The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 93 Collection of Books
Several aunts and boys learned early and were already able to weave brocades. Their skills were quite good and they were very patient and careful, which made Xiuniang very satisfied.

Li Qing came back from outside, "Brothers and sisters, come quickly, look at what good things I have brought."

He happily asked people to put down a dozen wooden boxes.

"Brother Erqing, why did you bring so much? Is it fabric?"

Xiuniang came over after saying this and asked Xiaoyue to pour him water.

Li Qing drank tea to quench his thirst and waited to see Xiu Niang's reaction.

"Oh! It's a book. Oh my god, there are so many good books. Where did you buy them? Brother, you are so awesome."

Xiu Niang's excited voice was raised an octave, not to mention how excited she was.

I flipped through each book one by one, and they were all good books. It’s so rare.

"I bought it from an official's house in Jiangnan. His house was ransacked due to a crime. I had been paying close attention to this aspect early on and wanted to find out. I have been taking care of my relationship with the yamen, so they gave me some good things. Especially the good books were kept for me, and I bought a lot of them in one go.”

"Brother, you are this, far-sighted."

Xiu Niang didn't like anything else, but she cared deeply about these books. Only with good books can children go further and become more knowledgeable.

"Wow! There are so many books and some are torn. What a pity. Who could be so rude?"

Qing'er saw that many books were torn and felt distressed.

"From now on, when you have work to do, you can all copy books for me and practice the dog crawling calligraphy for me. The books copied by the children of the Zhou family are allowed to be brought back to the Zhou family to learn."

"Auntie, you are so kind."

The children were all overjoyed.

What is the greatest wealth of a family is not gold, silver and jewelry, but people and books. I won’t go into details. Books are the foundation for inheritance and building a family.

"Put these books here for now. I need to sort them out. The damaged ones need to be repaired. I can only provide you with handwritten copies. They were originally meant to be sealed. They are too damaged and are almost weathered. They can no longer be borrowed frequently."

Xiuniang immediately dealt with it and asked Qing'er to move the books upstairs. She needed time to repair them slowly.

"I sent the remaining ones to the Clan Science Library. The library built this time is really good, and it is much more convenient to post books."

When grandpa built the house, along with the fourth grandpa and other other people, they all renovated the clan ancestral hall, ancestral tombs, and the library. They spent a lot of money and used the best craftsmanship wood. Yes, many treatments have been done to prevent insects and moisture. The process is very complicated. It has just been completed, and the elders praised it with satisfaction.

"The plan is for the long term. Can the book be handed over to my second uncle for registration?"

"Leave it to him. You guys have to sort it out slowly. You won't be allowed to borrow it until it's sorted out. I bought all these books. They were collected by three generations of the official family. I also bought a few paintings. Paintings, I don’t understand these either, so I gave them to you.”

There are also several paintings in the box for Xiu Niang, and the books were donated by Li Qing to Ethnology.

"Brother, this is an ancient painting. It's very valuable. I don't want it. You can take it back and leave it to your children and grandchildren."

"It's better to give it to them. They are all very vulgar. Just keep it. Your sister-in-law said she would give it to you."

Li Qing had a lot of money, and he had shops and farms on both sides of the Yangtze River and Guangdong. He followed the path of a merchant, but he belonged to a farming family, which meant that he had interests in both ends. He was not exactly a merchant.

"Then I'll keep the copy. The original is in pretty good condition. I'll restore it for you. I'll tell my sister-in-law later."

Xiu Niang plans to imitate it to gain some insights.

"It's up to you. Don't just throw it away to the clan school. I also bought other things. There are so many good things for corrupt officials. I bought a lot. These are not valuable things. You can just keep them."

Li Qing didn't care about this at all.He had two sons, one was a Tongsheng and the other was a scholar. He was very busy with business at the time and sent his children to study. Li Ping had the strongest relationship with him and Li Yan. It can be said that Li Ping had a share of the credit for the two children's success. , the strict discipline did not allow him to deviate even a little bit, and a lot of thought was wasted.

Including Li Yan's children who also have fame and fortune, they were all carefully taught and cared for by Li Ping. This affection is no less than that of Li Mao, his biological brother.

"Thank you, Brother Erqing."

Xiuniang was willing to accept it after hearing what he said.

"What's the specific story about Jiangnan's corrupt officials? Can you tell me?"

"It was said that the corrupt officials in charge of the salt administration had embezzled a lot of money and brought down a lot of people. Li Yan and I took the opportunity to buy a lot of things back. There are so many good things in their house. Li Yan is still there. I am taking care of some things and plan to buy some more shops. This time I will give two shops to the clan school, and the weaving workshop in our village has also started. Brother Yan and I will definitely work hard to buy the shops first, so that we will not have to worry about running out of money in the future. "

"Brother, I want to buy it too. Please tell me about the corrupt officials in detail."

Xiuniang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What are you going to do? Our family has no right to touch the salt matter. We can't touch it."

"No, there must be someone to take care of this. It's not our turn to intervene, but we can think about other locations near Jiangnan. I can write to my elder brother for details."

"Oh, let me tell you carefully."

Li Qing and Xiu Niang sat together and chatted about the gossip of Jiangnan salt politics.

Xiu Niang was also very touched after hearing this.

"Let's talk about this matter to the clan later, so that they can also learn from it."

"That's for sure. By the way, Brother Yan asked me to ask you if you want to buy some farms and shops in Jiangnan. He will find someone to take care of you and save some family property for Brother Qun and Brother Chun. In the future, we will have more money. Now, the child doesn’t have to worry about money, and you don’t need to sell tapestry paintings all the time, so why bother rushing, you’re so tired.”

Li Qing disapproved of Xiu Niang selling tapestry paintings to raise her children. She would be exhausted.

"If you say that, I want to buy some, but I can't eat that much now, and Qing'er is getting older. I want to buy a farm or a shop for Qing'er and Yingzi, so that they can be used as dowries in the future. Those who grew up in front of me , call me master, and I will definitely take care of you to the end."

Xiuniang is a very responsible person. She has to pay a large portion of the dowry, including Yingzi, so she cannot lose her children.

"Whatever it's worth, it's all on me. I told Brother Yan to leave two more good shops and shops. You can pay me later when you are more relaxed."

"Then I'd like to thank you, brother. Brother, don't you consider buying a shop in the capital?"

"I want to buy it. Brother Rui wrote to me. I'm going to the capital to see it for myself. This guy is waiting for me to clean up his yard."

Lee Sin laughed.

The children of Li Rui's generation are all nephews, and they are very close to Li Qing and Li Yan, just like their own uncles.

The yard Li Ruiqun bought was dilapidated. It was old and it would cost a lot to repair it. Zhou Yi didn't have any money, so he could only repair it bit by bit. Li Rui thought about this rich uncle and asked him to go to the capital to buy a shop and farm. Purchasing a property is also a plan for his children and grandchildren, and his children will also take the imperial examination.

Li Qing is not a merchant, but a farmer, a landowner, with stewards and servants to help him with his business. His children can take the imperial examination without affecting their future. This is what the great grandfather and others had promised at the beginning.

"This kid, I'm thinking about you again. I told you to leave some money and take it back to the capital for them to repair the yard."

Xiu Niang saved up money and planned to send it to the capital in a few days.

"Don't worry about it. How much money can you make for repairing the yard? I'll pay it. It doesn't matter if I am an uncle and build a yard for my nephew."

(End of this chapter)