Duan Ling'er, He Shen's family, and Duan Yu returned from Duan's mansion, and the three of them were not in a very good mood along the way.

Shen pursed her lips and didn't speak, she was used to seeing the eldest lady's face in the past, and she didn't feel anything like a dead tree, but now she knows that she and her children are capable, and the feeling of being trampled on at will is particularly bad.

Duan Yu's face turned pale, and he was silent for a long time and said to the coachman: "Hurry up, go back early, I really don't want to stay in this mansion for a day." ”

Duan Ling'er smiled: "Yes, let's hurry back to our Zhuangzi, the servants are still waiting for us." ”

An Niang nodded: "The house always feels tense, it's not as comfortable as our Zhuangzi." ”

At one word, several people smiled slightly.

Ruyi was quite touched, and she handed the tea to the masters: "It is really a blessing to have a master with a good temperament, a capable and temperamental master." ”

Duan Ling'er took the tea and took a sip and said: "Being a person is good, everything is beautiful, there are only two problems, and you must not have them." ”

Duan Yu's eyes flashed: "Sister, which two?" ”

Duan Ling'er said: "The first thing is to be arrogant and not look at others. is a little capable and powerful, so he goes around to collide with others, teases others, and provokes a soft and measured stool, if he accidentally provokes the executioner who kills people without seeing blood, how can the other party let it go gently? was targeted by those jackals, tigers and leopards, as long as the other party made a little trick, I was afraid that he would even give his life. ”

Shen Shi and Duan Yu nodded silently when they heard this, and Ruyi and An Niang also listened attentively.

"What about the second one?" Ruyi asked.

"The second is that he is harsh, but like a raging fire. If you don't vote, you will be irritable like thunder, and the two suns will explode. If he is a master, the slave will be beaten at the slightest mistake. If it is to others, slightly touching his temperament, he will scold and scold, and no matter what dirty and dirty words are poked at the heart, he will take them out and talk nonsense, hurting the other party's heart, or he will be angry with a blow, jump up directly, turn it over, and hold a family fire in his hand, and beat him without a head or brain, this kind of person often ends up with his wife and wife, and his friends are estranged, and he ends up very miserable. ”

Ruyi thought so, nodded vigorously and said: "My original master is like this, if he is not careful, he will beat people, and he will beat people fiercely, the slaves are afraid, most of them scattered and fled, and within a few years, the original master's family was in a mess, and killed people, and the whole family was caught and arrested, and those who fled quickly dispersed." ”

An Niang said indignantly: "All those who are slaves are difficult to establish because of their poor families, so they take refuge in others." One is to draw a ready-made clothes, and the other is to hope that the head of the family will have a prosperous life, bring the scenery, touch something, do a small family business, and live happily for the rest of his life. If he serves diligently morning and evening, and does his best to do nothing, but ends up in constant humiliation and pain from him, what is the benefit of such a person who does not know what to do? If you really want to be abused by your master, you can sue the yamen, and the official always has to be the master. ”

Duan Ling'er half-closed her eyes, and her eyelashes fell slightly: "As the old saying goes, Yun Liangchen chooses the master and does things, and the good bird chooses the tree to perch." Even though the slave is of humble status, he must also choose a good head, work hard in exchange for food and warm clothing, and find some money to make a home. It's all reasonable. ”

Duan Yu seemed to be very inspired after listening to it, and he kept recalling these words in his heart, reminding himself to take precautions as early as possible from the two points of arrogance and arrogance and strict temperament, and not to get used to it.

An Niang sighed: "It's a pity that everyone in our nine rooms knows this truth, the big room and other habits are used to bullying people, Xiao Su's fox is a fox and a tiger, and a peaceful life will be sneered at, which is really boring." ”

Duan Ling'er smiled slightly: "The gold and silver for a while are things that pass by the hand, and there is no ability to be around, so what is rare about a little gold and silver in your hands and a little power?" What is there to be proud of? If you really have a high level of talent, you can pick up the pen and say ten thousand words in an instant without a draft, which is the real skill. Life is like a cloud of smoke, as long as there is food to eat when you are hungry, clothes to wear when you are cold, you are not sick, you are not sad, and the whole family is safe and sound. As for those who tend to be powerful, we are far away from their nests, and it is not worth being angry with these people, and we have wasted our minds in vain. ”

Shen Shiming's eyes changed sharply: "We also have a lot of progress these days, we have wisdom in our heads, silver in our pockets, and the ability to continue to generate silver, and we have to carry it straighter than others, so we are naturally not afraid of others stepping on it, but this is still far from 1,250 taels of silver, Ling'er, let's not rush in." ”

Duan Ling'er spun a copper coin between his fingers and said: "Half of the income of these days will be kept for saving, and the other half will continue to buy land." ”

"Buying a field?" Duan Yu's eyes widened involuntarily: "Although there is still more than half a month in the agreed time, the silver is still far behind, isn't it even worse to use it to buy land?" ”

Duan Ling'er said: "May is a good time to buy a field, we can see which field is fertile, which field is well cultivated, and we can also see how the plants on it grow, and if you don't buy a field now, do you wait for the autumn harvest or midwinter to buy it?" Brother, the Grange is a long-term stream, and you must not be short-sighted. I've already figured out where to get the rest of the money. In the past few days, Uncle Geng and An Niang have accompanied their mother and brother to see Tian, Xiaowen went to inquire, and how is Xiuzhu's injury? ”

Ruyi replied: "Xiuzhu's injury is better, and she will be able to go to the ground in a few days." ”

Duan Ling'er nodded: "The decoction can't be broken, she was originally a young lady from a rich and noble family, and her body was already delicate, and she suffered this great disaster last time, but now she naturally has to take care of her body." ”

Shen was silent for a while, and finally covered up his light blue silk coat and made a decision in his heart.

She knew that Duan Yu's Zhuangzi was nearly twenty percent less than Duan Tianya's other farms, and now as a small landlord, she would inevitably look at those big landlords and envy their more prosperous and free lives.

Now that her daughter says that she wants to have a larger family property and land, she is a little uncertain in her heart.

But she thought about it again, what her daughter said also made sense, only if there are more fields, the output can be more, and May is indeed a good month to buy new fields.

"Mother?" Duan Ling'er leaned over and asked.

Shen nodded, meaning yes.

……

A few days later, Shen was optimistic about Tian and made a deal.

It turned out that there was a big family near this Zhuangzi, who had a smooth life in his sixties, but gave birth to a ruined son.

This big family is rich in furniture and has a lot of land, but the only son is raised very poorly, specializing in prostitution and gambling, and finally his father is angry to death.

This loser was with a group of people who had no time to rejoice, finished their belongings, and gradually shook the industry, saying that the sporadic sales were uneven, and they simply sold the land to maintain their extravagant expenses.

His family has 1,000 acres of land, and now he sells 100 acres first, bargains for more than 300 taels, and has to pay enough silver at one time.

The rich people in other villages couldn't afford to scrape together a lot of silver for a while, Geng Liang was fishing by the river, chatting with his former neighbors, and accidentally learned the news, and immediately reported back to the Shen family, and the Shen family even went to the grange to see each other, and then made an appointment the next day, and the transaction was made directly, and after the land deed, even some tenants were transferred to the name of Duanfu.

Early in the morning on the day of the transaction, Geng Liang bought some new fruits, combined the fresh eggs, duck eggs in his yard, and handed over some fish and shrimp to Geng Dabao for arrangement.

Wen Niang brewed an urn of good rice wine, and when Duan Yu and Shen returned, the afternoon sun was bright.

Duan Ling'er has already raised a new plaque in the main courtyard, and from now on, his brother's Zhuangzi is no longer a dilapidated Heishui Grange, but is called Guifu Village.

More than 20 people above and below Zhuangzi were all happy, and each of them smacked their tongues and wiped their mouths, and they were very happy.

Tuanzi has fed all kinds of fish and shrimp fat several times these days, and at this time he is lying at Duan Ling'er's feet with his belly basking in the sun.

And because of dead fish and dead shrimp, chicken dung, duck dung, cat dung, etc., Duan Ling'er arranged for people to irrigate the flowers and trees on the Zhuangzi, and now the trees are not so sick and timid, and they look energetic.

Duan Yu ordered the tenants to reduce the rent, and each family sent a new quilt to keep for the winter after the New Year, although it was still far from the New Year, but the tenants all trembled and accepted it with tears in their eyes.

Duan Ling'er's series of actions were as fast as the wind, and she didn't give Su Lao Er any time to breathe, Su Lao Er came to see him several times, and Geng Dabao and Wen Chang invited them back, but Duan Ling'er and the three of them refused to show their faces.

The main hall with thin curtains fills the room with sunlight.

The servants were all eating their own lunch, and the Shen family also spared An Niang's Ruyi Xiaowen's care and let them each go to have a good meal.

In addition to the dumplings in the main hall, there are only three people in the nine rooms kissing and eating sweetly, and the atmosphere is very beautiful.

At this time, Shen put down his chopsticks and said with a little worry: "This Su steward has been saying cruel words, and it's not a way for us to see each other like this, right?" ”

Duan Yuxiu frowned, and didn't raise his head: "We are the master, he is just a steward, and he still wants to cover up the dirty things he does?" Now that the tenants are doing better, they don't know what to say when they come to us again, so it's better not to be clean. ”

Duan Ling'er stirred a piece of fermented bean curd in millet porridge, then took a sip and said: "Exactly, he has been grinding for half a month, and the Duan Mansion Xiao Su Clan should have already gotten the news, I'm afraid these things should also be passed on to the eldest lady." It's time for us to go and beat the drums. ”

Duan Yu held half of the salted duck egg in his hand and raised his eyes: "Sister." What drums to beat? ”

Duan Ling'er smiled slightly: "Naturally, it is a drum of grievances." ”

The sun shone on Duan Ling'er's face through the window, and golden points of light danced on her thick eyelashes.

For others, this is the most ordinary sunny day, but in Duan Ling'er's opinion, this is the first time in so many years that they are about to start a serious counterattack on the surface.

The fragrance of impatiens fills the sunny day of May.