The visitor is a guest, even if he doesn't like Mei Tongsheng in his heart, Gui Wu has no reason to pick up a guest at the door. And because of the relationship between the Mei family, this Mei Tongsheng is also the in-laws of the Gui family.

Gui Wu turned around and instructed Gui Chongyang to watch the unloading of the car, and greeted him himself.

"Village Chief Du, Mei Fuzi." Gui Wu arched his hand.

Gui Chongyang can call Mei Tongsheng "the second master of the in-laws", but Gui Wu can't call it. On the day Aunt Gui was taken back, the Mei family and the Gui family's second room broke off their in-laws, and they can no longer be regarded as in-laws.

Mei Tongsheng came over with a strong momentum, and saw that the carriage in front of him had no confidence, although he was still holding the identity of a scholar, his chin was raised high, but he didn't say anything unpleasant, and nodded slightly in response.

Village Chief Du's eyes were withdrawn from the carriage, and the smile on his face became more and more kind: "I can't eat wine for nothing, I have to follow a part, so I can be happy!" ”

It is not only a make-up banquet, but this is also the proper meaning.

Gui Qiu was originally helping in the kitchen, but due to a lack of manpower outside the gate, Gui Chongyang came out to unload the truck, and Gui Chongyang was empty.

Gui Chongyang has been paying attention to Village Chief Du's side, and when he heard Village Chief Du's words, he went to get a pen and paper and waited aside, which was today's gift list.

Village Chief Du looked at it and saw that the handwriting on it was good, and praised: "Good words, good words, the future can be expected!" With that, he took out a small silver ingot from his purse and used it as a gift money.

You must know that the countryside gift is only a few dozen yuan, and if you can take out the silver, no matter how heavy, it is a heavy gift.

Village Chief Du handed over the silver while watching Gui Chongyang's reaction.

Gui Chongyang was not in a hurry to receive the silver, his eyes glanced at it, and he said: "Village Chief Du, give a gift of gold and silver." ”

That's right. Village Chief Du's smile was a little condensed, and he looked at Gui Chongyang with narrowed eyes, paused on the clothes on his body, and then looked away.

Mei Tongsheng followed behind Village Chief Du, but he regretted it. He only remembered that the Gui family invited guests to eat and drink, and he had long forgotten to give gifts, but now there are a few small strings of money in the purse, which is to press the purse to fill the façade. To say that this copper plate went to the town to eat and drink, he was not distressed, but to the Gui family, it was painful. The two families have long been out of favor, and it is obvious that there is no way to go back and suffer losses, how can he be willing?

Gui Chongyang didn't seem to know that Mei Tongsheng was embarrassed, and stood aside with the gift book, making a waiting.

Gui Wu was leaning sideways to the side and inviting the guests into the courtyard.

Village Chief Du didn't go first, turned around and waited for Mei Tongsheng.

Mei Tongsheng was looked at by several pairs of eyes, gritted his teeth vigorously, took out the money from his purse, and handed it to Gui Chongyang: "Gift!" “

Gui Chongyang looked at Mei Tongsheng's palm, his face did not change, and he read while writing: "Mei Fuzi, follow the gift of ten papers!" ”

There are several ways to string copper coins, consistent strings, one hundred wen strings, and one hundred wen strings, and ten wen strings in front of you.

The villagers at the door who came out to help carry the boxes listened with their ears open, and they were a little surprised to hear this number. Everyone knows that the Mei family has provided two talents, and the days have always been frugal, Mei Fuzi went out to eat and drink, and the gift money was given to the lowest part of the village, but it was also from 20 yuan, why did it halve when it arrived at the Gui family?

Now that a pound of meat costs eight yuan, and he came out to eat with ten yuan, this Mei Fuzi is becoming more and more stingy.

Gui Chongyang finished writing before taking the copper plate.

Mei Tongsheng noticed the eyes of the villagers, his face turned red, but he still didn't mean to add copper coins, and followed Village Chief Du with his hands behind his back and entered the courtyard.

Gui Qiu watched Mei Tongsheng go away, and then pulled Gui Chongyang and whispered: "Old man Mei is getting more and more dead, I'm afraid that Cousin Mei won't let go easily, what should I do?" ”

Although Gui Chongyang had heard Mei Tong's miserliness before, he didn't expect to do this, and he frowned and said: "No, even if his family was not rich before, but with his aunt's forty acres of land over the years, life should always be slowed down." ”

Mei Tongsheng's ancestors and grandchildren have not been engaged in production for several generations, and they have studied for business, so this field must be tenant out. The local rent in Tongzhou is forty percent, whether it is planting wheat or millet, the rent of one acre of land is one stone, which is one hundred and fifty to two hundred yuan, and forty acres of land is six to eight yuan, which is only the forty acres of land of the Mei family. According to the practice of equal distribution of land and property among brothers in the countryside, Mei Tongsheng's family will not be destitute, and they also have the land they get when they divide the family, even if they can't get forty acres, they should have more than ten or twenty acres, and it is a few dollars.

The Ming Dynasty was a heavy scholar, Xiucai could be tax-exempt 80 acres of land, and the number of two tax-free fields of Mei Tongsheng's uncle and nephew was 160 acres, and the Mei family definitely did not have these, and the fields of other relatives and friends were hung up, and half of the tax money saved according to the rules should be given to the Mei family, which had a few dollars. Mei Xiucai and Mei Sheng's uncle and nephew are still preparing for the exam, preparing for the township exam, Mei Tongsheng took over the village school after the death of his eldest brother, and there are two or three subsidies every year, how can such a Mei family have no money?

In addition to the Du family and the Lin family, the Mei family is already a wealthy family in the village.

Gui Chongyang just guessed that their father and son would fight Mei Duo because of greed, but he didn't expect that they would be really poor. I guessed that they were short of money, but I was also thinking about the money for the exam. Scholars eat, drink, socialize, apprentice and visit friends, and do not spend less, so it is natural to be more generous in preparation, and the more the better.

Gui Chongyang proposed to let the Gui family make up the "dowry", just thinking about "attacking as defense", blocking the other party's calculation of Mei Duo, offering a price code and waiting for the other party to bargain, and using reputation to coerce the other party to take a step back, and did not really force the other party to "jump off the wall in a hurry".

Gui Qiu looked around, Fang lowered his voice and continued: "I also got the news, Mei Er often goes to the town these days, and it seems that he is involved in gambling. Except for the forty acres of land of my cousin's house, the title deed is held in my cousin's hands, and it is not easy to sell, and the rest of the land is estimated to have become the Du family. ”

"The Du family? How could Second Brother Qiu guess their family? Gui Chongyang's heart lifted.

Gui Qiu sneered: "That's 'dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair', the one who took Mei Er in and out of the casino was no one else, it was the shopkeeper of the Du family, who did you say would go to that place?" The Mei family is now dependent on the Du family, but the Mei family has a Mei Sheng, and the Du village chief will not think of curbing it, and when the Mei family gets up, the main and deputy will be reversed, and it will be strange if he doesn't do anything. ”

"What is there to calculate for the Mei family?" Gui Chongyang touched his chin and thought.

Gui Qiu sneered and said, "Don't bother with it, apart from Mei Sheng, what else is there in the Mei family that is worth the trouble of Village Chief Du?" A small three yuan, the big families in the town have invited a matchmaker to worry about marrying a daughter, Mei Tongsheng also expects to rely on his grandson to tie up the high family, if it weren't for Mei Xiu to be careful, he couldn't see his nephew get up, Mei Sheng's family affairs had already been booked. If my expectations are not bad, Village Chief Du is interested in Mei Sheng and wants to marry a daughter. ”

Gui Chongyang thought about it for a while, but he didn't expect this possibility, and said in surprise: "That's the case?" Is this even a matter of seniority? ”

The two surnames are married, and there are relatives who are relatives, but there is no reason for sisters to marry uncles and nephews, isn't this a generational difference?

Gui Qiu nodded and said: "There is only this one possibility, but Village Chief Du is the most glamorous person, even if he has the heart to marry a daughter, he will not take the initiative to bring it up, he will always force the Mei family to take the initiative to speak, and then half-push and half-respond to it, and detain this difference in seniority on the head of the Mei family......"

The reason why Gui Chongyang is tied to the Mei family is also because he is afraid that the Mei family has a seed of reading, and it will take many years to wait until he is born, but the marriage is in front of him. At that time, the two families had different portions, and the Gui family would be deflated.

Now that he thinks that the Du family wants to eat "wobian grass", Gui Chongyang naturally agrees.

"That's a good thing." Gui Chongyang's eyes lit up.

Gui Qiu snickered: "That's natural, that's why I'll find someone to hide this matter......"

Mei Tongsheng's humiliation to the Gui family, the Gui family will not forget.