Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 157

Du Yu felt that the superiors could not soften their hearts. They were not familiar with the situation here, and they had really made a living contract, so they did not have much control over these subordinates. If they wanted to fool them, or were bought , then the gain outweighs the loss, so it must be a death contract, and life and death are in their hands, so that the loyalty can be higher.

After Du Yu explained this to Hu Shi, Hu Shi didn't insist. Compared with others, his family is of course more important.

So the servants who were bought in the end were dead contracts.One of the women's husband's family name was Wang, and her husband died. She didn't have a son, so she was kicked out by her clan and took her husband's property, and then she sold herself. This woman Wang is good at cooking, especially The local dishes, that is, the dishes of Peng Ze's generation, tried the first meal. Both Hu and Du Yu thought it was very good. Du Youzhong is not picky when it comes to food. If his wife and daughter think it is good, then he also thinks it is good.

In addition, I bought four girls.They are all in their teens, and according to the name of Du Yu's sister-in-law's maid, they happen to have similar names to Xiaoya, namely Xiaolu, Xiaozi, Xiaolian, and Xiaomo.

Xiao Lian was handed over to Mrs. Wang, and Du Yu added Xiao Mo.Xiaolu and Xiaozi are under Hu's orders.

Li Dazhuang's family is in charge of these girls.As for Mrs. Wang, just take care of the stove and don't worry about the rest.

And Li Dazhuang became Du Youzhong's long-term follower.

It's just that now Du Youzhong has an official sedan chair when he goes out, unless he doesn't want to go out as the county magistrate, let Li Dazhuang drive the carriage.

When we get here, we will also distribute monthly money to the servants, and now the Hu family is letting Du Yu take care of it.The imperial court would also give the magistrate a certain amount of fees for the use of slaves, but it was quite small. It is said that the previous magistrates had people specially hired by the county government to cook.That money is for the hired man.

Here, Du Yu and the others have their own, so they didn't ask for it. Instead, they sent the man hired by the county government to the front to cook for the officers on duty.

Such a small move made the guards have a good impression of the new county magistrate.

After all, people in this world have to eat. Now that the county magistrate can use the subsidy money given to him by the government on them, most people will think that the other party is very good.

It wasn't intentional to buy them, after all, it was just a little thing, but the county magistrate could think of it. Unexpectedly, he would rather use it for himself than give it to the servants.

In a blink of an eye, the autumn harvest is here. There is a lot of water in Pengze County, mainly for rice cultivation. Because of the warm weather, rice can be grown twice a year. One crop is harvested at the end of spring, and another crop is harvested in autumn.

Du Youzhong got busy, after all, the autumn harvest is very important.The Hu family received a lot of posts, all of which were sent to the Hu family by the rich families in Pengze County, who wanted to visit.

Du Yu also watched it, and came back at night to ask his father's opinion, who can see and who can't.

Du Youzhong's approach has always been that he is a man, and he takes care of the outside affairs, so he doesn't need to worry about his wife and daughter.

So what Du Yu thinks about, the idea of ​​helping his father is basically unnecessary. You must know that Du Youzhong has a lot more experience and knowledge than this girl Du Yu. Du Youzhong must think of what she wants. She does it better too.

Although Du Yu had modern ideas, most of them didn't work in this ancient time.

For example, if you want to get rich, you need to build roads first. Who doesn’t know this? The problem is that road construction is not something that can be done immediately. Firstly, it needs people, and secondly, it needs money. The group, a certain engineering team, here all need ordinary people to go out to work, this is the so-called hard labor.

It's a free job, so you can't suppress the common people just to build roads for a long time. In that case, no one will plant the crops in the field.

Therefore, the population in ancient times was severely underpopulated, even less than one percent of modern times. In remote places, the land was even more sparsely populated. If they were to be used for road construction, they would have to starve.

So Du Yu couldn't shake his wits at all.Let's shine and shine on the three-acre land of the back house.

Of course, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Zou have sons or grandsons, but Du Yu is mainly a little girl, and others will inquire about their situation. Will think again.

Like Lu Jinfeng, she is the daughter of the county magistrate. Du Yu is also the daughter of the county magistrate now, and her body shape is stronger than Lu Jinfeng. The young man, you can get married with the county magistrate.

No matter where the magistrate of the county goes to work in the future, isn't he an official?

Marrying his family's daughter will definitely help my family in the future.But this wish was broken when he knew that Du Yu was engaged, and the engagement was still the magistrate's wife's natal nephew.

No matter how good their conditions are, the county magistrate's wife will not agree to it, but that is her natal nephew.

If you don't give face to anyone, you won't lose face to your natal family.

Mrs. Qin's side is also a pity. The county magistrate Du's family has been here for more than a month. She observed coldly and thought that the little girl from the Du family is really nice. She is still helping the housekeeper. Mrs. Qin has a The grandson is about the same age as Du Yu, and she was thinking that when everyone gets to know her better, she will propose marriage to her grandson. After all, marrying Shangguan, as long as there are advantages and no disadvantages.

But who knew, this little girl was so young that she was even engaged.

Qin Wanniang said: "13 years old is not too young, big sister got engaged at 12 years old."

What Qin Wanniang was talking about was an older sister of her grandfather's siblings, and among them, she was the eldest.

Both of Qin Wanniang's parents died, and she was brought by Mrs. Qin's side since she was a child. Even when she went out to work with her husband, she always took her with her.

She is only 11 years old now, and Mrs. Qin is also worried about her marriage. After all, they are old, and Qin Wanniang has no parents. If their grandparents don't let her worry about this, what will they do in the future?

It would be best if they could see Qin Wanniang get married and have children during their lifetime, that would be a relief.

I heard that Mrs. Du still has a son, but she is not engaged.

Just after asking, Mrs. Du's son is 15 years old, and her granddaughter is only 11 years old. This age is a bit inappropriate.

Mrs. Qin was just thinking about it in her own heart. Of course, she couldn't tell her granddaughter about it. However, it would be good for her to have more contact with the Du family.

Zou Sanniang and Zou Siniang are the same age as Du Yu. They are both 13 years old this year, but one is born at the beginning of the year and the other is born at the end of the year.

Zou Sanniang's aunt, Aunt Bai, also lived in the master's back house, and I heard that she was quite favored.

The master book is mainly the official in charge of the county office's book.The grade is also very low, only rank nine.

As for the classics, there is no rank, they belong to the low-ranking, and they are subordinate officials in charge of arrests and prisons under the county magistrate. Because they are subordinate officials with no rank and no rank, they can be appointed by the magistrate himself, or they can be elected locally. .

Chen Dianshi is from Pengze County.Before the arrival of the new county magistrate, he was also worried that his post of classic history would be replaced by someone he brought with him from the magistrate, so he thought of several ways, and finally Du Youzhong came.

Chen Dianshi was satisfied with the new county magistrate because he was not replaced and he still trusted him.

Zou Sanniang and Zou Siniang would come to chat with Du Yu almost every day.

Du Yu discovered that although Zou Sanniang was a concubine, she was able to discipline Siniang Zou, and Zou Siniang did not look down on Sanniang Zou in various ways just because she was a descendant.

This really opened Du Yu's horizons. Is it really a family of wives and concubines?
Mrs. Zou's backyard is very harmonious?Didn't it mean that Zou Sanniang's aunt also came with her?
There are a few people who live in the backyard of the county yamen here, that is, the county grandpa's family and the county magistrate's family have no concubines, and the owner Bo's family and Dian Shi's family both have concubines.Because Chen Dianshi is a local, he also has several concubines in his home.

Of course, there were also people who wanted to give Du Youzhong a woman, but Du Youzhong refused verbally. Everyone knew that the county magistrate was not good at it.

Some people also said that the county magistrate's wife is a tigress and cannot tolerate the county magistrate having other women.

Mrs. Hu naturally also heard such words, but Mrs. Hu was not angry at all. Compared with getting so many concubines for her man for the sake of her virtuous reputation, her life is not comfortable. She would rather be called a tigress , What happened to the tigress?
If you have the ability, you should also be treated as a tigress. She will not pretend to be virtuous just because someone says a few words, such a person is a fool!
Moreover, in Pengze County, they gradually heard that it was the ancestral precept of the county grandpa's family that their Du family did not allow men to take concubines, and anyone who wanted to take a concubine would be expelled from the clan.

I don't know who spread the word. Anyway, after the word spread, more people stared at Du Yu's second brother. You know, Du Yu's second brother is a man from the Du family. The concubine's troubles can lead to a long life.

Even Aunt Bai was moved, and wanted to persuade her master to mention it to the county magistrate so that her third wife would marry into the Du family.

Although Zou Zhubo is only a ninth-rank master, and only has one wife and one concubine, he has a good relationship with Aunt Bai. It is said that he and Aunt Bai can be regarded as childhood sweethearts. He didn't have any money, so his parents told him Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen's family had a little property, and after marrying Mrs. Chen, she supported Zou Zhubo to study. Although the owner of Pengze County is only a ninth rank, he is an official after all, isn't he?
As for why Zou Zhubo did not continue the exam, it was because he knew in his heart that when he took the exam, he hung his tail, and he took the exam several times before he passed the exam. He went to the capital to take the exam, so many people, If only [-] people are selected, he is definitely not going to play, so it is better to come out and become an official early, so as not to rely on his wife's money all the time.

(End of this chapter)