Although it was a sunny day on the second day, the north wind was really cold on my body.

He handed Brother Sheng to Yu Chun and told her to take care of her younger brothers and sisters, so he followed Yu Qing out of the door.

The mother and daughter bought heavy gifts and went to the patriarch's house.

The patriarch is discussing with his wife at home that the New Year's is approaching, what New Year's goods should be purchased.

Hearing that the maid came, she said that Jiang Shiro's mother and son came to visit.

The patriarch said to his wife: "I don't like Jiang Mingxuan's eldest son very much, that child is too stubborn and inflexible, you go and help me send them." ”

The patriarch's wife went to the front hall and said to Yuqing's mother and daughter with a smile: "It's unfortunate that you came, my old lady happened to go out."

If you tell me the same thing, I'll tell my old lady when I go back. ”

Yuqing's mother and daughter both knew that it was not that the patriarch was not at home, but that they didn't want to see her mother and daughter.

However, Yu Qing was not disappointed.

People who have no power and no power, and come to ask others to do things are not qualified to let people take you seriously.

Yuqing said with a smile: "I don't have anything to do with the patriarch and grandfather, it's my mother who said that the fourth grandfather and the fourth grandmother are old, and the weather is cold, but I am afraid that there will be old cold legs."

I bought a sheep and a jar of wine, as well as some supplements to honor my four grandfathers and grandmothers, and hoped that my four grandmothers would accept it with a smile. ”

In this dynasty, the rich people ate pork, and the rich people ate mutton.

Although mutton is nothing in a high-ranking family, it is still very good to give a gift to the whole sheep.

In addition, Yuqing bought famous wine and high-end supplements, and this generous gift still satisfied the patriarch's wife.

But satisfaction is satisfaction, she doesn't want to accept it.

If you accept a gift from someone, you have to do things for others.

Orphans and widows, who helped them, were unable to do anything for their families.

Instead, they will climb up to their homes, and there will be endless busyness to ask their families for help, and then they will be tired and desperate.

Therefore, he smiled lightly: "Our old couple has understood your intentions, your orphans and widows are having a hard time, I won't accept this gift, you can take it back." ”

Yu Qing climbed along the pole: "It's true that life is difficult, my mother and son can't enter the household registration in Yingtian Yamen for a day, and they can't buy real estate and land to settle down for a day."

Not to mention that my mother and son don't have much money, even if they have a little money, they can't afford to live in the inn for a long time.

Therefore, I want to ask the fourth grandfather to come forward to find a few families to guarantee my mother and son, and settle down in Yingtian, so that I can settle down, and then buy a few acres of thin land to live in poverty. ”

Although there is a request for their family? But don't talk about being a patriarch? Even the clansmen should help.

Besides, Shiro also said it, settled down? Bought a house and a land and lived in poverty? I didn't want to trouble them anymore, so I could still help.

But the patriarch's wife didn't agree on the spot? Said to wait for the patriarch to come back before making a decision.

Yu Qing left a gift and said goodbye to He.

The patriarch's wife sent her mother and daughter to the Hanging Flower Gate? happened to meet the old lady in the third room of the Jiang family.

The patriarch's wife has a close relationship with the old lady of the Jiang family's third room? The two of them also have nothing to talk about.

When Mrs. Jiang San saw Yuqing, she asked the patriarch's wife, "Who is this little lang?" He looks so handsome! ”

The patriarch's wife introduced him to both of them, and sent Yuqing's mother and daughter away.

The two old sisters held hands and walked to the back house together.

The old lady of the Jiang family's third room is surnamed Li.

Old Madam Li asked, "That Yuqing is the eldest son of Wufang Jiang Mingxuan?" ”

Yu Qing took her widowed mother and sisters, and held her deceased father's ashes to the fifth room of the Jiang family to recognize her relatives? But the news of being turned away spread all over the Jiang family.

Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Li heard the word "Yuqing", she was like thunder.

The patriarch's wife nodded: "Exactly." ”

Mrs. Li asked Yu Qing again what was the matter with coming to the door.

The patriarch's wife told the truth.

Mrs. Li asked, "Then can you help him with this?" ”

The patriarch's wife said, "Depend on me? This kind of little favor must be helped, but I don't know what my old lady means. ”

Mrs. Li said: "I must help with this favor, in the end, it is our descendants of the Jiang family, and it is difficult to have a good conscience if I don't help this favor." ”

Yuqing's mother and daughter are gone, and the patriarch will not hide? came out and met with Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li asked him what he meant again.

The patriarch has his considerations, and he always feels that Yu Qing's stubborn character is difficult to make a big difference.

So you don't care about her? I don't want to offend the Wufang family for her, so I naturally don't want to help her.

Su said: "To be sure, you have to have five families? As long as Shiro can find the other four families to guarantor his mother and son, I will definitely be willing to guarantor him. ”

Mrs. Li understands it as soon as she hears it? People are doing tai chi.

If he really wanted to help Jiang Mingxuan's wife and children? By virtue of his status as a patriarch? It was easy to find four families in the clan to work with them.

Mrs. Li didn't say anything, and after she went back, she contacted four other Jiang clansmen, found Yuqing, and said that she was willing to vouch for her family, and settled in Yingtian.

Yuqing's mother and daughter were naturally grateful, and at the same time wondered in their hearts, they only had a relationship with Mrs. Li, how could people help them like this.

The reason why Mrs. Li is willing to help their family is actually because she has a holiday with the Wu family.

Wu relied on the fact that he had a son who was an official, so that she suffered a dumb loss back then.

The Li family still holds a grudge, so they want to help Yuqing's mother and daughter stay in Yingtian to find the Wu family's unhappiness.

The Jiang clan people she was looking for were also families who had a holiday with the five Jiang families.

With the help of Mrs. Li, Yuqing's family settled in Yingtian two days later, and the hearts of He and others were finally steady.

If you settle down, you will be able to settle down.

Mrs. Li made a match and introduced them to several houses.

Yu Qing chose a small house in Ginkgo Lane, not far from Jade Lane, and bought it for five hundred taels of silver.

On the day she bought the house, Yu Qing took the family, held the altar of ashes, and went to the new house in a carriage.

There are two ancient ginkgo trees at the mouth of Ginkgo Alley, so it is named Ginkgo Alley.

When Yuqing's family arrived at Ginkgo Alley, it was lunch time, and the whole alley was filled with smoke.

From time to time, I heard the "stinging" sound of vegetables pouring into the oil pot, and the smell of rice and coriander in my nose was also the fragrance of rice.

The small house that Yuqing bought, with a few rooms and a patio, and a small garden at the back, is quiet and elegant.

Although the house is not large, it is enough for their family.

Although He and the others are satisfied with this house, it is too expensive.

He said that this kind of small house can be bought for only two hundred taels of silver in Nanping County.

Yu Qing thought to herself, this is the capital, how can it be compared to a small Nanping County?

Houses have to be cleared before they can be inhabited.

For lunch, Yuqing asked Hanshan to go to a small restaurant to buy rice and a few side dishes to deal with a meal.

After lunch, Yu Jie was responsible for taking care of Brother Sheng, and the rest of the people cleaned up the house.

Two hours later, the rest of the house was cleaned up, except for the kitchen, which was not cleaned up.

However, there were too many things to add, Yuqing asked Hanshan to follow the He family out to buy necessities such as pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc., and she and her three sisters cleaned up the kitchen.

When He and Hanshan came back from purchasing, Yuqing and her three sisters had already cleaned up the room, and even the ashes in the stove had been cleaned up.

Everyone moved things into the house together.

After sorting out the things, Yuqing didn't let Hanshan interfere, and gave him money to buy some meat and vegetables to come back, and cook a few decent dishes for dinner to celebrate that they had a home.

When Hanshan came back from buying vegetables, He led his three eldest daughters to cook dinner together.

Half an hour later, the dishes were all cooked.

There are six dishes in total, two of which are large dishes with soup, and they are piping hot.

One is red braised mutton and the other is crockpot fish pieces.

Brother Sheng is more than a year old, has a few little white teeth, and can eat.

He specially steamed a bowl of egg custard for him.

The rice in the cauldron was also steamed, and as soon as the pot was opened, the fragrant steam rose up and hit the face, burrowing through the pores, making people hungry.

The snow-white rice is crystal full one by one, and you can eat two bowls even if you don't eat it.

Although Hanshan is a slave of Yuqing's family, he has shared weal and woe with Yuqing's mother and daughter in the past six months, so no one looked at him as his slave and ate at the same table with her mother and daughter.

It's just that Hanshan himself is very conscious, and he sits aside to eat the dishes, and he doesn't serve him when he is asked.

While everyone was eating dinner, they were discussing the days ahead.

Yuqing said that she would take the He family's heads to the pawnshop tomorrow and exchange them for silver, and together with the remaining money in her hand, there should be 5,000 taels, all of which will be used to buy land.

She asked Mrs. Li that Yingtian's fertile land cost 30 taels of silver per mu, and 5,000 taels of silver was only enough to buy more than 100 acres.

But she thought that with more than 100 acres of land, their family's life would not have to worry.

Yu Chun scooped a spoonful of egg custard into Brother Sheng'er and put it in his mouth, raised his eyes and asked Yu Qing: "Don't you still have the 500 taels of gold given by Master Jiang in your hand?" Why don't you take it out and buy a field? ”

Yuqing said slowly: "It's better for our orphans and widows not to show too much wealth, so as not to be remembered and put our family in danger."

And I want to leave the 500 taels of gold to Brother Sheng, so I don't want to use it. ”

Everyone listened to her explanation and nodded in agreement.

After eating, there were still a lot of mutton and fish pieces, and Yuqing let Hanshan eat them all.

He is growing taller, and he has to eat more nutritious food to grow taller.

Han Shan waved his hand and said, "I'll eat all the other dishes, and I'll save these two dishes for tomorrow."

Now in the cold winter and the temperature is low, the vegetables will not be bad overnight. ”

Yu Qing doesn't like to eat leftovers very much, and said: "It's not a question of whether the dishes will be spoiled, it's that our family has settled down, and we won't have to worry about eating and drinking in the future, so there's no need to be so economical." ”

He also persuaded Hanshan to eat all the two dishes, and Hanshan did so.

In the evening, all the families gathered in the hall to do needlework, to read books, and to mend furniture.

The north wind is bleak outside, but the house is happy, Yuqing only hopes that she will eat and die with the family in the book in the book.

She has always been a girl with no ambitions, no lofty ideals in life, and just wants to live a small life with plenty of food and clothing.

As for clearing Jiang Mingxuan's grievances, let's just talk about it.

Their family has already lived a stable life, and it doesn't matter if they enter the Jiang family's genealogy or not.

As for burying the ashes in the ancestral grave of the Jiang family, she is not in a hurry to do so.

Jiang Mingxuan's "ashes" can't be buried in the ground, and it was the people in the old mansion who were poked in the backbone in the end.

Wait for those people in the old mansion to beg her to bury Jiang Mingxuan.

See who has the last laugh!

When I first finished eating, my body was quite warm, but after sitting for a while, my body was a little cold.

Of course, they can still stand it, but Yu Jie and Brother Sheng are so cold that one is crying and the other is screaming.

The family didn't buy silver frost charcoal, so Yuqing asked Hanshan to burn a brazier with firewood to keep everyone warm.

But the brazier smoke was so great that everyone fled and went to bed under the quilt early.

Yu Qing thought to herself, tomorrow no matter what, I have to buy a hundred catties of silver frost charcoal and come back, otherwise there will be no way to get through the two small buns this winter.

The next day, Yu Qing got up early and danced the sword in the courtyard.

She is a boy now, she has to be in good health, otherwise how can she support a family?

Hanshan got up earlier than her, and after filling the tank with water, he said hello to Yuqing, and went out to chop wood with a flat pole and rope, and didn't come back until after breakfast time.

Because Hanshan didn't come back, He didn't rush to have breakfast, and only started breakfast when he came back.

Yu Jie rubbed her hungry stomach and complained to him: "Why didn't you come back earlier?" I'm dying of hunger. ”

Hanshan unloaded the firewood on his back, and said abruptly: "Many mountains have owners, I went to cut firewood, but people didn't let me, so I walked a long way to find a barren mountain and cut firewood back."

Madame, Miss, and the host don't have to wait for me to come back for dinner, just leave me food. ”

As he spoke, he took out a big gray rabbit with four limbs from the bundle of firewood he had chopped back and threw it on the ground, saying, "This is the rabbit I hit with a slingshot when I was chopping wood, and I was afraid that it would be snatched away by the evil slaves of the master of the mountain forest, so I hid it in the firewood and brought it back." ”

Yu Jie was interested in teasing the big gray rabbit with a stick.

Seeing this, Brother Sheng leaned out to the big gray rabbit in Yu Chun's arms, stretched out his hand, and babbled in his mouth to touch the big gray rabbit.

He Shi drank lightly, let her wash her hands and hurry to breakfast: "Didn't you keep shouting hungry just now?" Not hungry now? ”

Yu Jie threw the rabbit to breakfast.

After breakfast, Yu Qing took Hanshan to face the head first, and then went to buy the field.

He has been farming since he was a child, and he knows the quality of the field, and with him, Yuqing will not be fooled.

In order to be more silver, Yuqing and Hanshan ran a number of pawnshops, fighting with people for one copper and one copper.

To tell the truth, although she loves money, but in her previous life, she had parents who held up a piece of the sky for her, and she never worried about money, how could she ever bargain with others like now?

In the end, those heads were sold for more than 3,200 taels of silver, more than 200 more than she estimated, so the hard work was still worth it.

When they were in charge, it was not early, but the master and servant still went to the house and land trading market, talked with a few tooth boys, and made an appointment to go to see the fields they recommended after lunch.

Coming out of the house and land trading market, the master and servant bought a hundred catties of fine silver frost carbon and then returned home.

Before going out in the morning, Hanshan killed the big gray rabbit, and at noon, He used the big gray rabbit to cook a large pot of rabbit meat, and then a few green vegetables, and the whole family had a full lunch.

After lunch, Yuqing and Hanshan went out to buy fields.

The master and servant picked a whole afternoon and bought a small grange with 180 acres of fertile land for 5,000 taels of silver.

There are ready-made tenants in the grange, and there is no need to bother to ask someone to farm the land, and Yuqing is very satisfied.

She graciously asked the toothman who sold her land how much income her little grange would make in a year.