Chapter 315: You Langli Marries (II)
So, since then, You Langli and You Mu have not mentioned the matter of marrying. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info The days went by day by day.
What You Langli didn't expect was that at the end of August last year, the old house where he had lived for many years was forcibly burned down by the officials and second-rate people sent by the government. The younger brother You Romance had to fight hard with the robbers and was almost killed, but fortunately, he was rescued by a team of soldiers passing by, and he also paid some silver taels for the burned house.
Unexpectedly, it was the Holy Army soldier who saved his younger brother. It turned out that the Holy Army had come to attack the city of Guiyang, which was occupied by the Manchus.
Within a few days, the government was defeated, and a group of officials and masters either fled, but died and were captured, and the entire Guilin Mansion was occupied by the holy army.
Immediately afterwards, in You Jia's village, many things happened around You Langli.
First of all, the Holy Army sent a team of soldiers, under the leadership of the locals, to confiscate the family property of Master You Wangcai, and also regarded Master You as a bully, and burned all his house deeds, land deeds, rent books, loans and other documents. Announced the complete abolition of unfair leases and land deeds.
Then, You Langli, like the other poor people in the village, was pleasantly surprised to find that the holy army had redistributed the fields seized by the You family, as well as other confiscated and confiscated land, to them, who had no land and had little land.
And the younger brother You Romantic, who secretly signed up behind his back and his mother, joined the Holy Army, and became a soldier of the Holy Army.
The younger brother You romantic's joining the army made You Langli and You Mu a little worried, but the younger brother said that when he became a holy soldier, he could not only become a majestic man, but also let the old lady and brother in the family live a good life.
Sure enough, after his younger brother enlisted in the army, the You family, who could only get more than 3 acres of paddy fields, also got more than 5 acres of paddy fields.
The younger brother said that he could share an extra 2 acres of land as a holy soldier, and although two acres of land is not much now, as long as he follows the holy king and keeps fighting the Qing demons, there will be more and more fields.
When he makes a contribution, he will be rewarded with the field, and when the time comes, the reward will be given to the old lady and himself, and he can also marry a sister-in-law and come back, take care of the old lady, and the family will become a complete home.
The younger brother also said that it was his dream to become a soldier.
With such a brother, what else can You Langli say? can only take care of the old lady and do her filial piety for her younger brother.
Faced with the sudden arrival of 5 acres of paddy fields, holding the title deed that they didn't know, You Langli and You Mu were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together!
The You family also has a field! The greatest hope and wealth of the peasants is the land. With the land, everything will be different, and You Langli is full of hope.
Although the fields were divided, it was already the beginning of September, and You Romance was not ready to plant crops immediately.
First, there is no labor, and after his younger brother joined the army, he was the only one in the family. Second, they had no money to buy seeds and tools for hatching rice seedlings, and the You family had no money except for the house being burned down and a little silver compensated by the Holy Army; The money from the reparations had to be used to rebuild the house so that there would be a place to live.
Unexpectedly, the Holy Army organized a centralized organization and distributed the wheat seeds found from the rich man's house to everyone in batches for free. At the same time, he also organized a large number of soldiers of the Holy Army who were originally peasants stationed in the city of Guilin, and called the farmers of Youjia Village to dig all the fields in the village, dig ditches, drain the water, and then, with the help of a large number of soldiers of the Holy Army, Youjia more than 5 acres of land was sown in one day.
At the beginning of spring of the second year, the fields of Youjia Village were full of green wheat fields. The wheat of the You family is also growing well.
Guangxi's climate is a bit warm, and the wheat is already ripe before the solar term. At this time, there were not many holy troops stationed in Guilin City, but they still drew some people to Youyoujia Village to help harvest wheat.
The You family had five acres of land, and they had collected more than 10 stones of wheat, and after deducting the 5 stones of grain tax handed over to the Holy State, there were still 5 stones of wheat left.
5 Yu Shi Wheat, the You family has never had so much grain. Immediately, You Langli and You Mu were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together all day long.
With sweetness, he was diligent and hardworking, and he didn't fish anymore, and he devoted himself to the five acres of land at home.
Soon after the beginning of spring, he and several other people in the village sowed the seedlings together and cultivated them in wooden barrels.
As soon as the wheat is harvested, the wheat fields are plowed and irrigated into paddy fields, and rice seedlings that have been cultivated long ago are quickly planted.
The humid and hot weather in Guangxi made the early rice grow quickly, and in the blink of an eye, in July of the lunar calendar, this batch of rice has reached the harvest season again. This time, the You family harvested nearly 14 stones of rice from 5 acres of paddy fields. This time, there is no need to pay grain tax, one stone per mu is paid in tax a year, and the rest is the You family's own.
14 Stones, of rice, for silver, are twenty taels. When You Langli told You Langli's mother, You Langli's mother grabbed You Langli's hand tightly, and her thin fingers made You Langli feel a little painful for some reason.
You Mu couldn't believe it, thinking that You Langli was lying to her. Although You Langli explained that the implementation of the "Shengguo Tianmu System" distributed the landlord's old wealth to everyone, and his You family was also allocated 5 acres of land, in addition to planting so much food, You Mu was skeptical.
It wasn't until You Langli took You Mu to her barn and touched the grain in the warehouse that You Mu completely believed it, and the old tears were rampant: Thank you Shengguo for saving the You family of three! Thank you, Holy King!
The next day, when You Mu was still basking in the great happiness of having so much food at home, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
You Langli opened the door, but it was the fourth aunt, who came to the door. It turned out that You Langli introduced his daughter-in-law.
The fourth aunt said: "Old sister, last year, the eldest of your family, I didn't want to talk about the girl of Ding's second family in Dingjia Village, but yesterday Ding Er's took the initiative to find me and said a lot of good things, let me come to your house to talk and make peace." You see? The fourth aunt also couldn't keep her mouth shut, and her family also divided three acres of land and harvested a lot of grain.
Although Mother You's eyes are blind, her heart is very bright: "Fourth aunt, isn't it the second Ding Lao who said last year that he would rather marry his daughter to fifty-year-old Li Laocai as a concubine?" If it's him, forget it, our You family can't afford to climb their Ding family. ”
"The old lady said it well! Then I'll get him back! This dead second brother, I don't know where to find out that your You family can harvest more than 30 stones of grain a year, so he hurriedly begged me. The fourth aunt took a sip of water, and then said, "I knew you would reject them and not mention him." There is another one, but it is to trouble the old sister to think about it. It's the distant niece of my mother's family, and I'm still waiting for the boss of your family. ”
"Hey, isn't that Zhang girl with dark skin, thick waist and big buttocks? She's not married yet, is she? You Mu pursed her lips and refused without question: "She still forget it, my eldest doesn't like it too dark." ”
The fourth aunt's initiative to propose marriage gave You Mu the confidence to do so. She is ready to find a satisfactory daughter-in-law for her son.
"Li'er, what is your opinion? It just so happened that the fourth aunt was here, tell her and ask her to help Zhang Luo. You Mu said.
You Langli shook his head and said Mu Ran: "Mother, I have no opinion." You can do it. With that, he sighed and stepped aside.
The fourth aunt looked at You Langli with concern, and said to You Mu: "The eldest of your family, you still haven't come out of the Ma family's girl. I heard that the father-in-law of the second girl of the Ma family, Lingui County, was arrested as soon as the holy army broke through Guilin, and now although he was released, he was robbed of his family property, and now he is living in difficulty, and even the second girl of the Ma family must not have a good life. It's the third girl of the Ma family, who is now at the age of getting married, and I heard that she looks a little similar to her two sisters, and she is a little more beautiful. ”
When You Mu heard this, a bold idea came to her.
"Fourth aunt, you go to Ma's house again, this time, you give my eldest family a proposal to Ma Yuanshan's third daughter, see if Ma Yuanshan agrees."
"What?! Ma Yuanshan, it's no wonder that he will agree. But I'll give you a try. Although the fourth aunt felt that the success rate was not large, she still agreed to give it a try.
The next day, the fourth aunt came to Majia Village next door, found Ma Yuanshan, and mentioned her intentions, but she didn't expect Ma Yuanshan to agree to come down!
The fourth aunt's eyes were about to fall out in surprise, she couldn't believe her ears!
She originally thought that if she was not kicked out of the house by Ma Yuanshan, it would be okay to be insulted, and she was even ready to be scolded by Ma Yuanshan as a crazy woman.
But what he never expected was that Ma Yuanshan actually agreed.
She noticed that the reason why Ma Yuanshan agreed was because of the person next to her, and when she heard You Langli's name, she pulled Ma Yuanshan aside and whispered a few words. Ma Yuanshan, who was originally a little hesitant, immediately happily agreed.
So, the fourth aunt, who was ecstatic, hurried back to You's house and told You's mother. is also a surprised mother, and hurriedly arranged for the fourth aunt to carry out a series of marrying steps, such as Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Najib, and asking for a date.
This day finally came to the last moment of welcoming relatives.
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It was almost noon, and You Langli finally waited for the welcoming team that came from all over Youjia Village. The pomp was very large, there were hundreds of people, and in order to appear a little pompous, You Mu even spent half a tael of silver to borrow a jujube red horse for You Langli to use.
So, You Langli rode a jujube red high-headed horse, surrounded by everyone, led the greeting team, and entered Majia Village and came to the door of the bride's house in the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers.
Ma Yuanshan looked at this strong, sturdy and slightly honest son-in-law, and his mood was quite complicated.
If it had been more than a year ago, not to mention You Langli, it would be the entire Youjia Village within a radius of more than ten miles, and there would be few descendants who could see him. I still remember that he said at that time, there are no elders above the Taoist level in the family, don't want to marry the third daughter of his family.
Ma Yuanshan actually didn't say that his in-laws must be above the Taoist, but at least, the third daughter of his family is better than the eldest daughter and the second daughter.
But I didn't expect that the world was changeable, a year ago, a gang of thieves actually captured Guilin City, and then, slowly occupied the entire Guangxi and Guangdong.
And the two in-laws he was originally proud of have become prisoners. And the second daughter's father-in-law, the county Cheng of Lingui County, originally had thousands of taels of silver in the family, and dozens of acres of land, all of which were confiscated.
When the fourth aunt came to propose, it happened that the second son-in-law came to his house to borrow food.
The son of Lingui County Cheng in the past actually came to his father-in-law's house to borrow grain? Ma Yuanshan couldn't cry or laugh, and at the same time, he had to swallow this bitter fruit.
When the fourth aunt talked about the object of the proposal, some of You Langli's situation, Ma Yuanshan didn't care very much.
But the fourth aunt said that You Langli is good at farming, and the family has 5 acres of high-quality paddy fields allocated by the Holy Country, not counting the autumn grain, and has collected 20 stones of grain, and there is a younger brother in the family, You Romantic, who is a big official in the army.
When Ma Yuanshan heard this, his eyes opened suddenly, and he glowed. It just so happened that the second son-in-law pulled him aside and secretly told him that the matchmaker was talking about Youromantic, he had heard that he had already become a battalion commander in the captive army, and he was in charge of hundreds of people, and he was an officer who was bigger than the general officer.
As soon as Ma Yunshan heard that You Romantic's subordinates were more than the people in charge, and he was always at the seventh-grade level, so wouldn't this You Romantic's military attache be at least sixth-grade? I didn't expect that Youjia Village next door to me would have such a character!
He immediately made the next decision and promised to marry his most cherished youngest daughter to this You Langli. This family business, his Ma family is high! (To be continued.) )