Chapter 1004 Take Out the Best Treasure (I)

In the clan, he is called "Ah Qi", "Ah Wu" and so on, indicating that he is a small character. Only those who have become the highest rank in their own clan can be called "old seven" and "old five".

Cheng Laoqi has no son, his mother-in-law has long since died, he has no heirs, and he is not qualified to sit by the fire. Patriarch Cheng's call made him stand up from the people below, and he cowered and said, "It's time to get married!" My daughter is married, and she is the king of the city......"

Cheng Laoqi regards his daughter as a pearl in the palm of his hand, so the name of the milk is "Azhu". This girl is engaged to a shopkeeper in the city. This Wang Xiaosan is the third in the family, there is no pension burden, and the income is not bad, Cheng Laoqi is counting on his daughter to get married, and the young couple will support him for the elderly, but the patriarch's explanation disrupted his plan.

"Then regret the marriage!" , Cheng Tong decided: "How much should I return the dowry to my Cheng family...... Blessings, the second child of the shop will provide for you for the elderly, which is comparable to the teacher for you, the teacher does not support my whole family to be responsible for the elderly. Tell the kid in the city that as long as he is willing to quit his family, my Cheng clan will make an offer with him. After taking the money, let him shut up and marry another little girl! ”

Cheng Tong's offer was too high all of a sudden, among the people present, Cheng Lao Wu also had a girl of appropriate age, hearing Cheng Tong's offer, he looked at the empty chair next to him, and mustered up the courage to grab the words and say, "Why?" Big brother, you can't take sides. We also have a daughter, our daughter often sends meals to her brother who goes to school, and the teacher is familiar with the way, why not our daughter to serve the teacher? Boss, you have to be fair......"

Cheng Tong paused and flicked the fire stick, and in an unquestionable tone, interrupted Cheng Lao Wu's interjection: "If we Cheng clan want to keep the teacher, we must come up with the best treasures. What does your girl look like, how can the teacher have seen it...... Let Ah Zhu go, it's decided! ”

Although Cheng Laoqi is cowardly, he is not a fool. His daughter marries the shopkeeper in the city, she is a wife, and if she marries a husband, she may be a concubine, how can Cheng Laoqi be willing? Therefore, Cheng Lao Wu argued, and he immediately pushed the boat down the river: "The fifth brother is willing, so what, our daughter will be exempted...... repented of the marriage, and Azhu's reputation was completely ruined. ”

Cheng Tong glanced at Cheng Laoqi majestically, and patted the empty chair behind him: "What is this chair?" The second place in the village! Who can sit on this military advisor chair - marry my Cheng daughter as a concubine, he is still an outsider, can he do it? Ah Zhu must have been a wife in the past! This time, I showed my old face and begged him with the grace of my Cheng clan, and he dared to take the daughter of my Cheng clan as a concubine? ”

Cheng Tong said that it is a kind of patriarchal rule: when a clan needs the help of a foreign surname, he will allow the second seat of the clan and invite the foreign surname to participate in the decision-making level. This chair is the "second millennium" seat. Generally speaking, through marriages and other means, the "second thousand-year-old" will be quickly assimilated by the clan, but the chair is owned by the family heirs for generations. Sitting in this chair, there is no decision-making power, but there is a veto power.

In the south, there are still many clans that configure this kind of "millennium second" seat, but most of them add this kind of seat because of the "feng shui" theory, for example, the Qian clan invites people surnamed Ding and Cui to sit on this chair, hoping that the other party will help the Qian surname "Ding" to live in prosperity and "Cui" to send money.

Cheng Jiaao, when it comes to these ghostly methods of the big family, Cheng Tong is clear. It was precisely because he knew the clan rules that he stood out among the villagers and inherited the patriarch's seat. The rest of the people didn't know much and didn't usually memorize these things, but now when they heard his explanation, they vaguely remembered this rule.

This time Cheng Laoqi was satisfied, but the other parents immediately reluctant, Cheng Laowu jumped up and shouted: "Go together, go together, the teacher's big house, Ah Zhu can't be busy alone, and our daughter will go too." Whoever the teacher picks, it is the blessing of whose family, and outsiders cannot be cheapened in vain. ”

Cheng Tong pushed the boat down the river: "It's decided...... It's not too early, it's all gone. ”

At the command, the elder who had a girl in the family was already impatient to rush out. Cheng Lao Er didn't have a daughter, he leaned on the chair and refused to move: "Patriarch, this year's work has not been allocated, what should I do, you can send a word." ”

"The master has already expressed his position just now", Cheng Tong replied: "This year, the matter of firing the kiln and weaving baskets will wait for the autumn harvest." ”

Cheng Lao Er was puzzled: "But Mr. didn't say anything?" Boss, you can't talk nonsense. Everyone else has land, and I am counting on the money I have from hunting, and I will not be allowed to do ......."

"The master didn't say anything, it's this year's arrangement", Cheng Tong replied sternly: "Whoever wants to enter the craftsman's camp will continue to work...... Now, it's all gone. ”

The three words "craftsman camp" made Cheng Lao Er feel a chill, and at this point, the people in the ancestral hall finally "guessed" what Zhao Xing meant.

Cheng Jiaao is now rich, and after annexing several nearby villages in a row, if the county officials of several nearby counties are greedy and want to regard this as a political achievement, then Cheng Jiaao will end the fate of "three regardless". And those villagers who are proficient in skills may be included in the "artisan household" when they are compiled.

"Once you enter the craftsman's household, the craftsman household will be passed on for generations", and future generations will need to inherit the title of the craftsman.

The labor of the artisan camp was heavy. In the Song Dynasty, because the artisans could not complete the labor, they often fled or committed suicide with their families. In order to complete the task, the magistrate often arrested some ordinary people to make up for the number. Therefore, Cheng Tong means: what should everyone do in the busy farming season, wait until the farming season to see how Zhao Xing arranges, presumably at that time, the master has become a thorough Cheng Jiaao person, and he will point out the next development plan for Cheng Jiaao.

One of the ways is to send out a gentry in Chengjiaao! In other words, Cheng Jiaao produced a cultural person, and others were protected by him...... And Cheng Tong thought that Zhao Xing took the students to naturalize because he was planning for Cheng Jiaao.

Misunderstanding, pure misunderstanding.

Now, the misunderstood person did not know the village's decision, and he was happily leading the students over the hill to a mountain stream. As he walked, he relived the scene in the ancestral hall, and for a long time, he said to himself with understanding: "Look, there is always so much helplessness in the world, but when people walk in the world, they must learn: change what can be changed, accept the unchangeable......

Well, since I can't change it, then accept it - that's life! ”

Cheng Xia witnessed everything in the ancestral hall, and he felt Zhao Xing's displeasure, but he didn't know why Zhao Xing was depressed. Of course, even if he knew, he would not be able to understand it, because he was educated without the concept of "intellectual property" and "private rights".

Because of worry, Cheng Xia observed Zhao Xing all the way, he carefully watched the changes in Zhao Xing's face, although Zhao Xing's voice was small, but he was in his ears. These famous sayings of modern society, which have been tempered thousands of times, are like Hong Zhong Dalu, which makes him fascinated by it.

"Teacher, then, what is 'changeable' and what is 'unchangeable'?" Cheng Xia's feet were weak, and he only felt dizzy, he stopped and asked Zhao Xing in a daze.

At this moment, at noon, the group had reached the top of the hillside, and the sound of Lin Haitao was bursting, mixed with the faint sound of water - this moment of the picture Cheng Xia remembered for the rest of his life. At that time, Zhao Xing stopped, raised his eyes to look at the picturesque rivers and mountains, pointed at his hand, and said chicly: "Look - the unchangeable sun and moon, what can be changed is the sea, the mulberry field, and the human encounter!" And now, we're changing homes! ”

The sun and moon are immutable, and everything else can be moved!

The children also stopped, they looked up at Zhao Xing who was standing at the top of the slope, and fell for the teacher's demeanor.

Yes, they are changing homes!