Chapter 11 Mr. Sanbei's family training

The young and virtuous Mr. Sanbei unfortunately "returned to Daoshan" on the fourth day of the first month of this year!This was an astonishing commotion in C City, a great loss.Less than five minutes after the three down-air cannons rang out, the whole county was talking about his "big festival in life".Behind every sage, there are always some people who can't understand his great personality, and often criticize and slander him from the opposing side.Mr. Sanbei is no exception.Maybe it's because he's too nice—otherwise, it's because the public opinion in County C is too unfair: wherever you go, you meet a peddler who sells tofu or peanuts, and ask him, "How is Mr. Sanbei?" He replied In addition to your question, there must be an incidental ridicule, such as "that cheapskate" or "that old monster".

It is said that Sanbei died without a disease.It is also what ordinary people with "good fortune and good fortune" should do.However, according to the news from Aunt Tian, ​​it is obvious that he died of anger because he asked his son, who is the principal, if he can't claim the childcare fee back.Aunt Tian is someone who has something to do with San Bei.Her son-in-law once asked her third cousin to be his son-in-law, so there is probably no reason for this! In short, Mr. Sanbei died at noon on the fourth day of the first month of this year.Whether he "died without a disease" or died of "injury to the stomach" is not a matter for us to deal with, and we probably don't have to worry about it.If there are really those kind of nosy people who want to get to the bottom of it, they can just point to the obituary;

Sanbei is a rich and powerful person, so the funeral is naturally very lively.His fifth son is now a member of the second section of the county office, and his sixth son—the one suspected of maddening me to death—is the principal of a middle school, and he has many children and grandchildren.绋.There are incense pavilions made of pine and cypress branches, spiritual sedan chairs wrapped in white cloth, a dozen or so master masters knocking ritual instruments, various foot plaques without words, scarlet silk inscriptions, and some with the words "Typical Utah". There are two halls of gongs and drums, a troupe of fine music, and a team of students in neat uniforms. Moreover, the governor also condescends to send the funeral.In addition, Master Zhang Si, the warden, Master Tian of the Local Property Custody Office, Company Commander Song, Director Liu of the Review Bureau, and Mr. Jiu Er, who just graduated from Shanghai,... all wore a white paper flower on their lapel, Shen Su Walking respectfully in front of the filial son who was sniffling and tearing.As for the police chief, he specially dispatched four young policemen in livery to accompany the coffin to take care of it, so as to prevent those children who were playing cards and carrying sacrificial banners from arguing and causing trouble along the way.

"What a lively and luxurious funeral!" When the coffin passed by the vegetable market at the entrance of the road, many women and old men, as well as the old man who sold cabbage, and the dumb man who sold water, all said this with envy. This is how Mr. Sanbei's life ended, and it can also be described as "life glory and death sorrow". However, although the person died, many of his "good words and deeds" were passed down among the older generation in C City.Generally speaking, they are all very much about "the morals of the world and people's hearts".Therefore, I would like to excerpt one or two from what I know; as far as its "source and grand festival", Mr. Fang Wulu, a Su Confucian in C County, has written a biography of it, and I will not mention it here.

Copy family instruction: When crossing the bridge, you should speed up your pace - but you don't have to run like a gallop to avoid hitting Xu Yuanji's kiln cargo load - otherwise, wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if the bridge suddenly collapsed at this time?The bridge has not been repaired for a long time, and the age is far away. It is suitable to be demolished at this time. When entering the city, you should also step up to the bottom of the city cave, especially the east gate that was once on fire.And the head must be covered with both hands, so as to prevent accidents, even if a brick or tile is suddenly dropped from above at that time, the brain will not be hurt because the hands are on top.As for selling mutton, vermicelli, and cloth in the city gate, you must not do things that cost money and life.It is best not to even buy, no matter how good the thing is and how cheap it is.

When a guest sits for a long time and does not move, you should always offer tea to the guest without waiting for the call.The water for making tea does not have to be boiled—it is especially good if it is not boiling.If so, the guest will not know the taste and insist on going after eating, and his food intake will be greatly reduced due to drinking too much water. During festivals and festivals, big meat is used to worship the ancestors—in fact, it’s okay to not use it. Haven’t you seen the training of “gathering algae to make it clean”? ——It is really a last resort, it is better to use the zero-buy method.For example, when weighing a catty of meat, it is divided into four places, each with four liang.In this way, you can choose the meat you want with thin skin and little bones, and it will also take advantage of the weight.

When the excrement in the cesspit yard of the toilet room is too thin to sell in summer, it can be allowed to add grass ash; but it should be remembered that the price of grass ash should be included at the same time. ………… There are more than a hundred family precepts of Mr. Sanbei, and each of them has unique insights. Here we only select a small part of them.His behavior is especially different from popular customs, so it should be compiled in a compilation to introduce to the readers of Mr. Sanbei, who has not been familiar with. County C is probably a county in Hunan. I don't know exactly where it is in Hunan.As far as his family motto is concerned, except for adding punctuation, he never dared to remove a word at first.

Written in mid-February, 1925