Chapter 248 Distance
Uncle Cheng said with a simple smile, "No wonder Master Chu and the others are so powerful. They also have rice and potatoes. They are so smart!"
"Yes! It's been a long time since we've seen each other. My grandfather and the others never said, You can grow vegetables when it snows," said Cheng Xianhou's concubine.
Third Uncle Cheng was born to Taifu Cheng's concubine. Taifu Cheng's concubine was also the legitimate daughter of an official family. She did not come with him when he was exiled.
So Uncle Cheng was almost brought up by the mother of the Cheng family. He was only a few years old when he came to Youzhou, and he was also a very smart person.
However, the difficult environment and status as a refugee limited his rapid rise to success.
Taifu Cheng also had seven or eight sons. Several of them died on the way to exile. After arriving in Youzhou, the arrogant young master did not change his temper.
They were beaten to death by local bullies, and some were framed to death. In the end, only three sons survived.
The Cheng family are all weak scholars. They are full of poems and books and have no use. How can they reason with the locals?
It would be a waste of time to argue with each other. For example, a brother from the Cheng family and a local village bumpkin got into a fight in the county magistrate's court.
The local bumpkin said: "Three-seven is equal to twenty-four."
The Cheng family brother said: "Three-seven is equal to twenty-one."
The two of them asked the county magistrate to comment on them. After hearing this, the county magistrate slapped the Cheng family brother with twenty. , released the local villagers without charge.
Brother Cheng is not convinced!
The county magistrate said, "Three-seven-twenty-one is right. The only fault is that you, a talented criminal, got entangled with illiterate villagers."
The brother of the Cheng family was beaten twenty times, and he was furious . His body was injured and his mind was greatly shocked, and he was so angry that he died.
The eldest brother of the Cheng family was Cheng Xianhou's father, and he never reasoned with the local bumpkins.
If a girl from any family wants to be his concubine, he can only take her as his concubine because they are members of the same family.
You can't lift it with your hands or carry it on your shoulders. Don't even dream about beating people out. Even a village girl can't be beaten out!
Because of their Uncle Song, the local business gentry, local tycoons and minor officials would give the Cheng family a little less favor.
It makes their life not so difficult, and they are still richer than most Youzhou bumpkins.
Therefore, many merchants, gentry, local tycoons and petty officials want to marry their daughters to them. His second brother and his wife have a good relationship and have a son.
It's not that the eldest son of the Cheng family has a bad relationship with his wife, but that as the eldest son, he has to support the family, and his father refuses to step down from the altar on the pretense of banishing him to an immortal.
Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, who will?
The eldest son of the Cheng family fell into such depravity that when one brother was born, there were two. Even the local bully villagers, who had many brothers, wanted to give his sister to him as a concubine.
He took them all away, and their family would have a labor force...
Uncle Cheng saw his eldest brother degenerate and his other brothers being forced to death. His aunt was heartbroken. At the age of fifteen, he single-handedly founded the Youzhou Prefecture.
He was so handsome and eloquent that he conquered Master Futai and betrothed his youngest daughter to him.
From then on, under the protection of Mr. Futai, the Cheng family lived a peaceful life in the local area for several years.
Until later, the Song family, the Yang family, and the Wang family were all exiled to Youzhou, and Mr. Futai was also unlucky.
The Cheng family has returned to before the liberation, and is still more miserable than before the liberation.
Because they were not exiled together in another town two hundred miles away from their village.
General Song learned that they were living so hard, so he moved them to their village in a ruthless manner. The villagers did not dare to disagree.
why? Because General Song has a hard fist!
When Taifu Cheng was exiled, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, and everything was waiting for improvement. His Majesty the Emperor was very busy.
There was no time to pay attention to and suppress them, so they suffered numerous casualties even though they were still getting along.
When General Song was exiled, the emperor's throne was already firmly seated.
The emperor had a lot of time to pay attention to them, and Jin Yiwei often came to Youzhou to investigate the situation.
Taifu Cheng's calligraphy and paintings can no longer be sold. It's not that his paintings are not good, but that no one dares to buy them.
In addition, the local county government and the government are suppressing them. Their family is living on thin ice, and there is no land for them to grow!
At this time, everyone was so excited that they burst into tears when they saw the young seedlings growing in the snow.
"Second brother, we will all have vegetables to eat from now on." They haven't tasted vegetables for several months.
"Yes, third brother, we still have rice to eat!" The second eldest son of the Cheng family burst into tears.
The Yang brothers also hugged happily. They once thought they would starve to death this winter.
The two brothers of the Wang family even shed tears. Although they were concubines, they once had rich clothes and fine food.
"Don't cry. What are you talking about? Hurry up and dig the snow and dig the ground!" An uncle from the Song family shouted loudly.
"Yes, yes, Uncle Song is right." The young people hurriedly worked hard.
They planted vegetables for five days in a row, and the first ones they planted were already as long as a finger.
Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and Mr. Chu from Yamashita sent a message to invite them all to a New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow.
Everyone in the cave was so excited!
Especially girls, they wear their best clothes.
At this time, Jiang Xinyan at the foot of the mountain was leading everyone to set up the venue. There were no rivers or ponds in this ice sheet.
Anyway, the thick ice will not crack. It will not be a problem to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention tens of thousands of people.
Jiang Xinyan asked: "Men, do you want them to bring their own benches? How many hours will this performance take?"
"If you can't stand for several hours when giving orders, you can bring your own benches." Chu Lixuan said to the person next to him.
Those who are training should not bring any benches.
The subordinates surnamed Chu, Zhao Yu and Wei Dabin, knew their Master Chu very well. They knew the meaning of every look and word.
For the New Year's Eve dinner, ten large dishes are prepared. The first batch of seaweed moss they planted is ready to be picked, and the cabbage is ready to be eaten, but the radishes have not grown up yet.
But they had enough potatoes, and no one knew how those mountains of potatoes were transported.
Chu Yi and the others thought it was Zhao Yu's Jinyi guards who brought them in.
Zhao Yu thought it was Chu Yi and the others who brought it here, and no one was too embarrassed to ask.
why! Because they both spent time paying attention to each other, neither found any clues.
They both think that their martial arts skills are not as high as the other's.
Therefore, there are several groups of them, each working hard to practice the magic secrets.
No one has ever doubted that they grew it themselves.
Chu Lixuan also knows about their rivalry, so what does it matter to him?
Xinxin boss has a good saying, if you don't ask, I won't tell, this is the distance.
You asked and I didn't tell, this is the gap. You asked and I said, this is trust.
The opportunity is right in front of you, if you don't ask, this is the distance between us.