Chapter 859: Champion Town (1/3)
Years ago, Mei Xiaoran accompanied Ouyang to his hometown.
Ouyang Xunjia’s hometown is in Zhuangyuan Town, not far from Fuyuan Town.
If Fuyuan Town is the birthplace of the small commodity economy in Kangping County, the Zhuangyuan Town is the cultural center of Kangping County. Judging from the county annals of Kangping County, the Zhuangyuan Town once had one champion and two explorers. As for Jinshi and Juren, there are hundreds of people who have traces to follow, and the highest official worships the prime minister. The reading atmosphere in this town is It has always been the best in the county, and the middle school in the town is only slightly inferior to the middle school in the county. It is the town with the best educational development outside the county.
The ancestor of Ouyang Xun's family is the scholarly family. It seems that they have been passed down to their generation for dozens of generations, and they definitely belong to the big family. Well, now I don’t pay attention to the feudal construction society, but their family of scholars, like many families in the town, has been handed down from generation to generation. To put it in a simpler way, the ancestors of their ancestors have smoked. In the ancient times, it was a high-ranking official, and in the modern era, it was a net talent in education and scientific research.
In the Zhuangyuan town, in fact, the two surnames are equally divided, that is, the surname Ouyang and the surname Wen. Normally, the two big families intermarried with each other, and the relationship is very close.
This was the first time Mei Xiaoran came to the champion town, and was shocked when he came to Zhenkou.
There is a champion archway on Zhenkou Road. It is antique, with black characters on a white background, and stands majestically.
The whole town is full of cultural atmosphere, with bluestone paving, carving beams and painting walls, at first glance, it looks like it has come to a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
Ouyang Xunjia’s house has a large house, three in and three out.
This time, Father Ouyang also came back to his hometown. The father and the old lady brought their grandchildren, grandchildren and prospective grandchildren, and a group of five people came to the old house.
The old mansion still lives in the fourth brother of the old man Ouyang, everyone is called the four masters.
The Fourth Master still wears an improved tunic suit with a woolen coat. He looks very similar to Old Man Ouyang, but is thinner, but his waist is straight and full of energy. He doesn't look like a person in his seventies. .
"Four Lords!"
Seeing Si Ye, Ouyang Xun hurriedly offered the gifts he prepared with both hands, and also pulled Mei Xiaoran and Ouyang Ling to kneel and kowtow.
Those who came out of the big family knew the rules, and all bowed down in the same way.
Mei Xiaoranxin said: The Qing Dynasty has been subjugated, and Ouyang Xunjia still engages in this kind of practice. Isn't it a bit too lame
Fortunately, the Fourth Master is a savvy person, so he immediately got them all up: "Don’t
Kneel down, you can do it when you arrive. "
Then the Fourth Master bowed his hands with the old couple Ouyang, "Big Brother, Sister-in-law, how are you."
The old man Ouyang laughed: "Look at your strong bones!"
"Big brother, you are about to have a grandson and daughter-in-law, look much better than me."
Si Ye called Si Nai over here, and asked everyone to sit in the house.
There are charcoal basins in the room, which is quite warm. The furniture and furnishings in the room are quite old. They are all mahogany furniture, simple, heavy and exquisite, and the tables, chairs and cabinets, including the blue brick floor, are all fine and dusty. , I can see that the owner is very neat and clean. In the middle of the hall, there is a portrait of the chairman. In front of the portrait, there is a hair tube with velvet flowers inserted. On both sides of the wall are four-color screen paintings, which are thick and full of books.
"Oh, this is Brother Xun's daughter-in-law, right?"
The fourth wife shook Mei Xiaoran's hand excitedly. She didn't know what to say. She looked at Ouyang Ling again and couldn't help but said: "If you want to talk about beauty, it's better to say that my family is beautiful, but let's find brother. This daughter-in-law has more temperament."
He is indeed a scholar, and praises everyone to have a level of praise, Mei Xiaoran almost immediately developed a good impression of the four milks.
The fourth wife turned to look at Ouyang Xun, and then at Mei Xiaoran who was pulling her, and suddenly sighed: "Our brother Lan is about the same size as Brother Xun, and maybe we are married to a wife."
Mei Xiaoran was a little dazed to hear, but Ouyang Ling quietly tugged at her sleeve, beckoning her not to talk nonsense.
When everyone was sitting down for tea, Ouyang Ling told her in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, my fourth wife is talking about her grandson, which is my brother Xiaolan. My uncle is divorced, and Brother Xiaolan asked his mother to take him away. It’s been over ten years."
When the people in the town heard that Mr. Ouyang was back, they came to visit him and talk to him about his parents.
Mei Xiaoran also inquired and found out that Ouyang Xun's four fathers and brothers, except for the second child, died early, the remaining three rooms, the first and third had moved to the county seat, and the fourth family had been living in the old house. Although Siye also had two sons under his knees, they were not by his side, which meant that the two old people lived in the old house.
At noon, the uncles of my family brought food for everyone, and the whole family came over for a lively meal.
Mei Xiaoran, as the eldest granddaughter of the Ouyang family’s big room, must have been treated with great enthusiasm. Whether you see her grandparents or uncles and aunts, you are incredibly kind and enthusiastic.
Make her very embarrassed.
Old man Ouyang said: "This is Brother Xun's wife. Although she is not married yet, I also want to bring her back for everyone to see. She and Brother Xun are in the same university and live on the same street as us, which is equivalent to us. The elders watched her grow up."
Everyone knew this was the reason when they heard it. It can be seen that the old man must have loved this grandson and daughter-in-law very much. How could he bring it to his hometown before he got married
"My wife and I are getting older, and our legs and feet are not as convenient as in previous years. When we go back to our hometown, it will take less time."
Having said this, the old man Ouyang looked at everyone and said: "Our family has been uploaded from our ancestors to the present, and we must not forget reading. Even if we are not successful, it is always good to read more books."
"Uncle is right, we will definitely study hard!"
Those grandchildren all echoed, and they were all from their own family. Now the whole family is also the oldest of Ouyang's generation. The next branches and near branches have multiplied to four generations and five generations, and some juniors are all ages. She was almost the same as Mei Xiaoran's dad, and had to come over and call her little aunt, which made her laugh and cry.
"Well, this is our ancestral motto, but we must not forget that reading can make people sensible!"
Old man Ouyang seemed to be very satisfied with the answers of his children and grandchildren, so he drank with Fourth Master and talked about the past.
Mei Xiaoran was sitting there listening to the old people chatting. It felt amazing. It was the first time she came to Ouyang to find a home, but the feeling was as if she had been here a long time ago. She was from Ouyang's family for a long time. Daughter-in-law.
After lunch and sitting for a while, everyone should leave.
The gray-haired fourth wife came over and held Grandma Ouyang's hand tightly, "Sister-in-law, take the children back when you have time. People in my hometown miss you too!"
Grandma Ouyang's eyes were filled with muddy tears: "I also think, it's not easy to get together when the children go to school and work."
"Now Brother Xun and his wife are working in the provincial capital. Let them ask them when they are free. I heard that Xiaolan and his mother are both in the provincial capital. Anyway, I have a letter to us. I'm really afraid I won't see it in this lifetime. Xiao Lan."
"Don't talk nonsense, how old are I than you? What are you talking about?" Grandma Ouyang comforted the elder brother and sister, "When the new year finds brothers and they return to work, I will ask them to inquire and see. Can you find Xiaolan, if Xiaolan knows that you miss him so much, she will definitely come back to see you."
(End of this chapter)