Chapter 2 My Name is Zhang Xiao (II)
My name is Zhang Xiao, and I am standing at the entrance of the village, surrounded by the old and young masters of the village. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
A person who didn't know his parents when he was a child, today suddenly a strange guy came to the village and said that my dad was dead!
This stranger's name is Zhang Chenghai! Claiming to be the 67th generation descendant of the village!
Zhang Chenghai's arrival made the old and young masters of the whole village very angry, everyone had a face that killed him, I don't know why!
My name is Zhang Xiao, since I was sensible, I have followed the second uncle, I can't remember things clearly when I was a child, and I am 17 this year.
The old and young masters in the village are still surrounding Zhang Chenghai, and I just remembered why others have parents and I only have the second uncle?
Is that Cheng Jun really my father? The word father is quite unfamiliar.
"Patriarch, that child, that child is the son of Cheng Jun?"
I don't know where Zhang Chenghai got the courage, but he dared to speak at this time, and his voice sounded a little choked.
I stood behind the second uncle and looked at this strange man.
I don't know why, the people in the village became very excited when they mentioned the army!
Maybe the patriarch was too excited, Zhang Chenghai's nose was bleeding, I knew it was an internal injury!
I stared at this outsider with curiosity, but I didn't know why this outsider was staring at me?
"Second brother, take a few people and send the iron pillar back to the village!"
"Well, you guys come with me!"
Before I could react to why I was leaving, the second uncle had already grabbed me and walked to the village, and several clansmen followed the second uncle to surround me in the middle.
The lady who was originally on the edge of the mill didn't know when she would go back, and she was missing the strange girl together!
I sat in a familiar room, and the second uncle sat opposite and smoked dry tobacco again, I don't know where this old thing hid his cigarette pouch?
"Do you have a lot of questions?"
yes, I have so many questions, you keep telling me.
I looked at the second uncle with a smile, but I was scolding this old thing in my heart, maybe something is going on, I must have dug a pit again!
"Hehe, I won't tell you!"
Seeing the old guy's successful appearance, I secretly scolded myself, knowing that it was a pit, and jumping into it by myself, it was stupid!
The second uncle is still smiling, but I always feel that something is wrong!
Why, exactly? Where exactly?
I don't know why I always think about that man named Zhang Chenghai! How is he? If it weren't for his arrival today, the people in the village wouldn't be so excited, right?
I can't tell how I feel about Zhang Chenghai, is it hatred or curiosity?
What does the outside world look like? I don't want to know, because the second uncle said that the outside world is very exciting and tiring!
I'm going to sleep!
Only sleep can calm yourself down, and I hope to wake up knowing that this is a dream!
When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning!
The second uncle is the same as before, not at home! There is a pot of hot porridge and a plate of pickles on the table, which is my rice!
The old guy doesn't know where to run to the wall again? Which little daughter-in-law is going to be unlucky?
Luckily it hasn't changed! I smiled, sat down to eat, and waited for the old guy to come and torture me!
Before I could finish the first bowl of rice, the bell of the ancestral hall rang again!
The second uncle, who hurriedly ran back from outside the door, picked me up and left, and the empty bowl I held in my hand didn't have time to put down, and fell to the ground with a bang.
I found out that today the second uncle is wearing his "dead man's suit" that he only wore during the Chinese New Year, a very old-fashioned set of clothes.
What the hell is going on?
The second uncle didn't say a word, and took me to walk briskly in the direction of the ancestral hall, but the pace was getting faster and faster as he went, but fortunately I could still keep up!
In the ancestral hall, the old and young masters of the whole clan are already in place, and when I follow the second master to the ancestral hall, I can clearly feel that people are looking at me!
The old and young masters all put on their New Year's clothes, and I suddenly felt that this moment was very heavy!
Maybe something big will happen in the ancestral hall today!
It wasn't until the second master and I stood in our own positions that I took a closer look at the situation in the ancestral hall.
The incense case has been placed in the middle of the ancestral hall, and the purple-black incense case does not know what year it is, which looks heavy and long.
There are "five animals" for sacrifice on the incense case, the huge bronze incense burner is placed in the center, several clan elders stand in front of the incense case, take a closer look, the strange man who was almost killed yesterday is actually standing in the most marginal position of the clan elders!
How did he get here? How could he enter the ancestral hall? Is he really a clansman?
Suddenly I had a lot of ideas!
"All silent, please patriarch!"
The sacrifice in the clan is the second master!
After he finished shouting, the white-haired patriarch stepped forward with firm steps, the old face full of vicissitudes, with the wind and frost of the years, and the unyielding life!
"Zhang Zhongshan, the 65th patriarch of the Zhang family, prays for the blessing of the ancestors, and the wind and rain are smooth."
After the patriarch finished speaking, he bowed down, and as in previous years, I also bowed down decently, shouting in my heart that this matter would end quickly.
"I think everyone knows about yesterday's events, and today I gathered the big guys, and there are three things in total! The first thing is to welcome Zhang Chengjun's ashes into the ancestral ancestral temple and set up an immortal card into the ancestral hall! ”
Good fellow, being able to enter the ancestral hall after death is the most glorious event in our clan! I really don't know what this Zhang Chengjun is doing, he can enter the ancestral hall!
"The second thing is that the Zhang clan people outside have sent back representatives, Zhang Chenghai has returned to his own clan, and the matter of branching into the family tree will be discussed later. The third thing is about the iron pillars! ”
As soon as I heard my name, I was instantly stunned!
About me! My what? I didn't hear what the patriarch said clearly, and I didn't wake up until the second master came over and dragged me to the center of the ancestral hall.
The patriarch stood on the main seat of the sacrifice, his wrinkled old face did not show a little change in emotion, only the light of his cloudy eyes became more and more penetrating!
Like a puppet, I'm waiting for the next command! Suddenly I felt that the village where I had lived for more than ten years was so strange!
"Please Shending!"
As soon as the patriarch said please Shending, a group of people in yellow clothes suddenly appeared in the ancestral hall, and I heard the old people say that those people are the ultimate force to guard the ancestral hall!
When life and death are not at stake, the clan guards will not come out!
Their mission is to protect the people and protect the gods!
A huge four-legged two-eared beast brass tripod was lifted out, and all the clansmen bowed down again!
In the ancestral hall, there is a god tripod on the sacrificial platform, and the clan guards don't know where to go! Only the patriarch stands, and he will burn incense and pray, worship heaven and earth, and pray for the blessing of his ancestors!
"All the ancestors are above, and now there is Zhang Shilin, the 68th generation descendant of the Zhang family (my genealogical name, if you don't know, you can see the name related to the work), inherit the will of the ancestors, go out of the mountains and enter the WTO, drive out the enemy, and restore China! Protect my rivers and mountains, and protect my Chinese family! The 65th patriarch Zhang Zhongshan prayed for the blessing of his ancestors, and the unfilial descendants bowed and bowed again! ”
The patriarch's voice was so loud that the entire ancestral hall could hear it, and I was even more confused!
My name is Zhang Xiao, nicknamed Tiezhu! Today I learned that I am the 68th grandson of the Zhang family!
I was on my knees, surrounded by my people!
I don't know what Zhang Chenghai said to the patriarch, he was able to enter the ancestral hall, that is, the patriarch has recognized his identity! I can't help but wonder, is that Chengjun really my father?
"Everyone is disbanded, you stay behind the iron pillar!"
The second uncle left me behind and left me in the ancestral hall!
In the empty ancestral hall stood the 7 clan elders, and these old guys were also unfathomable!
There is also my second uncle, Zhang Chenghai and me.
"Iron pillar, kneel! Kneel in front of the gods! ”
I obediently knelt in front of the god, muttering in my heart that if I made a mistake at this time, I would definitely be cleaned up by the old guys!
I saw from the afterglow that Zhang Chenghai's eyes were very complicated when he looked at me, there were joy, excitement, and doubts and puzzlements, I really didn't know how to get involved with him!
"Iron pillar, you have seen and heard it today! You have been living with your second uncle all along, if it weren't for the arrival of Chenghai yesterday, none of us would have thought that there would be such a day! ”
The patriarch seemed to be about to tell me something, but when I looked up, I found that all the clan elders had red eyes!
"Tiezhu, you have a father and a mother! Your real name is Zhang Shilin, and you remember it very well on the family tree! Your father's name is Zhang Chengjun! It's a person of the same generation as Chenghai, the Zhang family is a generation, he is the proudest and best clansman in that generation, and we don't know who your mother is! Your father brought your mother back to the village, and called her all day long, and then people from outside asked for our help, and your father left the village with the people, and you were only 4 years old that year! Your mother left soon after! And you don't know why you can't remember what happened when you were a kid anymore! Yesterday, when Cheng Hai went to the village, we learned that your father had died! Your father is gone, he fought for the country and died for the people! Today, you have to abide by the will of our ancestors, go out of the mountains and enter the WTO, leave the village, go outside, and contribute to the country! You have to remember that you are a member of the Zhang clan and the son of Zhang Chengjun! Chenghai will take you away! Specific things, when you go home, your second uncle will tell you, you have to remember, don't be ashamed! The youngest generation of young males in our clan is the only one who is born to you! For the sake of the people! Do you understand! ”
After listening to the patriarch's words, I really couldn't accept it for a while! Lots of questions! A lot of puzzlement! How did I suddenly have parents? Do you really want to leave the village?
I nodded fiercely to reassure the clan elders, and then according to the clan rules, I lit three incense sticks and inserted them in the Shending, and followed the second master out of the ancestral hall.
When I returned home, the second uncle was surprisingly abnormal, he didn't smoke dry cigarettes, and he didn't pay attention to the stupid leopard, and I found out that the stupid leopard was lying quietly in his corner today!
I don't know when Zhang Chenghai came in, and I didn't care about him, I just stayed quietly, my head was still dazed.
"Boy, ask whatever you want! Not to tease you this time! ”
The second uncle is very serious, but I don't know how to speak.
Second uncle, tell me about Zhang Chengjun!
"What an army, that's your father! You little bunny! If you want to say that your father is the most capable of fighting among the younger generations in our village, he is very handsome, he took your mother and you back to the village fifteen years ago, and the people in the village don't know when he got married! For your mother, the woman named Meng Yao, no one understands, and your father hasn't said it! You were a little cub back then, and you were so long! Hey! ”
As he spoke, the old thing was still gesturing, and he returned to his obscene old and unashamed appearance.
"Thirteen years ago, it was this kid who followed another person to the village, saying that there was something wrong with the outside world, and he needed the clansmen to go out of the mountain to protect him, and your father personally led 23 clan masters out of the mountain, but he never came back. You kid don't want to think about it, have you seen that there are prime people in the village in the past few years? Do you have a cub you grew up with? After that time, the village was not in a good place, resulting in the current situation! So this kid was beaten up when he came to the village yesterday! As for what's going on in the outside world, you'll know when you're out! I can only tell you so much, you pack your things and leave tomorrow! ”
The second uncle pointed at Zhang Chenghai twice, when I looked up, I clearly saw Zhang Chenghai's tears, he seemed to have a lot to say to me, but I didn't!
I ran out! Run towards the mountains outside the village! There are the tigers and leopards I am familiar with, the black blind man, and that is my home!
I don't know what tomorrow will bring! I just don't want to leave the village!