Gu Changning didn't know why she paid so much attention to her grandmother, maybe it was because her grandmother's current situation was the same as her previous life, and she was the only one left in the family, so she couldn't help but feel empathy.

With the experience of reliving a life, the mentality naturally cannot be exactly the same as in the previous life, no matter how well-behaved she is, her heart is still a little impatient, and she has never paid attention to people and things before, she can make many new discoveries by looking at it with a different eye.

This feeling lasted until the end of dinner, and she sat on the couch in A-Niang's room with a sewing basket, and she was a little absent-mindedly needle-pressing.

The needle that goes down wholeheartedly is not the same as the stitch when the mind wanders, Yang Huiyun saw her distraction at once, glanced at her, and said softly: "What's wrong, I'm in a bad mood?" ”

She saw Gu Changning's solemn expression, and she didn't have her usual spirit at all.

Gu Changning came back to his senses: "It's not, it's just that there is something I can't figure out." ”

"What's the matter?" Yang Huiyun asked curiously.

"It's my uncle's grandmother, I always think that the attitude of the people in the clan towards her is very strange, all of them have a tacit understanding and neither get close to nor provoke, just like she is not a person, which makes me feel weird here, Auntie, do you know why?"

"Well, it's true that as you said, everyone avoids your sixth uncle and grandmother." Yang Huiyun didn't know which uncle and grandmother she was talking about at first, but after hearing it, she knew that after all, the clan was in line with what she had just described, and it was the one in the southwest, so she sighed and didn't rush to explain, so she first asked a question that was not related to the wind and horses, "Do you know that our family's five acres of land do not need to pay taxes to the imperial court?" ”

"I know." Gu Changning nodded, "Grandpa has a total of forty acres of land in his hands, of which twenty acres are not subject to grain tax, and our family's five acres of land are divided from those twenty acres of land, not only our family, but also other uncles and uncles, they have about 100 acres of land in their hands, all of which are exempt from grain tax." ”

"Yes, in fact, it's not just a hundred acres of land, I heard your father say that originally there was no need to pay grain tax for thousands of acres of land, but later the Gu clan sold more than 800 acres for one reason or another, and now there are only about 100 acres of land left."

"Thousands of acres of land are exempt from grain tax?" Gu Changning was shocked, "So many?" ”

"That's right."

"A-Niang suddenly mentioned this matter, isn't it the reason why this thousand acres of land can be exempted from grain tax, and it has something to do with the sixth uncle and grandmother?" Gu Changning believed that A-Niang's sudden mention of this matter was not for no reason, and she could only guess on it.

"Ning Ning is so smart." Yang Huiyun rubbed the top of her head and said softly, "To be precise, it has something to do with your sixth uncle and grandfather." ”

Gu Changning stared at Yang Huiyun with a pair of starry eyes, and pricked up his two little ears to listen carefully.

"Starting from the first ancestor of the Gu family who stood on his own, it has been passed down for more than 20 generations, and your sixth uncle and grandfather are about the tenth generation of ancestors, and the heirs are not abundant, to your sixth uncle and grandfather's generation, all the descendants died of illness, and those who left Xinghua Village left Xinghua Village, and the descendants of the ancestor who is currently on the family tree, the last one is your uncle and grandfather."

Gu Changning's eyes lowered, he listened quietly, and did not speak.

In this way, the ancestor is no longer an heir.

Because my grandfather died of illness 20 years ago, and my grandmother's children in her early years did not support her, and all of them died young.

In the wandering spirits, Yang Huiyun's voice continued, "You just asked me, how did this thousand acres of tax-free land come from, in fact, your uncle's grandfather followed Emperor Gaozu to fight the country, and it was from the dragon's work, after Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, he gave thousands of acres of land to the Gu clan, even this 'Gu' surname is also a reward, originally our family did not have the surname Gu." ”

Gu Changning didn't know the surname, but it was the first time she heard of it, and she couldn't help but be surprised: "Is it?" Our family didn't have the surname Gu? What's that last name? ”

"Originally surnamed Zhu."

"Zhu?" Gu Changning frowned, "Zhu Changning, Zhu Changning...... I still prefer to call Gu Changning! ”

Yang Huiyun looked at her helplessly, chuckled and shook her head, and didn't take the conversation.

"And then, then? Auntie, you go on! ”

"There is no then, and then Emperor Gaozu divided this thousand acres of land to the Gu family, until the rewarded field was sold by the descendants of the clan, and now there are more than 100 acres left."

Emperor Gaozu said when he rewarded the thousand acres of land that it could be disposed of by the Gu clan, which could be regarded as an additional gift.

The things that are given by the heavenly family should not be sold without permission, otherwise they will despise the emperor's authority.

No then? Auntie, are you bluffing me......

Gu Changning looked at A-Niang suspiciously.

Is this only such a reward for dragon's work? Needless to say, this is the founding emperor, and it can't be compared with ordinary heroes, how can there be only such a reward?

It is normal for Gu Changning to think so, generally speaking, after the emperor ascends the throne, in addition to rewarding the grange, such a founding hero will also reward the title with the fief, mansion, etc., no matter how bad it is, it will also grant the title of Yao Ling, if there is only this thousand acres of land and the surname, it is too thin.

The meaning of the remote lord is that although the fief is given to you, you do not have the jurisdiction of the land, and can only get the grain tax income of the fief from it, and everything else has nothing to do with you.

This is already a very thin reward, not to mention that Emperor Gaozong did not reward them with the national surname - the imperial family of this dynasty is surnamed Xiao.

Foreign surnames and national surnames, I want to know how big the difference is.

Gu Changning couldn't figure it out, was he sure that this was from the dragon's work?

A few words suddenly came to mind - the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking.

Emperor Gaozong kicked people away when he ran out of use, and a few random things were considered royal kindness.

Yang Huiyun knew what her daughter was thinking at a glance, she lowered her head, began to pull the thread and thread the needle, and said in her mouth: "In fact, Emperor Gaozong rewarded more than these things, I heard that he also rewarded a house and a thousand taels of silver in the suburbs of Beijing to your grandfather, I don't know what happened to the house now, but the thousand taels of silver were used by your grandfather to run a clan school, build roads and relieve the needy people in the village." ”

A thousand taels of silver?

Gu Changning was dumbfounded, Uncle Gao's grandfather was really kind-hearted, you must know that ordinary people can earn about half a penny of silver a month at most, and it will only be about five or six taels a year, which is not subtracted from the silver taels used for eating.

A thousand taels of silver is enough for such a person to live for one or two hundred years! That's not a small amount.

Wait, ethnography?

Only then did Gu Changning notice a certain word that appeared in A-Niang's words, and said with a little surprise: "A-Niang said that there was a clan study in our village?" ”

Ethnography is a place where boys of their own tribe can read and write.

Not every clan has a clan study, this must be a certain amount of asset income in the public school, and a part of it is used as a bundle to hire a gentleman to come back to teach, and there are also people from the clan who hold the position of a gentleman, in short, the clan is to cultivate the descendants of the clan to become a place to become talents.

As long as they reach the right age, any kid in the clan can go.

Gu Changning knew that the Gu family had no genealogy since she could remember, because there were basically no assets in the public middle school, so she had never asked her father and aunt about it, but she didn't expect that the Gu family had genealogy before, and she was surprised.

"Hey." Yang Huiyun heard her daughter ask about this, sighed, and said, "There used to be, but since your uncle and grandfather, the family study has been canceled." ”

"Why?"

Yang Huiyun hesitated for a moment, and said with a serious face: "This matter is not a secret in the village, if you want to know, A-Niang can tell you, but you must remember not to mention this matter in front of others, understand?" ”

Gu Changning looked at A-Niang suspiciously, and nodded slowly.

"This matter is related to the clan." Yang Huiyun re-pinched the needle in her hand, and said while busy with the work in her hands, "Your uncle and grandmother gave birth to three brothers back then, none of them were saved, and the third child has grown to seven or eight years old, but a cold took his life, when the third child just died of illness, your uncle and grandmother are grieving in their hearts, your deceased third uncle and grandmother took someone to someone's house to ask for silver at this time, I don't know what the specific situation is, anyway, it angered your uncle and grandfather later, Directly took your uncle and grandmother out of Xinghua Village, and no one donated to this clan, so it was naturally gone. ”

The titles between relatives are calculated according to the big ranking in the clan, and this third uncle grandmother is not her branch, but because the third uncle and grandfather are the third among the brothers in the clan, she has to call the third uncle grandmother.

"I see."

"Later, your uncle and grandfather fell ill, and before he died, he took your uncle and grandmother back to Xinghua Village, but because of the old things in the early years, he has not interacted with the clansmen, and the patriarch is a sensible person, knowing that it is your third uncle and grandmother who do not take advantage of it, and you can't blame your uncle and grandfather for this matter, so I maintained it more in the village, and didn't let those clansmen disturb the purity of your sixth uncle and grandmother."

Clean? Gu Changning knew that A-Niang was beautifying the behavior of those people in the clan.

Not everyone can live an honest life, and there are those who are idle and idle all day long, such people like to go to the weaker farmhouse to fight the autumn breeze, because it is easy to bully.

My grandmother lived alone in the village, and now she can live in peace with her people, and it is impossible to live without the protection of the patriarch.

Gu Changning suddenly felt a little sympathetic to his uncle and grandmother.

"Okay, this matter is an adult's business, so don't worry about it." As soon as Yang Huiyun's slender hand put on Gu Changning's left shoulder, she saw her "hiss", and the expression on her face wrinkled painfully.

"What's wrong?" Yang Huiyun asked worriedly, and was about to reach out to check her shoulder.

"No, no, no, nothing, I may be carrying the bucket too heavy today, and my arms and shoulders hurt a little here, it's okay, A-Niang don't worry." Gu Changning hurriedly evaded and explained.

She can't let A-Niang find out that she is fighting with others!

"Then you shouldn't come tonight to learn embroidery, you should have a good rest in the house." Yang Huiyun looked at her half reproach and half concern.

"Got it, Auntie, I'll go back to the room." Gu Changning hurriedly followed A-Niang's words and said.

She also replied to her brother with this explanation in the afternoon, so dinner was basically made by her brother, and she was only responsible for watching the fire.

"Hmm."

Gu Changning came out of the bright room and walked to his room, feeling a little dull.

People are good and easy to be bullied, who makes soft persimmons easy to pinch.

Gu Changning exhaled sharply, and went back to the house to rest with a stomach full of emotion.