Prosperity through farming

Chapter 9

Tianyao Village is a village on the other side of the mountain, and the surnames in it are quite mixed. The four surnames mentioned by my father are only the most common surnames. I heard from my brother that there are other surnames like Lang, Niu, Zhang, Miao, and Hua. People with the surname..., in short, there are many miscellaneous ones, and there are occasional intermarriages with the Sun family, the Ge family and the Hu family in Xiaotian village, but not many.

On the contrary, the Zhang family and the Zhong family have strict intermarriage partners. It seems that the exercises learned by these two families are very restricted and have their own secrets. Therefore, intermarriage is involved.

The Zhong family and the Zhang family didn't limit themselves at first, and let the children and grandchildren decide for themselves, and the love is strong. Naturally, some people get married with inappropriate people, but once they get married, they immediately lose their skills, and their lifespan is suddenly shortened. , both passed away in a few years, unable to grow old together, not to mention, causing the long-haired person to give away the black-haired person, sickening the whole family, and even bringing disaster to the children and grandchildren, that old-looking grandma in Xiaotian Village is like this The descendants of the Zhang surname left over from the example in the case can neither practice martial arts nor enter a private school. They only support themselves with a tailoring skill.

She also doesn't get married, saying that "it's nothing to harm others", and she just wants to live this life safely.

There is such an example before, the two big families surnamed Zhang and Zhong have to consider many aspects when they want to get married.

No matter how strong the love is, it can't make parents sad. I have worked so hard for nearly a lifetime to practice the kung fu, and I am not willing to give it up. Therefore, although there are many infatuations that have no relationship The story, after all, never married the unsuitable object.

However, because of those stories, every few generations of the Zhong family and the Zhang family, there will be one or two who will never marry for life and put all their energy into practicing kung fu, and many masters have emerged.

That is to say, Xiaohan only heard about the masters in his brother's mouth, but never saw them with his own eyes. There are really very few people in Xiaotian Village, and she is young, so she has seen even fewer people. She only listens to stories.

"My brother said before that our Zhang family and grandpa's Zhong family are all amazing, but he didn't say it carefully," Xiaohan thought left and right, "Daddy tell me?"

"It's not good to tell you the story of the Zhong family now. It will affect your study after entering the private school, so it's not that your brother didn't tell you in detail, but they don't know about it now. About the Zhang family, in the Before you enter the private school, I will tell you slowly, this can be regarded as enlightenment," Zhang Hoe touched his daughter's head, "Don't worry, Xiaohan is still young, and it will be a long time before entering the private school."

"Ge's family grows medicinal materials, fruit trees and medicines, Zhong's family fishes, Sun's cures medicine and teaches, our Zhang family farms, Hu's breeds, and Lu's makes tools. , Zhu's family is a merchant," Xiao Han counted them one by one, "How about the other houses? What do the She family, the Hai family and Guijia do?"

"She's family is hunting," Zhang Xiaohan led Xiaohan into the yard, pointing from a distance, "hey, the mountain where Hu's family lives is just the tallest one in the whole Qingmu Mountains, named Shenqi Mountain and It is located right behind Xiaotian Village. The whole Qingmu mountain range is slanted from east to west, with one end facing northwest and the other end facing southeast. The whole mountain range almost runs through half of Dashang Kingdom. Naturally, there are many ferocious beasts in the mountain. The She family It is specially designed to deal with those beasts in the mountains.

"As for Haijia and Guijia, the two of them used to live in the northeast direction, and there is always a distance of tens of thousands of miles. Yes, there is the seaside. The two of them lived by the sea and fished in the sea. , Touching pearls, prying shells, fishing sea vegetables and so on, even now, in the village by the sea, there are still the original surnames of those two surnames. The reason why they settled in Tianyao Village is because their previous generations married the Hu family. After we got married, we needed medicines from the Ge family, weapons from the Lu family, and food from the Zhang family, so we built a house in Tianyao Village. At first, it was just for the convenience of the tribe to come and exchange some special products from the sea for those produced in Xiaotian Village. It seems that the people of the two surnames were expelled from the clan because of various things that did not conform to the clan rules but did not harm the morality, so they came here to settle down. After several generations, they have become Tianyao now. It's the common surname in the village."

"It's so complicated." Zhang Xiaohan was a little dazed after hearing such a long list, "Also, what exactly is that thing that violates the family rules but does not hurt morals?"

"You just listen to these things now." Zhang Hoe smiled when he saw that his daughter was really dizzy, "Anyway, you won't see the people in Tianyao Village before leaving the private school, so you should know a little bit, so you don't have to remember that carefulness."

"Oh," Xiaohan is really not very interested in the things in Tianyao Village, and it doesn't affect her life, but instead, "Dad just said that it is the Dashang Kingdom? Do we belong to the Dashang Kingdom? Yes, besides the Dashang Kingdom, are there other countries? How big is the Dashang Kingdom?” I wanted to ask if there was a map, but it seemed that I had some scruples, so I couldn’t ask.

"Well, you will know this when you graduate from the village school and go on a teacher tour, and I can't explain it now," Zhang Hoe scratched her nose, "Also, it's useless if you know it now, the private school didn't go out as a teacher, You can’t even go to neighboring villages and mountains. Before you graduate from the village school, your activities are only in the mountains and neighboring villages, and you can’t travel far until you take the teacher’s exam.”

Xiaohan turned his head to think about it, it was really like this, if he wanted to explore the world outside, he had to follow the rules of the village, but, "Father, why is our village called Xiaotian Village?"

"This also has a history," Zhang Hoe began to beam with joy, "Actually, this village was first established by the Zhang family, but the Zhang family also read En, and Tian is a word in the name of the person who first taught our ancestors kung fu." This is the story that Dad will tell you slowly before you enter the private school. At least, before learning Kung Fu, you have to know where the Zhang family Kung Fu was passed down.

The ancestors of our Zhang family, that is, a family of six members of three generations of grandparents, guarded a field to grow food and vegetables, because the world was peaceful, and like other farmers, they lived a moderately well-off life.One night, I took in an old Taoist who missed the dorm, and the old Taoist seemed to be injured a little bit, because it was the time when the farm was slack, and Mr. Zhang was naturally hospitable, so he warmly greeted him and stayed for two months before the old Taoist recovered. He was injured, and before leaving, he asked Mr. Zhang what he wanted to satisfy one of his wishes, no matter if he wanted a full warehouse of gold, a lot of fertile land, or a high official, as long as he said it, he would have his own wish. way to do it. "

Xiaohan opened his mouth wide, how did it become a wishing story? "Three wishes"?
"Then, Mr. Zhang said that the life at home is going well now, and I don't have anything special to want." Zhang Hoe reached out to lift his daughter's chin up, stopping her attempt to speak, "Listen to me! The old Taoist still insisted, and Mr. Zhang’s son thought of it, saying yes, it would be great if the Taoist master could keep us from getting sick. A few years ago, when my mother was sick, they not only had to spend money to hire a doctor, but what was even more distressing was that, I feel uncomfortable when I am sick. In addition, the child is young, and the body is weak and loves to be sick.”

"The old Taoist thought for a while, then nodded, and said that I will stay for another three days to teach you a method. You can follow my instructions every morning and evening to ensure that you will not get sick. Do the method I taught a few more times, and the disease will be cured faster." Zhang Hoe shook his head at his daughter with an expression of "so it is", "The old man stayed for another three days and taught the ancestors of the Zhang family to breathe and breathe. It seems that the four members of the Zhang family have learned the method of Na, and he is ready to leave."

"Huh? Isn't this old Taoist's surname Tian?" Zhang Xiaohan didn't understand, didn't it mean that in order to commemorate the person who taught Kungfu, he...

"So I said, wait for me to finish." Zhang Hoe shook his head, "The Zhang family's kung fu is so powerful, how can it be so simple to learn!" 28024.
"Then dad, tell me quickly?" Xiaohan urged him with his eyes wide open.

"Well," Zhang Hoe nodded, "No hurry, I can tell you slowly today, but, I remember your elder brother told you before, right?"

"Brother didn't say that," Xiaohan puffed his lips, "he only talked about Pangu opening up the sky, Fuxi's deduction of gossip, Nuwa's making people out of clay, and nothing else."

"That's right, it's useless to tell you about the origin of the Zhang family's kung fu. You're young and can't practice, but it's about the origin of the world. It's good for you to hear about it, at least you'll gain some insight." Zhang Hoe smiled strangely.

I know a lot?Is it because I have learned a lot from those people in the private school?

Pangu opened the sky and transformed everything, Xiaohan has nothing to say, after all, she herself doesn't know how the heaven and the earth came to be.Fuxi discovered that the gossip was deduced into 64 hexagrams, and she asked more than N questions. After all, Fuxi did not have words at that time. So, how did Fuxi deduce the gossip?
If it is just word of mouth, there must be some exaggeration, so what we know now is definitely not completely correct.

But since it can be handed down, it shows that Fuxi's invention brought great benefits to human beings at that time. For us now, gossip is like a heavenly book, so how could it possibly bring benefits to the very primitive people who did not even have enough food and clothing? What about the benefits?
(End of this chapter)