Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Because many things have been discussed before, this time Zhou Man came here, one is to represent her Hui clan; the other is to meet the people who meet the Xia family; the third is to sign a contract and make various arrangements.

But one or two, she will realize it by then. Under the witness of Mr. Zhuang and the richi he invited, the old Zhoutou and the patriarch Xia jointly signed a contract, guaranteeing that the second child after Zhou Man's marriage will take the surname of Xia...

After signing this, Man Bao said to Patriarch Xia, "Patriarch, I want to go and see the two fields of Nanba and Dongling."

Those were the two lands she could take back.

A clan elder asked nervously: "Didn't the old lady in Nanba say that she would run a clan school for the clan?"

Man Bao smiled and nodded, "Yes, has the clan decided to set up a clan school?"

Patriarch Xia's face was not very good-looking, but the other patriarchs nodded and smiled: "Yes, the clan discussed it and felt that the children should study more, and it has been agreed that a clan school will be established."

Man Bao nodded approvingly, "This is a century-old plan. I just went to see what kind of land my grandfather left for me. I still have to donate it."

When the clan elders heard it, they stopped blocking them and let the young people lead them. Of course, a few clan elders with good legs also followed to see the excitement.

Nanba is not particularly far away. Man Bao and the others rode their horses directly for the convenience of travel. They were impatient and walked slowly with others. When they asked for directions, they ran first.

The wheat in the field is ready to be harvested, and even a lot has been harvested. Now the field is yellow, and even the rice is heading. It will be harvested in two months.

Man Bao looked and nodded.

When Xia's people accompanied Old Zhoutou and Zhou Dalang to the place, Man Bao and the others were already standing in the field pulling wheat and squatting on the edge of the field.

Everyone from the Xia clan: ... I don't know why, but they look a lot like them.

Man Bao got up, stretched out his hand and clapped his hand: "It's been a long time since I've eaten roasted wheat. Let's go back and roast some later?"

Although the words were spoken to Bai Shan Bai Erlang, he looked at the elder of the Xia clan.

The clan elder smiled and said, "Eat whatever you want, whatever you want, there aren't many other places in the countryside, and the wheat is still enough."

Man Bao asked, "Where is this land in Nanba?"

She took out the title deed from her arms and smiled, "I don't know the place written on it very well."

Xia's clansmen showed her the way, from where to where she belonged, separated by a small piece, and the dry land that was barely connected to the other side was also hers.

Man Bao looked on his toes, and found that this large area of ​​wheat had not been harvested, but there was not much wheat, but a lot of rice was planted, and there were also a lot of beans on dry land.

No wonder she said that she was not too happy when she gave this piece of land to the clan to run a clan school, the patriarch Xia, there was more dry land and less paddy fields, so maybe it was barely enough for Mr.

Man Bao pointed to the dry land and asked, "Why is there more than what is written on the title deed, and there are fewer paddy fields."

The clan elder said: "A few years ago we were dry here, and the fields were not even able to grow wheat. At that time, many people changed their fields to use dry land to grow beans. There was not a lot of rain in the past two years. Especially last year, it became more and more dry. so……"

Man Bao understood, and then she remembered that it was dry last year.

She sighed and said, "I originally thought about collecting this year's rent and subsidizing some households, but now it seems that I can't."

Clan elders:  …

They never thought that she would come to see the land to collect rent.

Man Bao sighed and said to them, "I heard about the drought last year in the capital. Although our rice is not low, the harvest on the farm is much less."

Man Bao, who had no income from employment last year, pretended to have a sigh and said, "The clan was supposed to build clan studies, but last year there was a drought. Forget it, the rent handed over by the patriarch is still for the clan to build clan studies. Use it, the extra can also help the orphans and widows in the village, I am afraid they will have a hard time this year."

The young people behind the clan elders heard this and couldn't help but raise their heads to look at this cousin. The clan elders were also a little moved, and their grievances against Zhou Man dissipated a lot, but some people also questioned. , yin and yang asked strangely: "Cousin still lacks this rent child?"

Man Bao felt a ding dong in his heart, thinking excitedly, it's finally here!

So she sighed heavily again, shook her head, and said to them, "Why is this a little rent? This little rent is enough for several people in my family to eat for a whole year."

She sighed: "Don't look at me as an official, but I am the most honest editor and imperial doctor, and I can only get some salary, but it is not easy to live in the capital, and I still have a large family to support. Not to mention, the monthly entertainment is quite a lot.”

"You have to go to Shangguan to invite guests to dinner. You can't go without a courtesy. When a colleague invites you, you have to return the invitation. No matter how cheap a restaurant in the capital is, it is more expensive than a restaurant in Shangzhou, let alone if you invite you. Are you embarrassed to invite people to a humble place?”

Everyone shook their heads together, and when they looked at her eyes again, it was a little different.

Man Bao took advantage of the situation and said, "I heard that the land in Dongling that Xu Li has rented for more than ten years has not been rented?"

The clan elders are a little embarrassed and hard to say.

Man Bao sighed again: "I also know that he is still the head of the li, although he doesn't care about us, but there are still some human feelings in the end, it's not good to be too stiff, otherwise the clan will be affected in the future. , although it doesn't matter, but if he gets us a document today, and he doesn't give us an acre of land tomorrow, it's us who will suffer."

There was some indignation on the faces of the young people, but the elders nodded again and again. Seeing their faces, they couldn't help holding Man Bao's hand and sighed, "Good boy, you are still sensible, as expected of seeing the world in front of an official. Yes, more promising than your cousins."

Then he turned around and scolded the young people, "What are you angry about? Learn from your sister, you must know that you can do big things if you can bend and stretch..."

Bai Shan, who was on the side, lowered his head. He was really afraid of being soft and hard. If he were to pull it down directly, it was not impossible. After all, the Xia clan is the biggest clan in Hongtian Village. As long as there are enough people, what can't you do?

Bai Erlang looked at the clan elders with a look of surprise, and then looked at the clan elders holding Man Bao's hand with a look of surprise, thinking that the wind was changing too fast, right?

Man Bao expressed his thoughtfulness, and then went to look at the land in Dongling. This land is worse than that in Nanba, especially last year when it was dry. At this time, most of the land is planted with beans, only seven Eight acres are planted with wheat, not even rice.

Man Bao looked disappointed, and almost said to donate it too, but when he opened his mouth, he was stared at by Lao Zhoutou, and Man Bao snorted and said, "It's all down in previous years, this year it's time to rent a child. Can it be delivered?"

See you at 11 o'clock in the evening, everyone will go to bed earlier, see you tomorrow