Chapter 104: Eight Hundred Acres
"This is the dining room, where all the kids eat. Children aged 1 to 3 are fed by children over the age of six, and there are two tables on the table where 4 to 6 years old can already eat on their own, but are not yet able to take care of other people's children. ”
"This is the academy, there is a special gentleman to teach everyone to read, if there is a talent for reading, it will also be specially selected and sent to the academy outside to study. Other children have no talent in reading, and after becoming literate, they will follow the bookkeeper to learn the skills of planning to keep accounts and survive in the future. ”
"This is the embroidery building, there is a master specially invited by the eldest princess to teach the girls to needlework, and the girls who are good at needlework can earn some money by embroidering a few handkerchiefs or purses every day."
"This is a miscellaneous room, and there are farmers from the neighborhood who come to teach everyone how to weave baskets and do paper-cutting."
"There is also a large piece of land in the back, which was rewarded by the imperial court to the Eternal Life Academy, and the proceeds are used for the expenses of the Eternal Life Academy. The children in the yard all have to work in the fields, and the eldest princess said that they are all hard-working children, and they can no longer be raised without diligent limbs and grains. ”
A girl in her twenties from the Immortal Academy took Jiang Quinoa and walked around the Immortal Academy, introducing what the various places in the Immortal Academy were doing.
Standing in front of the back door, looking at the thin figure busy in the fields below, Jiang Qu sighed with emotion: "The eldest princess is a great and kind person. ”
The girl who led the way mentioned the gratitude and admiration on the eldest princess's face: "Although the eldest princess is cold and not close, she is really good. So many children are thanks to her for giving them a way to live. ”
Jiang Quinoa looked at the sky and said to her, "Can you go and help me ask when the voucher will be issued for me?" I'm still in a hurry. ”
The girl who led the way also became anxious. In the past, people came to donate money and materials, and after the steward registered and made a book, he could issue a certificate on the spot and stamp the special seal of the Eternal Life Institute. There is also the sigil seal given by the eldest princess who can be done with a cup of tea, how can she let her take these people around the courtyard today, and she hasn't given a letter for so long a day?
"Girl, you go to the flower hall to sit and have a cup of tea first, and I'll urge you." The girl who led the way said apologetically.
Jiang Chun finally held back until everyone left, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Did you really donate the house in Tongzhou?" Jiang Chun felt that his heart was dripping blood when he said it, it was a house rewarded by the imperial court.
Jiang Qu nodded: "Yes." I can't cure those evil servants, but someone will. The Changshengyuan was sponsored by the Changgong. That's a relative of the emperor, I don't believe that the people behind the horse steward have the power to rob the royal people. ”
Thinking of the evil servants who bullied the lord in the Tongzhou mansion, Jiang Chun gritted his teeth: "Yes." Donate the house and see how they will get it in the future. ”
Jiang Shun listened to it next to him and didn't move his eyebrows, as if the house in Tongzhou was cabbage and radish, if you don't want it, don't want it.
Caiyin listened to it next to him, but he was anxious: "If the house is donated." What about my mother-in-law? ”
"Don't worry." Jiang Qu soothed: "I'll discuss it with the steward here later." Let's see if I can arrange a job for my mother-in-law here. It's all children, and my mother-in-law should like them. And let's go all the way, everyone in this courtyard gets along very harmoniously, compared to the Zhuangzi in Tongzhou, it is obviously more suitable for mother-in-law here. ”
Caiyin also felt that it made sense, as long as the mother-in-law had a place to place.
They sat for a while, and the steward, who had taken the title deed, came in behind a man in his forties.
"Miss Jiang, this is Steward Xu. It is the head of the Eternal Temple. The steward introduced.
Before Jiang Quinoa got up and saluted, Steward Xu handed over the deed. asked, "Miss Jiang came to the Immortal Academy today, so that the Venerable Order Hall can know?" I just wanted to ask her if her family knew that she was going to donate the house.
Jiang Qu shook his head: "At this time, the court rewarded me, and my father and mother asked me to keep it for myself and use it later." I was about to go back to my hometown in Huguang today, and when I heard about the Changsheng Academy, I admired the righteousness of the eldest princess very much, and I wanted to do my best, and I hope that Steward Xu will not dislike it. ”
Steward Xu laughed when he heard this: "Miss Jiang is polite, you are not a small effort, you must know that the land in Tongzhou has a price a day, and the nobles in the capital want to buy land in Tongzhou, but it is not easy to buy." Many people had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and go to Shandong to buy cheap land to cultivate. As soon as Miss Jiang made a move today, it was a house and 800 acres of fertile land. I've been a steward for so long, and there aren't many people who donate so much money, so you're probably in the top five. ”
Now it was Jiang Quino's turn to raise his eyebrows and glare.
"Eight hundred acres of fertile land? Where does this start, didn't I just donate a house? Jiang Quinoa was curious.
Steward Xu smiled: "Miss Jiang, doesn't you know that the deed of this house is actually connected to the title deed of 800 acres of fertile land?" ”
Jiang Quinoa shook his head.
Steward Xu saw that she really didn't look like she was lying, she really didn't know, and her face sank suddenly.
"Your deed is the previous owner bought the house after the purchase, and then he bought 800 acres of fertile land in Tongzhou, about he has some power, don't want to put these fields on the bright side, so he entrusted the relationship in the Yamen to record the file, but did not open another land deed, this thing is known to everyone, and it is also a unique practice in Tongzhou, so you have to spend several times more money to buy a house in Tongzhou, just because there is still a title deed inside. Whether to reopen the title deed after buying a house also depends on the owner's own wishes, and if you are willing to open it, you will open one, and if you don't open it, you will hang it on it. ”
Jiang Quinoa knew it, no wonder the people in the Tongzhou house could eat and drink spicy food every day, and her feelings were spent on her money, so she was worried about not giving them monthly money for a long time.
Seeing that Jiang Quinoa didn't know anything, but was willing to donate the house, he sighed and handed over the deed, saying, "You children don't know about the people's suffering, you better take this deed back." The servant women over there in Tongzhou have been in the house all the year round, and it is difficult to discipline them for a while, so you will hand over the deed to your father and mother, and they will always have a way to punish the evil slaves. ”
Jiang Quinoa did not connect with the land deed, and said: "I am going back to Huguang, it is too far away from Tongzhou, and I don't know if I will come here in my life." It is also a waste to take the house and the title deed, and it is impossible to cheapen the evil servants in the house. It's better to donate it to you, at least I can feed some children. Besides. The imperial court also rewarded me with thousands of acres of fertile land in Huguang, which was enough for me to eat, wear, and chew. As he spoke, he took out a stack of deeds of sale from his pocket and said, "I don't know if you can accept these deeds of sale just now, so now I think about it, I'll hand them over to you for disposal." It's just that there is a sweeping mother-in-law in the house, who is a little older, can you ask Steward Xu to help take care of one or two, and arrange something for her mother-in-law to do in the Eternal Life Hospital? ”
Steward Xu looked at the deed, and then looked at the stack of deeds of sale. Confirm again and again: "Do you really want to donate the house and the land?" ”
Jiang Quinoa nodded and said firmly: "I confirm, please write me a voucher." I really have to hurry. ”
Steward Xu is also straightforward, since the people who donate things are not distressed, what is he distressed? Give the deed and deed of sale to the steward around you and ask them to write the voucher. Something was brought. He looked at it carefully, and then handed the voucher to Jiang Quinoa.
Jiang Quinoa looked at it, and not only did it write the deed, but it also attached the title deed.
"I only heard that there were 800 acres of land, but it is not clear how much. You see if there is any problem with this certificate, if not, I will stamp it for you. Xu said.
Jiang Quinoa looked at it carefully and confirmed that there was no problem, so he handed it over. said: "Stamp." ”
When the children heard that a teenage sister had donated a lot of money to the courtyard, they all looked inside at the door. Jiang Quinoa looked over, and they dodged with a smile. When she came out, there were children following her, and they were reluctant to leave until she reached the door.
"Sister has a good journey."
"My sister lives a long life."
"Sister is a good person."
Different voices, but all the same immature, with words of blessing in their mouths. Jiang Quinoa's heart warmed when he listened.
"Let's all go back." Jiang Quinoa turned his head and waved his hand, and only when he was far away did he sniff and suppress his tears.
"It's finally easy now."
Jiang Chun glanced at her: "Of course you are relaxed, and you donated tens of thousands of taels of silver at once." After a trip to the capital, you will be such a loser, and Aunt Rong will not let you go out in the future. ”
Jiang Chun snorted: "What's the good thing about going out?" In the future, Aunt Rong will drive me away, and I won't come out. It's a good day at home, but it's hard to go out, and I can understand it. ”
Thinking of the robbery and killing that he encountered in Tongzhou to the capital when he came, Jiang Chun only started to be afraid now.
"Let's go quickly, we won't be able to catch the boat any later." Jiang Chun urged.
After a delay in the Changsheng Courtyard for a while, it was indeed not early at this time, and the four of them did not delay any longer, and rushed to Tongzhou along the official road.
Out of the gate of the capital, a few people did not even look back, straight forward, and so out of a distance, only to find that there have been great changes on the road, the most obvious is from time to time from the side of the horse riding by the official uniforms of the officer. Jiang Quinoa and they asked people passing by, only to know that there was a robbery and killing incident on the official road last month, and there were still people who dared to do evil here so close to the capital, Jing Zhaoyin and Shuntianfu were reprimanded, and both parties sent people to patrol this road to ensure the safety of the official road. Even thieves have disappeared in the neighborhood lately.
Jiang Quinoa laughed when they heard this, and couldn't help but say, "We can be regarded as having done a good deed." ”
Jiang Chun couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, they almost lost their lives.
There was a tea shed on the noon road, and a few people thought that it was a long way back to Huguang, and Jiang Quinoa only had ten taels of silver that Aunt Rong secretly stuffed into her when she went out, and they would definitely have to save money if they wanted to go back. The four of them sat on a big stone on the side of the road, nibbling on the steamed buns they had packed in the morning with cold water.
"When we get to the ship, we can have a hot meal." Jiang Qu said soothingly.
Jiang Chun thought of Scar and Old Chen with a bitter face, and sighed: "When Master Li came, he took care of us so well, and he didn't let us drink cold water all the way. ”
Jiang Quinoa also missed the care of Master Li when he came, and stuffed a bun into Jiang Chun's hand: "Eat, where is it so precious, you have to be served." Go back and tell your aunt that she will serve you well. ”
Jiang Chun took the bun and took a painful bite. A carriage ran over quickly, bringing up a burst of dust and falling on Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Zhi.
"What are you doing running so fast? Rushing to reincarnate? Jiang Chun scolded angrily.
The carriage suddenly stopped.
"It's bad Chun'er, people are coming down to trouble you." Jiang Quinoa stared at the carriage lane.
Jiang Chun was anxious, put down the water bag, and threw the bun: "Then what should I do?" Or if I hide in the grass next to me, you say you don't see me? ”
Jiang Quinoa turned her head and glanced at her, who is she an idiot?
"Steward Jiang?" Jiang Shun shouted, Jiang Quinoa looked over, isn't it, it is not someone else who came, it was Jiang Xijiang's chief manager.
"My eldest miss, I finally found you, old slave." Jiang Xi shouted happily.
"Steward Jiang, why are you here? Didn't you train your aunt to regret not letting us go? Jiang Chun saw that he was not looking for her to settle accounts, and suddenly recovered, and what he said was almost infuriating.
Jiang Xi skipped Jiang Chun's words, and turned to Jiang Qu anxiously: "Miss, something has happened, something has happened." ”
Jiang Qu looked at him and waited quietly.
The eldest lady was calm, but Jiang Xi was anxious: "The government messenger from Shuntian Mansion came to the mansion and said that he wanted to invite the eldest lady to interrogate." ”
"Suncheonfu? But for the sake of the robbery and murder when we came? Jiang Qu asked curiously, and followed Jiang Xi to the carriage.
Jiang Xi said with a bitter face: "That case has been decided, and Shuntianfu has also come to inform it before, considering that the eldest lady is a girl's family is not good to show up, it was me who went to the court on behalf of the eldest lady at that time." Those thieves have been found out, only one Liu Yin has some relatives with the steward in the Tongzhou house, helping to do things in the house, because he was dissatisfied with the eldest lady injured the housekeeper in the house, he was angry and found some hooligans on the street, wanting to teach the eldest lady a lesson, who knew that the dart masters who encountered the dart game were also hard stubble, which made people come out in the end. Because this happened near the capital, all the divisions attached great importance to it and ordered it to be punished severely, and those people were sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn, and they are still being detained in prison. ”
Jiang Quinoa didn't believe this, if he didn't plan to kill her, how could he have such a ruthless character in the first place. Besides, what resentment? It must be for the sake of those 800 acres of fertile land, for fear that if she knows the existence of fertile land, these people will have no sweetness.
Jiang Quinoa stopped in front of the carriage and asked, "Since this matter is over, why do you want us to go back?" It's good if you help us deal with the rest of the matter, and we dare to go to Tongzhou to take a boat. ”
Jiang Xi's face became even more bitter, and he almost cried.
"Miss, the people of Shuntian Mansion, someone has accused you of forcing someone to death, and I want to ask you to go to Shuntian Mansion to help find out the facts of the case." (To be continued......)