As soon as these words came out, the three brothers of the Liu family immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

can have a sister and brother-in-law to help make ideas, which is undoubtedly better than anything for the three brothers of the Liu family who are not familiar with life.

Liu Dalang agreed to this proposal on behalf of his family, so everyone took a mule cart back to the county seat after all the rice seeds were put into storage.

Of course, the three brothers Liu Dalang did not sit in the mule cart they used to pull goods, but the mule cart that belonged to the Gu family brought by Gu Zhixian's nephew.

As for the three mule carts they brought, they may have been placed in the Zhuangzi.

As for the three brothers of the Liu family, when they heard that Ming Xu was willing to help them take care of the green mules first, the three brothers of the Liu family were all secretly relieved - although the county master was their brother-in-law, they didn't want to come to the door with three mule carts.

Without him, the dilapidated mule cart they borrowed was seriously incompatible with the majesty and solemnity of the county government, and if they did bring the mule cart there, their sister and brother-in-law would undoubtedly be laughed at because of them.

The group went to Gu's house in a mighty way, and Mrs. Gu, who had been waiting for her three elder brothers for a long time, heard the movement and came out of the courtyard as soon as possible.

Greeted by her front and back to the door was Gu Zhixian, although Gu Zhixian had become an official, he was as respectful as ever for his uncles.

After a lively greeting ceremony, Gu Zhixian and his family invited all the visitors into the main house of the second courtyard.

The three brothers of the Liu family first gave Mrs. Gu a gift, and then unexpectedly sent a pair of silver bracelets to Mrs. Gu as a birthday gift on behalf of their family.

Gu Zhixian was stunned.

He never expected that the Liu family would remember his mother's birthday.

Liu Dalang smiled honestly, "My little sister mentioned it last year, and my mother remembered it at that time." Isn't this just because the three of us brothers are going to come to Fuxing County to deliver rice seeds, so the old lady went to the town to buy a pair of silver bracelets and asked us to bring them to Aunt Gu for her. ”

Mrs. Gu's face was bright, but Mrs. Gu and Gu Zhixian were both very moved.

In their hometown, even if the elderly live to be sixty or seventy, they may not have children to live.

It's not that the children born and raised by the old people are not filial, it's really that life in the countryside is tight, and everyone is tightening their belts to live, whether it's relatives or children, giving the elderly a birthday is a big expense that can be saved for them.

It is precisely because he knows the situation in his hometown very well that Gu Zhixian did not give his relatives a word at all.

He didn't want to let his relatives follow the bill just because he became an official and had the conditions to celebrate his mother's birthday.

In this case, his old mother-in-law can still remember his mother's fiftieth birthday, and it is obvious that the old lady really put her mind into it.

Gu Zhixian helped hand the silver bracelet to Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Gu cherished it for a while before asking Mrs. Gu to help her put the bracelet into the cage in the back room.

Because of Ming Xu and the others in front of her, Mrs. Gu was not in a hurry to gossip with her mother's brother, but after a few words of greeting with her brother, she took the initiative to talk to Ming Xu about rice seeds.

Ming Xu knew that when their relatives met, they would have a thousand words to say to each other, so he directly calculated the rice seed money, car and horse money, hotel money, meal money, and hired dart master money calculated by Mr. Lin, the account of the Ming family... Wait for all the expenses to be reimbursed.

In the end, he blushed slightly and asked if he could let the Liu brothers stay alone until they successfully planted the rice and then returned to Nansha County.

He made a very generous promise, saying that the two families would not only give each other fifty taels of silver as a reward for teaching them to grow rice, but also let the family take care of each other's food, clothing, shelter and transportation during this time.

As soon as he said this, the three Liu Dalang brothers had already stared at each other in surprise.

Gu Zhixian first glanced at his student, and then helped him ask Liu Dalang, "Big brother, is it convenient for you to stay?" ”

Among the three brothers of the Liu family, Liu Dalang's ability to work is the most top-notch, since Ming Xu has promised heavy profits, then Gu Zhixian of course also wants to repay him by helping him leave a "master" who is most proficient in agricultural affairs.

Liu Dalang suddenly came back to his senses when he asked like this, "It's convenient, it's just fifty taels of silver..."

Gu Zhixian patted him on the shoulder, "You don't have to have any psychological burden, since this kid said that he would give it, you can just take it." ”

Liu Dalang is not stupid, thinking with his toes, he knows that Ming Xu will be so generous must be because of Gu Zhixian, and he is a little worried that he will cause trouble for Gu Zhixian.

Gu Zhixian immediately saw through Liu Dalang's concerns, and he ironed in his heart, so he explained, "This kid is now half my student, even if you agree, it's fine." ”

Liu Dalang responded in disbelief.

When Mrs. Gu saw that they had negotiated the matter, she went into the house and took out her own money box.

She first gave one hundred and twenty-eight taels to her brother, and then took seventy-two taels to Yu Jiayan.

Because some time ago, she exchanged the silver coin with Mingyue for a silver ticket, so this time there were two more silver tickets of fifty taels in the silver money she gave to Liu Dalang's three brothers.

Except for this one hundred taels, the remaining twenty-eight taels were all silver ingots and silver bills that she gave.

So the silver money that Liu Dalang received became two silver tickets of fifty taels, two silver ingots of ten taels, and four silver of two taels.

As for Yu Jiayan, his seventy-two taels consisted of a fifty taels of silver tickets, two silver ingots of ten taels, and one silver tael of two taels.

After settling the money clearly, and making an appointment with the Gu family, three days later, Gu Zhixian's nephew sent Liu Dalang to Ming's house, and Ming Xu and the others said goodbye and left.

***

On the fourth day when the three brothers of the Liu family came to Fuxing County, Mrs. Gu sent her second and third brothers to Shili Pavilion outside the city, despite her bulky body.

Together with Mrs. Gu and Liu Dalang, Mingdi and Mingyue also came to see off the guests, and they respectively represented the Ming family and the Yu family to send rich Cheng Yi to the two brothers of the Liu family.

Mingdi sent two cans of tea, two jars of good wine, plus two silver ingots of five taels, and Mingyue sent two pairs of silver bracelets, two silver hairpins, two muslins, a box of exquisite velvet flowers of the latest style of Fucheng, and a food box of Fuxing County's special noodles that are easy to carry.

As for Mrs. Gu, there are more things she sent.

In addition to preparing pastries, steamed buns, flatbreads, braised pork, and roast chicken for Liu Erlang and Liu Sanlang to eat on the road, Mrs. Gu also prepared a large number of gifts such as fat powder, clothing, food, toys, books, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for her mother's family according to the composition of her mother's family.

Among them, the majority is a variety of special foods produced by the Ming family and the Yu family, such as sweet potato vermicelli, artichoke vermicelli, Yumai noodles, red and white bean curd, dried tofu, tofu puffs, and such as preserved chicken, preserved duck, bacon, and sausage.