Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Great Zhou Dynasty, Hewan Village.

The Zhong family is a rich family. Their ancestors were born in a poor family, and now they have become a farming and studying family. Almost every generation has officials.More than half of the entire Hewan Village are people with the Zhong surname, except for relatives and friends who have taken refuge, there are almost no people with other surnames.

Over the years, the relationship between in-laws has gradually weakened, and people with foreign surnames are also small.

The ancestors of the Zhong family had a total of five families, and Mr. Zhong Zexin belonged to the fifth house. In his generation, he and the eldest son of the first branch had already produced five houses. Although the Zhong family is also a respectable family in the local area, his family There are very few people who can get care from the clan. If the whole family wants to have a full stomach, it depends on whether God favors them.

"Grandma, third brother is awake."

There was a flutter of chaos in the yard, and not long after, Zhong Qingran's room was full of people.

"Qing Ran, don't be so mischievous next time. The mountain is so dangerous. Grandma is getting old. I can't bear it again." Mrs. Zhong Tong put one hand on the forehead of her third grandson, and wiped her tears with the other. , Mr. Zhong stood next to him, also with a nervous expression on his face.

Zhong Qingran didn't understand why, with a dazed expression, looking at the black head in front of him, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, and based on the principle of saying more, saying less, saying less, he said hoarsely: "Water, stuffy."

"Okay, just wake up, my good grandson, grandma will let people pour it out, the second child's family, take everyone out." As soon as Tong said, the big room became much quieter, leaving only her and the old man .

"Mother, here comes the water." The eldest daughter-in-law Ming's voice was quite loud, and as soon as she spoke, she attracted Zhong Qingran's attention.

Mrs. Tong took the water glass and carefully fed the third grandson to drink.

"Xing Ran, don't worry, the doctor said, your legs will be back to normal after resting for at most three months. You are too active, these months are just a good time to calm down, so as not to hurt yourself again when the time comes, me and your grandma But I can't stand the scare anymore." Mr. Zhong was sitting at the end of the bed, smoking a dry cigarette, looking preoccupied, and smiling when facing Zhong Qingran.

"Old man, if you want to smoke, you can smoke outside. Didn't you see that the house was made a mess of smoke by you? Qingran still needs to recuperate."

Mr. Zhong didn't say anything, took two more puffs, and then choked out the cigarette.

"My dear grandson, are you hungry? You've been in a coma for most of the day, and if you don't wake up, you will have to eat your milk."

Zhong Qingran nodded, indicating that he was indeed hungry.

"Boss, hurry up and bring over the warm white rice porridge."

"Hey, daughter-in-law is going here."

After eating a bowl of porridge with pickles, Zhong Qingran narrowed his eyes, pretending to be sleepy and going to sleep.Mr. and Mrs. Zhong stayed for a while longer before leading Mrs. Ming out. Before leaving, they did not forget to leave a seven or eight-year-old girl to look after him.

Back in the upper room, Mr. Zhong and his wife couldn't help feeling worried.

"Old woman, how much money do you have at home?"

"Five taels are gone, and I don't know if this money is enough for Qingran to take medicine." Tong's face was frowning, but thinking of her grandson, she didn't care about anything, "If it's not enough, I'll borrow some more. People of the same clan, the clan can’t ignore death.”

"Let's take a look first. This time I borrowed a lot from my second and third brothers. It may be difficult to borrow more. If it doesn't work, I can only wipe off this old face and borrow some from other rooms. I can't let Qingran Lame."

"Well, I'll go and give Qingran some food. There's not much work these days, so don't worry, take a good rest for a few days, this family depends on you."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Tong took some copper coins and went to the village butcher shop to weigh the meat. Before leaving, she didn't forget to reprimand her daughter-in-law and girl, so as not to let them be lazy and play tricks when no one cares about them.

Seeing the old lady come out of the yard, the yard began to come alive.

It's already half in the morning, and the whole family has already gone out to work at this point, and it's only these few days when the farming is slack, and the sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law wait until now to start doing laundry. After scolding, even the most pungent Ming family can be scolded as obedient as quail, who can make them unreasonable, being called a lazy woman will ruin their reputation.

For the Zhong family’s Xiaowufang branch, I don’t know if it’s a Feng Shui problem or bad luck. Let’s not talk about the big house, let’s say that the other three houses can always produce a few officials every few generations. Regardless of the official position, at least an official Well, Xiao Wufang is good, except for the second generation of the ancestors who are still pretty good, no one will be promoted to the ranks in the future, and these days are getting worse with each generation.

There is another reason for this situation, that is, the population is too prosperous, and the speed of making money cannot keep up with the expenses, resulting in less and less family business.In the generation of Mr. Zhong Zexin, only the ancestral house is still available, and the others are no different from ordinary people.

If so, Mr. Zhong’s family’s life is not far behind among Zhong’s family members, so his family is also a branch of the fifth house owner. Compared with most branches, it’s better. The two-story old house of brick and tile houses is located in the center of the village, and the village market is within a few steps of going out.

Every time the family is separated, the sisters-in-law will quarrel endlessly over the ownership of the ancestral house, but none of the generations succeeds.The rules are like this, every ancestral house is passed on to the eldest son, and it's useless to make trouble.Fortunately, there is this ancestral precept, otherwise, where would Mr. Zhong's house have such a good house to live in?

"Yo, why is Auntie in the mood to come out, is your precious grandson okay?"

"What nonsense, how can it heal so quickly? He woke up and his fever subsided. Why don't we buy some pork ribs to supplement him." She came out a little late, and it took her a long time to pick and choose what she was satisfied with. "Shiwa Niang, I bought a lot of things from you, let's add a bone to my aunt."

After finishing speaking, Tong Shi's pair of cloudy old eyes stared at the tube bone she was looking at.Shiwa Niang didn't intend to give it away at first, but Aunt Zhong likes to take advantage of things when she buys things. It's not the first time this happened. Later, when she thought about her family's hard life recently, the bones had no meat, and she couldn't sell a few of them. Money, if you add a head, it will be a favor.

Satisfied, Tong carried two catties of pork ribs and a tube bone, and walked home briskly.

"The third child of the Zhong family is really lucky. If it were someone else's family, which grandma would be so kind and would treat her broken leg with such dedication. I heard that the consultation fee and half a month's medicine cost no less than ten taels. Our family can’t spend this amount in a year.”

"Who says it's not, but only Sanwazi has this treatment. If Aunt Zhong's other children and grandchildren are replaced, I guess they can only do their best and obey the destiny. Sanwazi is blessed, and others will not envy him."

"Where is the blessing, I think he is a debt collector. I have heard that in order to treat the third child of the Zhong family, his family owed a lot of foreign debts. If Zhong Wulang can't get together the tuition fees for next year, it is still a big deal. Don't invite people to complain? If you come here a few more times, the aunt's family will be defeated, and if you can't even keep the old house, you will become the sinner of the fifth house."

"Don't say that, it's no wonder Aunt Zhong won't scold you when she hears it. Besides, it's related to Sanwazi's second half of her life. It's more important than going to school. It's delayed next year, so come back in three years."

"Forget it, I won't chat with you, I still have something to do at home, so I'm leaving first." The young woman who was talking rolled her eyes, her eyes were mocking, the corners of her mouth curled up in a disdainful arc, and she took small steps, leaving only a coquettish smile on her face. back view.

The young daughters-in-law looked at each other in blank dismay, but it was Shi Wa Niang who solved their confusion for them.It turns out that Shuanzi's mother-in-law's house just now was separated from the fifth house a few generations ago, and there was a quarrel with the long house. At that time, there was a lot of trouble over the ancestral house.Shuan Ziniang and Zhong Wulang's daughter-in-law are good sisters from the same village, and there are many twists and turns here.Upon hearing this, everyone immediately knew it.

Tong Shi went home happily, but she didn't know that her family had become the target of outsiders' gossip.

"Grandma, do you have ribs for lunch today?"

Hearing the meat, all the able-bodied children of Zhong's family gathered in the yard, the younger ones biting their fingers, looking eagerly at the poor little ribs that Tong was carrying in his hand.

"Go, go, don't hang around here, this is prepared for Qingran, you guys are in his favor, make half of it for lunch, half a catty of boiled radish pork rib soup, half a catty of steamed pork ribs, and the remaining half marinated keep it."

Right now the spring plowing has just passed, and the weather is still a little cold, so the meat will not spoil if you put a little salt on it and leave it at night.

Today it was the second daughter-in-law Hong's turn to cook. She took the spare ribs from Tong's hand with a wink. Under Tong's gaze, she chopped them into two halves according to Tong's request, put salt on the half and put it into a porcelain bowl After receiving it in the cupboard, the other half is divided into two parts. One part is blanched with the bones and put into a large pot. It will start to cook now, and the other part will be steamed on the bamboo grate when the soup is almost boiled.

After finishing all this, Mrs. Hong saw that there was still some time before lunch, so she left her eldest daughter Zhong Yun to watch the fire, and went out to do other things by herself.Mrs. Tong didn't leave, but sat at the door of the stove, sewing and mending Mr. Zhong's gown, and glanced at the stove from time to time, for fear that the gluttonous girl would steal it.

Although this method is not very attractive, the effect is outstanding. I have never seen a daughter-in-law successfully stealing food under her nose.Tong Shi also survived as a daughter-in-law, so she naturally knows what's going on in private, she doesn't do anything wrong, except for staring at it when making meat dishes, as long as it's not too much at other times, if she finds out, she will turn a blind eye.

There is a fixed amount of food for each meal, and it is clear at a glance who steals it, and Tong's heart is clear.It's because she hasn't reached the point of starvation yet, so she didn't pay close attention.When it really comes to that kind of time, it’s impossible not to stare at it.

Zhong Qingran closed his eyes and kept paying attention to the movement outside.He was in a mess right now, and the pain in his left leg didn't pull him out of his thoughts.

There were at least a dozen people in the room just now, and most of them were women and children. It seems that there are quite a lot of people in this big family.Up to now, he still doesn't know what happened. He clearly remembered that he fell over the guardrail with his car, and the possibility of surviving was extremely low. Why did he not wake up in the ward again, but appeared in the antique house instead?

Maybe it's because the sick body can't bear the high speed of the brain, Zhong Qingran is unwilling to fall into a deep sleep.

This time Zhong Qingran didn't sleep soundly, the scene before the car accident flashed before his eyes like a horse on a horse, occasionally interspersed with fragments of another person's memory, and he woke up before meal time.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of small hands twisting a cloth towel to wipe his forehead.

"Third brother, you sweat a lot, sit up when you wake up, and I'll wipe it off for you." Zhong Qing climbed onto the bed, lifted the quilt, and reached out to untie Zhong Qingran's belt.

Zhong Qingran hurriedly stopped the little girl's movements, a splint was fixed on her calf, so she couldn't move around, so she had to sit up slowly in the current position.

"Third brother, you are so slow, or I should do it."

"I can do it myself, get out of bed, and twist the veil for me later." Zhong Qingran's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't move his hands quickly.

He now somewhat understands his situation. He has traveled through time and arrived at a Great Zhou Dynasty that did not exist in history.It's a pity that the original owner's memory fragments are too fragmented, he only merged the things that the original owner had a deep impression on, and the others are like passing clouds, drifting away with the wind with the original owner's passing.

Fortunately, from these clips, Zhong Qingran basically figured out the character of the original owner, and in a certain way, it was really similar to his character.The original owner was also called Zhong Qingran, which avoided the embarrassment of changing the name.