Chapter 40: Settling in the Wei Clan

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Cai Wenye asked my great-grandmother again, and my great-grandmother was also very surprised at this time, saying that she had never taught my grandfather.

Cai Wenye immediately laughed, saying that his grandson is extremely talented, and if he can teach him well, he will be the champion in the future.

At this time, Cai Wenye is no longer teaching, in current words, he has retired, full-time care for the elderly at home, and has nothing to do all day long, he saw that my grandfather had such qualifications, so he wanted to teach him to read in person, so that he could train a champion talent in the future.

At this time, Cai Wenye saw that my great-grandfather had resigned from him and wanted to take my grandfather away. Cai Wenye was a little reluctant, because my grandfather was leaving, and I didn't know when we would be able to meet, if I let my grandfather follow my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother, I would definitely waste a piece of good material for the champion. So Cai Wenye proposed that my great-grandfather and his wife could leave, and his champion grandson must be left behind.

When my great-grandfather heard Cai Wenye's request, he was really a little scratching his head, reluctant, knowing that my grandfather would not be wronged in Cai's mansion, and even better than the living conditions of the two of them, but he was still reluctant, and the children were the hearts of their parents.

Cai Wenye saw that my great-grandfather was reluctant, and said again, if you don't leave the child, you two don't want to leave.

In the end, my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother discussed it, and my great-grandmother agreed to keep my grandfather behind, and helped persuade my great-grandfather a few words. My great-grandfather thought about it, forget it, stay and stay, it's better than following them back to Sanwangzhuang to suffer, besides, if Cai Wenye can really cultivate my grandfather into a champion, my grandfather will also give us Liu Jiaguang's lintel.

In this way, my great-grandfather took my great-grandmother back to Sanwangzhuang and left my grandfather in Caifu.

After my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother returned to Sanwangzhuang, they lived a two-person world, at first the husband and wife were still thinking about my grandfather every day, and later, the two of them also figured it out, while they were still young, while my grandfather had someone to take for them, and another one. It's a good idea, but I don't know why, my great-grandmother never got pregnant.

Two years later, in 1872, the eleventh year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the year of Renshen. My great-grandfather was forty-five, my great-grandmother was twenty-seven, and my great-grandfather was five.

This year, my great-grandfather was quite desperate, feeling that he might be old and no longer capable of having children, so I discussed with my great-grandmother that it was better to go to Caifu to see the children.

In the past two years, the two of them have also visited relatives a few times, but they have not lived permanently, stayed for three or five days, and after reuniting with my grandfather, they returned to Sanwangzhuang. However, in the past two years, I feel that my grandfather is obviously alienated from the two of them, and my father and mother shouted out of my grandfather's mouth, I don't know what will happen, and it sounds very awkward.

This time, my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother were thinking, living in Cai's mansion for a while, if possible, I will get my grandfather back from Cai Wenye's hands, and I can't always let Cai Wenye and his wife take my grandfather, if this continues, I'm afraid that only my grandfather will be left in his eyes, and if he grows up a little more, it is likely that his father and mother will not recognize him.

After two days and two nights of traveling, the husband and wife came to Cai's mansion again. At this time, my grandfather was already able to write with a brush and recite nearly 100 poems, as if he really had a little bit of a taste of Zhuangyuanlang.

The husband and wife lived in Cai's Mansion for half a year this time, and my great-grandfather once again couldn't stand the days when he was always being served, so he tried to discuss with Cai Wenye and take my grandfather away. Cai Wenye disagreed in the past, but now he has a deeper relationship with my grandfather, and he disagrees even more.

My great-grandfather can't help it, so I discussed it with my great-grandmother, what should I do? My great-grandmother said that if it doesn't work, just buy a small house next to Cai's mansion, and the family of three will move to Weishi County to settle down. During the day, my grandfather followed Cai Wenye to read and write, and asked my grandfather to go home and sleep at night. It's the best of both worlds.

My great-grandfather thought that for the sake of his children, he could only do this.

In July of the same year, that is, in 1872, the eleventh year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and the seventh month of Renshen. My great-grandfather's family moved to Weishi County, and the house is next to Cai's house. As for the old house in Sanwangzhuang, my great-grandfather was reluctant to sell it, so he kept it and let the villagers take care of it. He always felt that that was his home, and that this place in Weishi County was only temporary, and when my grandfather grew up, they would have to move back with their family. Because, that's where he roots!

After moving to Weishi County, I always have to live, I can't go to Cai's house every day to eat, Cai's family has a big business, that is, my great-grandfather's family has eaten for a lifetime, and no one said anything, but my great-grandfather is not that kind of person, he can't be idle, he can't enjoy such blessings, so he wants to find something to do.

My great-grandmother's second brother has been very optimistic about my great-grandfather since the murder in Caifu, saying that my great-grandfather has the mind to solve cases, and wants my great-grandfather to go with him to the yamen to find an errand, as long as he goes, at least he will be a headcatcher. But my great-grandfather didn't like to deal with people in the government very much, so he politely refused.

My great-grandmother told her eldest brother, who was in business, that I would let my great-grandfather do something in his shop, and my great-grandmother's eldest brother agreed.

If nothing else, I will rush to my great-grandfather's identity as a half-immortal who exorcises evil spirits and catches ghosts, and the identity of the "Protector Golden Armor Heavenly God" next to the Bodhisattva.

It is said that it is to do chores in the store, in fact, it is a symbol, you can do it if you like to do it, and no one cares about you if you don't like to do it, there is not much of my great-grandfather in the store, and there is no less of him, but the monthly salary is a lot of money.

My great-grandfather was a diligent man, and he didn't regard himself as a son-in-law of Caifu, and he rushed to do all the dirty work with the guys, so that my great-grandmother's eldest brother couldn't help it, and discussed with my great-grandmother several times, and when the brother-in-law came home and talked about him, don't grab the work with the guys in the store, he did it, what did the guys do, and gave them silver every month.

As soon as my great-grandfather came home, my great-grandmother persuaded him bitterly, and my great-grandfather always said, don't worry about it, I have a good idea in my heart, take the silver and don't work, and I will go to the store with a bad face.

In addition to going to my great-grandmother's store every day to help with chores, my great-grandfather also helped people exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts, because of the murder in Caifu, my great-grandfather was famous in this part of the county, and someone would come to him every three or five days.

Three years later, in 1875, the first year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, my great-grandfather was forty-eight years old, my great-grandmother was thirty years old, and my great-grandfather was eight years old.

One day, when my grandfather came home at night, my great-grandfather suddenly noticed that my grandfather seemed to be a little different, his arms and legs seemed to be a lot thicker, and then he grabbed my grandfather, lifted my grandfather's clothes and pants and saw that good fellow, there were sandbags tied to my grandfather's arms and legs.

After being interrogated by my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, my grandfather told the truth. My grandfather said that he began to learn martial arts with a nursing academy martial artist in the house last year, and today his master said, that is, the nursing academy martial artist said, the fist and foot routines have all been taught to him, and the next thing is hard training, tying sandbags is the first step of hard training, after the sandbags are tied to the body, in addition to taking a bath, even sleeping can not be taken off.

My great-grandmother was born in a scholarly family, and she didn't agree with my grandfather's dancing with swords, but my great-grandfather was quite in favor, why did my great-grandfather approve of it, because my great-grandfather suffered a loss, that is, the last time the child disappeared, when he fought with the two ghosts, if my great-grandfather had kung fu, he would not have been beaten by those two guys and was injured, let alone let those two guys escape, my great-grandfather had the heart to pass on the ability to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits to my grandfather, if my grandfather could practice kung fu, and then catch ghosts, It's like a tiger with wings.

In the end, my great-grandmother couldn't resist the father and son, so she turned a blind eye.

Another two years later, that is, in 1877, the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and the year of Ding Chou. My great-grandfather was fifty years old, my great-grandmother was thirty-two years old, and my grandfather was ten years old.

It was in the autumn that my great-grandfather came back from the store in the evening, and as soon as he entered, my great-grandmother told him that an old woman had come from Tongxu County to ask him for help.

Next, I want to talk about my great-grandfather's experience, which happened in Tongxu County, Kaifeng, this experience is not bizarre, but there are also merits, if you write it flatly, about three or four hundred words can explain it clearly, but then write it, it is better not to write, it is not interesting, I still write it according to my own ideas.

Tongxu County, like Weishi County, is under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. Tongxu County is in the east of Weishi County, northern, belongs to the neighboring counties of Weishi County, and the distance between the two counties is about 70 miles. Of course, this is the distance in the past, and now that the population is larger, the distance may be relatively closer. As for this distance issue, I hope that all friends will not be serious.

The old woman who came from Tongxu County is in her sixties and nearly seventy years old, her mother's surname is Zhou, and her mother-in-law's surname is Zhao, let's call her Granny Zhao.

This Granny Zhao has three sons and two daughters, the eldest son, the second son and two daughters have all started a family, and now Granny Zhao and her younger son have lived together, her youngest son is twenty-nine years old, and has not yet married, one is that their family is not rich, and the other is that her youngest son's face is not very clean, and he has a black birthmark the size of a palm, and a long birthmark is actually nothing, the key is that her son's birthmark is very special, how to look like a child's hand, occupying the entire left side of the face, it feels like a child dipped in a hand of ink, It was his son's face, and the black fingers, one by one, were particularly clear, and it made people feel furious when they looked at it