The old ancestor laughed for a while, and almost turned his back on it.

"I'm curious, when did this Feng girl become a member of your family, it turned out to be like this. Brother Rui, you are a gentleman, give me a face, go back and change the name of your girl. Feng Yatou is in the wind and rain every year, in the water and in the fire, she has to take care of such a big family, and if you are pitiful, don't make her angry. ”

"Since the ancestor spoke, he will change his name when he goes back."

"That's right, but if you make Feng Yatou angry, I will punish you for telling Feng Yatou the recipe for this pearl custard, and let her make me a few bowls often in the future."

"Okay, I'll tell my second sister-in-law after the New Year. Don't delay the ancestors, I also went home to eat and drink. ”

"For the New Year, I won't leave you here to eat, go back."

"Don't wait for the New Year, just go out and tell me now."

Wang Xifeng followed Jia Rui out.

"Why should the second sister-in-law be in a hurry, isn't it okay after the New Year?"

"No, who knows if you'll change your mind when the time comes?"

It's such a simple thing, as for it. I'm not that stingy yet.

So Jia Rui said a rough story.

"My old mother Zhang and Feng'er ......."

"You still say Feng'er?"

"Okay, don't talk about it, the old mother and the maid will do, you can just ask them one day, or ask them to come over and teach them."

"It's as simple as that? Don't use pearls? ”

"I use sea pearls, and now the market and the house are all river pearls, only sea pearls still work, and river pearls are useless. It's better to leave it alone, and the taste is no different. ”

"I also have sea pearls at home."

"My sea pearls are all pearls more than a thousand feet under the sea, and they can't be seen on the market."

Jia Rui said nonsense.

"Hmph, our Wang family was in charge of the tributary of foreign domains at the beginning, what treasures are there in the family? The sea pearls you are talking about, there are many in my family. ”

"Okay, okay, you can use it if you have it at home, I'm leaving."

Jia Rui didn't want to talk to her.

"Go back and change the maid's name, otherwise it won't be over with you."

"Got it."

You're a loser, you know how to brag.

Do you still have more than a thousand pearls under the sea? One zhang is three meters, and one thousand zhang is three thousand meters.

Three thousand meters underwater, how much pressure is there? The depth of the submarine is less than 1,000 meters, and now there is not even a wetsuit, so I will ask you, who caught the beads in your house? Isn't he afraid of being squeezed to death by water?

It's terrible to be uneducated.

Your family is still in charge of the tributaries of all nations? How many countries paid tribute to Dade? A Tatar doesn't take Dade in his eyes, and he comes to beat Dade at every turn, which is really a good feeling for himself.

Is it good for people to come to trade? Foreigners bring goods to Dade to sell, and when they reach your mouth, they will become tributes, and you will know that you are deceiving yourself.

In fact, Wang Xifeng can't be blamed for this.

Not only does she think so, but even the emperor, civil and military officials, and literati and other virtuous elites also think so.

They always feel that Dade is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the surrounding countries are barbaric lands, barbaric and backward. It should come from all over the world, and all countries should be served.

The Celestial Empire is rich in treasures, vast in the earth, rich in the four seas, and the rewards are very generous for those envoys who really come to pay tribute.

Take a look at some of the small countries around, huh? The tributary is a good thing, as long as you say some good things about their great virtues and praise them, the gold and silver treasures will be in hand. It's easier than picking up money.

So there are some small countries that often come to pay tribute, the king is gone, the prince comes, the prince is gone, the minister comes. After touting Dade, he went home and divided the money, which was simply playing Dade as a wronged man.

But Dade still likes this tune, and he always refuses to come, and the reward is rich. As for how his people are doing, I will talk about it later. The most important thing is not to fall in front of foreigners.

Since he had promised his ancestors, after returning home, Jia Rui changed Feng'er's name to Mi'er. Because Mi'er looks sweet, the name is worthy of the name.

Go home and eat, today is the New Year, and it is also to save trouble, so regardless of the difference between master and servant, a family of six will eat and drink together.

As soon as the grandmother was happy, she gave Wang San, Zhang Laomazi, and Mi'er a silver or two of the New Year's money, and gave the fabric to prepare to make clothes, and several people happily accepted it.

Wang San has been to Jia Dai Confucianism for so many years, and this year is the most nourishing year.

For Mrs. Zhang and Mi'er, although the Jia family is not as rich and pompous as their original master's family, the population here is small, there is not much work, there are not so many rules, and the masters are also very kind, staying here is much more comfortable than the original big family.

After eating, some clansmen came over to chat. After coping with it for a while, Jia Rui went back to his room to write and draw, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

After the midnight vigil, I ate the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, set off firecrackers, and then went to bed.

After eating on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, I went to Rongguo Mansion, kowtowed to my ancestors and paid New Year's greetings, and then went to Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen to pay New Year's greetings. Then he went to some elders in the clan to pay New Year's greetings. After walking around, it was already afternoon Shen Shizheng, and he would eat soon after returning home.

In the second year of junior high school, the ancestor invited an opera troupe to sing the opera, and the grandfather, grandmother and several servants all went to watch the play.

Jia Rui didn't like those dramas either, he didn't understand anything, and he didn't bother to watch them, so he continued to write and draw at home.

Jia Yu invited guests on the third day of junior high school, Jia Zhen invited guests on the fourth day of junior high school, Wang family entertained guests on the fifth day of junior high school, and Shi family entertained guests on the sixth day of junior high school, and they all sent people to call Jia Rui to go.

Although Jia Rui is reluctant to join in the fun, he has to follow the crowd when it comes to face, so he follows the fun.

On the seventh day of the first month, he went out of the city to his uncle's house in the suburbs on the eighth day of the first month.

Because he made a fortune with Jia Rui, his uncle's family was extremely enthusiastic, and even his aunt, who was originally cold, was full of smiles this time, and when she saw Jia Rui, she was even closer than her own son.

After eating, Jia Rui chatted with his uncle.

"If you don't come today, I'll look for you tomorrow."

Huang Jin said.

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

"I want to see what other good business there is? It's about to be spring, and I've calculated, and now I can't make a lot of money from farming. originally thought of buying the nine acres of land of the Wang family, but never thought that the land had been sacrificed. ”

"Oh? Uncle also has a dedication here? ”

"Well, don't mention it, almost half of the land in the village has been donated this year. It's getting harder and harder. Several families were originally similar to me, but now they can barely get by. ”

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven, life is not so difficult, right? Plant dozens of acres of land, and the family can still get by. ”

"It stands to reason that this is the case, but it can't be sacrificed, it is the family of Dai Quan, the great eunuch in the palace. The county magistrate came with someone. Originally, I also found my family, but I heard that it was a relative of Jiafu, so I let it go. ”

Huang Jin's family background belongs to homesteaders or small landlords, and according to the standards of Jia Rui's previous life, he is actually the middle class.

According to Huang Jin, the current middle class is living a precarious life, and if they say they are bankrupt, they will go bankrupt.

The middle class was in fact an important middle force in society, and their large-scale bankruptcy showed that there was a big problem in the society of the Great German Empire.

Land and other social wealth are accumulating more and more to the wealthy and large households, the polarization between the rich and the poor is becoming more and more obvious, and there are more and more displaced people, and they are constantly making trouble.

Jia Rui has studied history, and these phenomena show that there are now signs of the end of the dynasty.