Mr. Du and Xia Xia have a good relationship, so they know more, and said: "He felt bad when Zhou Yin and his wife didn't hear from him after they left for a year, so he took advantage of the convenience of managing for him and changed to renting a shop by himself. , let his son go out from the original owner's house to work alone, and rented all the land to their Xia clan's patriarch... "
County magistrate Zhai understood after a little thought. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Master Xia is smart. In this way, even if the land is divided, it shouldn't be scattered."
"Yes, I heard that the whole of the three fields is now in the hands of Patriarch Xia, and one half has been divided into sacrifice fields, and the other half has been distributed to each family. The remaining one seems to be Xu Lichang bought it."
That is to say, at least two yuan is easy to recover, as long as Xu Lichang and Xia Patriarch agree.
County magistrate Zhai felt that the matter was a sure thing.
At this time, Xia Xia was also explaining carefully to Man Bao the details of the division of production twelve years ago, "Because Xia Yi's family is the closest to your grandfather's blood, Xia Yi's father and your grandfather are the same great ancestor, so at that time Songhua Lane The house was directly distributed to him, but the field was taken back to the clan..."
If he hadn't occupied the shop ahead of time, he wouldn't move out even if he was killed, and he was considered a well-known silversmith in Shangzhou, and his boss had some power, the shop might not be able to keep.
But in recent years, the clan has said everything, and Xia Xia's reputation has also deteriorated a lot.
He said to Zhou Man: "I have set aside the annual rent of the shop alone, and it will be collected by your parents."
Man Bao nodded, didn't say yes or no, just asked: "I don't know where my grandparents are buried, I want to visit them."
Xia Xia nodded again and again, "It should be, it should be, it will be buried on Da'an Mountain outside the city, don't go up the mountain when you get out of the city, go to..."
Xia Xia explained how to get there in detail, then paused and said, "Why don't we go up the mountain together tomorrow."
He said: "The people from Hongtian Village can't come so fast, and they can't enter the city until noon at the earliest. We can go to worship in the morning."
Man Bao nodded with a smile, and agreed, then saw that he seemed to be out of breath, and said, "Uncle Xia, why don't I take your pulse?"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "I'm not your uncle, but uncle. I'm two years older than your grandfather."
Man Bao was surprised, so her grandfather did die early.
Xia Xia also wanted to spend more time with Zhou Man, mainly because he still had a lot to ask her, so he stretched out his hand to see her doctor, and kept asking her questions, "How are your uncle and aunt treating you?"
Man Bao nodded, "Well, I never thought that I was not their child before."
That's great.
Xia Xia felt better, and asked again: "After all, you're almost as old as Ji, aren't you?"
Man Bao nodded, "It will be fifteen in winter."
Xia Xia sighed and said: "Okay, okay, you have grown up too, who arranged this marriage for you?"
When he was talking, he also glanced at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan smiled politely at him.
Man Bao said: "My uncle and aunt decided."
She said: "We grew up together and worshiped the same teacher."
Xia Xia could only nod his head. In fact, he still wanted to ask, why is your surname still Zhou? Why not change back to Xia's surname
But after all, we just met, and the child is afraid that he is still a stranger to him, so it is difficult to speak.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Man Bao asked him some questions, how much he eats every day, and how much he can eat for each meal...
After asking clearly, Man Bao got up with a smile and said: "It's not early at this time, I think Uncle is also sleepy, why don't you go home and rest first, see you tomorrow."
Xia Xia hurriedly said: "You and I can go home. Once you are home, you can no longer live outside. I will ask your aunt to clean up the room, and you will live at home."
Man Bao refused, and said: "This time my uncle, aunt, and several brothers also came with me. There are too many people, so it's not easy to come and disturb us. Now we live in the Fulai Inn. If uncle needs something, he can send someone to look for us there. Just ask the Zhou family and they will know."
Xia Xia was taken aback, "Your uncle and aunt are here too?"
"Yes," Man Bao said, "After all, I was too young when I left home, and I don't remember anything. They were afraid that I wouldn't be found, so they came with me."
Xia Xia looked at her age and felt that what she said was correct, but thinking of her performance and ability just now, she felt that this was not the reason.
But he was really exhausted today, just thinking about it made him so tired that he didn't have much strength to speak while lying on the rattan chair.
Man Bao naturally noticed it too, turned around and went out to have Xia Xia carried back.
The county magistrate Zhai also finished asking, and was leading Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu over, so he simply let them go together, even letting Mr. Xu who was standing in the corridor go.
Watching a group of them go out together, after thinking for a while, Man Bao stopped Xia Xia's servants and said: "You guys wait a while before leaving."
Then he turned to look at Daji, and asked him to fetch their umbrella, and asked a guard to hold an umbrella for Xia Xia, and escort Xia Xia back.
To avoid conflict between Xia Xia and Xu Lichang, Xia Xia's current body is not very able to bear anger.
Xia's servants responded, and waited for a while before going out, and they walked slowly, not in a hurry.
After they had all left, County Magistrate Zhai turned around and asked Zhou Man and the others to come in. He briefly told her what he had found out, and then asked, "How does Lord Zhou want to deal with this matter?"
It seemed like she could handle it however she wanted.
After standing for a while, Man Bao said, "I want to visit the grave of my grandparents first."
"It's easy to say," said the county magistrate Zhai, "shall I ask a messenger to guide you?"
Zhou Man smiled: "Then I would like to thank my parents."
Zhai County Magistrate smiled and said: "Master Zhou is too polite, I think the sunset is coming soon, why don't we go tomorrow, the county will hold a banquet in the mansion tonight to wash the dust for the three of you."
Man Bao declined, she wanted to go and have a look now, and then go home and discuss this matter with her parents.
Seeing that she was impatient, magistrate Zhai was considerate of her, so he held her back for a while and sent her out.
Seeing the four masters and servants running away with the yamen servant he assigned to them, he stroked his beard and turned back to the house.
The master said: "My lord, Xia Shi will spit out the meat in his mouth?"
The county magistrate Zhai sighed and said, "Who knows, this county has already done this, whether it's for the Xia family or for the young masters around, it's up to them to play their own game."
The master said: "Although it is understandable that Zhou Yin and his wife did not return to the family for fourteen years, after all, those fields and houses have been distributed to the family members for twelve years. It's hard to be afraid."