This question seems very simple to Xu Ping. Since ancient times, the father has decided the blood relationship of the child in China, and the so-called "father's blood" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This theory holds that the mother is nothing more than a petri dish for the growth of a fetus.

Xu Ping said naturally: "Of course, people have to have their father's surname." ”

Miss Huang said loudly: "My father said that the child inherited half from each parent. ”

But Xu Ping was very unimpressed, and asked casually: "Then why do both men and women look like their fathers?" ”

Miss Huang refused to admit defeat: "No, the child is also like a mother." ”

In Xu Ping's opinion, it is not surprising that the child has been nourished by his mother's blood for ten months, and it is natural that he looks a little similar, but he doesn't want to fight, and smiles: "It is indeed a little similar." ”

"My dad said that both parents are ancestors."

From the perspective of linguistics, if there is no unique proper noun for a social relationship, it means that this social relationship is ignored by the vast majority of people, and there is no concept of this relationship in the minds of the vast majority of people. Because of the importance attached to the patrilineal line, traditional Chinese have a series of strictly defined nouns in the Chinese vocabulary, such as father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-grandfather, and grandfather. Out of respect for the mother, there are also many words about the mother's paternal line, such as maternal grandfather, maternal great-grandfather, maternal great-grandfather. But in contrast, the matrilineal aspect of the mother is much shorter, and the mother of the mother of the mother no longer has a specific noun to be called; Correspondingly, the children of the granddaughter do not have proper nouns, and it is clear that the social relationship between the two is far away.

The people of the Ming Dynasty basically knew the surname of their mother's mother's family, and some people knew the surnames of their grandmother and grandmother, but for the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty, it was unknown what the mother's surname of grandmother or grandmother was.

Taigao grandfather - when this word is spoken, Xu Ping and other Ming Dynasty people will have a kind of reverence in their hearts. It was this person who took over the immortal family name from the hands of the god-like ancestors who were high up and passed it on to the descendants. They took their surnames from their fathers and gave them to their wives. And the concept of mother's mother's mother's mother's mind has faded into people's hearts. The water spilled by the married daughter is thinking about her children and grandchildren and their descendants, not about her granddaughter's descendants.

Xu Ping had a hard time accepting Miss Huang's statement and asked, "But...... I don't know if when the young lady worships the ancestors in the house, is it to worship the ancestors of the Huang family, or ...... Well...... Worship the surnames of many lines together? ”

Miss Huang didn't answer this question, and said, "Isn't there also a big talk?" It can be seen that the mother's family is also an ancestor. ”

If Xu Ping's dream comes true, Miss Huang will change her surname to Xu, from Huang Moumou to Xu Huang Moumou. At the same time that Huang Xiaoniang became the wife of the Xu family, Xu Ping and Huang shared his ancestors and surname. But if Xu Ping joins the Huang family, although Xu Ping will not be changed to Huang Xu Ping, once he becomes the son-in-law of the Huang family, the Xu family's wife will not exist. Xu Ping has always been very contemptuous of the behavior of joining and abandoning his ancestors. However, this is not the problem, the problem is that Miss Huang's statement is still quibbling, even if she is rich, there is no problem of having many ancestors.

Thankfully, this is the end of the discussion about ancestors. Xu Ping was glad that Miss Huang did not continue on this unpleasant topic, but began to practice swordsmanship again. Miss Huang didn't seem to be in a good mood today, and she beat Xu Ping all over the place.

saw that Xu Ping was stained with white powder when he returned to the camp, and there was a bag on his forehead. At dinner in the evening, Cao Yun looked at him with strange eyes: "I didn't know that you were so competitive." ”

"What?" Xu Ping didn't get the hang of it at all.

Cao Yun didn't say a word, and carefully looked at the bag on Xu Ping's forehead.

Jiang Yizhou nodded and agreed: "Brother Xu has been practicing swords really hard these days, it must be very good to have a famous teacher to guide him, right?" ”

Xu Ping's face turned red, he couldn't say a word, and secretly complained in his heart that Qiu Yue, who was guarding outside, was too careless, and he didn't find anyone snooping.

Jiang Yizhou still chattered to himself: "When will Brother Xu be able to practice?" When will you show me and Brother Cao? ”

Yu Shenhe was eating with his head bored on the side, glanced up at Xu Ping, and said, "It's not my business, Lord Xu, you have never reminded me." ”

"Yes, Brother Cao and I have seen Brother Xu practice swords every day these days, and today I will ask my eldest brother how you are practicing." Jiang Yizhou grinned and said triumphantly: "As a result, my eldest brother didn't know about it, and we only then knew that it was someone else." I originally thought, with my eldest brother's three-legged cat's crop style, what can Brother Xu practice with him? ”

Yu Shenhe continued to eat, snorted lowly, and did not refute.

"Is it General Kim?" Cao Yun asked curiously.

"It must be General Kim." Jiang Yizhou made a judgment very confidently, and smiled at Xu Ping again: "When I used to compete with swords, Lord Xu always said that it was nothing if I lost, so I remembered it all in my heart." We've all seen General Jin's martial arts, so I don't know when Lord Xu will come to us for revenge? I'm ready to be a sword target. ”

Xu Ping saw that his partners did not discover their secrets, so he relaxed and ignored Jiang Yizhou to continue eating. But today he has something to hold on his chest, and this meal is not tasteful.

Zhou Dongtian's position was a little farther away, and he asked cautiously, "My lord, has the report been handed over?" ”

"General Zhang approves." Xu Ping replied absentmindedly, putting the chopsticks in his mouth, but he didn't pick up a few grains of rice.

At this time, Cao Yun had already finished eating, and when he saw Xu Ping once again stuffing the chopsticks with a few grains of rice into his mouth, he glared at him and asked, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Ah, no." Xu Ping pulled himself back to the world around him, concentrated on eating two bites of food, his thoughts began to wander again, and asked casually: "What do you think of Jinfu?" ”

"Do you need to ask about this kind of thing?" Cao Yun snorted in his nose and said disdainfully: "I remember when I first joined the army, I joked to you that if a rich lady takes a fancy to my old Cao, even if I am rich, I will admit it." As a result, you taught me a lesson for several days, and you just sold yourself for a few stinky money, and you actually sold your ancestors and descendants for a few stinky money, and said that this kind of thought should not even be thought about. ”

Xu Ping pulled the food and said blankly: "Now that I think about it, Lao Cao, your thoughts at that time also made sense." ”

Cao Yun laughed out loud and said, "It turns out that Lao Xu is daydreaming, wake up, the sun hasn't set yet." ”

……

"Go!"

As Miss Huang shouted, Xu Ping was hit the shoulder. Today he seemed unusually careless, which made Miss Huang very dissatisfied, and her face also showed anger: "General Xu, have you practiced once since you returned to the camp?" ”

Xu Ping looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's busy with official business." ”

"Xu Gongzi, your reaction is actually quite fast," Miss Huang said to Xu Ping, "But you are too absent-minded." I dare say you don't even touch the hilt of your sword except when you're here. ”

"If it weren't for the sake of being with you, I wouldn't even touch the hilt of my sword at this time." Xu Ping thought so in his heart, but said, "I'm tired, take a rest." ”

"Tired after only practicing for a while?" Miss Huang shouted: "My eldest brother and second brother practice swords, at least half an hour each time, and they don't rest in between. ”

Xu Ping had to reluctantly pull out the posture again, and Miss Huang stared at his weak appearance for a while, threw the sword angrily, and shouted, "Forget it, don't practice." ”

Unhappily, the yellow girl strode to the shade of the tree and sat down on the stone. When Xu Ping walked over slowly, Miss Huang tilted her head to the side and ignored him. Xu Ping smiled and asked, "Miss has been talking with her girlfriends these days, can you be happy?" ”

"Ah, what is this......" Speaking of the daughter of the Zhang family, Miss Huang's interest suddenly returned. What dowry did the man's family give, what dowry did the woman's family prepare, and how the whole family was so busy, she said it with relish, and Xu Ping listened patiently.

"The three sisters of the Zhang family are very good with me, and we have been playing together since we were children. Every time I went to their house, the three of them surrounded me and asked me to talk about something outside. I told them about some of the places I've been, the mountains and the sea. Has Xu Gongzi ever been to see the sea? It's so endless, it's so refreshing. I also told them about the eldest brother, the second brother, the elder brother of the Jin family, and the elder brother of the He family practicing martial arts, and they all liked to listen to it very much. But when I asked them to go for a walk on the street, they said they wouldn't go, and Aunt Zhang never let them go out, and they couldn't go to my house to play. ”

As Miss Huang spoke, her eyebrows fluttered and danced to sadness: "I remember that when the eldest sister of the Zhang family got married a few years ago, I really wanted to see what she looked like after putting on her wedding dress, and I also wanted to see what she looked like when she visited the church with her lover, but my parents said that I couldn't go." Now that the second sister is getting married, I still can't go. The second sister usually talks to me about everything, but on her big day, I don't even have the opportunity to congratulate her. Uncle Zhang will take the little brother of the Zhang family to the wedding banquet. The relationship between their sister and brother is not very good, and they usually don't even say a word, but her younger brother can go. When the third sister got married, I still didn't have the opportunity to drink a glass of joy bar, I really wanted to drink a glass of sisters' wedding wine. ”

Xu Ping didn't quite understand Miss Huang's thoughts, and he didn't even understand why Miss Huang was so sentimental. After all, there are so many strange men at the wedding banquet, and of course it is not easy for a young girl to show her head. Xu Ping silently attributed Miss Huang's sadness to girlish feelings in his heart.

"After the eldest sister of the Zhang family got married, Guining only lived at home for two days for the first time. I got the news in advance and rushed to meet her. On the third day, her mother-in-law sent for her to be taken away. I heard that her mother-in-law didn't let her live in her mother's house, and when she went home in the future, she would come and leave on the same day. How much Aunt Zhang misses her, she can't say that she stays for a day. I have been to my eldest sister's mother-in-law's house, and although her mother-in-law is polite, she can see that she is not happy for me to come to the door. I haven't seen her in years. The second sister's in-laws heard that it is a scholarly family, and there are more rules, and after she gets married, she may not be able to meet again in this life. The more Miss Huang spoke, the quieter her voice became, and there seemed to be infinite feelings in her words. She asked herself softly with a little sadness: "Why can't my daughter pass on the family?" ”

Although Xu Ping didn't understand why Miss Huang had such a tirade, he heard the last question very clearly. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. The fierce psychological struggle that had been raging for a few days suddenly came to his heart again, he gritted his teeth, and said, "In the past three days, the last general has been thinking about Miss's words. ”

"Oh?" Miss Huang looked at Xu Ping inexplicably.

Xu Ping stared at the ground under his feet, plucked up the courage to force himself and said: "The last general thinks twice, if there is a favor from other young ladies and wants the last general to join the list, then the general feels that it is still not appropriate." ”

Miss Huang tilted her head, looked at Xu Ping carefully, and pricked up her ears to listen to what he had to say.

At this time, Xu Ping raised his head slightly, and saw Miss Huang's big bright eyes looking at him, he thought that this was the other party waiting for his confession, so he said ruthlessly: "But if there is a daughter with the surname of her grandfather, the last general will think that it is ...... Yes. ”

Miss Huang was very confused, so she listened more attentively, trying to understand what Xu Ping was saying. In Xu Ping's view, this was a sign of the other party's dissatisfaction, and he was determined to let it go, saying, "If you have two daughters...... Well, they all have the same surname as their maternal grandfather...... Well, it's not that it can't be considered. ”

In Xu Ping's opinion, what Miss Huang said a few days ago contained obvious hints, and she seemed to be inclined to recruit men, and Xu Ping thought that this was a prerequisite for her to choose a son-in-law. For the people of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was Xu Ping or others, when they heard what Miss Huang said inadvertently, they would inevitably come to similar conclusions. Although Xu Ping loved Miss Huang in his heart, he still couldn't get him to agree to give a son to the Huang family as a descendant. Besides, Xu Ping thought that the Huang family already had three sons, and it was too unreasonable to rob the descendants of the Xu family again. Xu Ping suffered from gains and losses in his heart, and thought about it for several days before he made up his mind, ready to endure his grief and promise to give up his rights to one or two daughters. In fact, at the moment of his commitment, he gave up the dignity of a man. In the Ming Dynasty, if the child did not follow his father's surname, he would lose face if he said it. If the children of the Xu family are really surnamed Huang, this kind of thing will become the talk of countless people after dinner.

Miss Huang stood up slowly, she finally understood what Xu Ping was talking about. Xu Ping had already buried his head deeply in shame and self-blame.

I heard a soft call: "Young Master Xu." Xu Ping bit his lip and barely raised his head, the huge sense of shame made him a little unsteady under his feet. The yellow girl in front of her did not blush because of shyness, nor did she reprimand Xu Ping for being rude.

Miss Huang said in a gentle voice: "Xu Gongzi, I am very happy. ”

It sounds as if the deal is close to closing. Xu Ping is like those who have just signed a contract with the devil and sold their souls, with both regretful hatred and the joy of success. But soon the former prevailed, and Xu Ping once again hung his head with remorse, his heart full of guilt for his ancestors and his unborn daughter.

"Xu Gongzi's righteous sister is the daughter of the Zhao family, and she has rarely gone out since she was five years old. Except for occasionally following his family to the temple to burn incense, he usually walks in the inner courtyard, and does not go to the outer courtyard if there are male servants, and even ...... Even there were several peonies planted in the yard, she didn't know. After she got married, she must be a good wife and mother, and she will not go out of the door. Every time I go to see her, I think about the life she has lived......" Huang Girl paused, as if to immerse herself in her imagination: "Every time I think that if I am like her, I shudder, I can't breathe." ”

Miss Huang's face suddenly turned red, she avoided Xu Ping's gaze, lowered her eyelids and said: "Although I was born in the Hou Mansion, my father and mother doted on me, but I am not unreasonable, I will not ...... Make a non-part request to the person I like. ”

"Ahh Xu Ping shook his head a few times, smiled bitterly, and said self-deprecatingly: "It turns out that the last general is self-inflicted." ”

"Xu Gongzi," Miss Huang repeated shyly, "Childe's words just now made the little girl very happy. ”

Miss Huang's voice made Xu Ping's heart waver.

"Xu Gongzi doesn't know, I like horseback riding and fighting, and I'm not proficient in female celebrity and cooking."

Xu Ping said politely: "Miss is too modest. ”

"My mother cooks a good dish and always wants to teach it to me, but I am impatient to learn and can't remember it." When Miss Huang said this, she smiled mischievously: "My father said, don't teach her if you don't like to learn." He also said that if the cooking is done well, the future husband will have to cook from time to time if he is addicted to eating. If I don't know anything, or if I do it badly, my husband will have to hire a cook. As for needlework and embroidery, my father said the same, if you don't like to learn, don't learn, if I don't know how to do it, I don't have to be tired. ”

Xu Ping also smiled when he heard this, and said: "Master Hou is far-sighted, very out of people's reach. ”

"Don't look at what my dad says, in fact, my dad's cooking is even better than my mother's." Miss Huang laughed as she spoke, and told Xu Ping these interesting things at home: "It is said that my grandfather and grandmother are very good at cooking, and there is only one son in the family, and the two old people teach each other." During the holidays, my father always cooks two dishes for the family to eat. Whenever this happens, he says to us, "That's why I don't want my son to learn how to cook." ”

Xu Ping didn't know what to say, so he could only express his mood with another compliment: "Master Hou is indeed very human." ”

"When my father was young, his aunt and grandmother used to reproach their grandparents for this, saying that they should not teach their son to cook, so that their daughter-in-law could cook in the future. Afterwards, my grandfather said to my grandmother that if my son and daughter-in-law couldn't cook, what should the two of them do? Or what should the daughter-in-law do when she goes out, and the son is hungry? My aunt and grandfather were from Fujian, so my dad also learned a few Hokkien dishes. ”

Miss Huang kept laughing when she recounted: "My father can also do some needlework, although I dare not say how good it is, but I don't need others to do it for me to nail buttons and sew patches." ”

Xu Ping felt that Zhendonghou's family was very interesting, the old man was worried that his daughter-in-law couldn't cook, and Xu Ping really hadn't seen anyone's daughter who didn't learn to cook. As for men holding needles and threads, it is even more unheard of, and in any case such a thing will be laughed at when it is seen. Xu Ping lived with his uncle, and whenever his clothes were torn, his uncle would always send them to a neighbor's house and ask the neighbor's mother-in-law to help sew them up and patch them.

The family relationship between Zhendonghou is also very strange, it is an aunt and a grandfather, and it sounds like the cousins on both sides are very close. Auntie should be the aunt of Zhendong Hou's mother, and it is really unbelievable that she would go to Huang's house to point fingers. It seems that Zhendonghou's tutor is so strange not from this generation, but has a long history.

There was a scream in the distance, Xu Ping and Miss Huang glanced at each other, and hurriedly rushed to the place where the sound came from.

Qiu Yue, who was guarding the horses, told them with a frightened face that she was squatting under a big tree just now to watch the ants move, when she suddenly heard a quiet footstep on the side of the road. Qiu Yue looked up and found several big men walking sneakily.

Akizuki jumped up in fright and screamed. The big men were stunned and looked at her in a daze. Qiu Yue recognized several of them as people she had seen before in front of the Shaobao Building. Those people also recognized Qiu Yue in a moment, and immediately made a look, pulled the surprised companions, turned around and left. Because Jin Shentong and Xu Ping have always been tight-lipped, Cao Yun and others still can't figure out the details of Zhao Xiaoniang, but they will not forget the scene they met a few days ago.

In the first few days, Xu Ping was relatively cautious, but gradually relaxed, thinking that no one was paying attention to them. On the way here today, Xu Ping only cared about worrying about things, and giving up his daughter's surname made him worry in his heart, and he didn't notice that someone was following.

After Miss Huang and Qiu Yue left in a hurry, Xu Ping returned to the camp depressed. At dinner in the evening, the atmosphere at the table was more than usual, but this was what he expected. Everyone didn't say a word, only Xu Ping munched and deliberately acted as if nothing happened.

Cao Yun was the first to break the silence and asked seriously, "What does Lord Xu plan to change his surname?" ”

These words immediately caused a burst of laughter, Jiang Yizhou laughed and leaned on the table with his stomach in his arms, and said intermittently: "That day, Lord Xu said that I didn't understand what it meant, so it is, so it is." ”

"Not only did he sell his body for a few stinky money, but he also sold his ancestors and descendants!" Cao Yun made an impassioned speech: "Don't say it's an ordinary rich family, even if it's General He, General Jin, even if the Hou Ye recruits me, I will never agree!" ”

Cao Yun's loud words caused a chorus of approval. Someone else said in a tone: "Lord Xu practices swords every day, and he practices for half a day, I don't know which Jiangmen Tiger Girl can guide us." ”

"Do you really believe that you are practicing swords, lonely men and widows are half a day, I don't know what kind of sword you practice?"

"Of course, it's a man's sword......"

Xu Ping listened to the more they talked, the more unspeakable they became, and pointed at Cao Yun with chopsticks and said: "First, the daughter of the Hou Mansion definitely doesn't look down on you Cao Yun; Second, even if the Hou Mansion recruits me, I will never go. ”

Cao Yun's face was full of disdain, and his eyes quickly looked Xu Ping up and down: "You think, the daughter of the Hou Mansion can't look down on me, can she look down on you?" ”

Xu Ping ignored them anymore, raised the bowl high, bent his neck to finish the meal quickly, and left the cafeteria in a commotion.

The next day, the yellow girl didn't come out, but Xu Ping was not in a hurry. He estimated that Miss Huang might be angry with herself, so she didn't take it to heart, and waited until the sun turned west before returning to the camp on her own. But on the third, fourth, and fifth days, there was no one there, although Xu Ping was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but after thinking about it again and again, there was no way at all.

"Hou Ye came back from Shandong the day before yesterday, and the new army is about to use troops in Shandong." On the morning of 24 June, Zhang Chengye summoned Xu Ping, Wu Zhong, and a group of staff officers to a meeting to show them the latest orders from the new army. This order was basically based on the previous plan, but it was more specific than that plan, and revealed more information, including that the Shanlan battalion was placed on the flanks of the evergreen battalion as friendly forces. Zhang Chengye is sixty-four years old, and he already has two sideburns under his helmet, but his arms are as powerful as a man in the prime of life, and his voice is as loud as a bell: "General Fang Mingda Fang of the Shanlan Battalion, this general has known him for many years, he is calm and resolute, and he will definitely cooperate well with us." ”

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