Chapter 5: Take out the best treasures (Part 1) (This chapter is free)

Among the clans, they are called "A Qi", "A Wu", etc., which means that he is a minor generation. Only those who have become the highest seniority of the clan can be called "Lao Qi" and "Lao Wu".

Cheng Laoqi had no son, and his wife had already passed away. He had no children, and he was not qualified to sit by the fire pit. The Clan Chief Cheng shouted and asked him to stand up from the people below, saying timidly: "I'm engaged! My daughter is engaged, it's Wang Xiaosan in the city..."

Cheng Laoqi regarded his daughter as a pearl in his hand, so her breasts were named "Azhu". This girl married a waiter in the city. Wang Xiaosan is the third child in the family, and she has no pension burden and has a good income. After Cheng Laoqi hopes that his daughter will get married, the couple will support him, but the patriarch's explanation disrupts his plan.

"Then I regret the marriage!" Cheng Tong decided to say, "How much do I have to refund the betrothal gifts I should pay for... I am lucky. The waiter will support you in the old age. How can the teacher support you in the old age? If the teacher does not support me, my entire clan will be responsible for the retirement. Tell the boy in the city that as long as he is willing to withdraw from the bride, my Cheng clan will pay him the price. After taking the money, he will shut up and marry another girl!"

Cheng Tong suddenly offered too high a price. Among the people present, Cheng Laowu also had a girl of the right age. When he heard Cheng Tong's offer, he looked at the empty chair beside him and plucked up the courage to say, "Why? Brother, you can't favor it. We also have daughters. Our daughter often delivers food to brothers who are in school. The teacher is familiar with the teacher, why isn't our daughter serving the teacher? Boss, you have to be fair..."

Cheng Tong paused and interrupted Cheng Laowu's insult in an unquestionable tone: "If our Cheng clan wants to keep the teacher, we must take out the best treasures. What does your daughter look like? The teacher has never looked at him... Let Azhu go, that's it!"

Although Cheng Laoqi was cowardly, he was not a fool. His daughter married a waiter in the city and was a wife, and a husband might be a concubine. How could Cheng Laoqi be willing? So, when Cheng Laowu fought, he immediately followed the situation: "Fifth brother is willing, then, our daughter will be spared... Regret about the marriage, and Azhu's reputation was completely ruined."

Cheng Tong glanced at Cheng Laoqi majesticly and patted the empty chair behind him: "What is this chair? The second chair in the village! Who can sit on this military advisor's chair - marry my Cheng clan's daughter as a concubine, he is still an outsider, can it be possible? Azhu used to be a wife! This time I gave up my old face and begged him with the kindness of my Cheng clan. He dared to use my Cheng clan's daughter as a concubine?"

Cheng Tong said it was a patriarchal rule: when a clan needs help from other surnames, he would grant the second seat of the clan and invite the other surnames to participate in the decision-making level. This chair is the "thousand-year-old second". Generally speaking, through marriage and other means, the "thousand-year-old second" will be quickly assimilated by the clan, but that chair is owned by the descendants of the family for generations. Sitting on this chair, there is no decision-making power, but the veto power.

In the south, many clans still have this kind of "thousand-year-old second" seat, but they add this kind of seat mostly because of the "Feng Shui" theory. For example, the clans of Qian surname mostly invite Ding surname, and the people of Cui surname sit on this chair, hoping that the other party will help the Qian surname "Ding" stay in the prosperous energy and "Cui" will give money luck.

Chengjiaao, when it comes to these ghostly methods of the big family, Cheng Tong knew several of them. It was because he knew the clan rules that he stood out among the villagers and inherited the seat of the clan leader. The rest of the people didn’t know much and didn’t usually remember these things. Now, after hearing his explanation, he vaguely remembered this rule.

Cheng Laoqi was satisfied, but the other parents were immediately reluctant. Cheng Laowu jumped up and shouted: "Go together, go together, Azhu is too busy with the teacher's big house, so our daughter goes there too. The teacher picks who it is, which family's blessing, and it cannot be a waste of money from outsiders."

Cheng Tong followed the way: "It's settled... It's getting late, it's all gone."

After ordering, the elder with a daughter was impatient to escape. Cheng Laoer had no daughter, so he stayed on the chair and refused to move: "Class leader, the work this year has not been assigned yet. What should you do? You can say something."

"The Master has made his statement just now," Cheng Tong replied: "This year, the matter of burning kilns and weaving baskets is waiting for the autumn harvest."

Cheng Laoer was puzzled: "But sir didn't say anything? Boss, you can't talk nonsense. Everyone has land, and I all hope to get money from hunting, so I won't let me do it..."

"The Master said nothing, just this year's arrangements," Cheng Tong replied sternly: "Whoever wants to join the craftsman camp will continue to work... Now, it's all broken up."

The three words "Minghuying" made Cheng Laoer feel chill. At this point, the people in the ancestral hall finally "guessed" what Zhao Xing meant.

Chengjiaao is now rich and has successively annexed several nearby villages. If the county officials in several nearby counties become greedy and want to regard this as a political achievement, then Chengjiaao will end the fate of "three no-collects". And those villagers who are proficient in skills may be assigned to "craftsmen" when they are registered.

"Once you join a craftsman, you will be born in generations." All generations of descendants need to inherit the title of a craftsman.

The labor service of the craftsman camp was heavy. In the Song Dynasty, the craftsman often fled or committed suicide because he could not complete the labor service. In order to complete the task, local officials often caught some ordinary people to fill in the numbers. Therefore, Cheng Tong meant: Everyone should do whatever they should do during the busy farming season, and wait until the slack season to see how Zhao Xing arranged it. I believe that by then, the Master had become a thorough Chengjiaao person, and he would point out the next development plan for Chengjiaao.

One of the solutions is to create a gentry in Chengjiaao! In other words, Chengjiaao has a cultural person, and others have received his protection... Cheng Tong thought that Zhao Xing took the students to naturalize, so he was planning for Chengjiaao.

Misunderstanding, purely misunderstanding.

Now, the misunderstood didn't know the village's decision. He was happily leading the students over the hill and to a mountain stream. While walking, he relived the scene in the ancestral hall. After a long time, he said to himself with some insight: "Look, there are always so many helplessness in the world. But when people walk in the world, they must learn: change can change, accept the unchangeable...

Well, since I can’t change, then accept it—this is life!”

Cheng Xia witnessed everything in the ancestral hall, and he felt Zhao Xing's displeasure, but he didn't know why Zhao Xing was depressed. Of course, even if he knew, he could not understand because the education he received did not have the concepts of "intellectual property" and "private rights".

Because of worry, Cheng Xia walked all the way to observe Zhao Xing. He carefully watched Zhao Xing's face change. Although Zhao Xing's voice was small, every word he heard was intoxicated by. These famous quotes that have been tempered by modern society are like a thousand bells, which made him fascinated.

"Teacher, then, what is 'changeable' and what is 'unchangeable'?" Cheng Xia's feet softened and he felt dizzy. He stopped and asked Zhao Xing in a daze.

At this moment, at noon, the group had already reached the top of the hillside. The sound of forest waves was mixed with the faint sound of water - Cheng Xia remembered the scene at this moment for the rest of his life. At that time, Zhao Xing stopped, looked up at the picturesque country, pointed casually, and said: "Look--the unchangeable sun and moon, what can be changed is the sea, the mulberry field, and the encounter of people! And now, we are changing our home!"

The sun and the moon cannot change, and the rest can be moved!

The children also stopped. They looked up at Zhao Xing standing on the top of the slope and were fascinated by the teacher's style.
Chapter completed!