Chapter 57: Repentance
"Since there is such a good thing, then why let the talented cousin go to see the county master, whether it is in terms of seniority or academics, there are more people in the clan who are better than the talented cousin. Since it is such a good thing, of course, it is better to benefit more talented people, so that our Jiang family can prosper. Jiang Quinoa said loudly, just now some people who didn't understand the meaning of the seventh uncle suddenly realized, no wonder the seventh uncle wants to make such a fuss in the ancestral hall today, it turns out that he has such an calculation in his heart.
The food donated by Jiang Quinoa is her own, and if anyone wants to grab this credit, they will have to be poked in the back, and everyone will be on Jiang Quino's side. But if you get this matter to the ancestral hall, it's different, it's for the glory of the Jiang family, you just have to give your life, not to mention a little credit.
The seventh uncle just wants the people in the clan to press Jiang Quinoa and grab this credit, but he is a person who is buried in the soil with half of his body, what is the use of asking for this credit? Of course, it paved the way for his grandson and beloved grandson. These two people are very talented in his heart, and it is easy and easy to take the entrance examination, but it is easy to obtain high-ranking officials through other means, and it also saves time and trouble, of course, everyone wants to take shortcuts.
With the Book of the People, the county magistrate has to accept Jiang Youcai and their favor, not to mention that he also donated food to feed so many refugees outside the city. Even if you can't seal the official, it is also great to get a reward from the imperial court. The seventh uncle calculated well in his heart, Jiang Youcai and Wang Zongshui analyzed the pros and cons for him last night, and he didn't fall asleep all night when he was happy. In the future, there will be a teenage county master, and everyone will respectfully call him an old lady when they see him in the future, and they will have to wake up laughing when they think about him.
In the ancestral hall, which is usually quiet and unpopular, after Jiang Quinoa said this, there was a loud noise of everyone's loud discussion and argument, and they condemned the seventh uncle for doing things unfairly and taking all the benefits from his own family, and on the other hand, they were enthusiastically arguing about who should be allowed to come forward for such a good thing. Everyone wanted to swallow up this benefit, so naturally they didn't give in to each other, and the cousins and brothers who usually got along well quarreled, and after a while, they blushed and had thick necks, and even shouted about separating the family.
Jiang Quinoa took a sip of tea, listening to their arguments, with a smile on his face, but he felt extremely desolate in his heart. For the sake of the slightest benefit of not seeing the shadow, they forgot the teachings they had received since childhood, forgot the Jiang clan training, and before outsiders came in, they made trouble themselves. Human nature is so weak that she once simply thought that these people would protect her for the rest of her life, but she just didn't suffer such a trip in her previous life, and in the end, she didn't end up with any good.
Seeing that the ancestral hall was in a mess, some people even rolled up their sleeves to fight, the patriarch couldn't stand it anymore, raised the teacup and slammed it on the ground, the slag of the teacup splashed up and scratched the face of one of the cousins, and the blood spread around like flying flowers, the cousin was stunned, and the people who had just fought for the red ears were also frightened, and the ancestral hall that was still making noise just now was suddenly silent.
"Look at what you look like, are we teaching you from childhood to take other people's things for yourself? Are you ashamed? The patriarch slapped the table and shouted.
If the reprimand of the seventh uncle just now made everyone very unconvinced, the patriarch's loud shout made everyone feel like a slap on the head, and they couldn't raise their heads in shame.
The patriarch stood up with his support on the table, pointed to the few people in front of him with flushed faces, and asked loudly: "A quinoa, a girl's family, she never favoritism when she has food in her hands, and she donates it for you to eat and drink, you don't know how to be grateful, and you want to take her credit to yourself, you just have such a dirty mind, then you also have to see if you can wear such a high hat!" ”
At that time, because of the large number of people who followed the trend, almost every household in Jiangli Village dug up some wild vegetables, and when the drought showed signs, they were used as part of the food.
Later, the county magistrate sent a few bags of grain, and at that time, the rice jars of the family were basically bottomed out, and Jiang Quinoa generously divided the grain, so that everyone could pick up the stubble and boil until the government opened a warehouse to release grain.
Until now, it is also because Jiang Quinoa can't donate the food in his hand, and has stored enough food for the whole village to barely survive until October, without her, the village does not know how many people would starve to death. It is impossible for them to live in the village in peace and wait for the two meals of porridge a day, and they will have to leave their hometowns like others, begging everywhere and begging for soup from the court.
Thinking of this, the people in the ancestral hall turned pale and couldn't raise their heads in shame, and even a few cousins knelt down, slapped their ears hard, and scolded with regret while smoking: "I'm not human!" I'm not a thing! I'm wolf-hearted! I'm ungrateful, I'm a bastard who is worse than a pig and a dog! ”
The ancestral hall resounded with slaps and words of remorse one after another.
Jiang Quino's hand holding the teacup couldn't help trembling a little, and a hot current surged up from her heart, she blinked her eyes several times before suppressing the hot flow, and hurriedly raised her sleeve and rubbed her eyes by putting the teacup.
Everyone repented, and they really couldn't understand how they could have such a dirty and dirty mind at that moment just now, and they wanted to cut themselves a few times.
In the entire ancestral hall, except for a few uncles sitting on the top, as well as Jiang Quinoa, everyone else knelt. The patriarch stood at the top with a gloomy face, and looked at the Seventh Uncle, Jiang Youcai, and Wang Zongshui who were still standing below.
The seventh uncle's old face turned red, Jiang Youcai shrank his shoulders a little, Wang Zongshui saw that the situation was not right, touched his nose and retreated to the door, muttering in his mouth, "I don't have the surname Jiang, it's not appropriate to come to the ancestral hall after all." Grandma also told me to go back to dinner, I'll leave first, you are busy. ”
"Don't go first, cousin Wang." As soon as Jiang Qu opened his mouth, he found that his voice was a little hoarse, and he coughed twice and waited for his voice to return to his usual Qingyue, and then said: "My cousin and cousin are here today, and we just want to talk about how you ruined the reputation of our Jiang clan outside the city gate a few days ago. ”
disturbed a pool of clear pools, but Wang Zongshui tried in vain to wave his sleeves without wetting his sleeves at all, where is there such a good thing? Thinking that he and Jiang Youcai casually talked nonsense and slandered her reputation in the refugee camp outside the city gate, Jiang Quinoa would not let him go easily. Thank you Piaoyi ~ for the peace charm of the reward, thank you for your support, ask for collection, ask for tickets ~~~