It didn't take long for Mrs. Feng to hear what old Zhoutou said in the village, and she immediately went to Mrs. Qian, "Mother, Man Bao wants to say hello to Er Ya, who is he talking about?"
Qian Shi: "...there's no shadow yet, don't worry."
"Erya is already that old, don't worry, girls as old as her in the village are already mothers of two children."
Qian's hands didn't stop, and continued to grab the dough, "What are you afraid of, Liu Lang got married too late, didn't he also talk about a good marriage? I have the ability, even if I am late, I will have a good marriage."
Feng Shi was thoughtful, and felt that what her mother-in-law said was true, but...she hadn't seen her daughter for two years, and she didn't know how she was doing.
Feng couldn't help asking, "Mother, will you and dad still go to the capital after the new year?"
Qian thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, I won't go if there are too many things at home."
Feng really wanted them to go, but she couldn't go with her, and she could watch the children a little bit when they went, since both of them are in the capital, they are not too young, so they should kiss each other.
Qian shi comforted his daughter-in-law, then turned to Zhou Zhoulang who was repairing farm tools, and said: "Sanlang, it's getting late, go and call your father back."
In the past, this kind of thing was done by the children of the family, but now that the children are not at home, Zhou Zhoulang can only put down the work in hand and call his father.
When Lao Zhou was called back, he still had some unfinished business, and so did the people in the village. A few people who had a good time with him walked back together, and then stood outside the fence of Lao Zhou’s house and talked for a long time before they broke up. .
Now the old Zhou's family is very respectable in Qili Village, and their popularity seems to be better than before.
This is not only because Man Bao has become an official and is the most promising person in Qili Village, but also because of the influence of the old Zhou family on Qili Village.
Many families in the village now grow medicinal materials. Yam, ginger, and privet privet seeds are all planted on the basis of several acres. Sell it to Zhou Lang to a farther place.
In the past two years, they have made a lot of money because of this, so four families in Guang village bought the dozen or so cows that Zhou Zhoulang brought back this time.
Others were sold to several nearby villages.
Because they are all fellow villagers, the old Zhoutou has less decisions, and each cow is about 100 yuan less than that sold in the county bull market.
Old Zhou was a little distressed when he made this decision, but he said to his sons: "This is the root of our family. You go out to do business. Man Bao is an official in the capital, but no matter where you go Where, I will always come back here in the future, so I will give the benefits that should be given to the folks. Most of your brothers are outside now. The folks are building houses, marrying wives, and sending off the elderly. You can’t help at all. It can only be given from other places.”
Zhou Zhoulang and others nodded in response.
Old Zhou Tou changed his voice and said, "But you can't give too much. The money in the family is earned by your hard work. Going out to do business is dangerous."
However, Qian said: "Sheng Mien Dou Michou, even if you take your cousins with you, you must also pay attention to proportion, give what should be given, and don't give what should not be given, otherwise good people will not be raised by you." gone."
Coming back this time, Zhou Zhoulang planned to take the Qian family's two cousins out, mainly to go in and out of the grassland, and he was the only one who would work hard for many things.
It's not that they didn't encounter danger at all. Last time they added two more cars due to lack of manpower. The people were hired now, but they ran away when they encountered danger, and even passed some of their goods.
On the contrary, the three sons he brought and those under Xiang Mingxue were stable, so Zhou Zhoulang felt that it was better to use his own people.
Zhou Zhoulang is now in charge of the medicinal materials business in several nearby counties and prefectural cities. Every time he goes out, he invites young people from the village and his uncle's family. However, he is only busy in autumn and winter, after all, the medicinal materials they grow are harvested at that time.
Because of these, the old Zhou's family is very prestigious in the village now, and even the village head likes to come to Zhou Zhoulang to discuss anything.
Of course, after Lao Zhoutou and the others came back, they turned to discuss with Lao Zhoutou.
This time, the village chief asked Lao Zhou to discuss whether he should offer a pig's head to the ancestors this year.
Qili Village used to be very poor. When offering sacrifices to the ancestors, there were chickens, meat and fish, but they did not offer much pig heads, after all, pig heads were very expensive.
The last time I gave pig heads to the ancestors was because I heard that Man Bao became an official, and the village itself was lively once.
The last time was because of Zhou Yin's injustice, and he was posthumously named Mianzhou Shepherd...
The village chief mentioned this to discuss with the old Zhou Tou, and asked him to pay the money by the way, not all of it, but a big one.
This is also a customary rule in the village. Whoever is richer will pay more, after all, the ancestors bless them.
In the past, the old Zhou's family had no more and no less, and they belonged to the middle group.
But the old Zhou Tou is not stingy at all in this matter, he agreed without thinking about it, he didn't need to ask Qian for the money, he paid the money himself, and said to the village chief: "You have to let the old ancestor bless you Our family is rich and prosperous, and everyone in the family is safe and healthy."
Village head: ...does he need to find him if he has this ability? I made all the sacrifices of the ancestors by myself.
But he said: "Uncle Jin, don't worry, the old ancestor will definitely protect your family."
Qili Village was very lively. Cannons were fired from the 30th day of the Lunar New Year to the ancestor worshiping in the morning of the first day of the new year, and the crackling continued until the third day.
This side of the capital is also very lively, but it is lively among ordinary people. This year, the officials only simply meet and greet the New Year. It is almost the same, except for their relatives, the officials do not even confiscate the rituals.
As for the banquet, no one dared to drink and celebrate with great fanfare unless the door was closed to drink secretly.
However, as soon as the yamen opened on the eighth day of the eighth day, there were still seven or eight officials who were impeached for having a banquet during the national filial piety, and one person was a concubine during the national filial piety.
Then Manbao’s first big court meeting in the new year saw the demotion of eight officials, the concubine was directly demoted out of the capital, from the fifth rank to the seventh rank, and sent to a lower county as a county order to go.
Man Bao raised his spirits for a moment, then became a little uncertain, and after retreating from the court, he followed closely to catch up with Magistrate Tang.
Magistrate Tang turned to look at her curiously, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Man Bao pulled him to a remote place, lowered his voice and asked, "I know it's a taboo to take a concubine in the country's filial piety, so does having sex count?"
Magistrate Tang twisted his face, and lowered his voice, "Who will spy on the matter of the boudoir unless it kills people?"
"Then what if someone dies?"
Magistrate Tang: ...
He looked Zhou Man up and down, and asked in a low voice, "Who, begged you to come here?"