In the evening, it was still not time to open the feast, but there were a few more tables to help the cook, and tomorrow after breakfast, this time in the morning is the time of sacrifice, and the plan is to return to the city the day after tomorrow, and his parents and sister have also melted into the village, to he, a native, who has been in the village before, is a little out of place.

Maybe it's a change in mentality, he used to regard this place as his home, but now he regards this place as a root, and what he sees and feels is linked to memories, and the quiet days in the village are getting farther and farther away from him, and he can reminisce, but he doesn't know how to cut in.

Because it is not easy to store the ingredients in summer, it is generally steamed in the steamer basket at night, and it can be steamed at noon tomorrow, and the rest of the cold dishes are the same, first cooked, the cooked meat can be stored more than twice the time compared to raw meat, and the remaining raw meat is either hung in the vent, hung in the ancient well or placed on the water tank, as for the refrigerator, this is a luxury thing, only the commissary at the entrance of the village has it, the villagers sometimes buy more meat, in order to prevent it from breaking, they have to take it to the commissary to help freeze, Of course you will pay a little for electricity.

The electricity bill of ordinary villagers is about 10 yuan, generally not more than 20 yuan, the water is well water or river water, as for firewood, this obviously does not need money, and it costs a fixed cost of 20 yuan per month, but there are not a few contradictions because of this money.

In terms of per capita income, some families are frighteningly low, and the grain they grow cannot afford to sell at a price, so it is only cost-effective to raise livestock, but it also depends on the market fluctuations of livestock prices in that year.

That night, Zhang Heng wore a pair of artillery (underwear) and took a bath by the ancient well, and changed into refreshing clothes. It's not time to go to bed yet, and the family still has something to talk about.

Grandma also stayed at Grandpa's house tonight. There are also three aunts who rushed over, and they have two sons who are older than Zhang Heng and have gone out to work. One daughter is already married, and there are two daughters younger than Zhang Heng, and they were also brought over this time, respectively fifteen and fourteen years old, which is the age of junior high school, but if it is not for very good grades, it will be the end of junior high school, either stay in the village and marry when they are old, or go out to work to see the situation.

"Auntie, second aunt, third aunt, aunt, Yue'er. Shanshan. As soon as Zhang Heng arrived at the hall, he shouted, there were really a lot of people inside, grandparents, uncle's family of three, parents, sister, and grandparents, plus he had a total of eighteen people, and three aunts also came. Two are farming, one is working in a cement factory, and they can only get by, and the two cousins did not rush back. I have already gone to work in other places, and I may not come back for the Chinese New Year.

Eighteen people filled the hall to its brim, and sixty-watt light bulbs lit up. There was also a TV, but the sound was turned on to the lowest. It's just a picture, and no one is really watching TV. The rest of the cooks have dispersed, Ming'er is rushing over at six o'clock in the morning, and Zhuoma has also brought a dozen barbarians to the town to stay overnight, and will come over tomorrow morning to watch and help.

"Jiu'er, come to grandma, our family hasn't been so lively for a long time." Grandma's face was full of joy, and she smoothed out all the wrinkles, grandma was five years younger than grandpa, and she was married from far away, and Zhang Heng had never been to her mother's side once.

I can't talk about the resentment of my grandparents, no matter whether I used to be raw or not, just grasp the present, and soon Zhang Heng sat next to my grandmother, and on the other side was my grandmother.

When everyone arrived, grandpa opened his mouth and said, "Miwa, tell me what you've been doing all these years." "The names of the families in the village are actually very chaotic, and the pronunciation is also different, but there is order in the chaos, and everyone understands what they are talking about.

The three sisters rushed over at night, he was loved by his sisters when he was young, and he said that when he was a soldier, the third sister had not yet married, and finally saved a dowry of three hundred yuan, and the result was taken out for him to take to invite the people who were armed with the town to eat and drink, and the eldest sister and the second sister loved him when he was a child, he could eat dry rice, and the sisters only ate and drank some grain noodles, and now they can't raise their heads even more when they think about it.

"It's good for the little brother to come back, you can say a few words less, old man!" The eldest sister Zhang Xiulan spoke, only one year younger than the uncle, and the eldest daughter also had a little say in the family.

"Humph!" Grandpa snorted heavily, but he had already beaten his younger son in the morning, and most of this anger had actually disappeared, and now he just couldn't pull his face down, with the idea of patriarchal preference for the older generation in the countryside, the son made ten mistakes that were also the son, and if the daughter made a mistake, she would be a big deal, and the final result was often that the daughter was more filial than the son, because the daughter was strictly managed since she was a child, and most of them were well-behaved and housekeeping, and the son has been spoiled, but it is easy to get into bad problems, which is a mess.

Zhang Bairen had to speak out, and began to tell about the events of the year intermittently, Zhang Heng also listened carefully, he just knew the approximately, but the specific details were not clear, in fact, Zhang Bairen ran away just on the spur of the moment, and when he wanted to come back afterwards, because there was no fare, he hesitated, and when he arrived in the field, he had no face to come back, and he hesitated again and again, and finally made a big mistake.

"I saw a coal truck passing by, climbing uphill and driving slowly, and on impulse, he ran ...... behind the coal truck, and he didn't eat enough in the first two years of going out...... "Zhang Bairen really suffered a lot, he was able to eat enough in the village, and there were also tile beams to shelter from the wind and rain, but it was different outside, and it was already luck that he didn't starve to death."

has been talking about the recent situation, and immediately reacted, and began to tell the lie that his son had made up, that is, the matter of contracting land to dig ebony, in fact, this matter cannot stand up to verification, because ebony can not be excavated in the coastal area, this is because of the geographical environment, but the people present do not understand, and they cover up the past, so ah, it is easiest to lie and deceive the family, because of trust, but once the lie is exposed, this trust will be hurt!

"In the future, I will be responsible for the building of the eldest brother's house, and I will arrange the work of the two nephews and nieces, and I will ......also raise the old man and the old lady here," Zhang Bairen finally had a little confidence when he said this, although this confidence was given by his son.

As soon as the words fell, the grandfather said, "I'm not old enough to ask you to raise you, baby." Don't gamble in the future, the old man will make a message today. In the future, your money will be handed over to Cui Rong to manage, and if I hear that you dare to gamble, I will break your legs. Lock you in the old house, and don't think you can come out until I'm dead. ”

This is a bit heavy, but in the village is not nothing, there is a family in the next village with an iron chain to tie their son for a year, are weak sense of law, uneducated parents do not know how to discipline their children, the methods used are generally based on beating and scolding, to recent years the general environment has changed.

At this time, the mother suddenly said loudly: "In the future, all the family's money will be handed over to Jiu'er to manage!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's all for Jiu'er!" Zhang Bairen also agreed. Because this is the son's money.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a moment, and grandpa also remembered the events of the day, and said loudly: "Jiu'er, didn't you say that you had something to explain during the day?" ”

Zhang Heng nodded, and simply brought up the matter of Tantra again, and began to tell the lie he had told his mother before, that is, he was the reincarnation of the fire Buddha of the barbarians, and now he was the barbarian king of Shu.

Dazhu echoed: "Jiu'er is descended from the gods of heaven and is an immortal. We are all relatives of the gods. ”

Da Zhu's words were just a joke, but Da Zhu's mind was not active enough, thinking that this was a fairy, but what he said to Zhang Heng was shocked. This is a matter of the bright side, every once in a while in the town, there are barbarians to peddle medicinal herbs and wine, even the remote villagers have basically seen walking barbarians. The family didn't expect Zhang Heng to become the king of barbarians.

"Is this true?" Grandpa asked in astonishment.

"Yes, my brother is so majestic in the city. The barbarian has to bow down when he sees his brother, and he is still repairing office buildings and villas for his brother......" Sister Xiaoyi said with some pride. Just as every child always thinks that his father is the most powerful, his sister transferred his emotions to his brother, and the eldest brother is his father, Zhang Heng actually fills his sister's dependence on his father, both brother and sister, and mixed with a trace of father and daughter's thoughts.

Zhang's mother also said: "What Jiu'er said is true, there are many lamas and barbarians who have come to the house, and the people who came back to help during the day were all sent by the barbarians, and only three were hired by Bairen. ”

At this time, the grandfather suddenly said: "Our Zhang family's ancestral tomb is smoking!" "Although the old man is uneducated, but the age is here, I thought of it very far, and the little grandson has this identity, and he doesn't have to worry about it in this life, and he is more developed than being a big official.

"Grandpa, did our ancestors marry a barbarian?" Zhang Heng asked pretending to be confused.

Who would have thought that grandpa actually said solemnly: "Jiu'er, you wait first, the genealogy of our old Zhang family is with your seventh grandfather, grandpa will go over and look through it." "I insisted on going out as I said it, I couldn't stop it, I waited for a long time and didn't see it back, and then the uncle came back and said that everyone should go to bed early, and a few old men were afraid that they wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Zhang Heng was speechless for a moment, he didn't believe in this kind of reincarnation, but the elders who had been influenced by superstition didn't think so, until the early morning of the second day, the grandfather came back with a happy face, followed by the other four grandfathers, and only when he got to the dam he shouted: "Yes, two hundred years ago, the ancestor of our Zhang family took a barbarian daughter-in-law!" ”

Zhang Heng was stunned, there is really it, there is a little barbarian blood now, although it was only two hundred years ago, he smiled, it is okay, at least he can find a reason to explain, the lie deceived the elders, and he was also deceived!

The old men of each family did not sleep all night to study the genealogy, this just dawn news spread to the families, Zhang Heng became the king of the barbarians, is the reincarnation of the fire Buddha, although the villagers actually do not know that the Buddha and the Buddha of Tantra are not the same way, but this does not affect everyone's thinking divergence, the Chinese culture is broad and profound, the villagers have no clear concept of each religion, directly mixed into one, as soon as the news came out, Zhang Heng's reputation instantly soared, directly overshadowing Zhang Bairen to earn a lot of money.

"Our old Zhang family has a Buddha reincarnation, God favors us, and when we are old, we will be able to follow the light to the sky to live a good life!"

"I said a long time ago that Jiu'er, this kid has a different face, it turns out to be a Buddha!"

"I'm afraid that this matter of forbearance is a catastrophe for Jiu'er, doesn't the Buddha have to experience suffering when he goes down? I'll just say that this kid has been well-behaved since he was a child, and he ran away with gambling money, so that's what happened! ”

“……！” (To be continued.) )