Chen Qingzhi who travels south in all clothes

Taihu Lake stretches for thousands of miles, with vast mist and waves. There is a village thirty miles to the west, named Luobei Village, which belongs to Guoshan County, Yixing County in the Southern Dynasty.

There are seven mountains, two waters and one field. Luobei Village is located at the foot of the eastern foot of the country. There are dozens of households and more than [-] acres of fertile land. It is settled by the mountains and deeply cultivated by the water.

There is a Chen family with four or five earthen huts. It is located by the Linxi River in the south of the village. The owner is only a middle-aged man in his 20s. this.

Yuan Shan's father was the magistrate of Guoshan County. During his lifetime, he encouraged farming and weaving, and raised the people of one area.

Yuan Shan is the youngest son of his father, he is often held in his arms by his father, stroking his head, and lovingly saying, "Little Yuan Shan has two litters on the top, he must be a smart and intelligent child, you should study hard, and when you grow up, you will be able to learn more." Inherit the ambition of being a father and be a good magistrate."

It's a pity that his father passed away before he could personally teach him to become a talent. After Yuan Shan was brought up by his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he returned to Luobei Village, which has been cultivated for generations, and settled down.

When the family was separated, although Yuanshan was small, his father wanted him to study, so he gave up the real estate in the county and the request for more land in the village. All he had was five acres of paddy fields and a cart of books to make ends meet.The letter is very precious, it is said that it was brought by the ancestor Nandu.However, his elder brothers are either already working as small officials in the county, or they are looking forward to returning to their hometown to get more land, so they don't care much about this letter.

After Yuan Shan was 15 years old, he married his wife, the Zhu family in the neighboring village, and lived by farming and studying in Luobei Village.

This year at the beginning of summer, there was lightning and thunder in the sultry afternoon, and it rained heavily for a while, and the rain fell along the house, dripping, dripping on the dry ground, and also dripping on the hearts of the Chen family.

The screams of women continued to be heard in the room, sometimes louder than the thunder.

Under the eaves of the courtyard, Yuan Shan kept walking back and forth, his hair and clothes were already splashed, but he ignored it.Behind the rain curtain, next to the wooden door and the window, there are still a few half-grown girls lying on their stomachs, with big dazed eyes, looking in from time to time, although they can't see anything.

Yuan Shan is very anxious, it is better not to have another daughter, his wife Zhu has already given birth to four daughters, although he doesn't hate daughters, but how can he be without a boy.

His first-born daughter was named Chen Ru. At that time, he joked with his wife, "Look, our family has a new daughter! Ask me for food later!"

Later, his wife really lived up to the joke and gave birth to four daughters in ten years. The second daughter was named Chen Lu, the third daughter was named Chen Pin, and the fourth daughter was named Chen Tian. One, he didn't even know what to name it.

In order to support the whole family, he had to spend all his time doing the work in the field, so he had no time to read the books left by his ancestors.He thought that in a few years, when the children were older, he could share some housework, so that he could study for a year or two, and rely on his father and elder brother's contacts to find a job in the county.

With a loud cry of "Wow", the wooden door opened a crack, and the midwife in the village shouted, "Great joy, you are a boy with a handle!"

Yuan Shan heaved a sigh of relief, beaming with joy, thanked him repeatedly, stuffed a handful of copper coins on a red string, and said, "Excuse me, how is my wife?"

"Don't worry, mother and child are safe!" The face that was used to seeing the birth of a baby was full of wrinkles, but it was full of joy.

Yuan Shan named his son Chen Qingzhi to celebrate the first boy in his family and the happy rain that relieved the dry fields in summer.