Yuan Rui stood in front of his house, looking at a large courtyard in front of him, and sighed in his heart. If you have such a big mansion in a thousand years, even if it is in the countryside of Tonghai, you must know that this place will be the richest village in China in the future, and such a large area, even billionaires will not have this blessing! Why did he work tirelessly in a first-tier city, and finally died innocently.

The ancestral house of the Yuan family is located in Jijiazhuang, 28 miles southwest of Tonghai County, there is a Ji River that leads directly to the big river, and it can go straight to Yangzhou upwards, and it takes two days to take a boat, but there are few boats. The Yuan family belongs to one of the three families in Jijiazhuang, Jijiazhuang does not have the surname Ji, most of the people living in the south and southeast of the whole Zhuangzi are the Yuan family, most of the people living in the north and northwest are the Li family, and most of the people living in the east and northeast are the Sun family, there are nearly 2,000 people in the whole Jijiazhuang, and it is one of the best villages in Tonghai.

The Yuan family has settled here since the end of the Song Dynasty, and the ancestors of this dynasty have produced many officials, and it has been almost a hundred years now, after seven generations, and the largest population in Jijiazhuang. The Sun family and the Li family have also been cited among many people, most of whom are officials in Fuli County, and there is a slight gap between them and the Yuan family, but they also have some strength, but they have gotten along quite well for so many years.

After so many years, the Yuan family has been dividing and branching, and when it comes to the great-grandparents of Yuan Rui (Yuan Rui has officially become Yuan Rui's identity from now on), there are only three families that can be counted under the house, although the eldest grandfather and the second grandfather have been separated, but they are still in the small sect.

My grandfather has three sons, only one son and two daughters, and although my father says that he only has himself, he has many cousins, and there are seven people in the small sect. There are three people outside, and his father is the fourth in line, the only one who has achieved the official position of the fifth grade, and he is also the earliest of the seven brothers to die.

The third uncle went to Youzhou as an official after being recommended by the middle school ten years ago, and most of his family followed, and only a few family members stayed in Jijiazhuang to take care of the house. The youngest uncle went to Shuzhou to do business, but left his family at home and heard that he would come back in a few years.

There are four brothers in Jijiazhuang, the eldest uncle died of illness at home two years ago, the second uncle is old, and the sixth uncle is farming at home, they generally don't care about things, the big and small things in the family are mainly the eldest brother Yuan Du and the fifth uncle Yuan Ting are dealing with it, the fifth uncle is external, and the eldest brother is internal.

Yuan Rui's grandfather went to school when he was a child, and he has not succeeded, which has become a lifelong regret, and after farming at home, he is also worried about scientific research, so he is very strict with his son, and saves money for his son to study.

Fortunately, Yuan Rui's father Yuan Du was also angry, in the twenty-third year of Shaoning, that is, when he was twenty-seven years old, he was finally admitted to the Jinshi, and was appointed by the court to Renzhi County, Huayang County, Tanzhou, five years later, that is, in the first year of Xining, he was promoted to the general judge of Yuezhou Mansion because of his excellent evaluation, and died of illness four years later, when Yuan Rui was 13 years old.

When his father died, he was still young, and his father had been working outside the home and had limited time at home, so he really didn't know what his father's old friends were. As for those relatives in his own family, not to mention, after his father died, many relatives broke off contact, Yuan Lang lost his mother since he was a child, and his grandfather had no contact for so many years.

Yuan Rui's family first lived in a compound left by his great-grandfather, and the second courtyard on the right side was also where his grandfather had always lived. Three years after Yuan's father became a scholar, his grandfather transferred the original yard to the second uncle, and added his father's savings for many years, and set up a three-entry courtyard on a vacant land near the Ji River, which was more than 30 zhang away from the old house, and it was originally his own vegetable field.

There are four words on the door of the main house of the compound, Jinshi and the first, which is the most beautiful time for the Yuan family in recent years. The yard covers an area of almost more than five acres, not including the small vegetable garden of nearly one acre behind the courtyard.

Yuan Rui had just stood in front of the door for a while, the door opened from the inside, and the old family members of the Yuan family came out from inside, and they should have heard a sound.

"Uncle Wang, you're all right," Yuan Rui greeted.

"Young master, okay, I just thought it was you back," Uncle Wang replied repeatedly, "Dashan, hurry up and take the young master's luggage in, Xiaohe, quickly fetch water for the young master, old woman, hurry up and prepare a meal and cook a few more dishes." ”

As soon as the words fell, two people ran out of the house, and in front of them was a young girl, who was at the right age, beautiful and sweet, with two braids dancing in the air. Behind him was a strong guy who looked simple, with a smile on his face, watching his sister run, as if he was afraid that she would fall. It seems that Uncle Wang's last sentence did not work, and the girl Xiaohe didn't think about fetching water at all.

Xiaohe jumped up and down to him, "Young master, young master, why have you been there for so long, is Yangzhou lively." ”

Yuan Rui really likes her character, although the former young master read the book of death, he is kind, and he has never regarded the two brothers and sisters as outsiders, and has always been very tolerant.

"Don't worry, little girl, don't ask, I brought you a gift, I'll get it later. Dashan, your head is growing again, and it is much stronger," he said, and beat Dashan's shoulder.

A few people talked and laughed back to the house, and here Aunt Wang did the work of Xiaohe, fetched water and prepared toiletries. Yuan Rui asked Aunt Wang again, and took out some small gifts for them.

With Yuan Rui coming back, the atmosphere at home is different, after all, Uncle Wang's family, as servants, is just a housekeeper, only when Yuan Rui comes back, the family has the backbone. To say that Uncle Wang's family is a pure servant, it is still inaccurate.

Uncle Wang is an orphan, more than 40 years ago, not long after the recovery of Great Xia, there were many local officials who could not take care of it. At that time, Uncle Wang's family fled east from Jiangcheng because of the flood, and arrived near Jijiazhuang, where the family died of serious illness and became orphans, and was later taken in by Yuan Rui's grandfather as his son's playmate.

When he arrived at Yuan Du's foreign appointment, because his father was old and his children were young, the family needed a caring person, Uncle Wang grew up watching from a young age, and he was kind, so he left Uncle Wang to take care of the family, deal with external affairs, and find him a wife locally, that is, Aunt Wang. Yuan Rui's grandfather and father passed away successively, and Uncle Wang's family tried their best to help Yuan Rui, including the family's land and real estate, these daily things were done by Uncle Wang, in Yuan Rui's heart, Uncle Wang was like his own uncle.

Uncle Wang arranged for dinner, and told him about his recent income and details, Yuan Rui was very relieved, he didn't care about it at all before, he only thought about reading, but now he is more at ease, knowing that he doesn't need to care at all.

"Uncle Wang, this time because of physical discomfort, I delayed the government exam, and the exam will not start until at least two years, so I have at least two years to study and prepare, and I am not going to go to the official school, I will be at home for the next two years, so the family affairs still depend on you, if you have any difficulties in the middle, just tell me in advance, I don't care about the rest, prepare to study wholeheartedly."

Yuan Rui feels that two years is just right, he is very clear about the current exam, and most of his previous memories are still there, if he plays well, he can pass it directly, but the most important thing now is to find out the truth and then decide what to do.

"Young master, don't worry, the land they left behind is enough to live, in the past two years, I have also found an opportunity to exchange some of the silver I received for some land and returned, now there are more than 200 acres, most of them are first-class paddy fields, and there can be a harvest of 300 taels a year."

In fact, there is no need for Uncle Wang to say, Yuan Rui also knows some of the current rural economic situation, even if he is a small landlord, according to the current output, he will have enough food and clothing. His family is better than that of small landlords, there are more than 10 tenant farmers, except for the taxes paid, they can fall a lot every year, and Uncle Wang's family is also very frugal, and the family situation has become better and better in the past few years.

"Uncle Wang, I don't know much about the management of the property, how to manage it or you are in charge, you know that I don't have any big expenses, what about the property, just buy it, you just call the shots, continue to let the tenants or deal with it."

"But as you know, our family has always been very tolerant of tenants, and it is good to collect tenant rent according to the family rules. At the end of each year when my father is alive, I will put more than one percent of the tenants who have a slightly difficult family, and I don't want to change it, but I can prepare a little more materials and send them at that time, you have to remember this. Yuan Rui thought about it for a while, and he could try some incentives in the future to encourage the people to fetch more food and give additional rewards.

Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and just wanted to say something, when he saw Yuan Rui's face smiling at him, he knew that the young master must have his own ideas, he didn't care about it, and once he said it, he thought about it, so he immediately agreed.