Chapter 13: Changing Guards (51)

Although it is not Tan Heyi's first child, but it is the first niece of the Tongcheng Qiu family, Tan Heyi has repeatedly asked everything to be simple, but he still can't stop the passion of his grandparents like fire. Calling friends and relatives, buying wine and meat, some people with face actually sent out a serious post. The courtyard of Qiu Ji Li's shop next to Tongxi on West Street is full of lights and joy.

Qiu Ji barber shop was called Lao Qiu head shaving shop a year ago, because his daughter married Major General Tan, not only the family was prosperous, but also the business was prosperous, changed the house number, and bought a private house behind the previous head shaving shop, making it a pattern of the front shop and the back house.

Accompanying Commander Su, Mo Di walked to the civilian gathering area of West Street for the first time. West Street is in Tongcheng, which can be described as the most convenient area. Longmian River flows through the north of Tongcheng City, during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, Tongcheng people pick up sand and pile weirs in the upper reaches, lead water into the city, call it "Tongxi Ridge". From the Ming Dynasty to the present 600 years, Tongxi water from the north in, from the west, quietly accompanied by the growth of Tongcheng people, or Zhang Tingyu once read history by the stream, or Fang Bao also washed the pen by the stream. On Tongxi, there are many large and small bridges, just like the charm of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the barber shop of the Qiu family is located at the Leshui bridgehead where the West Street and Tongxi water meet.

Standing at the head of the bridge, Su Tingxun was quite emotional, and said to Mo Enemy that Tongcheng is shaped like a turtle, there is Longmian River outside the city, and the spirit turtle has water to raise, which is already an immortal situation. However, when the city was built, pay attention to excellence, intercept water from the upstream, introduce it into the city, and divide it into two, one water passes through the front of the office from the east side of the north arch, flows through the mouth of Chai Lane and Caojiang Lane in the west, and winds out of the west into the gate, which is Tongxi; A water back, in front of Confucianism turned a corner, but also turned the temple of the temple of the pan pond into a living water that comes and goes, and then to the south of the Xun Gate outside the bubbling flow, for the Su Surabaya. With these two inexhaustible clear streams, the Tongcheng feng shui bureau has been changed again and again, Hongwu so far, Tongcheng is a place, there are many talents, it can be said that the power of water.

Mo Di smiled and said: "Commander Gaojian, it's just that the gossip turtle city of Tongcheng is demolished, and the feng shui is completely broken, and Tongcheng is afraid that it will be difficult to regain its old reputation." ”

Su Tingxun shook his head and said: "This incident is at that time, and it is fortunate that there is no more than a catastrophe, or the catastrophe has been exhausted, and it is not known whether it is prosperous. ”

Mo Di stroked the railing of the bridgehead that had been touched smoothly because of the long time, and said: "The commander's words remind me of a poem by Mr. Lu Xun: Rushing thunder and flying flames annihilate the son of man, and the hungry dove is left in the ruined well." Even the value of the big heart away from the fire house, the end of the tower to read Yingzhou. The dream of the spirit bird is still a stone, and the fighter is honest and strong to resist the current. The brothers are here, and they meet with a smile and a grudge. ”

"Hehehehe." There was a burst of laughter behind him, only to hear Tan Heyi say: "The two of them didn't enter when they arrived at the door, but they were nostalgic for the autumn by this ancient bridge, and they couldn't see that Mo Tianzong was so a hero who had scholarly feelings." ”

Su Tingxun turned around and said to Tan Heyi: "When you enter the house, it is a big meat and a big wine, it is better to take a look at this Tongxiang style first, and it will be a great elegance before the vulgar." ”

Tan Heyi said: "I am the son-in-law here, I am already in the game, looking at the mountains is the mountains, looking at the water is the water, it is difficult to recognize the true face of Lushan." How is it, what is Chief Su's evaluation of Tongcheng? You may see the three flavors of Tongcheng. ”

Su Tingxun shook his head and said, "The turtle shape is gone, what if there is water, it is just an ordinary small ditch, no different from thousands of small ditches. I'm afraid that in another twenty or thirty years, the cultural atmosphere of the year will be exhausted, and there will be only a stinky water gutter left. ”

"Hehehehe." The three of them laughed loudly, because the city wall was demolished, the population of Mengxia Town doubled. At that time, the place where Tongxi Chang flowed through was the area where Tongcheng Gaomen Jiadi lived, and now it is an ordinary family, and the Tongxi water used for feng shui observation has also become a practical life such as washing and draining. In the past two years, because of the pollution of the stream, it has lost the purpose of washing, and it is only used as a drain.

Under the guidance of Tan Heyi, he walked along the bluestone laneway next to Tongxi, walked about 20 steps, and then turned into a side door. Inside the gate is a wide courtyard, and in the courtyard, a huge camphor tree canopy is like a cloud, covering most of the courtyard tightly. Tan Heyi told the two that before the Qiu family only had the first half, and the second half belonged to someone else, after buying the second half, he repaired the side road next to Tongxi to facilitate the travel of the neighbors, and built a wall along the side of the road next to Tongxi, enclosed a yard, and also surrounded the big camphor tree into the yard.

In the courtyard, there are seven or eight tables of eight immortals, and it seems that this is the main venue of the Three Dynasties Banquet. In the middle of the hall, a table was set up, and at Tan Heyi's respectful invitation, Su Tingxun took the seat of honor at the main table. Not long after, the party department and government officials of Tongcheng County were also led here, and there was another cold noise.

After three rounds of drinking, Mrs. Tan Qiu Yunying came out with her swaddling clothes in her arms, and the young woman was only a mother, a little fatter, and she looked even more kind and loving. Wei Jiqing, the magistrate of Tongcheng County, was very rude, took the swaddling clothes from the young mother's hand, it in his hand, stretched out to the others at the same table, and said: "Elders, it's time to take out the gift, this is my doll in Tongcheng, it is the hope and future of Tongcheng, you must not be perfunctory." ”

Seeing Wei Jiqing's ups and downs, although Mrs. Tan Qiu Yunying was worried, she still had a relaxed face and a smile on her face. However, a young girl who accompanied Mrs. Tan seemed more nervous than the young mother, and from time to time reached out under the swaddling clothes held by the county magistrate Wei, worried that the child would be accidentally dropped by the county magistrate Wei.

The old men at the same table laughed and took out the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago, and Jiang Hongxi gave a gift, a silver longevity lock. There are also people who pay money directly, the representative is Su Tingxun, this guy directly took out a red purse, put it on the swaddling clothes, heard the sound of metal collision coming from inside, and knew that it was Guangyang, looking at the heavy bag, the estimated number was not less than ten. Mo Di originally prepared a gift, a hat with a circle of silver Buddha, but was vetoed by Su Tingxun, asking the two of them to give money directly, so he had to get a purse that was the same as Su Tingxun and put ten yuan in Yuan's head.

After receiving everyone's meeting gifts, Wei Jiqing returned the child to Qiu Yunying, gathered the meeting gifts and handed them to the girl next to Qiu Yunying, and said, "Yes, you guys, you are doing well, the silver is in good condition, and the purse is heavy enough, which can be regarded as saving face." ”

After speaking, let Qiu Yunying leave with the child in her arms, and sat down with her own golden knife.

Mo Di stretched out his hand to block Qiu Yunying, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, there are still people who haven't given a meeting gift." ”

"Who? Who didn't give a greeting gift? Wei Jiqing asked.

The audience looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Wei Jiqing knew that he was busy receiving other people's meeting gifts, but he forgot his own, and said with a smile: "You guys, don't remind me, you want to see my jokes!" ”

"Nope." Mo Di immediately denied it and said: "You are the county magistrate, the parent official of Tongcheng, and you are the biggest in this place." I thought that the local custom was that parents don't have to give a greeting gift, and they can be treated the same as parents. ”

Su Tingxun also smiled and coaxed: "Look at what kind of greeting gift the parents of Tongcheng give to the little girl, you must give a heavy gift, otherwise the parents will be incompetent." ”

The table was full of gifts, and the county magistrates of Wei County were asked to show great gifts. Wei Jiqing prepared a meeting gift, but it was not big, and said with a red face: "The meeting gift is for the little doll, not for you, why should I show it to you." Whoever of you wants to see, hurry, hurry up and give birth to one, you will know what my greeting gift is. ”

walked up to Mrs. Tan, lifted the corner of the swaddling clothes, put an object in, covered the swaddling clothes again, returned to the seat and sat down, and said, "You guys, you don't give me any face, so I can't get off the stage." I'm busy forgetting, and I'm not trying to give it. ”

"We don't know if you're a noble person who forgets things, or if you don't give it. Anyone who has a rich person is more economical in giving the envelope. Mo Di smiled and said: "I came to Tongcheng and heard a joke, saying that the lord of other counties is three feet high, but the master of Tongcheng County is three feet high." ”

"Hahahaha." Su Tingxun laughed and said: "Digging three feet into the ground is already a huge greed, and digging three feet in the ground can only be compared with Sun Dianying, who excavated the Qingyu Tomb of Dongling." ”

"Nonsense." Wei Jiqing was anxious and said: "I said that I am three zhang high because I demolished this gossip city, I used to stand on the Dongzuo Gate Tower for nearly three zhang in the sky, and now I have demolished the Dongzuo Gate and stood at the site of the Dongzuo Gate, which is three zhang shorter than in the past, and naturally the sky is three zhang higher." ”

Tongcheng demolition of the city wall, is a very sensitive topic, from the Republic of China 27 years to call for demolition, has been because of the interference of the Baocheng Party can not be demolished, to Yao Sishen and others as the representative of the Baocheng faction up and down appeal, the millennium city can not be destroyed, so that the former county magistrate Luo Chengjun was dismissed because of the demolition of the city. After the current county magistrate Wei Jiqing came to power, he made a painful decision to demolish the city wall. Organized the Tongcheng County Demolition Committee, and thought of a strategy that was both "beneficial to the people" and "good for workers", allowing bricks, stones and other materials to be owned by the people. So the whole city of young and strong women and children, competing to be the first to take advantage of the profit, less than a month of effort, bricks scattered, the "great achievement" was completed. Even the stone foundation of the base of the city wall was also opened up as a road, which was called the east and west ring roads. Whether it is merit or fault, each has its own opinion, and the real comment can only be handed over to time.

At this time, Tan Heyi, who had accompanied his wife for a while, sent his wife to the room, walked over, patted Mo Die's shoulder, and said, "Tianzong, you come with me." ”

Mo Di hurriedly stood up and walked out with Tan Heyi. After passing through two doors, I walked through a cloister. Tan Heyi pulled Mo Di close to a window and stood quietly. It was already dark, the windows were closed tightly, and the window paper made of lint paper was freshly pasted, so you could not see the scene inside, only the flickering lights in the house, and a faint yellow light shining through the window paper.

Mo Di opened his mouth to ask, Tan Heyi raised his finger and pouted on his lips, asking Mo Di not to speak, pointed to the window, and then pointed to his ears. It means to let Mo Enemy listen carefully.

"Sister Yunying, it's fun to go and receive gifts, those big officials, usually upright, really come to the front, and they are so easy-going. The invincible regimental commander you are talking about is the one who blocked you from letting you go just now and squeezed the county magistrate Wei, right? "A tender female voice with a nice voice. Tongcheng people speak, the tail is rich, the unique tone, the tone is abrupt, just like the tone of Huangmei Opera, more like the deep alleys of West Street are long and tortuous.

Mo Di stayed in Tongcheng for a few months, and has some understanding of Tongcheng dialect, Tongcheng dialect, originated from Jiangxi Gan language, 600 years ago Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty forcibly implemented the immigration policy, a large number of immigrants from the Jiujiang area of Jiangxi migrated to the Anqing area. For hundreds of years, Tongcheng has formed a language with both the foundation of Gan language and the phonetic similarity of Anqing Huaining due to its unique geographical location and historical and cultural influence. It has both the commonality and independence of the Anqing language, and most of the dialects can be understood, but there are some unique words that make outsiders sound confused.

"yes!" I could hear that it was Mrs. Tan's voice Qiu Yunying, and in order to cater to the living environment of the 176th Division, Mrs. Tan's tone changed slightly, and it sounded much stiffer.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing." It was the previous female voice: "It is rumored on the street that Director Mo was born in the army, is reckless, and looks obscene, but when I really look at it, I know that the street is full of nonsense!" Although he is not tall, he does not affect the pride of his body, and although his eyebrows are not showy, he can't hide his exposed heroism. The joke he said, the story of the sky is three feet high, I know, the sky is three feet high, but I only heard about it today, and the county magistrate Wei was so squeezed that he almost couldn't get off the stage. ”

"The commander of the invincible regiment is the most capable of fighting under your brother-in-law, and he is also the commander of the most proficient in fighting, in the six counties of the west, in the Dabie Mountains, twenty-three major battles have maintained a complete victory record, and the people of Qianshan call him the invincible in the world." Mrs. Tan said: "It's a pity that the Japanese were hit by a poison gas bomb in the Bayang River in May, and they were hospitalized for several months, but they did not recover. was transferred to the Tongcheng Garrison Headquarters, and while working, he was recuperating. ”

"Can you raise it well?" The nice voice asked anxiously.

"Yes! It's just that it's a little longer, and during this time, you can't charge into battle. Mrs. Tan replied, "You are so anxious and concerned, do you have any ideas?" Do you have a fancy to our anti-Japanese heroes, do you want my sister to help you talk about it? ”

"Sister Yunying, you are talking nonsense, I will ignore you." Hearing the end of the female voice in the room, "yes", Mo Di almost laughed.

Pulling Tan Heyi out of the window, Mo Di asked: "The woman who was talking inside, but the one who walked out with his sister-in-law and wife holding the child just now?" ”

Tan Heyi nodded and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

Mo Di smiled: "It seems that he is still a student." ”

"Tongcheng Girls' High School, who only graduated this year, is eighteen years old, surnamed Zhou, called Zhou Shiming, and is a girl from a good family. My family runs a grocery store next to my father-in-law's house, and although the family is average, they have more than enough food and clothing. His parents are healthy and he has two younger brothers, both of whom are studying in Tongcheng Middle School. When your sisters-in-law didn't marry me, they were good sisters and knew the roots. If Tianzong is interested, I will protect this big medium with your sister-in-law. Tan Heyi said.

Mo Di smiled, he recalled the little woman he had seen before, very white and quiet, very dignified, with a silk hairband on her head, and the hairband was embroidered with five-colored piping. Because of Wei Jiqing's actions, his face was worried, and his face was anxious, and his hands wanted to stretch and shrink. A green cloth short-cardigan with a black half-cut student skirt, oh, not short!

It's rare that she doesn't have too much bad feeling for herself, so she might as well give it a try! So, Mo Di nodded solemnly to Tan Heyi and agreed with his big media.