Chapter 198: Relatives
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Ji Xiaotang saw the Wang family in Mrs. Ji's house.
Wang was less than forty years old, a short, thin woman, born with a white and pure face, and looked like a good person. It's just that when she doesn't smile, the corners of her mouth on both sides tend to droop downward, and the two deep nasolabial folds on both sides of her nose make her face a little sad even when she laughs.
Thinking about Wang's experience, it is not surprising that she has such a face. After the Wang family married into the Qin family, she begged for a living under her hot-tempered mother-in-law, and her husband died early.
Mrs. Ji talked to Wang, and she was very enthusiastic, and she looked at Wang while talking. Looking at Mrs. Ji's expression, she seemed to be very satisfied with the Wang family.
Wang's voice was extremely soft and his speed was slow.
Mrs. Ji left the Wang family and Qin Boyang's mother and son to live. This time, Qin Boyang was arranged to go to the guest house, but the Wang family was left in his courtyard by Mrs. Ji, saying that it was convenient for the two of them to talk in the morning and evening.
Ji Xiaotang sat in Mrs. Ji's room for a while, and then said goodbye. She heard that Master Ji Er and Master Ji San were talking in the study, so she took the girl to the study.
In the study, in addition to Master Ji Er and Master Ji San, there are also Huang Zhuangtou of Qingyuan Zhuangzi and several other big Zhuangzi Zhuangtou.
The heads of the village are reporting to the second and third masters of Ji about the situation of the winter wheat in the Zhuangzi.
When Ji Xiaotang entered the house, the heads of the village all got up and saluted. Ji Xiaotang sat next to Master Ji San, and asked the Zhuang leaders to continue their topic.
"This winter was the coldest in decades, but there were only two snowfalls. It's not that big. This year, the wheat production is only afraid of a reduced production. Huang Zhuangtou said.
Several other bankers also chimed in.
"How much will the production be reduced?" Ji Xiaotang asked.
The answer to this question, Huang Zhuangtou is ready.
"In my estimation. The wheat on the Zhuangzi in Qingyuan is best harvested by seventy percent. If it's a little bit worse, it's good to be able to keep five achievements. "The reduction in production is already a certainty, and as for the final harvest, it depends on the rain in the spring.
Qingyuan Zhuangzi's field is the most fertile field of the Ji family, and compared with it, the situation on several other Zhuangzi is even more severe.
In the seventh year of Longqing, there was a general drought in the world, but there were still some harvests. By the time of the eight-year drought in Longqing, there will be almost no harvest in many places.
The worst natural disaster in the history of Great Qin. The first signs have been emerging, and the omen has been sent to the people. It's just that at this time, people haven't paid enough attention to it, and they can't imagine that after this year's drought, there will be a great drought in the world.
A year of drought has already displaced many people. Two years of drought in a row can kill many people. In the eighth year of Longqing, it is no longer a legendary story to eat the child. Instead, it is truly staged every day in the land of Great Qin.
Second Master Ji and Third Master Ji both frowned, but they were not really worried.
Even if the production of the Grange is reduced by fifty percent, it will not affect the foundation of the Ji family. But it's a big deal after all.
"Is there any way to alleviate it?" Ji Xiaotang asked.
The Zhuang leaders asked questions about Ji Xiaotang's appearance. No one expressed surprise. Although they are in Zhuangzi, they all know that Ji Xiaotang is now helping Mrs. Ji to manage the housework of the Ji family.
The elders of the Ji family are very fond and trust Ji Xiaotang. Ji Xiaotang has the right to speak on all the affairs of the Ji family. The Ji family knows it. Although Ji Xiaotang is young, she is the head aunt of the Ji family.
"There is a well in Qingyuan Zhuangzi. When the time comes, the farmers will work hard and can always alleviate a few points. Huang Zhuangtou said, he came to Ji Mansion today, and there was another purpose, that is, to ask the second master Ji and the third master to come up with money and let him add a few more wells to Qingyuan Village.
The head of the Grange said the idea.
Ji Xiaotang nodded to Master Ji Er and Master Ji San, indicating that she agreed with this approach.
The cost of a well is not small, but it is worth it in the short and long term. It's just that not everyone thinks like Ji Xiaotang. There are also many families who own land and are reluctant to spend money to dig wells.
Second Master Ji nodded and responded to the request of the head of the grange.
"On other Zhuangzi, add some wells as appropriate." Ji Xiaotang said.
When this was decided, the bookkeeper was immediately called, and the silver taels were calculated and distributed on the spot.
A few bankers were very happy.
"The digging of wells is a major matter, and as soon as the construction can be started, it must be started immediately, without delay, and the money must not be diverted for other purposes, otherwise it will be dealt with severely." Ji Xiaotang said.
Several bankers are busy and promised.
"When the time comes, I'll personally take someone down to have a look." Master Ji San said, most of the things on the grange are now in the hands of Master Ji San.
"When the well is dug, if there is a nearby family that needs to use it, I will lend it to them." Ji Xiaotang thought about it, and then instructed again.
"The third girl is benevolent and has the legacy of an old lady." The head of the grange praised.
"The weather is so abnormal, I am afraid that it may not be better after the wheat harvest, so it is time to take precautions. This year, on each Zhuangzi, try to use as many kinds of coarse grains as possible. Ji Xiaotang commanded again.
"Also, we won't sell a single grain of this year's harvest." Master Ji San also said.
After such an order, several village leaders were surprised. No one knows better than they what it means.
"Second master, this is an estimate......" Huang Zhuangtou asked hurriedly.
"When I look at the heavens, nine times out of ten. In short, prevention is better than prevention. Second Master Ji said.
Huang Zhuangtou and everyone responded, and they dispersed.
"Why don't you talk to the guests in the back?" After sending away the first person in Huangzhuang, Ji Er asked Ji Xiaotang.
"The cousin of the Qin family seems to be a little tired, and my grandmother asked her to go and rest first." Ji Xiaotang said.
Second Master Ji sighed.
"It's rare that the old lady has been happy lately."
Ji Xiaotang didn't speak, so he exchanged a look with Master Ji San.
The Wang family and Qin Boyang lived in Ji's house for a few days, and the two of them accompanied Mrs. Ji every day, and they seemed to have endless words. Ji Xiaoyun is always by Mrs. Ji's side. It was also very compatible with the Wang family.
Wang likes Ji Xiaoyun very much.
"One in a million, good look. has a good temperament, and it is really a scholarly family and a beautiful style of everyone. I've never seen anyone better than Xiaoyun. Wang asked Ji Xiaoyun about her birthday, and knowing that Ji Xiaoyun was fourteen years old, Wang asked Mrs. Ji if Ji Xiaoyun had denied the family matter.
"Not yet, her father is looking for her. The family background is not enough, the most important thing is to know the roots, have a good temperament, and be able to treat her well. Mrs. Ji said.
"Who's family is blessed to marry Xiaoyun, how dare you not treat Xiaoyun well. If only I could have such a daughter-in-law. I can't wait to give her up. Wang said.
Old Mrs. Ji smiled.
Mrs. Ji talked to the Wang family for a long time, and then called Ji Xiaoyun aside and didn't know what to say in private.
After breakfast that day, Mrs. Ji sent someone to call Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji Er.
"The old lady said she had something to discuss." The girl who came to deliver the message said.
Ji Xiaotang was next to him at the time, and while secretly ordering the little girl Bi'er, he came to see Mrs. Ji with Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji.
Mrs. Ji sat on the kang and wore a dark purple cardigan with the word Fushou, and her face was full of joy.
A few people came in to salute Mrs. Ji, and Mrs. Ji asked everyone to sit down.
"Why is Xiaotang here too?" Mrs. Ji saw Ji Xiaotang.
"Grandmother, I came with me to see my grandmother. Grandmother thinks I'm in the way. I sat next to me and didn't speak. Ji Xiaotang smiled.
"Your father and mother don't care about you, and I don't care about you, you can do whatever you like." Old Mrs. Ji said, there was no displeasure in her demeanor and tone. Forthwith. Mrs. Ji didn't care about Ji Xiaotang, and only spoke to Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji.
"I came to you to discuss a big matter."
"The old lady commanded." Ji Er said.
"Xiaoyun's family affairs should also have an explanation. I'm her age. Married to your father. Now, I've got a good family for her. I'm going to ask you what you think. Mrs. Ji said.
"Which one did the old lady fancy about?" Second Master Ji asked busily.
Asking like this, Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji exchanged glances. The two of them had already vaguely guessed who Mrs. Ji was in.
"This is also a marriage from heaven." Mrs. Ji smiled and said, "It's none other than Boyang's child." ”
Immediately, Mrs. Ji said a lot about the benefits of Qin Boyang and the Qin family.
"He is the same age, and his temperament is compatible. The most knowledgeable is better than anything else. ”
Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji didn't speak for a while.
Ji Xiaotang watched from the side, and guessed that Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji were not very opposed to this family business, but they were not as enthusiastic as Old Mrs. Ji, and they were more cautious.
"Boyang's kid, there's nothing wrong with that." After a while, Second Master Ji said, "However, Xiaoyun is only fourteen years old, and her relatives are not in a hurry." Boyang has just come back from Qinzhou, and there are few people who have contact with us, so let's take a look. ”
Ji Xiaotang nodded, Second Master Ji is the safest way.
"Fourteen years old, don't be in a hurry. I don't care about Xiaotang's affairs, but Xiaoyun's affairs can't all be left to you. "Mrs. Ji has made her attitude clear, she has to call the shots about Ji Xiaoyun's affairs." You are too untrustworthy to act, and you have to doubt this and suspect that, but I don't look down on you. Boyang's child, I secretly pay attention to him, he is a perfect child. If you look at it slowly, it's the same. ”
"The children of the Qin family have always married early. Boyang is his single lineage, his grandmother and father are gone, and there is only one widowed mother, who plans to get married earlier. …… His mother had already told me that she sincerely asked to marry Xiaoyun. I didn't answer her immediately and call you to discuss. ”
Mrs. Ji said that she had already made up her mind, and there was no room for negotiation at all.
"The old lady is dedicated to Xiaoyun," Second Master Ji frowned slightly, and pondered the words, "Although Boyang is good, after all, he is not familiar with us." He is a single biography, and the early ...... of his relatives and elders have all died."
Such a condition, if it is someone else's family, I am afraid that Mrs. Ji will be the first to reject it.
"Boyang was sluggish when he was a child, and it was okay for others to look down on him, you are his cousin uncle, you say the same! You can't do anything wrong with your deceased aunt and cousin! Old Lady Ji said unhappily.
Second Master Ji was helpless, he said it very implicitly, just because of this level of kinship, I didn't expect Mrs. Ji to still say this.
"Grandmother, Daddy didn't mean that." Ji Xiaotang saw that Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji were not easy to justify, so he said with a smile, "It's like grandmother loves my sister the most." Grandmother's heart of loving her sister must be more than her heart of loving the cousin of the Qin family, and so is my father. ”
Ji Xiaotang's meaning is very clear, there is a difference between intimacy and intimacy, could it be that Mrs. Ji took the family affairs of her granddaughter Ji Xiaoyun as a favor because she loved Qin Boyang?
A trace of discomfort flashed on Old Lady Ji's face.
"Well, I'm not talking about you anything." Mrs. Ji still retracted what she said just now, "I am dedicated to Xiaotang." ”
"Boyang has no biological father, as well as uncles and uncles. I want your cousin to take care of him, and you won't respond? …… It's not difficult to tell Xiaoyun that person has a well-rounded person. It's just that he has an incomplete population, and there are also people who are not thoughtful. ”
Mrs. Ji glanced at Mrs. Ji.
Although they all live in the ancestral house, the rest of the elders Xiaoyun don't need to pay attention, and there is only one mother-in-law. You have also seen that Boyang's mother is the most easy-going and docile, she likes Xiaoyun very much, and she can talk to Xiaoyun. Xiaoyun married in the past, and she was not afraid of anyone who would show her face. ”
As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Ji has been grinding her daughters-in-law a lot. Now that she is going to marry her granddaughter, she also thinks of this. Find an honest mother-in-law for Ji Xiaoyun, so as not to make Ji Xiaoyun angry with her mother-in-law in the future.
When she said this, neither Master Ji nor Mrs. Ji could refute it.
The old lady has a point. It's better to take it slowly, though. "Second Master Ji is obviously also interested in this family business, but he wants to know more about Qin Boyang.
"Slow for what?" Old Mrs. Ji was anxious, "You say, what's wrong with Boyang?" ”
"Then it's decided!" Mrs. Ji decided.
"Grandmother, why don't you wait for the uncle to come back and ask the uncle's opinion?" Ji Xiaotang said busily.
"Xiaoyun is married, ask him what his opinion is!" Although Mrs. Ji said this, she eased up, "Then wait for him to ask him." Don't try to sloppy me, I don't believe what your uncle said. ”
As Mrs. Ji spoke, she glanced at Ji Xiaotang.
A few people returned to Mrs. Ji's house, and soon Master Ji San came.
"Uncle, how are you doing?" Ji Xiaotang asked hurriedly.
Second Master Ji also looked at Third Master Ji.
"The people who didn't send it have just returned." Master Ji San said.
Ji Xiaotang entrusted Master Ji San and asked him to send a clever person to Qinzhou to find out the details of the Qin family and Qin Boyang. Master Ji San told everyone that the person sent had just returned from Qinzhou.
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