Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"Whose good-looking children start to discuss marriage at the age of 20?" The second uncle objected: "It's too late to discuss marriage, good girls are all set, why do you want your younger brothers to marry?"

These days, dating a woman who is not engaged is an old lady, and dating a 20-year-old man who is not engaged, either because there is a delay at home, or... what's wrong?

The third uncle looked at Ding Tian very puzzled: "You will be nineteen after the new year. Even if you become an official, you should consider getting married at the age of 20, right? The special operations team

"Second Uncle, Uncle, Uncle, Uncle Xing, you are the only four in the family who have the final say. It happens that everyone is here, so I have something to say..." Ding Tian felt his heart skip a beat, and then looked at the eagerness of everyone around him. Looking at him, I knew that as I got older, this marriage would be brought up sooner or later.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be so soon, okay, everyone is here at the moment, the big cousin is married, and he, the big cousin, will definitely be targeted. He has no parents, only his second and third uncles, or the old man The village head and Uncle Xing, the village head, are elders. As long as these four stand there, no one else has the right to speak.

"I've just started my official career..." Ding Tian opened his mouth, and found that many people didn't understand the word "official career", like ducks listening to the rustling of thunder and fog, so he changed the phrase: "I just became an official now. In the village, in the county seat, he looks like a number one person, but in fact, in the eyes of real officials, he is nothing. Although it will be a little troublesome to deal with me, it is not a big deal. Alright, talking about friendship with Prefect Du is just some tricks in the officialdom, he has two mouths, he has the final say on right and wrong, so now I have to concentrate on the officialdom, and don't care about marriage!"

"Then how old do you have to be before you are willing to consider marriage?" The second uncle put down his wine glass heavily: "You are the only one in your family. Your third uncle and I watched you grow up. Your father is gone. Don't tell me we are uncles?" Yes, watching you play alone as a bachelor?"

Ding Tian murmured in his heart: I have already left the order!

But this can't be said... So, I endured it.

The third uncle also said to him: "We know it's not easy for you to be outside, but you can't patronize an official butcher and fail to have a family? Even if you are an official, don't you have to get married and have children? Whoever becomes a high official Are people playing bachelors and not getting married?"

Ding Tian had no choice but to talk about it again: "It's okay to talk about the affairs of the court, but if it's not good, one of the nine clans will be involved, will our family still survive?"

Well, that's the advantage of the clan. Everyone is connected by broken bones. A clan has one ancestor and one surname.

"Ah? There is still such a danger?" Everyone was surprised.

"Among the nine clans, the wife clan is included..." Ding Tian said slowly to them, "Do you still remember the case of the Ma family in Fucheng? Their family married a daughter to some master from Beijing. , As a result, the old man of the master was corrupt and perverted the law, he himself was beheaded, his whole family was searched, and the three clans were imprisoned, and the Ma family just folded in..."

Everyone has some impressions of the Ma family in Fucheng, because the original Gao family wanted to marry the Ma family, but the Ma family didn't like the Gao family, so the Gao family turned around and married the eldest daughter of the Chen family. As a result...then The ending is horrible.

Moreover, when the Gao family committed crimes, the Chen family did not get any better. They were all taken away, their property confiscated, bought by the Ding family, and opened a grain store.

"That's the family of wives..." There was still a smart person who retorted weakly.

But he was reprimanded by the head of the village and went back: "Wife family, there are also married women involved, what do you know? What Tian'er said is that his marriage must be decided by the prince, or it can only be delayed. Our old man It's not easy for the Ding family to become an official, whoever dares to be a traitor will hinder him, don't blame the old man for being rude!"

The old village chief is a sensible person. Although the old man is a grassroots commoner, he has seen many storms and waves. He even went outside with Ding Yong, otherwise he would not be the village chief.

Now that the old brother is gone, he naturally wants to protect his children and grandchildren. Although Ding Dahai is gone, it is a matter on the battlefield. Even if he wants to, he has nowhere to contribute!

But now it’s all right, this income has been paid, Lao Ding’s family has opened a food store in three branches, with nine shops, the price of the grain collected every year is also fair, and the sales are only a penny, and the children also have grown-up daughters Getting married is already very good.

As for Ding Tian, ​​who is more promising, he feels that he can't control it, can't control it, and can't control it well. It's better to let the child let go of his hands and feet and go out to make a living. Back then, he and his elder brother didn't make it out. Now it's the children's turn. Well, Ding Tian's luck is worse than his own and his elder brother's. The elder brother is only the head of the prison, and his grandson is now in charge of the prison in Fucheng.

The prestige of the old village chief is still there. After being a village chief all his life, who would dare not listen to his words?

Everyone was honest, including Ding Tian's second uncle and third uncle, and the old village chief was their cousin.

"You guys!" Seeing that they had stopped, the old village chief sighed: "What does our old Ding's family have? Is there a large number of people? It works well in Niujiao County, but not necessarily outside. Tian'er becomes an official by himself. , the official road is difficult, and our Ding family can't give him much help, but it's enough not to hold him back. I've heard that many people told their relatives that they can introduce Ding Tian to someone big. Girls, little girls, with me here for a day, Ding Tian's marriage can only be decided by himself, whoever dares to marry a man randomly, don't blame the old man for not paying attention to relatives, get out of Ding's Village!"

At this moment, many people smiled awkwardly, lowered their heads and ate quickly, not daring to lift their heads.

The second aunt married her daughter today, and she was not in a good mood at first, but when she heard that someone was planning on her eldest nephew, she immediately howled: "My Tian'er's marriage is up to her own decision, and my mother can't worry about who eats carrots. Dare to make a good wife, my old lady, I won't scratch her

Face! "

The third aunt didn't give in and said: "No matter who it is, think about it, you are married into the Ding family, and the name on the tablet will also be Ding's family. You have sons and daughters, and you are not afraid of retribution!"

The third uncle coughed lightly: "If anyone dares to get my Tian'er's ideas, I won't say anything else. Didn't my Tian'er just say it? It will implicate the nine clans. From now on, our Ding family will not accept this food."

The second uncle just nodded without saying a word, but his attitude was also in agreement.

Although Ding Tian is a big piece of fat in their eyes, a wealthy son-in-law, but they are all surnamed Ding!

Those who can help Ding Tian as matchmakers are all with foreign surnames, and most of them are their daughters-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandson-in-law and other girls from the other side of their natal family

Not to mention whether it will be successful or not, just in terms of identity...it's a little bit close, and there are not many who can say it with confidence...in fact, there are not many.

Even in the village, she looks like a flower in the village, but in the eyes of Ren Dingtian, she is probably a dirtbag.

It's good if this kind of thing happens, Ding Tian will definitely be annoyed if he is not an adult, and if he doesn't show his power at that time, his two uncles will not let him go.

They are all relatives, and it's really wrong to cheat children like this.

In addition, even relatives have to farm and sell food every year, right?

If it is really because of this kind of thing that hurts relatives, you will not be able to sell food in this county in the future... and your relatives, friends and old friends will have to follow suit, who can bear it?

Everyone nodded fiercely: "That is, that is!"

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

Paused for a while, took a few mouthfuls of food and wine, the atmosphere was a bit silent and dull, it was not festive, and Ding Tian was not happy to upset his second uncle and aunt, so he said a happy event: "There is one more thing, I have to talk to the big guy Let me tell you, I have made a great contribution this time, and I think I have to be promoted, no matter how big or small, I have become an official. Our old Ding family has taken root here for 200 years, and there are more than 100 households. With a population of 800, it can be regarded as a big family, but there have been no outstanding descendants, and now Tian'er can be regarded as an official, with a low rank but qualified to build an ancestral hall for the family."

"Ancestral hall?" The old village head immediately stood up, his old face flushed with excitement: "Tian'er, what you said is true?"

"It's true, Uncle, Tian'er has asked His Royal Highness King Ning to play on his behalf, and asked the adults in the Ministry of Rites to provide the surveying drawings. Tian'er has already planned all the expenses. The silver he got is as much as 5000 taels, 3000 taels It will be used to build ancestral halls, and two schools will be built in 2000." Ding Tian said: "Tian'er can also buy some fields nearby as clan sacrifice fields, and the output is dedicated to ancestors; Shared ownership, all the output, excluding taxes, the rest can be given to the clan to support the widows and widows...or evenly distributed to the clan members, it is a welfare after all... "

Ding Tian has already thought about this matter, and the people in the clan need to be appeased. In this era, "involvement" is the punishment he hates the most.

When one person commits a crime, the whole family suffers from it!

Therefore, the establishment of this ancestral hall has many benefits.

The first is the school, around the ancestral hall, let the children study, even if they don't pass the imperial examination, they must understand the truth, understand the law, and don't do anything illegal.

In ancient times, the ruling class generally used the policy of ignoring the people. This is not good, and the people's wisdom is not enlightened.

The second is that there is a place where we can discuss things. For example, during the Chinese New Year, the fourth aunt dared to insult Wang Zuo. Ding Tian was furious, and finally let the couple clean the latrine together for a whole month, let alone kill them It's arrogance.

This is because Wang Zuo didn't hear it, and no one did it on purpose. These days, common people are like weeds, and the nobles don't take their lives seriously. What can you do if your whole family is punished for not being a lowly citizen?

"If we build schools on both sides of the ancestral hall, the children can no longer be blind." Ding Tian said: "And with the ancestral hall, many things will happen.

It's easy to solve the situation, for example, the last time the fourth aunt insulted the nobleman?I punished her. If there is an ancestral hall, I will let the fourth aunt kneel in the ancestral hall and recite the family rules. After a month, she should know the family rules... "

Sitting in the crowd, the fourth aunt shivered.

She was tortured by Ding Tian, ​​and now she shrank her neck and walked against the wall when she went out.

"Not bad, not bad!" The head of the village turned out to be flushed with excitement... He didn't blush when he was drinking just now: "With the ancestral hall, my Ding family has finally taken root and has a place here...."

Ding Tian blinked his eyes, he didn't expect that the head of the village attached so much importance to the ancestral hall!

So I talked about a few things more, such as the tablets, there are hundreds of ancestors in the entire Ding family who have tablets; as well as the guards of the ancestral hall, they chose two people from Ding's village.

An old man, a cousin of the old Li Chang’s generation, honest and honest, his wife died of dystocia, and the second wife died of a disease before she got married, and it’s difficult to talk about kissing. He is married, and has two nephews to take care of him, but the old man refuses to accept his old age, and always wants to do something. The two nephews can't help it, and they don't dare to really let him do any heavy work, so they have to hand over the naughty boys in the family to the old man .

Now he is favored by the head of the village and appointed as one of the guardians of the ancestral hall.

The second one actually chose Ding Suo, the third son of Ding Kan's family. This kid can't read well and can't sit still in school. For this reason, Ding Kan beat him up a lot, but he just couldn't learn it. In the end, he only knew some words and ran back I don't go to school anymore.

But she is in good health and agile, but she is too young, only ten years old... oh, it's eleven years old.

"Xiao Suozi is as flexible as a little monkey. Let him clean up in the ancestral hall, climb up and put on shelves, and so on. He can do it all." The old Lichang stroked his beard and smiled: "Every ten Two silvers, two sets of clothes per season, one pair of shoes, ten catties of mutton, ten catties of pork, and fifty catties of white flour, that's all it is!"

"Okay, that's the deal!" Ding Tian was the first to agree.