Chapter 7: Genealogy
Grandmother......
Li Wan immediately dragged me: "Let's go, don't make your grandma angry." ”
"No, how did she become a different person?" I said,
Li Wan grabbed me, dragged the documents, and forcibly left the courtyard.
Li Wancai said when he walked out: "There are many things you don't know, I will tell you, in short, let's get out of here first, I still have acquaintances in Changsha." ”
I was taken by Li Wan to an unknown place, which seemed to have just been developed, and we stayed in a country hotel, and Li Wan was able to tell me something.
"One Buddha, two plays, half and three, four beads, five dogs, and six knives are difficult; Seven aunts, eight mouths, nine plans, Wang Shikan and Tan at the end; Once the Son of Heaven sighed, Jiangling Meigu called thirteen. ”
After Li Wan finished speaking, he asked me, "Have you ever heard this poem?" ”
"A masterpiece of art? I'm a scumbag, and even if I hear it, I can't remember it. I replied.
Li Wan smiled: "It seems that your family's secrecy work is really strict, this poem summarizes the thirteen families entrenched in Changsha during the Anti-Japanese War in the last century, of which the first nine families were famous, and the last four slowly declined and dissipated during the war years, and the last Mei family is my grandmother's family, among which the 'five dogs' are your grandfather." ”
"Five dogs? What do you mean? I asked, surprised.
She said: "Your grandfather was a very powerful character in the nine families at that time, and he was famous in Changsha City for raising dogs and visiting tombs, haven't you heard of this?" ”
I took a sip of tea: "Don't make up stories, didn't my grandfather die on the battlefield?" Didn't you see the medal of the old house just now? ”
She sighed: "Wu Zhen, I don't need to lie to you, I am also a descendant of the family at that time, what good is it for me to lie to you?" In fact, even if you don't talk about the things in the mountains, I know that it's not so much that the things in the mountains are a secret, but that this is a public news, and the descendants of those families know it. ”
I still couldn't believe it, but I couldn't help but stop when I saw what she said, and said, "I'll believe you once, and then go on." ”
Li Wan stretched his waist and fell into the arms of the sofa, and said lazily: "Since you believe it, go to the document yourself, otherwise I will really become a liar, I will sleep for a while." ”
I watched her stretch blankly, and it took me a long time to come to my senses, and I really should have seen what my father had left behind.
When I opened the documents, I found that these documents were classified, and from the degree of oxidation of the paper, they were not documents of the same period, but were recorded in the same year.
I opened the oldest bag first, and it was a thick layer of old-fashioned yellow paper, full of brush characters; The document begins with the words "Deliberation process".
I opened it and carefully flipped through it, and found that it was a very long transcript of the conversation, which was obviously written down by a special recorder, and this person may not have been a member of the meeting, and was probably only responsible for the recording, otherwise it would be difficult to remember such a detailed record.
I read these records with a ninja temperament, and there were four people attending the meeting, but there were no names, only surnames, Wu, Zhang, Huo, and Jie.
The opening words are strange, the first sentence is "Have you thought about it?" Obviously, Huo fell into a long silence after saying this, which shows that several people know each other, and they have discussed something before the meeting, and Huo is obviously asking whether the decision-maker of this matter is sure of his decision.
Narrator: "It's already this time, are there any other options?" However, I don't think it's enough. ”
Huo said, "What do you mean? ”
Commentary: "I agree with Master Dog's proposal, and I don't have any interest, anyway, I can't wait any longer." ”
After some pauses, Huo said, "What do you mean?" ”
Zhang said, "I don't know. ”
Wu said: "There is no time, it must begin. ”
Narrator: "Okay, everything goes according to plan. ”
After the explanation, it was written with the words "dismissal seat", and then it became a meeting of three people, looking at the conversation record so much that I really couldn't read it, I flipped it roughly, and found that the tirade after it was basically a dialogue between Huo and Wu, and the one surnamed Zhang basically didn't say much, and he said words like I don't know, it seems that this person is in the hesitation stage.
The words "there", "in", "wait", "no", "very unlikely", "dangerously", and "then" are mentioned many times, and it seems that the matter they are discussing is a very complicated matter.
I tried to understand it, and I got a very strange story.
Wu Zhang Huo Xie and the four of them are planning a thing, they may have to go to a certain place, that place may be far away, it may be in some kind of enclosed area or building, because the word "go in" is usually used in this kind of place.
Judging from the order of the conversation, it should be Wu who proposed this plan, Xie was supportive, Huo was considering and thinking about the details of the plan, and only Zhang was hesitant, which means that their views on this matter are not consistent.
The place they are going to is very dangerous, and the "low likelihood" can be understood as survival, or it may be the success rate of achieving the goal, and "then what" indicates that the follow-up plan is not clear.
Overall, the four of them were discussing an incomplete plan, with many uncertain factors, a high risk factor, and the possibility of death, but the last sentence of the meeting, Huo said: "Then so be it" should have agreed, and it was obvious that they finally carried out the plan.
This is the content of the first stack of documents, at first glance it looks like some kind of espionage, and I can't see that it has anything to do with my Wu family, and the year of the paper does not correspond to my father's age, maybe my father didn't know where he was when he discussed this.
Maybe it's a matter of feeling, but I think the surname "Wu" always has something to do with me.
Open the sealing line of the second bag, but it has been moldy and cannot be seen, you can see that there is text, it is written with a ballpoint pen, but you can't see the contents, it may be that the relationship between dampness or rain infiltration causes the paper to become a piece.
I opened the other documents, and found that only two bags of the whole bundle of documents were complete, and one bag was still scattered for the rats to gnaw, and it seemed that these documents had been hanging from the beam for several years.
I opened the last bag and found that this bag of documents was a genealogy of several surnames, including the four surnames that attended the meeting, a total of nine surnames, which was very consistent with the poem that Li Wan had just recited; Many of them had names marked with symbols, circles, crosses, and triangles, but I found that they were not drawn at the same time, and there were traces of a ballpoint pen, a red pen, and a fountain pen.
Flipping through it, I suddenly saw a very glaring name - Wu Xie.
His grandmother is a bear, he really has my father's name, is our ancestor really like Li Wan said? Grandpa turned out to be a master dog breeder?
It's unbelievable, but it's a document, it's true, it's impossible not to believe, it's a little uncomfortable, it seems that I've been blinded enough, I've been blinded for many years; My mind suddenly started to mess up, but I couldn't help but keep looking.
I counted all the documents and found that there were nine families in total, namely Zhang, He, Li, Chen, Wu, Qiu, Huo, Qi, and Xie.
First of all, I focused on the genealogy of the Wu family, the top of the genealogy reads "Wu Agou", his wife Zhang Yulan, and below are Wu Yiqiang, Wu Erbai and Wu Sansheng, the eldest and the second have no heirs, only Wu Sansheng has incense to continue.
Wu Sanxing, wife Huo Chunwan, son Wu Xie, daughter-in-law Gao Pingping, no my name, it seems that this genealogy was written before I was born, that was more than 20 years ago, and my heart said Grandpa, you really can't get rid of dogs, this name is too rustic.
I took a few photos as a keep, and then went to see other families.
The second thing that interests me is the Xie family, because the surname "Xie" is very rare, I remember that there was a classmate named Xie He Jiao in middle school, and it seemed to be quite good-looking at the time.
The Xie family is obviously not very good at incense, but it is a lot more than ours, looking at the recent time records, there is only one lone seedling left, called Xie Yuchen; I continued to flip through it, and I found my grandmother's name in the Huo family's genealogy, and it seems that my grandmother's maiden family is also one of the nine major families.
When I turned to the last one, I suddenly got a stab in the eye, and I saw a name that was even more dazzling than the Wu family tree - Zhang Rishan.
Is he also a member of the Nine Great Families? Could this Zhang Rishan be the one Sun Er Mazi said? I was immediately in such a mood that I almost had to put the family tree on my face.
But the incense of the Zhang family is even worse than our Wu family, there are only two or three people alone, and the writing system is completely different from other families.
The top one is called Zhang Qishan, his wife Yin; There are also no heirs, but there is a downward diagonal line, and the name of Zhang Rishan is on the side below; The strangest thing is Zhang Qishan's birth date and death record, when he was born did not have a clear time, but it was marked with the word "unknown", and the time of death was 2005.
And there is no mark on the side of his wife, what is even more strange is Zhang Rishan, whose birth is unknown, and his death is even more unknown; There is also a system, all genealogies are vertically down from generation to generation, but the Zhang family is slanted, which is the heir? Or is it a side branch? Or is it simply some adopted son? Could it be that the writer and the Zhang family deliberately wrote this?
However, I still looked at Zhang Rishan's name, and said in my heart that even if you are the person I am looking for, there is no need to check the eighteenth generation of your ancestors, I just need to get some confirmation, otherwise it is really unjust to be in a coma for six years.
I stood up and stretched my muscles, and at this time Li Wan also woke up, she rubbed her eyes, combed her hair, and said lazily: "Finished reading?" ”
"Alas, don't mention it, several books are rotten, but you really didn't lie to me about the nine families you just said, what else do you know, do you have any old things about my grandfather or my grandfather." I leaned over and said.
Li Wan smiled: "No problem, but you have to answer my question first." ”