Zhou Lizhong really saved a lot of money. Man Bao heard that the wedding date had been set, so on June 28, he turned around and immediately wrote to his parents, asking them to come and see their grandson get married.
Then he picked and picked on the shelves in the space, picked out the fabric that he thought was suitable for Liu Sanniang, and took it to Xiaoqian after he took it out.
Little Qian saw that she was holding an armful of cloth, and saw that there were at least five or six of them, and the cloth underneath almost touched the ground, so she immediately went up to catch it, and asked, "Do you want to make clothes?"
"No," Man Bao said, "This is a dowry gift for Li Zhong."
Xiaoqian was slightly surprised, took the things back into the house, counted them carefully, and found that there were six pieces in total, and each one was of good material and color. Manbao seldom bought fabrics outside. It can be said that this time she came For more than a year, I haven't seen Man Bao buy fabrics and clothes outside. All of them are taken from home and can't be made for others, or they are sent by Mrs. Liu.
"Is this a reward from the palace?"
Man Bao nodded, "These two horses were rewarded by the Queen, this one was rewarded by the Queen Mother, this one was given to me by Ming Da, and these two horses were given by the Crown Princess. I think the colors are good, and they are very suitable for the three. Mother, so I can give Lizhong a dowry."
Xiaoqian smiled and said: "Your elder brother and I will go out to buy them, the eldest brother has saved a lot of money himself, and your elder brother and I have calculated that it is enough to buy a very good dowry gift, you can take these things back. "
Man Bao shook his head and said: "Sister-in-law, you can take it. Anyway, I got a lot of rewards. Half of the fabric I got was handed over to the fourth brother to exchange for tea and medicinal materials. The reason why a few horses are not brought out is because they are good."
"Good cloth, as long as it is well preserved, it is fine if it has not changed color for ten or twenty years, so the cloth can be used as money. Adding these cloth as a dowry will not only look better on the face, but also save some money." Money to do other things."
Man Bao also had plans in private, and Bai Shan also reminded her that the development of a family must be seen at least twenty years later, and the development of a family must be seen at least fifty years later.
So Man Bao whispered to Xiao Qian's: "Save some money, Lizhong can make money after they get married, and we can also buy them some land."
After being startled for a moment, Xiaoqian immediately said: "Big head has allocated land in the village."
"Is there enough Yongye land in the village this year?"
"It's still enough."
"What about the subfield?"
Xiaoqian smiled and said: "It's still a mountain, and there is a large area of land under the mountain. Speaking of which, he was lucky this time. When he was allotted, he was allotted to a very small mountain. Because there were not enough to count, Lizheng took the land under the mountain. That piece of wasteland also belongs to him, because the wasteland occupies a large number of people, the village opened up the wasteland for him, and your second and third brothers planted all privet seeds on him this year..."
The land in the family is all combined, and all the harvest belongs to the public, but in the future when the family is divided, unless the old Zhou family is so poor that they need to sell the land to support their parents, otherwise the full amount will definitely be returned to each person when the family is divided, yes Whose, that is whose.
Xiaoqian said this to tell Manbao that their family has no shortage of land, and neither does Datou.
Man Bao said: "There is not too much land, and it is in the village, which is too far away from the capital. If Sanniang stays in Beijing in the future, what will Lizhong do in Beijing? He can't have no land at all. "
Xiaoqian smiled and said: "He is capable now, even with only the land at home, he can support himself and his family."
Man Bao knew that she was talking about Zhou Lizhong going into business with Zhou Zhoulang, no matter how bad he was, he could be a bookkeeper now, which was better than farming in the village.
Man Bao took her sister-in-law's sign language and said earnestly: "Sister-in-law, for the long-term plan, we should buy some land here. You can go to business twice a year like the fourth brother now. excessive."
"The current dynasty is lenient to merchants, and the management is not strict, but if the treasury is short of money in the future, and the current court needs money urgently, I am afraid that more business taxes will be levied, and there will be strict requirements in other aspects, so the land still cannot be used. At least we are farmers, not merchants."
"This is a long-term plan. In short, it's not bad for the couple to have a piece of land near the capital. Not to mention growing some food, just planting some fruits and vegetables can save a lot of money in a year."
Now many of the melons and fruits of Zhouji Restaurant are sent from Pu Village. For those winter melons, pumpkins, and cabbage that can be stored, Zhou Dalang set up a piece of land to plant them last year, and the commonly used beans , and directly use the rent handed in by the tenant farmers.
Not only the restaurants are in use, but most of the food at home is delivered by Zhuangzi, and the Bai family often sends some seasonal fruits and vegetables. They are not extravagant, so the family's expenses are not large.
Xiaoqian has lived in the capital for more than a year, but she often purchases from nearby people, mainly because several of the foods she cooks are very popular.
It's just that the ingredients are often bought.
Although she was only in charge of purchasing, she visited more often, and she occasionally heard from them about the expenses of their master's family, which was quite a lot.
In this way, Xiaoqian can understand. Although she doesn't understand what Man Bao said about the long-term plan, she also knows that it is good for her family.
So she was quickly persuaded, and after thinking about it, she said, "It's just that the land in the capital is very expensive. Before, Dad took the money and wanted to buy some land near the capital, and asked your elder brother and the others to go out and inquire about it. The price is high, so let’s not talk about it, we just thought about it for two days, and we sold it when we asked again.”
It's completely different from buying a piece of land from them and looking at it repeatedly for ten or twenty days.
Man Bao couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said: "Sister-in-law, it's hard to buy in the capital, we can go to Yongzhou to have a look, there is a lot of land there, and the land price is not very expensive."
"That's the only way to go. Let's share some money and go to Yongzhou to buy a few acres of land, but it's hard to buy land," Xiaoqian said suspiciously: "But I think there are a lot of land in the capital and Yongzhou. , much larger than ours, a large piece of flat land passed by, unlike ours where there are mountains, how could so much land not be sold?"
Man Bao said: "The imperial court has regulations. The Yongye land given by the imperial court can only be sold when the elderly cannot be supported or have no family assets to bury the elderly. The koufen land must be taken back after death."
"So ordinary people sell less land, and those with family assets sell less land, unless they want to move away." Like their family, if they don't stay in the capital in the future, there are only a few acres of land nearby, so it's better to sell it directly. Otherwise, if you keep it, you will not be able to grow it yourself, and it will be troublesome to rent it out and collect rent.
"There are also family accidents," Man Bao said: "Although there are many people in the capital and Yongzhou, there are not many such families, so land is hard to find."
But this is also beneficial. It is difficult for them to buy land, and it is also difficult for others to buy, so ordinary people rarely lose land. From the perspective of the court, this is actually a good thing.