At night, the chirping of several autumn insects made the village look extremely deserted, and in the darkness, only the shadow of the lantern on the gate of Jiang's house flickered.

The ancestor of the Jiang family was originally a native of Ezhou and settled in Badong after several setbacks. It has been passed into the hands of Jiang Jiliang for four generations. Jiang Jiayuan is an honest and responsible Zhuang family, very kind to people, courteous to people, accepted by the locals, to the second generation, that is, Jiang Jiliang's grandfather in the Tang Xiantong 14 years of the imperial examination on the list, the official from the four products of the Taizhong doctor, only to become a poetry and book heirloom. The Jiang family worked hard, and the people gradually prospered, and after Jiang Jiliang took over, he looked like a big family, and slowly established his prestige in the township.

Right now, his daughter-in-law Chen is about to give birth, Jiang Jiliang has an indescribable relief in his heart, seeing that the Jiang family's family business that has worked hard for several generations can be made in his own hands, and he can't wait to go to visit his daughter-in-law.

As soon as it was dark today, the family went in and out, even forgetting the usual house rules - the voices were several times higher than usual, and the women were all messing around in the front and back yards, and their earrings were like dogtail grass in the wind, swaying and beating their cheeks.

According to the custom, before going to bed at night, the children and grandchildren should gather in his room and greet him before they can go back to their rooms to sleep, but today, half an hour has passed after bedtime, and no one else has come over except for the second granddaughter who brought a cup of tea.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the gate, followed by a high-voiced old woman's talk, which turned out to be Mrs. Liu, who was in charge of midwifery in the village: "Don't panic, stabilize it, conceive in October, and give birth in one day." With me, you have opened your hearts to ....... ”

The voice gradually moved to the backyard.

Jiang Jiliang originally wanted to summon someone to ask. But after thinking about it, if others don't come to report, I don't want to be anxious, so I just pretend to know nothing and wait quietly.

After all, as you get older, you can't stop the drowsiness from coming, and a wave of tiredness comes in. Jiang Jiliang went to bed with his clothes, looking at the night through the window lattice, and he could vaguely hear the noise of people in the backyard. Jiang Ji's conscience silently recited in his heart: "The sky blesses the safety of their mother and son, and my Jiang family will continue to live for thousands of years." ”

I don't know how long I slept, but a muffled thunder resounded through the night sky, and Jiang Jiliang didn't feel a cold sweat. I was about to sit up. Suddenly, a white light shone so brightly that he couldn't open his eyes, as if the entire night sky had been broken, followed by several dull thunderous .......

When Jiang Jiliang looked at it again, the white light had become no longer dazzling, and only then did he recognize what kind of silver light it was, but a white python coiled in the air, and the dull sound was not thunder, but the sound of the giant python wringing its tail when it volleyed into the air.

But see the python. Although it is a python body, it is in the shape of a dragon. From beginning to end, I don't know how many miles long, the whole body is silvery, and the letter that appears in the mouth at that time is like a blood-stained long practice.

Red and white, the night sky like water faded its color, and the solemn and tragic atmosphere stifled the breath of the whole world, and all living beings were small and powerless in comparison.

Where has Jiang Jiliang seen such a scene, he didn't even dare to sweat for a while, who would have thought that the giant python not only did not go elsewhere, but forced straight towards Jiang's house, Jiang Jiliang looked at the abdominal lines of the giant python that was getting closer and closer, and even his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand steadily, and simply fell to the ground.

At this time, Jiang Jiliang's voice was still obedient, and he did not lose his voice out of fear, so he closed his eyes and shouted heartbreakingly.......

"Father, father......."

Jiang Jiliang opened his worried eyes suddenly, and recognized that his son Jiang Fuquan was shaking his body by the bedside, and then looked at the idle bed tent, before he slowly fixed his heartbeat, woke up, and was just about to open his mouth to talk to his son, when he suddenly heard a cry, Jiang Jiliang thought that he was still in a dream, but his son Jiang Fuquan had already taken the door.

In a moment, the Jiang family was boiling like the New Year, and Jiang Jiliang was just about to get out of bed and take a look at his shoes, when his granddaughter crashed in: "Grandpa, my mother gave birth to a boy, you listen, cry happily." ”

"Okay, okay, okay, take me over and have a look." Jiang Jiliang was a little forgetful, he would never be so calm in front of the juniors on weekdays.

"Father said that the dew is too heavy at night, so let you go there after dawn."

Jiang Jiliang sat on the edge of the bed, expecting the night outside the window to completely fade.

At this time, he was completely sleepy, and remembered the nightmare he had just had: "Could it be that this strange dream was entrusted to me by my grandson?" Don't....... Don't care about it, as long as my Jiang family is endless, what's the big deal? ”

Jiang Jiliang muttered to himself for a moment, stood up, walked to the case by the wall, picked up the duster, and dusted all the dust off the household goods in turn, probably because he didn't want such dust to stain his newborn grandson.

Jiang Jiliang sat on the edge of the bed again, looked around aimlessly, there was no light in the room, but by the bright moonlight, the furnishings of the house could be seen clearly, and he turned his gaze to the pair hanging on the gable, although the handwriting was not real in the dark, but those two sentences were already familiar to him, and he had to ask himself every day: "The sundae is now rainy and dewy, how can we answer to the level." ”

Our ancestors have blessed us, and what will we do to repay this comfortable life? Jiang Jiliang also often used this to admonish his children and grandchildren, teaching them to work hard for the future of the Jiang family.

The next day, Jiang Jiliang sat in the main room, watched his children and grandchildren rush in, saluted him, and smiled brightly.

As usual, the first to salute was his son Jiang Fuquan, this is a man who is almost not confused, dressed as a squire, although not gorgeous but well-dressed, clean and neat, he is not tall, slightly thin, has a pair of small but shrewd eyes on the bow of the ship, his mouth is very angular, it seems not to smile, the thick beard on his lips is dyed like ink, but his sideburns have been slightly white.

Jiang Fuquan is the second son of Jiang Jiliang, and his elder brother Jiang Fuzhi is a very honest and honest person, although he is a squire, he has no habits, and he is proficient in farming and farming, but he doesn't know anything about governing the family.

And Jiang Fuquan is just the opposite, because of his solid family background, and he does not need to be controlled, he has been uninhibited since he was a child, and he has met a lot of gentlemen in and out of the township, drinking and hunting in groups every day, and sometimes fighting, often causing trouble.

But Jiang Fuquan was born with an iron mouth and steel teeth, and he spoke like a bell, if he got into trouble, he didn't have to do anything, just with his sharp mouth, he could say that the other party was powerless and wanted to cry without tears.

Strange to say, since the year of his establishment, Jiang Fuquan seems to have changed as a person, reborn, because he is known for his shrewdness and ability in the township, the people regard him as "half a magistrate". (To be continued......)