Chapter 20: A Pretty Cheap Dad
The family first had a reunion dinner. Yang Hao ordered Changsui to choose some things.
Before he came back, he knew who was in the family. So it took him a little time to choose a suitable meeting gift.
Let someone send all the selected things to the main hall.
Only Yang Bode and his stepmother will be there.
Yang Hao gave two boxes, one in a long strip, and gave them to Yang Baide: "Dad, this is my son who bought it by chance, and I specially brought it back to honor you."
Yang Bode touched his beard and accepted it with a smile.
He took out another rectangular box that was one foot long, half foot wide and high: "Mother, this is the bird's nest I bought in the Western Regions. It's my little care."
He had already said it was a bird's nest, so Tang opened the box. It was full of snow-white bird's nests. The gift was quite thick. Not to mention giving it to his stepmother, even if it was given to his mother, he would be full of thought.
Of course, we have to ignore the fact that the things he brought back were piled up with high mountains.
But Tang was not dissatisfied with it.
After all, he is not his own son.
She smiled and thanked her and accepted it.
Yang Hao also wanted to give things to his brothers and sisters.
Yang Bode stopped him: "It's not too late to send it out tomorrow. Come with me."
Is there something to say to him?
Yang Bode led him to the side hall, signaled him to sit down, and said with concern: "Liu'er, the so-called wealth should not be revealed. This time you brought back thousands of livestock and countless wealth. I'm afraid you will be eyeing along the way."
"Don't worry, my son will sell those goods as soon as possible."
"This is the best. When you come back this time, you bring back a lot of money. I'm afraid there must be an explanation in the clan. Do you have any conspiracy in your mind?"
Yang Hao took the opportunity to tell him what he had settled.
"Is there a single family for you?" Yang Baide frowned and said. "My parents are here, so you must not be a different person. Today you are in the limelight, just because someone is jealous and it is a disaster."
Yang Hao said: "The father does not need to worry. It is also a rule for his son to be single."
"Oh, what's the saying?"
"Although my son has parents, he is indeed a newly returned home. According to the law, he can only settle down by the border. In fact, he has already settled a single family in Dunhuang. But now he has moved back to his hometown."
Yang Hao also said: "At that time, when I was a Taoist citizen, I really became a monk. The so-called monk was separated from the world, and secular family members were no longer family members. Before I settled, I was considered to have no family members. I did not need to adhere to the saying "different origins and different wealth."
When Yang Bode heard this, he looked sad: "Yes. After you left home, will the clan class divide your family tree?"
He paused and said, "That's good. No one can talk about you alone."
"Thank you father to understand."
Yang Bode laughed and said, "You are satisfied with your father when you are back. Are you apart or not? Are you not my son?"
He paused and said, "But this matter should be explained clearly to your elder brother. Since you have separated, you have brought back the money and earned it, so you cannot count it into your family."
When Yang Hao heard this, he felt a little more affection for this cheap father.
He didn't mean that he couldn't bear to give up these things. It was different just to take them directly from others.
But I can't say that happily: "Why did my father say this? Those things..."
Yang Bode didn't want to hear: "You don't have to say much. Wealth can help the gods, but if it is because of wealth, it will be unfair. Since you are not in the family now, you can't mess it up."
Yang Hao was satisfied, at least this attitude was comfortable.
He laughed and said, "So, I will listen to my father."
After a pause, he said, "Some children bought gifts for their father, mother and brothers and sisters themselves. I just heard from my elder brother that the eighth sister is going to go out of the box next year, and some things happen to add makeup to the eighth sister. Of course, those are to be taken out."
But Yang Bode knew clearly.
Baniang is going to get married, how do you know about this child?
This clearly means that you are willing to split a part.
That's fine.
He thought for a moment: "Tomorrow, you will prepare a generous gift and send it to your uncle. Don't lose the etiquette."
Yang Hao listened and felt that this cheap father and that cheap uncle seemed a little alienated. Otherwise, he would not have said anything like "You must not lose your etiquette."
Brothers, it’s not time to talk about etiquette. This is what relatives and friends say.
He wanted to settle in this Wufeng Village, so he had to ask some things clearly: "Father, uncle and our family..."
Yang Bode pondered and said, "Your uncle is the patriarch, and you will be respected to your uncle in the future."
In other words, the two families are not very close.
Yang Bode was afraid that he would not understand, so he said, "At that time, after your grandfather went, your uncle took over the position of patriarch. Your name in the genealogy was the one you uncle strongly advocated for the division. At that time, your grandmother was still there."
Oh, I understand.
It turned out to be because of the separation.
Yang Bode didn't want to say more: "Since you have established a household in the village, you will need a homestead. I will go to the village chief tomorrow and ask him to give you land as soon as possible."
Yang Hao can basically confirm that this cheap father still has family affection for his body.
But when you think about it, you won’t feel that it’s abrupt and strange.
The person who left home after he was three years old should have been favored by his parents for three years. Although he met again after fifteen years, his appearance was very imaginative with Yang Baide.
This is the most intimate one.
As long as Yang Bode is not an extremely selfish person, seeing his appearance can indeed arouse the relationship between father and son.
Moreover, Yang Hao's return to his hometown this time was a big fanfare. The blind man could tell that he was a promising person. He was spoiled when he was young, looked like himself, and had promising. How could Yang Bode not recognize his good son who has these three elements?
With such a cheap father here, Yang Hao felt that he should be able to live a more comfortable life.
But he couldn't rely solely on this cheap father, so he suggested: "Father, I'll bring back those things today. I'm afraid that relatives and villagers will have some thoughts in the eyes of everyone. I wonder if I should give a gift according to the alienation of the group."
Yang Baide laughed and said, "Liu'er thinks thoroughly. The so-called distant relatives are worse than close neighbors. It is time to give one. In the future, you must also keep politeness with the villagers and not be domineering."
Although there were no bandits nearby, it was inevitable that there would be some chaos shortly after the new emperor ascended the throne.
There are so many things in his house. It must be the sight of people, and it is inevitable that outsiders will be malicious. If there are no villagers to protect them, the more things they have, the more dangerous they are.
Now Yang Hao can think of giving some to his fellow villagers. If something happens, the fellow villagers can also help.
Yang Bode became more and more satisfied with this son.
"You have worked hard along the way. Let's go and rest. As a father, I will talk to your elder brother."
Yang Hao was indeed a little tired, but he didn't dare to rest now. There were thousands of livestock there. He also wanted to explain to Xi Xiaoshu.
The next day, it was the first time that Yang Hao had settled in the province after returning home. The whole family gathered.
Yang Hao also brought things from a yard, and placed a lot of things in the small yard outside the main hall.
There are no servants in the Yang family, and no one is qualified to use slaves.
The Yang family's ancestors had never produced any high-ranking officials, so naturally they had never received any shelter. In order to prevent slavery, the court only allowed officials, or families with the ancestors who had sheltered could acquire slavery.
Although the Yang family also has servants, most of them are long-term workers and long-term followers. They sign all live contracts, which can only last ten years at most. The number of people is not large.
There are only family members in this hall. In the past, it is usually time-saving, and Yang Baniang and Yang Pan are usually busy serving their parents.
Now he looked at Yang Hao, wanting to see what he was going to say.
Yang Hao said to Yang Bode: "Dad, I have been wandering abroad for many years, and it is up to my elder brother, sister-in-law and younger brother and sister to be filial at home. My elder brother and sister-in-law and others work hard, so I want to send some things to express my feelings. I also ask my father to allow it."
"What's wrong? It's normal for brothers and sisters to give each other some supplies."
This conversation is necessary.
Different wealth means that parents cannot separate their families and cannot have property under their personal names. What Yang Hao wants to give now is not as simple as "use of things".
Yang Hao took out a lot of things.
The filial piety to parents is not missing. More than a dozen large boxes are mainly fox fur, wolf skin, deer skin, marmot skin, lamb skin and other furs, as well as a large box of bird's nest snow clams, a small bag of ginseng, and more than a dozen bags of sheepskin.
The most expensive one is a box of gold, two hundred taels.
Yang Bode accepted her face without changing his expression.
It is much thinner to Yang Ming and his eighth brother who had never met before, and his fourteenth brother who was talented and big.
There were ten boxes, which were also furs. There were only a few more boxes of bird's nest snow clams for Yang Ming. There were also gold at once. But they were only fifty taels.
Yang Ming refused repeatedly.
Yang Baide said: "Since Liulang gives it to you, you should keep it. Brothers will work together in the future."
Tang felt satisfied when he saw it, and his son was not favored by the other. The eldest son had more, but in fact he gave some of his eldest daughter-in-law Pan.
Yang Hao said again: "Ba Niang is about to leave the house. I am my brother, so I will add a dowry."
The fifteen boxes were all fur-covered, and a box of satin, a box of bird's nest snow clams, a box of ginseng, and a pair of white jade dragon and phoenix bracelets.
A box of gold is more than a gift for the brothers, and it is only 100 taels.
Yang Baniang blushed and refused, "Ba Niang thanked Brother Six for trouble. The family has been arranged, how can I let Brother Six spend money? And how can Baniang pass over the two sisters?"
Yang Hao said, "Don't refuse Ba Niang, not only Ba Niang has it. I have prepared the same for my third sister and sixth sister." He looked at his half-sister who was only five years old. "I'm ready for Twelve Damn. I'm also ready for my mother."
But Yang Bode said: "Ba Niang, don't refuse. Your sixth brother wants to add makeup to you. This is his friendship with brothers and sisters."
"Yes, my father taught me a lesson. My daughter was wrong." He said to Yang Hao again. "Ba Niang thanked Brother Six!"
Chapter completed!