Humane Yongchang

Chapter 19 A knife can't carve two Chens
The next morning.

Chen Sheng croaked up as usual, washed and dressed.

When he arrived at the front yard, there were already more than 40 young men exercising in the spacious courtyard.

Seeing Chen Sheng, some of the young men laughed loudly and said, "Brother, you are getting up late today!"

"Yeah, could it be that our sister-in-law Qing didn't allow you to get out of bed?"

"That's not possible. Our Qing sister-in-law is a virtuous person. It must be that the eldest brother has worked too hard on his own, and his waist is sore."

Chen Sheng glanced at the group of unorthodox young men, and laughed angrily and scolded: "Fuck you, it's a shame that your sister-in-law, Qing, has gone so far as to make delicious food for you, so you arranged her like this? Your conscience was eaten by a dog. ?"

All the young men were not fooled, and replied swiftly: "Hey, hey, where are we arranging our Qing sister-in-law, we are clearly the choreographer, you!"

"Yes, yes, big brother, please don't lead the conversation to our sister-in-law Qing, and anger the sister-in-law Qing, we don't even have to eat!"

"Sister-in-law Qing, can you hear me? It's the elder brother who is arranging you. We didn't say anything!"

Suddenly someone shouted loudly, and when the young men heard the words, they all looked at the inner door, and saw Zhao Qing standing in front of the door, whose hair had not been neatly combed. If you haven't grown up yet, you'll just learn how to chew your tongue, and be careful that your sister-in-law will tear your mouth!"

"Hahaha……"

All the teenagers didn't panic at all, they all coaxed and said, "Sister-in-law Qing is ashamed, Sister-in-law Qing is ashamed!"

How could Zhao Qing's daughter's family stand up to this situation, and in a fit of anger, he threw a sentence "Wait, starve you to death", and ran away in shame!
Chen Sheng smiled and looked at her fleeing back, turned his head and shrugged at the group of young men: "Don't look at me, if she doesn't give you food, I can't help it!"

"Okay, let's not talk shit, I'll teach you something new today!"

He rolled up his sleeves and slowly walked off the stage: "I see clearly, I'll only play it once, if you don't understand, ask me later!"

He moved his muscles and bones a little, opened his stance, and hit a killing punch.

These young men are a group of the next generation of the Chen family caravan of the same age as him.

As the next generation of the Chen family caravan, he has very few brothers with the surname of Chen, but there are a lot of younger brothers who are younger than him.

These people also came to him after he started to support each other. They would come to Chen's house every morning to practice martial arts with him, and they would not go back to their respective houses until after lunch.

This is the serious way of getting along with each generation of the Chen family caravan.

Chen Sheng, his grandfather and his father, were once the kings of children in this area when they were young. Seeing the sky, he led his brothers and sisters to fight against the children of other big surnames in the county.

Until now, when Chen Sheng's father was at home, his uncles would come to this courtyard as long as there was nothing to do, to practice martial arts, chat and spank with him... Chen Sheng's father liked to squat on the threshold with a pottery bowl bigger than his face. This is how the habit of eating has fallen.

……

afternoon.

The brothers of each family dispersed one after another. They were no better than Chen Sheng, and they had to do some chores for the family to the best of their ability.

Chen Sheng finally had time to open a small stove for Wu Shitou.

"Did you see clearly?"

"The key to this trick of 'two peaks penetrating the ears' is not in the punch, but in the lower plate!"

Chen Sheng gestured to the boxing frame: "Double fists pierce the ears, the lower plate must be stable when the arms are stretched forward, and the center of gravity of the body must be on the waist, the center of gravity is on me, if I can't penetrate the ears, I can also draw my arms against my elbows, repel the enemy, and protect the self!"

"Otherwise, once you can't penetrate your ears, the enemy can knock you to the ground with just one sweep of your legs..."

Wu Shitou nodded knowingly, and without saying a word, he opened the air again, and practiced this trick.

Chen Sheng looked at the stiff appearance of his legs, and tentatively stepped forward and kicked, and saw that his body did not even tremble.

"Stable is not stiff!"

He patted Wu Shitou's tense body and said, "Fist is dead, people are alive, moves are just an effective way to kill the enemy, you have to learn this method, not these postures."

Wu Shitou thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Brother, I'll ask you after thinking about it."

Chen Sheng nodded: "Okay, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me in time."

This kid is not too smart, but he has a tenacity that will never give up until he achieves his goals.

Chen Sheng liked his enthusiasm very much, and would often give him a small stove.

He turned and walked into the house, wanting to go in for a drink.

However, before he could cross the threshold of the hall with his forefoot, he heard Chen Hu's voice coming from behind, "Dalang."

Chen Sheng turned his head and saw Chen Hu's hurried appearance, and said in surprise, "Second Uncle, why are you here?"

He handed over the personnel screening work of the Tiger Hall to Chen Hu. It stands to reason that this work will take two or three days at least to have a preliminary result.

Why did Chen Hu come after only a day?
"Go and change into decent clothes."

Chen Hu strode up in front of Chen Sheng and gently pushed his shoulder: "Second Uncle will lead you to meet someone."

Who do you want to change clothes?

Chen Sheng frowned: "Who is it?"

Chen Hu shook his head: "Speak on the road!"

Seeing him in a hurry, Chen Sheng didn't rush to ask: "Okay! You wait a moment, the baby will come when you go!"

……

It can be seen that Chen Hu is indeed in a hurry.

Even without the ox cart, he took Chen Sheng and left the Chen house quickly.

"Dalang, have you heard of the Xiang family?"

After hitting the road, Chen Hu did not continue to betray Chen Sheng, and asked.

"The Xiang family?"

Chen Sheng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't have an impression... There doesn't seem to be anyone with the surname Xiang in Chen County, right?"

He was talking about the big surnames, that is, the local snakes and sitting tigers gathered by people with the same surname.

"It's not the Chen County Xiang family."

Chen Hu shook his head: "It's the Xiang family in Xiang County!"

"Xiang County?"

Chen Sheng recalled for a moment, but found such a place name in Xiao Chen Sheng's memory: "Chen County belongs to Xiang County?"

Chen County has twelve counties: Chen County, Guling County, Yangxia County, Zhe County, Ku County, Xinyang, Ruyin, Bed County, Xincai, Pingyu, Shangcai, and Xiang County.

"Correct!"

Chen Hu nodded: "It's the Xiang family."

"Ok?"

Chen Sheng heard something strange in Chen Hu's words, and asked in surprise, "Is Xiang County the Xiang County of the Xiang family?"

This may sound a bit awkward, but just like Chen County, which is not from the Chen family, raising a person with a surname to a county can explain a lot in itself.

Chen Hu said without hesitation: "Xiang County has been the Xiang County of the Xiang family since ancient times."

"Awesome!"

Chen Sheng said in his heart, but then he asked a little nervously: "Then what do they have to do with our family? Is it possible that they are friends from our family's business road?"

However, Chen Hu was suddenly asked by Chen Sheng and didn't know where to answer. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Dalang, you know that our Chen family is not from Chen County."

"Well, I know about it."

Chen Sheng replied: "Our family started in Yangcheng, Sizhou, from the generation of my great-grandfather. On the way back from the army, the old man of Xu Jiaye, Shangqiu, Dang County, was besieged by rogues. Only settled in Chen County."

Chen Hu was taken aback: "How do you know about this?"

Chen Sheng sneered, "Second Uncle, there is a handwritten book by the great grandfather at home!"

Chen Hu was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed: "Dalang, you have really grown up, you should know about these things... Since you know that the great-grandfather, Mr. Chen Ke, once joined the army, then you know that the great-grandfather did not go north alone. Join the army?"

Chen Sheng: "I know, the great-grandfather said in his handwriting that his old man went north with his second brother... eh?"

He suddenly reacted. The family biography said, "So I joined the army to go north with my second brother", but when it wrote "disabled and disarmed" later, the second brother was not mentioned again.

When he first saw this, he didn't think much about it... In the army to fight, how can there be undead?

But now that I think about it, I don't think it's right!
To him, the great-grandfather was just a stranger he had never met... Respect stemmed from blood, but it would be too false to say that there was family affection.

Even the great-grandfather was like this, the second brother of the great-grandfather, naturally even more so.

But for the great-grandfather, his second brother, that is the brother of a compatriot!
His old man even recorded such matters as being supported and supported in detail. Would it be stingy to engrave a few more words for such a big thing as the death of a brother in battle?

"Oh, you know that too?"

Chen Hu didn't notice Chen Sheng's strangeness, and said directly: "Then it's easy."

"In those days, great-grandfather Chen Ke and great-uncle Chen Qing joined the army together. The brothers fought side by side for ten years. Great-grandfather accumulated merits to [-] masters, great-uncle's merits reached [-] masters, and the two brothers became generals in the same song."

"At the right time, there was a big epidemic in Sizhou, and the ancestors and great uncles died. People need to return their homes to maintain the lintel and open up branches and leaves."

"After the two ancestors discussed it, the great-grandfather was injured and disarmed, and he returned to his hometown to follow the incense... that is what is contained in the family biography."

"And Uncle Zeng was changed to a military household and stayed in the army to find a way to enter..."

The more Chen Sheng heard, the more frightened he became. Before Chen Hu could speak, he interrupted repeatedly: "Wait, wait, second uncle, please don't tell me that our family and Uncle Gao still have contact so far?"

Chen Hu glanced at him in surprise: "You can't carve two Chens with one knife, why don't you get in touch?"

Chen Sheng was stunned: "It's been 200 years, and the distance is so far, how can we keep in touch?"

Chen Hu couldn't understand his thinking: "So what if thousands of miles away? Even if we can't see each other forever, we are still a family! Otherwise, why do the sons of the Chen family, who are merchants, go north to join the army after they are crowned? Otherwise, you say, Why has our family been in business for 200 years, and ended up in this desperate place with just a few failed shipments?"

Chen Sheng was even more stunned: "Wait, wait, you mean, for so many years, Uncle Gao's team has always been the one who has trained the boys for our family, keeping our family prosperous, and we are responsible for it. To make money, to support Uncle Gao’s army and continue to climb up the army… Is that right?”

"No, what's wrong with you son of a bitch?"

Chen Hu raised his sparse brows, and there was a bit of anger between his brows: "This is not a business, how can it be calculated like this?"

Chen Sheng wanted to say "this is not a business", but when he turned his head and thought about the cultural background of this era, he swallowed the words.

Not to mention, in the surrounding area of ​​Chen County alone, there are many examples of the seventh generation living in the same house and the sixth generation living in the same house... Otherwise, how come there are so many famous families?It is not a family business that has been saved by the concerted efforts of generations!
In the final analysis, it is because of backward productive forces that they cannot afford the division of productivity and property of separation.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Chen Hu thought he knew something was wrong, and thinking about his diligent plan to support this family, his face slowly became much better, and he turned to say: "Speaking of which, our family doesn't know either. What kind of sins did you make? Since the beginning of Yangcheng, the males in the family have never been rich. Whether it is our family or Zeng Uncle's, the males are either dead early or lost in the army, every generation. There is only one man, Ding Wei, following the incense, and when it comes to your generation, you are the only man left.

"A few years ago, we took the goods to Youzhou, and when we turned back, your uncle, General Chen Ao, still held our hand and urged us to keep your single seedling, no matter how much money was spent. Waiting for you to grow up, give him the incense that adopts a man Ding Wei Ji... Speaking of which, you are a real worthy of the name!"

Chen Sheng's head was as big as a fight, and after racking his brains for a long time, he could only sigh: What a big game of chess!

Yesterday, he was still educating Zhao Si, saying: Those who do not plan for the world are not enough for a moment; those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough for a domain!
Today, I was educated by the two ancestors after 300 years: gray grandson, take a good look, what is a person who does not seek forever, not for a while!
This may also be a characteristic of the times.

In his previous life, the tide of the times was too fast and too fierce. No matter how deep and broad his personal plan was, once a wave hit, there would be nothing left. As a result, it was difficult or even impossible for people in that era to take too long I can only shout "1 years is too long, seize the day and night", desperately grasping everything that can be grasped in front of me.

In this era, everything seems to be very slow. Even the breakfast you eat this morning may be exactly the same as your ancestors hundreds of years ago. In this environment, it seems that you can really seriously plant a seed and watch how many times it will be. A hundred years later, it will grow into a towering tree.

After a long while, Chen Shengcai said again, "Dare to ask... What position does our uncle hold now?"

Chen Hu said succinctly and concisely: "The lieutenant general of the Youzhou Army, commanding four sixteen songs, sixty-four thousand soldiers!"

"Huh..."

Chen Sheng's eyes lit up: "Then our uncle is indeed a capable man!"

While speaking, his waist straightened a lot.

Seeing that his tone changed so quickly, Chen Hu couldn't help showing a funny expression.

"correct!"

Chen Sheng asked again, "Are you taking the child to see the Xiang family now?"

Chen Hu replied: "General Xiang Liang Xiang has been under your uncle's command for many years as a general, and is deeply relied upon by your uncle, and because he came out of Chen County together, our brothers went north, and most of them threw themselves into his command. Therefore, he knew that we The relationship between the two branches of the family, this time he disarmed and returned to the field, passing through Chen County, and specially invited the person in charge of our family to meet, your father is not here, you can only go!"

"I see!"

Chen Sheng knew it... For some reason, when he said the name Xiang Liang in his heart, he always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen this name somewhere.

But for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

After thinking about it for a while and having no results, you can only give up.

(End of this chapter)