The June rain came as it was said and left without warning.

Chen Yu and Fang Xiaomei rented a boat to go to Wenzhou, not long ago the sky was clear, but now it is overcast, the sky is like a quilt with ink, gloomy and terrible.

With a smile on his face, the boatman looked at the sky and said, "It's going to rain, the lord and the young lady go to the cabin to hide, and finally it can be cooler!" ”

In the south of the Yangtze River in June, it was extremely hot, and the boatman was just wearing a cardigan coat, his upper body was almost naked, and his dark skin was covered with sweat droplets.

After a while, the rain began to fall, and since it was early in the morning, the lake was full of smoke, and there were no boats on the lake as far as the eye could see.

Only Chen Yu's boat, slowly moving forward on the wind and rain swaying lake, the green hills on both sides of the river, not long down the river, the boat on the lake rushed, and then along the fork into the river.

The boat looms on the surface of the river surrounded by clouds and smoke, and the picture seems to be in a painting, like a dream and a fairyland, beautiful.

Chen Yu was drinking wine in the cabin at the moment, and because he didn't drink much, he didn't drink much.

The last time I came to Wenzhou Mansion was to send Xiaomei, so Chen Yu only knew that she had relatives in Wenzhou, but she didn't know the status of her relatives, so she asked.

Fang Xiaomei said that her ancestral home was originally Wenzhou, because Qiantang has a relationship with the family, so the family moved to Qiantang, not long after Fang Xun won the show, there are many small farmers to donate land, the family gradually became rich, and there are people in the yamen, some secret operations gradually let the Fang family gain a foothold in Qiantang.

Speaking of these past events, neither of them has any sighs left.

Although her father and brother treated her like that, but now that she mentions it, it is not a taste in her heart, especially these days with Chen Yu, so that she has learned what is the state of mind.

She didn't mention her family affairs in depth, but turned the topic to Wenzhou, where he lived next to the Fang family, and the clan elder was more or less a Zhongtian family, and there were hundreds of acres of fertile land at home, which was considered solid.

The patriarch is called Fang Yun, it is Fang Xiaomei's uncle, Fang Yun has three sons under his knees, who are planting hundreds of acres of fertile land, the eldest cousin is called Fang Zhong, honest and honest, and his son is nine years old, and the second cousin is called Fang Hou, with a son and a daughter, who are six and four years old respectively.

"Needless to say, the third cousin's name is Fang Lao!" Chen Yu interrupted her.

Fang Xiaomei glanced at him, "Although there is no culture in the family, it will not be given such a name, but you guessed well, but the third cousin is not called Fang Lao, but Fang Shi." He and his cousin-in-law had just gotten married and had no children. ”

Fang Xiaomei's introduction, Chen Yu also has a general understanding of this branch, a typical small farmer's family.

Early in the morning of the third day, the three of them arrived at the wharf of Wenzhou Mansion, as soon as the sky was bright, there were many slender men and porters on the wharf who began to work, and many premature shops were placed on the shore, steaming, it seemed that those vendors saw the business opportunities in this place, so they would gather here.

When the boat docked at the dock, Chen Yu got off the boat, he wore a cyan gown, a blue square scarf on his head, an umbrella and a bag around his waist, tall and tall, facing handsome, but attracted the attention of many aunts and aunts in the past.

One by one whispering.

"Look at who is handsome, and his face is tight."

"I don't know if I can get married, the little girl has reached the marriageable age, and I will let the matchmaker inquire another day."

When Chen Yu heard this, she couldn't help but smile at those aunts and aunts, and then lifted the curtain of the cabin and pulled Fang Xiaomei out with one hand.

She wore a goose yellow one-piece Luo skirt today, her hair was spread out, she wore a jade hosta on her head, and two Lantian jade pendants in her ears, her face was like a peach blossom, smart and charming.

Since following Chen Yu, I don't know why, she also fell in love with jade, so almost all of her body and bottom are not worthy of gold and silver, all decorated with jade, especially with unique ingenuity, low-key but without losing identity, at first glance, it is a long-term exposure to the influence of high-class life, and that noble momentum is by no means comparable to the nouveau riche.

When the people around saw this pair of beautiful people, they all looked at them with envy, but the middle-aged women who were still whispering on the side were suddenly disappointed.

As soon as they got off the boat, a sedan chair driver hurriedly ran over, they had good eyesight, and at a glance, they knew that Chen Yu and the two were noble, and asked respectfully: "Do you need a sedan chair to travel?" ”

Chen Yu waved her hand, but looked at Fang Xiaomei and thought about it again.

When Fang Xiaomei saw his move, she smiled at the sedan chair man and said, "No need, my husband and wife came to Wenzhou Province to kiss each other, and the journey is not far." ”

After the sedan chair man left, Chen Yu said: "You are pregnant, why don't we rent a sedan chair?" ”

"The slave family hasn't been to Wenzhou for a long time, and I want to see the customs and customs of Wenzhou, besides, the dry food I ate along the way, my mouth has long been light and tight."

Chen Yu saw him coquettish, and smiled angrily: "You, you, I know that I want to see the customs and customs of Wenzhou Mansion!" ”

"Wenzhou Mansion is close to the East China Sea, there are more than a dozen health offices here, and it is not far from Ningbo City, here is like your child, where can you not observe your masterpiece?" Fang Xiaomei glanced at Chen Yu.

Wenzhou is not far from Ningbo, are harbor cities, Ningbo government forms an eagle shape, the eagle's beak extends into the sea, the main functions of the city shipping department include "extraction", "and buying", "management" three aspects, almost covering all the functions of maritime trade.

As a major maritime port connecting China and the rest of the world, Wenzhou is under the radiation of Ningbo City, and the trade here is really prosperous, and all kinds of people can often be seen.

Compared with Qiantang, there is a lot more commercial atmosphere here, the endless shouting of selling can be heard everywhere in the streets, and all kinds of awkward Chinese can also be heard occasionally, and along the road, various workshops can also be seen in the middle of the streets.

Chen Yu looked at the maritime trade city created by himself, and his heart warmed for a while, you must know that the annual income brought to the country is very considerable, and the tariff is almost 23/10, even if such a high tax amount, it cannot stop overseas trade.

The silk tea and so on transported by the Ming Dynasty went overseas, and the profits were not comparable to the tariffs of 23/10, even if they lost some money, they were willing to communicate with the Ming Dynasty.

It takes a long distance to walk from Wenzhou Mansion to Fangjia Village, Chen Yu bought a lot of edible products on the street, and when they met for the first time, this etiquette still had to be done thoughtfully.

Fangjia Village is close to the sea, which is a typical land of fish and rice, with abundant products, leaning on the mountains behind it, facing the sea in front, and a large area of fertile land in the middle.

After some time of heavy rain, this year's grain harvest is extremely bad, if it is ordinary, an acre of land can probably harvest about one stone and one bucket of three liters, and after some time of waterlogging, coupled with the coastal here, the crop disaster is more serious, the summer grain per mu is only about six buckets and two liters.

However, coastal areas have their own convenience, going to the sea to fish, going up to the mountains to hunt, and then going to the market to easily make up for the loss of food caused by waterlogging.

In the fields, there are many villagers ploughing the fields, and children are happily catching locusts with baskets in their hands.

Jiangnan people are generally more receptive to new things, so when the imperial court ordered that locusts can be eaten, they took the lead here to taste the fresh, and found that this thing is delicious, and now there are not many locusts here, most of them are caught by children.

There are a few children Fang Xiaomei who know each other, according to her, it should be the children of the eldest cousin and the second cousin, but the children looked a little restrained when they saw Chen Yu and Fang Xiaomei, and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Chen Yu was stunned, and then said to Fang Xiaomei with a smile: "I suddenly remembered a poem!" ”

"When children don't know each other, they smile and ask where do they come from?"

"Haha, the lady who knows me is also!"

"Pig, go tell your grandfather, and say that your aunt is back."

Chen Yu saw that the fat doll called Pig was very cute, took out a few candies from his arms, and handed them to him, the little fat man immediately drooled after seeing it, and he didn't dare to take it, but in the end he didn't resist the temptation of candy, and said thank you after taking the candy, and then yelled at the children on the side: "Brother and sister, there is candy to eat, come quickly!" ”

The little fat man was a little older, and after sharing the candy, he ran towards the village that was smoking not far away, "Grandpa grandpa, there is a sister who said that my aunt is back, grandpa grandpa." ”

The little fat man's voice spread in the wind, leaving Chen Yu with a sluggish face, and after a long time, the two laughed similarly, "This little fat man, your family is messy enough!" ”

"Don't make fun of the pigs, it's very commendable to be so sensible and polite here! The second brother has been studying secretly for a few years, although he has not succeeded, but it is enough to teach pigs. ”

What Fang Xiaomei said is that few children from poor families can afford to read, and the family's annual income is so small, and eating is a problem, where is there spare money for children to study?

So after Chen Yu opened a private school in Qiantang, the children of the poor family would go around more than ten miles every day, getting up early and greedy to study.

Even if a child from a poor family is gifted in learning, but he doesn't even have the opportunity to get in touch with knowledge, how can he learn? Zhu Yuanzhang said that education is based on the school first, but the school is only for the children of the rich to study, what about these poor families?

There is no cold door in the top grade!

Not long after the fat baby ran, he could see a group of people coming from a distance, led by a white-bearded old man, who could see a smile on his face from a distance, and look at the way he walked, and his body was quite tough.

Followed by a few children and women, the two men who were still cultivating the land also followed the old man towards Chen Yu and Fang Xiaomei after seeing the old man.

"Your family...... What a passion! All the staff are out to pick you up, this sister! Chen Yu said with heartfelt emotion.

"Don't be scared, where is the one who picked me up, people just want to see what you look like as a champion, is it also a head, a nose and two eyes!"