Chapter 18 The Du Family
It has been a few days since the completion of Xia Yuanding's new house, although his mother swallowed the earrings as his sister's dowry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but it doesn't matter, this little blow can be counted as nothing to him, and he forgot to mention the problem of letting his sister follow him to his grandfather's literacy.
I thought that my mother was willing to give her sister such a valuable earring as a dowry, and she would definitely agree to her sister's literacy, but she was rejected.
"Country women, what to learn to read and write, as long as you stick to the 'four virtues' and learn to be a good girl!" Xia Li said.
In the end, Xia Shouzhi was more open-minded, saying that he wanted his daughter to be with his son yesterday and urged his younger brother to study, so that Xia Yingxue was released.
"Knock knock!"
"Master Xia!" In the afternoon, Xia Jizu was teaching the children, and was interrupted by this knock on the door, listening to this sound Xia Jizu already knew who was coming, and just wanted to tell the old woman to open the door.
"Grandpa, I'll open the door!" It was Yuande who got up to open the door, and after sitting for so long, he really couldn't stand this kind of torture.
When the door came, Xia Yuanding couldn't help but look over, it turned out to be the housekeeper of the Du family, this is the third time, looking at the thatched house, Xia Yuanding thought of this word in an instant, and didn't care whether it was suitable or not.
As soon as the people came in, Xia Jizu invited people into the house to watch the tea, and Xia Yuanding poked his head out. I saw that in the main room, grandpa sat in the main seat, and housekeeper Du sat in the guest seat of grandpa's right-hand poop, and the two were polite at first, and then they talked.
"Donate~"
"Yixue~"
"Five days later~"
Xia Yuanding had already worked very hard, but a few cousins were not quiet, and only heard some intermittently.
"Yuan Ding, do you know, my father has already gone to the city with the third uncle!" Xia Yuande didn't plan to let Xia Yuanding go.
"Oh!"
"You should ask me what they are doing, haha, I don't think you know, I'll tell you," Xia Yuande took the initiative to go over, and had to tell the secret, "They want to take the jade away!" ”
"Hmm!"
"Then you really want to know what my father and third uncle did after they became money!" Xia Yuande asked again.
Xia Yuanding just wanted to say, "I don't want to know", but Xia Yuande was faster, and the stiff Xia Yuanding's words didn't come out.
"Our family is going to build a house, my father said that he would build a brick house, a high courtyard wall, and a high beam!"
"Our family is the same, my father also said that he will build a new house, and my brother and I will have our own rooms by then, but I still want to sleep with my brother!" Xia Yuanchu interjected.
Who understands your bad taste, Xia Yuanding slandered in his heart, the two cousins took turns to smash around, if it weren't for Xia Yuanding's big heart, he would have gone berserk a long time ago.
"Master Xia stays and leaves!" Steward Du seemed to have finished talking about things, and then said goodbye and left.
As soon as Steward Du left, Xia Yuande began to be listless, still thinking about why he didn't invite his grandfather away!
It is the different learning mentality, some people feel that the day passes quickly, and some people feel that it is a long time.
Now, Xia Yuanding is able to read books on his own, and ask his grandfather when he encounters words that he doesn't know.
After Steward Du visited Xia Jizu, he made the explanation of the main family clear, and hurried back to resume his life.
Du Mansion covers an area of 30 acres, and there is no bigger house than this in the entire Dushan Village.
Back at Du's mansion, after Steward Du entered the house, he asked, "Where is the master?" ”
The servant who opened the door for him said, "The master is taking a walk in the courtyard!" ”
Steward Du didn't stop, turned left and right, passed the weeping flower gate, and came to the courtyard.
"Sir!" Steward Du came to the head of the house and said.
"Is everything clear?"
"It's all negotiated according to the master's orders!" Steward Du said respectfully.
"That's good!" Du Chongshan said slowly, and then continued: "Duan, you said, is there anything missing?" ”
"Master, this wise man may have a mistake, we have carefully considered to ensure that there will be no big mistakes, and the boss will not blame!" Duane, the housekeeper, said.
"My uncle has been away from home for many years, and I haven't seen him since I was a child, and now that I have returned to my hometown, I naturally have to make all the arrangements for the younger generation!" When Du Rushan said this, he felt a little sad, because he thought of his deceased father, and his wish before his death was to see his second uncle.
Thinking of his Du family, they were originally an official eunuch in Kyoto, but they were affected by some things decades ago, causing their branch to return to their hometown, but the second uncle's family was incognito under the nose of Kyoto. Fortunately, the big guys don't look down on these little shrimps, and they have been safe for many years, and it is not until recent years that they are completely safe.
Du Rushan has to do a lot of things in order to welcome the return of his second uncle, and this donation to build a righteous school is one of them, which is also the reason why Du Steward has been looking for Xia Jizu three times and twice, and wants Xia Jizu to give him a plan, Xia Jizu is of course willing to help him with such a thing.
In addition, Du Chongshan also plans to build a stone bridge to connect the two banks of the Yingliu River, which is really a big project, I don't know how much silver it will cost, and I don't know if he can afford it.
The most important thing is to build a big mansion, after all, his three-in, three-out house is still smaller, and it can't accommodate so many people. His second uncle had already sent someone to send the money, and all he needed was to select a site and build it.
According to Du Chongshan's idea, it is best for the second uncle's house to be built with his house, so that they can travel much more conveniently.
But there are all inhabited places near his house, and it will take some effort to want them to move out, and at this time, Mura Zheng and Xia Jizu have to come forward, these two people are characters who can speak in the village, and it should be much less difficult at that time.
For the sake of it, he also spared no money, he didn't believe in the money and threw it out, and some people stupidly didn't move. When it really comes, don't blame him for not using means of affection.
Of course, it is impossible to build all the roads, so we can only repair the main roads and lead to their homes.
In this way, it will cost him one-third of the Du family's family assets, but fortunately, the Du family has some accumulation, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to fool around like this.
"Brother, can you lend your grandfather the brush to your sister to use!"
"Don't borrow!"
Xia Yuanding didn't understand, how could grandpa be willing to give him a brush and a lot of blank paper for him to practice calligraphy, could it be that grandpa made a fortune, how could this be, grandpa didn't do anything big except teach them to recognize words every day.
But it's also a good thing to have a brush of his own, he is a treasure for this brush, even his sister is afraid that she will break it.
"Stingy, I'll save up my own money to buy it!" After saying that, Xia Yingxue left her younger brother behind in a huff and left alone.
When he got home, Xia Yuanding heard one thing, tomorrow morning, the village was about to hold a meeting of all the villagers, and the venue of the meeting was actually a wheat field where children often played.
originally thought it was just an adult's business, but when he learned that he was going to participate, Xia Yuanding didn't know what was going on, he was a minor, even if he chose the new village leader, he didn't have anything to do, what the hell is going on!
And when asked, his father also shook his head and didn't know, he didn't know much about this matter, this can't be said, no matter what, among the young and middle-aged villagers, Xia Shouzhi still has some prestige!
The next day, after breakfast, many people had already arrived at the designated place, and the villagers were asking each other what was going on.
In front of the crowd, a makeshift platform made of bamboo stood empty, waiting for something, it should be waiting for someone to trample it underfoot!
What Xia Yuanding, who has been immersed in calligraphy, has not noticed is that there are already some strangers in their small mountain village these days, and they are only temporarily acting as subordinates in the Du family, and they are not noticed by outsiders.
These things should be clear to the village, otherwise it must be his dereliction of duty to suddenly mix in the village with strangers, these people cannot be the subordinates bought by the Du family, the subordinates of the Du family are already too many to use up, and it will be beyond the standard to buy them again.
Don't think about it, everything will be clear in no time.