Patriarch Xia's biggest headache was the problem of the house. There were three fields, the largest one was in his hands, and the other was in the hands of Chief Xu. Today they just entered the city gate, and a servant of the Xu family held a box in his hands. Stopped them at the gate of the city, and inside was the land deed they made up later.
As soon as he got the box, Patriarch Xia understood what Xu Lizhang meant. He returned the land, but the so-called rents were definitely not there. After all, it is something that has already been eaten in the stomach, and it is too uncomfortable to spit it out again.
These two fields are very easy, there is only one other field, the half used as a sacrifice field is fine, and the half that has been allocated to each household is too difficult to get back.
Besides, there is also the house that Xia Yi is occupying now.
They are not very capable people, but they can't bear the fact that there are so many of them, and they are also messing around. Even if he is the head of the clan, he can say the same thing in the clan, and it is impossible for them to spit out their things.
Patriarch Xia didn't want Zhou Man to see Xia's jokes, and he didn't want to tear up his face with the clansmen, but when he saw that she didn't mention anything else, he just mentioned the house, so he could only stiffen his face and say: "Mrs. Long time no news, we all thought..."
He sighed and said: "According to the rules of the patriarch, your family's property, especially the house, should be reserved for the house closest to your grandfather. Counting, Xia Yi is still your cousin. You are from The same great ancestor."
It's her mother's great-grandfather, several generations later, so it's impossible for him to be a cousin, but Man Bao didn't speak, and the smile on his face faded away.
The gentleness on Patriarch Xia's face also subsided, and said: "After all, their family has lived in that house for twelve years, and they are very affectionate. Do you want to live here in the future, or not? I mean, it's better to let them Paying you money is like buying the house."
Seeing Man Bao's expression worried, he said: "Of course, there are other ways. If you change your surname and go back to the genealogy, even if you have supported your grandfather, that house is your grandfather's relic." , the clan naturally stood by your side to get it back for you."
The county magistrate Zhai who was sitting at the top took a cup of tea and drank it, lowering his eyes and secretly said: If it really came, he just said, how could it be so harmonious
Man Bao withdrew his hand from Patriarch Xia, sat on the chair, and laughed with Patriarch Xia: "I don't plan to change my surname."
Patriarch Xia frowned, "Your father is married, so logically, your surname should be Xia."
"I didn't let her change her surname," said Qian, who had been sitting quietly all this time, "I brought her up with shit and piss. When she first arrived at our house, she couldn't even eat much. I took great pains to bring her up, and even took the lives of the whole family to protect her, now that she wants to change her surname and leave home when she grows up, don't even think about it."
Patriarch Xia was taken aback, and quickly said: "My in-laws misunderstood. Although we asked her to change her surname, we didn't mean to let her leave you."
Qian snorted coldly and said, "The surnames are different, doesn't that mean you left?"
Xia Xia sighed inwardly, seeing that old Zhou still didn't say a word, he knew that this matter would not be resolved in the end.
Patriarch Xia broke up with her, "But Zhou Yin is married."
"I didn't say he wasn't married. It's written in your genealogy, and you haven't been asked to change it," Qian said, "But Zhou Man's parents are still me and her father. It's not easy for us to bring her up. She has to do it." Repay your kindness."
Patriarch Xia said with an ugly face: "What about Shengen? My brother Yan has only her bloodline."
"We have also thought of this," Qian said, "We are not impolite people. Although we have never met our father-in-law, he is able to take in Zhou Yin, so he is a good person. Naturally, we don't want to let him die. So we have discussed with Manbao's grand-in-law and mother-in-law, and the child they will have in the future, the second child after the eldest son will take the surname of Xia, and it will be considered as the heir of the father-in-law."
Patriarch Xia didn't expect this operation, so his eyes widened for a moment, and it took a while before he found what he wanted to say, "Let me tell you, the eldest lady is still young, so there is no need to get married so early. When I grow up, I will invite relatives to marry you." A good door-to-door will give birth to a few more children, and the branch of Yandi will flourish, and maybe two more children will be spared to follow Zhou Yin's surname."
Man Bao sat on the side feeling uncomfortable. Are you treating her like a pig
She glanced at Bai Shan, and Bai Shan coughed lightly, put down his teacup and said, "Patriarch Xia, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and grandfather Xia are all trustworthy people, wouldn't it be good to break the promise in front of me?"
Patriarch Xia talked so excitedly that he forgot Bai Shan's identity for a while, mainly because he was not familiar with him yet, and there were quite a few people from the Zhou family, so he didn't pay much attention.
Bai Shan glanced at Daji.
Daji took a step forward, and said with a blank expression: "Patriarch Xia, my young master is from the Bai family of Longzhou, and has been an official in the court since the time of the young emperor. Is his family background not worthy of Miss Man, or is his appearance not worthy?"
Man Bao and Bai Erlang both turned their heads to look at Bai Shan, Bai Shan didn't express much expression on his face, just sliding his cup with downcast eyes.
Patriarch Xia's head is a bit big, which emperor is the young emperor
The county magistrate Zhai kindly helped him popularize science, "The young emperor is the young emperor of the Han Dynasty. It is really rare for the Bai family to stand up in troubled times."
However, in the Han Dynasty, officials were basically selected according to their merits. If the Bai family could be selected, at least their family background was not young, and they should be a well-known local gentry.
And Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty has been there for at least four hundred years. Four hundred years of ups and downs, after three great troubled times, countless small troubles can still exist, no wonder it will be recorded in the clan annals.
Daji continued: "Let's not talk about family background and appearance, but character and talent. Our young master is now a student of Chongwen Museum, accompanied by the prince. He has already entered an official position at the age of fifteen. You are full of people from Shangzhou. Look around, can you find someone better than our young master?"
He said again: "Don't talk about our young master, just talk about Miss Man, she is already a sixth-rank imperial doctor, and a fifth-rank editor. What kind of person is worthy of her?"
Man Bao nodded.
Qian's said: "If you wrong my child and let her choose someone to hire for the sake of recruiting, I will not agree."
Patriarch Xia said with difficulty: "Yes, it's not casual."
Mrs. Qian asked: "Is it as good as Bai Shan? Can the family background be decent? Although it is a recruiting family, the in-laws are serious in-laws, and they always come and go. Can the in-laws know how to be polite? Is the person good? We don't ask for appearance, but character." Talent cannot be low, we are so good at Manbao, if there is someone who can't read big characters, or someone who has only read one or two articles like this, it shouldn't be."
Old Zhou Tou nodded again and again, and couldn't help interjecting: "We, Man Bao, have read a lot of books. In the whole room, if someone who hasn't read much comes here, he can't talk to Man Bao, and his life will be miserable." What's the point?"
The hearts of everyone in the Xia family collapsed: Who the hell is capable of studying and still come to marry
Wouldn't it be nice to take the exam and become an official to make money