Chapter 26 Ancestor Worship
When Qian Jianping's family arrived at their hometown Banqiao Town, Qian Zonghua, Qian Yaowu, and Qian Wenjuan's three families of 11 people had already arrived, as well as two cousins from the second grandfather's house in the countryside, because they were the same ancestor, so they were ready to worship together.
After Qian Jianping got out of the car, he put his hands behind his back and waited for them to come up and greet him one by one, because there was no one in the older generation, and his eldest brother's panache was also very full, Chen Rongzhen took the initiative to say hello to several families, but he was also very full of handbags.
There is not much age difference between the young ones, the eldest Qian Wei is just in the third year of high school, Shu Yue, Shu Hua is from the sister-in-law's family, they are dragon and phoenix fetuses, and they don't distinguish between brothers and sisters or sisters and younger brothers, they are all called by each other's names, and now they are both in the first year of high school, Qian Maolin and Qian Xiaojia are both from the third uncle's family, Qian Maolin is the elder brother, in the second year of high school, and Qian Xiaojia is the younger sister, in the second year of junior high school.
Qian Wei is more than four months older than Qian Cai, and now he is an adult, as if he is also a little big brother, he doesn't take the initiative to talk to these younger brothers and sisters, in fact, before his family moved to Lincheng, several brothers and sisters of the same generation are still very familiar, Qian Wei and Qian Cai are still classmates, and everyone often walks around.
But since Qian Jianping was laid off from a section chief position in a textile factory to do business, he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to make money, and he often looked down on a few of them who took dead wages, and everyone finally broke up unhappily, that is, his grandfather died, and soon after, the uncle's family moved to Lincheng, and even the remaining three families had less contact.
Qian Cai used to be naughty, and he was also the king of children in the yard, with many ideas, when he was a child, Qian Wei often followed Qian Cai's ass back, and several younger brothers and sisters naturally respected him, but the older he gets, the more things he compares, and Qian Cai's status among children is much worse than before.
Although Qian Zonghua is a vice principal, he doesn't have much say in the school, the school is not a popular school, and the most important thing is that he doesn't like to ask for help, he didn't help many children in the family studying, and his mother Xu Feng's small restaurant is not very good, so his status in this family is not too high.
Qian Maolin was an early maturer, so he came over and took the initiative to greet Qian Cai: "Brother Cai, I see that you arrived early this morning, what kind of car did you take?" ”
"Oh, we called a rental one, and we left early." Qian Cai saw Qian Jianping's face that was the best in the world, and he was very upset, and his answer was a little absent-minded.
"For rent? That's not very expensive. Qian Maolin was also surprised, taking a taxi to this town, at least one or two hundred yuan.
"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's discounted."
Qian Cai followed Yu Yuanxiao's phone call early this morning, and he opened and closed his mouth with supermarket discounts, and he was stunned for a while.
Qian Wei, who was not talking to him, couldn't help but tease when he heard it.
"Haha, it's still discounted, I haven't heard of a taxi discount."
After that, he turned his head to Chen Rongzhen who was not far away and said loudly: "Mom, Qian just said that they took a taxi, and said that the taxi was discounted." ”
Chen Rongzhen also began to exclaim: "Qian Cai, when will you be able to change your problem of not covering the door?" So many elders are here. ”
Chen Rongzhen was also angry about Qian Cai's saying that Qian Jianping stole money back then, which would catch the mistake and accuse him without hesitation.
Qian Zonghua and Xu Feng acted in a low-key manner, and they didn't take the initiative to talk to everyone, but when they heard this, their faces were a little unbearable.
Xu Feng suddenly spoke: "Today we originally came by taxi, so the money is not wrong." ”
Qian Jianping also opened his mouth when he heard this: "Xu Feng, the brother of this matter is going to talk about you, you two, one is a teacher and gets a dead salary, and the other is doing a small business, and none of them are improving, and you have to spend money to take a taxi, how many times is the money in a month enough to take a taxi?" Hit one or two hundred dollars at a time, right? I drove from Lincheng to pay only 200 fuel tolls, you burn money so much, can you save money and pay high fees after you can pay the money? ”
Yes, one sentence scolded the family of three, and raised that he was coming by car.
Qian Cai wanted to get angry a little, but in his hometown, he would have to go up the mountain to see his grandfather in a while, so he still said in a calm tone: "Uncle, you keep saying that I want to pay a high fee, how can you be so sure." ”
"What level do you yourself not know yet? My family Weiwei's final exam is 503, the teacher said that he can take two books, he is a brother to set an example, you have to take at least three books to be decent, right? ”
Chen Rongzhen immediately sang and harmonized with Qian Jianping, these directly humiliating words were all said by her, and Qian Jianping put on a big brother style, and said something "fair" at a critical time.
"I finished 633 at the end of the semester, and this time the question was difficult, and the teacher said that I could go to Tsinghua University if I worked hard." Qian Cai replied lightly.
Chen Rongzhen also laughed when she heard it, and immediately wanted to take the matter of "Qian Cai loves to talk nonsense".
"I'll just say that you don't have a door on your mouth, every time you know how to blow, and you can't listen to a word when you say it, so you still take the 633 test? If you can take the 633 test, my family Weiwei can take the 700 test! ”
Qian Cai's academic performance is the lifeblood of Qian Zonghua, and seeing Chen Rongzhen questioning this, Qian Zonghua couldn't help but speak.
"Sister-in-law, Qian Cai's final exam this time is 633, and 645 last time, this time the school questions are more difficult."
I was most afraid of the sudden silence in the air, and at this time, the third uncle and sister-in-law also stopped chatting and listened to them carefully.
Chen Rongzhen's smile suddenly froze at the corner of his mouth, shook for a long time, and held back a sentence: "He can take the 633 test, is the question in your school still difficult?" It's too easy, isn't it? The teaching level of the third middle school is to let the students be admitted to heaven, and dream of being admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University every day? ”
This sister-in-law also interjected: "Sister-in-law, the second brother was transferred to No. 1 Middle School last year, and Qian Cai is also in No. 1 Middle School." ”
"One in one? What happened to No. 1 Middle School? The schools in Z City are all garbage! Chen Rongzhen said angrily.
"Huh."
Qian Cai chuckled, I can't do it if I don't scold her today.
"Auntie, your Qian Wei is in the middle school attached to Lincheng Normal University, I don't know if you have understood? Every year in the college entrance examination, our province is the boss of Lincheng No. 1 Middle School, the second in Linxi City No. 8 Middle School, and the third in Z City No. 1 Middle School, you won't know, Qian Wei's school is not ranked higher than our school, our school is more than ten in Qingbei every year, and I rank 15 in the top science class, do I have any hope of taking the Qingbei exam? If I don't have it, do you have Qian Wei? ”
The people around were stunned, they really couldn't imagine that there would be such a top cultural person in the family, and several juniors also admired him, not only his achievements, but also his ability to talk to his aunt like this.
And he hasn't been beaten.
The juniors of the Qian family don't even have the opportunity to speak at this kind of gathering, this is a rule set by the early generations, and the uncle Qian Jianping has other good traditions, such as the Qian family has always helped poor relatives, unity, and fighting inequality, he never mentions it, but he desperately maintains these rules for the elders and young.
Chen Rongzhen was choked suddenly, and Qian Jianping was also shocked in his heart, but he still quickly stabilized his mentality and gave full play to his psychological advantages of being a big brother for many years.
"Qian Zonghua, that's how your son taught? After two exams, you will go to heaven, talking to your elders like this? Did I also let Qian Wei choke you? ”
Qian Cai didn't wait for his parents to answer, and smiled: "You let him try?" If he dares, I'll slap his face crooked! ”
After that, he ignored Qian Jianping and walked straight to the mountain.
Qian Wei saw that Qian Cai was domineering at this time, and he was so provoked by him that he didn't dare to answer.
After all, when he was a child, he sued Qian Cai, and Qian had beaten him violently, and he only held back a "you...", and he was dumbfounded.
was so angry that Chen Rongzhen scolded the bag, but Qian Jianping calmed down, his eyes became colder and colder, and he stretched out his hand to press down on Chen Rongzhen, signaling her not to say any more.
The current Qian family is not what it used to be, there is no big group of people to maintain the family rules, and now even the eldest brother's family has been provoked, and Qian Zonghua has not opened his mouth to teach a lesson, so no one can suppress Qian Cai, let alone the third and fourth children.
Everyone also went up the mountain in a huff, and in the process of going up the mountain, a few cousins who were separated by four or five clothes came after hearing the news, and the team grew up for a while, almost twenty people, and there was some mighty meaning.
In the process of going up the mountain, Qian Wei also regretted that he didn't play well, so he began to woo a few cousins and sisters, and told them about the knowledge in the provincial capital, the new computer games, the high-rise shopping malls everywhere, and how the classmates and families who played together were rich and powerful, and for a while he regained some sense of superiority.
Several younger brothers and sisters were all a little envious by him, only Qian Maolin, who was usually a little talkative, was surprisingly silent, and didn't say a word along the way.
Qian Jianping saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, and even took the initiative to talk to the third child and the younger sister, seeing that Qian Zonghua had a broken face, he didn't care about him, as long as most people agreed to move the grave, he Qian Lao and the second child had no objection.
Several cousins also talked and laughed, after all, he was the eldest brother of the Qian family's generation, and he still came by car, and everyone also gave him some face.
chatted all the way to the grandfather's grave, Qian Cai stood there and watched, Qian Jianping called his cousin to ask the feng shui gentleman invited by his cousin to also arrive at the location, and began to look around the grave, Qian Zonghua, Qian Yaowu and Qian Wenjuan didn't know what was going on, thinking that he had invited him to do some sacrificial ceremony, so he stood by and watched.
Qian Cai saw Qian Jianping's mind at a glance, for no other reason, Qian Cai had been engaged in real estate for so many years in his previous life, and he had to invite a famous feng shui gentleman to do such a thing before the start of each project, Qian Cai not only knew this, but also could see that the level of this feng shui gentleman was really not good.
This gentleman just looked around the grave and looked at the direction, he didn't even pick up the soil on the ground to take a good look, feng shui feng shui, the water comes from the ground, and he didn't even know the humidity and color of the soil.
After a while, Mr. Feng Shui chatted with Qian Jianping and left, Qian Jianping also smiled quietly, Qian Cai quickly withdrew from everyone's sight, turned around and walked out, and when he walked out of people's sight, he ran up, and caught up with the Feng Shui Mr. in a few steps.
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When Qian Cai came back, a rural cousin who knew more about the sacrificial process had already acted as a priest, beckoning everyone to put sacrifices, lighting incense and kneeling, Qian Zonghua was looking for Qian Cai everywhere, and when he saw him coming back, he quickly pulled him to kowtow.
Several women were not allowed to participate in the sacrifice, so they stood in the distance and chatted.
Qian Cai looked at the grave in front of him and remembered a lot of past events.
Grandpa was very good to him when he was alive, not the kind of good that ordinary grandparents and grandchildren loved, but liked to play with him, grandpa was a childlike child, and told Qian Cai a lot of stories about the previous family.
Grandpa was also a famous figure in the neighborhood for dozens of kilometers when he was young, grandpa's father, that is, Qian Cai's great-grandfather, was probably the head of a gang of "a group of streams and mountains through the ages, the door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow for thousands of years".
Brother Pao is divided into Brother Qing Shui Pao and Brother Mixed Water Robe, Brother Qing Shui Pao is the kind of family with property and income, and his great-grandfather belongs to the "uncle" in Qing Shui Pao, so Grandpa is called "Big Young Master" in the local area, Grandpa likes to teach him some gestures in the Robe Brother's Club, and probably thinks that Qian Cai's jumping baby is suitable for being a ringing horse.
Later, my grandfather was arrested, and he didn't die for several years, and then he was released.
Before the shrewd grandfather went in, he hid more than 20 gold bars in the wall of the broken house cupboard in the countryside, and later dug them out, and relied on these gold bars to feed a few people, which is probably also the origin of the two storefronts that sold money.
It was also during the years when my grandfather was absent that I developed the big brother style of the uncle's dictatorship.
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After a while, the sacrifice was over, and he was ready to go down the mountain to eat, and the place to eat was the money for Xu Feng to book, the eldest brother was not in the local area, these were arranged by the second brother, but if the cost was relatively large, the money was shared equally by everyone, and Qian thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had set the place of acquaintances, or he didn't know how to end it after a while.
On the return trip, Qian Jianping greeted Qian Yaowu and Qian Wenjuan into the car, saying that there was something to talk about, and let the others go to the bus, the little uncle and the third aunt didn't say anything, followed by Qian Cai's family, and two cousins of the second grandfather's family on the same road, and got into the car with a few children.
When everyone came to the restaurant on the way back, they found that the room number was 3 8, and they immediately praised Xu Feng for doing things, Xu Feng immediately said that this was opened by Qian Cai's classmate and his mother, and everyone just ate and drank well.
The words began to talk about Qian Cai again, and now the three of the uncle's family did not answer, afraid of any traps, just chatted with a few cousins about some hometown affairs, and talked about Qian Cai's mobile phone rang, because he did not go to school today, and he did not vibrate, Qian Cai did not shy away from it, took it out and picked it up directly, reported a location to the phone, and hung up after speaking.
Now everyone is a little unable to sit still, except for Qian Jianping, even Chen Rongzhen doesn't have such an expensive thing as a mobile phone, it's not that she can't afford it, it's really that she stays at home all day, she has a landline phone on the phone, it's a waste to buy this thing, Qian Wei is also aggrieved, this person has also been spoiled since childhood, and said directly: "Mom, he has it, you still don't buy it for me." ”
Qian Jianping, who was still pinching a mobile phone just now and showing off silently, suddenly felt that he had been pulled down, and immediately began to teach Qian Zonghua a lesson: "This little baby, what are you buying him a mobile phone for?" How much money do you have that you can't spend? It's not that I said you, you don't have much money to get a dead salary, the unit has paid money, save for more than ten years, and you can buy a car. ”
Qian Zonghua was used to it, and he didn't want to argue with him, after all, he was a brother, but Xu Feng interjected: "He did a little business by himself to make money and buy it." ”
Qian Jianping said disdainfully: "A doll, what kind of business?" Brother and sister, don't give him a reason. ”
After that, I felt that the eldest brother's style couldn't go on, and I really didn't want to talk nonsense with them, so I cleared my throat and prepared to get down to business.
"Everyone, I'm coming back this time, there are two things, one is that I have some business here, and I'm going to come back to develop and develop, and now I've let people contact two supermarkets to prepare for supply, one of them is the Weilai supermarket on TV in front of our Z city, this boss is also Xu Feng, a capable person from your side, Xu Feng, you've heard of it."
Qian Jianping gave Qian Zonghua a kiss, but he knew that Xu Feng was from Shizipo.
At this time, he looked confident, and he also demonstrated with them, I, Qian Jianping, am going back to Z City, and what I want to say next, you can think about it before you speak.
These words directly made Qian Cai's face wooden.
Damn, this B is in my face.
Qian Cai's family was also shocked, especially Xu Feng, she had never heard of this.
Especially the purchase channel, but the scope of her key monitoring, Xu Fenggang wanted to ask, but Qian Cai coughed to stop her.
Don't panic, business hasn't been said yet, and no one has come.
Qian Jianping saw that everyone was also silent and listened to him carefully, Xu Feng didn't speak, probably didn't know him, so he continued: "There is one more thing, which is to move the grave. ”