The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

Chapter 228 One big family

Cheng Wenliu glanced at Lin Xiazhi: "Jinxing has no idea about the imperial examination, what he wants to be is the largest bookseller in Jingguo."

"It turned out to be a bookseller." Lin Xiazhi repeated Cheng Wenliu's words, but he still hadn't turned his head.

"Jinxing has loved reading since he was a child and collected all kinds of orphan books. It can be said that he is the most gifted child in our Cheng family in reading. In the past, the elders of the family thought that he wanted to take the imperial examination. With his knowledge, he was long enough to pass the exam. A scholar, maybe everyone can try it, but he doesn't like being bound by the imperial examination, he prefers to read all kinds of miscellaneous books, and now the largest bookstore in Liaotai County is under the name of Jinxing." Cheng Wenliu looked around to make sure that Cheng Jinxing was not there Only nearby said in a low voice, "This bookstore has been losing money, and it can only be opened with subsidies from the family. In order to take care of his self-esteem, the family secretly helped him without saying anything. It is not easy for Jinxing to become the largest bookseller, haha. "

Lin Xiazhi has black lines all over his face, and he doesn't like being bound by the imperial examination. Is this really describing Cheng Jinxing?

But to be honest, he didn't expect that Cheng Jinxing, who was strict in his work, would have such great ambitions, and Lin Xiazhi felt a sense of awe.

The main residence of the Cheng family in Liaotai County is not in Qilang City, because Liaotai County does not have such a large house, and the Cheng family is adding new people every year. The Cheng family simply bought a mountain outside Qilang City, and moved the house from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. If it is built on the mountain, even if there are more people in the future, it will still be able to live there.

To surround the entire area, a large number of houses have to be built on it. How much financial resources are needed to do this?

Lin Xiazhi stood at the south gate of the Cheng family's main house, looking at the connected yards at the foot of the mountain and the individual small courtyards on the hillside, feeling a little shocked.

It was still early, and Lin Xiazhi and the others had to go to the largest courtyard of the main house to meet a few old ancestors, namely the second uncle, the third uncle, and the seventh uncle. The three old people would be called grandpa by Father Cheng.

The old man is old and mentally ill. After meeting Lin Xiazhi, a newcomer, he gave them a meeting gift and let them go down to rest.

It is said that when the New Year's Eve comes, the couples who were newly married to the Cheng family this year will be listed on the genealogy, and the married brothers of the Cheng family will also be removed from the family tree at that time.

Except for the three most senior ancestors, there are not many people that Dad Cheng wants to meet.

Father Cheng's father passed away when he was very young, and he was adopted to the previous head of the Cheng family, who ranked sixth in the Cheng family's direct line. Can't say it's New Year's Eve.

So after coming out of the ancestor's yard, they didn't go to other yards, but went directly to the small courtyard on the mountainside.

Although I didn't go to other courtyards, I met a lot of people along the way, about thirty or forty.

These are all those who have already returned to the Cheng family's main house, and those who have not returned from other places, and those who are still on the road have not been seen.

Although Lin Xiazhi had clearly memorized the relationship between the main characters of the Cheng family before, and now he only needs to match the names and faces one by one, but after seeing so many people, Lin Xiazhi's mind is the same as that of the wedding banquet, confused up.

From the moment he entered the house, under the leadership of Cheng Fulang, he kept getting to know people. Their voices and smiles gradually blurred in Lin Xiazhi's mind, and only a few left a deep impression.

Lin Xiazhi felt as if it took an hour before he came out of the house at the foot of the main house, and his forehead was sweating a little after walking all the way. After he came out, he looked at the time, and it was actually less than half an hour.

"Brother Xia, do you feel that there are many Cheng family members?" Cheng Fulang laughed seeing Lin Xiazhi like this.

Lin Xiazhi loosened the rabbit fur around his neck to let the cold air clear his mind: "No, it's a good thing that I got familiar with these relationships before, at least I won't be ignorant when facing them."

"Don't say brother, it's the first time I've seen so many people, even I feel a bit overwhelmed." Cheng Luanjing said with a smile.

Cheng Fulang took Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Luanjing to their small courtyard on the hillside. Cheng's father got married relatively late, and the house at the foot of the mountain was not allocated to him, so they could only live on the mountainside.

There is no carriage in the main house, and the sedan chair can only be used by the elders of the family. Cheng Fulang and the others can only be regarded as juniors in the Cheng family, and they can only walk on the mountain with their legs. It's not uncomfortable, just a little exhausting.

Climbing uphill was very tiring. When the three of them walked from the foot of the mountain to the small courtyard empty-handed, a thin layer of sweat broke out on their foreheads, and the cold air all over their bodies dissipated. Feel.

Every small single-family courtyard on the hillside is built by the main house. The family members only have the right of residence and no title deed. If the number of the family increases, they can apply for a larger house before the year. The people in the house know that there are not many people coming back this year, so they will allocate a smaller house accordingly.

The Cheng family's population is not large. This year, they allocated a second courtyard, which can accommodate everyone from the Cheng family and also have a spare room for New Year's gifts.

Father Cheng and Cheng Wenliu couldn't come out yet, and they probably had to stay for two drinks before letting them go. The three of Cheng Fulang ordered his servants to put their luggage and clean up the house.

There is a small kitchen in the small courtyard. If you need to buy ingredients and pay for utensils by yourself, if you don’t want to cook in the small courtyard by yourself, you can go down the mountain to eat.

Lin Xiazhi felt that the small courtyards on the mountainside were like small holiday villas. In the past, some resorts built such small villas on the hillside for tourists to escape from the summer heat, and they were very popular.

It's just that the small courtyard on the hill of the Cheng family's main residence is not rented out to outsiders, but built for the family members to use during the New Year's reunion.

Cheng Fulang is a person who doesn't like trouble. Since he can eat in the main house, he doesn't want to open a small kitchen alone.

Besides, eating together was also an opportunity for Lin Xiazhi to get to know the Cheng family, so after packing up, he took the two children of the family directly to the backyard at the foot of the mountain, chatting and having tea with his husband and buddies in the clan.

Fortunately, when he was still in the Cheng family, Cheng Fulang corrected some of Lin Xiazhi's etiquette, and now Lin Xiazhi is among the people in the Cheng family's main house, and his demeanor and actions are beyond fault.

The husbands who married into Cheng's family came from all over the country, and the customs of each place were more or less different, so they all came to Cheng's family at once, and there were inevitably some conflicts with each other.

For this reason, there is a special regulation in the Cheng family's family rules, requiring the husbands not to have disputes over customary issues.

Although there are family rules that prevent conflicts, husbands who dislike each other clearly cannot come, and there are more secret sarcasms.

"Oh, Brother Liu, why didn't you see Brother Xi this year?" Cheng Fulang brought Lin Xiazhi into the door, and a Fulang came over with a smile on his face.

"Look at my brain, Brother Xi is already married, how can I follow you back to the main house? In two years, Brother Jing will probably get married too. From now on, Brother Liu and you will only have Mrs. Wen Liu and his wife by your side. gone."

"This is Wenliu's husband, right? You should spread the branches and leaves for our Cheng family as soon as possible. It's too late for you two to become parents. You must hurry up and give birth to the child as soon as possible."

Before Cheng Fulang married into the Cheng family, there was a cousin of the same clan who also married into the Cheng family, but the cousin of the same clan was not as high as Cheng Fulang in the Lian family, and the married person was not as high as Cheng's father in the Cheng family. He was unilaterally dissatisfied with Cheng Fulang.

Every time Cheng Fulang returns to Cheng's house for the New Year, the couple must also come back.

Because he gave birth to two men and one brother to the Cheng family, Cheng Fulang only gave birth to one man, and the other two children were brothers, so he would always show off this during Chinese New Year, saying that his family was so lively, Cheng Fulang did not give Cheng Dad spreads his branches and leaves.

Before, Cheng Fulang thought that they used to be of the same clan, but now they are sisters-in-law, so he had a lot of tolerance for him.This year he brought Erfulang back, so Lin Xiazhi couldn't let others make irresponsible remarks.

"Brother Jing's marriage is ordered by his parents and the matchmaker's words. Don't bother me, you can worry about it." Cheng Fulang put on airs, "Brother, you should worry more about your child's education. Whether it is raised or not is the father's fault."

Hearing Cheng Fulang's words, that clan brother's face turned blue and white, like a palette.

Cheng Fulang ignored him and walked around him with the two children, treating him as a pillar blocking the way.

If Cheng Fulang's "weakness" was that he didn't give birth to an extra son for the Cheng family, then the weakness of this clan brother who came here for nothing to talk to was that the child was useless.

During the Chinese New Year the year before last, their children caused a lot of trouble in the main house, and the current head of the family was so angry that they would not be invited to the main house to celebrate the New Year like the concubines. Before this year, they gave gifts and promised good things. Get the owner to agree to their return.

Cheng Fulang's words were very embarrassing, and the people listening at the side felt ashamed for that husband, licking his face, he came back restless and wanted to make trouble, maybe he didn't want to go back to the main house for the rest of his life.

Sure enough, what kind of person raises what kind of son, those children in their family are not successful, and this husband has contributed a lot.

Without the annoying guy, Cheng Fulang took Lin Xiazhi to the backyard to communicate with everyone about the situation in the past two years.

Everyone is in business, and none of them are simple, and they have to turn two corners to understand what they said. Lin Xiazhi listened from the side, and gained a lot while his mind was running at high speed.

The days are short in winter, and by the time we meet up with Father Cheng and the others after dinner, the sky has already darkened.

Many candles were lit on the roadsides, pavilions, and attics of the Cheng family's main house. The whole mountain was shrouded in hazy candlelight, and it looked quite beautiful from a distance.

Cheng Adie and Cheng Wenliu both drank some wine, and it was inevitable that we would have to drink together on the first day they met. Fortunately, both of them had a good capacity for alcohol, so they were both a little drunk at this time.

Cheng Wenliu yelled that he was hot and wanted to take off his cloak.

In this weather, taking off the cloak and being directly exposed to the cold air is unbearable for even hardened people. Lin Xiazhi scolded him with a stern face, telling him to wear it honestly and not take it off until he gets home.