Chapter 49 Slang House Rules
The next morning, Jiang Anyi found his mother and said his worries. Jiang Huang clapped his thigh and said, "Yi'er, you are right. An Yong is becoming less and less distorted. Mother can't tell him, and even Yan'er becomes a little disobedient. Your father died early, you are not at home, and your mother is just a wife, and she can't help but be anxious."
"Your uncle's brothers and sisters are fine. After you have money, they all look like they have changed their personalities, especially Dongquan. You can get into trouble all day long. Your eldest and second uncles are clay Buddhas. You only know how to do housekeepers when doing work. Your third uncle doesn't have a home all day long and raises young people outside. Xiulan comes to me to cry if you have anything to do, which makes me very upset. Alas, being rich sometimes may not be a good thing."
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Jiang Huangshi was full of complaints. Jiang Anyi and his mother complained, and said, "Mom, you don't have to be too anxious. Before there is anything wrong, I want to set a family rule to explain what should be done and what should not be done so that everyone can understand that anyone who wants to make a mistake will be dealt with according to the family rule."
"Okay, okay, I also feel that my family business is big and I should have some troubles. I can't live a confused life like before. Yi'er, how should I decide? I'll listen to you."
Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "I can't decide this matter. I have to invite all my uncles. Everyone will discuss it, otherwise the whole family will be in a mess."
Jiang Huang clapped his mouth and smiled, saying, "You don't know your uncle yet. Apart from the words "third uncle knows", your eldest uncle and second uncle are like your mother, and you don't know big words. What family rules can you set?"
"Mom, you can't say this." Jiang Anyi looked at her mother with a smile. In the past two years, her family has improved, and her face has turned pale and red, full of charm. Jiang Anyi sighed inwardly. His father died too early and his mother suffered. "The family rules do not mean anything from the words of a saint. Didn't it say 'If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of you'? Let's choose some 'old man's words' for writing it. Everyone can understand it and everyone knows it. There will be no difficulty in doing it."
"This method is good. I'll ask someone to call your three uncles. I'll ask An Yong and the others to come and listen. Don't say you don't know then." Jiang Huang stood up quickly and called someone to call the three uncles and nephews.
After a stick of incense, the main house of the Jiang family was crowded with people. Jiang Anyong and a few cousins were muttering and laughing happily from time to time. Yan'er and several cousins looked around at the side door. When Jiang Anyi saw her sister, she raised her hands to wave. Yan'er jumped up happily, ran to her brother, and proudly showed off to the cousins outside the door with their heads raised to show off.
Jiang Anyi thought for a while and said, "Everyone comes in and listen. Abide by family rules is not only a matter for men, but also for women."
Jiang Huang told the three brothers in a low voice about what they meant. My uncle Huang Kaishan smiled and said, "How can we say such a thing? Let Yi'er do it and tell everyone, which bastard dares not listen and I won't beat him. I think something is wrong these days. I've done too much at home."
The third uncle glared at his little daughter who was playing with Yan'er, and turned his face and said, "This is a big deal. Yi'er is right. A big family must have some rules. Hong'er, don't compete with Yan'er for toys, come to your father."
When Jiang Anyi saw the messy scene in the house, he raised his voice and said, "Let me say something first. The old saying goes, 'If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer a loss in front of you'. The elders must obey the words of the younger generation."
This sentence was immediately nodded by the three uncles and mother. The second uncle Huang Kailuo said: "I remember when my father was alive, he often said, 'You must not forget your roots'. An Yi, do you think this sentence is OK?"
"Of course, my grandfather said it very well." Jiang Anyi picked up the pen and wrote this sentence on the paper. Jiang Huang interrupted, "I remember this sentence from my father. Now the third brother is a little forgetful of his roots and has also raised his wife."
Huang Kailin said awkwardly: "Sister, what are you talking about? Why are you talking about this?"
Aunt San snorted angrily: "Why is this not a serious matter? Today, in front of everyone, please make it clear, what are you going to do that girl?"
Huang Kaishan looked down and said, "Third brother, what you did is unauthorized. Xiulan followed you to pull these children to the point of suffering. You can't forget your original name. If you have two money, you don't know what your surname is, otherwise you won't be able to spare you."
"Okay, brother, third sister, stop talking. I'll send her when I go back." Huang Kailin distorted and changed the topic: "I also remembered one, 'People are afraid of being shameless, and trees are afraid of being skinless'."
Everyone was in high spirits and rushed to say it all over and over again. Jiang Anyi picked twenty of them from them and remembered them, cleared his throat, and thought for everyone: "'If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer losses in front of you'...'People go to a high place, and birds fly to the bright spot; don't lose their ambitions, and don't be crazy about wealth; be kind and make money, and disobedience bring disaster; the more people play, the more lazy they get, the more greedy they eat; win, and lose without reason; the sky depends on the sun and the moon, and the people rely on their conscience'."
After reading it, Jiang Anyi asked: "Do you all understand what it means?"
The uncle smiled and said, "What's wrong with understanding this? They are all things that are usually said, and even Yan'er can understand." When Yan'er heard her uncle say that she could understand, and if she didn't understand, she had to pretend to understand. She nodded repeatedly to indicate that she understood.
Jiang Anyi patted Yan'er's little head and smiled and said, "Then I'll test you, what does 'people go high and birds fly to bright' mean?"
Yan'er tilted her head and thought for a while, suddenly slapped her big eyes and said, "Brother, do you mean that people should walk up the mountain and birds should fly towards the sun?"
Everyone laughed, and Jiang Anyi explained: "This means that you have to work hard and make progress, just like a bird flying naturally towards the light." Yan'er nodded as if she understood.
"I will carve these family rules on bamboo slips. In the future, everyone will follow the family rules. If anyone violates them, please punish them for three uncles and my mother. Do you agree or not?"
Hearing that he was going to punish him, the house calmed down, and everyone was watching each other and silent. Jiang Anyong stood up and said, "Brother, I can't read. I can't remember so many rules, otherwise I'll forget it."
"An Yong, you still want to forget it. First of all, you have to do it, otherwise I will use a big bamboo stick to slap you." Jiang Huang's eyebrows stood up and shouted loudly. Jiang Anyong shrank his neck and sat back in his seat, not daring to say anything anymore, and the cousins who were about to move around did not dare to say anything.
Jiang Anyi said: "What An Yong said makes sense. It is really not easy to remember these family rules without reading, and even if you memorize them, you may not know what they mean." Everyone smiled. Jiang Anyong was happy. His brother was just leaning towards him, knowing that he was unwilling to be restrained and saying good things for him.
Seeing An Yong and others' smiles, Jiang Anyi laughed in his heart and continued, "During the Chinese New Year, my third uncle told me to run a private school. Two things happened to be done together. I plan to invite a gentleman to come to my house to teach you how to read. There are 'Three generations of people who don't study, it's better to be a nest of pigs' in the family rules. You don't want to become pigs. These family rules seem simple, but in fact they contain many principles of being a human and doing things. If you want your husband to teach you how to read and gradually tell you the truth, you will truly understand the meaning of family rules, and naturally you will write them down."
Everyone was sad. The happy thing I said just now is that when I heard that I had to read and read, I could no longer have fun in heaven and earth. I had to sit in a private school every day and be in charge of my husband. I heard that I could not recite the books and even beat the board. They all turned their eyes to parents, hoping to see the expression of opposition on their father's face.
Huang Kaishan slapped the table and shouted, "Who is the Jiang and Huang families today? You are still digging food in the fields without Yi'er. Don't talk about studying. People who pass by the door of a private school think you are dirty. Now you have the opportunity to study, and they all look like they are being punished. Why? I am not happy, I am not happy to go down the fields with me from tomorrow."
My uncle roared, scaring everyone like quails beaten by rain, and did not dare to speak.
The third uncle smiled and said, "You always have strong farming. You have seen Donghe and Dongshui. When you were at home, you were like you. Now you look like you when you go out. When you are outside, others have to call them Mr. Huang, manager Huang. As for the third uncle, I," Huang Kaishan smugly touched his beard and said, "They call me Mr. Huang."
Seeing everyone's envious look, Huang Kaishan rang the railway while it was hot: "The flower world outside is so beautiful. You don't want to stay in the countryside all your life. You read An Yishu a lot, and you have to go to Renzhou. In the future, you will have to go to the capital and serve as officials in various places. Your third uncle doesn't know many words, but he has also been to Wenping Prefecture. There are no places I haven't been to on the ground of Dezhou. Donghe and the others have visited many places. Why? It's because they know a few words."
Jiang Anyi secretly admired that Jiang is still old, and everyone was moved by the third uncle's words.
The location of the private school is located in the Jiang family. There is a small courtyard in the second courtyard. It was originally used to entertain guests, so I made it aside for my husband to live there. Jiang Anyi, the candidate of the husband, was also available. Zhou Changhua, a classmate in the county school, Zhou Xiucai, was nearly fifty years old. Zhou Xiucai was honest and honest, and had a deep foundation in reading poetry and books, but he was not lucky enough to fail the exam six times. After the birth of his grandchildren, Zhou Xiucai calmed down his ambition and opened a private school to teach at home with peace of mind.
Jiang Anyi personally went to Zhou Xiucai's house to hire someone, and invited him to the school for twenty-two years. Zhou Xiucai's annual income from opening a private school was only seven or eight taels of silver, which doubled. Pingshan Town was not far from the county town. Jiang Anyi agreed with him half a day of class every day, one day off every festival and a sunset break. This condition was very generous, and Zhou Xiucai happily agreed.
There was a small problem when I was in the restaurant, and Yan'er was making trouble for her to go to school. Because she hadn't said it in advance, Jiang Anyi felt a little embarrassed. However, when Zhou Xiucai learned about it, she smiled and said, "Ling's sister is only eight years old, it's okay. My granddaughter also follows me to learn some words. It is also great for a woman to learn how to learn literacy in the future. If you think it's a problem for men and women, just use a bamboo curtain to surround her."
The family agreed in advance that people under the age of sixteen would go to the private school to study. Jiang Anyong stumbled in front of his brother with a bitter face: "Brother, I still have to practice martial arts. How can I have time to study? Otherwise, I will forget it. Anyway, if you are here, I will follow you wherever you go in the future."
Jiang Anyi ignored him and said with a stern face: "No, I only spent half a day studying, and the rest of my time practicing martial arts is enough. An Yong, you are not young anymore, and you can't mess around all day long. I have told my mother that if you are disobedient, you will really use big bamboo pieces to beat you."
Chapter completed!