dawn of dynasty

Chapter 15: Leisure in the mountains and fields, old family members
Xiaoxiao Muyu Zigui cries.

Soon, the car arrived in front of an old house.

"Grandpa, I'm here to see you!"

Before Shen Guanye could stop the car, Shen Guanyu got out of the car and rushed into the old house shouting.

"You slow down!"

Shen Zhizhu cursed, but Shen Guanyu disappeared long ago.

This boy is very close to the old lady.

The Shen family is a Confucian scholar, and most of the family members are scholars.

Shen Guanyu, who doesn't like reading and only loves to wield swords and guns, will inevitably look out of place.

As Taigong Shen is the only warrior in the Shen family, it is natural for Shen Guanyu to be close to him.

Taigong Shen also liked this boy very much. His boxing was taught by Taigong Shen when he was a child.

Moreover, Grand Duke Shen said that Shen Guanyu's talent in martial arts was quite good, and given time, he might be able to awaken and become a warrior.

After parking the car, Shen Guanye entered the house with his two sisters and He Tingzhang.

Entering the house, there is a small patio and the main hall. Shen Taigong touches Shen Guanyu's head.

His hair was completely white, but he was very hale and hearty. He was not tall, but very strong, with thick bones.

"Zhilan and Zhizhu are here too? It's okay. Let's pay homage to our ancestors and ask for their blessings. May Shenghui wake up soon." The old man greeted with a smile.

"Grandpa, please let people distribute the things in the car. This is for you."

Shen Guanye held the gift in his hand and his tone was intimate.

The old man is not only senior, he is also closely related to Shen Guanye and his family. He is the brother of Shen Guanye's great-grandfather. Both families have the same great ancestor.

In terms of blood, the old man was very close to Shen Guanye and the others.

Shen Guanye's father was an only son, and his grandfather had a brother. Shen Guanye wanted to call him great grandfather.

But Grandpa’s team has long been empty.

Therefore, among the people alive, it is the old man who has the closest blood relationship with Shen Guanye and others.

A middle-aged woman wearing an apron, neatly dressed, and looking very capable came out.

While taking the gift box from Shen Guanye's hand, he said with a smile: "Let Guanchao and the others deliver it to you. You guys are still sleeping in the old house tonight, right? I've already had the old house cleaned, and the bedding has also been cleaned." It was washed and dried in advance, but luckily I dried it a few days earlier, otherwise it would have been difficult to dry it in this weather."

The hearty laughter goes straight over the patio and up to the sky.

This is the old man's eldest granddaughter-in-law, and Shen Guanye and his brothers have to call her the third aunt.

She is very hard-working and capable, with a very optimistic personality. Her laughter is very distinctive and can be heard from a mile away.

Shen Zhilan and the others came up to say hello, and San Auntie enthusiastically pulled them inside.

"It just so happened that these two brothers caught a few rock clams while watching the tide. They will kill them and cook them for you to eat later. I remember that Brother Ye and Brother Yu like to eat this stuff the most."

The Guanchao brothers mentioned by San Bo Niang were her sons, Shen Guanye's cousins.

The older one is called Shen Guanchao, and the younger one is called Shen Guanquan. I heard that they originally wanted to call her Shen Guanhai, but the old man felt that the name was too big and was afraid of being overwhelmed, so he decided to call him Shen Guanquan.

Guanhai, well, the name is really big.

"Rock clam? Great, I'm going to catch it this afternoon too!" Shen Guanyu said happily.

The greedy thing in Shen Guanye's belly also moved.

The rock clam is a famous local delicacy. It is a kind of frog that lives in the crevices of streams in deep mountains and old forests. Its skin is not green like a frog, but dark brown. It is much larger than a frog, but it is not a bullfrog.

This kind of frog is much rarer than frogs. Its meat is delicious. It is very delicious when fried with green pepper. Its skin also has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating internal heat.

Shen Guanye has no pursuit of material enjoyment, but he is a little particular about food. When he thinks of the deliciousness of stone clams, he becomes a little greedy.

"Let me go with Brother Guanchao and the others to deliver gifts." Shen Guanye said.

Usually it was his father who took charge of this matter, but now that his father was bedridden, it was naturally up to him, the eldest son, to shoulder the responsibility.

"Go quickly." The old man said.

The rain was getting heavier, but holding an umbrella was a bit troublesome, so Shen Guanye got into the car and drove towards the home of brothers Shen Guanchao and Shen Guanquan.

The brothers' home is not far from their old house. They are both married and have children, so the old house cannot accommodate them.In the old house today, there live the old man, his eldest son and his eldest daughter-in-law (Shen Guanye will call his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, both of them are still alive), eldest grandson and eldest grandson's daughter-in-law (that is, third uncle and third uncle's mother), a total of five people. people.

If we add Shen Guanchao and Shen Guanquan's family of seven (Shen Guanchao has a son and a daughter, Shen Guanquan also has a daughter), there will be twelve people, but they can't squeeze in.

However, although the families were separated, considering that the people living in the old house were all elderly, the two brothers' new home was not far away.

The two brothers Shen Guanchao and Shen Guanquan both inherited the old man's short stature.

He is not tall, has slightly dark skin, and is short and lean. Although he is also studying, he looks like a man who grew up in the mountains. Unlike the Shen Guanye brothers, he looks like a young master from a wealthy family.

The two brothers were very enthusiastic when they saw Shen Guanye.

When Shen Guanye and his family were young, they went to the countryside to escape the summer heat. The two brothers, Shen Guanchao and Shen Guanyu, took Shen Guanye and Shen Guanyu to catch fish and have fun outside, so the two of them had a good relationship.

The two brothers helped Shen Guanye distribute gifts. The elderly people rarely asked about Shen Shenghui's situation, so Shen Guanye said something like "the situation is quite stable" and "I have been taking medicine."

When distributing gifts to orphans, widows, and people in need in the family, it is rare to hear words such as "Bodhisattva bless you."

Some of them even took out the peace charms they asked for in the temple and solemnly handed them to Shen Guanye, asking him to tie them for Shen's father.

There are extraordinary powers in this world, and Taoist temples naturally do not have only psychological effects like those on earth.

The Taoist temples and temples in this world really possess extraordinary power.

However, just like the church, if you really want to ask Taoist priests and masters who have extraordinary powers to take action, the price is high.

This is not something that poor people can afford, so the peace talisman in front of them does not contain extraordinary power. At most, it is just a trace of Buddhist power after staying in the temple for a period of time.

It is impossible to say that it can eliminate disasters and exorcise evil spirits, and make people wake up from silence.

But no matter what, this is a sincere intention, isn't it?
So Shen Guanye accepted it solemnly.

When I walked out of the door, there was a mist of spring rain outside.

Soon, Shen Guanye and others walked out of another room and waved to the young but aging woman inside to go back to the house and stop seeing her off.

"Brother Ye, watch the tide and watch the spring, then I won't send you off."

The woman waved goodbye to several people, with gratitude on her face, turned around and walked away slowly, and soon disappeared from the sight of several people.

Looking at the slightly dilapidated house in front of him and recalling the bare walls inside, Shen Guanye was a little silent.

Seeing this, Shen Guanchao sighed and said, "It's not easy for Aunt Shengyang. Uncle Shengyang died eight years ago, leaving orphans and widows. Even with help from the clan, life is still very difficult." .”

Shen Shengyang's blood relationship with Shen Guanye and Shen Guanchao was a little distant, and he was not in the seniority of Shen Guanye and the others, so they only called him Uncle Shengyang.

Shen Guanye had a certain understanding of Shen Shengyang's family situation, and knew that he was missing when he was a soldier, and even his bones could not be recovered.

In these days, warlords are fighting each other, materials are scarce, extraordinary powers are manifesting, human life is too cheap, and it is all too common for good people to suddenly disappear.

The original owner attended Shen Shengyang's funeral when she was a child. She only remembers that Aunt Shengyang fainted from crying, and the two little ones also cried non-stop, which made people feel sad.

If a person is dead, there is a pension according to the regulations, but the pension is not much. It is obvious that he has been corrupted. This kind of thing is too common in this era.

What is thought-provoking and terrifying is that the Shen family is also a well-known local family, but they are still being bullied like this. How far will ordinary people be bullied?
Just think about it.

When the family is gone, there is not much pension. The orphans and widows can only survive by relying on the support of the clan.

For many years, it was impossible to say that they were not fully clothed and had no food to eat. However, meat and fish dishes were rarely seen all year round. Only during festivals and festivals did Shen Guanye and his family give some to the family.

Therefore, Aunt Shengshan's two children are very thin. This is because they don't have much food and water.

"Yeah, it's really not easy."

Shen Guanye sighed and started the car.

It was also a time of war. Although the world had changed and many things had changed, some things had not changed. For example, the common people were living in a life worse than death.

Before time travel, he was engaged in poverty alleviation, and he had seen the poverty of people who had not yet crossed the poverty line in the motherland.

But the poverty in this world still exceeds his imagination - even if he has a certain understanding of the suffering and darkness of this era.

The Shen family is already a big family in Hongdong County, and Hongdong County is a prosperous place in Tianxia. There are still many families in the family who can barely make ends meet.

What about those ordinary families who don’t have clan support?What about the people in inland provinces?How difficult will their livelihood be?

Yizi cannibalizes each other and massacres villages and cities. This is a tragedy that happens every day in this land.

(End of this chapter)