Chapter 37: A Letter from Chen Zumo
Qin Dani fought with Rhubarb's gaze for a while, lost the battle, snorted and ran away quickly.
Xiao Nuan rubbed Rhubarb's head and walked slowly to Qin's house.
The Qin family was also cooking on the fire, and the second aunt Li Shi, who was making cakes in the kitchen, glanced at Xiao Nuan, and lowered her head in a complicated mood and continued to knead the dough. The in-laws took Ernier and her father away, just to facilitate the discussion of things. Zhang's Mu Ne, who has no status at home, can only watch everything in front of him in silence.
In fact, from the bottom of her heart, she was also a little worried that her husband was too close to her eldest sister's house, for fear of upsetting Chen Zumo, so she would stumble on her son, who was studying in the county, and drive him back.
Xiao Nuan smiled at her, stood in the courtyard and shouted, "Grandpa, I'm here." ”
Qin Sanhao was not happy when he saw this granddaughter who was becoming more and more unruly, "What about your mother?" ”
"My mother can't get out of cooking, so tell me something about my grandfather." Xiao Nuan replied directly.
Bai Shi also sank his face, "If you are so old and don't understand anything at all, you won't be able to cook and let your mother come over!" ”
"I won't." Xiao Nuan said it rightly, so angry that the old couple fell on their backs, and the uncle Qin Zhengpu and the aunt Yang next to him were a little worried when they saw the unruly Xiao Nuan and Rhubarb. Especially Qin Zhengpu, when he saw Rhubarb, he remembered his torn pants last time, and felt the wind at the root of his thighs.
Xiao Nuan asked again, "What is my grandfather looking for my mother?" ”
Bai Shi frowned, "I can't tell you about this, call your mother over tomorrow morning." ”
Xiao Nuan simply made it clear, "I heard from the people in the village that my aunt went around saying that the land my family just bought was rented to you for planting?" ”
"Who are you, and who are you?" Uncle Qin Zhengpu quit, "I can't write two Qin characters with one stroke, why do you know so clearly?" Your mother bought the field and can't plant it herself, and it's my duty to be a big brother to help plant it, do you think we really want to plant, it's not that there is no other way! ”
"Don't talk about two, you can't even write a single Qin character in one stroke." Xiao Nuan then asked, "Uncle plans to pay us how much of the rent grain?" ”
Zhang put on a hypocritical smile, "We will give as much as others pay, but when we encounter a natural or man-made disaster, we can't do anything." ”
This "natural and man-made disaster" is rich in content, and Zhang smiled proudly for his cleverness.
Xiao Nuan knew in her heart that renting the land to her uncle was equivalent to buying it for nothing. No, it can't be considered a free purchase, not only can they not recover the grain, but they also have to pay rent to the court every year, and they will definitely pay compensation.
Xiao Nuan hugged his arms and asked in a deep voice, "You have more than 20 acres of fertile land, why do you still worry about my family's little land?" Our mother-in-law bought some fields to eat a full meal, is this also in the way of your eyes? ”
"Six acres is a big piece, why is it a little?" Zhang shouted, and the words spit out from the blade's mouth became more powerful than one sentence, "What do you say about worrying, there is the old wife of the Chen family on top, who in the village dares to rent your fields?" That's why we dare to extend this hand! Your grandparents were kind enough to help you, why did you become a wicked person in your mouth? Do you still have a conscience! Did your mother teach you this? ”
Qin Sanhao is also angry, he has no objection to his daughter's desire to buy land, you said that you can buy one or two acres and plant enough to eat and drink, why buy six acres with great fanfare, or good land! Is this not a clear set up with the Chen family, so that the Chen family knows that even without Chen Zumo, she can live well?
Thinking of Chen Zumo's stingy temperament, Qin Sanhao, who was afraid of things, was at a loss, "It's useless to plant too much land, and I can't plant the field in my hand, you go back and tell your mother, leave two acres and sell the rest, don't be idle and idle in the future, and live your life behind closed doors." ”
"It's not bad to sell, I'll find someone to sell it and make sure I don't lose money." Qin Zhengpu also agreed, his daughter-in-law wanted to plant this field, but he felt that for such a little food, he couldn't offend the Chen family.
Bai Shi also spoke, "You are also a big girl, you will run around less in the future, stay at home honestly and learn embroidery and cooking, didn't your father say that he would find you a good mother-in-law?" Who would dare to marry you like you? ”
"That is, a girl has to look like a girl. Like you standing at the entrance of the village today and talking to Zhao Gongzi endlessly, it's not like talking! Zhang continued, "What are you talking about, talking about that old man for a long time?" ”
“......”
Listening to them, I said everything as if it was for their good, Xiao Nuan was impatient, "I understand what you mean." First, our family's land is neither sold nor rented; Second, we don't have to worry about our grandparents in the future. Aren't you just afraid that the Chen family will be unhappy and make you ugly? After that, if you are far away from us, there will be nothing. ”
Not in the mood to quarrel with these people, Xiao Nuan strode away from the Qin family, and when he walked to the gate of his house and smelled the smell of rice, his heart calmed down, and he pushed the door home to eat with a smile.
This meal was especially enjoyable.
Although he didn't have any money in his hand, but after buying these old fields and family businesses, the Qin family slept very sweetly at night, and laughed several times in his dreams.
I didn't want the next day when the sky was white, and the family was woken up by the village bell. Xiao Nuan opened his eyes and heard someone shouting angrily, "The villagers of Qinjia Village are awake, now go down to the old locust tree in the village, there is something to talk about!" ”
Xiaocao rubbed her eyes, "Mother~"
Qin's hands started to dress the little girl, "You wait at home, my mother will go and hear what's going on." ”
Xiao Nuan neatly tied her clothes, "I'll go, my mother is cooking at home, I'll come back and tell my mother." ”
"Xiaocao is going too." The big scene of Li Zheng convening a meeting of all families Xiaocao has never seen it, and is very curious.
So, Xiao Nuan took her sister to the center of the village.
At this time, the sky was brighter, and many people had gathered under the old locust tree, all of whom were men in charge of various families, and Xiaocao and her sister stood by the crowd and looked particularly eye-catching.
Standing on the big stone in the crowd, Li Zheng Qin De's gaze fell on the two of them, which was a little complicated. The patriarchs of the Chen family, Chen Siye and Pi Shi, who were standing next to him, had a joy on their faces that could not be hidden.
Xiao Nuan stood calmly, thinking that what could make Pi Shi unable to hide his smile must have something to do with her scumbag father. She remembered what Zhao Shuyan said about the ancestral hall, clan studies, clan fields and other things, could it be so fast?
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Qin De coughed and said loudly, "Everyone be quiet, summoning everyone here so early is a great joy to tell everyone!" Our village is going to build a school! ”
"This school is built by our champion, and the gentlemen who sit in the hall are all invited. In the future, the boy surnamed Chen in our village will enter the hall to study without restraint, and the children with other surnames will only pay half of the bundle! ”
"Wow-" applause rang out, and the applause continued.
Li Zheng also couldn't hide his smile, "The school we want to build this time is not small, the land is selected in the southeast of the village, today we will break the ground and build a house, there is a household in the village, and every family will help!" ”
"Good!" The people in the village were jubilant again.