Qing wei | borrowed a family tree

First, borrow the family tree

The third master of the locust tree is one of the few cultural people in the early years of the village, not only write well, but also like to talk and sing.

That year's Spring Festival, I went to the home of Third Master Huai to pay him a New Year's greeting, and he said with emotion: "I haven't seen him for a few days, you see, your children are so old, haha..."

As he spoke, he spoke of my hair, Huaicheng, who was three years older than me and not very tall. I still vividly remember when I was a child, he sat with me on the stone pier in front of the old house and played.

Later, from the Republic of China to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the ancestral Huai Yuzhang who had wandered from Shanxi to this place, he pointed to a book that was a foot thick on the cupboard behind the Eight Immortals table and said: "The family tree is written on it!" "Since then, I have taken this legendary family tree to heart.

Recently, when I met Third Master Huai, I borrowed the reason that my father had no reason to continue the family tree due to illness, so I wanted to borrow it to read it, and after Third Master Huai happily agreed, he asked: "Do you see the new version?" Or do you watch the old version? I'm the only one left in the old version of the whole clan..."

It can be seen that the third master of huai is extremely cherished for the old version of the family tree, and because of the matter of the vegetable garden a few years ago, my grandfather and the third grandfather of the locust had a "knot", the reason is that my family has an ancestral vegetable garden in front of the house of the third master of the locust, the third grandfather of the locust wants to exchange this vegetable garden land with the grandfather through the way of "exchanging land for land", the grandfather believes that this is handed down by the old ancestor, it is absolutely irreplaceable, the two families have been discordant, and later, the grandparents have died one after another, and the old house in my hometown has long been uninhabited. And the daughter-in-law of the third master of Huai is also a matchmaker when the grandmother was alive, so in recent years, the relationship between the two families has not only been significantly relaxed, but even has the meaning of mutual overtures, but also temporarily opened their mouths to show good face.

Because of this, how many times have I seen Third Master Huai before, and the words to my mouth have been held back in my throat, so this time borrowing the family tree is also a "new era" in the relationship between the two families.

"Third Grandpa, you're usually at home, aren't you?"

"I still have to go out and listen to books during the day, so let's go around 6 o'clock in the afternoon."

After making an appointment, I still have some hesitation, rushing to visit the elderly people, it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of disrespect, I thought, or prepare some small gifts, then what should I send? The son of The Third Master Huai was a leader in the municipal government, coupled with his lifelong industriousness and frugality, there was no shortage of food and use at home, and it was not good to say that the gifts were heavy, and it was not good to underestimate the rumors of the villagers, and sometimes a good thing would be rumored to be a bad thing, and the idle people and "tongue-talking women" on the street would not be upset if they did not move right and wrong for a day.

After thinking about it for two days, I didn't come up with a good way, and finally this extremely hot weather reminded me, isn't Third Master Huai good at drinking tea? It just so happens that there is a mention of good tea here, maybe his family is more than tea, but I sent him not only tea, or vote for him to like, how to say is also the heart.

On the way so elusive, unconsciously came to the door of the third master of the locust, in the secluded alley, a leashed Dutch rabbit dog bites wildly, the pomegranate tree at the door blossoms, the first blooming pomegranate flowers are not much, but the blossoms are bright and red, like a smile instead of laughing.

Pushed the door, the door is locked - not at home, said good 6 o'clock? I knew it was good to save a phone.

Just as I was pushing the door, the dog barked even harder, and I was trying to guard against people's mouths, for fear of meeting acquaintances, which made me look like a thief — I thought, Alas, let's go quickly, or I'll be in trouble if I make a misunderstanding.

Just walked two steps away, perhaps because he heard the dog barking, the second uncle of the third grandfather of the locust family came out from the front door, although his second aunt was my grandmother's matchmaker, but after all, the two families had a knot before because of the vegetable garden, and the home he lives in now is the "big garden" (big vegetable garden) of our family before.

Thinking of this, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I first asked: "Second uncle, why is my third grandfather not at home?"

"What, is there something wrong with him?" The second uncle has never said much, and his response with a straight face makes me a little embarrassed.

"Hee-hee, I want to borrow his family tree to see, when the family tree was renewed, the family did not continue..."

In order to prove my "innocence", I took out the pre-prepared tea and said, "Second uncle, my third grandfather is not at home, or you can bring it to him." ”

It can be seen that the second uncle burst into a bright smile from the initial shock, and his smile seems to bring us back to the past that has not been knotted.

Second, the 90-year-old third master sent a family tree

Although I did not borrow a family tree, I was still satisfied with my performance, after all, good things need to be polished, and the family tree thing is not urgent.

Maybe because I like to enjoy life quietly and quietly, there is no important thing, I will not bother others, so borrow the family tree, I thought, or put it aside for the time being, or wait until the third master of Huai comes to buy medicine, leave him a phone number.

In fact, for a long time, I wanted to write a book similar to what to say, in the early years of working in a different place, I had the urge to write, and completed the first short story in the bed of the dormitory, since the proposed title is "Dirt", a few months after submitting to the magazine, I received a warm letter of rejection from the magazine, to the effect that it is not suitable for the layout style and requirements and other very euphemistic words, but also accompanied by some encouragement and regret that I did not choose.

Unfortunately, the manuscript was accidentally lost in the turbulent part-time life.

In recent years, life and work have been relatively stable, so I have the urge to write again, and this is exactly what I borrowed from the family tree.

In my unfinished vernacular novels, this genealogy is very important when it comes to the resolution of family conflicts, which is why I am very eager to get this book.

One morning, just when I was at a loss for this matter, the 90-year-old Third Master Huai came riding a tricycle again.

He stopped the three wheels and took a large school bag from the car with great difficulty, and seeing this situation, I rushed out, and as expected, the bag contained the family tree of the Locust clan I wanted.

While mentioning the family tree to the outside, Third Master Huai smiled and said to me: "You see, you also sent me gifts, we are all family, polite what, it is also a coincidence, just that day I was not at home, to the next few days at six o'clock I was waiting at home, and I did not see you coming..."

Brushing away the layer of dust above and carefully tasting, this set of genealogies of the People of the Huai surname is divided into six parts: "Ritual, Music, Shooting, Imperial, Book, and Number", plus a total of eighteen genealogies and prefaces.

3. Genealogical order of the locust surname

All sentient beings are cloudy and retrospective, all of them are the descendants of Huang Nongyu Xia. Since FuXi gave his surname. Or take the official as the surname or the land as the surname, the face of the surname is divided into surnames or repeatedly easy, although it is examined in detail, there are difficulties and strong as the union, and the surname is not easy, there is no time to examine, and it is known that the family has been kau Yigu.

Chen Zhi is Tian, Lou Is Liu, Zhuang is Yan, Xu is Li, or Yi surname, or gives surname, so it is difficult to merge into one family, Duwu Huai clan is not, since the beginning of the surname, the beginning is high in Runan, then the solo jiangdong, and finally the flow of straight north, the pawn has not heard of the change of easy to say, is the world of the Huai surname in one family.

After the third master left, I could not wait to open the family tree, the dust on it seems to indicate the degree to which it has been snubbed, although this family tree is said to be an heirloom, but in the usual time, very few people look at it, its existence, more like a decoration, or a kind of ostentatious capital, or a totem, implying the inheritance of virtue, the bond of enveloping feelings.

Although I usually don't look at it, but with its existence, people's hearts will not be so impetuous, and they can be calm in case of trouble, so this family tree in the family of Third Master Huai is more like a unique treasure of the town house.

Thinking of this, I did not dare to be sloppy, and I did not care to read it carefully, so I reprinted the most important part of it.

Originally, if the father was not sick, he was not lost, or the grandfather was still there, and the family tree was continued, our family would certainly not be able to pull down, but because of the father's illness, the old family's beams were stuffed with hanging ancient books, and there were many books in the bookcase, of course, including the family tree, which were all taken to the yard by Grandma and burned.

The reason is that his father loved these ancient books, but he got this disease again, in order to treat him, and because he was deceived again and again when he went to the hospital, the little savings that Zu Shang had saved from thriftiness were also consumed.

Later, Grandma did not know where to hear the saying that it was not good to have ancient books in the family, so those precious books were saddled with the black cauldron that caused my father to get sick.

In my memory, when my father was ill, he shut himself in the house alone and kept writing letters and looking through the ancient books bound in the line...

Later, my mother joined the ranks of burning books, including the letters he wrote, and they were all burned in the courtyard.

If it is really because of the ancient books, it is said that after the burning, the father is no longer "entangled" by these books, his illness will get better.

But on the contrary, he became more and more ill because of this, not only full of nonsense, but also beating and cursing people from time to time.

I thought, if it were not for the fact that my father's illness burned the family tree, once I encountered family disharmony, I would have moved the family tree out to see, the two families were originally the same ancestor, referring to the wisdom of the predecessors, they would not have been unhappy because of some small things.

In order to make up for the lack of family trust relationship, as soon as possible to send back the family tree of the third master, to the third day around six o'clock in the afternoon, I dialed the phone of the third master, thinking that the third master of the acacia said, during the day he went out to listen to the book, generally at six o'clock at home, the result was that the two times did not answer ...

Fourth, send the family tree

As mentioned earlier, I made several calls to Third Master Huai, but I didn't answer it, but I thought that the family tree was Third Master Huai's beloved thing, and it couldn't be delayed any longer, and it had to be sent immediately, because I told Third Master Huai that I didn't need to take it, but to look at it in person and take pictures of the important parts with my mobile phone.

When I came to the house of the third grandfather again, this time I finally did not run in vain, and the third grandmother opened the door and said, "Come in, your third grandfather is at home."

"Is Grandpa Three at home?"

At first, I was still prevaricating about my sudden visit, and after sitting down, I first mentioned some of the contents written in the family tree, and Third Master Huai just agreed and was going to make tea, so I quickly got up and said, "No, Third Grandpa."

Originally, in my plan, I was going to take the opportunity to discuss the family tree with Third Master Huai, or listen to him tell some interesting stories about family trees, perhaps my sudden visit surprised Third Master Huai, and I saw that the topic could not be put on the side, so I had to leave on the pretext.

Because Third Master Huai said that the door would close after six o'clock in the afternoon, although it was not dark at this time, it was almost seven o'clock, which was originally rude to me, how dare I sit down to drink tea with Third Master Huai?

I was thinking, this door closed before six o'clock, there must be some saying, this may be the secret of Third Master Huai himself, we don't dare to ask, we don't dare to say, because Third Master Huai is one of the few learned old people in the village, he talks and does things, must be well thought out.

As soon as I left the door, there was a wave of heat in my face, and I quickly waved my hands and said, "Three grandfathers and three grandmothers, go back to the house, it's too hot outside."

The two people involuntarily sent them outside the gate together, and when I looked back, I suddenly found that Third Master Huai's spirit was strong, and his slender white eyebrows were upside down in the shape of eight figures, and this aura was like an old immortal with all kinds of nostalgic styles.

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