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Chapter 269 Filial piety and dedication

Chapter 270 Filial piety and dedication

The old man smiled and said, "Yes, her name is Lan Bing, and she is also a teacher like me!"

The old aunt smiled slightly at Li Liangzuo, and said in Chinese: "Xiao Yao... Uncle, hello!"

You said it very smoothly, but Uncle Xiaoyao was a little lame.

Li Liangzuo repeatedly agreed: "Hey, hey! The teacher is good! It's unreasonable for your family not to have a teacher! Are these Yuxiang and Yuhuai's parents?"

The old man called his brother and sister-in-law to come and greet him.

Li Liangzuo waved his hand and said: "Hurry up and see the fourth ancestor, good guy, this trip is not easy, take a good rest! Come back before the year, but you are busy. Let me do the math, the New Year's dinner is at Siqi's house, the first day of junior high school In the Sicheng family, this is the old rule of your branch...and Siqin Simmei...then say good fourth day, fourth day, come to my house, and we two can make a good match!"

The old man also laughed and said, "Definitely! Then the whole family will come to disturb you!"

Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "Guests go to Wang's house! What's the trouble! If you don't come, I won't call you!"

Everyone bid farewell to Li Liangzuo's family and continued to walk towards the ancestral hall.

I met a lot of people along the way. Old people still remember the old man. They were surprised and happy when they saw it. After yelling, they held hands and asked how they were. Many, when we arrived at the threshing ground, there was already a huge crowd.

The uncle and the fourth grandfather were already waiting at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Seeing the old man coming, the uncle greeted him first: "Brother! You are back!"

The old man burst into tears: "I'm back, second brother, I'm back..."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the fourth grandfather at the gate of the ancestral hall: "Dad..."

The fourth grandfather waved his hand, as if to drive away some bad emotions, and said, "Come in and talk!"

The villagers were all quiet, and the old man took his old cousin into the ancestral hall.

The old aunt and the old sister-in-law took two steps forward, but were stopped by the old man with his eyes.

Li Junge explained to his wife in a low voice: "It's okay, I checked the patriarchal clan yesterday, and at most there is only the one of indecency. It's okay, okay, sister-in-law, please explain to the old lady."

After speaking, he walked in quickly.

The old man and the elder brother had already knelt down in front of the incense table, and the fourth grandfather stood in front of the table, bowed to the memorial tablet, and said solemnly: "Li's son Siyuan, Li's Sun Junlou, wandered for 47 years, returned home today, Enter the temple to offer sacrifices to the ancestors and pay homage to the ancestors."

When talking about Siyuan and Junlou, his voice trembled slightly.

After stabilizing his emotions, he turned around and said sharply: "Li's son Siyuan, he respects his ancestors, but he thinks about his own affairs. Is there any crime of robbery, humiliation and adultery?"

The old man whispered, "No."

The fourth grandfather said again: "Is there any disrespect to the teacher and not being diligent in doing things?"

The old man whispered again: "No."

The fourth grandfather said again: "Do you not care about yourself and make friends with pawns?"

The old man burst into tears: "The son is not prudent, he should not abandon his parents and be far away across the ocean, and the son is not filial."

The fourth grandfather also shed tears, and touched the top of the old man's head: "Idiot! You are just stupid in studying, brother is so good?"

The old man bowed his head and said: "My son is dull. At that time, our professional academic environment in China was too bad, and it was full of criticism... And Columbia University has a famous East Asian library... There is "An Integration of Ancient and Modern Books"... Plus... Plus Shangzi met Lan Bing..."

The fourth grandfather sighed, and said, "Now the mind can understand?"

The old man said: "Tongda, the current environment...is really different from before...so I'm back too."

The Fourth Grandpa shook his head and said: "Don't worry about having no position, worry about standing; don't worry about not knowing yourself, seek what you know. Why are you like you?"

The old man said: "It's hard to live in groups all day long, and it's hard to talk about righteousness and do small favors!"

Fourth Grandpa said: "A gentleman seeks from himself, a villain seeks from others."

The old man said: "The way is not good, take a boat and float in the sea."

The fourth grandfather sneered and said: "I'm over 70, and I'm still an idiot. There are various environments and ways of living in various environments. 'If you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world'." There is no such sentence in "Ancient and Modern Book Collection" ?”

The old man raised his head and said seriously: "Yes, my son still knows where this sentence came from."

The Fourth Grandpa was suddenly at a loss for words, pondered for a while, shook his head and sighed, "Get up, if you caught the conversation by accident, you've passed the test..."

Li Junge admired this old man whom he met for the first time, and his knowledge could already keep pace with the fourth grandfather. In the words of the two, the first was "The Analects of Confucius", and the last was "Mencius".

The meaning in front, translated, is probably the fourth grandpa said: "It is gold that always shines, do you have to run so far?"

The old man said: "It's just that group of stupid rabbits who don't do anything all day long, I'm annoyed!"

The fourth grandfather said: "Then you just take care of yourself and take care of what they want?"

The old man said: "I don't, I can't afford to offend and hide!"

The last sentence is from "Mencius: Chapters and Sentences with Heart". Although the content was quoted by the fourth grandfather, the old man pointed out the title, which means that he stayed abroad and did his part to save Confucian culture.

This is "attacking the shield with the spear of the son", the fourth grandfather was speechless for a while, so he had to let it go.In fact, I was secretly proud of my son's knowledge.

The old man stood up neatly, took out three sticks of incense from the table, lit them and put them in the incense burner in front of the memorial tablet, then respectfully returned to the futon and kowtowed three times.

After a set of procedures was completed, it was the elder brother Li Junlou's turn. After the ceremony, the four of them left the wing.

Then respectfully invite the fourth grandpa to sit on the grand teacher's chair, and the old uncle and the elder brother will introduce their daughter-in-law and offer tea to the daughter-in-law.

The fourth grandfather said: "You can educate children like Yuhuai and Yuxiang. I can see your family tradition. Here I would like to thank my daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law. Just come back. Let's all have a good reunion year!"

The folks didn't confirm that the matter was over until now, so they hurried over to chat and talk.

At this time, the talent of the old man Xueba is revealed. Those who can be recognized can call out their names and seniority at once. If they can’t, as long as they mention their own names, the old man can immediately tell who his father and mother are, and where they live in the village. In the locality, I did some bad things when I was a child, and the villagers laughed when I said it. It's because brother Siyuan has been away from his hometown for so long, and he has always pretended to be everyone in his heart.

Li Junge shook his head in admiration. If I had such a memory back then, why would there be lights on the third watch and chickens on the fifth watch!
When it was time to talk about dinner, Li Junge said: "Let's go to eat first. Jiu Changju has already been decorated. It's a cleansing for everyone. Let's move there first and chat while eating. Zongba, taro, don't look Let’s have dinner first, there is plenty of time to visit the ancestral hall, and I’ll come back tomorrow to see enough!”

Entering Jiuchangju, Yutou nodded straight to the courtyard: "Jungle, is this a typical oriental garden design?"

Li Junge smiled and said: "It's far away. This is a dilapidated winery. It depends on the garden. If you go upstream, the wooden building and courtyard of Uncle Bamboo Carpenter can be counted as one place. If you go downstream, Pan'ao Township The ancient buildings around the square can also be counted as one, and the villages of another ethnic group on the mountain are also very distinctive, but here, they can’t be ranked.”

Zongba said: "Jungle, your hometown is so beautiful, I feel that my whole heart has been emptied, is this what you say 'Heaven and man are one'?"

Li Junge chuckled: "From your mouth, the unity of nature and man is so simple, I don't have your realm. Come on, come on the table quickly, natural ingredients, eat into people's stomachs, that's the real thing." Heaven and man are one'."

Liu Sanwa has gone back to the city for the New Year. Today, the two tables are served by Yulian's sister-in-law, but they are more suitable for the old man's taste. He directly praises this as the most authentic taste of Lijiagou.

After dinner, Li Junge arranged for Aunt Bai and taro rice dumpling to rest at Jiuchangju, and took the old man and brother back to the ancestral hall.

Although Li Junge proposed that there are still several wooden buildings for them to live in temporarily, the old man insisted on living in the side of the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is the ancestral hall, Li Junge did not dare to disobey the old man's wishes.

Until the dead of night, everyone rested, and the fourth grandfather and the old man were still talking.

The fourth grandfather took out an old picture folder and handed it to the old man: "This is what your mother left you."

The old man opened the album, and there were a dozen or so portraits of people inside.

The portrait is a traditional Chinese painting with a brush, but it is obviously influenced by Western sketches, and the characters drawn are very three-dimensional.

The character in the painting is the old man when he was young. At the beginning, he was full of vigor, but his face was still immature, and there was still some stubborn look between his brows and eyes.

In the back, the young man gradually matured, his youthfulness receded, his eyes began to be filled with wisdom and confidence, and his face gradually calmed down.

Plump cheeks, black hair, and thick clothes.

The fourth grandfather said: "Since you left, your mother draws a picture every year, first figure out what you look like, and then draw it, saying that it is like this, as if you are by my side and have never left..."

The old man looked at the portrait with trembling hands, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

The Fourth Grandpa took out another photo album and said, "Then every year on your birthday, your mother will call me to take a group photo in the county photo studio. She says it's for you, and she says that one day you will I will come back, when you come back, looking at these photos, even if you make up for the past time..."

The old man burst into tears, and was afraid of disturbing his children and grandchildren, so he covered his mouth with his hands and sobbed.

At the beginning, there were still two people in the dozen or so sheets, and only the fourth grandfather was left behind.

The fourth grandfather continued: "I finally received your letter for the first time, but your mother has already left. I think her idea is very good, so even if I am the only one left, I will take a picture every year. It's all for you..."

The old man knelt down, buried his head in fourth grandpa's lap, and cried like a child.

The fourth grandfather touched the top of the old man's head and said: "Every Qingming, I will copy your letter and burn it to her. Don't worry, she knows your life over there, your writings, your achievements; Going to college, working, getting married; Yuhuai and Yuxiang were born and grew up, she knows all about it, she is watching..."

The fourth grandpa's tears finally flowed down: "There are still a few notebooks here, all of which are written by her. Every time she misses you, she writes a few sentences in the notebook. After more than ten years, she will not be old or young. Now it's up to you too..."

"Come and see her tomorrow. If there is anything you want to say to her, go and talk to her. The day after tomorrow is a family festival, and it will be noisy. It's better to go tomorrow..."

The father and son talked like this all night.

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(End of this chapter)