Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Of course, they didn't have the confidence of the Lin family and the Zhang family, but the Liu family also took a share of the fat of the Ma family.

In the past, there were two big restaurants, but now there are four!

There are also a few shops that are rented out, and the Liu family can be regarded as a well-known family in the local area.

Moreover, compared to the weak Ma De and his family, the Liu family is considered prosperous. The previous generation of brothers started a business, and the current generation Liu family boss has two girls, a son, and two grandsons.

The second head of the Liu family had separated from his elder brother many years ago and went to Beichong Mansion to settle down. The eldest daughter of the Liu family married and went to Beichong Mansion.

The 1000 taels of silver at the bottom of the box was widely circulated at the time, and everyone said that the Liu family had a great deal.

It is said that the eldest son-in-law of the Liu family is also a figure in Beichong Mansion...

People who are matchmakers can be eloquent, Zhang Matchmaker opened her mouth, and called what the second girl of the Liu family said is a fairy descending to the world!

It's a pity that Jin Buhuan didn't mean that: "Even if they give the Liu family to the second girl as a dowry, I don't want it."

Jin Buhuan said loudly: "I only marry the second girl from the Ma family!"

Ding Tian yelled "Okay!"

He also took the lead in applauding. The helpers also knew that this family was going to marry a wife, and someone came to destroy it!

The ancients paid attention to "it is better to destroy ten temples than regret one marriage".

So they followed suit and finally coaxed Matchmaker Zhang away.

The matter immediately spread to the ears of the Ma family.

After Ma De heard about it, he said to Zhang Ma very happily: "This marriage is settled!"

"The Zhang family is really low!" Madam Zhang sneered, "Want to ruin this marriage, but dare not confront Lord Ding, so I found someone to seduce my brother-in-law, hmph!"

She didn't even need to think about it, she knew who was making trouble behind her back.

When that incident happened back then, the Zhang family had no matchmaker, so they had no choice but to find a few of their own women to be matchmakers, otherwise they might not even be able to talk about their daughter-in-law.

Moreover, the granddaughters-in-law of their family are all foreigners. In the local area, no one is willing to marry into the Zhang family. Although they are scholars, the inner house is not peaceful.

The matchmakers don't want to blow up their own brand either.

"What does the Liu family mean? You have joined the Zhang family?" The second girl of the Ma family noticed the key point: "Is the second girl of the Liu family unable to get married?"

Regarding the snatching of her own marriage, the second girl of the Ma family is actually not worried at all, she believes that the man will marry her.

"Well, I have to see it!" Ma De thought for a while: "Our family has nothing to rely on now, except that my brother-in-law has Lord Ding on his side, and they dare not mess around."

As for Jin Buhuan, he found Ding Tian and begged him for a favor: "Please, no matter who the Qing is under the command of the prince, just meet the Ma family uncle by chance and have a good conversation. The most important thing is, let people see .”

"Okay!" Ding Tian nodded and agreed: "You should prepare here, I will be hired tomorrow."

"Hmm..." Jin Buhuan responded, "I will be hired tomorrow...."

The Jin family and the Ma family are ordinary families, not as particular as the big families. On the day they were hired, they agreed on a wedding date, and Ding Tian also told Wang Zuo about it that night.

Wang Zuo said: "I will solve it."

"En!" Ding Tian was relieved.

Two days later, Meng Xianchen, a second-class Jinshi and an effective counselor beside King Ning, had a good talk with Ma De, the uncle of the Ma family, at a literary meeting.

Sure enough, in the next two days, the two of them had a drink in the restaurant, talked about the world, recited poems and argued against each other, in short, they were all literati.

Moreover, Meng Xianchen's knowledge is better than that of Zhang Shanzhang. He is a Jinshi and No. 30 seventh in the second-class examination. He just never thought about being an official. He felt that the officialdom was too tiring, so he became a counselor under the prince's command. , It’s good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Everyone else envied Ma De's good luck, but Zhang's family received a message from Meng Xianchen, which only had four words: Everyone is well.

It's not so much a message as an order, warning!

The Zhang family stopped immediately, they couldn't even offend Lord Ding, let alone the most powerful cleanup by His Highness King Ning's side,

They don't need to say anything to the prince, as long as they say hello to Du Zhifu, the Zhang family will have to eat and walk around.

They dared to provoke Ding Tian simply because Ding Tian had no foundation, no matter how high his title was, as long as he made trouble on the unknown face, Ding Tian would be fine.

good idea.

But the prince is different, as long as the people around him move their little fingers, their Zhang family will be crushed into mud.

As a result, the Zhang family stopped, and Ding Tian happily followed Jin Buhuan to the engagement. The richness of the betrothal gift made many spectators speechless.

"If I had known Mr. Buchang was so rich, I would have married my sister to him!" A neighbor who watched the excitement curled his lips, a little regretful, and then told the matchmaker, but couldn't hold on.

"Come on!" His friend next to him sneered, "Your sister is like a dominatrix, who will marry her? If you don't want to change your husband, you will propose marriage if you like her. That girl of yours doesn't even look down on me!"

"Get out!" The guy got angry: "What are you? Do you dare to miss my sister?"

The two almost got into a fight!

On the contrary, the Ma family was very surprised by Jin Buhuan's dowry.

Especially Ma De, when he saw the list of betrothal gifts, his mouth was wide open: "Why are there so many?"

"This is Mr. Buchang's intention." Ding Tian said, "He used to be only interested in errands, but now he is rarely interested in a woman.

Tempted, and most of the things here are rewards from his meritorious deeds, and the origins are innocent. Don't worry, he means to value the second girl.

"

Then Ma De became happy: "Brother-in-law, please rest assured, my sister's dowry will never be simple!"

There are only three siblings in the Ma family. When the eldest sister got married, she had no choice but to buy land for the family with the 1000 taels of silver from the dowry, so that the two brothers and sisters had no worries about food and clothing, but the eldest sister’s life was ruined. Fortunately, There is a nephew, although he belongs to the Zhang family, but he has one heart with the elder sister.

Now that the second sister is getting married, Ma De has already prepared the dowry.

It's just that it seems that the dowry of the second sister is still a little short, and all the betrothal gifts will be added in!

Add another thirty acres of land!

Jin Buhuan's marriage progressed quickly, Ding Tian was there to help, he was just a mobile prop, his identity was very useful, and Jin Buhuan had a good reputation in the yamen, and he was the "Mr" of everyone, many people spontaneously Go to help, before the beginning of autumn, he finally got married.

When marrying the bride, all the people who went there were yamen servants, head catchers, etc., including Ding Tian, ​​and Jin Buhuan had no parents, so Du Zhifu took his wife to act as a high school for him.

Now, no matter how unwilling the Zhang family was, they did not dare to take pricks anymore.

After the wedding, it is autumn harvest.

Ding Tian went to look at his [-] mu of land outside the city this year. His [-] mu of land was planted by a family surnamed Fang, who planted corn. In autumn, although it was ripe, there were still some crops. , are not ripe, and Ding Tian wants such crops.

Boss Fang saw it, and was a little puzzled: "What is Tian Shao doing like this? You can't rub the corn particles, you can only cook them."

"It's just boiled and eaten!" Ding Tian said happily: "It's a share of the rent. These corns that are filled with starch but not cooked through are all broken off and sent to me!"

There are fresh corn segments, squash cubes, pork ribs, potatoes, and beans in Dafengshou.

It's autumn, and it's time to eat this dish.

Ding Tian harvested a lot of these corns and came back. Every night, he stewed a pot of corn to make a good harvest, and his family was full of oil.

Ding Tian's tenant rent is the lowest, five cents, that is, half of the tenant and half of him.

Because he has a title, the tax is exempted, and he doesn't have much tax on this little land. He has a tax exemption of [-] mu of land under his name.

He has [-] mu of his own land in his hometown, and [-] mu here. He has not expanded the rest, and feels that these fields are enough for him to eat, drink and spend.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and it's another busy day. Rituals are very important in ancient times, and this year... Ding Tian looked at the gift from Jin Buhuan: "It looks like it was prepared by my sister-in-law. It's nothing to do with you!"

In previous years, after Ding Tian gave Jin Buhuan a boxing gift, Jin Buhuan gave him at most two small ginseng he dug from the mountains.

Stew an old hen at most.

This year is different. This year’s gift to Ding Tian is two boxes of homemade five-nut mooncakes, a small jar of bellflower pickles, a bag of ten catties of red beans, and a bag of ten catties of red beans. green beans.

This is more like a good etiquette of the whole family. It is not expensive, but it is all made by the master's family and produced by himself.

Ding Tian's family has no female relatives, so all kinds of good fabrics, such as silk and satin, are exchanged for Jin Bu's house, which pleases Mrs. Jin very much.

joyous.

Jin Buhuan patted Ding Tian on the shoulder as usual: "You only know that you can still live like this after you marry a wife!" The back of the neck that was originally wrapped, there was a dark red mark there.

As someone who has been there, Mr. Jin, he could tell what kind of traces this was at the first glance.

He frowned slightly, but still didn't say anything, just chatted with Ding Tian, ​​and then went back.

On Ding Tian's side, there were not many people who needed gifts, so they sent gifts back to his family, and Ding Ke and Ding Yi from his second uncle's family came to give him New Year gifts.

"Why are you two?" Ding Tian was immediately happy when he saw the two cousins.

"The two of us are here to increase our knowledge, and we came with Brother Ding Mo." The two cousins ​​were also very happy to see the cousin: "Sir, let us come to see you too."

Their husband is Uncle Hu.

Ding Tian cleans them up at home, serving big bowls of braised pork, big pots of bountiful harvests, and big white steamed buns.

Ding Mo also came over at night, and now he is promising, he followed a caravan.

"Caravan?" Ding Tian frowned: "Whose family? What are they for?"

"It's the caravan of the Lin family." Ding Mo said: "Go outside the pass, and exchange some goods in the pass for their skins."

"What product?" Ding Tian asked him unrelentingly: "Is it salt and iron? That is a taboo thing!"

"No, no, no!" Ding Mo hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands: "It's some cotton thread, tea leaves, cheesecloth, and burlap. Even the sewing needles are the kind of big needles used for sewing quilts, and there are not even a few bags of embroidery needles. "

Their goods are needles and threads, and they dare not buy or sell contraband; at the same time, for profit, they buy some cheap things like homemade cloth and linen locally and sell them on the grassland.

"It's not too bad." Ding Tian was satisfied, "Remember, don't sell contraband, if you dare to sell one, I will kill you.

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"No way!" Ding Mo smiled: "Don't you know? You brother Mo is very timid, common people, earn some money

Life is enough, what are you doing with so much money?I will save money for another two years to build a brick and tile house for my family... and marry another daughter-in-law, and our family will be complete! "

Ding Mo doesn't have much ambition, he just wants to live a good life.

"Okay, come to me if you need something." Ding Tian looked at Brother Mo who was two years older than him: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

The boxing gifts they came to give were actually some local products. The mushrooms picked in Niujiao Mountain were dried and sent to him. There were also some other dried vegetables. There were several truckloads of them, but the serious ones were worthless. Vegetables to eat.

Wang Zuo went out again, and the prefect Du sent the grain and pasture to the camp of the Zhenbei Army before the frost after paying taxes and grass during the autumn harvest... Everything was carried out in an orderly manner like last year.

Until late autumn, when the autumn is high and clear, wild geese fly south, and at the same time, an urgent report comes from the border: the barbarians are buckling the border again.