The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 247 Reunion
Everyone wants a share of the high profits of maritime trade. Since the imperial court intends to open the sea, it is imperative to set up a shipping department along the coast in the future.

People's hearts are fluctuating, and everyone is arranging manpower according to their abilities.

People who have contacts with the Zhongqinhou Mansion have received the special annual gifts of the Zhongqinhou Mansion at the end of this year: two catties of black pepper, a box of sandalwood and agarwood, and a gift box of Zhongqinhou Mansion’s cured meat.

At Cai Ji Restaurant, the brothers Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu were the first to give New Year gifts.

In addition to the annual gift prepared by their mother, Cai Jijiu also received other tributes from the students: two painted ostrich eggs, two pots of orchid grass, a pair of rhinoceros horns, two python skins, and two strings of old sandalwood beads.

Cai Jijiu pulled the two students who came to give gifts, and listened to them talk about the first-hand news of their overseas travels all day long.

Before letting them go, Cai Jijiu did not forget his identity as a husband, asked them all about their homework, and finally asked them whether they would take the children's exam this year.

"Sir, both of us brothers are going to participate. After studying for so many years, we always have to verify how well we have learned." Yuan Wenjie is confident that they will fail the children's test, but they will not be blinded by so many master's teachings. ?

Cai Jijiu nodded, the Yuan family brothers have calmed down a lot in the past few years, and they have not forgotten their book knowledge.

Seeing that he has grown much better than his grandson who studied in the palace, he is really capable of traveling thousands of miles.

The two boxes of incense and Buddhist beads were confiscated by Mrs. Cai. Lao Shantan's Buddhist beads are polished very smooth, and the unique fragrance makes people feel refreshed.

Accompanied by the reading group, the main items brought back during this trip are gold and gemstones of various colors, supplemented by some rare medicinal materials and spices.

Cai Hanwen also got quite a lot, and all the elders and female relatives in the whole mansion received his tribute.

Cai Jijiu looked at the two pots of orchid grass again and again. They didn't have a greenhouse, but he was very worried. Where should they be raised?
Except for Cai Ji Restaurant, the other Confucian gentlemen, the two brothers also presented generous gifts one by one.

Great Confucianists have made a lot of contributions to their hand-copied copies of the Four Books and Five Classics, so they can't just eat meat, can they?The two brothers were also warmly received by the gentlemen, and they didn't stop talking until the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.

With the spread of the brothers and the returning Guozijian teachers and students, ostrich meat became the wild game that the dignitaries of the Great Xia Dynasty were most eager to eat.

"Ah! Mother, if you continue talking about it, your second child will become a storyteller!" Yuan Wenwu slumped on Cuihua's recliner, hugging his two younger brothers and never letting go. When it comes to the Chinese New Year, isn't the Chinese New Year even worse?
It took less than ten days for Cuihua to come back from the brothers who were fresh and rare, with all kinds of delicious food and drink, and then to the disgust at this meeting: "Don't just talk, isn't this the best travel experience for you guys?" ? To write a book, there must be many young people who love to read it."

"Mom, the children's exam is going to be in February, no matter how you have to pass the exam, you can write your travel notes. The sons will not have many days to relax."

Of course, Cuihua will not stop her sons from making progress. They have been studying for so many years. If they don’t get a diploma, who knows what their real level will be?

Although her family is already considered a wealthy family, there are also those in the wealthy family who are contemptuous. The ignorant dude and the young man who is capable of both literature and military affairs have a diploma.

In the beginning of spring, not only the two brothers are going to participate, but Xiaoshan and Xiaochuan are also going to participate. There are four candidates in the house, which makes Cuihua feel the tension of the college entrance examination.

No one is idle, even if it is almost Chinese New Year, even if it is Zhongqinhou who has just returned from a long business trip for a few years.

Hei Wa has to hold meetings with Tu Si Nong during the day, and next year's planting plans for coarse grains, vegetables, fruits, cotton, pepper, and rubber trees will be led by him, with Tu Si Nong's cooperation.

Tu Si Nong's heart ached so badly that Hou Zhongqin invited him to eat a meal made of these grains, even though Hou Zhongqin repeatedly assured him how high the yield of these grains would be, he still felt very heartbroken!How many seedlings can be saved by eating one sweet potato?
If it hadn't been for Zhongqinhou and the others not coming home for several years, and the Chinese New Year would be around the corner, Tu Shinong would have wanted to start working right away.

Is it cold in the Northland?Lingnan is warm, they can go to Lingnan to plant dozens of acres first, and then come back to the capital.

He had torn through Huang Shangshu's planting observation log. Thinking of the yield of more than 4000 catties per mu, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well. In the past few years, he finally turned barren land into sorghum fields.

Before he could be proud of this little achievement, he didn't expect that Zhongqinhou and the others came back with so many surprises.

Taro bigger than a human head, pumpkin the size of a millstone, corn that can be used as a staple food, potatoes and sweet potatoes that can be eaten or eaten, why are overseas countries so blessed?

Next time the sailors are going to sea again, should he apply to follow them around?

And these planting places will indeed start from Yazhou Prefecture and Lingnan, and they will not be able to stay in the capital for at least a year in the future.

Finally, on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day the emperor sealed his pen, Hou Zhongqin took his belated annual leave.

On the first day of his vacation, Gao Zongbing, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, invited the matchmaker Huang Shangshu.Huniu and Yuan Wenyuan's child marriage formally settled down, exchanging Geng Tie and giving each other engagement tokens.

From then on, Yuan Wenyuan has to go to his future father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings every year.

The child is at the age of worshiping heroes, and only thinks that his future father-in-law looks extremely handsome in armor.

As for the many fat wives, Xiao Wu said that when he grows up, he will earn more gold than his brothers, and it is safe to support his own fat wives!

Cuihua is busy with Xiaowu's engagement ceremony, and she also has to worry about the preparation of the New Year's supplies in the mansion.Check the results of the three nieces' workshops this year, and arrange meals for the candidates who are about to take the children's test.

In such a busy day, their mansion even invited Zhao Leiting to his wedding a few years ago.In mid-autumn next year, during the harvest season, Zhao Leiting will be able to marry the young lady of the Mou family.

The girl was very happy. In the past two years, she has met her sister-in-law several times. The sister-in-law and sister-in-law can talk about it together. The future sister-in-law likes to hear her talk about her brother's embarrassing things.

Finally got the exact date when her sister-in-law came in, this silly girl gave Cuihua the monthly money she had saved, and asked Aunt Cui to help her prepare more dowry gifts for her brother.

Cuihua pointed at her and said with a smile: "Your brother is also like this. I gave all the monthly money to Aunt Cui, saying that half of it will be left for you as a dowry and half for his betrothal gift. Could it be that aunt and uncle are elders? Is it okay for you two juniors to pay for your own wedding?"

Nannan was in a hurry. Although she was young when she followed her aunt, she still clearly remembered that she and her brother were rescued up the mountain by her aunt.She and her elder brother have spent all these years eating, drinking, and dressing in the uncle's house, so how could they accept their aunt's dowry or dowry with peace of mind?

"Auntie, my daughter and my elder brother have spent all these years eating, drinking, and clothing at the house, and they can still get monthly money. This wedding must have cost a lot."

"Then you still treat me as an aunt?" Cuihua directly interrupted Nannan's words. The brothers and sisters are not ungrateful. Zhao Leiting is such a capable and trustworthy housekeeper, how could she treat them badly?

Nannan kept nodding with red eyes: "You are closer than your aunt!"

"Then my aunt arranges the marriage for my nephew, what do you have to say, little girl?"

"It's all up to your arrangement, everything is up to your arrangement!" Nannan hugged Cuihua's arm and acted like a baby habitually: "Thank you for your hard work, auntie is the best, and I will never leave you for the rest of my life."

"Oh, what a good relationship. Auntie can support you forever, so we'll stay at the house, that brat who wants to marry you to death."

"Brother, can we review after the new year? How many times have we recited these!"

"Review the past to learn the new, hurry up and read the book, you, Mr. Mou will have a bad memory!"

Yuan Wenwu felt that there was no need to work so hard for a child's test. Cai Hanwen and the others were already scholars, and said that the child's test was very simple.

Xiaoshan and Xiaochuan worked much harder than the two brothers, and they had to come to study after the first day of junior high school.

Yuan Wenyuan and his brothers were the most at ease and happiest in the Yuan Mansion. Their father brought back a few big boxes of strange things, enough for them to play with for a year.

Qitou also wanted to play. After he broke an ostrich eggshell handicraft, everyone guarded against him like a thief.

The three-year-old baby is very wronged, as soon as he appears, Hum Hem, the bad bird will shout: "Xiao Qi is here, Xiao Qi is here~" The brothers will hide all the fun things, really bad !
Time is fast approaching the New Year's Eve. This year, the old Yuantou not only raised three animals for the ancestors, but also bought a [-]-acre sacrifice field for the Yuan family clan school in the village, adding another source of income for the clan school.

The money for buying the sacrificial land was the red envelopes he got from doing puzzles in the past few years. Old Yuantou rejected the sponsorship of his sons.

On the family tree of the Yuan family, it was solemnly recorded by the patriarch.

When offering incense and kowtow to the ancestors, the old Yuantou said silently in his heart: "Thanks to the ancestors of the Yuan family for their blessings, my son has finally returned safely. Bring high-yield grain to the people, with these, our people will no longer suffer from famine, and we Shu people will no longer have to flee from famine."

Old Yuantou had too much to say in his heart, he chatted with his ancestors for half an hour.

Yuan Tangbo seized the opportunity to discuss with Heiwa, and wanted to ask him whether the Yuan family's ancestral hall needed to be overhauled?

After all, their old Yuan's family has improved to a higher level this year, and they are waiting for the top grade!In the whole capital city, those who are taller than their cousin's family are no more than a pair of hands away.

Heiwa is not very enthusiastic about renovating the ancestral hall, he thinks that with this money, it is better to let the clan learn more children who go to school.Even if you invite a few more, it would be good to have more educated gentlemen.

Tang Bo expressed his understanding and didn't say much. After receiving the five catties of dates promised by Hei Wa, the old villagers returned home happily.

The whole family is neat and tidy on New Year's Eve, and Lao Yuantou is drunk before drinking, watching the eldest sister and Qitou grab toys with joy.
(End of this chapter)