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Miao'er said: "Grandma, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for people to come over. Why don't you bring two bowls of herbal tea for them to drink? e3 latest update"
"The carriage looks spacious, but sitting for a long time is really tiring. Now that they have spoken, we have to make it easier. You can put down the straw curtains around the straw shed and put tables and stools under the trees on the east side. They were just resting under the tree." Hehua saw that the wheels of the carriage and the sides of the carriage were covered in mud. He thought that he must have taken a long way out. Thinking of the hardships he had suffered in the past, he felt that he should not refuse.
"Yes." Miao'er stood up, put down the straw curtain, went out and asked the boy to move the tables and benches, and then sent the boy over to invite the people in the car to come over.
The straw curtains hanging around the hut are used to block the sun, so they are sparsely woven. It is not clear to see the middle-aged man with a suspicious identity from the outside, but it is quite clear from the inside.
The boy driving the carriage lifted up the curtain of the door and helped out a middle-aged man. His temples were already slightly gray, and he was wearing a cotton gown that had been washed a little white. His hair was fixed on the top of his head with a bamboo hairpin, and a long strand of hair under his chin. Although his appearance is not impressive and his clothes are simple, his demeanor is not that of an ordinary person, but that of a foreigner who has retired to the countryside.
However, no matter who he was, it had nothing to do with him. He Hua only looked at him from a distance for a few times, then withdrew his gaze and continued some common gossip with Han Hongpei. The topic somehow turned to his relatives who were living in his home.
"Lotus, I'm not a villain. It's just that I've seen a lot of such things. After all, I have a few more years of experience than you." Han Hongpei now treats Hehua less and less as an outsider, so naturally she no longer hides anything she has to say. Guessing, "When a man becomes an official, there are not a few distant relatives who come to join him, but there are really few who can really live with the family wholeheartedly. If they can really work together wholeheartedly, they will not split up the family back then, but now." All the points were divided. Seeing that there was a promising future here, I came to seek refuge again. How many of them were on the right path? Even if they were just looking forward to getting a job to earn a living when they came, they can wait until Chapter 401 A middle-aged man with a dubious identity is living a stable life, and seeing the money in other people's hands flowing like water, can he not feel itchy? Can he not think about other things? "
Lotus sighed. It's not that she hasn't thought about this, Qi Jintang is also on guard, but after all, they are relatives bound by blood. In ancient times, when the clan concept is overwhelming, even if she knows that he has small calculations, she can't kick him out. Otherwise, it’s not about official performance evaluation. Just the local Tumo star can drown someone.
"I don't know what my sister has, but they are indeed serious relatives. Back then, my husband's family was always on the same page. Even if they were distant relatives, they would not ignore them. When the time comes, they will be stigmatized as being disowned by their relatives. Who can do that?" Can you afford it?”
"Who asked you to kick people out? I just reminded you to be careful. People are keeping an eye on them. If there is any irregularity, don't act rashly. It's best to take advantage of their shortcomings. I won't let you do it in the future. Scoop it up. If there are no shortcomings, it's not difficult for you to lead them to do something." Han Hongpei's response to these things was indeed better than that of Hehua. Seeing Hehua's thoughtful look, she lowered her voice and said, " If they do something that embezzles money at home, the worst they can do is turn a blind eye, and our relatives will have some dignity. But if they do something inappropriate outside in the name of the master, it will be ruined. The master’s reputation cannot be repaid with money.”
Hehua actually listened to what he said in front of him, but he framed her in the back. She couldn't do it, but she knew in her heart that Han Hongpei was doing it for her own good, so she nodded with a smile: "I will keep your sister's words in mind. Fortunately, my sister helped me imagine it."
Here they both picked up teacups and drank tea. The hut suddenly became quiet, and the voices outside reached their ears.
"Brother, your bayberry grove looks good. How good are the fruit sales? How much money can you make in a year?" The middle-aged man looked at the hillside with interest while using a cattail leaf fan to chase away mosquitoes around him. The fruit tree on the tree asked the boy who was filling the water.
"Sir, to tell you the truth, these bayberry trees are naturally raised. Since I was a child, no one has taken care of the bayberry trees all over the mountains and fields. When harvesting the fruits, at most some kids would come and pick them for toothpaste. , the rest were eaten all over the ground by chipmunks, rats and birds, and no matter how much there was, they rotted in the ground without anyone taking care of it. Our garden will only be tidied up this year." The boy was sharp-tongued. He had been hanging around the middle-aged man since he had just received the reward, and when he heard him asking questions, he hurriedly gave details.
"Oh? Since there are fruits to pick, why not pick them and buy them?" the middle-aged man asked strangely.
"Sir, what you're saying gets to the root of the matter. The mountain roads here are difficult to walk and the waterways are impassable. Bayberry is no different than other things. It spoils very quickly when picked. Since it can't be sold, no one cares about it. It has grown all over the mountains and plains." The boy refilled the middle-aged man's bowl with herbal tea, and used the cattail leaf fan inserted in his waist to help him drive away mosquitoes.
"Then why did you only clean up these few places this year?" The middle-aged man seemed to be more interested, "Is it possible that your master likes to eat bayberries?"
"This was our grandma's idea. She is a capable person. Most of the men in our town have gone out to earn a living, leaving only the old and the young. Every household is supported by women. Our grandma went to the south during the Chinese New Year, and when she came back she scooped up some woven bamboo and embroidered handkerchiefs. Now the idle women in every household have gone to get work and go home to do it. They no longer have to show up in public to beg for food. You don’t have to worry about the things you’ve made not being sold. The elderly and children at home can also help with splitting bamboo, winding threads, etc. Our grandma will pay for the finished products first, and then transport them out to sell them. Many families in the town have With the extra subsidies, everyone praised our grandma for being a person with a bodhisattva heart."
When Han Hongpei heard this, she touched He Hua's arm with her elbow, smiled and whispered: "Your servant is an honest person, and he boasts that his master doesn't even blush."
Hehua's face turned red when she heard this, and she said angrily: "Sister, I'm happy too." He was about to ask Miao'er to go out and stop the boy from talking nonsense, but Han Hongpei stopped him and said, "No, please listen again." , that person doesn’t look like a casual passerby.”
In fact, He Hua also had some doubts in her heart. At first, she just thought it was the sequelae of watching costume dramas in the past. There were so many officials who could come down incognito for private interviews. But now, hearing Han Hong Peiyi, the doubts in her heart were aroused again, and she continued Listen below.
"If you really have a bodhisattva heart, wouldn't it be better to just give up money and rice to help the poor? Your grandma is doing this just to make money for yourself." The middle-aged man's words had a teasing tone, which sounded like he was deliberately making excuses. .
But the young man is an honest person. I originally thought that this old man was kind-hearted and not stingy with his actions, so he smiled at him. Who knew he would be like this? My grandma suddenly became unhappy and said: "What do you know? Our grandma However, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. If they just give away money and rice, they will always run out of food. It also makes these individuals dependent and less willing to make money by themselves. Now they can all There is work to do, which not only helps me practice my craft but also supplements the family income. Even if my father and grandma leave the county in the future, they will not be unable to open the pot because no one will give them money... "
The boy said a lot of words in one breath, picked up the bowl on the table, poured himself a bowl of herbal tea, drank a lot of water, wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and said: "These words don't matter here. Well, if you still behave like this in the city, be careful of getting beaten on the street."
"I was wrong about what I said just now, or your grandma is thinking long-term." The middle-aged man calmed the boy smoothly, and the topic turned to the murder case, "Being beaten? Are you really such a mess here? I was on my way here. I heard that a murder case just broke out in the city, so you and I don’t even dare to enter the city to shop.” He turned around and glanced at the thatched shed. Although he couldn’t see the situation inside, he could feel that there were eyes inside that were constantly looking at it. Hold yourself.
"The murder case is true, but it's also really strange." The young man was not a grudge-bearing person. Seeing that the middle-aged man readily admitted his mistake, he stopped caring about it too much and just mentioned the murder case and sighed, "Actually, our county has always been peaceful. Everyone is poor. There are few people who steal money and steal money. Those who can't survive have already left. But it just so happens that life is getting better this year. This happened."
"Then do you know what's going on?" the middle-aged man asked with interest.
"This man is really confusing me. It's all the business of the old men in the government office. How could I, a handyman in an orchard, know about this?" The boy put away the tea bowl on the table, looked at the sky and said, "This man If you want to go to a store in the city, you'd better go there early before dawn. Our place is small and remote, and the stores close as soon as it gets dark, so it might be inconvenient to go there late."
"Thank you for reminding me, brother." The middle-aged man suddenly asked again when he stood up to leave, "Brother, since water and dry roads are not convenient here, why does your grandma still maintain the orchard?"
"I don't know the details. I just heard from my sisters in the back house that our grandma can prepare the fruit. Once she has finished it, she may be able to sell it for money. Now, not only my family has opened a forest, but many other people have also opened it. , the Yamen has also specially prepared official documents, and we will still have to collect rent in the future."
"So that's it." The middle-aged man stroked his beard on his chin, looked at the energetic bayberry trees on the hillside with a smile, and murmured to himself, "I didn't expect that this remote little place would be more interesting than I thought before coming here. "To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come. Your support is my biggest motivation.
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