Chapter 22 In the Star Map These stories were so absurd that all the folks who had lived on both sides of the canal and witnessed the rise of the Huai'an Army and the changes in their own lives scorned them.
However, there are some children of the gentry who lost their privileges due to the Huaiyang New Deal, some "legends" in the opposition who once served the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and could not get a position in the Huaiyang government at all levels, and some who once colluded with the lower-level officials of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to cause trouble.
The heroes and heroines in the village seemed to be enjoying it and applauded from time to time.
Under their leadership, some people who moved to Huaiyang from other places to make a living, or some ignorant young people who did not know what they were doing, also felt that under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, there was peace everywhere, and General Chu Buha's personality was brilliant.
Compared with the story, the scenes seen and heard are dull and mediocre.
These days, there are basically no entertainment projects.
Therefore, when some ignorant teenagers hear novel stories in schools and teahouses, they inevitably want to go home and share them with their elders in order to expect a few words of praise.
However, this time, what they received was not praise from their elders, but a slap in the face: "You little bastards, you have only had a few full meals, and you just imitate other people's pretense and don't even look at it.
Your grandpa and What does your grandfather do?
If Chu Buha was still alive, don't talk about you.
Even your brother would have been captured and released to the Mongols.
He would still be drinking tea and listening to books.
He was so beautiful that he could make soup with a few chewed bones from his master.
Everyone has to kneel down and kowtow three times.”
"Grandpa, grandpa, don't be angry with me, grandson.
Don't I want to give you some fun?"
A young man named Chang from the family was beaten and ran around the room holding his head.
"Besides, this loyal minister and filial son , Everyone is respectable.
Mr.
Wang next door also said that General Chu Buha is not a bad person, but he just doesn’t know his master.”
"What the hell, if Mr.
Wang is really knowledgeable, he wouldn't have failed the three civil studies exams."
The grandfather was even more angry when he heard this, "I told you to stop talking to him.
Just don’t listen, just don’t listen.
People named Chu are loyal ministers and filial sons.
Then What is Lord Zhu Fo?
If Lord Buddha and the others hadn't driven away the Tatars, you would have had to squat in a hut outside the city and drink vegetable porridge for the rest of your life.
Tartars, second-rate men, official servants, and second-rate men, any one of them would come out and beat you up.
Even if you die, you don’t have to pay a penny.”
Of course the young man was not convinced.
He frowned and went around the table to talk back to his grandfather, "Look at what you always say is so fresh.
Could it be that in the early years, the people of Yangzhou could not survive?
Why did I hear Xiao Taohong from the theater say, At that time, her family could ride in a sedan chair wherever they went, from the city all the way to Haimen, and they never closed their doors at night."
"Xiao Taohong's father is the secretary of the palace.
Of course there is a sedan chair to sit on, and there are people carrying it wherever he goes.
You were born in the wrong child.
Your father was unable to queue up to carry the sedan chair for Xiao Taohong's father."
The grandfather's quilt I was angry and in pain, and unknowingly, tears started to flow from my eyes, "Of course the house is not closed at night, and the streets are not picked up.
Even the windows of the poor house are made of straw, so what else can be stolen?"
“Laifu from Lijiafang” "Laifu's father is the second marshal of Nancheng.
How many lives are owed to him?
If Zhang Mingjian hadn't burned him to death, he would have been arrested by Lord Wu to fill the mine pits.
You little bastard, no wonder you talk.
There's nothing human to say here.
Look at all the stuff you've dealt with.
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Apart from actors, they're just liars and gamblers."
His bones were not as agile as those of a young man.
The grandfather chased him around for a few times but failed to catch up.
His legs and feet lost all strength.
He sat down with a thud, beat the ground and cried loudly, "I am lacking in virtue.
I, Chang Laosi, have raised a child who lacks in virtue."
The grandson of the white-eyed wolf, sooner or later you will have to burn paper on your grave.
Oh my God, why don’t you have eyes?
Why don’t you have eyes?”
Note 1 The grandson never expected that his grandfather had such a bad temper.
Across the table, he stared blankly: "Grandpa, grandpa, why are you crying?
I just told you a few jokes.
What's the point?
You don't like to hear it." , I won’t say it anymore, isn’t it okay if I don’t say it anymore?”
"Stop talking.
You think that's the end of it if you don't talk.
When the Mongols come to power, our whole family will suffer.
We will all lose our heads.
You are a careless little bastard, you heartless bastard."
Grandparents and grandson were having a huge quarrel.
The daughter-in-law of the family had already run over when she heard the noise.
However, the older one was her elder and the younger one was her own pet peeve.
She couldn’t help anyone.
She could only wipe her tears quietly through the curtain. .
When he was helpless, the courtyard door made a "bang" sound.
But it was Chang Shou, the father who worked in the workshop, and Chang Fugui, the big boy in the shop, who came back.
When the two men heard the screams coming from the main room, they were each frightened.
They rushed in quickly, helped the old man up, and asked what happened.
Note 2 It's okay if you don't ask, but when you ask, the old man becomes even more sad.
He recounted how he and his wife ate chaffy vegetables and dragged their son away, and how the couple went to the water to touch the old shell and grind the tiles in the cold weather in order to find a wife for their eldest son.
He talked a lot about how his wife got sick and had no money to treat him, how he didn't survive until Zhu Fozi's Buddhist soldiers attacked Yangzhou, and all the humiliations and sufferings he suffered in the past.
When the time came, he pointed at his grandson and cried: "I thought that in this life, a mugwort plant would finally grow on the grave of the old Chang family.
Who would have expected that in the end, it would still be a strawberry tree.
I, Chang Laosi, am so wicked. , lack of great virtue" Note 3 "You little bastard, why don't you kneel down?"
Chang Shou, a third-level worker in the workshop, immediately got angry when he heard this.
He raised his leg and gave his youngest son Chang Wuyou a hard kick before shouting orders at the top of his voice.
"Kneel down, kowtow to grandpa and admit your mistake."
"Oh!"
My pampered body has never been treated like this before.
Immediately, the grandson fell on the ground and howled loudly, "Grandpa, grandpa, I was wrong.
Grandpa, don't hit, don't hit, I know I was wrong."
Before Chang Laosi had time to feel distressed, his daughter-in-law from outside rushed in crying, picked up her child, turned around and revealed her back, "Hit us, just beat us to death.
He, his child is ignorant, I heard something interesting from the outside, and of course I wanted to make it fun for the elders.
How could you be so cruel, my poor child?"
After Chang Shou heard this, he naturally couldn't kick his second foot in the air anymore.
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Fearing that my father would be sad, he slapped the table and continued to yell, "You are not accustomed to it.
You are reluctant to let him go to work as an apprentice, and you don't urge him to study hard.
If you idle around all day long, sooner or later, you will cause trouble."
"Then you can't kick your stomach with your big foot."
Chang Laosi got up from the ground and pushed his furious son Chang Shou away.
"Children are not sensible, just give them a few kicks on their butts.
How can you kick them in the stomach?
If something goes wrong with them, why don't you ask me, the white-haired person, to send the black-haired person to me?"
Speaking of this, I couldn't help feeling sad again.
Holding on to the corner of the table, I burst into tears.
"I, don't I want to give you a sigh of relief?"
Chang Shou spread his hands before his head fell, and he was sweating profusely.
"When I look at you, you just want to piss me off to death.
I, Chang Laosi, have no virtues, but have great virtues."
The old man couldn't bear to let his grandson be beaten, and he couldn't vent the anger in his stomach.
Patting his old legs, he continued to cry.
"Oh my God, please take me back as soon as possible.
Close your eyes early and act quickly, so you don't have to watch them go through all the trouble."
"Grandpa" Chang Shou was so angry and anxious that he stood there anxiously, helpless.
Chang Fugui, who was still working as a big boy in the shop, saw his grandfather, father, mother and younger brother making trouble.
He quickly scratched his scalp and said with a smile on his face: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?
Don't you love your dick the most?
Why does he make you unhappy?
Mother, please stop crying.
Grandpa has strength on his feet.
Well, you are so cruel.
My second brother has been crying outside the door.
Dad, don’t be angry.
I caught some live fish for you and grandpa to drink on the way back.
Oh, my fish, my fish are still in the basket. , It’s a hot day, it will stink if you don’t clean it up.”
Except for the second child who was lying in his mother's arms and pretending to be dead, everyone else in the family was used to living a hard life.
How could we let the fresh fish we just bought be thrown away in vain?
So, the three fathers left the two mothers behind and went to pack the baskets in a hurry.
After the fresh fish was removed from the gills and scales and put in the steamer, the old man's anger was gone.
He looked at the steam at the mouth of the pot and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Grandpa, why did the second one offend you?"
Chang Shou was still a little boss in the workshop and had a clear mind.
Before the whole family sat together again, he asked the old man in a low voice.
"Oh, it's because I have a bad temper and am afraid that he will get into trouble."
Old Changsi's eyes immediately turned red again, he sighed, and slowly explained the whole story.
He was afraid that his son would hit his grandson again, so he naturally tried to keep the matter in a trivial tone.
At the end of the day, he didn't forget to add that his grandson was also cautious.
He was too harsh as an old man and was a little ignorant.
Chang Shou heard this, but he was still furious.
He picked up a pair of fire tongs from the stove and went to help his little son improve his memory.
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Of course, the eldest brother Chang Fugui couldn't just watch his father make a mess of the family that had just regained peace.
He quickly put his arms around his waist and loudly dissuaded him, "Grandpa, Grandpa, don't be angry.
Don't be angry.
The second brother is young. , young and ignorant.
I remember that when the general manager first came to Yangzhou, he was only in his early ten years and everything delicious was provided to him.
Of course, he can't remember the hardships of the past.
Now that he is older, our family lives in the same neighborhood.
Inside, there is plenty of abundance.”
"That's why I can't let him mess around any more."
Chang Fugui struggled a few times but couldn't break free, and he was so anxious that veins popped out on his forehead.
"I sent him to social school because I wanted him to learn his skills so that he could change his family in the future, not to cause trouble for the whole family.
Can those bastard words be said nonsense?
In the past, it was a crime of ransacking homes and beheading people."
"Then he has already said it, what else can you do?"
Wu Fugui, the boss, who knew everything, stomped his feet and tried to persuade him, "Right now, in Yangzhou city, there are at least tens of thousands of people listening and talking, and there is no one in the yamen.
What's the news?
Besides, no matter how many dynasties change, few Huaiyang soldiers who never forget the previous dynasty will be the best in the world.
King Wu will still care about someone crying on the grave of the defeated general."
"It's not his turn to cry."
Chang Shou was neither as strong nor as clever as his eldest son.
He stamped his feet and said, "You don't know what our family was like before.
You don't know.
Although Mr.
Wu is a generous man, since ancient times, the King of Hell has always been difficult to deal with."
"You haven't reached that level yet?"
Chang Fugui couldn't help but feel a little uneasy after hearing this.
After thinking for a while, he continued to persuade: "Even if the government really pursues the case in the future, it is impossible to pursue so many people at the same time.
At most, they will arrest a few who are really careless and go to the mine."
"Do you think your brother is mean-spirited like this?"
Chang Shou sighed and gave up the struggle, "Stop hugging him and let go.
You are right.
He has been used to this.
Beating him will not hurt him."
Can’t remember for a long time” After saying that, I felt sad again.
When I was a child, my family was poor and I couldn't afford to go to school.
So now I am still a third-level craftsman in the workshop.
And those colleagues who can read a few words would have been promoted to master craftsmen long ago if their skills were half as good as mine.
No matter how much money I can get, I still get looked down upon by the people around me wherever I go.
Therefore, he spared his money and sent his youngest son to study.
I expected to be able to read my master's appearance, but to my surprise, I saw that it grew longer and more crooked.
If I had known this, I might as well have followed the example of my neighbor and let him directly enter the shop as an apprentice, or enter the workshop to learn the craft.
After all, I was exhausted all day long and had no time to listen to the tricks of actors and liars.
"Boss, find a place for him to be an apprentice, preferably somewhere else.
The sooner the better."
Chang Laosi had been listening to the conversation between his son and his eldest grandson.
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He thought about it for a while and made a decisive decision.
"What?"
Chang Shou and Chang Fugui were startled and asked in surprise.
"Send him to be an apprentice in other places.
After all, you are a big man who can take the lead.
The shopkeeper will not give you this convenience."
Chang Laosi was really cruel this time, gritting his teeth, wrinkles on his face.
Twitching, "As the saying goes, a loving mother often loses her son.
The second child is so careless, We and his mother are used to it.
After being sent to another place to be an apprentice, after a few years of hard work, he will naturally understand the truth.
In addition, if he goes to another place, he can avoid the limelight in case the people in the yamen settle accounts in the future.
Being fooled, I held my head and hit the tip of the knife."
Note 1: The second marshal is the trouble-making second brother in the underworld.
Usually responsible for fighting, killing, and other unflattering activities.
If something goes wrong, he will take the blame, allowing the boss behind the scenes to escape safely.
Note 2: Umi, a fungus often infected by sorghum and millet.
In serious cases, it can lead to the loss of the entire crop.
Folk belief is that the growth of artemisia on the grave is a good sign, which means that the child will have a bright future.
The growth of umami is a bad sign.
It means family misfortune.
Note 3: A senior employee in an ancient Chinese shop was lower than the shopkeeper, but higher than ordinary clerks and apprentices.
Usually, from a young age, they are specially selected and trained by the shopkeeper.
After Qi masters the basic skills and has enough loyalty to his employer, he will be entrusted with important tasks.
In the end, he usually becomes the successor of the shopkeeper
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