The ancestors of the Zhou family first branched from the south, and later the partial houses in the capital moved to the northeast, gradually forming a large village, which is today's Zhoujia Village. The ancestral hall of the Zhou family, which was renovated two years ago, stands on the east side of the village.

Before liberation, the surrounding area was still a wasteland, and now the ancestral hall is not far from the east of the Zhou family's old house, and not far from the side is the Zhoujia Village production team office.

The car was parked far away on the flat ground in front of the production team's office. Zhang Guoqing got out of the car, he lifted the basket and led Zhou Jiao to the direction of the ancestral hall.

From afar, you can see that the two vermilion doors of the ancestral hall have been opened. Next to the two stone lions at the gate, there were many onlookers standing at this time.

Seeing Zhou Jiao and his wife coming, someone in the crowd already began to greet the two with a smile.

Zhou Jiao looked at everyone with a smile on her face. The sound of her husband and everyone greeting next to her heard in her ears, and at this moment, the memories of her childhood reappeared in her mind.

If you really want to count it, the small room at the side door of the ancestral hall is her childhood home. This room was the haven she had spent the longest days in, and the only place where she had peace of mind.

Here she is free to stay alone, not afraid of being calculated. It's her paradise, no one stops it, no one disturbs it.

Zhou Jiao left Zhang Guoqing and wandered into the room alone. The air was still familiar with the musty smell, and everything in the room reassured her. This small space was where she once lived.

Here she wrote the first stroke of her life. Here she embroidered, painted, and memorized many firsts. In addition to secretly studying here, it was also here that she secretly shrunk in the corner and secretly licked her wounds and cried silently.

Here, in the face of the tablet that she couldn't enter, in those dark years, she silently told her father about the resentment, helplessness, and pain in her heart.

It was also here that she first met Zhang Guoqing as a child.

It was also here that she held back her tears and made up her mind to entrust her life to Zhang Guoqing.

Zhou Jiao strolled to the corner and gently flicked the marks of the horizontal and forceful strokes on the corner. At that time, she used all her strength to engrave her sadness and hatred here, and also engraved it in her heart. Thinking back on the past again, she still couldn't help but feel sad for herself.

Blinking, Zhou Jiao looked up at the pillars on the roof, and she smiled slightly. Fortunately, her father is back, and there is no longer her father on the tablet. It's time for her to be grateful, she doesn't need to indulge in hatred.

Zhang Guoqing didn't see Zhou Jiao in a blink of an eye, exchanged a few words with everyone, and immediately came in. At this moment, looking at her back, he stepped forward and patted her gently, and whispered, "Let's go, it's all over." We'll get off Dad's broken piece of wood later. It's all gone, and we're all looking forward. ”

"yes. It's all gone. Will never come back here again. ”

Zhou Jiao walked out of the room and finally looked deeply inside. She gently closed the door. With a creak, the door shut, as if the old thing had been locked inside.

Zhang Guoqing carried the basket and pulled her back to the main entrance.

The two of them stood there and watched the patriarch busy opening the doors and windows, and the clansmen and daughters whispering there. Today is the big day of the Zhou family, reopening the middle door to welcome Xinding.

In addition to the female dependents, the men are cleaning the ancestral hall.

The patriarch of the Zhou family turned around and saw the two of them carrying baskets, and said with a smile, "The auspicious time has not yet arrived, and your father will go to the family tree when he comes." Wait a little longer, and they'll be coming back soon. ”

Zhou Jiao smiled and nodded, and said gratefully: "Little grandpa, my people are tired of trouble, and I have to bother you today." ”

Patriarch Zhou shook his head again and again and said, "It's okay, it's all a family member." Child, it's our Zhou family who doesn't take a good look at you and makes you suffer and be wronged. Good boy, don't forget that you said that you are the Zhou family. You must remember that our Zhou family has the same blood and roots. If you have anything, you have to find us old guys to support you. Don't do anything by yourself in the future. Now your dad is back, and your family is reunited. The ancestors and the ancestors have all watched it, and they will bless your family well. ”

Zhou Jiao nodded when she heard this, and said, "Little grandpa, I will remember that I am the Zhou family." Wherever you go, you will remember your roots, your home. ”

"Good, good boy. The Zhou family has your father, and with you, your main house is still good. Do you have time to discuss with your dad if you can move the grave in your main house to the ancestral land? ”

"Little grandpa, I think it's better to forget it. They're all resting down there, so let's not bother them. As long as we juniors know where our ancestors are, we just remember to worship during the New Year's holidays. ”

Zhou Jiao understood the patriarch's thoughts, but she didn't plan to discuss with her father about moving the cemetery.

The one who survives now is her father. He can also personally sweep the grave in the capital. Besides, Zhoujia Village is not their real ancestral land.

Their descendants have been in the capital since ancient times, and the older generation is also from the south. I heard that Zhoujiacun was still her great-grandfather brother as an official, and he stayed outside the customs to form his own lineage.

If you really want to trace it, there have never been any ancestors in the main house who went to Zhoujia Village to go to the grave. It is the vein of the old man Zhou's partial house, and it stands to reason that the family should have returned to Zhoujia Village after the death of his great-grandfather.

Nowadays, the people surnamed Zhou in Zhoujia Village are only close to each other by blood compared to the southern people, and they belong to the same clan. If you get to the bottom of it, it's not that the big families don't have poisoners, and it's not certain which generation of the main house or the partial house is a mortal enemy.

In Zhou Jiao's opinion, the genealogy of the Zhou family is also messy enough, and their main house should also have their own family tree.

I don't know how her grandmother Gu Mingzhu found the old patriarch of Zhoujia Village in the first place? How did his grandfather Zhou Jinyu count himself as a clansman?

After experiencing the pressure of the Gu family, can you still trust the Zhou family? With the relationship between cousins, dare to trust each other with a son? No wonder her aunt Liu Xizhi couldn't find her father.

Who would have thought that the Zhou family, who had lived in the capital for generations, would have an ancestral land in the northeast?

Patriarch Zhou also understood that it was impossible for them to move the tomb from the main house. It's just that he always has the psychology of luck, he hopes that Zhou Jiao, his daughter, can persuade her father.

This time, seeing that the main house Zhou Xiaozheng is developing. If the ancestral tomb of the main house is moved to Zhoujia Village in the future, it will be able to form a vein with their Zhou family. In this way, Zhou Xiaozheng will definitely promote the clansmen. When the Zhou family encounters something, they can ask him for help. But everything was ruined in the hands of Zhou Jiaren, a fool. A good road to heaven was ruined by that family.

Patriarch Zhou estimated that the old patriarch had taken a fancy to this. I hope that the main house and the partial house will be united, and he will take the risk to take in the child.

"Well, you have a point. After that, you remember to come and worship every New Year's holiday. I'll go inside first to see how the preparations are going. When your dad comes over, remember to call me. Patriarch Zhou looked at her, knowing that mentioning it again would make people disgusted, and said with a smile.

He went back inside, smiling wryly and shaking his head at the two clan elders. Not to mention impressing Zhou Xiaozheng, even Zhou Yatou refused. It's a no-brainer!