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Jiang Fan was a little surprised.

When he looked at the old house just now, he felt that the house was cleaner than he imagined. It turned out that someone helped the Jiang family clean the old house from time to time, but the one who could help the Jiang family clean the old house and not be greedy for cheap, could only be from this village. The village head is gone, because the Jiang family has no other relatives in Lishan Village.Their journey was indeed quite tiring. Most of the time they ate dry food on the journey. Jiang Fan was very grateful to have a bite of hot food at this time.

Jiang Fan bowed solemnly, and saw the old man on the opposite side flicker in panic, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle!"

The village chief waved his hand and smiled plainly.He took a bunch of keys from his waist and handed them to Jiang Fandao: "This key was given to me when your father left. Now that you are back, I will give it to you." When Jiang Fan took the keys, he Then he remembered and asked, "How have your father and the others been doing all these years?"

Jiang Fan suppressed the expression on his face, "It has been six years since my father and mother passed away for some reason, my uncle and aunt are in good health, and my grandmother is also in good health."

The village chief didn't expect that Jiang's second wife and husband were gone, and the joy of meeting the junior immediately dissipated.After a while, he patted Jiang Fan on the shoulder, "When you clean up the house, come to see my uncle. My uncle's house is at the east end of the village, and there is a big pagoda tree in front of the door. Your field is ten The old uncle who rented the house for several years remembers it all. Tomorrow, I will take some back to deal with it, and when the grain is harvested in the fields in a few days, the old uncle will slowly give you the rest."

Jiang Fan had no feelings for the original owner's parents, but seeing the sad expression on the old man's face, he felt a little uncomfortable, "There's no rush for this, it's getting dark, why don't I take you back, old man? It's better to know the way."

The village chief said: "No need, the road is full of potholes, it's not easy to walk at night, the old man will go back by himself, but you guys should rest well."

Jiang Fan didn't want to, so he called Zhang Shumo and told him to accompany him to send his uncle back.

Zhang Shumo hurriedly put down his work and ran over, supported the village head, and the three of them walked towards the east of the village.

After sending the village chief back, the two returned with oil lamps, and Uncle Zhang had already laid out the food on the small board table.

By the light of the oil lamp, Jiang Fan looked at the father and son in front of him, and thought about the old uncle of the village chief just now, and he smiled faintly.Although life in ancient times was inconvenient, it was really better than he imagined.

The weather is getting warmer and the sky is getting brighter and earlier.When Jiang Fan got up, it was still a while before the sky was bright, and Zhang Shumo and Uncle Zhang were already fetching water to wash their faces.

After Jiang Fan washed up and had breakfast, Zhang Shumo and Uncle Zhang didn't let him do anything, but he just stood by and watched, rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning the house with them.

After a few people tidied up, the village head uncle came over, followed by two burly young men and a woman about forty years old, each of them was carrying a bucket, or a broom and rag.

The village chief's surname is Gao, and the two young men are his sons. The eldest son Gao Hu and the younger son Gao Bao are both married.The woman is the wife of the village head, named Liu Yufen.This family has a hearty smile on their faces, and they seem to be very easy to get along with.

Uncle Gao said to Jiang Fan: "The three of you can clean up such a big room, and the field is not busy now, so I asked you Brother Huzi, Brother Baozi and Aunt Yufen to come over and help. Your two sisters-in-law, the children are still young and cannot be separated from others, so you didn't call them over."

Jiang Fan knew that since the person had already come, he definitely couldn't refuse, and if only the three of them had to tidy up the house within a day, they would really be in a hurry, so he thanked them and didn't refuse any more.

Neither the original owner nor Jiang Fan had done this kind of cleaning work before, and he was fat now, so his movements inevitably looked clumsy.When Gao Hu saw him, he brought him a bucket of water, handed him a rag, and told him to stand and wipe the door frame and windows.

When there are more people, the work is quicker. After eating at noon, when it looks like three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it will be tidied up. The weeds in the yard are all pulled out, and the rotten bamboo fence is also picked up, ready to be replanted.

In the evening, I still ate hot dishes and meals made by Mrs. Yufen. There was no hot water, so Jiang Fan could only wipe his body with a towel in cold water. Tired and panicked, Zhang Shumo took the quilt he brought from Shangjing and spread it on the bed in the room, and fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

I also got up early the next day, because I had to buy daily necessities, such as pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.If you don't buy these back quickly, you won't be able to keep eating what Uncle Gao brings.

When Jiang Fan left, the Jiang family only gave him 1000 taels of silver for future living expenses.If this money is given to ordinary people, it will be enough to eat and drink for a lifetime.But this amount of money, compared with the Jiang family's property, is really extremely stingy.Besides, Jiang Fan is not the kind of person who likes to sit and eat his savings. The work in the field is the most exhausting. He and Zhang Shumo don't know how to farm, but Uncle Zhang does, but he doesn't want to let Jiang Fan He went to work in the fields, so most of the things to be planted in the future would need to hire small laborers, which also cost money.And they don't have food yet, even if Uncle Gao wants to count food for him, he can't ask for more, so he has to be careful when buying things.

To buy things, you have to go to Jinwang Town, which is some distance away from Lishan Village. Jiang Fan and the three don't know the route. The brothers of the Gao family have all left the field today, so Uncle Gao drove a donkey cart with them and took them there. recognize the way.

It took the donkey cart half an hour to arrive at Jinwang Town.The town is not big, so Uncle Gao took Jiang Fan and the three of them around the whole town while shopping.After buying daily necessities, Jiang Fan bought some snacks for his two little grandchildren under the repeated refusal of Uncle Gao, and then went to buy farm tools and a few vegetables. The soil is loose, so it is good to grow some side dishes.

When everything was bought, Jiang Fan saw that it was time for lunch, so he proposed to go to the restaurant to eat something before going back. Uncle Gao took out a few flatbreads from the cloth bag he had been holding all the time, "Don't waste that money, eat something to fill your stomach first, and when you go back, your aunt has food left."

Jiang Fan also knew that these peasants were relatively frugal, and they were not willing to spend money on the usual food, so he thanked him again, took the big cake and gave it to Zhang Shumo and Uncle Zhang.After eating, several people walked to the place where the donkey cart was stored with their big and small bags, put their things on it and went back to the village.

When they returned to the village, they ate at Uncle Gao's house. Uncle Zhang and Zhang Shumo drove the donkey cart back with their things, while Jiang Fan stayed behind. Seeing that Uncle Gao had kept him with him for more than ten years. food account.

The Jiang family has a total of eighteen acres of land, eight acres of paddy fields, six acres of dry land, and four acres of sandy land. 540 catties of grain.The Jiang family has been away for 14 years, and the total rent they have earned is 560 catties.

This is not a small amount.Uncle Gao said before that he would count all the food to him, but Jiang Fan knew that Uncle Gao was not a grain merchant, so it was impossible to suddenly take out so much food.

It is also impossible to collect all of them, and the Jiang family rented out the land not for these rents, but to prevent Tian Di from panicking.Tapping the table with his fingers, Jiang Fan was thinking about how much to charge. Uncle Gao came out with another account book and a gray cloth bag in his hand, and sat down beside Jiang Fan.

Uncle Gao looked at Jiang Fan and said, "The price of grain is different every year. Those grains can't be kept for long, so I sell the collected rent every year to exchange for money. Different grains have different prices. Over the years, there are a total of 80 Two and four hundred wen, these years I have recorded the accounts every time, and they are sold at the grain store in the town, and the accounts can also be reconciled there."

After buying something today, Jiang Fan has a rough idea of ​​the conversion ratio between this era and modern money. One tael of silver is about 1000 yuan in modern times. Around three or two, if you are poorer, you will be one or two at most.

These 80 taels and [-] wen are not a small amount for the farmers.Jiang Fan looked at the ledger and remembered every transaction clearly.He counted the taels of silver, which happened to be the number that Uncle Gao said.

The cloth bag was still stained with mud, obviously Uncle Gao hid the money underground.His expression was calm, and he even felt relieved. After all, for people like them, anyone with such a large amount of money had to be nervous.Since the two sons got married and had children, the family's savings were not much. If they lost it, they would not be able to pay for it if they sold the two old ones.

Now Jiang Fan doesn't know what to do. Originally, he planned to collect a few hundred catties for them to eat this year, but now the food has been exchanged for money. unwilling.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Fan sighed, that's all, these many favors, let's pay them back in the future.

Jiang Fan discussed with Uncle Gao again about taking back the fields after this season's grain came out, and seeing that it was getting dark, he got up and left.

When Jiang Fan returned home, Uncle Zhang and his son were doing the last step of boiling the pot, using iron tongs to hold the two-liang fat meat oil pot.

"Master, you are back!" Zhang Shumo looked at Jiang Fan with bulging red eyes, and there were two black marks on the bridge of his nose and forehead, "When the pot is ready, we can start cooking."

"What's the matter with you?" Jiang Fan walked over and asked curiously, and wiped the black dirt on his forehead with his hand, but it couldn't be wiped off, but it became wider and wider.

Uncle Zhang, who was lighting a fire on the stove, smiled silently. Zhang Shumo said shyly, "I'm not very good at lighting a fire, I was choked by the smoke."