Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2515 Dan Family Village

"Kuang Yan, let's go." The literati shouted to the boy, and got into a "powerful" mule cart.

"Here we come, son."

After getting in the car, the literati ordered the boy to prepare pens and inks. At this time, his mind was full of thoughts, and he got a good poem.

"My lord, the car is bumping so badly, how can I write well? I'm afraid the ink will be spilled all over the floor." The servant called Kuang Yan muttered.

The literati gave him a squinting look, and said, "Does your son care about this?"

Kuang Yan had no choice but to take out the Four Treasures of the Study on the bumpy donkey cart, and when he was ready, the literati wrote:

归兴
Last year, Shujian returned to Xianyang, and Luyue ascended to look at his hometown.

It is not seen that Qincheng sold Zhao Bi, but Wenfeng jailed and abandoned generals.

Hongdu's vines lead the clothes belt, Dayu plum blossoms laugh at the guests.

Today, Jianxuan is reading strange characters, and the whole area is full of dust on the reading beds.

Signed by: Kuang Lubingzi

During the Longxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Kuang family fled from Nanxiong Zhuji Lane to settle in Dazhen Township, Dalibao, Nanhai County.This experience of Kuang Lu's master and servant can be regarded as retreading the "Long March" of his ancestors.Along the way, thinking of the past when my ancestors moved south, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Speaking of which, when a wanderer returns home, there are always many expectations and joys.However, Kuang Lu did not have such a state of mind.

Once you enter Nanxiong, you will be an "enemy country".

Guangdong, where I lived for generations, is now the land of the "Great Song Dynasty".Kuang Lu only felt that it was absurd and sad.I don't know what happened to my beloved city of Guangzhou and my family and friends...

Nanxiong was the residence of the Lingnan branch in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also an important distribution center for goods from Guangdong and Jiangxi. Qiwei and Dachang were located along the Beijiang commercial road.In the Ming Dynasty, there was no direct passenger ship from Nanxiong to Dali.Kuang Lu, master and servant, sometimes took a boat and sometimes a car, and the journey was bumpy.Fortunately, Qiwei Travel Agency organized the itinerary for the whole journey. No matter by car or boat, lodging or going to the tip, someone made proper arrangements, and the journey went smoothly.It's just that Australian patrols and patrol boats are often seen on patrol along the way, and there are often checkpoint towers at the key points of the pass.Frequent inspections and checks made the atmosphere a little tense.

On this day they arrived at Dali Fort.This place is located in the alluvial plain of the Pearl River Delta, with a dense water network and criss-cross river channels. The water transportation is very convenient. As long as you follow the ships between the various bases of the Beijiang Commercial Road, you can return home in a few days.

Originally thought that the rebellion of the Kun thieves would lead to dilapidated buildings everywhere and people living in dire straits, but Kuang Lu was quite surprised by what he saw along the way.Although the houses along the river are ruined and there are still many traces of being burned, the villagers who go to the market are bustling with people coming and going, and the business travelers are constantly on the road. Some simple shacks were built, which looked like small villages from a distance.

"Boatman, what are these tall sheds? Why haven't I seen them before?" Kuang Lu asked the boatman who was rowing the oars.

The boatman pointed to the riverside, "The guest is talking about Danjia Village, right? Your accent doesn't sound like a foreigner, and you don't know the grace of the Senate?"

Kuang Lu smiled wryly, and said: "To be honest, I offended the county magistrate a few years ago, so I went into exile. I heard that Guangdong and Guangxi have changed the world, so I dared to go home and perform filial piety. I really don't know the changes in my hometown."

The boatman couldn't help being awed when he heard this, and said: "The dog officials in the previous dynasty didn't have many good things. Mr. is not afraid of power, so he must be a good person."

"I'm ashamed..." Kuang Lu was a little embarrassed. The past between herself and the county magistrate Huang was actually more of a whim.Of course that person surnamed Huang is not a good person, and he is just acting out of anger.

"The previous dynasty not only collected fish lessons from us Dan people, but also collected feathers, fish maw, fish oil, and Ding Yin, and we were required to serve corvee. Our taxes are heavier than anyone else, but we are not allowed to wait for the imperial examination. Don’t marry me, don’t allow me to live ashore, and don’t wear shoes when I go ashore. Big fish in water eat ants, dry ants eat fish, the big bully the small, the small bully the short, there’s nothing to bully, just bully the Dan family…”

The boatman talked about the hardships of life, and for some reason, there was light in his eyes again: "As soon as the Senate came, they issued an edict, saying that everyone in the Song Dynasty was equal, and that the former court's status was cut as much as possible. It also spared many of us. We were taxed, and we were allowed to live ashore, to study, to join the army, and to take the imperial examinations. It’s really like a dream! The stilt houses you saw, sir, were built on the wasteland where the chief allowed us to live. The surrounding wasteland may be We cultivate land, and the land tax is exempted for five years. This year, the harvest on the shore is not good, and there is famine everywhere. The Senate has organized a lot of work to repair dams, and as long as you go to work, you will have a bite to eat."

Hearing this, Kuang Lu was surprised.He is quite familiar with the situation of Danhu in the Pearl River: in spring and summer, there are many big fish for a full meal, and there is poverty all year round. In order to survive, it is common for wives and daughters to laugh.When the Kun thieves came, they cut down their humble status and treated them like good citizens. These people were no longer used by Ming Dynasty.

Kuang Lu asked the boatman, "Have you also done work for Australians?"

The boatman said with a smile, "Why haven't you done it! To tell you the truth, the master said: Three years ago, someone took my boat and asked me, 'If someone asked you to go ashore to build a house, live like the people on land, and start a family and start a business, would you support it?' I said, 'I don't know what support is. I only know that if there is such a parent official, he will listen to everything.' Later, the chief went to Wuzhou to recruit boatmen. I took a dozen brothers and gang chiefs to ship food. "

"Oh, why didn't you mix up an official job?"

"My lord was joking. The old man is 60 years old this year. He doesn't know a single word, and he can't learn it. We people live on the water all the year round, and we are full of illnesses. Every time it rains, our joints and bones hurt all the time, and we are always bent. Living in this narrow boat, my back is bent, not to mention being an official, I am not capable of doing errands.

"The boatman's clothes are covered with patches, his temples are gray under his hat, and the creases on his face are like scars from the years. Once the chatterbox is opened, everything goes out." We Danhu are despised pariahs, Xiaolao didn't start a family until he was in his 50s. His wife was a widow and also a Danhu. She remarried to me after her husband died.I thought she was more than ten years younger than me, and I could always rely on her to grow old, but I didn't expect her to die before me!Didn't get to see today.She is a good woman, doing laundry, cooking, fishing and shipping, rushing to do everything.The holes in my clothes were mended by her, without her, I would still have to wear clothes that leak air.I think she must have owed me a debt in her previous life, and she only came to pay it back in this life, and she said the same thing, but why did she leave after only paying it for a few years?When she died, my soul seemed to be lost, and I almost fell into the river and drowned several times..."

A gust of cool wind blew by, making the corners of Kuang Lu's eyes moist.To be honest, he has seen too much suffering in the world, which is nothing.These tears were not shed for this Danhu, but for this world.He didn't want the boatman to see him, so he walked out of the canopy, and his eyes just fell on the white couplet on the canopy, which was written crookedly:

Generations of Danhu in Danhu's dead ship
Cross wind to cross wind to cross wind

Banner: die early and die early

The boatman saw that he was fascinated, and said: "A few years ago, a scholar wrote it to me. I can't read, and neither can my friends on the water. The guests who came and went laughed when they saw it. It seems to be a good couplet. "

Kuang Lu said: "It's good, it's just that it's a bit old, why don't I give you a new one."

"Okay, Mr. is really a sweetheart. Our village is not far ahead. Let me go ashore to find a pair of red paper." Said the boatman, he drove towards Danjia Village ahead.

"Alright, I happen to want to buy some dried carp."

"I don't have any money, but I have a lot of these things. The master will like it, and I will honor you with some!"

Kuang Yan secretly pulled the corner of La Kuang Lu's clothes, expressing that he was afraid of eating noodles.Kuang Lu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him in a low voice: "It's okay, my lord, I am proficient in six arts, both civil and military. I can't help ordinary people. This place has entered the Fenjiang River, not far from Dali. I heard that the Australians have a team In Dali, there are often Australian patrol boats on the river, so it’s not a place where there is no law. It’s also a good time to see how clean the river is under the Australian rule.”

"My lord, what couplet do you want to give him?"

"Winter goes to spring, happy to bid farewell to the old year in the southeast, northwest and north. End of hardships and happiness, looking at the lakes, seas and rivers to celebrate the new life. Hengbiao: great rivers and mountains." Kuang Lu added emphasis on the last four words.

"The young master hates Dudu Xiong for losing this great country?"

Kuang Lu remained silent, did Xiong Dudu lose it?

At this time, the bow hummed a saltwater song:
"Three clays are piled up for a stove, and there is no (no) bottom stove for cooking rice in a clay pot.

There is no (no) overnight rice left in the rice tank, and there is no (no) overnight firewood in the stove pit!

People's married daughter has a red skin hole, my married daughter is a rotten chicken coop;

People's married daughters have bridal sedan chairs to sit in, but my married daughters just go by boat!

There is a treasure boat on the top and a boat below, uh, it’s (so) desolate without your brother, just a boat,

Rattan strip bags are tied up everywhere, wagging their heads like dragons born in the deep sea.

Master, the whole boat is not (not) leak-proof,

Your sister-in-law sleeps (sleep) at night and watches (watches) fish swimming,

The master is not (not) building leaves for the whole canopy, your sister-in-law is sleeping (sleeping) at night and looking (looking) at Tianhe. "

The lyrics are sad and sad, the singer is in high spirits, and the boat moves briskly along with the singing. Before it reaches the shore, someone on the shore shouts: "Uncle Salmon, President Tian and Doctor Hou are here..."

The boatman shouted back: "Okay, I'll be right there!"

"What kind of fish is salmon?" Kuang Yan asked curiously.

"How can I have a baby name? That's what people on the shore have!" The boatman said, "My little brother doesn't know something. My original name is Zeng Liyu. When I helped the chief to transport food, the chief said that the carp lives in the pond and the structure is too small. Salmon is a deep-sea fish. If you want to be like salmon, you can travel thousands of miles to find the place you came from. This is called the dream of salmon. If people don’t have dreams, what is the difference from salted fish? I have never seen salmon, but the chief So it must have been good, and then I changed my name to Zeng Salmon."

Kuang Yan sneered at this and thought to himself: "The Kun thief is really vulgar."

(End of this chapter)