"In the past 100 years, after the efforts of several generations of people to open up the wasteland, there is now Zhaojia Village, so everyone in this Zhaojia Village has more land, and this is the reason."
After her grandfather finished talking about the history of the Zhao family, he sent Xiaoliu to the kitchen to scoop water for him to drink, but he said that he was thirsty, and Xiaoliu, a stupid child, didn't know how to get some water for him to drink.
"Grandpa, drink water, drink water" Xiao Liu walked in with a water scoop of cold boiled water.
"Well, that's what I'm talking about?" After her grandfather finished asking, he picked up the ladle and drank the water.
"Speaking of the reason why the Zhao family has a lot of land, the Zhao family's heirs have increased after the birth of my great-grandfather." Xiao Liu replied.
"Your great-grandfather is the youngest of your great-grandfather's children, your great-grandfather is the third in the family, with an older sister and an older brother, and your three grandfathers are the children of your great-uncle's family. Your great-grandmother died without leaving a child after she got married, and her relatives over there are not leaving. After the sixth grandfather finished speaking, he remembered his only aunt again.
"Your great-grandfather was a smart boy when he was a child, and he was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, and as a result, your great-grandfather called him back from the school. Don't let him take the exam and study again, at that time your great-grandfather didn't understand very much, he didn't know why the Zhao family had such family rules, he thought that these old family rules should be changed, at that time the whole village did not agree, many people said that he was stupid to read, and he didn't know how thick he read. ”
"Later, your great-grandfather left Zhaojia Village in a fit of anger, but who knew that eight years later, he returned to Zhaojia Village and brought a woman back." Her grandfather paused as if to think about what to say.
"Because of your great-grandfather's departure, your great-grandmother has cried for an unknown number of times in these eight years, and this eye is blind from crying. Your great-grandfather knelt at the door of the house all night, and your great-grandfather couldn't stand it, so he asked two words, do you still want to take the test, do you understand, if you still want to take the test, you haven't figured it out, you go, don't come back in the future. ”
"Your great-grandfather figured it out at that time, and he wouldn't care about fame and fortune anymore, so your great-grandfather let him get up and enter the house." After her grandfather finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Liu.
"That's not right! At that time, there was no grandfather and you! How do you know so clearly? Xiaoliu looked at her grandfather.
"My father's affairs are still from my uncle, about the ancestors of the Zhao family is said by your great-grandfather, he said that it is okay to talk to the juniors about the Zhao family, but the younger generations do not know the history of the Zhao family." Her grandfather replied.
"Grandpa, I found out that we digressed, I came to ask you about the bamboo forest and the small pond." Xiao Liu felt speechless about himself.
"It's not off-topic, you have to know the affairs of the Zhao family, you also listened to what your father said, and the affairs of this family will be handed over to you in the future." Or do you think your grandmother is willing to give you a tael of silver? She is exercising you, and she wants you to support this family in the future. Her grandfather gave her a blank look.
That glance made Xiao Liu see her grandmother's shadow from her grandfather, and her grandfather's white eyes were too similar to what her grandmother had learned.
"Now I'll tell you about your grandfather and me, I don't know much about my mother's past, I know that her blood is different from the blood of people on our side, and I don't know how my father and mother know and love each other. My mother gave birth to eight of our brothers and sisters, and the eight of us have never been sick since childhood, and once I found that a child in the same village was sick and had a fever, so I remembered that several of our brothers and sisters had never had a fever like that, and occasionally the fever would automatically subside in a day at most. ”
"I ran home and asked my father, and finally my mother told me that it was a secret that could not be said, if others knew that my mother would die, I have not asked since then, your great-grandmother also brought a few prescriptions from her mother's house, and then the village came to ask when she was sick, and she gave the recipe to the clan, she said that it was earthwork, and some people could use it when they were sick, and some people could not use it."
"Later, no one was suspicious of our children at all, at most they thought that we were in good health, that there were cures at home, and that our Zhao family had a lot of land, and that our stomach could be full, and it was easy to get sick. When we were all older, your sisters were born, and your great-grandfather was gone, and your great-grandmother went with him. ”
"Your great-grandmother brought a lot of good things with her when she came out of that place, and all the gold and silver were exchanged for land and wasteland, and a few pieces of jade were left for our brothers and sisters. When Xiaoliu grows up that day, I will give it to you, your great-grandmother gave your grandfather two pieces of jade, one more than your grandfathers. ”
"In my grandfather's generation, I didn't have anything to pass on to your uncles and them, so I had to give them more land, and your family didn't have much land, only half of your uncles' families. However, this ancestral house and the small pond in the bamboo forest belong to yours, and these items cover an area of more than five acres. Mainly, our home is at the bottom of the village. Behind the pond is the wasteland. Some crops were also planted on the wasteland, but nothing grew as a result, and no one went to open up the wasteland. ”
"Grandpa, is that wasteland big? How many acres are there? Xiaoliu asked, she had seen the wasteland opposite by the pond, but she had never been there.
"It's not small! There were more than 20 acres of wasteland. The village planted all the crops that could be planted in that field, but the result was that what was planted and what was left to die was left for so many years. By the way, what good way do you want to tell me about the bamboo forest and the pond? Her grandfather asked.
"Well, grandpa, that's what I think, you help me see where it works, and there needs to be changed. We raise chickens and ducks in the bamboo forest, didn't the pond clear some mud last time? We brought up all the mud at the bottom of the pond, and we could raise fish and ducks in that pond, and the fry were bought from the river over there. Grandpa, do you think it's feasible? And the plants of the river, we also have some seeds in the pond. Xiao Liu said and looked at her grandfather.
"It's okay, but we haven't raised this fish either, and if the chicken is raised too much, it will have a plague, and that death will be death." It is said that the chickens can fly, and they will fly out even if they are fenced. "Grandpa Xiaoliu, he didn't find out after he finished speaking, he was just worried about losing money, not against Xiaoliu's proposal.
"Grandpa, this chicken can't fly if it clips the sharp feathers on its wings. I saw that there were wild fish in some ponds, and there was no one to feed them, and the fish survived. We don't raise more first, first raise a little to see, we can only learn while raising, the main thing is that we can't find this professional fish farmer, and we can't afford to invite this professional fish farmer. Xiao Liu and her grandfather analyzed.
"What you said is okay, we have raised chickens and ducks in our family, except for the fear of plague, everything else will be. It's good to raise less fish, after all, I haven't raised it, and the pond is empty and empty, and it is good to be able to use it to make money, but now it's summer and you have to wait until spring, and this pond also needs to be cleaned up. "Grandpa Xiaoliu told everything he could think of in the novel.
"What to use to enclose this bamboo forest, I want to discuss it with your father." Grandpa Xiaoliu thought for a while and said, "Aren't you going to the market again the afternoon after tomorrow?" Are you ready for the story your dad is going to tell? Let's talk about dinner tonight, and we'll hear it too. ”
"Well, then grandpa, I'm out." Xiaoliu said.
"Go, I'll go down to the ground with your father and them later." Grandpa Xiaoliu replied.