Before her death, Shun's sister-in-law said that there were rumors in the village and outside the village, saying that she was arrogant and domineering, and had a quarrel with a sister of the same clan, and she forced the clan sister to be her maid. At that time, she was only sad about the death of her sister-in-law, and she didn't pay much attention to these rumors, thinking that if she ignored it, everyone's mind would fade and it would not be spread anymore, but she didn't want the rumors to become more and more serious now. No wonder Qingbo will hide it from her, if she listens to others misunderstand herself like this according to her previous nature, she will definitely be angry and cry.

"Since ancient times, sages have been jealous, and it is mediocre not to be envied." Jiang Quinoa thought of the sentence that Liao Xiu mentioned in class two days ago, and at that time she only thought that Liao Xiu was inspired by reading the sage masterpiece, but now she understands that it is indeed a feeling, but it is because of her, and she thinks that sentence should be inspired by Liao Xiucai. Paper can't contain the fire, and one day the rumors will reach her ears, so mention yourself a few words now, and she will be easier to think about it when she knows the rumors outside in the future.

Aunt Rong, Qingbo, and Liao Xiucai are also well-intentioned.

At noon, Jiang Quinoa and the others had just brought the rice to the table, and Jiang Cheng came panting.

"Miss, Li Zheng and the village chief just sent an official document saying that they want Li Zheng and the village chief to count the number of people in the village, and they have to re-measure the land. Tomorrow they will come and inspect them. Jiang Cheng said.

Qincha is coming? Jiang Qu thought of what Zhao Liang said, there are so many villages in the nearby county, only a few people in their village starved to death, and the loss of personnel was also the least. If you want to come to Chincha, you also want to come to inspect it, so that you can take credit for Kochi Prefecture.

There are no adults in the family, and it was Qingbo who used to come forward to entertain these things, Jiang Quinoa nodded and said that he knew. Still entrusting the matter to Qingbo.

Jiang Cheng was reluctant to leave after getting the letter, and looked up at Jiang Quinoa from time to time.

Jiang Quinoa had long since discovered his small movements. deliberately ignore him to see what he has in mind.

Jiang Cheng looked over to Jiang Chun. wanted her to help say a few good words, but Jiang Chun looked at him with sparkling eyes, and it was clear that he wanted to see him laugh, and immediately grinded his teeth.

"Miss, Uncle Qing, Mr. Liao, and cousin Bu are discussing things in the study, can I also go and listen. I promise to listen and not speak, okay? Jiang Cheng assured.

Jiang Quinoa originally just wanted to tease him, and when he heard this, he said: "Uncle Qing, they discuss things, it must be a big deal." I don't understand the things outside a girl's house, you have to ask Qingbo to see if he lets you listen. ”

Jiang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, Jiang Quinoa meant that she didn't care about this, as long as Qingbo was willing to take him.

"Then I'll go find Qingbo." After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, he ran away happily.

Jiang Chun filled the meal and handed it to Jiang Quinoa, and shook his head with a smile: "This kid, it's a big idea at a young age." If his father and mother knew that he had no intention of studying for the imperial examination, they would not be angry. ”

If Jiang Quinoa is worried, Jiang Cheng is still young. Maybe he just had the idea of giving up studying for a while, if she didn't even stop it, when Jiang Cheng was older and sensible, she would regret it, and she would feel guilty. Besides. Jiang Cheng said that if he wanted to give her the current person, this thing would not be able to be done at all.

When Jiang Chun was a maid for her, Jiang Xun wrote back from the capital to reprimand her. Even the patriarchs and they all found themselves and Jiang Chun's family. Euphemistically admonished her that it was inappropriate to do this, if it weren't for Jiang Chun's determination to be a maid for her. The spittle in the village alone could drown her. That's it, there are still various rumors in and out of the village.

Eaten. Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Chun went to Wang Li's to learn needlework. An autumn rain and a cold, a few days ago there was a heavy rain, the temperature dropped sharply, everyone found that the autumn has passed most of the time, and it is almost winter, so they began to prepare things for the winter.

It is said to be preparing things, but after a year of drought, the clanging of the poor in the family is even a problem to eat a full stomach, what can be prepared? That is, take out the thick clothes at home to dry, and remove the quilt and wash it. If possible, they will also make two pairs of new shoes and pull cloth to make new clothes for the children at home.

Jiang Chun has a salary every month, and he has saved some money in his hands. Her mother thought that the girl's family was getting older day by day, and she had to pick up and pick up, and was going to make her two new clothes this year. Didn't he also take a needle and thread to consult Wang Li's family, and by the way, he did needlework with Jiang Quinoa and them. There are many people doing needlework together, some talking and laughing, and time flies quickly.

"I'm going to Xingni's house today to ask for a shoe sample, and I heard from his uncle that this time the court will distribute seeds for us to sow seeds first, and then hand over the money to buy seeds when the grain is harvested next year. It's similar to the meaning of the green and yellow seedling method. Jiang Chun's mother said.

"Green and yellow seedling method?" Jiang Quinoa asked curiously: "What is the green and yellow seedling method?" ”

Jiang Chun's mother shook her head: "I don't understand either, it seems to be a great method." ”

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything here, Jiang Quinoa didn't ask anymore, thinking about asking Qingbo or Liao Xiucai at night, they should know.

"That's fine. My family still has two acres and three points of land, and I used to think that if Qingbo and the others went to buy seeds, they would bring me some back. I've heard from them that there are no two places in the city to sell seeds, and many shops are empty. If you don't plant it, it will become more and more barren year by year, so I thought that no matter how much I harvested, it would be better to plant something in the field. I just don't know if the seeds sent by the imperial court are relatively fertile. Jiang Chun's mother said a little worriedly.

Speaking of farming, here Jiang Chun can pick up her mother's words. When Jiang Quinoa rarely went to the ground, Aunt Rong was reluctant, and Qing Bo didn't agree with her going out to show her face, and she was still staring at the scorching sun and working in the field. The family is not poor and can't open the pot, where is the use of her eldest lady to work in the field?

As for Wang Li's family, when she was a child, her family conditions were better than Jiang Quinoa, and her ancestors also started in business, and the family grange had special stewards to take care of her. What's more, at that time, she didn't even know what was growing in the ground, let alone sowing these things.

Jiang Chun said indifferently: "We can plant whatever the court sends down, what else is special for our family." After thinking about it, he said, "Mother, you said that we should not go to see my grandfather tomorrow." Last time, my uncle went to the city gate to look for me, saying that my grandfather was sick, and I followed the doctor to see him. Although there was no serious illness, my grandfather was very thin. I thought it would be too quiet outside in two days, so let's go see him. Bring something for my grandfather too. ”

I haven't walked around with my mother's family for more than ten years, and Jiang Chun's mother also wants to be close to her mother's family, but when she thinks that she was stopped by Hu Butcher in the city last time and snatched her bracelet, she was a little afraid. Now it's a mess outside, and if something happens to her, it's a big deal to die, but Chun'er is still so young, she really doesn't worry about the two of them going out.

"Let's wait a little longer." Jiang Chun's mother said a little babblingly, and the hand holding the needle trembled a little. The thought of being in that alley. Hu Butcher blocked her, said some unclean words in his mouth, and wanted to slighten her, if she hadn't struggled desperately, he would have succeeded if he couldn't say it, and now he was afraid in his heart.

Jiang Quinoa found out about her strange appearance, thinking of the days when she was splashed with dirty water, her heart was frightened, and she could understand Jiang Chun's mother's mood. soothed: "Don't be afraid, auntie, Butcher Hu won't come." ”

"I know, I know." Jiang Chun said tremblingly.

Hearing Jiang Quinoa mention Hu Butcher, Jiang Chun suddenly woke up. She was too careless. How could you forget about this bastard. Recently, she has been patronizing and happy, and she has forgotten to care about her mother's feelings.

"Mother, that bastard surnamed Hu has been taking care of himself lately. Where is the energy to come to our troubles? I also asked Brother Liangzi yesterday, and he said that the bastard surnamed Hu has been fighting with Widow Xu recently. Both of them are about to talk about marriage. Widow Xu's brothers are not vegetarians, and their money has been tight recently. I can't say that I will knock the bastard surnamed Hu hard with a bride price. Don't look at what that bastard is dragging in front of us, he is the paper tiger, do you think he is still so hard to make Widow Xu's brother? The wicked have their own wicked grinding, and the Xu family brothers will clean him up. ”

Although Widow Xu's businessman's ex-husband left her a lot of silver, she herself is used to a good life, and she eats, drinks, dresses and dresses well every day. In addition, not all of her concubines are rich, and some of them still need her to make up for them. If you can't get in and out, even the gold and silver mountains are not enough to squander. Her maiden brother is not a business material, and with her husband's help in the past, the family's business is still passable. When her businessman's husband died, the Xu family's business plummeted, and she looked for concubines and those who had rich advantages, just to make some silver to ensure her life in fine clothes and food.

But she is old and married, and she is famous, everyone knows what she is like, and at the beginning there were people who bought her account, which coincided with the drought, and everyone had money in their hands to buy food to save her life, who would be stupid to support her. She was also forced to be in a hurry, so she would easily bite the bait put by Jiang Quinoa and mix with Butcher Hu.

A few days ago, Zhao Liang was still saying that the business of killing pigs was bleak, and an adult and two and a half boys in Butcher Hu's family said that the half-grown boys ate poor old men, and it is estimated that his family is also about to bottom out. I haven't seen him buy anything for Widow Xu in the past few days.

I think that soon, the Xu family will have trouble with him.

"Auntie wants to go back and have a look, when these two days are over, I will ask Brother Zhuzi to drive an ox cart to send you and Sister Chun'er back." Jiang Quinoa said.

Of course, it is much safer to have an adult man with him, Jiang Chun and her mother thanked and thanked, and she was very grateful to Jiang Quinoa for arranging it this way.

In the evening, Qingbo didn't come back until the time of the lantern, and Jiang Quinoa and the others waited for him to come back to see what the village had to say.

"It is the Qingmiao Law, which was implemented for a period of time in the previous dynasty, and then it was abolished after it could not be implemented. It is stipulated that households of all levels in all prefectures and counties can borrow cash or grain from the local government to subsidize farming before the summer and autumn harvest every year. The borrower is rich and poor, and 10 people are guaranteed to check each other. The loan amount is divided into five classes according to the assets of each household, with the first-class household borrowing 15 yuan each time and the last class household 1 yuan. In that year, the loan was repaid with the summer and autumn taxes, and the interest was 2 cents per period, and some actually weighed 3 or 4 cents. ”

"Listening to Lizheng's meaning, there are a lot of seeds, sorghum, corn, and wheat, and the amount of each seed sent to the village is the same, and after it is distributed, the village will stipulate how to distribute it to households. When I came back, they were still arguing at the village chief's house, everyone wanted to plant wheat and corn, and discussed sorghum to resist drought and flooding, so they distributed it to a few families with relatively poor fields. Anyway, when the time comes, let's just listen to the arrangement of the village. Qingbo said a little tiredly.

After the matter of the seventh uncle, the prestige of the patriarch was greatly reduced, the older generation fortunately had a bit of face, and the younger generation was the most bloody and strong, and it was difficult to say anything in front of the generation, and there was always some injustice in my heart. In the past, there were serious disagreements like this, and the patriarch and the village chief discussed the results with the clan elders and told the big guy, no matter what the reason was, everyone could accept it, but who knew that the patriarch's words should be used today, and the last few people actually wanted to push him out.

Who is he? In the end, he is the descendant of the Jiang family, and everyone usually looks down on him in their hearts, but now when they offend people, they push him out again. He's not stupid, the rumor was originally spread by the people in the village, and the outside spread the story, and they haven't experienced it personally, what can they know? It's not that these people specifically say that they will ruin the reputation of their eldest lady.

Jiang Quinoa nodded: "Uncle Qing, you can see that it will be done, but the food distributed at that time is not good, so let's pay for it ourselves." ”

As soon as Qing Bo heard this, she understood the key to it, and said with a sigh: "After a great drought, all kinds of ruins are waiting to be rebuilt, and the original intention of the imperial court is to appease the people and reduce the burden on the people. But if you think about it, from top to bottom, from household to local, how many people's hands have passed through in between. We've passed on the word that four or five people can go the same way, let alone such a big thing. The court may pay for the purchase of good seeds, but if the people who buy and handle the goods only want to buy first-class seeds, or the people below think that the second-class seeds will be successful, then the difference between the things in hand will be great. ”

"Now that they are fighting for their heads, how can they know that what they think is good is really good? If you don't hold it well when the things are in your hand, can't you make a fuss with others? Qing Bo said.

Jiang Quinoa listened carefully, she knew that this was Uncle Qing teaching her to behave in a way.

"Let's take a step back, first of all, our identity is there, whether it's our own fight or what others want to give us, as long as we take a step forward, then we will fall behind. Second, who knows if it's the best and what's not the best? Let's take a step back, everyone still has to read us. Qingbo paused as he spoke, thinking of the recent rumors in the village, he also had some resentment in his heart, but he still said: "Although we are not uncommon for them to read us well, but we have not done anything wrong, no matter where we go, the waist board can be straight, who said that we are not good, we can return it with confidence." ”

Jiang Quinoa took this to heart.

Jiang Chun was confused when he heard this, and he faintly felt that Qing Bo was too aggrieved like this. She has a clear personality and grievances, and whoever treats her well will double it back. If anyone treats her badly, she also firmly remembers it, and tells her that repaying grievances with virtue is used to bully honest people, so she doesn't eat it. But seeing that Jiang Quinoa looked like she had been taught, she had to keep these words in her heart. (To be continued......)