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The old man of the Zhou family, Zhou Shiyu, lives in the ancestral house of the Zhou family, and he doesn't know how many years old the house is, so Zhou Cheng can feel a burst of ancient atmosphere from the surface, which is the accumulation of years. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The three generations of the Zhou family, Ding Xing, are said to be like this from the beginning of which generation, but Zhou Cheng is very suspicious of why a family that should be prosperous is not as prosperous as his grandmother said before.

That was many years ago...... Grandma Zhou: "Cheng'er, you have to work hard in the future." Dead old man, your grandfather, but he values you very much. ”

"Well, I'll study hard! In the future, let grandma and grandpa live in a big house. The big officials in the book all live in big houses, well, and grandma also needs to sit in a sedan chair. ”

"Alas, you are wrong. If you are told to work hard, it is not for you to read, but what can you do if you read? With that old stubborn grandfather of yours, how many books can you read? Your dad was ...... back then Alas, forget it. ”

"Grandma, why is our Zhou family so poor? Have you always been so poor? Fellow scholars often have meat to eat. ”

"No, because of that domineering three-generation covenant, the Zhou family will be like this...... Calculate the time, that is, twenty years later. Alas, the hard-working Zhou family! I want to think about how lively it was back then......"

Grandma's narration back then was interrupted by Grandpa Zhou's scolding, and he even had to pick up a hoe to beat grandma, so that Zhou Cheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed, so as to avoid an unprovoked disaster for grandma.

It has been many years, it should have been twenty years, but Zhou Cheng remembered the three-generation covenant in his grandmother's mouth, and he remembered it very clearly. Especially when grandpa said just now that it was another three generations, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but shudder.

A premonition that I don't know whether it's good or bad suddenly appeared in my heart.

The five sons and two daughters of the Zhou family, a collection of more than 20 people, except for Zhou Cheng's third aunt who committed suicide for an unknown reason, but all of them arrived, Zhou Cheng's mother, naturally held a child, Zhou Shiqi.

After the old man Zhou Shiyu finished worshipping, he didn't care about the Zhou family and looked at the extra tablet suspiciously, anyway, nothing was written on it, just a line of words.

But the strangest thing is also here, the two ancestral tablets in the shrine are very clear with small seals written "Zhou family ancestral tablets". Why two pieces? Why do other people's ancestral tablets still have "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher" written on them, but their own family does not?

No one understands, and those who understand are reluctant to say, so everyone can only wait for Old Man Zhou to speak, the atmosphere is solemn to the extreme for a while, Zhou Shiqi doesn't know if it is uncomfortable, just about to cry, he was covered by Zhou Cheng's mother, afraid of messing up the atmosphere.

"Three generations, three generations!"

No one dares to object to Old Man Zhou's self-talk, and there is no one who connects to him, anyway, he will say it if he wants to, no matter how he doesn't understand, he can't contradict this somewhat impersonal old man.

"You're all blaming me?"

"Daddy......" Several sons, daughters-in-law, daughters, and sons-in-law hurriedly bent down again, not daring to speak. grandchildren don't even have the right to speak out.

"Alas, I'm old......" Old man Zhou Shiyu trembled his hands, lit a long piece of dry tobacco in the bamboo cigarette stick, and took a few puffs violently. Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem......."

"Dad, be careful with your body, just talk about it slowly!" Don't look at the Zhou family's poverty, and don't look at the Zhou family's daughters and sons are farmers, but they still have a lot of respect for this stern old man.

"It's okay, I'm really old! Three generations, three generations! Today has finally arrived. Old Man Zhou knocked on the bamboo cigarette stick a few times on the table, and said with emotion: "When Cheng'er came back yesterday, I knew that the time had come again. ”

"Woo, woo......" Grandma Zhou, who was sitting next to Zhou Shiyu, couldn't help but whimper in a low voice, pushed the old man, and said, "You, you old immortal, have been stubborn for so many years, and you still refuse to listen to my advice." I have said many times, the affairs of the ancestors are the affairs of the ancestors, why do we future generations have to abide by those rules? You mean, huh? Why? ”

Old Man Zhou inserted a rolled dry tobacco into the bamboo cigarette stick again, and smoked it vigorously, his face full of helplessness and struggle.

"Have you made enough trouble?" After smoking for a long time, Old Man Zhou Shiyu seemed to have decided and yelled, Grandma Zhou Cheng didn't dare to speak anymore, just sobbed quietly on the side, wiping her tears with her sleeve.

"The Zhou family has an ancestral motto, which is the covenant of three generations that I just mentioned. Although it is not an agreement with others, it is something that no three generations of my Zhou family must abide by. Old Man Zhou eased his emotions, reached out and slapped his wife's back, signaling her to stop crying.

"There will be something in the Zhou family every three generations, and no one can escape it. I have called you here today to fulfill my duty as the head of my house. Zhou Shiyu patted the bamboo cigarette stick and finished his cigarette.

"Alas, big brother, it's like this anyway, since you can't escape, you can't do it, just tell the children what's wrong. I want to think about it back then, alas, ......" said the second grandfather with a patch on his face, as if he was going to do something. The second grandfather is a child picked up by the previous generation of the Zhou family, and he does not belong to the parent generation, but Zhou Shiyu's father has never regarded him as an outsider, so he participates in the family affairs of the Zhou family.

"I know!" Zhou Shiyu sighed and said, "The Zhou family has ancestral training, and every three generations, the head of the family will arrange to do something. Not only for the sake of family inheritance, but also for the consideration of some other things. I won't go into details, it's not the head of the Zhou family, or the king of heaven Laozi asked me, and I can only say that I have no comment! ”

"Dad, don't you treat everyone as outsiders? ...... like a thief," the sister-in-law whispered, she has always been very favored by Old Man Zhou and Old Lady Zhou, and she is a little more courageous than other brothers and sisters.

"Presumptuous! The affairs of the Zhou family, it's not your turn to point fingers! Zu Xun is Zu Xun, even if other people's families take their ancestors and sell them, my Zhou family can't encroach on this courtesy! Next time, don't go back to my Zhou family's door! Old Man Zhou's expression was calmer, and he became angry again. His face turned red, and he scared the Zhou family who was standing up and down for a while.

Zhou Cheng just wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but Zhou's mother next to him immediately stretched out one from the hand holding the child and pinched him fiercely, and he didn't speak.

"You damned old man, alas! I can't afford to mess with you, can't I get out of the way? ......." Grandma Zhou was so angry that she went back to the house alone. She is a child daughter-in-law, she has stayed in the Zhou family almost all her life, and she is no longer surprised by all kinds of eccentricities of the Zhou family, but every time she sees it, she still can't help but get angry, and she is directly angry now, anyway, she can't stand this old man who has been stubborn for decades!

"Mom......" The children saw that their mother was angry and left, and they were a little more dissatisfied, but they couldn't do anything about the one sitting on it.

"Originally, I thought the time had not yet come, but when Cheng'er came back yesterday, it reminded me." Old Man Zhou took a sip of tea, but his expression was much calmer, "You may hate me, your mother, you have also hated me for so many years." Actually, what can I do? Alas, life is the Zhou family, death is not the ghost of the Zhou family? Times are changing, could it be that we have lost our ancestors? All of this, I'm just helpless! If you want to blame me, blame me. ”

"Big brother....... why are you doing this, the children don't understand you, my sister-in-law and I still see it!" It is very strange that this second grandfather of Zhou Cheng has never married, and occasionally I hear him talk about it drunk, it seems that it is just for a promise back then.

"Second brother, brother is bitter, where are you bitter? If it weren't for the old man's words, why would you have worked hard until now? If you don't marry for life, you won't marry for life, hahaha....... Zhou family saved you, but they hurt you! Second brother! ”

Old man Zhou's feelings have changed more today than in his previous life, at least the children and grandchildren are indeed frightened, and at the same time, they have more doubts in their hearts, what is wrong at home.

"Big brother, if my father hadn't taken me in, I would have starved to death on the ridge. In this life, I have no regrets. I don't blame my dad for what he said back then, and I don't blame you. "Zhou Cheng's second grandfather is dressed in patches, but he is a good person who even Zhou Chengdu agrees with, he doesn't like to do anything all his life, and he loves to do good deeds. I don't like to eat anything, I only suffer losses!

Old Man Zhou nodded, turned around and quietly wiped away the old tears from the corners of his eyes, he felt that if he had someone he couldn't afford to be, then this younger brother and wife who were picked up by his father back then and his wife who was angry and went back to the house were one of the few people. Of course, there is also Zhou Cheng's father.

"Dad, we don't blame you!" Zhou Cheng's father knelt down and said. The others also knelt down, and the old man's usual stubbornness, in the eyes of these children, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law, was love.

"Alright, alright!" Old Man Zhou smiled reluctantly and said, "You all get up." ”

After a pause, Old Man Zhou Shiyu said:

"From tomorrow onwards, you will each go out with your family, whether it is you, your son, or your daughter, you will go out for a while, and you will not be allowed to return to this house for ten years!"

"Dad, this ......"

"The ancestors left some things, but I want to give you some!"

(To be continued)