Taiping Mansion, Dangtu County. August 14.

This is the closest county seat to Yingtianfu in Daming, and Danyang Town here is close to the border of Yingtianfu.

Therefore, from the Xiamaqiao Industrial Zone in Yingtianfu, there are only a few dozen miles.

After Zhou Dong and Zhou Nan settled down at work, they went to buy two ordinary cars as soon as possible, and now the Zhou family already has four cars, and when the whole family travels, there is no need to rent a car.

Tomorrow during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Zhou family, who had been back in Yingtianfu for nearly a month, was finally able to find time to go to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

Next to Zhou Bei sat the third brother Zhou Xi, and behind him sat his mother, with his sister and niece.

If you don't return home, it's like walking at night.

For this ancestor worship, Zhou Duo has discussed with the old father and eldest brother in the family for a long time, and the arrangements are appropriate.

Yesterday, the lobby brother from Pingshan Village had come to pick them up, and after breakfast in the early morning, they set off, and an hour later, the five convoys had arrived at Yunshan Village in the southeast of Yingtianfu.

Yunshan Village was originally located in the southeast of Putang Town, but after several large iron ore mines were discovered on the original site, local residents were relocated to other locations around Yunshan.

At that time, the wave of migration had already begun, and a large number of peasant households with less than five acres of land per capita were forcibly relocated.

The Zhou family divided sixty acres of land when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, because it was close to Yingtianfu, many children looked for a life in Yingtianfu, worked as a small worker, and there was no major incident in the family, and there was a serious illness, so the family business was prosperous.

At the beginning, there was nothing to do with the Zhou family, and it was not until the first year of orthodoxy that the Ming Dynasty began to immigrate, and every family was forced to relocate, and the Zhou family began to spread out.

Yunshan Village is located in the north of Danyang Town, near the foot of Yunshan Mountain, and is composed of ten migrated households with different surnames.

Ninety years later, there are still only 10 households here, and each household has no more than 10 registered residents.

Only the eldest son and eldest grandson can stay at the original site and garrison the ancestral hall. Even if it is the eldest son and eldest grandson, the children and grandchildren still have to migrate when they grow up.

The impact of such a migration on the clan is very great, and there is no soil for the development of clan power at all.

However, in order to facilitate control, the Ming Dynasty strengthened the propaganda of the clan, so that all those who migrated to other continents could not forget their ancestors.

Therefore, whether it is Yunshan Village or other villages, the most conspicuous building is always the ancestral hall.

Zhou Bei has been back to Yunshan Village three times since he was a child, the first time he didn't remember when he was young, the second time was when he was nine years old, and the third time was this year.

He is no stranger to the ancestral hall of the Zhou family, and he is also very close to his grandfather and uncle in his hometown, after all, they have only been separated for less than thirty years, and they are still very close.

Like many grandfather's brothers, and even the Zhou family who migrated out earlier, it is inevitable that they are a little less close to their hometown.

However, in Daming, everyone remembers their roots, which is the basis of human beings.

During the New Year's Festival, or the Qingming Festival, there are always unfamiliar Zhou family members who come back to worship their ancestors.

There are also people who have been away from home for decades, always thinking about returning to their roots, so the ancestral hall of each family is not deserted.

The location of Yunshan Village is relatively good, close to the mountains and rivers, although the land is not fertile, but now it is mechanized agriculture, a village does not exceed 100 people, but there are nearly 1,000 acres of land.

The annual harvest is higher than the income of many workers, but it is unstable and toiling.

Moreover, in recent years, Daming has gradually promoted universal medical care and universal insurance, even if you are a farmer, you are not afraid of being old and have nothing to rely on.

So nowadays there are still many people who want to be farmers, but they don't have the opportunity.

Because except for the eldest son and eldest grandson, who have to guard the ancestral hall, it is impossible for others to stay in the village.

In the early years, there was a second son who could enter the surrounding factories, but after the population of Zhongzhou now has hundreds of millions, it is difficult to become a worker, so he can only move out.

The convoy turned into a concrete road that could only accommodate one car, and it was difficult to make a mistake on this road, but every other section, there would be a widened wrong lane, and there was no fear of blocking.

Five cars entered the village, and because the population was too small, not even a single idler was seen in the high-gate compound of each family.

However, when I came to Zhou's house at the back of the village, I could see a group of people waiting in the open space at the door, more than twenty people.

Seeing the convoy, everyone immediately moved out of the open space and prepared to greet the Zhou family.

Mother Zhou's eyes looked at Zhou Bei's body, but she didn't find any adjustments, and said, "Pay attention for a while, don't let them all get dirty in this earl's suit." ”

Zhou Bei couldn't help but smile and said: "Wash it when it's dirty, wear an earl's suit today, isn't it just to return home." ”

"That's it."

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhou Bei's car, which was different at first glance, and through the window, they could see the excited trembling bodies of grandfather and uncle.

As soon as Zhou Bei got out of the car, the trembling old man pushed away the uncle who was also gray-haired, and walked towards Zhou Bei, his cloudy eyes were extremely excited today.

endured and endured, but I still couldn't help crying.

Zhou Bei didn't dare to slack off, took two quick steps, and fell to his knees. "The grandson has seen the grandfather."

Before he knelt down, he was hugged by the old man, and the old man said with tears in his eyes: "I can see that my Zhou family has an uncle, grandpa, I died today, and I died without regrets." When I get to the underworld, I can also go to see my ancestors and ancestors in a dignified manner. ”

Zhou Bei was quite familiar with his grandfather, and he didn't resist his hug, and said with a bright smile: "My grandson has now become an uncle, and my grandfather will enjoy a few more years of happiness."

, how can you easily say that you are dead......"

His left shoulder was slapped hard, this ordinary force, because Zhou Bei's left shoulder bone crack had not healed, he suddenly gasped a breath of cold air in pain, and his face changed.

The uncle originally expressed closeness, but when he saw Zhou Bei change color, he was startled. "What's going on?"

Zhou Duo also got out of the car at this time and walked over, explaining: "Si'er was shot in the shoulder in June, and now it has been less than two months and has not yet recovered. ”

When the old man heard this, he raised his crutches and was about to beat the uncle. "My old Zhou family finally came up with an uncle, if you are asked to fight three long and two short, see if I don't kill you."

Zhou Bei hurriedly grabbed it and said with a smile: "Grandpa doesn't have to be angry, it's almost fine now, it's just that the uncle is happy, and if he doesn't control his strength for a while, it will hurt a little." ”

was pulled by everyone, the old man still didn't give up, and even the old lady couldn't take care of this son who inherited the family business, so she took the opportunity to come forward and pull up the grandson who was still kneeling on the ground. "Good grandson, get up quickly......"

Zhou Bei is definitely the best among the descendants of the Zhou family, and the old lady also likes him very much, and when Zhou Bei got up, he touched his left arm with tears. "Being shot is not a minor injury, the good grandson suffered."

"Grandma, it's okay, it's almost well."

Zhou Duo dealt with the lively villagers, saw his mother, and said with a smile: "Mother, let's go into the house first, let's go and worship the ancestors and ancestors first." ”