When Mrs. Chen heard Zhang Yurong's explanation, she was immediately a little annoyed, she really didn't use her brain, and she couldn't arrange anything.

Chen Mingyi was still relocating with the patriarch and other elders at this time, and so many people brought over by the Tan family were the ones who really belonged to him.

"This is three thousand taels of silver tickets, the patriarch helped our two brothers build such a big courtyard, it must cost a lot, how can this money be made by the people in the village?

I didn't come back, I don't know, it's just that, when I come back, I naturally have to make up this money, patriarch, please accept it! ”

When Chen Mingyi carried the rest of the people in the village on his back, in front of several clan elders, he took out three thousand taels and handed them to the patriarch.

gave it in front of several elders, not only for the public, but also for the patriarch to resign.

"It doesn't cost that much! It cost more than 300 taels of silver to buy bricks and tiles, and the rest were built by the villagers themselves, and even the timber was a good timber that the county decree approved us to cut on the mountain, and it didn't cost anything.

You bring back so many people, you have to count on you to eat and drink, you two brothers are doing well, our whole village can get better, and people look down on you wherever you go.

How difficult was it to find a daughter-in-law in the village in the past? After you are in high school, those families outside want to marry their daughters to our Chenjia Village, the key is to look at you two brothers! Take the money yourself! ”

The patriarch excused himself while explaining how much it would cost to build the house.

"Well, this time I came back in such a hurry that I didn't have time to bring some gifts to my people.

The three thousand taels of silver tickets were also asked to be collected by the patriarch, or to buy some grain for the village to store, or to subsidize some seeds for each family.

Chickens and ducks can also buy some of these little cubs, these are always practical for the village, I have been an official all these years, I am very ashamed, and I can only do this little thing for the village! ”

Chen Mingyi insisted on giving such a reason, but before the patriarch could speak, the ninth uncle nodded and agreed.

"Ming Yi is right, if there is still a surplus, just build a school."

"The school doesn't need to spend extra money to build, just spend this money in the ancestral hall, and when the time comes, put some tables and chairs in the ancestral hall, so that the children in the village can study hard under the noses of the ancestors, this idea is okay?"

The third uncle also agreed, that's what it meant, let the patriarch stop refusing, Ming Yi has the heart to take out three thousand taels, which is naturally sincere.

What's more, although life in the village has gradually improved a lot over the years, I am afraid that this year is really bad.

The snow storm is so long, can it be okay this year?

The reduction in wheat and rape production in the first half of the year is certain, and how can they know about the rice in the second half of the year?

The patriarch reluctantly accepted it, and spoke, tonight, the whole village will eat outside the Chen family ancestral hall.

The Chen family ancestral hall is still relatively large, it is a building in the form of a courtyard, and the courtyard inside is not large.

But the square outside the ancestral hall is very large, usually the Chen family sacrifices or something, basically the whole village will come together, men can go inside, women can generally only be outside.

Soon, tonight's dinner was arranged in the large square outside the ancestral hall according to the patriarch's arrangement.

Tables and chairs are brought out by each family, and meals are prepared and placed by each family.

The men are all on the table, and the children and women are all on the side, not only because there are not so many tables, but also because of the tradition that women and children do not serve when entertaining.

Zhang Yurong and Cao Weijun and other female dependents and the children of the Chen family arranged a table, after all, this meal was arranged for the Chen family.

And in the eyes of the people of Chenjia Village, noble women like Zhang Yurong and Cao Weijun are naturally no better than their country women.

Tan Wan reluctantly stood behind Cao Weijun and waited for her to eat, while Zhang Yingying waited on the other side behind Cao Weijun.

When the people in the village saw Cao Weijun's style, they were very envious. Especially those girls, they are extremely envious of a generous, noble and virtuous lady like Cao Weijun.

Although Zhang Yurong also looked noble, there was no maid and concubine behind her to serve the meal, and it immediately looked not grand enough in comparison.

Zhang Yurong really felt for the first time that the atmosphere of the village people was difficult for outsiders to insert.

She is a little strange, the people in the village seem to be so united and mutually helpful, after Chen Mingdong's father died, how did it become that the Cao family was promoting the Chen family, instead of the Chen family village supporting Chen Ming's mother and son?

She hugged Shirui, eating quietly and feeding the children, but her ears listened attentively to the noisy information in the village.

She really quickly sorted out some information.

Mrs. Chen and her living sister-in-law had a serious discord, almost to the point of hatred. And the eldest uncle died a few years earlier. The in-laws of the previous generation died first.

Mrs. Chen came back with her son, and her sister-in-law, the villagers, said that she was lying on the bed because of her old problem, and dragged her two sons and daughters-in-law to wait, and no one in the family came out to greet her.

And when the whole village was eating, no one from the family came, but they still sent two seven or eight-year-old grandchildren over and left with food.

The relationship is like this, you can imagine what Mrs. Chen's life was like when she was in her mother-in-law's house!

It is said that the sister-in-law died a few years ago, and the two daughters who married out have been cut off from here.

When Mrs. Chen lost her husband, she was almost separated by the Chen family, if it weren't for the patriarch to help re-divide the family, the mother and son would not have lived.

The key is that Mrs. Chen's family is not willing to help this cumbersome daughter, dragging her two sons, and no one dislikes it.

Mrs. Chen's father and mother went early, and the sister-in-law of her mother's family is not easy to get along with, since Mrs. Chen lost her husband, even if she has completely cut off contact.

Zhang Yurong looked at Mrs. Chen with some dumbfounded, this is almost an orphan and widow who is not welcomed by her mother-in-law's family, and she was reversed.

No wonder she has great respect for the Cao family, and says and listens to Cao Weijun.

She was drowning at that time, and the Cao family not only made her only straw, but also gave her mother and son a boat.

This boat took her mother and son to the noble road, and Mrs. Chen was extremely grateful to the whole Cao family, and she didn't forget her roots!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yurong had to look at Cao Weijun who was sitting at the head of her table, to be honest, this sister-in-law was much better than Mrs. Chen's sister-in-law.

At least she took good care of Mrs. Chen, Chen Mingdong was taught by her.

It's just that she clashes with her own aura!

Who wants to snatch their own son, and they can be happy?

The key is that after she took away Shimei, she still looked high-minded with a straight face, who can bear her virtue?