(Novel)
"Five Mao Heart" biography
高小定
One
There is a five-maoxin in Fugu County, the family name is Su, there are very few people who know what the official name is, and it is not clear whether it is the fifth in the ranking, and the name is called "Mao Xin" or "Mao Xing" or "Mao Xing". The reason why the author chose to call it Wumaoxin is that the name "Maoxin" is more in line with the habit of Fugu County people who often feel distressed when they dote on their children.
The county seat of Fugu is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the Yellow River turns a bend here and passes west along the city. In the past, the Yellow River was flooded, and in order to prevent flooding, most of the wealthy families in the county lived on the higher mountainsides.
The Su family is a large family in Fugu County, according to the "Fugu County Chronicle" record: the county "Su Ming Hongwu four years (1371) moved from Zhejiang, living in the county seat, the Qing Dynasty has a total of 3 Jinshi, a lot of tribute, after the population is prosperous, scattered in the four townships. "According to legend, nearly half of the shops and houses in Xinfugu County, Xiguan, the old Fuzhou City, belong to the Su family!
There is a place called "Hitting the Bell and Dan" on the mountainside of Fugu County, and in the early years, there was a large iron bell hung there, which was used by the official family to tell the time for the residents. During the day, every hour on the hour, there will be someone to ring the big bell, ring the bell to tell the time, it is a few o'clock to strike, the bell is loud but not deafening, and the whole city of Fugu County can hear it. This big bell used to be the chief command of the residents' daily life time such as men going out to work and collecting stalls, and women getting up in the morning, lighting lamps in the evening, lighting fires, cooking, and cleaning up housework. The function of this bell remained in play until the 60s of the last century, when it was replaced by a new tweeter.
Wumaoxin's family lives in a large mansion near "Clocking and Dan". Since there is no named sign, there are many theories about the name of this courtyard, some say it is called "Quanchengkui", some say it is called "Quanchengkui", and some people even say that it is called "Quan Chengkui" and so on. Among these names, most people choose to recognize the name "Quanchengkui". There are at least three reasons: Kui, which means first. Second, as recorded in the county annals, the Su family used to be the most famous family in Fugu County, and it is also the most prestigious family, which can be corroborated by the four big characters of "Auxiliary National Heroes" on the woodcut relief on the plaque of the gate of Wumaoxin's house. In addition, according to the legend of the elderly people in Fugu County, Wumaoxin's biological mother was very beautiful, and at that time, no woman dared to compare with the surrounding counties, and in Fugu County, it had the reputation of the "Oiran" of the whole city! Therefore, people are more likely to call the Wumaoxin Su family house the "Quanchengkui" compound.
From the architectural style, "Quanchengkui" belongs to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there are many other legends about this house, the owner of "Quanchengkui" - Wumaoxin's grandfather, when exactly did his father die, and how he died, and now it is difficult for the elderly people in Fugu County to say clearly. According to legend, the most is the owner of the compound, how Wumaoxin's mother is beautiful, how to run a family, how to educate Wumaoxin to behave in the world, and other fragmentary stories. At the beginning of liberation, the "whole city kui" was confiscated, except for a horizontal arch cave in the west corner of the front of the east courtyard for Wumaoxin to live, the rest of the whole part was given to the people.
Two
According to age, it is inferred that Wumaoxin belongs to people born in the Republic of China era. There are many anecdotes about the Wumaoxin family that circulate from the mouths of the elderly in Fugu County, and the most widely circulated are "Wumaoxin sells steamed buns", "Wumaoxin 'begs for food'" and "Wumaoxin does not move divine power" and "dies once and buries twice" and other stories.
"Wumaoxin sells steamed buns", which is about Wumaoxin's young man, who was forced to make a living and do business, and did not lose his fame, and disdained the small people.
After the death of his father (also said to have fled), the family's livelihood was presided over by the mother, although the family still had some silver taels, but the mother considered that he could not sit on the mountain and eat empty, and he had to do some business and the family could have some income. Wumaoxin's mother is not only beautiful but also makes a good hand of tea and rice, especially a good steamed bun. So I thought that making steamed buns by myself and letting my son buy them on the street would add more or less input.
In the early years, there were only 10,000 residents in Fugu County, and the urban area was mainly composed of two mountain beams, "Guanjing Qidan" (as the name suggests, there is an official well water for residents to drink) and "Dazhong Qidan" (introduced in the previous part), and the rivers under the mountain. With a Guanjing ditch (Qianqiaogou) as the boundary, the west is called the front street, the east is called the back street, the shops are mostly distributed in the front street and the back street on the bank of the Yellow River, the back street is the majority, the once famous listed business names have "Yihe shop", "Dacheng De", "Jixiang shop", "Yue Yucheng", and "De Houcheng", "Li Yicheng", "Yonghe Yuan", "Rui Shengxiang" and later "Qian Yiheng" and so on.
"Hitting the bell and dan" is called "Ma Dao Cliff" in the east, and there is a Majia ditch under "Ma Dao Cliff" and is separated from the west gate of the old city of Fuzhou. The area from "Hitting the Bell to the Horse Cliff" in the east is called Xiguan of Fugu County. There is also a small bridge in Majiagou, which is also called Houqiaogou according to the trend of the Yellow River. The ravine between the two mountain beams of "Guanjing Qidan" and "Hitting the Bell Qidan" is called "Guanjing Ditch", and this ditch also has a bridge, so it is also called "Qianqiao Ditch".
In those days, there was a place called "Qianqiao Qibu" (also said to be "Qianqiao Qibu") in the front street close to Guanjinggou (Qianqiaogou), and people used to call it "Market Qibu" after liberation. It is the market and trading center of Fugu County. Every Saturday is the market day, and the rice, pigs, sheep and beef, livestock trading, seed farming tools, dry goods and snacks are all gathered here. Every time there is a market, this "market is divided" and has become the most lively place in the county, and the crowds of people in the city and countryside rushing to the market are bustling and rubbing shoulders one after another.
One day in the summer of this year, which coincided with the market day, the beautiful and diligent mother of Wumaoxin steamed steamed steamed buns, put them in a clean basket, and asked her son to go to the "market to buy". Wumaoxin couldn't shirk it, and came to the "market Qibu" with steamed buns, and saw the bustling crowd, and couldn't help but feel worried all of a sudden: first, the crowded scene was not adaptable, and second, the gossip bargaining made him feel very confused. Some people say that they are actually lazy by nature and afraid that they can't settle their accounts, and some people say that they can't afford to lose the "integrity" of famous families. So, Wumaoxin put on the basket of steamed buns, turned around and left the "market Qibu", wanted to find a quiet place to hide, thought for a long time, and slowly walked into the sparsely populated Guanjinggou (Qianqiaogou).
Earlier Guanjing ditch (Qianqiaogou) perennial has a small flowing water, is the remaining water flowing down from the mountain beam Guanjing, after a small temple brick arcade bridge on the top, the covered bridge is located in the upper section of Guanjinggou, there is a bridge hole below, although Guanjinggou (Qianqiaogou) passes through from Fugu County, but, here is damp and cold, inaccessible, usually do not say that the figure can not even see a falling bird.
Came to the bridge under the bridge hole, a cool breeze came to the face, compared to the summer heat outside, Wumaoxin felt good is clean, good is comfortable!
Wumaoxin chose a cleaner plot, put down the basket, uncovered the blue cloth that his mother covered the steamed buns, touched the head that was oozing a little sweat, and shouted in accordance with his mother's instructions: "Steamed buns—hey!" Steamed buns—hey!" but the voice was far less loud than what his mother had requested! Next, Wumaoxin first complained that the "market was bustling," so he said to himself: "What kind of places are there, and the people are noisy!" and then continued to shout: "Steamed buns—hey!" Then, in his own words, he repeated to himself what his mother had emboldened him: "Do business, and you will seek profit...... There's no shame in that!
As for whether Wumaoxin can sell steamed buns in this inaccessible Guanjinggou (Qianqiaogou) in the end, it is conceivable and a later story. However, in this hot summer, it must be very comfortable to spend this day in Wumaoxin, who is blowing a cool breeze in the bridge hole under the covered bridge......
Three
After the death of his mother, Wumaoxin, who was helpless, unemployed and artistic, was reduced to a person who "eats hundreds of meals", that is, he can only live by begging for food.
There are many stories of Wumaoxin begging for food, and it is widely spread that Wumaoxin has a "backbone" performance when begging for food. The beggars of the old days would never be as arrogant as the "professional beggars" of today, and begging for food was a low-level livelihood after all. However, whether selling steamed buns or begging for food, Wumaoxin has always maintained the "integrity" of a rich child, although he does not dare to violate the "professional ethics" to ask for it, but he is never humble or arrogant, and will not be low or begging.
For example, once a family marries a daughter-in-law, marries a daughter, carries and buries the elderly, and does all kinds of red and white affairs, Wumaoxin will act as a "guest" who must arrive when he hears the news, and sometimes he is not in a good mood and is too lazy to beg from afar. Whenever he goes out to beg, Wumaoxin generally stands silently at the door of the house where he is doing business or being begged, waiting for the other party to take the initiative to give him something to eat. Because of the "100 family meals" and the background of a noble family, Wumaoxin at that time was basically a "celebrity" in Fugu County! In most cases, wherever he went, the other party would automatically give him something to eat. Sometimes, the other party is busy or does not notice his arrival, so that Wumaoxin waits for more time, he will generally be quiet, if he waits too long, the "neglected" Wumaoxin will seem to be threatening to whisper to the begging object: "Give, or not give, don't go!" If the other party continues to "slacken", Wumaoxin will be very dignified "neither humble nor arrogant" and really leave! When leaving, his mouth will be indignant and muttering a sentence or two: "What kind of person is this?!"
However, Wumaoxin also has the experience of being humiliated by begging for food. It is said that Wumaoxin once got married and had children. Later, due to the decline of the family business and Wumao's inability to support the family, his wife remarried to a rural family outside the city with his son. Once, Wumaoxin was instigated to go to the house of a family in the countryside to do a happy event to ask for food, and it turned out that the person who did the affairs was his remarried wife to do a happy event for his son! This time, Wumaoxin did not "be arrogant" and say things like "I won't leave!" or "What kind of family is it?!", but turned his head and walked away in anger and shame......
Four
If Wumaoxin is alive now, he should be about 100 years old. Now people of the older age in Fugu County have seen Wumaoxin and understood his "personality" of "not greedy for money" and "disdainful of labor".
The time is about a winter in the early 70s of the last century, and there is a road in the county, and his family lives in the courtyard of the county veterinary station (formerly the Christian church) of Erdao Street (now "a small road") in Fugu County. At that time, opposite the intersection of Erdao Street in Fugu County was the forging workshop of the county farm tool factory, which was also a "blacksmith shop". On this day, Wumaoxin passed by the "blacksmith shop" and wanted to ask for coal for the stove to go home to warm up, passer-by A out of curiosity to pick up the celebrity Wumaoxin to see, at that time, Wumaoxin was forty years old and fifty years old, not very high school and other figures, although he was old, but at close range, his appearance was still fair-skinned, and his eyebrows were clear. In terms of appearance, it is not too much to say that Wumaoxin is a beautiful Peugeot man.
Wumao heart explains the meaning. The blacksmiths of the "blacksmith shop" all knew Wumaoxin, and very generously pointed to the unbroken charcoal pile by the stove and asked him to carry a large piece back. According to common sense, Wumaoxin should spare no effort to move the largest piece of coal for himself, however, he hesitated again and again and refused to do it, so he was obviously too lazy to carry the charcoal block, and said: "How can you hold such a large piece of charcoal?" Finally, he actually picked up a piece of coal less than the size of the mouth of a bowl in the charcoal pile, sandwiched it in his elbow and was about to leave! A passer-by asked Wumaoxin in confusion why he didn't carry a big piece of charcoal on it? Wumaoxin even replied a little indignantly: "How can you hold the charcoal so heavy? I didn't use the magic power!" Wumaoxin's reply made passers-by and the blacksmith masters laugh for a while......
It is said that Wumaoxin died around the 80s of the last century, and there is a story about his death that "he died once and buried twice".
Wumaoxin was helpless before his death, and according to the policy at that time, he should belong to the city's "five guarantee households". After Wumaoxin died, he was buried in an ordinary coffin.
It is said that later, when renovating and repairing the small hole cave where the rich owner's family lived in Wumaoxin, one said that it was in the fire kang and the other said that it was in the wall, and some silver taels were accidentally dug up! How to deal with these silver taels? Perhaps because the possession of these belongings was not at ease, or the people who found the silver taels agreed with public opinion that these silver coins should belong to the homeowner's five cents. In the end, one said that it was the discoverer of the silver taels, and the other said that it was the public family, and decided to hire someone to use the money to buy a good coffin and bury Wumaoxin again, which can be regarded as a new "thick burial"! Thus, there is a story of Wumaoxin "dying once and burying twice".
It has been many years since Wumaoxin died, and now, almost no one among the young people in Fugu County knows that there was such a person as Wumaoxin in this county. However, in the elderly, people still maintain some of their knowledge of Wumaoxin.
For example, Wumaoxin is a rich child, and the lazy habit of a rich child has created the so-called "not vulgar, backbone, and not moved by profit" attitude towards life, and can not become more industrious, self-reliant, and become a beggar all his life, which is reasonable.
For example, although Wumaoxin is a child of a rich family, he has no support, no job, no art, and is a beggar because of laziness, but he has no quarrel or fight in his life, nothing more than evil, and even no words, harmless, and peaceful, not arrogant, and does not do bad things......