Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 38 Mother
In the next few days, both Wei Shi and Xie Shi were fine.

Xie Zhiyun occasionally takes care of the trivial matters in the back house, but he is not too busy.

During this period, I went to visit Cui Ji, and saw that her complexion had improved a lot, and she was much more energetic, so I felt a little relieved.

But Cui Ji said to her: "The Duke's Mansion is like this. When you are busy, you are always busy. When you are free, you can worry about it."

She was leaning on the bed, her body was thin, and she had a weak paleness.

In her, Xie Zhijun could see Pu Liu's frailty and tenacity.

"This mansion is big if you say it is big, or small if you say it is small," Cui Ji looked at Xie Zhiyun seriously, "Speaking of small, we are just one family, no more than parents and brothers, no more than kinship, many things are easy to handle. "

Xie Zhiyun listened quietly to her.

This feeling was not obvious two months ago, but now she can clearly feel Cui Ji's ardent expectations for her.

This expectation is inconsistent with the identities of the two of them.

After all, Cui Ji is Wei Ji's stepmother, and she also has her own flesh and blood.

Cui Ji continued: "If you say it's big, you're going to be big."

She took a breath, waved her hand away from Xie Zhijun to wait on her, and lowered her head to eat a mouthful of snow pear soup with white fungus.

"The Duke's Mansion governs the eight prefectures, and there are many people. All living beings, as small as a grain of rice, or as large as a mountain, have to be taken care of by the Duke's Mansion."

"Do you know how many people, acres, mountains, rivers, and vegetation there are in these eight states?"

Cui Ji raised soft eyebrows and looked at Xie Zhiyun quietly.

"Grandpa Guo is fighting abroad to protect the people, and other people in the Duke's Mansion must work hard to make sure that the people who can survive have food, clothing, and family reunion, so that their wives and children will not be separated."

Cui Ji patted Xie Zhijun's hand: "I used to do these things, but now I will slowly leave them to you."

Xie Zhiyun was a little dazed, she didn't answer immediately, but just greeted politely.

"Mother's health will always be good. Only when the mother takes care of the family can everyone feel at ease."

Cui Ji shook his head.

She looked puzzled, and looked down at her slightly rough hands.

Born as a daughter of the same aristocratic family, she was only born [-] years earlier than Xie Zhiyun, so her fate was completely different.

This is not her misfortune, nor is it Xie Zhiyun's luck, it's just a different fate.

Cui Ji's heart was like still water, she raised her eyes to look at Xie Zhiyun.

"Nian Nian, can I call you like that?"

Xie Zhiyun was really stunned this time, she blinked and blushed inexplicably.

"Mother, why do you have such a naive nickname?"

Cui Ji smiled softly.

"How naive, what a nice name."

Cui Ji's voice was long and drawn out: "Bo Qian is the same as the Duke of the State, but also different, you have a good time with him."

This is the first time Xie Zhiyun heard her talking about the relationship between husband and wife, but he didn't feel ashamed, he just thought she felt it, and said: "Okay."

Cui Ji knew that she didn't take it seriously, but she was not in a hurry.

The days are still long.

She sighed: "What do you think of Han Zhao?"

Xie Zhiyun smiled and said, "Han Zhao is very cute, I think she is easy to get along with."

Cui Ji thought for a while, then said: "Then you should play with her more, she is cold-tempered and won't take the initiative to get close to people, she is a bit lonely in the mansion."

Xie Zhiyun then said: "Okay, mother can rest assured."

After coming back that day, Xie Zhiyun always felt that Cui Ji's words were a bit strange. She thought about it, but couldn't think of anything wrong, so she said a few words to Jia Nanny.

Grandma Jia thought about it, and then said to her: "Miss, I see Mrs. Guo has a very good temper. She treats people softly and loves her children. She treats all children equally and treats them as their own flesh and blood."

"Looking at how she gets along with the Second Madam and Madam Li, you can see that she has no bad heart, and she is probably in poor health. I want to hand over the errands of the Duke's Mansion to you as soon as possible."

Xie Zhiyun thought for a while, and said, "It's a good thing."

That night, when Wei Ji came back, he told her about his errands for the past few days.

"Of the more than 1000 refugees outside the city, only about [-] are willing to settle in the city. The rest want to wait until the spring blossoms to leave Yezhou, and many want to return to their hometowns."

Xie Zhiyun said: "600 people is not too small."

Wei Ji took a bite of the steaming meat bun, swallowed it into his stomach in twos and twos, took a breath before continuing.

"A few years ago, the battle was fierce, and most of the fertile land outside the city was abandoned. Later, when our family settled in Yezhou, the people returned one after another, and the fertile land outside the city was recultivated. However, at that time, the land was divided by household, and many wealthy households also A part of the scattered fields have been produced, so that the common people have the capital to settle down."

In fact, most of the people in the city are engaged in small businesses. Various food shops, rice noodles, grains and oils, cloth and refreshments, etc., all the things that can be used in life are sold in the city.

There are also some people who live on the outskirts of the city and on the edge of the city. They go out of the city during the day to cultivate rice and grain. They are considered farmers living in the city.

Compared with farmers in villages and counties, there is no difference except that there is an additional household certificate from Yezhou.

Refugees have no identity and are actually black households, so they don't have to pay taxes. This is the reason why many people live on the streets after losing their homes and relatives.

If one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, there is no need to pay taxes, and there is no need to think about saving a mouthful of rice for the family. If you have wine today and get drunk today, you can live every day.

But they also want to return to their roots.

It's cold today, and it's warm in the vicinity of Yezhou. When the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, they will leave and continue on their way home.

Although Xie Zhiyun has been in Xie's family all year round and rarely goes out of the house, she is not a boudoir lady who keeps her ears off the window.

"Not to mention the refugees who are going to leave, where do the refugees who want to enter the city live and what do they do for a living?"

Xie Zhiyun asked.

Wei Ji wasn't surprised at her keenness either. He put down his chopsticks, thought for a while and said, "Almost all the fertile fields outside the city are gone, and now there are only dry fields in bad locations. In addition, the night fragrance in the city, sweeping, night security, and the fire brigade There is a shortage of people, and those who are willing to do the hard work will be registered."

When Wei Ji said this, he couldn't help scratching his hair.

He grinned, and said with a bit of self-deprecation: "To be honest, dealing with these trivial matters of people's livelihood is much more difficult than fighting a war."

Wei Ji shook his head: "When they yell, I get a headache."

Xie Zhiyun pursed her lips and smiled.

She served Wei Ji a bowl of lotus root pork ribs soup for him to nourish his brain, and then said: "It's actually easy to handle."

She said: "It turns out that there is an old gentleman in ethnology who once did a doctorate in the pre-Qin Guozixue. I have been taught by him and I have a deep memory of him."

Xie Zhiyun looked up at Wei Ji while recalling.

Her apricot round eyes are slightly raised, and a look of high spirits is flying out of the end of her eyes. Her pair of black grape-like glass eyes are shining brightly, swaying a room of stars.

There seemed to be sparks in her eyes.

Xie Zhiyun said to Wei Ji: "Master once said that the people's livelihood is what the people need. What they want and what kind of life they want to live, the court should try its best to satisfy them."

"Most people don't want to be rich, they just want peace and prosperity," Xie Zhiyun said, "If you are willing to listen to them, see their suffering, and solve their difficulties, then Yezhou will get better and better."

(End of this chapter)