Mainly Man Bao and the others said that they simply told the things they found out today, and then said: "Tomorrow morning, we will go to pay respects to our grandparents with Xia Dajiang, father, mother, you go together, just in time to see you Master Xia."
He said again: "People from the Xia clan should come to the county government office at noon. We can go to see them after we have something to eat. Then our whole family will go."
Man Bao said: "The tombstones of my grandparents are still intact. Someone should pay homage to them every year. I don't know who it is. But I have made up my mind. No matter who it is, I will give him something."
Man Bao said: "If it's Master Xia, I'll give him the shop; if it's another clansman, I'll give him the recovered land."
Old Zhou felt a pain in his heart, but he didn't object, he just said, "Just make up your mind."
Even Mrs. Qian couldn't help looking at him. He even talked about the shop in the county town for several days. How could he be so generous this time
Old Zhoutou and Man Bao said: "The main thing is that the graves of the ancestors are okay. I remember that your great-grandfather is also single-veined. You have to take care of their graves."
Man Bao answered.
Old Zhou Tou then mentioned his property, "If you can get it back, you still have to get it back, it was left to you by your parents."
He said: "Your father is included in the genealogy of their Xia family, he is a man, he cannot suffer this grievance in vain."
Everyone: ...
Man Bao bit the bullet and said: "Father, my father should not be wronged."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also felt the same way. After all, the Xia family not only saved Zhou Yin, but also got a daughter-in-law for nothing. Which genealogy is not included
It's just a bad reputation, but a man, are you still afraid of a bad reputation
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who are still young, don't have that much prejudice against marrying into a family.
Mrs. Qian also couldn't stand Lao Zhou's teasing, so when he was almost done eating, he asked him to go and see the horse, "See if the store clerk has given good fodder, don't let them fool you, this horse is from your in-laws. Yes, it’s expensive, we have to bring it back properly after we bring it out.”
As soon as Lao Zhou heard it, he ate his food and went to the stables to watch the horses.
The Qian family waited for him to leave before saying to Man Bao: "Don't listen to your father, we will come back with you, one is to find relatives for you, and the other is to let Xia's relatives know the whereabouts of your parents. It’s also good to let them know that your father and mother are not the ones who did not accept the promise, but they didn’t come back because they were gone.”
Man Bao nodded.
Qian Shi said: "Those family properties sound like a lot, but you don't lack this family property to live on now, so there's no need to quarrel with your relatives over it. Besides, this matter is not reasonable on our side. "
She said: "We didn't plan to let you change your surname. Once your parents left for fourteen years, not to mention your father just married into a family, even in our village, if someone left for five or six years and didn't come back, and the family was wiped out, the property will also be collected." It was redistributed among the Hui clan."
Bai Erlang said: "But Uncle Zhou and the others were forced to leave."
Mrs. Qian said with a smile: "So even relatives should have relatives. My mother is a rough person and illiterate. She doesn't know much, but she also knows that there are many fights for property in the village. It is our Qili Village. , it looks quite harmonious, but there is also, didn't you also follow your second sister-in-law's ass to watch people quarrel and fight?"
Man Bao nodded.
"Do you think they still win over people from the village and clan when they fight for land?"
Man Bao whispered: "The second sister-in-law said that the big donkey's wife is secretly giving gifts to Dazhu's wife."
Qian didn't expect that the second daughter-in-law would tell Man Bao this kind of thing. After a moment of silence, she laughed and said, "Yes, so don't be afraid, send someone to find out who is close to your grandparents, and win them over. From now on, you It won’t be difficult to visit relatives here.”
"As for those family properties, there is no need to force them," Qian said after a moment of pondering: "They can return them if they are willing to test them out. Everyone in the township knows that it is your understanding and the benevolence of your grandparents and parents to spread it."
Man Bao showed the same pained expression as the old Zhou Tou, "Give them all?"
Qian Shi looked at her and nodded her forehead, "Just like your father, I didn't learn anything, I just learned your old Zhou's stinginess."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang lowered their heads and grinned, their faces almost buried in the bowl.
Man Bao muttered a bit, the shop can give it away, or the field can give it away, how can I give all three
Thinking of something, Man Bao immediately lifted his spirits, and said: "Yes, there is a difference between closeness and intimacy. I can follow the shop and the field, but I must take back the house where my parents lived."
Qian didn't object this time. She heard from Man Bao just now that the daughter-in-law who lives in that house seems to be very rude to Man Bao.
Even the Hui people can't blindly pay to please, otherwise people will think that Manbao is easy to bully when they see it.
Thinking of this, Qian said: "Looking back at the situation, the house must be taken back. As for the land, since Xia Yi is the closest blood relative to you, then you can allocate a part of the land that cannot be taken back. Coming to him is also considered your grandfather's care for him."
Wu Wulang on the side couldn't help opening his mouth wide, "Mother, didn't that make them fight?"
Zhou Dalang patted him on the head: "You are stupid, you just let them fight."
Mrs. Qian glanced at him, and Zhou Dalang immediately changed his words: "It's nothing. Since we are the closest relatives, we can't let them lose everything. Others can share some land. This is fair."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were so shocked that they almost dropped their chopsticks. They looked at Qian Shi, and then turned their heads to look at Man Bao. They deeply suspected that Man Bao was Qian's own.
Man Bao kicked the two of them under the table to calm them down, and then asked her elder brother, fifth brother, "Did you find out anything today?"
"We found a shop," Zhou Dalang said, "It's a silver shop, but the craftsmanship inside is average, but the business is still passable."
He squatted near the shop today, and asked many people, so he knew a lot, "I heard that the shop is owned by Xia Dajiang's son, and I heard that Xia Dajiang's craftsmanship is very good, and many nobles from other places come to him to make silver jewelry. Well, sometimes a complicated set of silver ornaments can sell for a thousand taels of silver."
Zhou Dalang couldn't understand this point, he was shocked that a set of a few taels of jewelry could sell for thousands of taels just because of his craftsmanship.
Zhou Dalang continued: "But I have seen and inquired about it. The business of his shop is very ordinary. I found out that Xia Dajiang had an agreement with his owner, the Hu's family, that he would only give money to the Hu's family for the rest of his life, so now his shop The silver jewelry in the silver shop is made by his son and grandson, he never sells it, so the silver jewelry is average."
"However, the Hu family also takes care of his family's business. Some simple silver jewelry is still placed with his shop, so it won't lose money." Zhou Dalang paused and said: "I also met the owner of the shop this afternoon. Xia Rui’s, it seems to be about the same age as me, when I heard that I came to inquire about the owner of the shop, I kept asking who I am.”
He smiled embarrassedly and said, "You also know that elder brother is stupid, and he was afraid of revealing his secrets by talking too much, so he just asked a few words and left."
Man Bao said: "It's okay, I saw his father today, and I can see him tomorrow."