"If this widow Xie is born in the next generation and can be educated, she will also be a good management talent."

Liu Jin looked at Widow Xie and asked dozens of old men to line up honestly in a few words, and distributed steamed buns and soup to everyone in a very orderly manner, and nodded and thought.

"It's a pity, she was born in ancient times, born in this era of three obedience and four virtues, without her husband, she is destined to be miserable in the second half of her life, although she is always very arrogant when she is external, talking and laughing."

But soon, Liu Jin shook his head regretfully.

In ancient times, the daughter who married out was really spilled water, and everything was with the husband's family, if the luck was bad and the husband died, it was definitely not an easy thing to remarry, and it was necessary to get the consent of the in-laws.

And often the in-laws will maintain their family's reputation, many times will require the festival, that is, can not remarry, in the Ming Dynasty, the official festival is also more supportive, chastity archway is enough to illustrate this.

If you don't remarry, there will often be more right and wrong, as the so-called widow has many right and wrong in front of the door, and that's what she said.

If there are children, and there are boys, then congratulations, for the sake of the men, at least the brothers in the clan will still help.

But if you don't give birth to a boy for your husband, the fate will be very miserable, and ordinary low-level families are very likely to become the wives of their husbands' brothers, because it is very difficult to marry a daughter-in-law, and there is no reason for the in-laws to let one not make good use of it.

If the family conditions are not bad, don't think about a good life, because there are no men, so it is very likely that you will be eaten out by the people in your husband's clan.

The so-called desperate household, if understood literally, means that the family faces no successor, without any children, leaving some meager property, all say that people are selfish, so the property of the desperate family has become the "road to wealth" for many villagers and relatives and friends.

They will generally unite and come to this family to forcibly take possession of property, from needlework pots and pans to real estate and fields, and the whole thing is to divide up all the valuable property of this family, so that the valuable things of this family no longer exist, to the point of being poor and white.

This rhythm of punishing people's property is a bit like the scene of being divided by the great powers in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, which is to force people to their deaths, and there is simply no humanity at all.

Once the widow is eaten out, the fate of the widow is often only a dead end, and sometimes even the widow herself will forcibly occupy or simply sell it to the Qinglou.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a talented woman Liu Rus, who originally lived with her husband who was a big official, and this woman had the heart to save the country and save the people.

But the unfortunate thing is that her husband died, and Liu Ru, who became a widow, was hanged herself in order to protect her husband's property and belongings when she was faced with a windfall of her fellow villagers who wanted to eat out of her household.

Liu Jin is lucky to see this widow Xie, because her husband left her a son and a daughter before he died, at least she will not be eaten out.

"Winter melon skin, why are you kicking the steamed bun in your arms?"

Just as Liu Jin was pondering, Widow Xie's loud voice sounded again, and Liu Jin hurriedly looked over.

I saw Widow Xie holding a soup spoon in her hand, pointing at a man with a short stature and a dark face, and said sharply.

This person's name is Dong Gua, nicknamed Winter Melon Skin, homonym Dong Scraping Skin, which means that as long as this person has benefits, no matter how big or small, he must definitely scrape a layer back.

"No~~ nothing."

"I'm not afraid that the steamed buns will be cold, so I'll put them in my arms."

Dong Gua was exposed by Widow Xie in front of everyone, and his face was immediately flushed, and he reluctantly took out the steamed bun in his arms and put it in his mouth to take a bite.

"Hmph~ Don't think I don't know what you want to do."

"Brother Jin said, this steamed bun is enough, and it is your ability to eat as much as you want, but as long as I am here, none of you will want to take away a steamed bun."

"Don't think that others don't know your little belly chicken intestines, Brother Jin recruited everyone to do things, give 40 eldest sons a day, and pack a meal, don't be satisfied."

"If everyone is like you, even if you eat and take, no amount of steamed buns will be enough."

Widow Xie didn't give this Dong Gua the slightest affection at all, and said very seriously.

Many people were silent when they heard Widow Xie's words, and some people quietly took out the steamed buns in their arms.

Liu Jin actually saw someone kicking the steamed buns into his arms, but Liu Jin didn't make a sound, everyone was scared, and these big white-flour steamed buns could only be eaten during the New Year, and they all wanted to take one or two home for the family to taste.

Now that Widow Xie yelled at her like this, she suddenly became much more honest, silently eating steamed buns and drinking broth.

"This widow Xie is not bad, I can give her more opportunities in the future."

Liu Jin looked at the scene in front of him, and also had a good impression of Widow Xie in his heart.

"Brother Jin, do you want to drive out this winter melon skin, trying to take advantage."

Liu Jin's side, Zhao Erhu looked a little angry, for someone like Dong Gua who wanted to take advantage of Liu Jin, he couldn't wait to go up and give him a few slaps now.

"Forget it, it's all a trivial matter, there's no need to make a big fuss, everyone is still very good, I thought it would be a lot of trouble to build a house, there are all kinds of things to be busy."

"I didn't expect that with everyone's help, everything was in order, Uncle Zhou and Uncle Li were the commander-in-chief together, everyone worked hard and diligently, and their hands were frozen in this winter."

"On the contrary, I didn't do anything but pay for it, and if it weren't for everyone, I really wouldn't know where to start."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, this is from the heart.

The people in the village are very simple, although there are people like Dong Gua who want to take advantage of a small advantage, but they do not hide their flaws, and they are very serious and enthusiastic about doing things for Liu Jin.

"Brother Jin, this is what we should do, this winter, everyone is having a hard time, there is something to do, the salary you give is also high, everyone is much better this winter."

"Actually, it should be all of us who thank you."

Next to Liu Jin, Uncle Zhou didn't go over to line up, he came uninvited, he didn't want to take advantage of Liu Jin, he brought dry food himself.

"Huzi, go get a few steamed buns for Uncle Zhou and make a bowl of broth."

As soon as Liu Jin saw Uncle Zhou eating his own dry food, he immediately slapped his forehead violently, and hurriedly ordered Zhao Erhu to get steamed buns for Uncle Zhou and make soup.

"Grandpa Zhou, you do things for me, how can there be a reason to eat your own dry food, come, drink the soup first, warm your body and bones."

Liu Jin helped Uncle Zhou find a stone to sit down, took the broth brought by Zhao Erhu, and served it to Uncle Zhou.

"It's... I'll be cheeky once. ”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, there are already two people in his family, the eldest son is naturally among them because he will be a mason and a skilled worker, and the second son is an indicator of a labor force in every family.

Two people in a family come to help Liu Jin do things, and they can earn 90 wen a day, plus two laborers at noon, this one in and one minus, Uncle Zhou's family will have a much better life this winter.

Uncle Zhou came to help spontaneously, but he didn't have any salary, and he didn't want to eat this meal at noon, but this big white-flour steamed bun, coupled with the broth with meat, was very tempting, and now that Liu Jin is in charge again, he didn't refuse anymore.

"It should be, it should be."

"If it weren't for Uncle Zhou's help, I really don't know what to do, I don't know how to thank you."

Liu Jin shook his head again and again, and expressed his gratitude very seriously.

"That's it, Uncle Zhou, I don't know much about building a house, I need those materials, where to buy them, I don't understand these, this family has an old man, if there is a treasure."

"Uncle Zhou, you will come over to help me take charge of the overall construction of the house throughout the whole process, and I will also calculate the salary for you, count the technical work, 50 wen a day, and also have lunch with the big guy."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin felt that he still needed a helper to be in charge of this matter, and with Uncle Zhou here, he could rest assured that he could save his energy to do other things.

"This, how can this work, I'm old, I can't do anything at all, isn't this coming to eat together~"

When Uncle Zhou heard this, he immediately shook his head again and again and said.

"Okay, of course, Uncle Zhou, you are the head of our village, the most knowledgeable, and everyone is also convinced by you, this is such a big thing as building a house, if you check it, I am absolutely assured."

Liu Jin said with a smile: "I will hand over the matter of building a house to you, you can ask me directly for how many silver taels you need, next year will be autumn, I still have to concentrate on studying, this matter of building a house will have to bother you a lot." ”

"Reading is indeed the most important thing, Brother Jin, if you can go to high school in one fell swoop, we will not be looked down upon in Hetun."

"Okay, I'll be responsible for building a house, Brother Jin, you just concentrate on studying, you are kind and kind, you will definitely be able to go to high school in one fell swoop next year, and you will definitely soar in the future."

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Uncle Zhou thought about it and finally nodded, Liu Jin had moved out the matter of studying and taking the imperial examination, so he naturally couldn't say anything anymore.

In this era, the entrance examination is similar to the college entrance examination in later generations, or even more important.

Now the same is true, Liu Jin is going to take the autumn exam next year, this is a major matter related to whether he can be lifted, and when it comes to this matter, other things are irrelevant.