Chapter 5 "Old Debts" I
The faces of Gui's second grandfather and Gui's second grandmother were not good-looking, and the old couple could see that the Yang family was worried about the fifty taels of silver in front of them. If it weren't for the fact that this daughter-in-law has always been good, it would not have been easy for widows to pull children over the years, and the two would have reprimanded them a long time ago.
No matter how loud Gui Chongyang said, it was all childlike words in the eyes of the two old men.
Yang took it seriously, maybe she really had no way to treat Gui Chongyang as the last straw.
Yang doesn't understand or pay attention to the likes of "open source" and "throttling", but "real estate" is exactly what she thinks.
Zhuanghu's family, naturally the land is the most important, the fertile land in the partial family has been sold more than ten years ago, only six acres of thin land remained, the annual harvest is not enough to pay taxes, and even the rations are not enough, and they have to rely on the family to do odd jobs everywhere to make up for it to barely make a living. The Yang family is not afraid of poor days and rich days, but the eldest son is eighteen and the second son is sixteen, and they have all reached the age of saying goodbye, but because of their poor family background, they can't even afford to prepare a dowry, so they haven't said goodbye so far.
Whether Gui Chongyang wants to be the patriarch or a parent, as long as he can buy an industry for his family and let his son have the conditions to say goodbye, the Yang family will obey him. She is not greedy, the fifty taels of silver in front of her can also buy seven or eight acres of Zhongtian, and when the time comes, they can be divided into half of the second room according to the head of the house. In that way, the second room will have four acres of Zhongtian and six acres of Xiatian, and the two brothers Guichun and Guiqiu will have five acres per person, which will be enough to chew, and it will be cheaper to say that they are relatives.
If it were someone else's silver, the Yang family wouldn't be worried or remembered, but this was Gui Chongyang's silver. Gui Chongyang is a villain, where does it seem to be able to make money, this is obviously the legacy left by Gui Yuan. Because of Guiyuan, the Yang family has no husband, no father and brother, and after more than ten years of hard life, why can't she remember the money in front of her?
Yang's body was straight, he didn't look at the face of his in-laws, his eyes were shining, and he nodded: "Yes, the property, it is the property, there is no panic in the heart, your second brother is an apprentice in the town, and he knows a wide range of people, so Ming'er will ask him to find someone to inquire." ”
Gui Chongyang was surprised: "This is the capital, how can you make money when you buy land?" You have to use this silver as the capital, and then buy property when you earn the silver later. ”
Yang said bitterly: "Where is it easy to buy and sell, and if you are not careful, you will lose the capital, where is it good to buy land?" Intensive farming, one acre of Zhongtian can produce two stones of wheat, and can also be connected with a stubble of cabbage. After paying the tax, there is still a few dollars left in addition to the one who changes the rations. In a few years, you can add another two acres of land. Accumulated over time, this is the truth of the passing days. ”
Gui Chongyang frowned and said, "If you save like this, how long will you save?" The two cousins are about to get married, and the cousins and nephews will also be enlightened and study in the future, and there are several other relatives who are owed by my father back then, so naturally they have to think of something to make up for it. In the future, buying family property and opening a family school are all places to spend money, but they can't be saved by farming. ”
Yang listened straightly, but the scene depicted by Gui Chongyang was too heartwarming.
Second Grandma Gui couldn't listen anymore and muttered, "What are you daydreaming about!" ”
Gui's second grandfather had a black face, not to his daughter-in-law who showed greed, but to Gui Chongyang, who was full of confidence: "What book to read?" Good people are all wasted. If it weren't for your grandfather's high spirits, he would have to hold back his strength to confess to a scholar, and he wouldn't end up ruined! ”
As the youngest son of the village chief's family, Gui Yuan had studied back then, and he followed his uncle, who was Mei's father, but he didn't even pass the county exam. Before stealing silver and running away from home, it happened to be after the county test failed. At that time, Gui Yuan was seriously ill, he almost died of fever and high fever, and after waking up, he became silent, so that the family could not rest assured.
As soon as the "Difficulty of Nine Dings" came out, the people in the village cursed Gui Yuan. is the second grandfather of Gui, who hates this nephew to death in his heart, and he doesn't feel that his nephew who has grown up really loses his conscience.
In the end, he is a nephew, he grew up, and his usual honesty and purity are not fakes. Gui's second grandfather only thought that his nephew was stupid when he was reading and was coaxed and abducted by others, so he would make a big mistake. Gui Yuan has not heard from him for more than ten years, and in addition to hating him for his ignorance, Grandpa Gui still has thoughts, worried that he was killed and his bones are gone.
Because of this, Gui's second grandfather has a complete prejudice against reading and literacy. is the two brothers Gui Chun and Gui Qiu, both of whom have never been to school for a day, if it weren't for Mei's private enlightenment, the two brothers would also be blind.
Now Gui Chongyang came back with the household post, although he let Gui's second grandfather know that his nephew was really gone this time, it also made the old man angry. For that little brute, five people of the Gui family died, but he was a biological son, and his life was not bad. can arrange people to go back to Tongzhou to move around to do household registration migration, but they don't come back to worship their father, that little beast has really lost his conscience.
"The son of a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse will make a hole", the second grandfather of Gui remembered this old saying, and the comfort of the successors of the long house faded before, and the rest was faintly guarded.
Gui Chongyang looks like Xiao's father, he seems to be pure and good, and he is literate in talking and talking, who knows if he will have no conscience like his old son.
Some debts can be repaid, and some debts cannot be repaid. Even if Gui Yuan repented again and again, what if he told his son to come back to "pay off his debts"? The dead cannot come back to life, and those who are gone cannot turn back.
Gui Chongyang heard the accusation in Gui Er's words, his heart was depressed, and he still said kindly: "Even if you really want to farm and rely on the sky to eat, it also depends on whether God appreciates his face." Yandi has always been nine droughts in ten years, and the people's endowment is heavy, if no one in the family has a reputation, a natural disaster will not be able to bear it. On the contrary, it has a reputation, whether it is to buy property for one's own family, or to accept students to teach, it is cheap. ”
Second Grandpa Gui snorted coldly: "Fame is so easy to test!" Shun Niang's uncle has been tested for a lifetime, and he is still an old boy. If it weren't for the black heart and the occupation of the brother's property, let alone going to the exam, I am afraid that I would have drunk the northwest wind a long time ago. ”
Shun Niang, is Mei's. In fact, Mei's father is also a child, but in the end, he is an ancestor and a brother-in-law, and Gui's second grandfather is not good at talking to him, so he used Mei's uncle to speak.
Rao is like this, and Mei's aunt and nephew's expression is also gloomy.
Seeing this, Grandma Gui Er hurriedly said, "Why do you mention that old bastard well?" The black-hearted old brute, ruthless, his brother died and swallowed his brother's property, not to mention, even his niece. If it weren't for Shun Niang's clever defection, I don't know where he would have been married. The poor nephew and daughter-in-law were carried onto the sedan chair in a daze, saying that it was an aisle, and I didn't know whether it was life or death. I don't believe that God has always kept his eyes open, let him be proud for a lifetime, there will always be retribution. ”
Mei's expression became more and more sad, and she held her niece's hand and her body trembled.
Gui Chongyang has always been astute, and after hearing this, everyone in the audience looked at him, and after thinking about it for a while, he deduced the things mentioned by Gui Er's grandmother.
Mei's family went to the Gui family to watch over the widow, and there were antecedents such as the death of both parents, the occupation of the family property by the uncle, and the fact that he was almost forcibly married, not because of the love of his childhood sweetheart.
Gui Chongyang is a little less tangled and a little heavier.
Mei's brother, the nephew of the head of the village of Gui, died in the "Nine Ding Disaster". The situation back then was very easy to infer that the only son died violently, Mei's parents couldn't stand it, and then Mei Tongsheng occupied the family property of his brother's family and forcibly married Mei.
Mei's marriage contract with Guiyuan entered his uncle's house to watch over the widow. Mei's sister-in-law, isn't she the mother of the girl in front of her? It turned out to be forcibly remarried, and the flesh and blood were separated.
The culprit of all these tragedies is his "father......