happy old days

Chapter 67

After staying in Yancheng for half a month, Yang Zhenhai took Jin Niang to have a good stroll around Yancheng. The ancient streets are really good. Although no one proposed art at this time, But just looking at the building, you can feel that art can be found everywhere. Even if it is an ordinary farmhouse, there will be some carvings on the door, which looks very beautiful.

Jinniang also bought some silk thread for clothes. The things in Yancheng are better than those in the county, and they have more styles. What's more, Yancheng is a place where goods are concentrated. There are goods from both the north and the south. Jinniang specially chose some fine cotton cloth and silk. Seeing that it is getting hot, I need to give the children some summer clothes. The children grow up fast, and the clothes can be changed quickly.

The family earns a lot every year, and most of it is reinvested in the circulation of goods between the north and the south. After all, they have many children, and they will need money to get married in the future.Yang Zhenhai didn't let her sell embroidery products, fearing that she would be troublesome, but from time to time there are girls in the clan who get married, and they still have to give some things. Jinniang usually makes some embroidered screen fans or purses, and keeps them as gifts for others.She is good at craftsmanship, she can get things out of hand, and the materials are not very expensive. Even if the family is rich, she can't waste it so much. This is the most suitable way.

Jinniang secretly asked Mrs. Wang about the division of the family, and Mrs. Wang glared, "Don't listen to your sister-in-law's nonsense. She became crazy just because she was pregnant. The family is not up to her. Your father and I are still here." , What kind of family do you share?"

Mrs. Wang seemed very angry, and Jinniang didn't dare to ask any more questions.Thinking about it, it might be the sister-in-law's wishful thinking. Their family had just taken root in Yancheng, so how could they split up.What's more, the two elders of the Chen family are both present, and they are both quite powerful, so it is unlikely that the family will be separated.In other words, the Yang family was separated only because of the special circumstances, and most people's elders were not separated.

Thinking of this makes me feel relieved.

Seeing that they have been out for half a month, they are also preparing to go back.There is still life at home.

This time, we still go back by boat. Yancheng has special boats to and from the surrounding counties. Most of them carry goods and passengers only by the way. guests.

That group disembarked with Yang Zhenhai and the others, and they also took the same route when they went back. The cars they took were exquisite, and there were a lot of people. They seemed to be officials, and there were many male and female servants around.The female relatives are also very particular, surrounded by several maids and women.

When Jinniang and the others were about to arrive at the village, Yang Zhenhai looked back and saw that they had also returned to the village. He was a little surprised that they were relatives who were guests of that family.

Yang Zhenhai didn't care, he directed the coachman back home, gave them money, and asked them to go back.

Pei Yu got out of the car and ran quickly to the dam, "Grandpa—Pei Yu is back—" the voice was loud.

It just so happened that Mr. Yang just came back, and when he heard Pei Yu's call, he walked out. The grandpa and grandson hugged each other immediately, and their relationship was good.

When they got home, Jinniang felt much more at ease, even Yancheng was their home, but it was not as secure as here.

As soon as they got home, Mrs. Hui cooked a table of dishes to welcome them.

"I'll go to Cheng's house later, I'm afraid their old man will only be here for a few days. When you were four years old, you had a serious illness, and it was a ginseng he gave you that saved you." They were sitting on the kang and talking.

Yang Zhenhai was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it good when I left?" The Cheng family is an outsider, and there is only one branch in the village, but the old man's sons and daughters are all promising, and they are also very prestigious in the village. He came back from Beijing to see the old man several times, but he was old and a little confused, he had no relationship with the younger generation of the Cheng family, and he didn't have much contact with him, so he gave the old man some gifts during the festivals.

"Who knows, I heard that you fell, and you've only been away for a few days, and now you're hanging yourself." Father Yang sighed, life is impermanent, don't look at the old man who is confused like a child all day long Land, but the body is still good.If you say no, it won't work.

Yang Zhenhai suddenly thought that when he came back today, the people behind the car might be the younger generation of the Cheng family.

"I'll go right away." He stood up and walked out.

The old man of the Cheng family disappeared the next night, and was 79 when he went.This age can be regarded as a long life.

His three sons, except for the second son who lived with him, the eldest son and the youngest son are Jinshi, and the eldest son Cheng Xu is a third-rank official who works in the capital and is the one who came back with Yang Zhenhai and the others that day.This time the old man has gone back, he wants to stay with Ding You.

Yang Zhenhai went to help for a few days.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the family uses saltpeter to make a lot of ice, so the family is not sad.

According to Jinniang's idea, the family had four broods of chickens, and gave fifteen to the third family. They had fifty left, and they would keep them at home for a while, and then they would be released. At this time, the food in the bamboo grove was plentiful. Don't worry about them.Now that the bamboo shoots are no longer edible, Jinniang asked Yang Zhenhai to chop some bamboos as thick as a child's arm, and made some rice in bamboo tubes. At first it was a bit hard, but later it was very good. Jinniang also tried to make rice with yellow rice and glutinous rice Cook together, you can also put bacon ribs, vegetables and beans in it, the taste is very good.It adds a new twist to the food at home.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the fields in the field are a bit dry, every household goes to water the fields, and Jinniang also takes Sister Hui to put some water in the vegetable garden.

"Auntie—is my Seventh Uncle here? Go and see, is it going to start a fight?" Jin Niang was pouring water, when a person came in and saw her panting.

"What's the matter with having a child? Slow down. Who is going to fight?" Jinniang saw that he was the second grandson of the grandpa in the lobby. Call him Seventh Uncle.

Shengzi panted, "It was Lai Huzi from Shuangmiaozi Village in the south who had a fight with Uncle Mingshui from Fifth Uncle's family because of the release of water. Uncle is also on board."

Jinniang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, "Your seventh uncle is in the field to the east, you go look for him in the field."

As soon as the son heard this, he responded and ran out. Jin Niang was worried, so she followed her out and walked to the dam. From a distance, she saw a group of people in the field in the south. Their house has a wide view, but they are too far away to see I don't know what's going on.

After a while, Yang Zhenhai and Zhao Tiezhu ran southward along the field, and they were tired after giving birth and reporting the news, so they couldn't keep up.

"What happened to sister-in-law?" Yun Niang came up from below holding a small dustpan eggplant button.

"Mingshui and the people from the neighboring village got into a fight over land issues." Jin Niang said briefly, her brows furrowed tightly, probably not so easy to understand.

Sister Hui who followed behind was surprised, "Oh, what should I do?"

Yunniang thought for a while and said, "I heard from my brother and sister-in-law that our village is too close to Shuangmiaozi, and the land is also connected. If the land in the south is far from our water source, we will use the water from there. Watering the ground, there seems to have been a dispute before."

"The birth of a child just now means that Shui's head is bleeding from the beating, and this matter is going to make a big fuss."

This kind of conflict between villages has always been difficult to reconcile, not to mention that now that the clan concept is strong, the conflict will become more intensified.

"Why did you pick all the eggplants?" Jin Niang asked, looking back at the eggplants in her dustpan.

"I planted it densely this year, and it looks small, so I just took a moment, these sister-in-laws, you can make salty eggplants."

"You do it yourself, I have a lot of it."

"That's what we ate. We kept a lot at home." It was her first time farming, and the eggplants were planted on almost half an acre, and they were all small eggplant buttons.

"Then I'll accept it. You can try it when I marinate it with soybean paste. It tastes different."

Several people waited for the news while doing their work, and they were worried for a long time, until it was dark, and the men in the family came back. Jin Niang saw that the expressions of these people were not good, and Yang Zhenhai hadn't been so cold for a long time.

"How's it going?" Jinniang asked after returning to the West Wing with Yang Zhenhai.

"It's been suppressed for the time being. Shuangmiaozi Village has been in conflict with our village for a long time. This time it's not easy to deal with. Both sides of the chaos just now got better. Lai Hu who had a dispute with Ming Shui was the leader of Shuangmiaozi. His four brothers People are tyrannical characters, and they're not going to let it go."

Jin Niang sighed, "Why does the land in the south use the water from their side? It's not that there is no water source here, can't we lead it from here?"

"The terrain over there is high, and drinking water is not easy. We have dug canals before, but the effect is not good. We generally do not lack water here, and we don't need to divert water from them. Today's problem is also caused by other things. "

"What's the matter?"

"The Lai family fell in love with Xiaohui and wanted Xiaohui to be the wife of their eldest son and third son. Their family has a bad reputation, so how could they marry Xiaohui to him. So they took advantage of today's release of water to make trouble."

After thinking about it, Jinniang didn't have much impression of Xiaohui, "Then how to solve it?"

Yang Zhenhai shook his head, "Let's have a look first, Ming Shui got hurt today, I'm afraid it's not easy to let go."

Yang Zhenhai changed his clothes, sat on the imperial concubine's couch, and fanned him a few times with a fan, "By the way, Uncle Cheng told me today that he hopes to let his two grandsons come to our house to study with Mr. Zou. After three years of filial piety, the children can't miss their homework."

"It's nothing to us. I'm afraid Mr. Zou's place is not so easy to accept. How do they know about Mr. Zou?"

"They ran into Mr. Zou when they came back. Didn't Mr. Zou go home for a few days, and happened to come back with them, but Mr. Zou stayed at a friend's house in Yancheng for two days. He came back two days late."

"Then let them tell Mr. Zou that if Mr. Zou agrees, let them come here." Niang Jin felt that this was a good thing, and it was better for children to get in touch with people of the same age.

"Uncle Cheng said he would come to visit tomorrow."

"I don't know how long Mr. Zou can teach. I'm afraid that after a few children, he won't be able to find such a good teacher." They have some etiquette norms, although Jinniang is studying education, but she really can't teach some ancient things.

"Don't worry about it. Didn't you see that Mr. Zou is very concerned about the children? Especially our Peiyu, he regards Peiyu as a closed disciple."

Speaking of this, Jinniang wrinkled her nose. Their family Pei Yu is so young, Mr. Zou can teach a lot of things. Thanks to the child's smartness, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to learn it.Think about that child with a good personality, stable when studying, happy when playing, and a little organized in doing things.

(End of this chapter)