Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 268 Zongba and Taro

Chapter 260 Nine Rice Dumplings and Taro
"Filial piety is the starting point of moral cultivation, and it is the easiest virtue for a person to discover and cultivate. A person's love for his parents is from childhood, so the virtue of filial piety is also the easiest to cultivate. Therefore, for thousands of years in the past dynasties The word "filial piety" is particularly important, and unfilial piety is the second most serious crime after treason, from which we can also see the emphasis on the cultivation of personal morality in the history of our country. This is how the "state of etiquette" came about."

"On this basis, with the growth of age and experience, other virtues will be cultivated and developed. To the relatives of the same generation, it will develop into brotherhood; to friends and partners, it will develop into trust; to superiors, it will develop into respect; to the country, it will develop into Loyalty; finally developed into benevolence to all things in the world, this is the culmination of virtues.”

"Then these virtues will be manifested externally, as a set of modes of interacting with people, with a sense of ritual. This is etiquette, which is the 'rules' you just mentioned."

"Confucius once said that 'respectful but rude will make you old, prudent but rude will make you shy, brave but rude will make you chaotic, straight and rude will make you twist', and he also said 'smart words, attractive looks, full respect, Zuoqiu Ming shame In other words, Qiu Yizhi’, while emphasizing morality, we must also pay attention to etiquette, and we must unify inside and outside, and we cannot say one thing and do another, this is the theoretical basis for the formation of our Lijiagou folk customs.”

"All these rules are basically formed under this theory, such as cleaning the table, even if the elders of the guests are off the table, you still have to wipe it from several directions towards yourself, instead of throwing dirty things to the guests. I have sat with the elders for a few times, which includes the ideological content of 'respect', 'respect', and 'cautious'."

"For example, if you see an elderly person, you should stop fighting and let them go to the side of the road. This contains the ideological content of 'filial piety', 'benevolence', and 'respect'."

The three of them nodded in succession, and Aunt Bai said, "The Chinese civilization is really broad and profound, Pi... baby, what you said is very insightful, and you also study traditional culture?"

Li Junge said: "I'm nothing, I'm just a lover, these principles are my ancestors in Lijiagou, by the way, the great-grandfather of Alice and Shirly, he taught me, I have invented at most That's all."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head and said: "However, the poverty and weakness of our country in modern times have aroused the reflection of intellectuals, and once formed a trend of liquidating Confucianism in academics, thinking that these are dross, which once attracted widespread rejection in society. With the strengthening of national power and the boost of national self-confidence in recent years, it has been paid attention to again, but the effect... Forget it, some people start to pay attention to it, it is better than nothing. By the way, my old man and my old cousin are still doing well in the United States Bar?"

Aunt Bai nodded and said, "They are all very powerful! Professor Siyuan and Professor Junlou are both very respected scholars in our school. Professor Siyuan is a Sinologist who mainly studies Confucian culture, and his direction is different from my East Asian folklore. ;Your sister in law, Yuning, is his student. Jun Lou is an expert in computer science, and his research seems to be digital thinking or AI. This is too far from my major, and I don’t understand what’s going on. .”

Li Junge shook his head, the fourth grandpa's team is full of top students, no wonder the two sisters are so arrogant, they don't have to go to school, it must be related to the group of sitters in the school at home, corruption seems to be everywhere in this school.

Changing the subject, he said: "Our place is relatively closed, and we will have to take a boat to get there later, but the scenery is very good, and the food is also good. By the way, you all use chopsticks, right?"

Aunt Bai smiled and said: "I know this very well, right? Is it Wuxi No. [-]? I have sat in the game many times."

Taro said: "Second...Pi, the art design of your website is so beautiful, now many students in our major use it as a screensaver."

Zongba also said: "Chopsticks are fine, we often eat Chinese food, Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, sweet..."

Li Junge rushed to talk: "Sweet, isn't it? I said how many people have been deceived by the small Chinese restaurant in front of your school? Is it opened by us Shuzhou people?"

Zongba spread his hands and said, "I don't know, anyway, the boss's favorite sentence is 'Lei-Guo-who-抔-should'!"

Li Junge slapped his forehead: "Damn! Cantonese! Didn't run away!"

……

Chatting all the way to Jiachuan, the lobby sister-in-law and the second cousin Li Junan who came back from work, and the second cousin Wanjia are already waiting at the pier, and Li Yuning and Li Yuduo are fighting on the side.

After getting out of the car, several people came up to meet them, and they introduced and made out again.

The two little ones were terribly curious about Aunt Bai's taro rice dumpling, biting their fingers but not daring to approach.

When Li Junge dragged the two little ones over, the white mother-in-law called Zongba and brother Yutou, and immediately relaxed, chatting around the three of them.

Li Junge smiled at Zongba and Taro Thieves: "See? That's why I gave you two nicknames. Uncle Bart, Brother Jack, doesn't taste right when he hears it. It will be difficult to get along with the folks."

The two silly boys nodded straightly, what Erpi said makes sense!Only the hall brother rolled his eyes silently: "It's your eccentricity to give people nicknames, okay, are you embarrassed to say it so grandly?!"

Seeing Wuxi No. [-] on the pier, Zongba whistled directly: "So...cool!"

A group of people boarded Wuxi No. [-]. Aunt Bai pulled the two children to sit next to her, and teased the two children to sing nursery rhymes to him: "Crying again! Laughing again! Yellow dog! Peeing! The boat is turned up at both ends..."

Li Junge didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Can you guys say something good? It would be nice to recite 'Goose Goose Goose, Song Xiangxiang Tiange'..."

Aunt Bai waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, this is good. I heard that the nursery rhymes in your country have magical powers, which can herald great changes in the country and the change of dynasties..."

Li Junge was so frightened that he wanted to go up and cover Aunt Bai's mouth, how dare he say such nonsense!Quickly explained: "That's a feudal dynasty! A group of conspirators came up with something to create an offensive of public opinion, such as 'Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng', and 'Mo Daoshi has one eye, stirring up the Yellow River's rebellion', unbelievable..."

Aunt Bai blinked innocently: "But in your history books..."

Li Junge said: "Teach you a lesson, you can read the history books before the Shiji, but as for the future ones, you have to read them backwards, and read more at the bottom of the book..."

Aunt Bai looked at the old man, and nodded thoughtfully: "Well...is this what you learned from your family?"

Damn, I don't dare to take the blame, Li Junge had no choice but to let Aunt Bai continue to tease the baby, and ran to chat with the old man and brother.

The old man is introducing to his elder brother: "Junlou, the place where we got on the boat just now is the old wharf of the county seat. The large rocky beach on the left is called Shipanjiao, and the opposite is Majiezi. Majiezi used to be where the salt warehouse is located. , the caravan loaded salt into Qianzhou there. The place where we boarded the boat was Yidu Wharf. At that time, there was no bridge on the Hongshui River, and it was first built by a few big salt merchants to make it easier for everyone to cross the river..."

The elder brother pointed to a tall pagoda on the opposite side of the Yangtze River and said, "There is also a white pagoda there."

The old man said: "The White Pagoda was originally called Jiang'an Pagoda. It was built in Jiaqing and lasted 12 years. It was built by the government and used to calm Fengshui. I still remember the words on the two stone tablets on the pagoda. One is 'Fumin of Yu County' and the other is 'Zhenba Humanities', the identity of this tower is actually known clearly through two steles."

"It is said that Jiachuan was located between two rivers and was shaped like a bamboo raft. Therefore, this tower was built, which means cable piles, which can anchor Jiachuan County. In fact, the real practical significance is similar to a navigation mark..."

"However, there is another theory from the folk association. Does the Yangtze River bend into a big bay? It is said that the villagers on the two opposite banks of the Yangtze River are not in harmony. I got angry and worked together to build this tower. The so-called 'water is like a bow and a tower is like an arrow, shoot down the opposite Wang Xunyan', hahaha, it can be regarded as a legend..."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to a boulder under Majiezi and said, "There are four big characters 'return my rivers and mountains'. It was when General Feng came to Jiachuan to collect donations during the War of Resistance Against Japan and called for resistance against Japan. Donate enthusiastically, and gladly take a pen to leave.”

Li Junge was greatly admired: "Old man, you are so powerful! Four or fifty years have passed, and you can remember the allusions of Lao Jiachuan clearly, but I don't even know the inscription on the White Pagoda."

The old man smiled wryly and said: "Although decades have passed, the mountains and rivers of this hometown often appear in my dreams. I can't remember it... Alas, the audio books outside the mountains are broken. After winter and spring, the feeling of hometown is even closer. Timid, dare not ask someone!"

Li Junge held hands to comfort him: "Old man, it's good to be back. Pan'ao Township and Lijiagou have not changed much except for the lychee forest. You should be able to get back your childhood memories."

Wuxi No. [-] turned into Wuxi River. The old man continued to talk about the story of this river, telling the legends of his hometown and the hardships of life of the elders, which made everyone sigh.

When the boat passed Pan'ao Township, the old man fell silent, tears flashed in his eyes, he kept looking at both sides of the river, as if he wanted to bring everything to the deepest part of his heart.

When Lijiagou appeared in the distance, the old man insisted on going ashore at the big banyan tree at the old wharf, as if he wanted to retrieve the memories of the year bit by bit.

Going up the cobblestone road, when passing Ermao’s small supermarket, Ermao’s grandfather Li Liangzuo was coming out to buy chicken babies, and when he saw the old man, he shouted: “Yuanwazi! Hahaha, you are Yuanwazi! My God, you are back. Already!"

The old uncle took two steps, held Li Liangzuo's hands, and called out "Little Uncle Yao", with a smile on his face, but tears came down.

Although the two are not in seniority, and have already served, they are about the same age, and they were playmates when they were young, and they were very affectionate when they met.

It was Li Sixin and Ermao who also came out and said, "Yo Piwa, did you bring your uncle back?"

Everyone hurried over to pay respects again, Li Liangzuo rubbed the old man's shoulders, couldn't hold back the tears, and said: "Yuanwazi, Yuanwazi! I heard that you have gone to the other side of the earth to take root. You said you ran so far to beg ah?!"

The old man said shyly, "I ran a little far..."

Li Liangzuo's tears have not yet been confiscated, and he laughed again: "It doesn't matter, isn't it also back? Our brothers haven't seen each other for more than 40 years! You don't know that this person is old, and he dreams about it from time to time. When I was young, I always had you! Hey, is this your foreign daughter-in-law?"

(End of this chapter)