When the decree was delivered to Qingzhou, it was already mid-November. In early winter, it was a bit cold.

This is the second time that the Jiang family has received the holy decree, although they are also excited, but with the experience of the previous time, they have calmed down a lot.

After the angel arrived, he didn't talk nonsense, walked to the incense table that had been placed in advance, and sang loudly: "Qingzhou County Order, Jiang Wenyuan takes the order." ”

After the Jiang family knelt down in front of the incense case, they unfolded the holy decree and sang: "Feng! Day carrier. Emperor's edict! Say:

Jiang Wenyuan, the commander of Qingzhou County, has successively planted high-yield varieties such as sweet potatoes and rice, produced new harvesting tools and rice beaters, and planted watermelons in Fanbang tribute.

Specially given as the Marquis of Qingzhou, the hereditary three generations of the first descendant, the food of thousands of households.

Given, a Qingzhou Hou Mansion on Rongning Street in Ningkang Fang, Beijing, 3,000 acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing, 2,000 taels of gold, 5,000 taels of silver, three boxes of jewelry and jade, and 200 horses of various silk and satin. Chin this! ”

"Minister, thank you Lord Longen, long live, long live, long live." After kowtowing, the angel handed the holy finger to Jiang Wenyuan, and Jiang Wenyuan respectfully accepted it with both hands.

The angel said: "Your Majesty said that the Hou Ye has a heavy responsibility, and there is no need to rush into Beijing to thank him after receiving the order, and after the three-year period of the county order expires, he can go to Beijing again."

"Yes, Minister, Commander." Holding a large amount of grain in his hand, and he couldn't release it in advance, at this critical juncture, he really didn't worry about going to Beijing to thank him.

Now that he has His Majesty's message, he is really relieved.

Just as he was about to get up, the angel took out the holy decree again, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, which one is Jiang Yuqing Xiangjun, please come to the front." ”

The angel who came back this time is surnamed Lin, Lin Gonggong, and is Li Deshun's righteous son. Otherwise, such a good messenger will not be his turn.

Before leaving Beijing, he was repeatedly instructed by his stepfather not to put up any show in front of the Jiang family. The offending man came back and skinned him carefully.

Especially the little townsman of the Jiang family, who is the tip of his father's heart, is even more neglectful.

When he asked, the Jiang family turned their heads to find Jiang Yuqing.

Suddenly, a small head poked out from behind Jiang Wenyuan and the Lu family, and said in a milky voice: "Angel father-in-law, are you looking for me?" ”

Father-in-law Lin was happy when he saw her: "Yo, you are Jiang Yuqing, right?" Come, little countryman, you kneel in front of you, you are the protagonist of this holy decree. ”

"Oh, okay."

Jiang Wenyuan changed positions with his daughter and let his baby daughter kneel in front.

The little ball, kneeling there, was straight and straight.

The big grape-like eyes looked at the angel who had announced the decree above, and it made Lin Gonggong's heart tremble, and secretly said No wonder the father-in-law likes this little girl so much, it is really cute.

Gonggong Lin coughed, and began to read the holy decree: "Feng! Day carrier. Emperor's edict! Say:

There is Jiang Yuqing, the daughter of the Marquis of Qingzhou, who assisted her father in constructing a new rice threshing machine. It is a model of contemporary women, and she is specially given the title of "Township Monarch" and the title of Linghui.

Give Qingzhou County Xijindu, Xiushuiwan two villages for its food yip, give gold, jade Ruyi each a pair, ruby, mutton fat white jade head, gold inlaid jade head each set, a number of other jewelry. Chin this! ”

"Courtier, thank you, Lord Longen. Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

Gonggong Lin smiled and said, "Congratulations to Master Hou, congratulations to the little countryman." ”

Jiang Wenyuan smiled and arched his hand towards Gonggong Lin, while stuffing a purse.

"Joy and joy, my father-in-law has worked hard all the way, and I am willing to invite my father-in-law to have a cup of tea, and I hope that my father-in-law will not dislike it."

Gonggong Lin took it quietly: "Hou Ye is polite, our family still points to Hou Ye to take care of it." ”

Xiao Tuanzi then remembered that it seemed that he was going to reward the person who delivered the decree.

The purse given by her father was fluttering, and it should contain a silver ticket, and she didn't know how much it was, but it would certainly not be less than a hundred taels.

Danzi put the holy decree under his arm, lowered his head and touched his small purse embroidered with a fat goldfish.

There were only two dimes of broken silver and a dozen copper plates that her mother had put for her earlier.

It seems too shabby to reward angels.

However, she is a little doll, I believe that people will not really compare these with her, left and right is a meaning, and it will be done when the mind is reached.

Thinking about it, he took off his small purse and worked his little feet, stuffed it into Gonggong Lin, and said word by word: "Mine is for you, please eat tea for your father-in-law." ”

Gonggong Lin bent down and took the small purse with a smile: "Oh, that's really thank you little countryman." We must have two more cups of tea. ”

This person not only won the eyes of His Majesty, but also the tip of the heart of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Father-in-law.

Don't say it's copper plates and broken silver, even if it's a small pebble, he has to treasure it.

Gonggong Lin didn't stay long at Jiang's house, and after sitting for a while, he returned to Beijing to resume his life, and Jiang Wenyuan sent him to the entrance of the village.

After Gonggong Lin left, the old patriarch opened the door of the ancestral hall and ordered the young men to set off firecrackers and respectfully ask the holy decree to go to the altar.

The newly promoted "Marquis of Qingzhou" Jiang Wenyuan and his daughter "Linghui Xiangjun" each held their own holy decrees, one after the other, and respectfully invited the holy decree to the divine platform, and placed it together with the holy decree of the previous uncle.

The yellow color, illuminated by the candle flame, reflected the cold spirit tablet above as if there was an extra layer of soft light.

Truly glorious ancestors.

Jiang Yuqing looked at the thick yellowed genealogy on the table, and said in his heart; You have accepted me with your broad heart, and I will use my wisdom to try to glorify you.

Who said that women are inferior to men!

This time, the Jiang family did not invite the flowing water seat again. Today's Qingzhou Hou Mansion is the time when flowers are brocade and cooking oil on fire, which is not suitable for such a high-profile.

Therefore, Jiang Wenyuan just sent someone to buy a few big fat pigs and kill them, and one household in Xijindu is counted as a household, and the family is considered to have a treat if they share 10 catties of meat.

By planting sweet potatoes, the villagers of Xijindu and Xiushuiwan have made a lot of money.

After the autumn harvest, families began to rebuild new houses, many of which were blue brick and tiled houses. Even the poorest Granny Yang's family bought materials and waited in line for the engineering team to renovate the house.

Because there were too many people repairing the house, for a while, the brick and tile workshop was driven by a small fire.

No one from the two villages mentioned anything about the high-yield grain crops. There is Jiang Wenyuan on the left and right, and no one will leave them behind.

In particular, the two villages are still Jiang Yuqing's fiefdoms. They will not be left behind.

Thinking that next year, in addition to sweet potatoes, you can also plant watermelons and high-yield rice, the big guy's heart is burning like fire, and I can't wait to end the New Year soon, and it will be good to spring ploughing.

Only such a day can there be hope, and it is the day that people live.

At the end of November, the cold wind came for a while.

After a hoarfrost, the 23 acres of sweet potatoes planted by the Jiang family were finally hoeed.

After the harvest, it was said that the average yield per mu was less than 4,300 catties, and it was planted so late, and it was very good to have this yield.

First, there is the blessing of Jiang Yuqing's ability and spiritual spring water, and secondly, the weather is good this year, and it is cold late, otherwise it is impossible to say whether the seeds can be recovered.

All in all, it's still too risky to be advisable. We can't do that next year.

Except for a small part of the sweet potato vines left after harvesting and brought home to feed the livestock, all the rest were broken and plowed into the field, and after rotting, they were used as good fertilizer.

As the saying goes, falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more fertile for flowers.

After harvesting the sweet potatoes, the work in the field was completely idle.

Because of their meritorious service in assisting in grain planting, the three agricultural officials who lived in Jiang's house were all promoted and transferred out of Qingzhou to other prefectures and counties to assist local officials in promoting new grain.

At the same time, a new letter of appointment was quickly whipped from the capital to the Jiang family.

The two brothers, Jiang Wenkang and Jiang Wenxi, were appointed by the court as the agricultural officials of Congbapin because of their meritorious service in assisting in grain planting, and rushed to Jiangzhou County and Yunxi County next door respectively to guide the cultivation of sweet potatoes and new rice.

The brothers have been planting fields for half their lives with their backs to the sky facing the loess, and they never thought that they could farm and grow an official. On his tanned face, his smile was shy and bright.

Lin smiled heartily and joked happily: "I thought that if I could be the sister-in-law of the Hou Ye, I would already have a face, but I never thought that I would have a day as an official's wife."

Boss, you're too long to give me. When I go back to my parents' house tomorrow, my father will give you two more glasses of wine. ”

Lin's words made the room full of laughter. Of course, let the old man toast or something, Jiang Wenkang would never dare.

Even if the old man really did that, he didn't dare to take it. Filial piety and unfilial piety said that his daughter-in-law could blow his dog's head with one punch.

Compared with Lin's coolness, Zhu's eyes are red. She never dreamed that she would have the day to be an official's wife.

Among the three daughters-in-law of the Jiang family, her birth was the most difficult. I lost my parents since I was a child, and I met such a pair of unscrupulous brothers and sisters-in-law.

Fortunately, after marrying into the Jiang family, her in-laws are reasonable, her concubines are friendly, and her husband loves her.

After many years of concubine, the Lu family knew at a glance what the Zhu family was thinking.

She didn't say anything, just gently hugged Zhu and patted her back. Lin also smiled and hugged her and said, "It's all over!" ”

Seeing the three daughters-in-law so friendly, the old Hu family was very relieved.

It is said that marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, the old Jiang family married back three good daughters-in-law, creating a full house of good sons and grandchildren.

Old Hu felt that he was dead now, and he was blind.

In the middle of the month, Jiang Wenyuan's excerpt for his family has been approved.

Lao Hu and Lu both sealed the second rank of Mrs. Fate.

The old Hu family is called "Old Lady", and the Lu family is called "Mrs. Hou". Jiang Yuqing's elder brother Jiang Yuchuan also sealed the position of the prince of Houfu.

So far, Jiang Wenyuan has truly achieved the title of his wife and son.

As the old saying goes, entering the wax moon is the year. If you have money and no money, it's better to marry a daughter-in-law for the New Year.

Years ago was also the peak of folk marriage.

This year, the Xijindu family has made a lot of money, not only a new house, but also a new daughter-in-law who is marrying one after another.

The twenty-third day of the lunar month is a good day for marriage.

Huazi, the eldest grandson of the old patriarch, married, and according to custom, he had to invite a Quanfu lady to make the bed for the newlyweds, and then find a pair of golden boys and girls to press the bed.

Looking at Qingzhou, who can be blessed with the wife and children of the Marquis of Qingzhou.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the old patriarch proposed to invite the Lu family to make the bed for the newlyweds, and invited her pair of children to press the bed at home.

However, as soon as these words came out, they were pressed to death by the old patriarch.

He said with a calm face: "No matter how good your son and my grandson are, they are just ordinary people. How can he let a marquise who is a second-grade marquise make a bed for him, and he is not afraid of losing his life.

And the prince and the countryman, is that what we can think about? Let's stop! ”

His daughter-in-law made him scold so much that he didn't dare to come out, so he had to give up.