Chapter 184: Year after Year
Shen Shimei and Du Xuanmo reached a consensus, after the New Year, Shen Shimei still has a little expectation in his heart!
After eating, Shen Shiliu continued to study the deed of ownership, seeing that at the end of the year, it was not suitable to open a shop at this time, and after the year, she began to come out, selling what she could sell, and renting out the rest, as well as those fields scattered outside, interrupted when she went to Ling'an County last time, and this time she had to go to Ling'an County!
Du Xuanmo looked at the paperwork in his hand, and Shen Shiliu asked: "If I want to go to Ling'an County to collect the land, is there a problem?" ”
Du Xuanmo nodded: "Go ahead, no problem." "The county lord last time has long since left, and there are some things that don't need him to say a word, so naturally someone does something to protect himself. Even if there is a kinship between them, it is for the sake of sharing happiness together, so that everyone is definitely not dying together!
Shen Shiliu nodded, so it would be fine.
Shen Pomegranate went to Ling'an County the next day, because of the experience last time, this time Du Xuanmo also deliberately asked Shen Pomegranate to bring a few more people.
All the way to Ling'an County, Shen Shiliu still went to the ground to take a look and found that the ground was empty before.
"Looks like it's not slow!" Shen Shiliu said, this Liu Cai took the initiative to act quickly, and the land has been returned, although she is very annoyed by this Liu Cai's arrogant attitude, but now that the land has been returned, she can't go to someone else on purpose, and expect to give a year's land rent.
After looking at the land, Shen Shiliu went to the yamen again, and if he wanted to rent out the land, he had to go through the guarantee of the yamen.
This time, the people at the gate of the county government also changed, and Shen Shiliu was a lot happier to do things, although he was still a little dissatisfied, but Shen Shiliu was also content.
"It's still early, let's go to nearby Shuiling County next." Shen Shiliu said.
As soon as the cucumber heard that he was going to Shuiling County, he said: "Young grandma, I don't know what the situation is over there, in case it ...... again."
"Then let's go and see, if there is something else this time, let's come back and talk about it." Shen Shiliu said, Shuiling County is far away from Kyoto City, if this is a trip back and forth, it is not enough to sprinkle that hour, she has also learned smart this time, and she doesn't want to go to the prison to squat.
The cucumber was relieved, when he was about to go out, Du Xuanmo told him to protect Shen Pomegranate, but the strong dragon did not suppress the snake, even if they had Du Xuanmo's support, it was easy to suffer if they went to a strange place rashly.
I went to Shuiling County by the way, compared with Ling'an County, the living atmosphere of the people is much more relaxed, and there are more small businesses on the street.
Shen Shiliu went to see the ground, and then went to the yamen to handle the matter, the matter was very smooth, and she felt that it was unrealistic if it went well.
"The two counties are so far apart, and there is so much difference!" Shen Shiliu sighed, but he didn't know that these places had been "ransacked" by Du Xuanmo, and everyone saw the example of Ling'an County before, who would dare to take advantage of the fact that the Son of Heaven was rectifying the court officials to challenge the patience of the imperial court so unknowingly?
All the way home, Shen Shiliu also felt a little tired, she could walk around in places closer to Kyoto City, but she couldn't run in other places.
"Mancang, this task will be yours in the future, and when the spring of next year begins, these fields of our family will depend on you!" Shen Shiliu called Man Cang over.
When Man Cang heard that he was going to take care of the land, he felt a little uneasy and said, "Young grandma, I, can I?" ”
"I think it's okay, you and Fushun come to our house together, Fushun is now a housekeeper!" Shen Shiliu said, mentally persuading Mancang.
Man Cang is usually a little confused, but he has been taking care of Du Xuanmo for a while, and he is not a fool.
"Then I'll try it first, young grandma, you have to teach me!" Mancang still has no bottom in his heart.
Shen Shiliu smiled, she naturally wants to teach her, how to manage these fields at hand, she also has to talk to Mancang, otherwise if she encounters someone like Rich Liu, Mancang will also suffer!
Things are all arranged, Shen Shimei finally breathed a sigh of relief, the field is done, and the rest is the matter of the store, but the project is relatively large and the place is far away, so how can I plan it after the year.
Approaching the Chinese New Year, when Han Shuliang came back from Anyang County, he brought back the things that the Shen family brought to Shen Pomegranate, and Shen Pomegranate looked at the familiar hometown specialty, and his eyes were a little red.
"Uncle and aunt said that they were afraid that you would be homesick and brought this, why did you still cry?" Han Shuliang said with a smile.
Shen Shiliu was also a little crying and laughing, and finally said: "Are my father and mother and brother and sister-in-law all right?" ”
"It's good, your family's small shop is also running well, and the family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, now the two of you are doing so well in Kyoto City, they also have some face in the county, and no one is looking for trouble."
Shen Shimei nodded, this is fine.
After Han Shuliang finished speaking, he took out a letter and said, "The letter that Master Sun Lao County entrusted me to bring to Sun Tianba is just handed over to you." ”
Sun Tianba now lives in the Du family's house, and he has been injured for a hundred days, and if he wants to get better, he will have to wait until the next year.
"Okay, I'll just give it to him." Shen Shiliu received the letter and sent Han Shuliang away.
took the letter and went to the side courtyard, which turned out to be where the Han family lived.
When Sun Tianba saw that Shen Shimei was coming, he also brought the old man's letter, and he didn't want to read it when he received the letter.
"Don't look?" Shen Shiliu wondered, how to say that it is also a family letter!
Sun Tianba pursed his lips and said, "I can guess what the old man wants to say with his toes, it's nothing more than letting me get married earlier!" ”
Shen Shiliu smiled bitterly: "Then doesn't your old man also care about you, it's okay to get married earlier, it's good to have someone around you to serve you!" "These days, all the people who serve in this courtyard are the family, and the maids have not arranged for this courtyard, which also makes Sun Tianba smile bitterly.
Sun Tianba was still very reluctant about getting married, so he said: "I still want to get out of the marriage." ”
"Hey, you're like this again, let's take a look first, if you really can't talk together, then let's talk about it, in case this girl is fine, aren't you blind?" Shen Shiliu said that now she has a feeling of introducing blind dates to older leftover men.
Sun Tianba looked at Shen Shimei, and finally said, "The old man urges him every day, and I can't tell him about my leg injury." ”
"The idea is still up to you, other girls can't wait, youth doesn't wait for anyone!" Shen Shiliu said, Sun Tianba is still a little willful, and he doesn't leave a chance for himself at all, and if he continues to waste like this, isn't it delaying the youth of other girls?
Sun Tianba also knew that it was not a way to blindly escape like this, so he finally said: "Then write a letter in two days and send it back." ”
"Love to write or not," Shen Shiliu finished speaking and left.
Sun Tianba smiled bitterly, anyway, the person he wants to marry has already been married, and it makes no difference who he marries after that.
It's time to see in a year, the last time Du Xuanmo was paid by the emperor for the New Year, he couldn't come back, and now Shen Shiliu feels that life is so simple, someone accompanies her for the New Year, keeps the New Year together, earns more silver, no matter how big the official is, the last thing that people pursue, in fact, that's all.
Du Xuanmo still wrote Spring Festival couplets as in previous years, and asked Du Xuanmo to paste them. Shen Pomegranate produced two pieces, handed them over to Xiao Tie, sent them to the jewelry store to paste, and then asked Zheng Erzhu to come back early for the New Year.
The family was happy, Shen Shiliu cooked by himself, and gave his two apprentices a vacation, and there was still no pressure on Shen Shiliu to eat the food of many people in the family.
Du Niangzi prepared New Year's money, not only Jingwen and Yin Qingqing, but also Du Xuanmo and Shen Shimei, which made Du Xuanmo cry and laugh. Shen Shimei also prepared a red envelope, and after sending it around, everyone in the house pinched one.
Cucumber and Xiao Tie were so happy that they accepted the red envelope, and now they have saved a lot of money. Shen Shiliu looked at the cucumber and Xiao Tie for a lot of years, thinking that it was time to get married, originally thinking about finding two stable ones in the house to match, but the appearance of cucumber and Xiao Tie has always been a role model for the men in the house, one looks like a calculating person no matter how you look at it, and the other is better than a man no matter how you look at it, rather than letting them marry cucumber and Xiao Tie, it is easier to come directly to the dock.
Shen Pomegranate bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks, and everyone divided a few of them and played in the yard.
Shen Pomegranate also took a few and played with Du Xuanmo in his yard.
"When I first came, I didn't dare to spend the money, but I still rubbed the fireworks set off by the emperor." Shen Shiliu said that at that time, his family was reluctant to spend money on fireworks, so he still watched them at the gate of the palace.
Du Xuanmo nodded, now that the situation at home is getting better and better, he can buy anything without burden, and this year's exhaustion can be regarded as not in vain.
"Let's go to the open space south of the city in a while." Du Xuanmo pointed to the big ones, the houses in Kyoto City are dense, and they can't be put away casually, otherwise it will easily cause fire.
Shen Shiliu nodded, and immediately got up: "Then let's go now, there should be a lot of people on that head, and the number will be lined up for a while." ”
Du Xuanmo nodded, called the people in the house to follow, and then led Shen Shimei and a large group of people to the south of the city.
Although there are not many pedestrians on the street, there are many of them, all of whom come out to see the excitement, and red lanterns are also hung along the way, which is festive and peaceful.
There are indeed a lot of people in the south of the city, and the yamen also took into account that there are many people who set off fireworks, so they specially sent people to maintain order, and there were waterwheels next to it, so that they could be put out in time in case of any accidents.
Du Xuanmo asked Mancang to get the sign, and then he stood next to him, and it was not bad to take a look at the fireworks from other houses.
Shen Shiliu looked at the excitement for you, and found that someone was arguing in front of her, she was far away, and she didn't know what the people in front of her were arguing about.
Mancang came back with the sign at this time, and said: "In front of it, the Qianzong family of the Imperial Palace and the son of the pacification envoy quarreled!" ”