Grandma Jin Er led more than a dozen women, most of whom were older and more tricky on weekdays, to find Grandma Jin: "Sister-in-law, our family moved here, and we had a meal without a meal. If you don't take it, you want money but no money, you want food and no food, is it possible that everyone will stick their mouths and hang themselves? ”

Grandma Jin was blocked in the outer courtyard, facing the menacing gaze, and asked with some doubts: "A few years ago, I sent someone to send rice and oil enough to each family for three months. ”

The fifteenth grandmother who walked in the front, although she said that she was the same generation as Jin Wuye, but she was not very old, she sobbed and cried: "Grandma, you said lightly, my three sons are twelve or thirteen years old, they can eat but can't do it, the younger one also goes to the school to study, eats his own every day, and has long run out of food, I and the old fifteen are busy working in the silkworm house day and night, in order to earn more money, but you suddenly postpone the day of 'food', so how can my family live, my family was interrupted yesterday, a few boys were so hungry that they drank cold water, woo- ”

At this time, some places called the wages of wages to pay for wages.

Grandma Jin held her forehead: "Aunt Fifteen, I'm sorry, I was negligent." You told me earlier, No, don't cry, I'll let you bring food to your family. ”

Grandma Jin said happily, but she was very angry in her heart, the fifteenth family has no food, and she wants to advance her salary, it's nothing, what are you doing with so many people? also put on a posture of rejuvenating the teacher and asking for guilt, if it weren't for the sake of the people with the same surname, I could have taken care of a clansman like you who had already come out of the five suits, and I would have been put on a show by you.

Grandma Jin Er waited for this, and as soon as Grandma Jin finished speaking, she spoke: "Sister-in-law, you pay the salary to the fifteenth uncle's family, what about us?" Are we working secretly and slippery, or are we farther away than the fifteenth uncle, not as good as her, and you won't give it to us? ”

It's not that Grandma Jin can't get the money in hand, but she is afraid that there will be any emergencies in the clan, the man is not at home, and it will take at least three or four months to leave, what if there is really a case?

In Huaizhou before, the clansmen were not so united, this year of disaster life, so that the relationship between people is much closer than before, Grandma Jin felt that everyone should be able to understand clearly, so she said: "Our family suffered a disaster, this has just moved to Nanlin Mansion, the days are not more prosperous than before, if anyone is in trouble, let's start work first, other people who can get by, or bear with it for the time being, wait for the uncle to come back, and even give everyone dividends, okay?" ”

Seeing the fifteen women go to the treasury to get food, the people who came with them have long been red-eyed, they are not short of food at home, but this is the kind of psychology, they feel comfortable in their own hands, they are very disappointed when they hear Grandma Jin say this, but they dare not speak, most of them are far away from the blood relationship of the Jin family's room, and they are already suffering from gains and losses on weekdays, afraid that Grandma Jin will be biased and not good for them. Unexpectedly, the bamboo basket was empty, not only did it not achieve its goal, but it also delayed for half a day.

Almost all of them are unwilling, they don't speak, but they stand still, and some people secretly look at Grandma Jin, Grandma Jin is the closest person to the long house, she has sharp teeth and sharp mouth on weekdays, plus she has the support of her son, and she is the biggest threat to Grandma Jin, and now Grandma Jin's son is looking back, and Grandma Jin's man and son don't know whether to live or die, and her arrogance has only gone down a lot, but since she is here to make trouble today, of course she will not stop there.

"Sister-in-law, you said it nicely, I'm afraid of encountering any emergencies, since you're worried about this, why did you take out such a large sum of money last year to marry your son to a noble girl? It sounds good to rely on the Xiao Mansion to get shelter, but right now, this is how you shelter everyone? Let us go hungry and not give food? ”

Grandma Jin's face turned red, in previous years, it was timely to pay the grain, this year she was in arrears, and now she was counted down by the second family, and she was even more ashamed and angry, she has been a family for more than ten years, this is the first time she has been criticized, and she can't speak, only to see Grandma Jin gritted her teeth: "Everyone, please go back, after lunch, you will come and get the food." Let me say first, before the uncle comes back, even if there is a big incident in your family, don't look for me, a woman. ”

"Our man left with the uncle, who are you looking for?" Someone lowered his head and said this, although he deliberately suppressed his voice, Grandma Jin could still know which one it was.

"You men are paid to go with the uncle, and besides, silkworm farming also has dividends, why can you men not contribute? It is right for them to go, and it is also right for you to bear your own responsibilities. ”

Seeing that Grandma Jin was angry, a few women were scared, they were all thin-eyed and only staring at the tips of their fingers, they didn't take on many things, the men were not at home, and they were counting on the help of the clansmen for big and small things, if Grandma Jin really let go, they would be a little empty in their hearts, several women glanced at each other, and couldn't help but move to the door, wanting to slip away, Jin Er's grandmother looked at it, where was she willing, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the concubine: "Your long house, with most of the Jin family's property, should contribute to the family, Why should you leave it alone when something happens? ”

Grandma Jin laughed: "Do you still know that I am Changfang?" The fingers have poked my forehead, do I still have a little bit of the dignity of the chief sister-in-law? If you don't respect me, why should I stand up for you? ”

Without waiting for Grandma Jin to say anything else, the fifteenth grandmother had already apologized to Grandma Jin repeatedly: "Don't be angry, niece and daughter-in-law, it's my wife who is not thoughtful, and I won't receive this salary first." ”

"No, no, fifteen women, you still got it, otherwise what will you eat at home?"

"I'll borrow some, yes, I'll borrow and borrow every week."

"No need to borrow, I will start to deliver food on time in the afternoon, and let Uncle Zhou inform everyone later." Uncle Zhou is an old slave in the family, he is old and can't do work, and all these errands are his.

After sending away these annoying people, Grandma Jin immediately asked the old tent to report, if it is food, how long can the family support it, the old tent said with a sad face: "It will support three months at most, if the uncle comes back late, or if something happens at home, it will be difficult for us to do." ”

Grandma Jin didn't speak, twisted her eyebrows and thought about how to solve this problem, she was a strong person, even if she was hungry, she would not allow others to accuse her like this.

At lunchtime, Wen Jin had already heard about it, and she asked Chunming to come to the banquet room with a bag of silver: "Mother-in-law, this is what I made up, you can send them the salary." ”

"Good daughter-in-law, take it back, no matter how sad our family is, there is no reason to use your money to press the box."

"Mother-in-law. Since you told me about our family, why do you still divide my family so clearly? Mine is from this family. ”

Grandma Jin was very moved, she was a cheerful person, and she no longer shirked at the moment, but signaled the mother-in-law serving on the side to take it: "Good daughter-in-law, when the uncle comes back, the mother-in-law will make up for you double." ”

"Mother, don't say that, it's divided, isn't it? I heard the fifth grandfather say, our family pays food, sometimes we also pay silver, although we can collect grain in more than a month, but what if we encounter it? Don't panic when you have food in your hands.

Although a bumper grain harvest is in sight, but now is the time when the grain is not harvested, the grain price is firm, and the payment of silver is very lossy, but Grandma Jin understands what Wen Jin means, even if it is a loss, she can't let the treasury be empty. If you don't get the food, anything that may happen, and when you don't have food, you have to starve even if you have more money.

After eating, Uncle Zhou carried a broken shovel and shouted tremblingly while knocking: "The grain is out——, grandma informs everyone, before the middle of the time, the spring silkworm will be produced——"

There is no gong, the voice of the broken shovel is hoarse and ear-turning, accompanied by Zhou Bo's weak voice, so that the people of Jinwang Town listen, and their hearts are sour, Jin Er's grandmother took people to make trouble about asking for wages, and soon spread in the town, most of the people are scolding her, although Changfang took out a huge amount of assets to hire a high-ranking noble girl as a daughter-in-law, but since Wen Jin entered the door, they sleep steadily, knowing that a sweat can be exchanged for a harvest, not afraid of extortion by officials, walking in front of people, they are full of confidence to hold their heads up, they feel that that pay, It's worth it.

Besides, although Changfang has the obligation to help the clansmen and revitalize the Jin family, everyone knows that Changfang's wealth is not everyone's. The Jin family has been getting worse, it is Jin Guanshan's father Jin Sanye and his younger brother Jin Wuye's ability, only to slowly rise again, to Jin Guanshan's generation, but also to go south and north, so that the Jin family's business has gone to a higher level, the money saved by the long house is not left by the ancestors, but the two generations of people have worked hard, and their clan has followed the light, now, the long house can not be opened for a while, and they receive a few days of wages late, and they have no complaints.

When the people of Jinwang Town were in Huaizhou, the days were almost the same, but now take a look, the Wang family is not a little worse than the Jin family, many family members, drink gruel that can see the figure of the person, hungry skin and bones, if strangers come to Jinwang Town, they can tell at a glance which one is the Jin family and which one is the Wang family, isn't this all the power of the long house?

In the middle of the time, the outer courtyard of the Jin family was noisy, most of the clansmen came over, making it clear that they didn't want to be paid, and were willing to wait for the uncle to bring money back, more than a dozen women who came to make trouble in the morning, there were also four or five who didn't come, Jin Er's grandmother thought that she was out for everyone, and she would definitely win the hearts of the people, who wanted to backfire, in the next few days, she was like a rat crossing the street, not only the Jin family scolded her, but even the people of the Wang family looked sideways and were full of disdain - during the period of silkworm raising, some people in the Wang family were employed by the Jin family, First of all, the Jin family manages these people to eat well, and when they say it, they feel that the Jin family is benevolent and righteous, and they envy the Jin family for having such a leader, and they are so dissatisfied with Jin Er's grandmother, so they naturally don't care about it.

Jin Er's grandmother made a fuss, and Zhu Bajie looked in the mirror, she was not a person inside and out, and for a long time, she couldn't raise her head in the clan, and naturally she couldn't make waves.

Jin Guanshan came back relatively quickly this time, less than four months, brought back grain, shovels, hoes, cattle, sheep, etc., the wages and dividends of the spring silkworms were smoothly distributed, and those who were willing to ask for cattle and sheep grain can also show that instead of goods, some of the people of the Jin family had buffaloes and capital, so they went to reclaim more wasteland, so they went one step ahead of other immigrants and became relatively wealthy.

Immediately afterwards, the autumn silkworms began to hatch, and another silkworm breeding season began. ……

Calm and tranquil days, time always flies very fast, in the blink of an eye is three years, the imperial court has transferred the victims here twice, all the way to the east to the sea, everywhere cooking smoke curling, chickens and dogs singing harmony, no longer a deserted no man's land.

Wen Jin became a mother, with a big-eyed little son, she put Jin Wuye in the heart of the loom, all trial production, but also improved, at the foot of the Jin family mulberry garden, opened a large silk mill, nearby residents, not only women have to come here every day to work, there are many men are engaged in this industry, the Jin family's annual income truck, Jin Guanshan every year to donate a large number of food to the government, for the resettlement of the newly relocated victims. If it weren't for the fear that Qian Jun's identity would be exposed, Xiao Yi would have gone to the court and asked for praise.

The houses in the Jin family's compound are no longer simple houses with bamboo and wood structures, but have all been converted into two-story houses with stone foundations and red bricks.

Some are land, the yard is large, the walls are thick and high, and it is very magnificent.

On this day, Qian Jun hurriedly entered the house, and saw Wen Jin playing with Xiao'er, and the lawsuit full of his mind was suddenly thrown aside, he clapped his hands and said to his son with two crescent eyes: "Come here, daddy hug!" ”

The little guy giggled, left Wen Jin and turned around and ran, and shouted clearly: "Daddy! ”

"Little traitor, Daddy won't want his mother as soon as he comes home." Wen Jin muttered, pretending to be angry and glancing at his son.

The little guy was a little scared, and stretched out his hands to Wen Jin: "Mother come and hug!" ”

"Good, your mother is tired, daddy hugs, you kiss your mother, and your mother won't be angry." Qian Jun was smeared with saliva by his son, and instigated him with a wicked smile.

"Excuse me, excuse me!" Wen Jin hurriedly said, but his son didn't follow, twisted his body and came over, hugged his mother's neck, wiped the water on both sides of Wen Jin's face, and then spared his mother with satisfaction.

The family of three was making love, and Chunming came and coughed outside the banquet room.

"Come in!" Wen Jin said.

"Grandma, something happened, a group of people came from outside the house, and the second old lady led it, saying that the uncle's aunt and son were back." With a son, Wen Jin was upgraded to the eldest grandmother, and the original Grandma Jin became the eldest wife, and this second old lady was the former second grandmother.

Wen Jin and Qian Jun exchanged a look, I didn't hear that Jin Guanshan had a concubine.

"Let's go, let's go!"

When Wen Jin went out, the outer courtyard was already crowded with people, and there was a woman in her twenties, leading a young man of five or six years old, who was kneeling on the ground, wanting to kowtow to Mrs. Jinda.

I only heard the woman sobbing and choking: "Big lady, slave and maid all these years, I miss you all the time, when the eldest lord sent the slave and maid in a rage, but the slave and maid did not expect to be pregnant with a child, after arriving in Jiangnan, after going through hardships, he was born, at first he was too young to withstand the bumps in the road, the slave and the maid wanted to wait for two years and then return to Huaizhou, who would have thought that there was a big flood over there, the eldest lord and the eldest lady migrated here, I asked around, it was easy to find it, the eldest lady, even if the eldest young master found it back, He is also the blood of the great master, please take us in. ”

It seems that Mrs. Jin Da knows about the matter between this woman and Jin Guanshan, and she still allows it, but why Jin Guanshan drove people away in a fit of anger, they have never heard of it.

Mrs. Jin did not accept the great gift of the mother and son, and only lightly instructed the housekeeper mother beside her: "Take them to the guest room to settle down first, what to do, you have to wait for the master to speak." ”

Wen Jin saw that her mother-in-law didn't like it, so she and the man retreated to her yard, and Chunming quickly inquired about the ins and outs of the matter, and it turned out that this woman was Hong Xingping, the cousin of Mrs. Jin. After Mrs. Jin's son was lost, she went crazy, and the people on her mother's side took the opportunity to send this woman over, and she was called serving her cousin, and everyone knew her intentions.

But Jin Guanshan has a very deep affection for his wife, and he doesn't care about Hong Xingping at all, under his careful care, Mrs. Jin Da gradually became conscious, and her madness was cured, and Hong Xingping worked hard in front of her cousin, hoping to climb into Jin Guanshan's bed through this trick.

The Hong family used to be a big family in Huaizhou, and the two families began to decline together, the Jin family later produced talents and revitalized, but the Hong family produced a ruined family, and the decline was more serious. The reputation of the eldest girl of the Hong family was well-known in that area back then, the Jin family was the family, and Jin Guanshan's father, Mrs. Jin, fell in love with Miss Hong's ability, and insisted on hiring her to his son despite the disparity in financial resources between the two families. Facts have proved that Mrs. Jin's vision is unique, and her decision is correct, except for the heirs, Mrs. Jin is remarkable in other aspects. The heir is difficult, it's not that Mrs. Jin Da can't give birth, she gave birth to a girl and two boys, two of them caught up with the flowers, died, and the only living son was lost at the age of twelve. Hong Xingping did a little low, and finally coaxed the bold lobby sister, but unfortunately Jin Guanshan ignored her, and never succeeded, in a blink of an eye, she stayed in the Jin family for two years, seeing that she was getting older and older, this is not up or down, in case the Jin family does not accept her in the end, won't it delay the marriage? Hong Xingping thinks she is beautiful, if it weren't for the Jin family being the richest man in Huaizhou, she would not be willing to be a concubine, when her father was alive, there were several small landlords who proposed marriage, Hong Xingping had a high vision and disdain, otherwise, she was also a housewife who could afford to wear silk. Hong Xingping is a big-hearted person, how can he only have a few silk clothes in his life? She has to wear silk every day, have carriages in and out, have servants by her side, eat whatever she wants, keep her fingers from touching the spring water, call slaves and maids to hug her before and behind and live majestically, instead of being an obscure country woman.

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