Shen Mei left Shen Yun's house and did not go home directly.

In his mind, things like repairing canals should be a matter of six families together. Although in addition to his own farming, there are four big houses Shen Shan, two rooms Shen Chuan, and four rooms Shen Jing. But the one who can speak on this matter is still the fifth Shen Dynasty.

There are six branches in one vein, and the fifth is the largest official and has the most weight in speaking.

Only he spoke, even if the second room and the two nephews who only love to take advantage and never suffer losses, they have to work obediently.

Thinking so, Shen Mei walked straight in the direction of Zhuluyuan Fort.

Shen Chao was the town official of Zhuluyuan Fort, and he not only commanded many sergeants under his hands, but also took charge of the government affairs of Zhuluyuan Fort. Although such an official position is not as good as the county order of Chengji County, it can be regarded as a local emperor in the end.

Although there is not much embezzlement, the family is still very wealthy.

It's just that the rich have been separated in the end, and the Shen Dynasty bought some New Year's goods for several other families during the New Year, but they rarely interacted. Shen Chao even rented all his land in Niu'anbao, which saved a lot of trouble.

Hurried to Zhuluyuan Fort, the sun just set.

The home of the Shen Dynasty is very easy to identify, it is the one in the middle of Zhuluyuan Fort, and it is a spacious mansion that can be regarded as a mansion in the entire Zhuluyuan.

It is said to be spacious, but naturally it does not have the scale of Fan Mansion in Chengji County. But in the end, it is much better than those earthen kilns of Shen Mei's family.

knocked on the door, and immediately an old man opened the mansion.

Shen Mei also comes a few times a year, and the old man knows it, so he quickly let Shen Mei in, and hurriedly walked into the house to report.

is not as good as what Shen Yun encountered at the door of Shen Xi's house, although Shen Chao's official work is bigger than Shen Xi's, the shelf is much smaller. Knowing that his third brother was coming, he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and rushed over with the door.

"Third brother, it's so late, why did you come here alone?" Shen Chao pulled Shen Mei and asked unhurriedly as he walked towards the house.

Shen Mei smiled: "Don't say it, if you don't have something to do at home, I have to come to you." I just told the boss today, I don't want to delay, so I'll come to you first. ”

Shen Mei wanted to continue, but was stopped by Shen Chao: "Don't say it first, it's just a meal at home, come and eat some with me and drink saliva." We'll talk about it after dinner. ”

As soon as he stepped into the main hall, the Shen Dynasty family of four was here.

When a pair of children saw Shen Mei come in, they put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, got off the stool, and bowed to Shen Mei: "The third uncle is here, I haven't seen you for a while, everything is fine." "That rule is not a temporary order, but like a long-term tutor.

With such polite nephews and nieces, Shen Mei also smiled, nodded, and gestured to Shen Chao's wife, and then was pulled to the main seat by Shen Chao.

Kankan sat down, Shen Chao's wife had already brought the meal, and very politely handed Shen Mei a pair of chopsticks, and kept urging: "Third brother, eat something quickly, Niu Saddle Fort is so far away, and it has been hard along the way." ”

Shen Meilian, who was in a good mood, ate two bowls of rice in a row, and then put down the dishes and chopsticks, and nodded to Shen Chao, who could also put down the chopsticks.

Shen Chao's wife was naturally busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, but the two brothers walked to Shen Chao's study and sat opposite each other.

"Let's talk about it, third brother, what is the matter?" Although he has spoken extremely kindly, the long-term prestige of the Shen Dynasty still saves Shen Mei, who is ready to sell some guan, a bend.

"But this year, the ditch was washed away by flowing water, and many gaps were opened, and the village elders were ready to let the families start repairing the ditch. So I'm going to ask, what the hell is going to do about this? ”

Shen Chao smiled: "Third brother, you also know what I have here, once my children can't work, I can't get out of it." If I don't make some money, I will ask someone to do it for me. ”

Shen Mei thought about it, in previous years, the salary for repairing the canal was only ten wen for one zhang long, and the land of her own family was five or six hundred wen in total. If you spread it evenly, you can save a lot of things by spending a lot of money per family.

"If I ask the fourth and sixth children again, if they agree, the six of us will directly find someone and make all the ditches at once."

The second room didn't need to ask, and he didn't dare to listen to Shen Chao's words. As for Shen Shan's family, Shen Shan is a person who can't speak, and Shen Yun is also inappropriate in Shen Mei's eyes, as for Shen's mother, a woman's family, what do men talk about.

Hearing Shen Mei's proposal, Shen Chao nodded: "This is the best, and it will save people from saying that our brothers are separated from morality." Well, I'll give the third brother 100 wen here, and if it's bad at that time, the third brother will cushion it first, and I'll send it later. ”

Shen Mei happily agreed.

stayed overnight at Shen Chao's house, and had an early meal the next morning before being sent out by Shen Chao's family.

The next trip is naturally to go to Shen Xi's house.

The fourth child, Shen Jing, has no children under his knees, and has been relying on Shen Xi all these years, and the two have a close relationship. This kind of thing, as long as Shen Xi speaks, Shen Jing's family will naturally not refute it.

It was noon, and finally came to the door of Shen Xi's house in sweat.

is not like Shen Yun, Shen Mei did not knock on the door knocker in a crepe manner, but instead tore out her throat and shouted: "Sixth, I'm here, hurry up and open the door." ”

Shen Meike is a mean character, when Shen Yan was not admitted to the state school in the early years, the daughter-in-law of Shen Xi's family looked down on him. Since the year before last, the family situation has changed, but the woman is different.

Shen Mei didn't appreciate it, he always remembered the old story that Shen Xi's daughter-in-law didn't open the door for him when he came a few years ago. Therefore, every time I came to the city in the past two years, I shouted like this, just under the pretext of embarrassing him if I didn't open the door.

Sure enough, the door opened.

This time it was Shen Xi who came to open the door in person, and when he saw Shen Mei, he pulled him into the courtyard very enthusiastically, closed the door, and then asked, "What is the third brother doing here?" Oh yes, get inside the house. ”

is also a family of three, and Shen Xi's family is much worse.

Shen Tao thought that he had another hangover last night, and he sat lazily on the chair at this time. Seeing Shen Mei coming in, she didn't move, but just shouted: "The third uncle is here." ”

As for Shen Xi's daughter-in-law, she nodded slightly, but she didn't get any response from Shen Mei. Then he turned around and went to eat.

Shen Xi smiled awkwardly, pulled Shen Mei to sit down, and saw that his daughter-in-law still didn't move, so she could only take the rice from the pot and put it in front of Shen Mei.

The dull room made Shen Mei feel like she couldn't stay.

coughed lightly, regardless of whether it was at the dinner table or not, he said to Shen Xi: "The village wants to repair the canal, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Third brother, you also know about my family. Shen Tao, this kid, is fat and can't do work at all. My daughter-in-law has not been in good health lately, and as for myself, the county is busy with official business......"

Shen Xi's plan was originally to put on some difficulties, and then beg Shen Mei hard, and finally put this drudgery on the other brothers like the previous dodge to harvest the crops.

However, Shen Mei is not Shen Shan, so she doesn't eat Shen Xi at all.

"The fifth brother said, find someone to do this, and the money will be shared equally among each family, do you agree with this matter?"

"What the fifth brother said, this ......" Shen Xi groaned.

In this kind of thing, his plan is to neither contribute effort nor money. I don't know what Shen Chao meant, he was not prepared to let a few old buddies in Niu Saddle Castle work at all.

Shen Xi had to agree, looking at this meaning, he couldn't help but agree, even the third child in front of him also agreed. If he did not agree, then he would not find any reason to continue with his previous prevarication, and he would have to go back to Saddle Castle to do hard work for a few days.

So, I could only agree with great difficulty: "I promised this matter, money, and when someone is hired to repair the canal, I will let someone take it back." ”

Shen Mei didn't let Shen Xi's family agree, but continued to ask: "What about the fourth family?" You also know the fourth daughter-in-law, without you opening your mouth, she won't listen to us. ”

The implication is that he wants Shen Xi to write a note to him, and then go back to explain to the fourth family.

Shen Xi nodded, his thoughts with Shen Chao were naturally the same at this time. Since it was decided to hire someone, naturally no one could be left behind. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, although there is a lot of noise in his family, they work together in the face of major events.

hastily wrote a note, Shen Mei had no desire to stay at all.

The brother-in-law who is like wood, and the nephew who is still full of alcohol and has no backbone, treats herself as if she is nothing. I really don't know how the sixth child has raised his son over the years.

Thinking disdainfully in her heart, Shen Mei put away the note and said to Shen Xi: "Since this is the case, then I won't stay longer, and I will go back to discuss with those Qingpi juniors in the village to see who will take this errand." ”

Such a project is naturally not something that one or two people can complete.

In Shen Mei's mind, collect stones, collect earthwork, and then repair them one by one. It would take five or six people a few days to do the least. That's not a lot of money.

It's just that he didn't know that when he was looking for those descendants in the village, Shen Yun, father and son, were working hard to pile a lot of pebbles on each of the fields of the six of them.

Shen Yun's shoulders had already ground out blood at this time.

Shen Shan was not easy, and when he was pushing the mule cart, the stones on the top fell several times and hit his fingers. Although there was no fracture, it was still swollen in the end. Ten fingers connected to the heart, how can there be no pain.

It's just that the work of picking up stones at hand has not yet been completed, even if it is the effort of wailing a few times, there has never been.

Seeing the sun setting, the two days of hard work, the father and son have pulled fourteen carts of stones, depending on the damage to the ditch, the ditch at the edge of the six fields, the piled stones are enough.

What is missing now is only the materials that need to be repaired on the main canals.

Unloading the mule cart from his shoulder, Shen Yun sat on the ground. The heavy gasping made his sweat drip down the yard.