After eating supper, Qin'er and Lilac took the two babies to talk to Zhang and Xu, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law led Fei Erye, Gao Yunfeng, Chen Hu, Ge Erxiao and others to settle down. The dozens of porters hired couldn't go back at night, and several descendants of the Xu, Wang, and Chen families helped arrange to go to each house to spend the night. Han Xiufeng sat in the main hall and talked to his father-in-law and Xu Yunshan, Wang Jingcheng, and Chen Huagui.

It's all about the village, such as how many people died in the village when the earth dragon turned over this time, and for example, last year, I saw a tenant who was pitifully taken in not only lazy but also stealing, such a scourge could not be kept, and he was beaten and driven out of the village, and he was never allowed to come again in the future.

Han Xiufeng followed his uncle into the city to beg for a living when he was very young, and most of the people in the village didn't know him, and they didn't know who they were talking about, so they could only nod from time to time.

Xu Yunshan realized that Master Han might not be very interested in these, and said cautiously: "In the past two years, the silver has not changed, but the group fee is more than before, and the flower households in the village not only have to pay for it, but also have to pay for it, every time the group has to go to the horse gang, back and forth for more than ten miles, and the people who go are still young and strong, so that the work in the field cannot be done." ”

"Master Han, I'll tell you the truth, these days we are discussing with Master Duan to see if we can ask the county to let us run a group by ourselves. We have all thought of the name of the group, and it will be called the Tzuyun Group. ”

"Master Han, for this matter, I also donated the martial arts supervisor to the third child of my family."

"The fourth child in my family donated a literary supervisor!"

Han Xiufeng originally wanted to set up a small group, but when he heard what they said, he couldn't help but put down his teacup and asked: "Don't pay the group fee to the horse group when you run a group by yourself, and the descendants in the village don't have to go left and right to go to the horse gang?" ”

"Master Han, that's what we think." Xu Yunshan saw that Han Xiufeng did not object, and said while the iron was hot: "In the past, we used to contribute money and efforts, but the horse group only took care of the horse gang and ignored our Ciyun. They did not send the people to our place to patrol the night, nor did they care about our thieves here, causing us to lose a cow and a dozen pigs and sheep in the past few years. ”

"And last autumn, when I saw that the rice was almost ripe, I didn't know which one of the killers grabbed several acres, and overnight, a large piece of rice was gone!"

"By the way, Tsz Yun Temple was also robbed, last summer, several thieves ran to Tsz Yun Temple in broad daylight, tied up the big monk and the little monk, and then rummaged through the cabinets and robbed all the money in the temple. If someone hadn't gone to offer incense and quickly helped loosen the ties, those monks would really have starved to death! ”

"Did you report to the police?"

"Master Han, when you encounter this kind of thing, do you say that we dare to report to the official, we can only consider ourselves unlucky."

"It seems that we Ciyun have to set up a group." Han Xiufeng took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice: "I'll go and say in a few days over there from the county master, and the three of you will prepare first." ”

"Master Xie Han, then I'll go to Zhang Luo early tomorrow morning."

……

Seeing off the three of them, Han Da and Second Master Fei came over together.

Seeing that the eldest brother actually brought a bunch of account books and more than a dozen land deeds, Han Xiufeng realized that the affairs of the family had to be arranged quickly, otherwise the eldest brother and the second sister-in-law would not be down-to-earth.

"Big brother, I know that you and your sister-in-law don't mean to separate families, but the country has national laws, the family has family rules, and there are no rules." Han Xiufeng put down the title deed and looked up at the old man and Second Master Fei, and his eyes shifted to Han Da, who was still so restrained: "As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father, and now that my father is not here, we have to be the eldest brother of yours in our family." ”

Han Da said bitterly: "No, no, I don't know a lot of words, how can I be a family!" ”

"Xiushan, don't worry, let your brother finish." Duan Jiqing patted him on the arm, thought about it and persuaded: "Don't look at how big an official Zhixing is outside, but at home, he is still your younger brother." ”

"But I really can't be here."

"Xiushan, listen to your brother, just because you can't be now doesn't mean you won't be able to be in the future, and I don't have anything to do, I'll teach you what to do in this family." Second Master Fei couldn't help laughing.

"But ......"

"Don't do it, listen to me first."

Han Xiufeng looked at the title deed, and said slowly: "Our family now has more than 60 acres of paddy fields and more than 50 acres of forest land. When the time comes, 20 acres will be used as sacrificial fields, and the annual harvest will be reserved for ancestor worship and the repair of ancestral halls;

Take out another 80 acres of my Han family's public land, and keep the annual harvest for the babies to study, and now they may not need so much, but when the babies grow up and have a good life, they will have to go to the provincial capital or even the capital to catch the exam, and this harvest may not be enough. So now, if there is a surplus that cannot be used up, you can deposit it in the pawnshop to make a profit, or you can buy some more public land. ”

Duan Jiqing thought that this was the atmosphere that a big family should have, and couldn't help but say: "How much food does a baby subsidize a year, how much does it cost, and how much does it cost, you can write a charter when you go back." In short, this kind of thing has a beginning and an end, otherwise if you meet an unscrupulous descendant who is lazy in the name of studying, will it be difficult to use the harvest of the public land to support him for a lifetime? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you have to make a charter." Second Master Fei thought so.

Han Xiufeng also nodded when he saw Han Da, and then said, "Big brother, as for the rest of the land, our four brothers will divide it equally. Although the third brother said that he had succeeded to the second room as the heir, the third brother is also our own brother, not to mention that without our uncle, there would be no three of our brothers today. ”

"Four babies, I'm not reluctant, it's okay to have more points."

"There is no need to divide more, it is best to divide equally, our uncle died early, and in a few days I will spare and ask the second master to help me testify, set up the charter that should be established, measure the land by the way, and divide it together." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "And then there is this newly built courtyard, I have a house in the city, I don't want it, you and the second brother look at it." ”

"What's going on, divide it between me and the second child, where will you and your younger siblings come back and live?"

"Can I borrow it, and how long can I stay at home? If it is given to me, you will not live, I will not be at home for a few years like before, and even if I come back, I will not be able to live there. ”

"Xiushan, listen to your brother, you don't need to be polite to your brother about these things." Duan Jiqing knew very well that his son-in-law was only coming back to worry about Ding, and even if he was really Zhishi in the future, he would not live in the countryside.

For fear that the eldest brother would misunderstand, Han Xiufeng said very seriously and sincerely: "Big brother, the reason why I proposed to split the family is that I really don't dislike you, but Shitong and Shitu are not small. If they don't set a rule, they will feel that they have an uncle who is an official, and they don't have to worry about anything in the future. After splitting the family, they will know that it is better to rely on others than on themselves, and they will know that they must work hard, otherwise they will have to go home and farm in the future. ”

"Okay, I listen to you, think about it, I have to make the babies suffer a little, they didn't suffer when we were children!"

"That's what I meant." Han Xiufeng smiled, and then said: "When I am free to set up a family rule and write a charter, you will be a family according to the family rules and charter, and the second master will teach you if you don't understand." Then Qin'er and I have prepared five hundred taels of silver for you, the second brother and the third brother, you can buy some more land, you can go to Zoumagang or even the city to set up a shop to collect rent, or you can save it for the babies to marry daughters-in-law in the future, in short, this is a little bit of my heart and Qin'er. ”

"I can't ask for your silver anymore, and what do I want so much silver for, I didn't spend a tael of the silver you asked Qin'er to carry last time, and I really don't need to spend money in the countryside!"

"There was no place to spend money before, it doesn't mean that there will be no in the future, if Stone can compete for fame, do you want to spend money, do you want to spend money when they are older? Don't be polite to me, it's settled. Han Xiufeng put down the teacup, thought about it and said: "Speaking of silver, Zhu Zi and my sister asked me to give you and the second brother and the third brother twenty taels each, this is their heart, and you don't need to be polite to them." ”

Han Da is an honest person, who has never seen so much silver, so excited that he doesn't know what to say, he hesitated for a while before asking: "Zhuzi and my sister are very good in the capital, and my sister should be born in the future, now it's not a small two but a family of three, but I don't know if it's a male baby or a female baby." ”

Duan Jiqing said with a smile: "Giving birth to a baby is such a big event, he will definitely ask Ri Shengchang to send a letter to his family, I estimate that it won't take two or three months to have a letter." ”

"Also, it's useless for us to sit here in a hurry, we can only wait for news."

No longer mentioning the silver, Han Da was not as restrained as before, and said cautiously: "Fourth baby, isn't Pan Er back, he has been here several times in the past few days, and once he led four or five prisoners and regiments to come." Every time I came, I brought a lot of things, I couldn't read, and it was Master Duan who helped keep the accounts. The money that people gave to his father when he was at the funeral, and how much was sent by whom, there is also an account for each of them. I was worried that the thieves would be worried about our money, so I put the money they gave me in a jar and buried it under the tree in the backyard, and buried six altars in total. ”

The account at the time of the funeral was arranged by Duan Jiqing to help keep it down, and seeing Han Da mention this, Duan Jiqing said without thinking: "A total of 1,265 taels were collected, all of which were those gentry who had had contacts in the past two years. It cost four hundred and eighty-two taels before and after the funeral, and your brother has a total of seven hundred and forty-eight taels here. ”

Thinking that it was not good for the four brothers to divide this money equally, and it was not good to divide it evenly, Han Xiufeng muttered: "Give it all to our mother, my father is gone, and our mother can't have some private money in her hands." ”

"Four babies, I don't need to spend any money, and our mother doesn't have anything to spend!"

"Brother, listen to me in this matter, and give the silver to our mother. If you don't give it to her, how do you know where she didn't spend money, maybe she wants to give a few pieces of jewelry to the eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law as the heirloom of our Han family. Besides, there are more and more babies, and the babies give our mother New Year's greetings during the New Year, and our mother always has to give the babies some New Year's money. ”

"Okay, then I'll tell my mother where the money is hidden."

"Don't hide it, dig it out in a few days and send it to Magang's money bank to exchange it for a silver ticket, and then help exchange it for a few thousand dollars, and then give it to her after the exchange."

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