Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The carriage stopped at the gate of the county government office. The people from the Xia clan had already arrived, and they drank two cups of tea. When they heard the report that the people from the Zhou clan were coming, the patriarch and clan elders from the Xia clan immediately put down their tea cups and sat up.

As soon as they looked up, what they saw was Xia Xia being carried in.

Patriarch Xia and others: ...

Old Zhoutou and Mrs. Xia asked Mr. Zhuang to go first, and the three of them walked in behind. Man Bao and Bai Shan and Bai Erlang didn't know why, but they waited on the three of them attentively and waited until they were all seated before looking towards the other side. Patriarch Xia and others.

Neither of them knew each other, and it was a little embarrassing. Xia Xia propped himself up slightly and sat up straight to introduce them, "Miss, this is our patriarch."

No matter what he was thinking, Man Bao stepped forward with a look of respect, and said with both hands, "Zhou Man has seen the patriarch."

Patriarch Xia hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her, and simply took her hand and said excitedly: "Like, really like, you and Xinniang look very similar."

The old Zhoutou couldn't help but think in his heart: He is obviously more like his old Zhou family, how can he look like his sister-in-law?

Man Bao followed with a depressed look on his face.

When the magistrate of Zhai arrived, Man Baocai followed the Xia clan leader to meet all the clan elders and clan members who came. Then the Xia clan leader and the old Zhou head Qian Clan met and talked about Xia Yanlai. When he entered the door, the Xia clan leader was saying Since Xia Yan's contribution to the family's help and harmony in his life, seeing the magistrate of Zhai, he quickly turned around and saluted.

Seeing that they were so friendly to each other, the magistrate of Zhai couldn't help raising his eyebrows, then squeezed out a smile, and asked both of them to sit down with a smile.

Man Bao smiled and said, "The county magistrate, please take a seat. I'll just sit down."

Although the people of the Xia clan had made some preparations, they were still surprised to see that the magistrate of Zhai was so polite to Zhou Man.

The county magistrate then sat down, then looked at both sides and said, "Since both sides are here today, we will open up if we have something to say, so as to avoid disputes and conflicts in the future."

He turned his head to Clan Chief Xia and said, "Clan Chief Xia should know, right? Lord Zhou came to Shangzhou to find relatives, so the relationship between the two sides should have been established, right?"

Patriarch Xia then remembered that they were not sure yet, so they looked towards the Zhou family.

Zhou Dalang immediately took out his uncle's household registration, as well as the little aunt's book in the bundle that was found in the mountains.

Patriarch Xia looked at it and sighed: "This is indeed the household registration of Zhou Yin and Xinniang, they are the same person, I didn't expect them to be as early as fourteen years ago... Well, I said that Xinniang's child is filial, Zhou Yin Silver is not without a conscience."

The old Zhou family couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this sigh, as if... the relationship doesn't need to be so stiff?

Sure enough, I heard Patriarch Xia say to Man Bao, "I didn't expect to see the eldest lady in my lifetime. In the future, when I go underground and see your grandfather, I can also explain to him."

Man Bao lowered his head with a look of regret.

Xia Xia heard that they had been talking nonsense, so he took the initiative to say: "Patriarch, when will the things left by Yandi be given to the eldest lady?"

He said: "I plan to let Xiao Rui vacate the shop for her in a while, and the rent for so many years will also be handed over to her. At that time, I will ask the patriarch to be a witness."

After all, he groped in his arms with trembling hands, but couldn't find anything after a while, Xia Rui could only step forward and take out the yellowed paper for him.

Xia Xia opened it with shaking hands, and said, "This is what I signed with Zhou Yin back then. I rented his shop and gave him 18 taels of silver a year, because he asked me to collect the rent for him and look after the house. This is my occupation of him. It’s cheap, but I haven’t received any rent for the past twelve years, so I plan to add ten taels of silver to it every year…”

Patriarch Xia raised his eyebrows, smiled and stretched out his hand to squeeze Xia Xia's hand: "What is the third brother in a hurry, I have been keeping the rent in the land for Xinniang, and besides, you have worked for them for so many years, even if Xinniang is And Zhou Yin came back in person, and they won't ask you for the extra share."

Man Bao was stunned for a moment and nodded immediately, "That's right, Uncle broke me."

Xia Xia didn't care what Manbao said, just stared at Patriarch Xia and asked, "You said you paid her a rent?"

Patriarch Xia nodded, "Of course, haven't I been renting Xinniang's piece of land, that piece of land was leased to me back then."

Xia Xia sneered in his heart. He rented him three yuan back then, but he didn't think that he could keep all the land, so Xia Xia didn't feel much anger in his heart.

Patriarch Xia turned his head and sighed with Man Bao: "In these years, your parents never came back, the land can't be left uncultivated, and the clan has some guesses, so later I rented out all the land, one of which was rented by me. Yes, there is another piece leased to Xu Lichang, and the other piece is leased to the people of the clan."

"It's just that you don't know that we rely on the sky to grow our land. The past ten years have been either droughts or floods. Not to mention making money, it's not bad to be able to plant seeds," said Patriarch Xia. I've saved some rent, and I'll bring it to you later."

Man Bao looked at Patriarch Xia with a moved face and said, "Grandpa Patriarch, you have been very grateful for taking care of the fields for my family over the years, how can I ask for your rent?"

Patriarch Xia said, "It is my duty to rent land to rent a child."

Man Bao shook his head and said with a sigh: "If my parents had no accident, they would have to go home every year. Before I came, I didn't think that the property left by my parents was still there, so the land deed I received was only used as It's just a thought."

After all, Man Bao took it out of his arms and received it well, but it was just a yellowish deed.

Patriarch Xia saw that she was still wrapped in a layer of oiled paper, and even if others were as old as a fox, he couldn't help but change his face.

Patriarch Xia didn't expect that Zhou Mancai would talk to people and talk to people at such a young age.

He put away the last little thought in his heart, insisted on renting the house to Zhou Man, and even decided to go back and improve the account books so that Zhou Man could check.

Of course Man Bao couldn't take it anymore. She kept rejecting it. She really didn't want it. It would be fine if she pulled the meat out of people's mouths, and if she spit out what she ate in her stomach, she would be outraged. , it offends people too much.

Moreover, she wanted the house in Songhua Lane more than the fields that needed to be cultivated and tended, so she refused forcefully, and then sighed: "The fields and so on, leave it to the patriarch and the uncles and brothers in the clan. I'm very relieved, it's the house my grandparents used to live in..."

She said with a sad face: "I was still young when I left home, and I only vaguely remember that we planted a jujube tree in our yard. Every autumn, a lot of green jujubes were grown. As long as my mother wanted to eat it, my father and I My grandfather took pictures for her to eat, and I just wanted to go back to the house to accompany my grandfather and grandmother to see where they lived."

Everyone in the Xia clan: ... how about cheating? It was only a few months when you left, can you remember this?

Everyone is more and more sure that her heart is filled with sesame seeds. Sure enough, it is not easy to be an official, especially if she is an official in the capital at such a young age.

However, there is indeed a jujube tree in the Xia family's yard, which was planted shortly after Xia Xin was born.

See you tomorrow