Thinking of this, Chen Jifa was glad that his mother-in-law came with him today. Otherwise, with his temper, he would definitely be entangled with Aunt Cha here now. If there are too many people and they come around, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, the more Chen Jifa looked at Ye, the more pleasing he felt to the eye. Although he is much worse than himself in terms of strategy, he is still influenced by himself in the end, and he is still smart.

Tightening the bag and patting the mud on the shoes, Chen Jifa and the others were just about to leave, when they met Fan who went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables and returned.

Walking towards him, Fan's small waist twisted as much as ever. Seeing that both of the Ye family were a little embarrassed, and their eyes were a little evasive and unnatural, the Fan family roughly knew what was going on.

With the fifth aunt's temperament, they naturally can't please anything good.

And judging from Aunt Cha's words in the morning, she is probably going to cheat this time, and she won't pay the fifty wen at all.

"Village chief, madam, are you two collecting cash? Hey, it's so cold! You've worked hard for everyone's sake. That, this is the wead I grew at home, I just picked two of them, do you want to take one back and taste it? ”

As he spoke, Fan handed over a dish in his hand, and looked at Chen Jifa with affection with his ten fingers.

As soon as Chen Jifa came into contact with Fan's gaze, his whole body was like electricity, soft and weak, and the anger just now was completely gone, and he looked at Fan with a smile.

Chen Jifa was about to speak, but Ye squeezed in front of him to block him, and pushed the dish back to Fan, and then said, "Yo, Sister Fan, you are really polite." It's just that we don't eat everything at home. Like this kind of herb, that is, the noodles look tender, but in fact, the inside is very old, and it can't be bitten, and our family uses it to feed pigs. ”

The tone of Ye's speech sounded tactful, but it didn't sound so good. What does it mean to be tender on the face and old on the inside? Is this talking about people or herbs?

Moreover, the little daughter-in-law in the village knew that this Fan family was half a year older than the Ye family, so she naturally knew the meaning of Ye's words.

Thinking of this, Fan snorted, as if it was caused by the cold nasal congestion, sent an aggrieved look to Chen Ji, and pouted: "What Madam said is that I just saw that you were tired and greeted kindly." Since I don't need it, I'll go home first. ”

As he spoke, he twisted his waist and left, and the twisting curve provoked Chen Jifa to cross Ye and stare at her hips.

Seeing this, Ye was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Sure enough, all the men in the world are the same, and they can't take their eyes off their eyes when they see the little daughter-in-law who looks a little thoughtful. This Fan family is really, dare to do this in front of her, if she is not there, maybe something will happen!

However, before she could speak, she heard Chen Jifa say: "The sister of the Fan family is also kind, why do you say you are so mean?" Do you have to be happy if everyone is like Aunt Cha Wu? I'm the village head, so naturally I want to have a good relationship with everyone. ”

As he spoke, he walked forward with an unhappy face. There were still a few families on the west side of the village who had not paid the money, and he had to collect it.

Ye Shi hated not to speak in the back, but he was thinking about how to win back a game. Almost all the men and women in this village like Fan, and it is not easy for her to put on small shoes for others.

It's just that the days are still long, just wait and see.

In the evening, he counted the silver that had been collected, and when he saw that the amount was correct, Chen Jifa put the silver away, and Ye prepared all the things needed to enter the city tomorrow, and the two went to bed.

On the second day, with the hope of the whole village, with the money that the villagers had either willingly or forcedly scraped together, Chen Jifa crossed the town and took an ox cart to Guiyan County.

This is the closest place to go to Yingchuan from Qingshan County.

As for going by ox cart instead of a horse-drawn carriage, it is naturally because the carriage is too expensive to be worth it. And all the money saved belongs to him, and he buys wine and leaves and cigarettes.

When he arrived in Guiyan County, after eating, Chen Jifa opened the joint through the eldest nephew of the cousin of the younger brother of the second daughter-in-law of the Yang family in the village, and successfully entrusted Qin, the most literate person in the Guiyan Academy, to repair a book for Master Qin, and paid three times the amount of silver to bring the letter to the Chen family in Yingchuan at full speed.

In the letter, Chen Jifa, on behalf of all the villagers of Chenjia Village, euphemistically stated the situation of Chenjia Village, revealing a strong desire to invite the Yingchuan Chen family to visit Chenjia Village, and hoped to gather together during this year's Qingming Festival to discuss the matter of worshiping ancestors.

Qin Fuzi is worthy of everyone, the writing naturally has nothing to say, and the ideas and logic are also very clear. As soon as Chen Jifa said it, he understood. The wonderful writing and the calligraphy are quite disciplined, which makes people admire.

The attraction of triple the road price is not covered, after all, it is real silver.

Soon, Yingchuan Chen had a reply.

Because Master Qin pointed out in the letter that this letter needed to be handed over to Chen Jifa's son Chen Qianfan, who was studying in Qingshan Academy in Qingshan County, and Chen Jifa had confessed to his son before, Chen Qianfan, who received the reply, was not surprised.

It's just that he didn't take it apart immediately, because he always had a bad premonition. He vaguely felt that the letter would bring only bad news.

From the very beginning, Chen Qianfan did not support this matter, because he had studied at Qingshan Academy for so many years, and naturally he had much more knowledge than the villagers. I am used to stepping on the low and praising the high, and I am sure that this thing is not easy to achieve.

Thinking of this, he decided not to open it for the time being, but to read the letter with his family when he returned home in a few days. Anyway, now the demolition and the home demolition are the same, and the ending has been decided.

Finally waiting for the college to be closed, Chen Qianfan hurriedly packed up and prepared to go home, carrying this reply letter that all the villagers of Chenjia Village had been looking forward to day and night.

Just as he was about to take the car out of the city gate, after thinking about it, he went to the famous Yuan Ji pastry shop in the county to buy some exquisite pastries, and went to Li Ji Liquor Store to buy a small jar of good wine, and then walked slowly towards Chenjia Village.

Since he was sure that this letter would not bring good news, Chen Qianfan wanted to rely on these two things to get out, so as not to make his village chief father angry with him.

As a son, he naturally didn't dare to evaluate his own father. However, this does not mean that he does not know what the villagers say about Chen Jifa.

So, if you can coax it, if you can't coax it, well, then run back to the academy.

In this way, with pastries in his arms and wine in his hands, when Chen Qianfan walked into his yard, Ye was talking to Chen Jifa.

Listening to Chen Qianfan say that he brought back the letter he had been looking forward to, Chen Jifa looked confident, proudly brewed a cup of tea that he was usually reluctant to drink, and sat leisurely on the chair he often sat on, putting on a full posture, so that his son would come to listen to the book.

Slowly and apprehensively opened the letter, glanced at Ye's family, and was encouraged, Chen Qianfan began to read the letter. From the beginning, he had the same thoughts as the Ye family, and he also persuaded Chen Jifa, but he refused to listen.

The more Chen Qianfan thought about it, the more his heart sank. Sure enough, the content of this letter was the same as I expected, and it was not good news.

This letter first cordially greeted the villagers of Chenjia Village on behalf of the ancestors of the Chen family, and expressed regret for everyone's situation. And his phrasing, calligraphy skills, and logical thinking are all better than those of Master Qin.

To Chen Jifa's disappointment, the letter politely rejected Chenjiacun's suggestion to invite Qingming to get together on the grounds that the journey was long, the elderly elites could not bear it, and it was not suitable for long-distance travel.

What's even more infuriating is that the reply also vaguely revealed that Chenjiacun did not originate from Yingchuan at all.

A few large pages are sprinkled with enthusiasm, in fact, to put it bluntly, you people in Chenjia Village are still dead, we will not let people of unknown origin like you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors.

This crepe crepe words are full of twists and turns, and naturally Chen Jifa and Ye Shi can not understand. So Chen Qianfan translated it in everyday language nervously, waiting for his father to go crazy.

Knowing a father is like a son.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Qianfan finished translating, he heard Chen Jifa's mouth start to swear words.

"Something, they say no, it's not. A bunch of dog-eyed snobs who look down on people! What is difficult to verify, it's not because I think our village is poor and doesn't look down on us, for fear that we will climb away. If there are people in our village who are officials in the court, I don't think they will find it difficult to test......

The latter words are really hard to hear, and the cows can't step on them, so don't mention them.

Seeing the angry Chen Jifa, Chen Qianfan was a little helpless, thought about it, hurriedly took out the jar of good wine, and complimented Chen Jifa a few words: "Dad, I can't blame you for this, I only blame those people for being too snobbish." You have also worked hard during this time, and your son bought you a jar of good wine. If you want to say that this wine is really hard to buy, my son also went to the queue early in the morning to buy it. ”

After speaking, he pushed the wine jar in front of Chen Jifa's eyes, and took the opportunity to take out the pastry and handed it to his mother Ye.

Seeing this, Ye Shi didn't understand, touched his son, praised him a few words, and let him go down: "You go to the house first, don't worry, everything has a mother, go, be good." ”

For Chen Qianfan, the youngest and most promising son, the Ye family is naturally very loving.

With the consent of Chen Jifa and Ye, Chen Qianfan stuck out his tongue and hurriedly retreated.

Seeing his son leave, Chen Jifa scolded some dirty words that were difficult to hear, and Ye Shizhi frowned when he heard it. But after thinking about it, she didn't stop it, because she naturally knew why her husband was angry.

Ye picked up the pastries bought by his son, sat down next to Chen Jifa, and drank the tea brewed by Chen Jifa while eating the pastries.

After swearing and putting away the letter, the sullenness in Chen Jifa's heart disappeared slightly. It's just that in a blink of an eye, I remembered that the money spent to deliver the letter was a lot, although it was fundraising.

The anger that had finally dissipated came back at him, and he slammed his pipe on the corner of the table.

Ye Shi felt that his anger should be almost out, so he put down the pastry and said, "Okay, don't knock!" The knock makes people feel annoyed. At this point, it won't help you just knock the table to pieces. How did I persuade you to come, but you didn't listen......"

To say that the Ye family's mother's family has some family background, and because it is a businessman, it has been in contact with all three religions and nine streams, and it is somewhat knowledgeable.

Therefore, as soon as this suggestion was put forward, Yip disagreed. He also consulted his son, who was studying in the city, and the mother and son had the same opinion, so they sincerely persuaded Chen Jifa not to do this, or not to take the lead, and let others do it.

Helplessly, Chen Jifa and the clan elders were immersed in the benefits of this success, so they naturally couldn't listen to Ye's advice, and only felt that she had "long hair and short knowledge".

And it turns out that longer hair is sometimes actually more "long".

Seeing Chen Jifa staring at her with an unkind face, Ye's heart was a little empty, knowing that what he had just said was quite a bit of "which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned", and immediately changed the topic.

"I mean, now, instead of getting angry with yourself, you should think about how to explain to the villagers. After all, everyone is full of hope. ”

Ye didn't say anything, this statement made Chen Jifa even more indignant: the silver was collected from door to door in the village, and every household shared it equally, even a few families with foreign surnames.

On the whole, the cashier was still very smooth, and most of the villagers still supported it, especially the villagers surnamed Chen.

Everyone agrees that recognizing ancestors and returning to their ancestors is always a big deal, but it just costs dozens of dollars. There is a foreign surname who is unwilling to give money, Chen Jifa is also coercive and tempting, listing all kinds of benefits of recognizing ancestors and returning to their ancestors, and he patted his chest and packed the ticket to be successful.

After some hard work, he was able to collect the three times the cost of the journey plus his round-trip fare.

Of course, he himself was a little ignorant. However, the money had already entered his stomach and mouth, or turned into smoke or dung, and could not be recovered in any way.

Now, how can we explain it to the villagers without causing public outrage? He is not afraid of the anger of the villagers, to be honest, he has experienced it all these years as the village chief. It is also becoming more and more handy in handling village affairs.

He was afraid that the villagers would ask him to return the money.

Except for a few wealthy households, most of the people in the village are still struggling to make ends meet. If he heard that the matter was not done, he would probably have to return the money.

And there are shrews like Aunt Cha waiting for him there. If she knew the truth, with her temperament of fearing that the world would not be chaotic, she would not die with him to the end.

It's just that what he didn't know was that what he feared most had happened. Aunt Cha happened to be outside just now and heard the whole story.

Without him, just because Chen Yuang knew about this matter, he asked Aunt Cha to come to the door with fifty yuan to make amends, and by the way, pay the silver.

Although she was reluctant, Aunt Zha knew that her son was telling the truth and should not fall out with the village for fifty yuan, so she took the silver to Chen Jifa's house to prepare to make up for it.

I didn't know, but I heard such news.

After sneering, Aunt Cha put the fifty wen back in her waist and went home. Hmph, he Chen Jifa also has today.

Seeing her father-in-law's sad face, the Ye family was also a little unbearable, and she probably knew what he was worried about, and in the final analysis, it was also for the sake of this family.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Ye Shi said while looking at Chen Jifa's face: "The explanation must be explained, but now it is estimated that it will not work." It's better to distract everyone by saying something bigger, and then talk about it lightly. You put the letter away first, anyway, except for our son, no one else knows that they have received a reply. ”

When Chen Jifa heard it, it was a good idea. I have to say that my wife is in a hurry. In the past few years, she has come up with a lot of ideas in the thorny affairs of the village.

But where can I find something greater than this for a while? Chen Jifa thought hard.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Ye did not bother him, and went into the house to look for his son. Just now, she looked at her son as if he had lost weight. It seems that studying is really a very hard thing, and you have to think of ways to make up for him.

When her son is a talent and even a jinshi, she doesn't mind if Yingchuan Chen recognizes them. She can see that this person has to have it herself, and the rest is fake.

Chen Qianfan was lying on the bed in a daze, thinking about how to comfort his father. These days, although he is far away from studying in the academy in the town, he is still very clear about the whole story.

Chen Jifa and the enthusiasm and wishes of the villagers naturally understood him, and he even looked forward to it for a few days.

The academy he studied was called Qingshan Academy, and it was estimated that it was named after Qingshan County. Although it doesn't sound atmospheric, as soon as you hear it, you will know that it is the best academy in Qingshan County. After all, even the yamen of Qingshan County is called the yamen of Qingshan County.

There are several academies in the city, but from the perspective of teachers, Qingshan County Academy is naturally in the first place.

Almost all of the masters of the other academies are down-and-out talents, or they can't be lifted after years of examination, but the masters of Qingshan County Academy are different, in addition to Xiucai, there are also masters who lift people, which is a little different.

Xiucai has only passed the most basic examination and is completely separated from the toiling masses, but compared with lifting people, it is much worse.

There are many down-and-out talents, but poor people are rare. And the experience of the two is also different, the experience of lifting people is much richer, if you seriously guide the students, it is naturally not comparable to the show.

In addition, the dean of the academy didn't know how to operate, and actually climbed up to the two great gods Lu Lao and Xu Lao, who were born in Jinshi and were at home. These two men are well-known throughout the country.

Although he is old now, he is idle at home, and he does not have the prestige of being an official, but his name is still there. Although the two of them only came to the college occasionally, with a reputation similar to that of modern visiting professors, this made Castle Peak College quickly distance itself from the other two colleges and became a good college that nearby students dreamed of.

The style of study in this academy is naturally good, but it does not prevent students from forming gangs. As for whose family background is good, it is not a secret who has more money. Like Chen Qianshan, he can't be ranked at all.

But fortunately, there are also some of these students from poor families, plus Chen Qianfan has a good academic performance, is low-key, and has a good reputation.

Thinking of everything Chen Jifa had done to be able to enter this academy, Chen Qianfan secretly swore in his heart that he must take the exam to make Chen Jifa happy, so as to live up to his and Ye's efforts.

Thinking of being distracted, he didn't see Ye come in.

As soon as Ye entered the door, what he saw was Chen Qianfan frowning and clenching his fists, and he felt a little distressed for no reason.

She and Chen Ji had three children, the eldest Chen Qian didn't have Huigen, and his mind was not on studying, so he learned a craft early, and Ye took out a dowry to open up the joints, and finally rented a shop in the county and became his own boss.

The second Chen Qianfeng is a daughter, and she is about to reach the age of marriage, but she has never allowed anyone, just waiting for Chen Qianfan to be admitted to the examination and be able to make a good family.

Chen Qianfan was obedient to urinate, studied and motivated, and passed the children's examination early. In addition, it is the old man, and the Ye family will inevitably prefer some.

No, seeing that he had lost weight, and he looked like this again, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, because he stepped forward and took his hand and said: "Silly boy, you don't have to worry about family affairs, just study well, everything has me." ”

Chen Qianfan's studies are good, but when he encounters today's kind of thing, it is indeed beyond his ability, although he wants to make a contribution, but he thinks that what Ye said is good, so he has to give up.

As soon as the vacation was over, he immediately returned to the academy and worked harder.

Chen Qianfan rested at home for the past two days, and he didn't know what Ye said to Chen Jifa in the evening, in short, Chen Jifa didn't show any anger.

As soon as Chen Qianfan left, Ye Shi saw Chen Jifa, who was still gloomy, and said angrily: "If you want to say that you have been the head of this village for many years, I shouldn't have said anything to a woman." However, when Qianfan came back, why did you get angry in front of him? You also know that this kid is the most thoughtful, and he can't see anything happen at home. You don't know, he's been absent-minded for the past two days. If this affects his studies, I'm not done with you. ”

was said by the Ye family, Chen Jifa was a little unable to get down on face, fortunately, the boss was doing business in the county, and the daughter went to find her best friend Chen Wumei, there was no one else in the family except him and Ye, and I thought that Chen Qianfan had really looked preoccupied in the past two days, and the fire was half gone.

Ye Shi is right, the most important thing in the family now is Chen Qianfan's studies, if he can be lifted, let alone these few taels of silver, when the time comes, it will be dozens of taels and someone will automatically send them to the door.

So he smiled and said, "This is also something I didn't consider for a while, by the way, didn't you say that you want to give that tonic to your son?" ”

Hearing Chen Jifa say this, Ye knew that he had figured it out, so he said half-angrily and half-angrily: "I have already served my son, when you think about it, hum ......"

After gossiping for a while, Ye took the initiative to say: "I can't blame you for the matter of silver. To say that you are also thinking about the interests of everyone, not for yourself. I want to explain it to the villagers. Anyway, you don't know yet, you can figure out how to say it. ”

Chen Jifa said: "It's easy for you to say, you don't know these people in the village, and you can't be stingy." Others are okay to say, but Aunt Cha and Huang are the most difficult, and I feel uncomfortable when I think of these two people. ”

Ye Shiyuan is also a pungent person, but in order to maintain the image of the village chief's wife, he has been restrained and endured all these years. Listening to Chen Jifa say this, he also instantly understood Chen Jifa's difficulties.

Indeed, these two mothers-in-law are not easy to deal with. In case they were not satisfied, and they asked the other villagers to make trouble together, although the silver was not much, they were always unwilling to take it out.

Thinking of this, Ye Shi said: "Then wait and see, don't get angry, let's think of a way together." ”

Maybe it's the wish of the heavens, and soon, Chen Jifa's opportunity came.

Just when Chen Jifa and the others were thinking hard about countermeasures, something was quietly brewing in the village.

At the beginning, when Chen Jifa was walking around the village, some villagers always told him that this year's January seemed to be a little different from previous years, even a little abnormal, because they didn't feel the cold that this season should have.

Chen Jixing didn't care in the slightest. What's so strange about the weather getting warmer, after all, it's about to start spring.

Besides, isn't it good if it's not cold in winter, and doesn't it have to be like freezing pigs and dogs? I really don't know what these ignorant villagers are thinking all day long. They can't stand it when it's cold, and they have to complain when it's warmer.

But what he didn't expect was that as time went on, more and more villagers began to talk about it.

At the same time, the old people in the village also felt that this winter was obviously not as difficult as the previous winter, and the joint pain that would come with this season was fortunate not to come this year, making them seem to be a few years younger.

The oncoming wind is a little warm, not like in previous years, the sharp knife cut the skin painfully. In the words of Mr. Cen, a private school in the village, it is "the wind that blows the willows and does not chill".

After all, warmth is more often just a subjective feeling of the individual, and in the era when there was no thermometer, it seemed impossible to measure it objectively and accurately.

Until the apricot blossoms of Chen Erniu's house bloomed, the villagers' discussions and uneasiness were pushed to **.