After drinking two glasses of red wine with my father, my father's words gradually increased. Father said: "Continue, you are the first student of our old Yang family since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the lintel of the old Yang family is waiting for you to shine." I said, "Father, what is the glorious lintel?" Father said: "If you want to say that the glorious lintel is to make a big career that impresses the old and young masters, so that our old Yang family is famous in our city, the province and even the whole country." I said, "It's just too hard for your son." My father said, "People are valuable and specialized, and people are constant." There is a proprietary constant, and it will be able to achieve a career. There is no shortage of such ancestors in our ancestors. I said, "What are the world-famous ancestors of our ancestors?" ”

My father took a sip of red wine and said: "Most of the Yang surnames in our country originate from the Yang surname of Hongnong in Shanxi, and our ancestors were originally nobles with the surname Ji of the Western Zhou Dynasty. With the change of dynasties or immigration, the surname Hongnong Yang gradually spread to other regions. One of them moved to Dezhou, Shandong, and we are a branch of this Yang surname. If you want to say that the surname Yang in Dezhou, Shandong, there was a well-known county guard Yang Zhen in the Later Han Dynasty. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Yang Zhen's biography": "When the county is passed, the road passes through Changyi, so the Jingzhou Maocai Wang Mi is the order of Changyi, and he sees it, and he carries ten catties of gold to the earthquake at night. Zhen said: 'The old man knows the king, but the king doesn't know the old man, why not? The secret said: 'The ignorant of the twilight. Zhen said: "God knows, God knows, I know, and the son knows." What is ignorance! 'Secretly. In order to commemorate this incorruptible county guard, later generations called this Yang the Four Wise Yang. Our surname Yang is one of the four Yang Zhiyang. Of course, there are also other places in the country with the surname Yang, in order to improve their prestige, they call themselves the four governors of the county, which means that they are the descendants of the four knowledgeables. Yang Zhen is one of the first celebrities in our Sizhitang Yang to be famous throughout the country, there is no doubt about it. ”

I said, "In addition to this incorruptible Taishou, are there any other celebrities in our Yang family?" The mother said: "As soon as you mention your old Yang family, your father will talk endlessly." Let's talk while you two eat. ”

I said, "Dad, I respect you, you are also an honor for our old Yang family." The father raised his glass, and the two of them clinked glasses and drank together.

My father said, "I'm far worse than another celebrity in our family." I said, "Who else in our old Yang family is more famous?" Father said: "He is Yang Huahu, a first-class official of the Qing Dynasty." I said, "Who is Yang Huahu?" The father said, "This Yang Huahu is my first twelve generations of ancestors, that is, your first thirteenth generation ancestors." He used to be a first-class official in the Qing Dynasty, and was famous all over the world for being good at painting tigers. I have always been very interested in the achievements of my ancestors, and I eagerly asked my father, "Dad, why haven't you told me before, you can talk to me about it today." ”

Father said: "Our old Yang family was during the Ming Dynasty's sweeping of the north by King Yan. Immigrated from Dezhou, Shandong to this place today. After Yang of Sizhitang moved from Shandong to Yangtuanbao Village, Yanshan City, he has been adhering to the family motto of Sizhitang, and has been scholarly for generations, but there have been no well-known figures in the country for many years. During the Daoguang period of the Great Qing Dynasty, a boy was born in the house of Yang Tianyou, the uncle of Yangtuanbao Village, and this boy was later Yang Huahu. Yang Huahu's real name is Yang Zhaoji, and he is a native of Yangtuanbao Village, Yanshan City, Hebei Province. Born in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, he was a disciple of the weak crown and a painter. You are good at drawing tigers. He has painted portraits of many concubines of the Qing Palace. Legend has it that Yang painted two tiger paintings in his life, one was given to the Americans by Song Meiling as a national gift, and the other was passed down from generation to generation by the descendants of the Yang family. During the Cultural Revolution, Yang's house was raided. Since then, tiger paintings have been scattered among the people and have disappeared. ”

I said, "Where did that painting go?" The father said: "It is said that he was sold to a cultural relics dealer by Xu, the accountant of the brigade." I said, "Why don't you report it?" My father said: "After the Cultural Revolution, the Yamen also inquired about this matter, but most of them ended in a lack of evidence. I said, "Daddy." Have you ever seen that painting? My father said, "I haven't seen it, but my grandmother used to see this painting when she was young, and this painting is kept in our family." Later, he was borrowed by Yang Bifeng's family to take the coffin head to the town. I didn't give it back. ”

I said: "I know this Yang Bifeng, is he the Yang Xiufeng family who engaged in revolution with Yang Shisan in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China." The father said, "Yes, these are the two of them." It stands to reason that although their family is not close to our family, they are also of the same origin and belong to the same branch of Yang Huahu. ”

I said: "Listening to your father today, our old Yang family in Yang Tuanbao really has a lot of celebrities and sages. As a father of your generation, my father should also be a glory for our Yang family. The father said: "Dad is nothing, Dad is just an ordinary person, except for earning a job every day, there is nothing special." I just wrote some ridiculous stories from my heart to entertain people's eyes and ears and chat to pass the boring time, but I didn't want to become an amateur writer. ”

I said, "Father, I see that a person chooses to do one thing, to do what you like the most, and to leave everything else behind. Do what you want to do, do what you dream of, instead of constantly trying to see what others think is good. Again, only by giving up can we focus. Only by giving up can we pursue. Withstanding temptation and enduring loneliness is always the only rule on the road to growth. ”

My father said, "In fact, the easiest way to achieve a career is hobbies and perseverance. I said, "Father, you are right, and listening to what my father said today has made me understand many truths for my son." I also know the profound intention of my father to say these words to me today, and my father expects me to make sure that I can do something beyond ordinary people in the future through my own continuous efforts, so as to glorify the lintel and make a name for myself in the world. ”

"There is a limit to what a person can do, and my father doesn't want you to do something you don't want to do," Father said. But my father wants you to have some achievements, don't come to the world in vain, and when you die, you can also say that I didn't come in vain in this life. ”

The mother interjected: "Don't talk about the two of you, let's eat first, the rice is going to be cold." The mother then said, "Besides, your father, my son was sleepy enough after a night's ride, so you can talk to your son, and drink the wine in the cup and eat, so that our son can sleep." ”

Listening to his mother's nagging, the father said, "Come son, let's do it, father wishes you to achieve more than your father." I picked up my glass and said, "Try to live up to Daddy's expectations." "The two of them drank red wine, and my mother served us dinner. (To be continued......)

PS: The Yang family in the prosperous era, after the famous family.