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"I have to look at her. I want to find her a scholar, like her eldest brother-in-law, and she is doing well now!" The eldest son-in-law of Aunt Xiao's family, that is, wishing, is already a juren, and now works as a scholar in the yamen. The reason is that Xuzhou's original position was not very good in the Juren Examination, and it was far behind. Therefore, I made a wish and never thought about going to the Beijing Central Examination.

Going to Beijing to try it once, the travel expenses and various expenses alone cost at least three to five hundred taels of silver.

Moreover, if you go there once, you may not be able to pass the exam. The wishing family doesn't have that much money, so going to the house once will definitely hurt your muscles and bones.

Therefore, I don't plan to try it. It's good to be a master in the local area.

There are beautiful wives and young children in the family, parents, brothers and sisters, he can't afford this risk.

So after passing the Juren examination, I changed from a temporary worker to a formal book office in the Yamen.

Instead of the former scribe.

In the future, he can also take over the position of county magistrate in Xuzhou. If he does well in the future, he may not be able to become a local parent official.

That's why Aunt Xiao thought about finding a family like this for Xiao Rui.

"Students are good, but I'm afraid that people will look down on us." Old boss Xiao said, "How many people like Xu's are there?"

The Xu family is still from their Yushu Village, and counting up to three generations, they are also mud legs.

Naturally, he would not despise his own girl, but a real scholarly family would look down on their family, especially his eldest son is still a general.

Old Xiao Boss also listened to the people brought by Erfu Lang, and occasionally chewed his tongue, knowing that there seemed to be a civil and military disagreement between the court and China.

Military generals look down on the rough-and-tumble behavior of civil servants, and civil servants look down on military commanders' reckless and vulgar speech and behavior.

In short, the two groups just couldn't pee in the same jug.

The emperor was also from a military background, and he won the world on horseback, so the military generals are very important at the moment, and because the country was first established, the civil servants are not yet organized.

But it has already been shown that there is a mismatch between civil and martial arts.

Military generals don't like to meddle in government affairs, and civil servants don't want to attack the army.

I heard from those people that this is generally the case when a country is founded. After the first or second generation, the world is peaceful, and the horses should be released to Nanshan, and the swords and guns should be put into storage.

At that time, generals were not as valuable as civil servants.

What's more, civil servants are safe!

Military generals are going to fight desperately on the battlefield, and civil servants just babble behind.

And everything is inferior, only reading is high, this sentence has a market everywhere.

"I still don't like those sour scholars!" Aunt Xiao has the confidence: "I want to find a smart person who studies for my third son. No matter what happens in the future, at least my girl will marry and stay in a civilized husband's family. , it would be even better if there is no mother-in-law, and you will be the master of the house when you enter the door."

"You have a good idea!" Lao Xiao and his wife almost spoke in unison.

They talked and laughed all the way home, but they didn't see their son and husband, and the eldest grandson wasn't at home either. Only after asking, did they find out that there was a Prince Zhen.

"Prince?" In fact, the elder brother and Xiaogeer have the same virtues. For these officials, they only know that they are high-ranking officials, but they really don't know their ranks clearly.

But the other party is "Erfu Lang's adoptive father", which is equivalent to their old relatives.

"I have to go see you, wash up quickly, and change into nice clothes." Old Xiao Boss and Old Aunt Xiao hurriedly washed and changed their clothes.

On the other side, people were sent to inform Aunt Xiao, Xiao Laoliu and Xiao Laoba's family.

They must all be seen. It is rare for Xi Fulang's natal family to come, so it must be very grand and very important.

The attention of the people in the country means that everyone will meet together, have a sumptuous dinner, drink two sips of old wine, and then chat.

It is estimated that Prince Zhen has never been so familiar with his in-laws in his life.

At that time, he was sitting in the room, hugging Xi Fulang's child, and Xiao Shuanzi was having fun with him, waiting for dinner by the way.

Seeing the livid husband, Brother Xiao ran in happily: "Old Prince, my parents are here, as well as my aunt, Sixth Uncle and Eighth Uncle's family!"

Xi Fulang also stood up with a red face: "Father?"

"Please come in, I'm holding the child, it's not convenient to get off the kang, let them come in, I haven't seen my old relatives before!" Prince Zhen was very kind, but the old Xiao's people were clattering They all came in.

Old Mr. Xiao went into the house very enthusiastically and got on the kang, quickly took off his shoes, and patted his arms and shoulders with his old in-laws, with an enthusiastic look: "This is my old in-laws, right? Oh, what? So young? It looks different from me, as expected of Brother Xi's adoptive father, he is young and has a bearing."

Prince Zhen glanced at the person who came in, and knew that this was Xiao Wei's biological father.

In fact, the old head Xiao and Xiao Wei are six to seven points similar in appearance, and the old head Xiao is older. He is wearing a new and light narrow-sleeved robe. The eyebrows and sideburns were raised, which also revealed a feeling of vicissitudes.

On the contrary, the material of this dress is good, it is palace satin!

"Hey, hello old in-laws. I look young, but my health is not good. I'm not as strong as you. Looking at you, did you drive back from the county by yourself? I can't do it anymore. I haven't been able to touch the horsewhip for many years. "Prince Zhen is quite able to speak, and he can also speak: "This time, one is to see Brother Xi and the children, to see the old relatives and you, and the other is to find Tie Qing to take care of the body. This body is not good!"

"Rehabilitation, must be recuperated!" Old boss Xiao was happy when he heard it: "There is everything, it is better to have it at home, and everything is good, it is better to have a good body. This day is getting better and better, but we can't get rid of it early. Lie down, what's the matter, I will enjoy a few more years of happiness."

The boss of Lao Xiao introduced his sixth and eighth younger brothers to him, and his aunt Xiao and other family members came to visit him. Although there were only six members of the older generation in Lao Xiao's family, including the family members, the same was true for the next generation.

But there are many third-generation people!

Seven or eight children gathered together, it was not the usual excitement.

There are people of all ages, Tie Qing simply lets the children play in the yard, each with a small car, and various kinds of sepak takraw balls, all of which are brought by caravans in the south, but not in the north.

Tie Qing was busy receiving relatives, today he went hunting in the mountains and brought back a lot of game.

Brother Xiao watched the children with a few family members, and sat in a cool place under the window to chat.

In the room, several old people were sitting together, and the content of chatting surprised the old prince.

Because they are talking about things in the crop field.

"It seems that there is a lot of rain this year, and it is also a bumper harvest year. I see that the old Zhang's house has a new house built, and their family is going to kiss each other. Many people are watching."

"Their family used to be poor, and none of the girls in the family could get married, but now the eldest girls in their family are all engaged."

"Whose house did you decide?"

"The old Ni's family, a wealthy family in the town, has been settled."

These are the contents of chatting among the family members. The chatter between Mr. Xiao and his two younger brothers, and his old in-laws is the chatter in the field.

"We've been planting corn for the past few years, so we'll have to change it next year. Let's plant a crop of millet or something." Old Xiao Boss talked about this kind of land.

"Why don't you continue to plant corn?" The old prince also knew a little about crops and seedlings: "Corn is better than millet!"

One mu of corn can produce up to six or seven hundred catties, and if you take good care of it, eight hundred catties is not impossible.

The best millet is only five hundred catties per mu, and usually three to four hundred catties, and millet is harder to serve than corn.

Another point is that millet is domesticated from weeds. Fields where millet is planted can easily grow weeds, and when millet seedlings are small, they are almost exactly the same as weed seedlings.

And when the wind is stronger, the millet will fall down, but Baomi doesn't have this concern.

"You can't keep planting corn all at once, as it is easy to grow worms after a few years." Lao Xiao said: "Plant a crop of garlic and kill the worms in the field."

Planting garlic is indeed easy to disinfect small bugs in the field. Although it is impossible to kill all of them, it is indeed good for the field.

And garlic is a domineering thing. It is planted in the ground, and ordinary weeds cannot compete with it. It not only kills insects, but also has a certain weeding effect.

The common people don't understand the reason, but the old farmers who have accumulated many years know this.

They just want to plant a crop of garlic next year, then plant autumn cabbage, and finally plant a crop of autumn spinach.

"Is it okay to turn them all into vegetable fields?" Even if you have never farmed it yourself, this kind of planting method is unheard of.

"Replant bit by bit, [-] acres this year, [-] acres next year, and it will be over in a few years, or you can replant piece by piece." Old Xiao said: "We don't It doesn’t have to be food, in fact, the vegetable land is also beneficial, and the cabbage in our Gada is very easy to sell.”

That's right, those dishes at Aunt Xiao's house are in short supply.

Shopkeeper Tian encouraged Aunt Xiao to order more than once.

Helplessly, Aunt Xiao's family said she was the one who planted the vegetable field, but most of the time, it was the ashen people who took care of it. Whether it was planting or weeding, including harvesting, even the market was ashen. Looking for a good one, Aunt Xiao is also afraid that if there are too many things, the price will be lowered, which will make it cheaper for outsiders.

Besides, her family doesn't have that much ambition. The land they buy is for their daughter as a dowry. There is only so much land in the family, and it won't increase.

However, when Bach entered the house, he deliberately bought a hundred acres of land as a "dowry".

He recorded the [-] mu of land in Xiao Cui's name. His family did not farm, and the [-] mu of land was rented out. They could get [-] catties of corn every year, enough for the whole family to eat.

The rest of the taxes are paid by the tenants, and they don't care.

If everyone grows garlic and cabbage, I don't know if they can satisfy Shopkeeper Tian's appetite. This guy really wants to monopolize garlic now, but shopkeeper Wu is not happy.

The cabbage is all rounded, so should the garlic be taken away?

But if everyone can grow the same garlic and cabbage as Aunt Xiao's, that would be great!

"So that's how it is." He didn't know what he thought of, so the topic was changed, but now that the field is planted, it's time to think about the vegetable garden.

"This year, my family's vegetable garden grows more eggplants. In autumn, dry some eggplants. It's good for stewed fish in winter."

"Then let's grow some beans at my house, and plant them near the base of the wall, and then we can build a shelf." Beans are a thing that climbs Wan'er, and there is no shelf.

"How's the harvest these past few years?" The old prince was gossiping with others, and it seemed like that.

"Okay, thanks to today's good governance." Uncle Xiao Ba stroked his beard and said, "In the past, I couldn't even eat enough. Now I have a house, a land, a car, a horse, and some savings. Life is going well, much better than before."

"That's right, in the previous dynasty, Qiangla was brought to do hard labor, and some were conscripted. Otherwise, our old Xiao family wouldn't...wouldn't have just such a few children." Uncle Xiao Liu was also full of emotion: "Now taxation It's normal, there is no excessive tax increase and we are not required to do hard labor, which is pretty good, and the county magistrate also said that our taxes here are the first to be completed every year."

Their Shulin County is small in itself, and the place under its jurisdiction is just a county, a town, and four villages: Yushu Village, Liushu Village, Yangshu Village, and Xingshu Village.

The place is small and the population is small. If you still lag behind in paying taxes every year, it will be really embarrassing.

"If you want me to tell you, life is better now. It's a pity that the emperor raised the banner of righteousness and overthrew the previous dynasty. Otherwise, how could there be such a good life?" Old boss Xiao said: "The life is better now, but May the emperor and his elders live a hundred years."