After listening to this, Ren Zilin took the 100 coins and comforted her: "Don't worry, old lady, I will get the red deed for you. The eldest branch of the Shen family can't take this house away. Don't worry."
There are three types of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants. Some families do have regulations that the descendants of a family with no descendants are not eligible to get a house. The house passed down from the father's generation is a place for future generations to settle down, so that they can reproduce and continue to worship the family.
Although Gu had no sons, his grandson Shen Xinghui already had the surname Shen, which meant that there was someone to inherit the family line, and the family line was not extinct.
The Gu family has lived in this house for so many years. Even if there is a dispute with the Shen family's eldest branch and they take it to the government, he can still use this reason to give it to their branch.
There is one more thing. Even if Shen Xinghui’s surname is not Shen, this house definitely belongs to the Gu family.
There is no reason to force the widow of a soldier who died for his country to have no house to live in!
The imperial court recruited one soldier per household, and those who served in the army were considered to have made sacrifices for the entire family. If every soldier sacrificed his wife and children would have no place to live, who would dare to serve in the army
The court laws do not allow it.
This is also the reason why the eldest branch of the Shen family did not get the house back through the government.
Gu heaved a sigh of relief and immediately bowed: "Thank you, sir."
Several children from Xingnong also thanked him: "Thank you, sir!"
"It's just a small favor, you're welcome." Ren Zilin looked at Chu Tiankuo, "It's getting late, so let's go back, right?"
Chu Tiankuo nodded, "Yeah."
Gu took the child and walked them out of the alley.
Ren Zilin said to Gu and the others, "Auntie Gu, Miss Shen, if you have any problems, just go to the government office and find me. I will make the decision for you!"
Gu: “… .”
Can she say pooh
Their family will never go to the yamen again!
No way!
Bah, bah, bah... Gu cursed wildly in his heart.
It's really good luck, no taboos, nonsense...
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For dinner, Xingnong made white rice, braised pork, fried squid, and stir-fried Chinese cabbage.
Xinghui ate the rice in big mouthfuls, not feeling sorry at all: "I don't know if it's because the food from the eldest house was sent over, but the food tonight is so delicious!"
Xing Qing nodded: "Well, I don't feel bad about eating any more!"
This is her second bowl of white rice! This is the first time in her life!
Seeing that Gu didn't say anything, Shen Ruoxi said with a stern face: "You guys, this is really wrong! You should cherish the food! Don't waste it so much next time. You have to save some food, understand? Mother, am I right?"
Gu's mouth twitched when she heard that, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes.
This "top fir"! My own, my own...
She is the one who cooked the rice tonight!
Not a single sweet potato or sweet potato leaf was put in, the whole pot was filled with white rice!
Xing Nong was the first to eat her fill. She took out a hundred and twenty taels of silver notes and said to the family, "I plan to use this money to support Xing Hui's schooling and to buy land."
The annual tuition fee of Bailu Academy was fifteen taels of silver, of which five taels were for the cost of the academy's uniforms and some books for study. In addition, there were some holiday gifts for the teachers from time to time.
Gu suddenly choked and started coughing violently.
She even forgot that she still had a hundred taels of silver!
Several children looked at her in surprise, and she quickly said, "It's okay."
Seeing that Gu was fine, Xinghui said, "I don't need to go to school. I can hear the teacher's lessons now. There's no need to waste money. I'll leave it for my aunt's medical treatment and my sister's dowry!"
Xinghui felt that things were pretty good now. He could listen to the teacher's lessons every day while sweeping the floor, and Teacher Zhang would give him some math problems to do every day.
However, there were always one or two questions that he didn't know how to answer, and he relied on Xingnong to teach him how to answer them.
Xing Nong: "Money has to be spent anyway, and the best way to spend it is to study and buy land."
If she didn't know that Xinghui really liked reading, she wouldn't have advised him.
Xing Qing felt that one hundred taels was too much. If she didn't study, she would never be able to spend it all in her lifetime. Two taels was a lot for a village girl's dowry, so she asked in surprise, "Doesn't my brother like to study? Why don't you study?"
Shen Ruoxi also nodded: "It's better not to marry someone who values a woman's dowry? My Xingnong and Xingqing want to marry the best people! I don't need to see a doctor, I'm not sick. Doesn't Xinghui like to study? Now that you have money, go to school and study hard! In the future, when you pass the imperial examination, you can support your sister and sister! The money will be gone after it's spent, how can you be trusted? Mother, am I right?"
Xing Nong looked at Gu: "What do you think, grandma?"
Gu had been silent the whole time, but after hearing this, she seemed to have made up her mind: "Yes. Xinghui, bring twenty taels of silver to pay the tuition fee tomorrow, and buy some gifts for the teacher. From now on, this family will depend on you! You are the only man in the family, you must support it! No matter what, we just need to be together as a family!"
Gu thought that Xingnong had earned ten taels of silver and had been living peacefully for the past two days, and maybe that man no longer cared about their family.
But everything was fine at home, and she was more worried about what was happening to Shen Ruolan now!
That man let his family go, was it because of Shen Ruolan...
No way! Pah pah... ..
Gu cursed in his heart.
She looked at the children and felt both distressed and relieved.
I can't live in such a miserable way any longer. Can it be more miserable than the past few years now
It’s time for Xinghui to study so that he can find out about his mother in the future.
Shen Ruoxi nodded vigorously and patted Xinghui on the shoulder: "Xinghui, this family depends on you from now on!"
Xing Qing nodded and patted Xing Hui on the other shoulder: "Brother, this family depends on you from now on!"
Xinghui: “… .”
Gu: "It's settled. Xinghui will go and hand in the restraints tomorrow morning. I will go to Village Chief Gu to buy the land later."
I don't want to keep the money with me for a moment!
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After dinner, Gu went to see Village Chief Gu with a hundred taels of silver.
When Gu came back, the children had washed and dressed and were sitting around two oil lamps, some doing arithmetic problems and some making clothes.
Master Zhang gave Xinghui a few more arithmetic problems. Xinghui was studying the two math books that Xingnong bought for her. Usually, he would study them for a long time and then ask Xingnong if he didn't understand.
Xingnong took out a brush and started drawing a fuel-saving lamp.
Xingnong was left-handed in her previous life, and the original owner was right-handed, and the original owner could not write, so she used her right hand to draw.
The painting is not very pretty.
Gu looked at it for a long time but still didn't understand: "What are you drawing?"
"Oil lamps. I think these copper oil lamps use too much oil. I think using porcelain oil lamps would save more oil. I plan to find someone to make a few."
"How do you know that ceramic lamps save fuel?" Gu shook his head. What a waste! Why not just not light them
Xingqing, Xinghui and others looked at Xingnong, waiting for her answer.
"Do you think the water drops in the iron pot will dry up faster or the water drops in the clay pot will dry up faster?"
Xing Qing said without thinking: "Of course it's an iron pot!"
Xing Nong nodded: "The principle is the same."
Iron and copper conduct heat quickly, so the oil evaporates naturally quickly as well.
Ceramics conduct heat slowly. The fuel-saving lamp she drew has a layer in the lamp wall and a round hole on one side of the lamp. Clean water is injected into the layer through the round hole, which can help reduce temperature and save fuel.
Four people: "..."
Is the principle really the same
It was already late at night, and Gu directly extinguished an oil lamp: "Go to sleep! This is the way to save fuel."
Family: “… .”
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