During the Republic of China, there were three famous large households in Xiuwu County, namely, Changjia in the village, Yuejia in Mafang village and rong family in Xishuizhai village. Because the names of the heads of the three major households all contain the word "Rong", they are called "Sanrong" in the north of the county. I specially visited the descendants and insiders of "Sanrong" and basically understood the family history of the rise and fall of "Sanrong". Often born in the village about 187 1. My family was poor when I was a child. The land is rented by a big horse family in Wuliyuan, and there are houses everywhere. He didn't want to stay poor after he got married, so he accumulated a huge family business by his own efforts. There is always a skill that he can look at the teeth of animals. By looking at the teeth, he can know the age and value of animals. With this skill, he often "says yes" for buyers and sellers in the * * * Easy Market, drawing commissions and accumulating a lot. His family originally rented 18 mu of land, paid half of the grain to the landlord, and the remaining half was only enough for the whole family. He was smart enough to think that he was also renting land. The more you rent, the more you will naturally make a profit. So he expanded the leased land from 18 mu to 100 mu. At that time, farming depended on the weather, and there was no need to put too much energy into it, especially wheat and millet, which were mainly planted and harvested. When farming is critical, hire short-term workers if you are too busy. This ingenious method of renting seeds makes the family relationship thicker and thicker. Although the family has changed from poor to rich, they often scrimp and save everywhere, even to the point of being stingy. In cold weather, I often wear a rotten cotton-padded jacket with a straw rope tied around my waist. In warm weather, you wear your own coarse clothes. At that time, people wore black coarse cloth. His family dyed the white coarse cloth black, and did not give up the money for boiling black. Instead, they dyed it with indigenous methods such as Toona sinensis leaves and bottom smoke. On New Year's Eve, even the poorest families eat jiaozi. His family has money, but he eats millet porridge. Rice grains make up a basket and water drops make up a river. This is often the case, from poor to rich, getting richer and richer, which is envied by outsiders. At that time, the Chang family had a full-page persimmon garden in the village, and the outer village had three hectares of land, which were located in Wangjingtun, Xiuwu Changzhuang and Wollongong in Huixian County. Chang also built a big house in front of and behind the No.6 courtyard east of the village center, with more than one living room, kitchen, warehouse, stable, etc. 100. Later, bandits ran rampant. In order to prevent the harm of bandits, the Ma family not only has servants patrolling the border, but also set up tight encirclement organs in various courtyards, but bandits everywhere can do nothing. 1944, often died. His grave was stolen and dug up three times. The first two times, grave robbers made a fortune. Chang's family never dared to put the buried property in the grave again. As a result, it was stolen for the third time. After the grave robbers found nothing, they stopped going to sweep graves. 1957, Chang Fengzhou, the second son of Chang who fled for eight years, surrendered himself to Xiuwu County Public Security Bureau. In order to reduce the punishment, he handed in a rover, two mink hats and two gold pens. In recent years, Guli Village plans to demolish streets. Legend has it that someone stole antiques, jewels and gold and silver ingots that were often buried in seven stone troughs under an old house. Yue in Mafang Village was born in a wealthy family. His father is called Yue. During the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, Yue and his younger brother separated, and Yue got more than 20 acres of paddy fields and more than one hectare of dry fields. 1880, 17-year-old Yue took over. After investigation, he opened a grain depot in Majie Village, outside Shanmen River, and made huge profits in two years. Then in Wuliyuan, Nanzhuang and Shuizhai, we bought 80 acres of paddy fields and more than one hectare of dry land. Later, he set up a grain warehouse and a grocery store called Yihefeng in the north gate of Xiuwu County. From then on, every year on February 2 of the lunar calendar, the new wheat was laid, and almost every other day, the Taiping car was used to transport wheat to Majie and County. From August to 1 1 month, rice is transported. People suspect that there is so much food in their family, and even rumors that there are mysterious "cats and ghosts" in his family. In fact, the biggest possibility is that he bought cheap grain from other places and then transported it to his own grain depot. In recent years, Yue has expanded the original two houses into four. The family has been eating oil into cans, mules and horses are in groups, gold and silver are everywhere, and servants are everywhere. People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. Yue is a household name in the north of the county seat, but he has also become the target of kidnapping and extortion by bandits. There is a Taoist priest named Gao Jiming on the moon (who was publicly shot in the county town after liberation). He was originally a Taoist, but he secretly collected information about the rich people in Mafang area for the "Dawn Club" (a gangster organization with the nature of bandits) in Huixian. /kloc-in the winter of 0/927, he reported the situation of the Yue family to the "Tianminghui", thinking that Yue lived in the county town all the year round and was not easy to kidnap, but his two sons, Yue and Yue, both lived in their hometown. Therefore, under the guidance of the "Dawn Club", Yue's two sons were kidnapped to the thin-walled mountain in Huixian County and asked Yue for 3,000 silver dollars. Yue wants to redeem the silver, but his housekeeper said that the year is approaching, so that the kidnappers who urgently need money can reduce their demand for silver. Yue Zheng hesitated when he reported that his eldest son Yue had been killed. The kidnapper sent a message, not a penny less than 3 thousand silver dollars, or he would kill Yue immediately. Frightened, Yue quickly sent someone to redeem the money, which saved the second son's life. 1935, Yue died. Yue made his father's funeral very extravagant. Killed a dozen pigs, two or three cows, opened the door for seven days, and held a banquet every day. People in Mafang Village, old and young, and even beggars from other places can sit at the table for free. Because he was kidnapped and almost died, Yue believed that wealth was the root of trouble, so after burying his father, he squandered his family wealth without restraint. He smokes cigarettes, sells houses and fields, and chooses his home. 1948 When Xiuwu County was liberated in the autumn, his family had only a few tens of acres of land and half a yard with two rooms. In the early years, the old people at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi often said: Shanxi is a good place, and Henan loves to wear silk. Du Lin Rong is famous for building magnificent buildings. Du was born around 1870. Before Du Linrong, Du Jia was already a rich man. Only when his father was in Kyrgyzstan, his family wealth was taken away for auction by large-scale non-governmental organizations connected with other cities and places in the name of supporting the fight against foreign invasion. Du Luxiang was disheartened and let Du be in charge. Dolby's father is more liberal. He believes that there is no home without a country, and it is not a pity to give up money against the enemy. What's more, although the family wealth is lost, those two hectares of dry land are still there. As long as you are diligent and thrifty, it is not difficult to revitalize your family wealth. During the busy farming season, Du Hui took his two unmarried sons, Du Jiede and Du Jielian, together with the servants, and got up early to work and eat together. Whenever he is free, he goes to the stable to fetch water and bathe the animals. The breeder is embarrassed. Every time they carry water, they hide it. Du couldn't find a water bearer, so he carried the bucket with his hand. Du's domestic workers are well paid, but not everyone can enter his door. If you want to stay and work for him, you must go through two levels. The first level is eating. Don't eat what you can't eat, just eat a lot. Great appetite, good health, great strength and good work. The second level is the hoeing level. Du took the candidate to his home and they hoed the ground together. It's not easy to hoe, but Du doesn't want it. Although Du is a landlord, he is also an expert in farm work, and it is not easy for him to take the exam to help hoe the land. In rong family, no matter the master or the helper, everyone can eat and fight, and the soldiers are brave and good at fighting. In terms of diet, Du mainly eats, never extravagant. During the Spring Festival holiday and busy farming, we eat a clean meal and exquisite noodles. Usually it is coarse grains, with flour and rice accounting for half. Du Jia's clothes are also very simple, not much different from the villagers, as long as they are clean and tidy. Gold long is in a hard-working field, but a thrifty family has a cornucopia. During Du's several years in power, farmland was expanded, family wealth was restored, and rare buildings in the plain were built, which made him famous for a while. 1947, Du died of illness. But the two buildings he built still stand in a house north of Zhazhu Street in Xishui.