Chen Xiaocai contributed 200 taels to buy 20 acres of medium-sized land and donated it to the village.
The income from the field is mainly used for the training of some outstanding children in the village, and the rations of some poor families.
In return, the village has to help look after the cemeteries of Grandma Shen, Chen Xiaocai's parents and Lu Lin's parents, and burn some paper money every once in a while.
There has been a replacement here, Zhang Cheng has resigned, and Zhang Cheng's son Zhang Jin has taken over Li Zheng's position.
Zhang Cheng took advantage of Chen Xiaocai and was very concerned about this matter.
Everyone in this village knew that Chen Xiaocai was rich, but now that Chen Xiaocai donated two hundred taels of silver to the village, many people still lamented Chen Xiaocai's generosity.
Twenty mu of land is already a lot. The Lu family and the Chen family were able to be successful in the village back then, relying on just over 20 mu of land.
Zhang Jin was very happy with Chen Xiaocai's generosity.
The people of the Chen clan were not very happy. The land of Chen Xiaocai was donated to the village, not to the clan. If there were more people, the benefits the Chen clan could reap would be less. Many Chen clan Everyone in the clan felt that Chen Xiaolai's actions made outsiders easier.
Several clan elders were elected and talked to Chen Xiaocai. Chen Xiaocai didn't like the members of the Chen clan very much, and he didn't give the clan elders much face, and the clan elders returned without success.
Zhang Cheng sat on the kang and said, "This Chen Xiaocai is about to leave!"
Zhang Jin nodded and said, "Yes!"
"It's hard to come back, why are you leaving so soon?"
Zhang Jin sighed helplessly. Chen Xiaocai's sense of belonging to the village should be limited. There are too few people in this village who have anything to do with Chen Xiaocai. Zhang Jin has followed Chen Xiaocai for the past two days. The village is a bit out of place.
"Lu Lin is really promoted, and he also met the prince?" Zhang Cheng asked.
Zhang Jin nodded and said: "Chen Xiaocai didn't say anything, but the guards who followed him said so, so it should be true." Zhang Cheng said with a complex expression: "This Lu Lin is really promising. When will he Come back."
Zhang Jin smiled wryly, and said: "He is an official now, so he can't leave easily!"
Zhang Cheng sighed, and said, "I'm afraid Lu Lin has resentment towards our village. It's because I didn't do well! Finally, a capable person came out of the village, but he didn't have any sense of belonging to the village. Zhang Cheng was disappointed. Yu also felt a little guilty. If he hadn't always favored Lu Chengyu back then, perhaps the relationship between Lu Lin and the people in the village would not have been so rigid.
Zhang Jin thought to himself: If it wasn't for Shen Nian's entry into the genealogy, this Chen Xiaolai might not come back, let alone Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi.
The fact that Chen Xiaocai donated two hundred taels of silver made Mrs. Lu very uncomfortable.
The fee for Lu Chengyu to take the Jinshi examination is much higher than that of the scholar examination. The life of the Lu family in the past few years has not been very good.
The old lady fantasized that if the twenty mu of land belonged to their family, they would be able to live well as long as they leased out the land and collected the rent. Unfortunately, Chen Xiaolai's money was given to the village. Old lady Lu felt that Chen Xiaocai didn't know what to say, there are so many people in this village, and there is nothing left for 20 acres of land.
It's okay for Mrs. Lu, after all, Chen Xiaocai is not from the Lu family.
The old lady of the Chen family jumped up and down, and ran to the village to find Lizheng to reason, saying that the 20 mu of land belonged to Chen Xiaocai, so it should belong to their Chen family, and that some of the harvest of the 20 mu of land should belong to them. The Chen family, the old lady Chen said so, but the people in the village ignored her.
Old lady Chen's request to monopolize half of the benefits would naturally damage the interests of other people in the village. Therefore, no one helped her.
Shen Chi and Chen Xiaocai went back to their hometown, and soon returned to Sha County.
Dashi Village, how is it?" Lu Lin asked Chen Xiaocai who had returned.
Chen Xiaocai said without interest: "It's still the same."
In the past, the people in the village looked at him like a plague, which made him uncomfortable, but now the people in the village looked at him like they were looking at money, which also made him boring.
However, I still feel somewhat elated. Back then, those people in the village looked down on him very much. Now that he is in his early years, many people should regret that they didn't treat him better back then.
"I donated two hundred taels of silver to the village," Chen Xiaolai said.
"As long as you like it."
Chen Xiaocai shook his head and said, "I can't say whether I like it or not." No matter what, his roots are in Dashi Village, where his parents are buried.
Lu Lin held his chin and said, "It's a good thing you came back early, if you come back later, the weather will change."
The weather is cold, and it is very troublesome to sleep in a place where there is no village in front and no shop in the back.
"Time flies so fast, it's going to be winter again now!" Chen Xiaomi walked out and said.
Chen Xiaocai smiled and said, "Recently, the weather is getting colder and colder, but the business of the hot pot restaurant is getting better and better."
Eating hot pot in winter is the best. A group of people gathered around the hot pot and ate a meal, and they just got angry. Recently, the number of people coming to eat hot pot seems to have increased.
Although the hot pot restaurant on their side is followed by some people, but the bottom of the pot is still the best on their side. In addition, their hot pot restaurant is certified by the prince, so it has the best reputation. Many people like it I want to try the hot pot restaurant that the prince has eaten. Although the prince visited privately in a micro-service, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world, many people still guessed it.
Under Chen Xiaocai's secret publicity, it became that the prince once visited in private, and once came to eat Shaxian delicacies, and the praise has a great power of celebrity effect. Many people around here came from thousands of miles to try the prince's praise Unknowingly, after eating the delicious food, people are full of praise. This word spreads ten times, ten times, and this street in Sha County is getting more and more famous.
Kyoto.
Ji Yun'an held the book in his hand, flipping through the pages one by one.
It has been a long time since I returned to Kyoto. The book Journey to the West still has a great influence. However, many pirated copies of this book were released later, so Ji Yunan did not sell the book so smoothly. However, it took a long time. Yes, the accumulation of less becomes more, and there are more than two thousand taels.
With so much money, he kept a part of it for his studies, and sent the rest to Chen Xiaocai and Ji Chengkang.
Ji Yunan opened the letter in his hand, the letter was written by Chen Xiaocai, but the contents of the letter should be dictated by Chen Maimai.
Most of the content in the letter is about food. Chen Xiaocai has opened a delicious restaurant, and he has eaten some delicious food. Although the letter is full of food, the content is very boring, but Ji Yunan reads I feel warm. Through the letter, Ji Yun'an seemed to see Chen Maimai's bulging cheeks eating.
"Yun'an, I heard from people in the palace that the lord has been obsessed with the delicacies of Sha County. After he came back, he has been obsessed with them. Is the food in Sha County so delicious?" A student leaned over and asked.
Ji Yunan said lightly: "There are some special dishes."
"Really? Sha County is just a land of barbarians. Could it be that there are delicacies that we don't have in Kyoto." A student said a little arrogantly.
Ji Yunan smiled. Local students in Kyoto all have an innate sense of superiority. This is no wonder, after all, Kyoto is the most prosperous place in the country.
"There is always something special that can make the prince never forget. If you have the opportunity, you can try it too." Ji Yun'an said lightly.
This is true, the prince should also be someone who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas. The delicacies of Shangsha County can be seen here. If you want to come to that place, the food is really outstanding.
Ji Yun'an smiled and said, "The tastes of many foods over there are very special."
"Yun'an, your evaluation of the food in Sha County is really high. However, I still think that we have a lot of food in Kyoto. I went to a small town known as the hometown of food. As a result, the food there is not good. Let everyone look forward to it! Yunan, since you have returned to the capital, you should try more of the food in the capital."
Ji Yun'an glanced at the person who spoke, but didn't refute anything. These many concepts cannot be easily changed, and Ji Yun'an would not believe that Lu Lin can make so many delicacies without being there.
Ji Yunan greeted everyone for a while, put away the books, and walked out.
Ji Yunan hugged the book, feeling a little more urgent in his heart.
It's been a long time since he left the frontier, and Xiaomai doesn't know what's going on.
After the prince came back, he spoke highly of Sha County's food, and seemed to have a good impression of Lu Lin.
Ji Yun'an smiled wryly, everything seemed to be going well with Lu Lin, and since he had been back in the capital for so long and hadn't made any achievements, Ji Yun'an suddenly felt a little ashamed.
The relationship in Kyoto is complicated, Ji Chengkang is not around, and Ji Yunan has few people to talk to in Kyoto, so he often feels lonely. Chen Maimai's letter gave Ji Yunan a lot of encouragement.
Chen Xiaomai returned to the house excitedly.
"Ji Yun'an sent a letter." Chen Xiaomi looked at Chen Mai's excited look, and said with a complicated expression on his face.
Lu Lin held his chin and said, "Another letter!"
Chen Xiaocai and Ji Yun'an have done business, so they have always exchanged letters. When Ji Yun'an writes to Chen Xiaocai, he always writes a letter to Chen Xiaomai. In fact, it is not clear whether the side dishes are incidental or the wheat is incidental.
Mai Mai is always very excited to receive Ji Yunan's letter, in order to be able to understand the contents of the letter, Chen Xiaomai even became interested in reading. "This kid is promising, he seems to have passed the examination of scholar two years ago." Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomai held his chin and said, "You're still far from being a scholar. If you want to be an official, you have to take the entrance exam."
Lu Lin smiled and said, "How old is he!"
This Lu Chengyu passed the exam again and again, and this Ji Yunan passed the exam in the first year back.
Chen Xiaomi curled her lips and said, "That's right, but it's still too far away."
"The wheat is getting bigger and bigger!" Lu Lin said.
Lu Lin frowned. Xiao Cai and Shen Chi had settled down very early, but Mai Mai was different. No one has come to propose marriage. Mai Mai looks more like a wild boy. How to treat wheat as twins? Lu Lin shook his head, and thought to himself: things like fate will come when they should come, and it's useless for him to worry about them.
Chen Xiaomi frowned, and said: "It's getting bigger and bigger, but don't worry, there's really no other way, just buy a husband, or I'll raise him for the rest of my life, it's fine."
Lu Lin: "..."
Lu Lin walked into Chen Maimai's room. Chen Maimai bit his pen, wondering what he was thinking.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Maimai, feeling a little weird. In order to learn how to write letters, Chen Maimai had already learned to write a lot of characters.
Seeing Lu Lin, Mai Mai put down the pen in his hand.
Lu Lin looked at Mai Mai and said, "Are you writing a letter to Ji Yun'an?"
Chen Xiaomai nodded, and said shyly, "Yes! However, I can write too few words. Sure enough, I still need my second brother to write."
Lu Lin secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, and thought: Ji Yun'an, how can this stinky boy, how can he make Mai Mai, an uncertain guy, work hard to learn to write for him. Lu Lin looked at the handwriting written by Chen Maimai, and suddenly felt that his handwriting was not very ugly, and it was more than the top and the bottom.
"Brother Ji said that the food in Kyoto is terrible, and there is no one to cook for him. He probably will be hungry. Brother Ji is so miserable!" Mai said sympathetically.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Maimai's appearance, and thought to himself: Maimai really thinks too much. What kind of place is that in Kyoto? Damn guy, he died of starvation "Brother Lin, tell me a story." Chen Mai said.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Maimai and said, "Why do you suddenly want to hear a story?"
Chen Xiaomai lowered his head and said, "Brother Lin, tell me the story, and when Brother Ji comes back, I can tell it to him."
Lu Lin: "..." Ji Yunan is really capable! This brat completely bluffed the wheat.
Lu Lin suddenly thought of the fact that Ji Yunan would climb over the wall and enter the door when he first came here. When Ji Yunan climbed over the wall, he was sent by Chen Maimai to pull the grinder. He had sympathized with this guy back then, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. This kind of bastard should be studied more.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Mai's expectant eyes, nodded, and said, "A story? Well, I'll tell you one."