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It is the sun, the blue sky is as clear as the sunshine. Going west along Shanhai Road, the plants and trees on both sides of the road are still growing quietly in time, and the distant mountains are still superimposed as green as summer. The occasional breeze brings up a few fallen leaves and floats into the autumn water on the side of the road.
This is the first time my granddaughter has returned to her hometown, and it is also the first time she has taken such a long journey by car. The little granddaughter sitting in the safety seat was very calm, looking at the scenery, and then croaking with us. Before we knew it, the car drove into the streets of our hometown.
According to the "County Chronicles. Place Name Chronicles", in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, our village was established by the Chen family and later moved away. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, our Zhang family moved from the Eighteen Villages in Haidong and continued to use the old village name. During this period, it was renamed "Qingshandianzi" and "Xiaobeiling". Because of the names of these two villages, it was "indecent", and finally it continued to use the earliest village name.
Hundreds of years have passed in a flash, and this place has become our ancestral home again. Before this, the Eighteen Villages in Haidong should be in Jiangsu Province, and should be a distribution center for personnel before the major migration in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The Qing Dynasty had two large-scale population migrations. The first was Huguang filling Sichuan , and the second was Han large-scale immigration outside the pass (commonly known as "Break through Guandong "), and there were some slightly smaller immigrants. This can be confirmed by the old chronicles of several counties and cities around us, many villages come from the records of "Eighteen Villages in Haidong".
The "ancestor" we often call usually determines where you are from, and the age involved is relatively old. "Local place" generally refers to the birthplace of the grandfather and above the paternal ancestor, also known as the ancestral place or origin. Our branch of Zhang's surname is . According to research, it was in and from Ju County and Rizhao in the Tang and Song dynasties. Going forward, it is "The Zhang family in the world is coming out of Qinghe"...
Hearing the sound of the car, his parents came out, and they were very happy to see their great-granddaughter coming. The little granddaughter was very well-behaved and had no sense of incongruity at all. She pointed here and there, and asked her great-grandfather and great-grandmother who were holding her to lead her to "inspect" her very carefully.
When my brother, sister, sister and my nephew reached out to hug her, she also happily opened her two little arms to look for her. The family can't help but sigh at the magic of blood relationship. Flexibility is a genetic code rooted in the bloodline. There is a saying in my hometown that "no bones", which means that there is a natural sense of intimacy between my children and their relatives and their relatives, and there is no need to lay the foundation.
The most glorious moment is when the little granddaughter saw her Gaozu, when we carried her to her Gaozu sitting in her elderly room, the little granddaughter rubbed her hands and looked for her old grandfather, making her happy. The 96-year-old Emperor Gaozu, the 1-year-old great-granddaughter, and the first and last days of the five generations, met for the first time, warm, warm and happy.
Starting from my grandfather, our family has been scattered in 1995 and has become a big family of five generations. Grandpa was kidnapped by bandits at the age of thirteen and escaped from the bandits' nest after all the hardships. I married my grandma at the age of sixteen and the next year I had my aunt. His father is the eldest son, he has an older sister, a younger sister and three younger brothers.
My generation has 12 uncles and brothers and sisters. I am the eldest, I have 6 younger brothers and 5 younger sisters. The youngest is my younger brother. I am still in school and a few years younger than my son. This is what the saying is often called "old nephew and young uncle". Except for this seventh brother, all other brothers and sisters have already started a family.
In my son's generation, that is, cousin brothers and sisters, there are 9 people, 5 boys and 4 girls. The oldest is my son, and the youngest is my fourth brother's son.
The little granddaughter is the first child of the fifth generation. Starting from my grandfather, the younger granddaughter and his second, third, and fourth great-grandfather are on , fifth server . The next generation will release the "five servers".
The reason why we Chinese people value blood ties so much is because blood ties can be inherited from one lineage. Blood ties are thicker than water and have the same blood ties. Only when we have family members, blood ties represent family affection, which is something innate in the bones of Chinese people.
Grandpa looked at his many granddaughters and told us that the fifth generation was born last year, and the fourth generation this year had two more children. It is rare in several villages near Zuo, and he is very content.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered a past incident last year. Once when I went home to see my grandfather, my grandfather took out two red envelopes and asked me to hand them over to my granddaughter, one of which was for my granddaughter, and the other was given to my granddaughter's future younger brother through my granddaughter. I asked him to give it to me then, and he smiled and insisted that I do so. At that time, he meant that he was old and might not be able to meet him.
Grandpa is a transparent person. He is very considerate of the current situation. It is better for children to go out as little as possible. When he knew that my little granddaughter was going home to visit him, he said that he had seen photos and videos, so he didn't have to let the child go all the way back to see him.
Grandpa is clear-headed and able to walk independently. This is also a blessing for my father and brothers. Their main job they take turns to serve him is to make him a meal.
For lunch, my mother cooked a large pot of mutton and stir-fried some side dishes. My brother and I walked over with our grandfather, and we agreed to leave a picture before the meal. Uncle San, who came to hear the news, took on the photography work and joined the five generations of big and small ones together. However, this group photo was led by my grandfather and my father as the axis. Unfortunately, two people did not arrive because of the incident.
96-year-old grandfather smokes and drinks, and the little granddaughter gives her one cigarette in the gift. The word "super" in "filial piety" means to obey the will of the old man. He is willing to smoke, and he is happy when he sees the cigarette, and smokes if he wants to. During the meal, my grandfather drank a small glass of high-altitude wine, and it was obvious from the amount of alcohol he drank that he was in a good mood.
As old as my grandfather, I am considered a long-lived person in today's society. This age is also a goal that many people are not eager for. From ancient times to the present, many people have longed for longevity or even eternal life. Longevity can be realized, and eternal life is just a beautiful wish. However, those who can understand will understand that by giving birth to children and passing on the family line, people have actually achieved immortality in their descendants...
Looking at the grandfather who raised a glass and drank, then looking at the little granddaughter who was close to their relatives outside. The day when the "great-grandson" visited the "Great-Great-Emperor", this quiet family affection of the shallow time, I think, this will be the warmest mark in my mind.
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