Because many things have been discussed before, this time when Zhou Man comes here, one is to represent her Hui nationality; the other is to meet people from the Xia family; the third is to sign a contract and make various arrangements.
But one or two, she will realize it when the time comes. Under the witness of Mr. Zhuang and the invited head of the village, the old Zhou Tou and Xia patriarch jointly signed a contract, guaranteeing that the second child after Zhou Man gets married will be named Xia...
After signing this, Man Bao said to Patriarch Xia: "Patriarch, I want to take a look at the two lands of Nanba and Dongling."
Those were two plots of land she could take back.
A clan elder asked a little nervously: "Didn't the lady in the land in Nanba say that she would run clan studies for the clan?"
Man Bao nodded with a smile, "Yes, has the clan decided to run a clan study?"
Patriarch Xia's face was not very good-looking, but the other clan elders nodded and smiled repeatedly: "Yes, the clan discussed it and felt that the children should study more. It has been discussed to set up a clan study."
Man Bao nodded approvingly, "This is a hundred-year plan. I just went to see what kind of land my grandfather left for me. I still have to donate it."
When the clan elders heard this, they stopped blocking them and let the young people lead them. Of course, a few clan elders with good legs followed to see the excitement.
Nanba is not particularly far away. For the convenience of travel, Man Bao and the others rode horses directly. They were impatient and walked slowly with others, and ran away first when they asked for the direction.
The wheat in the field is ready to be harvested, and even a lot has been harvested. Now the field is also yellow, and even the rice is heading. It will be harvestable in two months.
Man Bao nodded repeatedly.
When Xia's people accompanied Lao Zhoutou and Zhou Dalang brothers to the place, Man Bao and the others were already standing in the field, pulling wheat and squatting on the edge of the field to chew.
Everyone in the Xia family: ... I don't know why, but they look a lot like them.
Man Bao got up, stretched out his hand and clapped his hands and said: "It's been a long time since I ate roasted wheat, let's pull some back and roast it later?"
Although the words were spoken to Bai Shan Bai Erlang, his eyes were on the elders of the Xia Clan.
The clan elder smiled and said, "Eat whatever you want, eat whatever you want, there are not many other things in the countryside, and there is still enough wheat."
Man Bao asked, "Where is the Nanba land?"
She took out the title deed from her bosom, and said with a smile, "I don't know the place mentioned on it very well."
The members of the Xia clan showed her the way, from where to where it belonged to her, and the piece of dry land barely connected to the other side after a small piece of land was also hers.
Man Bao looked on tiptoe, and found that the large area of wheat had not been harvested, but there was not much wheat, but a lot of rice was planted, and there were not many beans on the dry land.
No wonder she said that she was not very happy when she said that she gave this piece of land to the clan to do ethnology studies. There are a lot of dry land and few paddy fields.
Pointing to the dry land, Man Bao asked, "Why are there more land than the land deed, and less paddy fields?"
The clan elder said: "A few years ago, our place was in drought, and the fields could not even grow wheat. At that time, many people changed their fields to dry land to grow beans. There was not much rain in the past two years. Especially last year, it became more and more dry. so… "
Man Bao understood, and then she remembered that there was a drought last year.
She sighed and said, "At first, I thought about collecting all the rent for this year to subsidize some households, but now it seems that I can't."
Elders: ...
It never occurred to them that she came to visit the land to collect rent.
Man Bao sighed again and again, and said to them: "I also heard about the drought last year in the capital. Although our Lumi is not short, the harvest on the field is much less."
Man Bao, who had no job income at all last year, pretended that he already had it and sighed: "The clan was supposed to establish an ethnology, but there was a drought last year. Forget it, the rent handed over by the patriarch is still for the clan to establish an ethnology." Use it, if you have any extra, you can also help the orphans and widows in the village, I'm afraid they will have a hard time this year."
The young people who followed the clan elders couldn't help raising their heads to look at this cousin when they heard it. The clan elders were also a little moved, and the little resentment towards Zhou Man in their hearts dissipated a lot, but some people raised doubts. , yin and yang asked strangely: "Cousin is still short of this rent?"
There was a ding-dong in Man Bao's heart, and he thought excitedly, it's finally here!
So she sighed heavily again, shook her head, and said to them, "Why is this a little bit of rent? This amount of rent is enough to feed several members of my family for a whole year."
She sighed: "Don't look at me as an official, but I am the most honest editor and imperial physician. I can only get some salary, but it is not easy to live in the capital. I still have a big family to support. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are just enough. Not to mention, the monthly entertainment is quite a lot.”
"Shangguan treats guests to dinner. You have to go. If you go, you have to bring a gift. If your colleagues invite you, you have to invite them back. No matter how cheap a restaurant in the capital is, it is more expensive than a restaurant in Shangzhou, let alone you. Do you have the nerve to invite people to a simple place for people to eat?"
Everyone shook their heads together, and when they looked at her again, something was different.
Man Bao took advantage of the situation and said, "I heard that the land in Dongling rented by Xu Lichang has not been rented for more than ten years?"
The clan elders are a little embarrassed, it's hard to say.
Man Bao sighed again and said: "I also know that he is still the head of the village. Although he doesn't care about us anymore, he still has some human feelings. It's not good if the quarrel is too stiff, otherwise the clan will be affected in the future. , although it’s not going to be a big deal, but if he blocks us with a document today and doesn’t give us the land survey tomorrow, it’s us who will suffer.”
The young people were a little bit indignant, but the clan elders nodded repeatedly. Seeing their faces, they couldn't help but took Man Bao's hand and sighed, "Good boy, you are still sensible. You are worthy of seeing the world in front of an official." Yes, much more promising than your cousins."
Then he turned around and scolded the young people, "Why are you angry? Learn from your sister, you have to know that you can do big things if you can bend and stretch..."
Bai Shan on the side lowered his head, as if he really liked soft things and feared hard things, if he was, he could just be pulled down by the chief, but it's not impossible, the Xia family is the largest clan in Hongtian village anyway, as long as there are enough people, what can't be done
Bai Erlang looked at the clan elders with a look of surprise, and looked at the clan elders holding Man Bao's hand with a surprised face. He felt that the direction of the wind was changing too fast, right
Man Bao expressed his thoughtfulness, and then went to look at the land in Dongling. This land is worse than that in Nanba, especially last year when it was dry. Most of the land is now planted with beans, only seven The eight acres are planted with wheat, not even rice.
Man Bao looked disappointed, and almost said that he would donate too quickly. When he opened his mouth, he was stared at by the old Zhou Tou, and Man Bao grunted and said: "It's just the past years, but this year's rent should be paid. Is it possible to hand it in?"