Chapter 52: The more adopted sons, the better
"What...... You want to adopt so many children as adopted sons", Wang Qun was also taken aback by Zhen Qian's crazy idea, it is still understandable to accept one or two adopted sons, what are you going to do if you adopt a dozen adopted sons, it is simply too incomprehensible: "Da Lang, can you tell me, why do you want to adopt so many adopted sons?" ”
"This ...... It's hard to say for the time being, Uncle Wang? Just tell me if you can do that? ”
Zhen Qian is not sure whether his practice will attract any criticism, or any taboos, etc., he remembers that many Tang Dynasty wild histories recorded that the Tang Dynasty had a custom of adopting fake sons, especially in the late Tang Dynasty, many adopted sons appeared on the stage of history, and even inherited the throne of their fathers, that is to say, the behavior of adopted sons is a very normal kind of atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty.
"It's not impossible!" Wang Qun saw that Zhen Qian didn't talk about why he adopted his adopted son, and knew that Zhen Qian had his own opinions, so he didn't mean to persuade and said: "There is no fixed statement on how many adopted sons to adopt, but adopting too many adopted sons, with Da Lang's current status, I am afraid that it will attract the criticism of others, is it better to keep a low profile?" ”
Since there are no restrictions, Zhen Qian's heart is put into his stomach, "Uncle Wang, don't worry, I adopted them, I just don't want them to feel inferior and decadent, I want them to live an ordinary life, study and work like ordinary people, and I don't want to treat them as slaves, adoption can give them to rely on and have confidence, so that their growth will be more powerful!" ”
Wang Qun thought of how Zhen Qian usually treated his own people, and his heart was full of warmth and said: "You are right, it is also their blessing to adopt those helpless children, and it is very powerful for their future growth, Da Lang!" If you have any ideas, just say it, we old people will support you! ”
Zhen Qian waited for Wang Qun's words, and immediately climbed down the pole and said: "These children are not very old and have strong plasticity, I want them to cultivate both civil and military affairs, I don't know what Wang Boyi will do?" ”
"That's a good thing!"
The Tang Dynasty did not have the vice of emphasizing literature and ignoring martial arts, nor did it regard martial arts as rude, many literati liked to travel the world with swords, Li Bai's "Chivalrous Journey" poem said: Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles do not stay. There is also a poem by Li He that says: Why don't men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures. Such heroic poems can be seen repeatedly in "All Tang Dynasty Poems", which shows that the literati in the Tang Dynasty had a strong atmosphere of practicing martial arts, and in the early Tang Dynasty, there were many civil and military all-rounders who immediately governed the army and dismounted to govern the people.
As soon as Zhen Qian thought of the weak scholars of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the later generations, who could not lift their hands or shoulders, he felt how precious the spirit of the Tang Dynasty was, and said casually: "Barbarism is its physique, civilization is its spirit, and only when China can stand on the top of eternity, and only then can the sons and daughters of China enjoy eternal peace!" ”
"Barbarism is its physique, civilization is its spiritual ......, it is well said!"
Although Wang Qun is not a literati, but after many years of housekeeping, he still understands some superficial truths, and suddenly heard these two sentences, and immediately his spirit was much higher, and he muttered twice, a trace of essence flashed in his eyes, and an intriguing arc bent on his mouth, as if he had thought of something, he reached out and patted Zhen Qian's shoulder heavily: "Da Lang is not a thing in the pool, I remember that the second master once said that the Zhen family will have great changes, and it shouldn't be wrong to think about it!" ”
This time it was Zhen Qian's turn to widen his eyes, he didn't expect Wang Qun to have such a big reaction, and hurriedly asked: "There will be great changes in the Zhen family, who said this?" ”
"Huh!" Wang Qun smiled and said: "Don't ask, not many people know about this matter, and I don't know the specific things, if you really want to know, you can ask your father in person when you have time in the future!" ”
Zhen Qian was depressed, he didn't remember what his cheap dad looked like, I heard the two little girls say, this dad comes back once or twice a year, the last time he came back was the New Year's Day, he was still in the capital at that time, and later he returned to Zhending and lost his memory, this dad also wrote a letter back to ask about his condition, I don't know if he really doesn't care about himself, or he doesn't worry about his .......
It's too late for such a dad to hide by himself, so naturally he won't ask about anything, and if he reveals any flaws after meeting, he really doesn't know how to explain it.
Zhen Qian vaguely asked the topic: "Uncle Wang, you said that I want to split up, will my father stop me?" ”
"It's hard to say!" Wang Qun didn't dare to say surely: "If you want to talk about Da Lang's current situation, the second master will not be unclear, but the second master has never mentioned this matter, and it is really hard to say what kind of attitude it is!" ”
Zhen Qian knows that he can't get around his father in the matter of splitting up, if his father opposes it, he doesn't have a big reason, do you really want to tear your face with your father?
After thinking about it, there is no good way, so I simply don't think about it, take one step at a time, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the big living people will be suffocated to death by urine.
Early the next morning, Zhen Qian and his entourage rushed to the courtyard of the Song family outside the city, this time they didn't bring two little girls, and the result made the two little girls complain, insisting that Zhen Qian was unwilling to take himself this burden, of course, this is indeed the case, the mountain road is not so easy to walk, and it is not a tour of the mountains and rivers, what do you do with the two little girls?
When I arrived at Song Yi's house, the courtyard was already full of people, looking at themselves nervously with various mentalities, not knowing what kind of person this master was and how he would treat himself, for fear of annoying the master, and even more afraid that the master was a tyrannical personality and would cause unwarranted disasters.
Zhen Qian's gaze swept over his complicated faces, nodded slightly at Carpenter Lu, and walked straight over: "This one is Lu Bo, all the worries are gone, I know it's pointless to say anything now, but I can assure you that I won't treat you as a slave, as long as you follow me well, I will put your whole family in ...... future when I have the opportunity."
Carpenter Lu is almost fifty this year, and he has nothing to say about the carpenter's craftsmanship, and he did well in the previous family, and the master family is also good to Lu Carpenter, but unfortunately the decline of the main family has to sell the whole family to Zhen Qian.
Slaves are the private property of the master's family, the more skilled the slave, the more unwilling the master's family is to sell, not to mention the good ones, I didn't expect Zhen Qian to promise to release the good things with one mouth, so shocked that the carpenter didn't know what to say.
Just as Carpenter Lu wanted to answer, Zhen Qian had already walked up to the group of frightened children, stroked the heads of a boy, asked their names one by one, and stood up after a while before he stood up and said: "You don't have to be nervous, you don't have to be afraid, I didn't buy you back to let you serve me, nor did I want to treat you as cattle and horses, but I was ready to treat you as my adopted son and teach you to read and write......."
Saying that, Zhen Qian pointed to the two old men standing behind him and said: "From today on, you will follow the two of them, they will teach you to read and practice martial arts every day, and in the future, you will call the two of them Master Wang, I am your father-in-law, and you are my adopted son, you know?" ”
The identities of adopted sons and slaves are completely different, although Zhen Qian didn't say anything good, but everyone knows that the status of adopted sons is much higher.
Although they were all a group of ignorant children, there were still a few clever children who reacted after a short period of shock, and said that their father-in-law knelt down and kowtowed to Zhen Qian.
Zhen Qian just wanted to say something, but Song Yi beside him immediately jumped out, and pulled his grandson Song Xu over and said, "Zhen Lang, adopt my unsuccessful grandson as an adopted son!" ”
"Ahh Zhen Qian was taken aback by Song Yi's astonishing behavior, and really didn't understand why Song Yi gave his only grandson to him as an adopted son.
The grandsons and granddaughters of the Song Yi family have always been taken by Zhen Qian's side, one follows Xiaozhu and Xiaomei to learn bookkeeping and arithmetic, and the other stays by his side and often mentions a thing or two. Through observation, Zhen Qian found that this Song Xu, as Song Yi said, has no talent for seal carving, and the Song family's craftsmanship is regarded as no successor in his generation.
However, Song Yi didn't know what Zhen Qian's purpose was in keeping Song Xu by his side?
Although Song Xu has no talent in carving skills, he is an extremely smart child, in the words of later generations, this is a taciturn, extremely talented, and hands-on child, always likes to ask why?
If Zhen Qian hadn't come to the next generation, or Song Xu hadn't met him, I'm afraid he would have spent his life as a "nerd" with a mind full of questions.
At the beginning, Zhen Qian didn't find anything special about this child, he belonged to a "nerd" who couldn't shoot three farts with a stick, but one day after suddenly hearing the conversation between Song Xu and Xiaozhu, this point of view completely changed.
"Why does the sun rise in the east and why does it set in the west?"
"Is the ground really square under our feet? It is said that the sky is round, but is there really Optimus Prime at the end of the earth? ”
A series of questions made Xiaozhu crazy, not to mention that Xiaozhu couldn't answer it, even in this era of Datang, no one could answer it, Xiaozhu with a bad taste pushed Song Xu to Zhen Qian, Zhen Qian didn't expect that such a big child would be thinking about these weird questions in his head.
Zhen Qian called Song Xu to his side, and first told him that the earth under his feet is not square, and the sky is not covered by a pot on the earth, so Zhen Qian told Song Xu for a day and a night, in order to prevent Song Xu from being exposed to too "unbelievable" views too early, what is the earth under his feet is round, the earth revolves around the sun, etc., but from the three forms of water, he talked about why Kong Ming lanterns can float, and there is an explanation of why wood can float on the water, This series of problems around him pulled Song Xu back and made Song Xu re-observe what was happening around him.