"If you want me to say, since you originally set two stones of rice and three taels of silver, my nephew, although your current conditions are a little worse, it is not on this tael of silver. However, what we want to say is that in the future, you should also do more to the old man, and the second nephew has not climbed how many silver taels you have, so you can't contribute neither money nor effort? It's better to be like this in the future, the two old men are really unable to move, eldest nephew, this is your responsibility, the second child of silver can give more, but you are the eldest son, this power must be paid by you, do you agree? The uncle asked.

These words really went to the hearts of Zeng Ruixiang and Shen, and Zeng Ruiqing had some reflection because of Ziquan's matter some time ago, he is not a stupid person like Chunyu, he has also been a clerk in the official office for 20 years, how can he not have any knowledge? In those few days, he was just forced by Zeng Ruixiang to be annoyed and angry, and he didn't speak through his brain, and as soon as this matter passed, he already regretted it a little. At this moment, after listening to the words of the two uncles, he hurriedly said: "It should be, it depends on the two uncles." ”

"In order for you to be less involved in the future, I simply wrote the paperwork today, nephew, it's not that we don't believe you, but you have already repented first." The uncle said.

Zeng Ruiqing had to admit it when he heard it, he was going to screw up with the two uncles again, but it was really not good, his mother and uncle were big, they would not help him hide it like the old man and the Tian family, and fulfill his reputation.

The school is next to it, the pen and ink are ready-made, this document was quickly set up, in triplicate, the uncle has a copy in his hand, to the effect that now Zeng Ruixiang has more silver to serve the elderly, and when the old man's hands and feet are not good, or can not move, he will be sent to the ancestral house, and will be raised by Zeng Ruiqing.

As for Chunyu, she went back first, and in the future, she was not allowed to go back to her parents' house except for the New Year.

Shen and Zeng Ruixiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Ziqing heard about it. He also said: "It's still good like this." We'd rather spend money to buy a quiet. ”

With Tian's temperament, who will accompany her to toss? But Ziqing didn't say it in front of Zeng Ruixiang. [~]

On this day, Lin An came back and was overjoyed, saying that Kangzhuang's wheat production had increased this year, and it was estimated that last year's wheat seeds were well picked. After the increase in production by one percent, Ziqing calculated, there will be a yield of 220 catties per mu, reaching the level of ordinary dry land. But. The newly bought plot of land was a little worse, it was the first year of wheat planting, and it was only about 17. Fortunately, there is no tax.

"This increase in production is enough for us to pay taxes, and Master Fu has ordered all these wheat, asking for noodles and flour. It costs more than a pound than what we sold to the tooth shop, and the silver for building a new house in the village will come out. You know, you have to be happy. Lin An said with a smile. Lin Kangping went out to Yuecheng.

"What about the two?" Ziqing asked.

"It's a little higher than the average, and there are only four or five catties more than one acre of land, and I let them pick all the wheat seeds this year." Lin An said.

After Lin An went down, after a while, Xiao Fan came over and said that Lin Xing asked to see him at the gate of the courtyard, and there were two beggars. It looked very miserable, and asked the master what he meant.

"What else do you ask? Send the stove room to give a bowl of hot soup and hot rice to eat, and there are old clothes, pick up two bodies and give them them, and give them a string of money. ”

Lin Xing went out for a while, then came over again and said, "Master, they saw the master's things and copper coins. Kowtowed three times. Ask if you can stay and reward them with a bowl of rice. They are really pitiful, the old grandfather is old, the uncle's hand is still useless, saying that he used to work in some copper mine, carelessly, his hand was burned, sent home, and the land could not be planted, and the compensation given by the mine made his mother-in-law run away, they said, you can give our family a guard, don't need wages, just eat and live. ”

Ziqing was confused and asked, "How many people are there?" What is their relationship? ”

"It's a couple of masters, both came down from the mine, and they don't know how to farm, the big one is sixty, the younger one is more than forty, and there is no one in the family, and it looks strange and pitiful. [~]”

Copper mine, Ziqing had a thought in her heart, and before she could straighten it out, Xiao Fan Xiaolan pleaded for the two with tears in her eyes after listening to it.

Ziqing thought for a while and said, "Bring them in, in the courtyard, I will ask a few words through the curtain." ”

Lin Xing hurriedly ran to bring the two of them over, and Ziqing only saw two pairs of big black feet through the gap in the door curtain, and there was only a pair of straw sandals on the feet that could not be seen. The two knelt outside the curtain and said, "Thank you for the bowl of hot rice to eat, we haven't eaten such a good thing for a long time." If we are not embarrassed, we want to find something to do in the house, look at the gate or raise some chickens and ducks, we just want to have food and clothing. The old man who spoke listened to the tone of his voice and was still a scholar.

"I heard that you all came down from the copper mine, and I want to ask where you are in the copper mine? Also, what do you do in the copper mines? ”

"We came down from the copper mine in Yuanzhou, and my father used to dig mines, and then he learned from his master and did mineral processing. I am a copper smelter, my left hand was accidentally burned by soaked bile water, and when I saw that my father was old and I couldn't do anything, I gave fifty taels of silver to return to my hometown to retire. "It must be the son who spoke, but he was also kind, and he didn't speak ill of the mother-in-law who ran away with the money.

A beneficiator, also mining, a copper smelting, bile water, Ziqing carefully recalled the chemistry he had learned, there seemed to be two methods of copper smelting in ancient times, one is to reduce copper oxide with carbon at high temperature, and the other is to reduce copper sulfate with iron, by the way, this seems to be what kind of bile water, and Ziqing can't remember the specifics.

But no matter how hard I remember, Ziqing also knew that there was a huge open-pit copper mine in the vicinity in later generations, and Ziqing went there for an internship, and the important thing was not only the copper mine, but the copper mud after smelting the copper, which was black and had a high gold content. It's just that I wonder if there is a limit on the mining of minerals in this dynasty?

After talking, Ziqing learned that the two of them were surnamed Qian, because they worked in the mine all the year round, they basically couldn't do farming, and their hands were not convenient, so no one was willing to hire them, so they had to beg for a living.

"Mr. Qian, I would like to ask, is the mine owned by private individuals in the mining area where you are located? Where do you sell all the copper you make? ”

"Don't dare to be, this mine seems to have heard that it is a partnership of several people, as for where the things are sold, we really don't know this, we are just doing things, where can we inquire about these things?" Mr. Qian said.

Ziqing saw that she couldn't ask anything useful, so she told Lin An to send them to Kangzhuang, nothing else, it's always okay to raise a duck, I really want them to eat white rice, I'm afraid they won't feel comfortable in their hearts.

As soon as they were sent away, Shen came and asked, "I just saw that Lin An brought two flowers out, why did you still come to flowers?" ”

As soon as Ziqing said the words, Shen said: "It's really strange and pitiful, just take it as a good deed, if this person doesn't do a good deed, God will punish him sooner or later." Your aunt's family is the best example, she has calculated others all her life, and in turn she has been calculated by others in the end. ”

"What's the matter, can my grandma speak?" The day after hearing that Tian had a stroke, Ziqing went to see it with Shen, but the old lady was not in a good mood when she saw them, and she was probably still blaming Ziqing for not reaching out to pull them.

"Not yet, it's the sixth day." Shen's days are also boring, everyone knows that Tian's is sick, no matter how unwilling, Shen still has to go over every day to greet and visit, it always looks like he has to do, there are so many students who come and go every day, and the ancient people have nothing to entertain, it's just a short gossip about these owners.

"Does my aunt also go over every day?" Ziqing asked.

"Oh, don't say I forgot, you said strange things are not weird, your aunt also took the initiative to greet me, wiped her tears and said, that time the child was injured in the fall, she was wrong, seeing that the child was injured, she was angry and distressed, I don't know what I said, let me not worry about her."

When Ziqing heard it, she also felt that something was wrong, could it be that Zeng Ruiqing repented, she naturally didn't know what Ziquan said, which did make Zeng Ruiqing reconsider the relationship with Zeng Ruixiang, and I heard that the wife Zixi was looking for was Miss Guanjia, and her father-in-law was Master Fu in Anzhou City, Zeng Ruiqing naturally knew who Master Fu was, that was the person who usually tilted his neck and wanted to stammer, people didn't look at him at all, and Ziyu's future husband's family was also a county official. I knew this was the case, and when I said a few soft words along with the second child, it was not much better than now, and the silver was not saved, and people were offended.

Zeng Ruiqing regretted it, but let him put down his face and beg Zeng Ruixiang, but he still can't do it at present, after all, so many years of accumulated habits can't be changed at once. Therefore, the Zhou family was sent to test the Shen family. Women still communicate better with each other than men, and women can be relieved.

"What did the mother say?"

"What can I say, what's the point of breaking off diplomatic relations? Who do I care about? I didn't have a good face for her. ”

Ziqing wasn't worried about Shen's soft-heartedness, after all, she wasn't her relative. Shen's temperament is a little soft and steely, and there is no way to endure it before the separation. After the family was separated, she saw her change, and she would rather have a woman at home and a group of children endure hardships, go up the mountain to collect firewood and go to the field to do farm work, rather than ask the old man for help. Tian can say whatever he likes, financially he is independent, and only does what he should do. I just don't know that Zeng Ruiqing is going to apologize to Zeng Ruixiang and say good things, can Zeng Ruixiang harden his heart and refuse?

"I heard your sister-in-law say that your eldest father seems to have changed a little, which may have something to do with Ziquan, saying that someone outside said bad things about his father and mother to Ziquan, and Ziquan didn't even have a playmate." Seeing Ziqing pondering, Shen said again.

I see. But why bother in the first place? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )