Clam Pearl

After talking all night, Fu Ji and Shi Wu felt that they knew each other too late, although they chatted all night, they didn't feel tired.Early the next morning, they hit the road again.

Wukang County is originally a place with dangerous mountains. It is hard to imagine how difficult it was for them to stumble along the way.Among the five carts, one of them overturned. Fortunately, the cart was pulling a cart of rough cloth. It would be a pity if it was the cart of wine jars.

After another morning of trekking, the road became more and more familiar to Fu Ji.At this moment, he couldn't help talking more slowly, and when he reached the back of the knot, Fu Ji was not afraid of finding a home at all.

He is familiar with every inch of the land here, just past Liaobei is the Fu Family Ancestral Temple, where the family education of their clan is located.When he was a child, Fu Ji had to walk a long mountain road to school every day.He remembered that when he went out every day, the old grandmother would stand on the stone mill at the entrance of the village, leaning on crutches and ordering them.

"For the big job and the second job, you must take care of the third job, and for the third job, you must carry the fourth job well. Don't let the wolf take it."

There are many brothers in Fu Ji's family, and there is not enough food to eat, so they are afraid that they will not be able to support them, so they all have movable characters for their names.Fu Ji Xing San, so the milk name San Huo.The mountain road where he went to school when he was a child was really infested by wolves.

Now, his brothers are all supporting themselves, but unfortunately, with a relocation order, Sihuo has already died on the road, and if he dies, he will die. There are too many people who died.The soldier master just pointed out a place on the side of the road at random, and buried the ones that didn't even have a broken mat.There, if you can't see it for a few days, there are mourning grass everywhere, and now you may not find a place to move the grave.

As he got closer and closer to his hometown, Fu Ji became more and more timid. He didn't bring his younger brother well. Now that he can go back, how can he see his parents and father?When he entered the village, he saw his old grandmother was not there on the millstone at the entrance of the village, so he knelt down and wailed.

When going out, the old grandmother stood at the entrance of the village and said that they would not return for a day, and the grandmother would wait for them here.Now that grandma isn't at the millstone, she must be gone.

The villagers in that village, who were staying at ease, suddenly saw the outsiders, and immediately wanted to hide in the mountains in a panic. They were frightened by the arrest.

But they didn't run a few steps, but they heard crying, and saw that decent man in silk and satin kneeling under the millstone at the entrance of the village crying, so they tried to excuse each other and begged Li Zheng to ask.

The surname is also Fu there, according to his seniority, he is the elder brother of Fu Ji's family, but now he doesn't recognize Fu Ji anymore, so he doesn't dare to disturb him, just bows his body, and stays with him, looking at Shi Wu and then at Shi Wu. Looking at those carts of goods, I ran through the thoughts in my heart a thousand times until Fu Jihao couldn't move, wiped away his tears, stood up and saw him, but called out his nickname.

"Brother Honghong?"

Li Zheng was startled, and looked up and down the nobleman, but he couldn't recognize him, so he bowed and asked cautiously, "Where did the nobleman come from? How did you know Xiao's humble name?"

Fu Ji couldn't kiss in his heart, but he abided by the etiquette and didn't dare to go too far. He just grabbed his short sleeves and cried, "My brother doesn't recognize me anymore. I'm the third job of the Huai Xing family."

Oh My God!Li Zheng was shocked, and after looking up and down for a long time, he always recognized it, so he grabbed Fu Ji's hand and cried loudly: "Three live, three live, you are alive, have you seen my family? He is the same as you. Approved."

Fu Ji shook his head. They were pulled out by a rope, and when they arrived at Zezhou County, they were divided into two. They said they were going to Ganzhou, and the other group was going to Qingzhou.Ah Mian's group went to Qingzhou.

Honghong cried for a while, wiped her tears and turned around and ran into the mountains, shouting as she ran, "Come out, maybe it's not about arresting Dingli, we're back alive... Alive! Alive! Mr. Huai Xing (Daddy), your family is back alive... back... alive! Back alive!!!!"

Fu Ji took a long breath, and suddenly pulled up the corner of his robe and ran up the mountain desperately, calling while running: "Grandmother... Sanhuo is back, mother, Sanhuo is back! Grandma... Sanhuo is back ...alive..."

At that moment, the leaves of pagoda trees all over the mountain were blown up by the wind, sobbing and screaming together.

Fu Ji ran for a while, and saw his eldest brother, who was five big and three thick, wearing a red flower and green jacket, dressed like a woman, holding the hem of the skirt, running all the way down, crying as he ran: "Three jobs, brother thought You are gone, Sanhuo..."

Hey, what do you think, now the young men in this village have all learned how to pretend to be women and run away.

Liaobei, Fu Huaixing's family in Huaishu Village has returned from three jobs and made a fortune. His family saw the cash and turned around!

Since Fu Ji returned home, from the second day onwards, the house has been full of visitors, and relatives from far and near have come to the door.

When the farmer talked about getting rich, he was only talking about the hundred guan that Fu Ji took out.For them, let alone a hundred, they have never seen it before.Those strings are bright and bright, and the big money from Tiancheng can always be exchanged for [-] big money from Tiancheng.Farm households can always marry a daughter-in-law with a lot of money, and now there are a hundred daughter-in-laws.

With the order of relocation, men in Wukang are becoming more and more valuable. Nowadays, marrying a daughter-in-law is almost a half-gift, and some people don’t even want the bride price. The bride just rolls the small bag by herself. .

Those relatives came, not to borrow money, but to see how much Baiguan can have and what it looks like together.The man came, saw the money, took the cloth and snacks, and went back with a knife of pork.Because of the letter, they knew that there was good food, and they all consciously brought their own utensils.In the small courtyard of the Fu family, there was a big fire, an earthen stove, and a pot of stewed meat. There were no other odds and ends, and they were all pieces of fat. Whoever came would bring a bag with him when he left. Go to the bowl, the blood is close, and now the house does not open fire these days, when the time comes, go to the Fu family to get a meal, there will be white buns and a piece of meat for every meal.

When they returned home, they all said that they had seen the world and opened their eyes.In fact, the villagers are so simple, although they feel sour, but when they came to the door, no one was seen empty-handed, and they all gave some sesame oil and local products to add to the pot.

Naturally, for those who moved out with them, someone from their family would come to inquire about the news, and if they got a good letter, they would happily go home and wait, or they would go to the county town and wait to find someone. If they got a bad letter, they would be prepared , cried a lot, and returned home sobbing, but no one dared to resent.That is the imperial decree of the emperor.

Those visitors are now gathering in piles at Fu Ji's house to look at the copper coins, one batch comes and one batch goes.

Many of the families living in the deep mountains have never seen money in their entire lives, and there may be a few scattered on hand, and they are all saved for going to the market.As for the expenses, I have the land I grow, the cloth I weave, the wine I brew, and the chickens and ducks I raise.In addition to the large annual expenses, salt needs to be bought with money, and other farmers do not need money.

Fu Ji went to the ethnology school before, and the beams for his husband were also coarse cloth and food from his family. On New Year's Day, he would catch a live chicken and duck to visit his husband's house. If the family ate good food, he would serve an extra bowl Take it with Mr.Even so, his family is also a wealthy household with a main house and [-] acres of fertile ancestral land, and is well-known in the village.

Fu Ji came back with the wide cloth from the county (the village's earthen looms are not wide enough, so they only produce narrow cloth), and cash. His father, Huaixing, waved his hand and built a temple for the clan first. There are two bridges built in front of the village and behind the village.The cost of these two cases alone can be [-] yuan. During the few days when the bridge was built, I ate and drank at his house, and there was a smell of meat every time.

And Fu Ji, because of excessive missing, felt a little lost in his heart. He watched his old father busy with a smile, and the death of four people could only make him cry. After crying, he stood up, wiped his tears, and his whole body Don't talk about it anymore.

So Fu Ji went back to the old days, he slept on the kang at home, and was bitten all over by fleas for several days, that was the case, he slept soundly, not for anything else.Just because his grandmother was alive, but she was blinded by crying and couldn't go out to wait for them.

Fu Ji talked to his grandmother every day these days, but he didn't talk to his father very much. His father knew he was ashamed of the baby, so he didn't dare to look him in the eyes.On the contrary, his elder brother was the big one, and the second brother and the second brother looked at him with weird eyes, and it was no longer the look that he was crying to death when he was about to leave the house to see him off.

That year, Fu Ji and his younger brothers worked four jobs, they all went out for his parents and brothers, all because the sister-in-law was pregnant at that time, and Fu Ji was afraid that his little nephew would be born, and he would lose his father and lose his father. Hope, so he quietly took his brother's card, and he ran to the entrance of the village to answer.When he got there, he saw that the old father was also answering the job with four jobs.

Sihuo was just twelve years old, and he was very thin. Knowing that his father had given up on him, he was so frightened that his face burst into tears and his whole body trembled.His father gave up four jobs for nothing else, all because they were not very strong, and they couldn't help the family, but they could still eat.After thinking about it, his father left the fourth child and went for the second child.

Why can't Fu Ji be given up? It's also because of the four brothers, Fu Ji is the only one in the family who has read the book, and his father still counts on him.

Fu Ji never blamed his old father. In those days, every family was like this, and every household had a family. If they were sad, they would only resent God.

On the night when they came back, the whole family cried and scolded God again. Fu Huaixing hugged the clothes Sihuo Xiaoqian wore and cried to death. Grandma also said that since the two dolls left, his father cried every day, saying I'm sorry Sihuo.

That's what I said, but I cried once the day before, and if I cry a lot these years, it's worthless.

Hey, I'm sorry, he's gone, and Fu Ji can't say anything else, and now he talks less and less.Just like on the day when he entered the house, he saw two children eating shit in the courtyard, and they all said they were his little brothers, and Fu Ji didn't show any kindness.Even, he just squinted and turned around.

Now that his family has added another child, after Fu Ji and the others left, there are still five or six jobs in the family.Fu Ji's youngest brother, Liuhuo, is only four years old now, not to mention, his mother is still pregnant with one.

After returning home, seeing his dearest grandmother, Fu Ji's heart finally found some comfort. He only gave the money he brought to his father a hundred guan.He said that he would invite the cook, and set up a big pot for the whole village to eat and drink.As for what he was doing outside, Fu Ji didn't say anything. He wanted to talk about it the night he just came back, but his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law kept asking him about his inside story.

Although the country people are supposed to be simple and kind, but the first night, there was a quarrel about the money, and then they started to work, and the nose bleeds.Their actions made Fu Ji's heart cold.

Later, she was still an old grandmother, leaning on a poplar cane and scolding in the yard: "That is, the third and fourth child's hard-working money, if you dare to fight, you should all be kicked out, kicked out! Don't come to my house in the future! "They didn't dare to say anything and went back to their home.

Now they are all single-family households, who have been separated long ago, and it is unreasonable to care about them at home!However, whoever has seen so much money, even if he has a kind heart, can't hold back.

Fu Ji felt ashamed, and felt embarrassed towards brother Shi Wu.Even this sworn brother from outside is more respectable than his elder brothers.On the contrary, Shi Wu, his righteous brother, came to dissuade Fu Ji and said, "Brother, don't be ashamed. The villagers here have been born and bred farmers all their lives, and they have never seen money. Now they see it, and they will naturally make a fuss. I The same is true at home, every year the officiant will have a fight, everyone is afraid that there will be too many. Don't take it to heart, they don't have bad intentions, but I'm afraid they have a lot of narrow-mindedness. If you marry a wife, you will have to leave two for yourself in the future, so I dare not be so generous."

Fu Ji said that he was ashamed, and he was embarrassed to keep his brother to sleep on the kang of his own house. In that row, even the elder and the younger got rid of his parents, the two little brothers, and even Fu Ji himself had no place to live.Nowadays, there are no spare rooms in the family.Mantang can only sleep in the kitchen, just build a collapse at will.

Fu Ji's father also wanted to build a house, but it was also a busy season, so he said it would be delayed for a few days.Fu Ji naturally understood his careful thinking, he was afraid that if he wanted to give up the houses of the six brothers, he would not finish the calculation.He thought so, but he didn't have the face to mention it to his son, so he kept holding back.

It's Fu Ji's mother who thinks it shouldn't be like this, whoever owns it, if not, I'm sorry for Sanhuo.For this, she even took two punches from her husband, and then she stopped talking.

The two righteous brothers reluctantly bid farewell at the gate of Huaishu Village. They made an appointment, and after half a month, Fu Ji went to the city to meet his elder brother.When the time comes, just get drunk again.

After sending off his sworn brother, Fu Ji returned home, but he didn't want to have any distant visitors. Who are you, but Fu Ji's original betrothed father of Erduo's family.One year after Zifu Ji left, Erduo got married, and the two families never moved again.

Now that Fu Jifa got married, Erduo's father naturally knew about it, so he came to the door and said, "We were originally engaged, but now that Erduo is married, how many people are there in the family? If there is no match, there are still Erduo His aunts and sisters are also picked by Ji Fu.

He thought beautifully, but was knocked on the head by Fu Ji's grandmother, and was spit out.Even if he was kicked out, Erduo's father also brought a guy, a big black pot, filled a pot full of meat.But he was not shameless, and when he left, he also added more pots, and counted 35 big money and put it down.This is the only cash that Fu Ji's family has gotten in the past few days. When the person came, he wanted to take a hundred cash, but seeing that the Fu family is no longer married, naturally he only gave a little.

Fu Ji supported his old grandmother, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, but he let go of his biggest concern.He thought, when he goes back, he will ask his mentor to be a matchmaker for him again, and he doesn't ask for the family's face, but only asks that the woman can read and understand the truth.

After ousting the old in-laws, the old grandmother took Fu Ji's hand and went back to her house.Now the money paid by Fu Ji has 65 pieces left, and there are snacks, cloth, meat and so on. The old grandmother saw that Fu Ji's father had big hands and treated guests every day, so she couldn't bear it, and ordered people to take all those things away. After moving back to her own room, she did nothing every day, and sat on the kang in her free time, touching the big money and the cloth.

Fu Ji originally wanted to give each household in the village a piece of cloth and two catties of snacks, but his grandmother refused.Each household is only allowed three feet of cloth in two colors and two sugar cakes to eat.Fu Ji also persuaded him a few words, and was given two crutches by his grandmother to be honest.

Living at home, Fu Ji was quite new for the first few days, but unfortunately later on, his elder brother, his old father would often take him out to meet the decent people they were looking for, so Fu Ji took the trouble, and he didn't live with his parents either. He asked Mantang to tidy up a utility room at home and come out, and lifted two door panels and put them on the stool as a couch.After rejecting a customer once, his father was a little angry, so Fu Ji kept silent and hid in the yard every day, chatting with his grandmother and sorting out some news on the way.Occasionally, Fu Ji would also paint a few sketches of landscapes, and when the paintings were finished, they would be delivered to the whole house and ordered him to send them to his righteous brother, just to get close.

That Shi Wu is not an elegant person, but every time Mantang goes, he brings back a food box for Mantang. The box contains the famous dishes of Zezhou Restaurant, so Fu Ji and his grandmother are in the room every day. It's a lot of fun to eat secretly.

Speaking of stealing food, on the night of his return, Fu Jidao encountered a bad thing.He had just arrived home that day, and in the evening, his mother took a small bag of white flour from the bottom of the vat and came out to cook his son an honest and delicious meal. Fu Jiyin cried so much that day and didn't have much appetite, After taking a few mouthfuls, I quietly left the house to wash my face, so I could take it with me for convenience.

After washing his face and finishing his toilet, Fu Ji just turned out from the corner, but saw his second sister-in-law squatting in the opposite corner, not knowing what she was eating. The sound of sucking noodles.

Why is this second sister-in-law squatting here to eat noodles?

Fu Jizheng was puzzled, and suddenly saw her second sister-in-law, stood up abruptly, and shouted: "Grandmother..." Then, his second sister-in-law wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and shouted again into the room with the bowl of food : "Grandmother, I brought you fine noodle soup. I ordered black sauce, which is delicious..." After finishing speaking, he lifted up his skirt and entered the old grandmother's room.

Fu Ji suddenly felt uncomfortable. His second sister-in-law was not like this before. When she first got married, she was a virtuous girl from all over the world. How could she be like this now?It's been almost ten years. When he left, the family was half-sized, but there was always half a tank of honest noodles in stock, and now even five catties of new noodles can't be collected.

Who is to blame?The holy ancestor moved the Ding, the former emperor moved the Ding, and today he still wants to move his Ding from Wukang. In the end, the people of Wukang have no one to cultivate their fields, and they can’t take care of their family business. .The days are getting poorer and poorer, the meaner and narrower the poorer... A good person, who wears a woman's skirt every day to hide, how can he become a ghost all of a sudden?

Now, what should we do?I have visited countless counties, counties and towns along the way, but judging by the population, Wukang is still a heavily populated county!Although there are many problems in various places, the persecution of Qian Ding in the past few years has slowly recovered, and even his family has five or six more jobs.

Fu Ji didn't dare to hide this matter, so he reported it...

What should I do?If His Majesty can't bear it, how about moving again within a year or two?Didn't he become the eternal sinner of Wukang?

From this day on, Fu Ji was in a daze every day, every day when he woke up early, he would go to the back mountain to stay, and stay until noon before coming back to accompany his grandmother.He doesn't talk too much with others, he is like a wandering soul all day long.The family saw that he was wrong, but they dared not say anything about him, so they could only confess!

He has money in his armpit, but his waist is counted at home, even his father doesn't say much about him.That is to say, persuasion, saying that the four jobs are just coming to our house to cheat food, and they will stay for a few years at most. If they don’t go like that, they will definitely not be able to support them.

Fu Ji didn't answer, feeling uncomfortable, so he could only quietly withdraw the money and give it to his father, not only his father, but also his elder brother and second brother's house.Not for anything else, it's all because, if he reports this, he is afraid that his family will be separated again.

According to his family's family, the eldest brother and the second brother are going to leave. From now on, there will only be five or six jobs left in the family. I don't know what is in the mother's belly. By then, his father may not be able to handle it. of.

Who dares to disobey the order of the Son of Heaven?That's still the case for a century-old family, let alone Xiao Minhu?The hundred-year-old family can buy someone to replace them, but what about these ordinary people?Common people were not allowed to buy slaves instead, as a rule.However, once the relocation order is issued again?What about these humble and struggling ordinary people?It was as if the flesh and blood were separated again.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, Fu Ji had lived at home for more than half a month. In the middle of the night, the dogs in the village suddenly started barking together!Could it be that wolves have entered the village?Fu Ji put on his clothes, lit the oil lamp and sat up, looked out through the window, his father said to him in the yard: "Sleep after three jobs, I will block the pigsty, and stab two thorns, I am afraid The wolves on the mountain have entered the village, and the smell of meat in our house can't be covered by the smell these days."

Fu Ji responded, and was about to turn off the lights, when he heard someone knocking on the door. His father asked who it was through the door, but it was full of people who were going to the city to deliver food boxes.

Why did you come back at this hour?Fu Ji was startled and felt bad, so he put on his clothes, took off his shoes and went out.

Outside the door, as soon as his father unlocked the door, Mantang rushed in with a doll on his back. When he saw Fu Ji coming out, he hissed to Fu Ji, who dared to cry: "Master, turn off the lights! Something serious happened! "

Fu Ji stepped in the door with his hand back, and said to his father with a stern look he had never had before: "Father, you go back now, don't say that Mantang is back, and don't say that he went to the county yesterday! Put out the lights!"

His father was terrified, nodded, and stumbled into the room, and it was pitch black in no time.