Chapter 12 You have so many family members

"Well, let's not choose! Didn't Brother Xiang Hao tell us? 'If the people have no faith, there will be no establishment, no work will be successful without faith, and no business will prosper without faith.' This sentence means that you can't forget your roots in life, and you can't be ungrateful in doing things. We were able to catch so many birds because of the rice fields in Quxiang. We used wild fruits in the morning, but we didn’t catch many! So, I’ll just take two of my favorites!”

Xiang Sanlang dazedly listened to what Bamei said and praised him: "Bamei, you have such a good memory! The last time Brother Hao returned to the village was during the Chinese New Year. Do you still remember things that happened so long ago? "

Most of the people in Taohua Village have the surname Xiang, and they are all related to each other. Xiang Hao is the son of the village chief. In terms of seniority, he is Xiang Tiange's cousin.

"Of course, I'm the smartest!" Xiang Tiange proudly raised his chin and said happily.

Lao Xiang's family might not have any reaction, but Qu Xiang, who was walking ahead, was slightly startled when he heard her words.

Didn’t you say you haven’t read the book?How come you still know the words in The Analects of Confucius?Someone only said it once and you remember it so clearly?
Although Qu Xiang feels that he can do it, and he has already memorized the content of "The Analects" by heart. Not only "The Analects of Confucius", he was already enlightened at the age of two, and now he can recite three hundred poems at the age of six. I can also memorize "The Thousand Character Essay".

So when he was studying in Beijing Middle School, even if he was naughty in class, his teacher would not say anything about him!

"Hey, hey!" Qu Xiang shouted softly to Xiang Tiange.

But he didn't call his name, and Xiang Tiange didn't know it was him he was calling, so he ignored him and followed his brothers past him.

The song waiting for her to come and respond:.
"Hey, I'm calling you!" Qu Xiang had no choice but to take two steps forward and hold her hand.

"Huh? So you called me!" Xiang Tiange, who was pulled, stopped and said, "My name is Xiang Tiange. My family calls me Yaya. You can also call me Yaya."

Seeing Bamei introducing herself, Xiang Wulang and others next to her also introduced themselves to him.

"My name is Xiang Tianshu, and I am the fifth in the family. Just call me Xiang Wulang!"

"My name is Xiang Tianyong, just call me Xiang Liulang."

"My name is Xiang Tianzhi, ranked seventh. You can call me Qilang."

Seeing that all the brothers introduced themselves, Xiang Sanlang also said his name: "I am Xiang Tianzhong, just call me Xiang Sanlang."

After listening to the introductions of several people, Qu Xiang sighed again: "You have so many families! My name is Qu Xiang, and I am the only one in our family."

"Actually, there are not many. If some families in the village were not divided, they would have more families than ours!" Xiang Sanlang scratched his head in embarrassment.

Qu Xiang asked: "Then why don't your families separate?"

Before Xiang Sanlang could speak, Xiang Tiange, who had heard Lao Xiangtou complain about the people in the village who had divided their families at home, said: "We can't separate our families. My grandfather said it, and only fools divide their families! Separate our families." , when the imperial court wants to collect corvees, each household will have to send one person, regardless of family division, we only need to send one person from the three families!"

After hearing what Bamei said, Xiangsanlang and Wulang could not help but nod, yes!If the family is separated, then one person from their family will have to serve.

Qu Xiang's eyes widened. He didn't expect that there would be such a benefit to not separating the families!

"Then, aren't you taking advantage of the imperial court?"

"Don't talk nonsense, who are you taking advantage of? The imperial court controls heaven and earth, but it can also control whether people are separated or families are separated?" Xiang Sanlang stepped forward and pulled his eighth sister over to stand next to him, preventing her from being with the young master of the Qu family. So close.

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Seeing Xiang Sanlang pulling Xiang Tiange nervously, Qu Xiang didn't know what to say, because he heard what they said seemed to be taking advantage of the court, but in fact he didn't know what corvee meant, so he Asked Xiang Sanlang: "What is corvee?" "Corvee is the kind where the court forces people to work without being paid! The last time our family served was when Funing County built the Funing Dam the year before last. That time it was our turn. My dad went there, and a month later, when he came back, he was completely thin and out of shape!" Xiang Sanlang recalled.

Xiang Tiange said, "Third brother, how come I didn't know that my second uncle had served as a corvee?"

She had absolutely no impression of her family serving in the military.

"Of course you don't know. How old were you at that time? You were only over a year old and you don't even remember anything!" Xiang Sanlang said.

"Oh, so that's it. No wonder I didn't know!" Xiang Tiange nodded.

Then Xiang Tiange turned to Qu Xiang and asked, "Is your family not serving in the military?"

Qu Xiang shook his head. He had never heard of corvee before.

"Then how many people are there in your family?" Xiang Tiange asked again.

Qu Xiang said: "Our family is just my grandparents, my father, my mother, and me."

After saying that, Qu Xiang looked at her leisurely again, it was great to have so many people at home like hers!

"Then your father didn't go to serve?"

Qu Xiang recalled it and shook his head, because he had only met his father once in his memory. He heard from his grandparents that his parents were very powerful. His father could guard the border and protect the people of the country, and his mother was as good as any other woman. , staying with his father regardless of hardships.

Seeing him shaking his head, Xiang Tiange said clearly: "Then your family must be very rich. In our village, only the village chief's uncle's family did not go to serve because his family spent money."

Is the Qu family rich?
Of course he is very rich!

Not to mention the Duke of Qu and the Marquis of Qu, just say that the Guo family and the Xiang family are both from famous noble families. Their dowry alone can be compared with the property of some wealthy businessmen. Of course, Qu The family didn't just use the two's dowry easily.

So Qu Xiang nodded and admitted.

The group of people chatted along the way and soon returned to Lao Xiang's house. In the afternoon, they went to cut the rice in the last piece of land and came back. The Wang family and the Yan family were left in the barn, taking them with them. Xiang Dalang and Erlang were turning over the rice that was being dried. If it was dry, they would put it in sacks or baskets, and then use flails to thresh the rice and continue to dry it.

When Xiang Sanlang took out all the birds in the sack, everyone in Lao Xiang's family was shocked!
"Did you catch the millet?" Lao Xiangtou asked with a frown.

At this time, no one in Lao Xiang's family noticed Qu Xiang and Dafu who were following behind.

"Grandpa, no, it's the grain produced by Young Master Qu, and we share the birds we caught with him."

Xiang Sanlang briefly told his family about what happened in the afternoon. At this time, the old Xiang family saw Qu Xiang, who was lagging behind and was belatedly arriving.

"The millet produced by young master Ququ?" Lao Xiangtou was stunned.

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