Mingyue had mixed feelings in her heart.

She likes Yu Jiayan very much, firstly, because Yu Jiayan is diligent, sensible, diligent and studious, and very careful and considerate, and empathetic, and secondly, because Yu Jiayan is mature and a little bad, not the kind of person who is rigid or dead-eyed, which allows Mingyue to treat him as an adult who is neither bad nor bad like herself.

But before that, she never thought about marrying Yu Jiayan once.

The two grew up together, and Mingyue felt that the other party was like her younger brother was one of the reasons, and the other reason was that Mingyue was very optimistic about this kind of marriage based on "kindness".

She didn't want the Ming family to first raise Yu Jiayan, and then marry her daughter, but in the end she fell into the embarrassing situation of being said to be "coercing kindness".

Yu Jiayan knows how to be grateful, whether she regards the Ming family as her own family, she doesn't know how to be grateful, and gradually estranged from the Ming family, Mingyue will not have any opinions, but she doesn't want Yu Jiayan and the Ming family to one day you accuse me of being "ungrateful" and I accuse you of "coercing you to repay your kindness", and in the end, everyone became unrecognizable.

In her opinion, instead of tying up and hating each other, it is better to separate early when there is a disagreement and keep a good memory for each other.

Maybe her thoughts are pessimistic and negative in her bones, but Mingyue has always been stingy to imagine the worst ending first.

If you are mentally prepared for the "worst", and then work hard in a better direction, then no matter what the final result is, Mingyue will not feel discouraged.

Silent Tiger touched the cowardly self in his heart, Mingyue shook her head, shaking the chaotic thoughts out of her mind.

***

In the usual busyness of the Ming family, autumn soon came, and this year, the Ming family earned several times as much silver as last year.

The out-of-season greens before thawing, the chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and pigs raised on a large scale, the novelty vegetables that are not available in the vegetable garden, the high-yield crops in the fields, the fish, shrimp and crab lotus roots in the pond - including the attached lotus seeds, the newly transplanted fruit trees on the mountain, the various soy products and vermicelli produced in the workshop, plus the embroidery, digging herbs, saving mountain goods, hunting, netting fish and other ways to make money that the Ming family has not given up. Their family already has enough money to buy a house and land in Fucheng.

Of course, Old Man Ming didn't go to Fucheng immediately, firstly, because there was no need, and secondly, because they had the money in hand, and if they really went to Fucheng, they could only buy houses and shops in relatively remote locations.

When the Ming family sold everything that should be sold, the old man Ming took Mingtang to the county seat.

Only Mingyue and Zheng Caixia are in the county right now, and Ming Xu has been accompanied by Mingdi and Mingcheng to Fucheng long before they start harvesting autumn.

This year is the year of the triennial children's examination, so it is clear that a few years have not helped the family harvest autumn this year.

Mingyue had no choice but to change men's clothes every day and run to her two Zhuangzi outside the county seat, while Zheng Caixia stayed at home to guard the door.

Fortunately, during the spring ploughing, Mingdi and Mingxu promoted two long-term workers with reliable character to help manage the Zhuangzi, otherwise Mingyue would not be able to take care of his two Zhuangzi at the same time even if he had three heads and six arms.

When the old man Ming came, she had already sold most of the things produced in the Zhuangzi, and the remaining half was kept for gifts and her own food.

"I don't know if your brother has finished the exam now, but it must be smooth and smooth." Old Man Ming, who has always been the most worried about farming, rarely did not ask about the specific situation of his two Zhuangzi at the first time, but held the tea prepared for him by Mingyue with a worried face.

Mingyue comforted him, "With my father and my uncle with me, it will be fine." ”

In order to help the old man divert his attention, Mingyue took the initiative to mention her two Zhuangzi, "... In addition to the rations left for the long-term workers in Zhuangzi for next year, I also kept a part of it for gifts when needed. Now that our family has taken root in the county, my brother and the four of them are the division commanders and classmates, the neighbors of our house, and the Jiang family and the Qi family that we are already familiar with. ”

Old Man Ming bowed slightly, "You can call the shots about these." ”

If these words were put four or five years ago, let alone other people, even the old man Ming himself who said this, he would never believe that he would one day give his little granddaughter who has not yet come out of the cabinet such a big voice and decision-making power.

Because in the eyes of the vast majority of people, including the old man Ming, a little girl who has not yet left the cabinet can't afford anything, let alone handle all the affairs of the two Zhuangzi, that is, let them be the masters to entertain a guest, and the adults in the family will inevitably have to worry and worry about everything.

But in the past few years, Mingyue has won the recognition and trust of Old Man Ming and other Ming family members with her outstanding performance again and again.

She first briefly reported the accounts of the two Zhuangzi to Old Man Ming, and then asked Old Man Ming what kind of property he was going to buy this year.

Old Man Ming had already heard Mingyue say that he would open another mill and an oil mill in the village, so he had already set aside the amount of silver needed according to Mingyue's estimate.

Besides, when the winter moon or wax moon comes, the Ming family should also hold two happy events, which is another sum of silver.

He estimated the silver taels he brought, "You can buy another one for this kind of house with a shop, it's best to buy it near here, and it will be convenient to take care of it in the future." If there is a good village of about 200 acres, and the price is right, I would like to buy two. ”

What the old man didn't say was that the house and one of the Zhuangzi, he and Mrs. Ming were going to accompany Mingyue as a dowry, and the house was bought nearby, and Mingyue could often come back to her mother's house in the future, Yu Jiayan and Mingxu They can also come and go often and take care of each other.

Mingyue, who didn't know that Old Man Ming and Mrs. Ming were already preparing to send her married, bowed slightly when she heard this, "Then I'll invite Sun Yaren over and ask later." ”

Old Man Ming nodded, "Cheng, if there is any silver left, let's consider buying some others." ”

"Then you and my third uncle will sit first, and I'll go to Sun Ya's house." Mingyue is a cool personality who does what she says, and she doesn't want Old Man Ming to be idle in this house.

Rather than let him worry about it, Mingyue would rather find him something to do.

After she had been gone for about two quarters of an hour, Sun Yaren was invited by her to the second courtyard of the Ming family.

It was also a coincidence, Mingyue was on the way to Sun's house, and happened to meet Sun Yaren who had just come back from the suburbs.

When Sun Yaren heard that his family was going to buy a house and land again, he hurriedly drove the donkey cart and Mingyue to see the old man Ming.

After everyone greeted each other, Zheng Caixia brought tea to Sun Yaren to drink.

Sun Yaren was also not polite, sat down opposite Old Man Ming, drank tea and began to introduce to him the existing real estate and grange at hand.