Chapter 8 The mountains and rivers of my hometown

After leaving his hometown for a while, when Taiming returned home, everything was the same as before.Ah San and Ah Si are still the same, the opium barrel is still the opium barrel, and they are still "blowing" to live.Grandpa is still in good health, puffing on his hookah.Taiming left home for a while and wanted to have a talk with grandpa when he came back, but grandpa treated the grown-up Taiming like a guest, which confused Taiming.But grandpa was still talkative, and the topic started from talking about tea, and then moved to the story of twenty-four filial piety. When Taiming came back, he had someone to talk to, and he talked endlessly.Speaking of Peng Xiucai is still teaching in a place near the Tibetan border.And his father Hu Wenqing is still keen on practicing medicine and accumulating wealth.

However, although everything is the same as before, there are still subtle changes in it.Just as the wrinkles on the foreheads of Ah San and Ah Si deepened, perhaps because of Taiming's psychological effects, he felt that the shadow of being old and useless was thickening due to the adjustments at home or other matters. Twenty years ago, the public hall of "Zhishantang" where a family of hundreds of people held grand events was deserted. The altar) is piled up with dust, and on the candlestick, the long-term wax tears are still hanging tightly.After the unity of the clan was lost, some fell behind and drifted to southern Taiwan or eastern Taiwan.Or like Ah San or Ah Si, parasites doing nothing.

'The era of Ah San and Ah Si is over. ' Taiming thought indifferently. Each person's way of life has its own certainty, and it is quite interesting to see clearly.Peng Xiucai escapes from reality, and Taiming's grandfather transcends reality.Hu Wenqing, on the other hand, is keen to play against reality.In this way, Taiming himself was exhausted by the chores of reality.He is based on the spirit of a young man and his dream for the future.However, when you think about it carefully, sometimes even these seem meaningless.On the contrary, Taiming envied Grandpa's state of mind that surpassed reality.

Grandfather tells the story of twenty-four filial piety, explaining that having no descendants can be counted as unfilial, implying that he hopes Taiming will marry a wife as soon as possible.Grandpa had thought of this for a long time, and he hoped to take advantage of Taiming's school holiday to go home to realize his wish.In terms of the situation at the time, it was common practice for a man and a woman to inquire about the woman's life experience, and to propose marriage without going on a blind date first.Taiming opposed this old-fashioned marriage.And he only thinks of Jiuzi in his heart, but even though he loves Jiuzi, he can't think about it without knowing what the other person's heart is.The matter of Hisako simply cannot be used to deny Grandpa's objective grounds for wanting Taiming to get married as soon as possible.As a result, Taiming didn't know what to do.But his grandpa was just looking for Taiming's intentions, so he didn't mention it any more, and the topic returned to talking about Chinese.To Taiming's surprise, Grandpa's ideas had unknowingly developed new ideas. He said: "Even if there are tens of thousands of stereotyped essays, the result is still not as powerful as a bomb."The times have progressed, but the low interest of poetry is no longer useful, and now we have entered the age of science.Although the various schools of thought are regarded as heresies in Confucianism, and they are not included in the list of learning, the Japanese can use them flexibly, and they can also effectively use the laws of Shang Yang.The next generation of people must put their hearts into science. ’ This assertion made Taiming have a new evaluation of Grandpa’s ability to see the times.But now Taiming doesn't have the leeway to have a deep insight into life, he can't help but think about Hisako.While listening to Grandpa's conversation just like now, Hisako's voice, Hisako's words, and her shadow also appeared in Taiming's mind.

The next day, Taiming's brother Zhigang raised the issue of family separation.Zhigang, who has a somewhat moody personality, went round and round before getting to the point, and was urged by his sister-in-law before speaking.That is to say, the thing is this: their father's concubine Ayu gave birth to a child, and the procedures for naturalization have not yet been completed, and the father is trying to solve it.According to Zhigang's opinion, it is more beneficial for Zhigang and Taiming to divide the family before the formalities are completed, so he advocates that the family should be separated as soon as possible, so Taiming should take a common step with Zhigang.

Taiming immediately realized that his brother Zhigang's opinion was actually his sister-in-law's opinion.Taiming disagreed with this approach.Even if the children of the father's concubine are the father's sons, they should be regarded as brothers, regardless of each other. The father is rushing to handle the household registration procedures, but commits an act of betrayal in private. Taiming can't see it, let alone himself. He also wanted to get involved, and he finally said unhappily: "I only have one person, and I don't need any property. My brother likes it so much. You can share the property with your father." ' He left this sentence and got up and went back to his room.He was alone, thinking about the ugly face of family members fighting for property, and his heart was very heavy.The elder brother even mentioned the tuition fee for his younger sister Qiuyun to attend the high school for girls next year, which doubled Taiming's indignation.Since his brother was like this, Taiming was determined to stand by his father's side until the end.

Of course, it is not a good thing for a father to take a concubine, his father has this weakness, and Taiming's attitude is like this, maybe he will get his wish according to Taiming's brother Zhigang.Tai Ming could imagine the face of his sister-in-law snickering behind her back, as well as the faces of other beneficiaries.Taking a concubine is bad, but the children born are innocent.As Taiming thought about it, he suddenly wanted to talk to his father.Surrounded by Ah San, Ah Si, and Taiming's brothers and sisters-in-law, his father was isolated and helpless, and Taiming felt that his father was very pitiful.Taiming walked into his father's living room, confessed his innermost feelings, and expressed his opinion on the separation of the family.He shed tears while talking, and let the tears flow without wiping them away.Father and Ah Yu were very moved when they heard it.

Recently his father, Hu Wenqing, aged obviously, looked at Taiming with infinite gratitude and trust in his tearful eyes, so he picked up the baby and said to Taiming, "He is your younger brother, you should take care of him more." Taiming took the warm little life that was smiling innocently from his father's hand and hugged it, feeling the brotherhood between flesh and blood. For Taiming, home was no longer a place where he could feel at ease.His father, Hu Wenqing, stated that the property would not be distributed until after his death, and Taiming would not wait until the new semester began to return to the school dormitory after the dispute over the division of the family subsided.The school where Jiuzi hadn't come back seemed desolate and lonely.Even if he saw Rui'e, he walked across the country road and wandered around the area that might be her home, but he didn't have the courage to knock on the door.He went back to the dormitory feeling disappointed, and had an urge to call out his lover's name, but he held back.I want to forget everything with meaningless and lonely sleep, but I can't fall asleep for a long time.