Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 197

Chapter 210 The Flesh and Flesh Affection Partitioned by the Wall

"Father, we are no better than the third family. We are all peasants who plan food from the soil. We have separated for the first time. You are considered good if you can support yourself and your parents. The filial piety of ten taels of silver a year is not worth it. They can't be squeezed out even if they are killed!" Liang Yulin said hurriedly, fearing that the old Liangtou would ask them to pay for a bowl of water.

The people from the first room and Cui Xique from the fourth room expressed silence, Liang Yuzhou also had a difficult time, ten taels of silver was also a bit difficult for him, Liang Yuzhong looked around, and made eye contact with Mrs. Sun and Jin Xi Next, stood up and opened the mouth.

"Father, Xi'er and I will go back and tidy up two rooms. You, your mother and Mei'er can move in at any time. There are a lot of you and a few pairs of chopsticks in our family. As for the filial piety of ten taels of silver every year ...Our family is also willing to come out!" Liang Yuzhong said.

"Father, you are willing to come out, but if the villagers hear about it, they won't be able to keep talking about our grandma!" Jin Xi sang and said.

"Don't be afraid, if there are any humane opinions, I will stand up and say that it's not that your grandma's bowl of water is not fair, but we asked for it on our own initiative. It's not bad for your grandma!" Liang Yuzhong said, turning to ask Lao Liang Head: "Father, do you think this will work?"

Old Liangtou was confused by Liang Yuzhong and Jin Xi's singing, his old face really couldn't hold back, and he was frowning and thinking.Jin Xi secretly guessed that the old Liangtou was definitely weighing it up, whether he would choose to come and live for three months, or would he want the quick money of ten taels of silver?
After a while, the old Liangtou pondered, and said to Liang Yuzhong: "Old man, how about this? I, your mother and sister, will not live with you, and you will still give me money every year." Can we win ten taels of silver?"

What Lao Liangtou meant was that from now on, twelve months a year, he would take turns in the first room, second room, and fourth room for four months, and the third room would give them ten taels of silver every year.Everyone was thinking about it in secret. Liang Yulin and Yang knew that they had to support the old couple and Meier for an extra month every year, and they felt a little uncomfortable. tone.

The people in the big house didn’t think differently about it. The old Liangtou said what he said. As for the fourth house, Liang Yuzhou was still a little worried about the separation of the family, but he heard that his parents would spend four months with him every year. , I am pleased again.As for Cui Xique, Jin Xi could see the joy in her heart from her quietly cast eyes.Instead of living together with the whole family, spending up to four months a year under the same roof with the Tan family, and not needing to pay statutory filial money at the end of the year, Cui Xique sees hope for a better life in the future.

Jin Xi was also secretly happy, this trip to the old Liang family's big separation did not cause any loss to Jin Xi's family, and, from a certain point of view, it also made a profit, that is, the Tan family and the others did not have to live in Liang Yuzhong's house , for Jin Xi, this is really great.Tan's and Liang Yumei's temperaments are not good for anyone when they live here, and they will definitely make troubles every day.Instead of being close enemies, Jin Xi would rather spend more money and buy something to visit from time to time, this is even better, distance creates beauty!

This time, the separation of the family, because the old Liang's head was chilled, Liang Yulin made up his mind, Yang's push to fuel the flames, and the others' acquiescence, quickly and resolutely implemented.At noon the next day, the Jin family, the Yang family, and Cui Xique all went to the kitchen, intending to have a sumptuous meal. Liang Yulin also invited Li Zheng and a few respected elders in the village to come over for dinner and drink by the way. To be a witness, Liang Yuzhong didn't have to go to the town, and was called over by the old Liangtou.Many of the villagers who got the news gathered in front of the gate of Lao Liang's house, watching the commotion around.

Jin Xi didn't go to the town or visit the village that day, because she followed Cai Jinshan and Cai Qingyang to the Zhengjia Village and Fujia Village. He had already found a villager in Zhengjia Village who was willing to rent, and Jin Xi went there today to discuss and finalize this matter.

Back home in Jinjishan Village after lunch, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Jian were basking in the sun and doing needlework in the yard, while the third and fourth were sleeping in the east room.Jin Xi was planning to tell Liang Yuzhong about renting out the five mu of land, when she found out that Liang Yuzhong was not at home.

"Mother, did my father go to the town, or did he not come out in the village?" After Jin Xi told Sun about the lease of the land, he asked about Liang Yuzhong's whereabouts.

"Oh, your father, the family came after lunch, what about those guys who used him to do carpentry work, said that boy Sheng begged him to help him set up a pot to cook in the afternoon, and they should still be there at this moment Let's go!" Mrs. Sun said while taking out her shoes.

Old Liang's family split up, and the kitchen in the inner courtyard was allocated to the fourth room, and both the first room and the second room had to rebuild their kitchens.The old couple and Liang Yumei took turns with the second and fourth rooms of the eldest room, starting from the first room, and taking turns according to the elder and younger.Considering the shortage of houses for everyone, the old Liangtou decided that the old couple and Liang Yumei would still live in the original two rooms in the east wing for the time being, with three meals a day. Kitchen to eat.

Jin Xi sat and rested for a while, drank tea, thought about it and still couldn't sit still, got up and went into the village, wanting to see what the old Liang's family looks like now after the separation!

The old Liang's family, at the moment, was witnessing after dinner with the respected elders in the village, and they left with a sigh. The sad-faced old Liangtou took Tan and Liang Yumei back to the east wing of the inner courtyard for the time being. house.In front, the children and grandchildren are demolishing and building walls in full swing.The patio is the boundary between the big room and the second room, and a wooden wall as high as a person is built in the middle.

The building structure of the big house is that the main room is entered by the main entrance, and there are two wing rooms on each side of the main room, a total of four rooms.Liang Lisheng occupies one room, Liang Lizhi occupies one room, Liang Liqing occupies one room, and the other room is divided into two. in and out.

Because of the wooden wall built in the courtyard, the second room could no longer enter and exit through the original main entrance, so Liang Yulin invited some friends from the village to help open a door on the east wall of the main room in the inner hall. Outside the door was a corridor. The distance from the wall of the next-door neighbor's house is about one foot wide, and the people in the second room come in and out through this side door.

The structure of the second room is the same as that of the big room, with the main room in the middle and two wing rooms on each side.Liang Yulin and Yang's couple sleep in one room, Liang Libai sleeps in one room, and the other two have a guest room. Liang Jinlan will also have a place to stay when she returns to her mother's house. In the main room.

The first room blocked the way out of the second room, and the second room naturally had to seal the side door leading to the inner courtyard.So Liang Yuzhou and Cui Xique, the fourth room assigned to the innermost inner courtyard, opened a side door on the east courtyard wall, side by side with the side door of the second room, separated by a few steps. Go to the front to eat and go in and out through this side door.In addition, Liang Yuzhou also opened a spacious yard door in the backyard of the inner courtyard, and it is also convenient to go to the field to work from the back door.

The scope of the four-bedroom is limited to the east and west wing rooms and the stove room and dining hall in the upper house. The vegetable garden behind the stove and dining hall, the latrine, the miscellaneous house, and the chicken coop, pig pen and cattle pen are all big houses with two bedrooms and four bedrooms. Use it.

Jinxi walked around from the front room to the backyard, seeing every corner clearly. Judging from this division, it was the fourth room that was at a disadvantage, and the east wing was said to belong to the fourth room, but the old Liangtou and Tan's But they didn't seem to want to move their nest. The kitchen and dining hall were old, and the territory behind the kitchen was still shared. What the four rooms really got was only the three small huts in the west wing.

Moreover, it must not be clean. In the future, the Jin family and the Yang family will raise some chickens and ducks, and they will all be enclosed in this backyard. Moreover, the four-bedroom couple will eat in the dining hall in the future. The trousers hurriedly ran in front of them and went straight to the toilet, which really affected the mood!Jin Xi stroked her forehead and continued walking towards the inner courtyard.

Glancing at the old Liangtou and the others in the East Wing, the door of their house was tightly closed, a bleak and lonely atmosphere enveloped the thin door. When Jin Xi stepped into the west wing, Cui Xique was kneeling on the bed with a sheet.

"Xi'er, this will be my aunt's real nest from now on. Although it's not as bright and spacious as your home's big tile-roofed house, you have to come here often to play with my aunt!" Cui Xique quickly made the bed, It can be seen that he is in a good mood.

Jin Xi went over to help her put a pillow case on the pillow core, and couldn't help laughing while looking at the room.

"Hey, you girl, my aunt told you to come and play often in the future, why are you smirking so hard?" Cui Xique asked in wonder.

Jin Xi glanced at the four corners of the room with a smile, and said, "Fourth Aunt, I didn't expect that the room where my parents got married would now be a nest for you and Fourth Uncle, you know, I was born in this room Woolen cloth!"

"Really, that's really good. It means that this house is an auspicious treasure. Maybe once I live in it, I can have a baby who is as smart as you and can make money. Let me enjoy the happiness like your mother." , hehe!" Cui Xique was in a good mood, smiling, and his subordinates became more energetic.

Jin Xi pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "What's my little cleverness? Hey, but then again, Fourth Aunt, you're right, this house is really a good place, otherwise, the mice wouldn't I would choose to come here to make a nest! The year before last, we went to Sunjiagou to stay here for two months, and when we came back, we saw that the straw on the bed had made a nest for mice."

Cui Xique shook his hand, and said: "Ah, it's scary, I've got goosebumps, I'll hurry up and ask Fourth Uncle to paste up the holes in the corners of this auspicious treasure!"

During the period, Liang Yuzhou sent over pots and buckets, all of which were Cui Xique's dowry. After delivering them, he went to the front and helped Liang Lisheng build a pot with Liang Yuzhong.Jin Xi helped Cui Xique quickly tidy up the house, Cui Xique looked at the tidied hut, ran over to close the door, then pulled Jin Xi to lay down on the soft bed, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Xi'er, today is the most comfortable day for me to marry into Lao Liang's house." Cui Xique lay on his back, looking at the ceiling of the tent above his head, and said softly: "Even if Meier is not married yet, I am not as worried as usual. Because, from today onwards, I, Cui Xique, will truly be in charge!"

Jin Xi can understand Cui Xique's mood at the moment. Thinking about how hard it was for the three of them to break free from Mrs. Tan's grasp, even if they were leaving the house completely, the ease and excitement of being able to plan for the future cannot be imagined. Described in words.

"Fourth aunt, what do you plan to do next? After the beginning of spring, are you going to take care of the crops at home with your fourth uncle, or continue to go to the shop?" Jin Xi turned sideways and asked softly. Before the Lantern Festival, everyone is still staying at home to enjoy visiting relatives and friends in the first month, and the business in the shop is relatively light during this time period.There are Qinya, Xiulan, and Jin Baohong, who can take care of them completely, but after the Lantern Festival, there will be insufficient manpower, so Jinxi needs to ask Cui Xique what he means.

Cui Xique thought about it seriously, and said: "According to my heart, I want to kidnap your fourth uncle to work in your shop, but now that we have a few acres of land, we can't let it go to waste. How about that, tonight I will discuss with your fourth uncle to see if we can rent out those few acres of land before the spring plowing begins."

"If it's possible, then we both will work for you later on. If we can't agree on the lease, then leave your fourth uncle at home to tend the fields, and I'll go to work in the shop as usual!" Cui Xique said straightforwardly, indeed She looks like a housewife who can make up her mind.

Jin Xi smiled and nodded, she knew it well, the two lay there side by side and talked for a long time, until Liang Yuzhou came in from the outside, Jin Xi realized that it was getting dark, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye I went back to my home.

On the morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Jin Xi and Jian Shi were on their way home from washing their clothes by the pond, they happened to meet a carriage coming out of the village, Jin Xi saw the logo on the carriage and the driver, eyes widened As soon as it was bright, he immediately handed over the wooden basin in his hand to Jane to take it home, while he walked towards the official road.

"May I ask if the person sitting inside is Doctor Wang?" Jin Xi asked the coachman with a smile, the coachman stopped the carriage slowly, the curtains of the car were lifted from the inside, and half of Doctor Wang poked out from inside. Standing up, Jinxi bowed slightly to him and saw that the person waiting on the side of the road was Jinxi, Doctor Wang smiled and bowed to Jinxi.

After some inquiries, Jin Xi learned that Dr. Wang came to the village today to see Lizheng. Lizheng's father was sick, and he had been diagnosed at the Wangji Medical Center in the town.It just so happened that she was going back to town after a visit, and Jin Xi warmly invited Dr. Wang to her house for tea and lunch. Dr. Wang declined Jin Xi's kindness on the grounds that she was rushing back to dispense medicine for Lizheng's father.So, Doctor Wang sat in the carriage, Jin Xi stood respectfully beside the carriage, and the two chatted for a while.

"Miss Jin Xi, there is something I want to thank you for. If you hadn't gone to my place to talk to me about it a few days ago, my grandson would have really missed a good gentleman with both ability and political integrity!" Doctor Wang said excitedly.

Jin Xi was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that she had indeed brought a gift to Dr. Wang's house a few days ago, and the purpose was for Guo Hai.Jin Xi made up the excuse that Guo Hai and her husband's family are distant relatives in the mountains. That day, she was surprised to see Guo Hai doing odd jobs in Wangji Medical Center in exchange for his mother's medical money.

He thought to himself, since he traveled all the way to his aunt's house, and his mother was sick, Guo Hai went to the clinic to do odd jobs in exchange for money for the medicine. Could it be that the result of defecting was not satisfactory?The situation of Guo Hai's mother and son is definitely not much better.

Jin Xi wanted to help him, but because of Guo Haining's behavior of doing odd jobs and earning money, he would never pay on credit. From this, we can see the dignity and integrity in his bones.He is not as lonely and arrogant as those who read by rote, but knows how to be flexible, choose the most suitable path for him under what circumstances, and try to make money with his own hands in a down-to-earth manner, without betraying his dignity He can also earn medicine for his mother, such a person is flexible, flexible, and down-to-earth.This is the highlight that most attracted Jin Xi's help.

Because of this, Jin Xi could not rashly go forward to give money to him and his mother, so she wanted to use the hand of shopkeeper Wang to give Guo Hai some small help.

Doctor Wang expressed his understanding of what Jinxi said at the time. Indeed, there are three poor relatives in the royal family. Now that Jinxi's family is well-off, it can think of helping poor relatives, but also cares about the face of relatives. Doctor Wang thinks this is very good. Willing to help Jinxi.Jin Xi was overjoyed, so she left two taels of silver and said goodbye to Dr. Wang's house. After returning to the village, she caught up with the old Liangtou's house to split up the family. Afterwards, she went to the county again, and only came back yesterday to catch up with the Lantern Festival.

Jin Xi smiled, and said, "I should be the one to say thank you. It's Doctor Wang who gave me the convenience first. Uh, I dare to ask what Doctor Wang said earlier, where did you start?"

"Oh, it's like this..." Doctor Wang shook his wide sleeves, and began to tell Jin Xi the whole story.

It turned out that after Jin Xi left two taels of silver and left that day, Dr. Wang thought about it and felt that rewarding Guo Hai with these two taels of silver would easily attract suspicion, so he decided to wait two days to find an opportunity to talk about it. Anyway, Guo Hai will do odd jobs in the medical clinic these days in exchange for medicine money.

Although the Wang family is a time-honored medical clinic, Dr. Wang has been putting all his energy on his grandson's study, hoping that one day his grandson will be able to get a good name in the exam and serve as an official.

Therefore, the Wang family tried their best to get their grandson to the most famous private school "Hall of Fame" in Wanghai County to study for enlightenment. It has been more than five years since he entered the school. I'm a fool, but my grandson's academic performance in the school is always at the tail end, and the articles he writes are not even as good as those students of the same age who are studying in private schools in the town.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Dr. Wang went to the county seat to pay a visit to Mr. Hall of Fame. Mr. Wang told Dr. Wang that his grandson is really stupid. He has been in school for more than five years, and he has failed the student examination so far. reputation.Doctor Wang was extremely dissatisfied in his heart. He is an old doctor, and he has made a detailed diagnosis of his grandson's whole body. Everything is normal and there is nothing wrong with the child. Why can't he learn in such a famous private school?He was extremely distressed by this, and he was helpless.

The private school in the Hall of Fame in the county will not officially open until after the Lantern Festival. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Dr. Wang took his grandson to the medical center. Dr. Wang is sitting in front of the clinic, and his grandson is studying the homework assigned by the teacher behind the curtain. When he racked his brains and failed, it happened that Guo Hai came to report the matter to Dr. Wang. Dr. Wang had heard that Guo Hai was a scholar in Jinxi, so he thought, since Guo Hai is also a scholar, why not let him go in the past few days? On the grounds that he would accompany his grandson to study Momo, so that he could pass on the two taels of silver left by Jin Xi to Guo Hai?

"Doctor Wang, what will happen next?" Jin Xi asked with a smile.

Doctor Wang clapped his palms and said even more excitedly: "Mr. Guo is a great talent, great talent! I don't know what kind of method he used, but after a few days of instructing, my grandson seemed to be enlightened. Living together, although I am a doctor who doesn't understand those things about learning, I can guess from the sidelines that they are studying articles and exchanging ideas. Miss Jinxi, you said yesterday the tenth day of the first lunar month Four went to the county town to start school, my grandson submitted the homework article assigned by the husband, after the husband read it, he was very surprised, and he praised it!"

"At first, sir, he was a little unsure that it was written by my grandson, so he asked a few more questions for the on-the-spot assessment. My grandson answered each one fluently, and the husband was even more amazed, and he praised my grandson as a latecomer. The dark horse! Hahaha..." Doctor Wang stroked his beard excitedly and laughed.

Jin Xi also had a smile on her face, but she was astonished in her heart. The changes in Dr. Wang's grandson were definitely inseparable from Guo Hai's advice. It seems that Guo Hai's talent should not be underestimated. Thinking of this, Jin Xi, He also faintly felt happy, maybe, since I never do anything useless, this is the first time I make an exception to do something good, is it really the right bet?
"Doctor Wang, I'm here to congratulate you first. A good start is half the battle. Your grandson will soon pass the exam and become famous in the family. It must be just around the corner." Jin Xi smiled and said, Doctor Wang slightly The forehead, the corners of the eyes and the brows are full of relief and anticipation.

"Then, may I ask Dr. Wang, since you have found such a good teacher and helpful friend for your grandson, what are your plans for the next step?" Jin Xi asked again.

When asked about this, shopkeeper Wang couldn't hide his regret, and said: "The old man has been practicing medicine for many years, and he can see a lot of people. He still has a bit of eyesight. Although Mr. Guo has no fame, he is a great talent. Unexpectedly, there will be some great achievements in the future. Even if he can only stay with my grandson to study with him for a short time, it is really wronged him, but it will be a great help to my grandson, which is extremely rare. Please. I promise that he will eat and live with my grandson in the county town, and I will give him five hundred Wen a month for expenses."

Five hundred cash is in this small rural town. A scholar usually stays at home to study, just eat and drink. Five hundred cash should be able to manage food and clothing. In the county town, food and lodging are all covered by Dr. The pocket expenses of [-] Wen per month are already pretty good, but if you include Guo’s mother’s living expenses and the money for medicine, the [-] Wen is tight again. He threw himself on Guo Hai, but ignored that there was a sick mother behind him who failed to go to relatives.

"Did Mr. Guo agree to Doctor Wang's request?" Jin Xi asked.

Doctor Wang thought about it for a while, and said: "I'm waiting for his reply. He said he would go back and discuss it with his mother, and he will give me an answer tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)