dressed as a scholar

After two days, Fang Yu became active again. When he was sick, he ate greasy food and lost his appetite. He ate porridge and side dishes for two days in a row. Now he was cured and his appetite also recovered.

In the early days, Xiao Qiao asked Xiao Qiao to make dumplings with three flavors, beef, pork and shrimp fillings, and he ate a steaming tray in one go.

"It's good to have an appetite to eat meat now."

"Let's make some meat for lunch, I feel like my intestines are getting lighter."

Qiao Hezhi saw that he didn't seem to be eating at all, shook his head with a smile, and started to add a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge for him, fearing that someone would choke on him: "I have to go to my parents at noon, and I will give alms at some point this afternoon. , Although everything is handled by servants, we don’t need to worry about it, but we have to go there. If you want to eat meat, you can endure the night meal and I will cook, or eat it in the city.”

"It's also busy coming and going, how can I let you cook again, let's have a simple meal outside, instead of going to a tall building to have a banquet and drink."

Qiao Hezhi nodded, seeing Fang Yu half put down his chopsticks: "Are you full?"

"Why, do you want me to look at the account book?"

"Don't worry about this moment. You can check it tomorrow if you don't have anything to do. There is one thing I think you forgot, but I can't deal with it without authorization. It depends on your will." Qiao Hezhi said: "Grandma bought those two things before she was alive It is still closed at home, what is your husband going to do?"

"I'll forget about it if you don't mention it."

That day Fang Yu was furious, and really wanted to send those two people who shamelessly framed Xiao Qiao to the government to be sent to prison, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, it wasn't right.

I lost face when I saw an official, and now I say everything I say is a noble family with good looks. In the end, it is all scandals committed by my servants. People are not good, even if a tricky servant dares to murder the master, it is really not good to spread the word.

Furthermore, the two servants didn't actually poison them, so they couldn't constitute the biggest punishment, so they had to send them away after thinking about it.

"Look for someone from other places to sell those two things to other places, and you will never be able to return to Yuncheng." Fang Yu pondered for a while: "It's a violation of everyone's law to sell them cheaply, and I will go to other places in the future." They can only be low-level servants, and the hearts of these two people are not pure."

Qiao Hezhi and Fang Yu had the same thoughts, and he was satisfied with this treatment: "Then let the servants handle it."

The two of them tidied up and headed towards the wind well in the lake. The autumn harvest had just been done a while ago. There were a lot of farm laborers paying rice and grain in the market, and there were many villagers buying and selling grain. The rain was pattering, and the bluestone slabs on the street were shiny with oil. It is not easy to open an umbrella with a coil of grain, and it is quite hard work wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat.

"Look at the line of people over there, our family will put food there later."

Fang Yu looked in the direction Qiao Hezhi was pointing at. There was an empty shop on Southeast Street that Qiao's family used for business. It was the same as the shop that their family had vacated to contact the farm laborers.

The Qiao family spent a lot of money. After all, there was only one son-in-law Xie Yuan in the entire clan. This time, they bought and killed five fat pigs, released [-] catties of grain, prepared more than [-] pieces of coarse cloth, and cooked them. Two big pots of porridge and a whole basket of steamed buns.

When the two arrived, the servants were busy dividing the meat. In order to ensure that more people could get the meat, they had to divide the pork into two or three liang of meat strips, which could satisfy their hunger.

"Look at my son-in-law, is this enough? If it's not enough, I'll ask someone to add more."

"Father-in-law has already prepared a lot, there is really no need to add more. These should have been prepared by my son-in-law, but my father-in-law has worked hard."

"It's all a family talking about foreign things." Qiao Xinnian said: "In the past, we also had to give alms, but this year we just added something more."

Fang Yu pulled Qiao Xinnian aside and said in a low voice, "Master Yue Zhang bought the food?"

Qiao Xinnian said: "Naturally, I bought it. Our merchant family does not own land, so we can only buy it."

"Has the father-in-law registered for the purchase and posting?"

"What's wrong?"

"I have received news these days that the government may investigate illegal land sales. If the father-in-law has land under his control, the son-in-law will know. It is good if there is no land. You only need to make an account of each grain sale. It’s time to check and reconcile the account, right?”

Qiao Xinnian nodded when he heard the words, and the imperial court would check every once in a while. Before this time, the merchants were trying to get the most out of their connections. This year, Qiao Xinnian also got the benefit of a round of connections, but: "Xian Xu thought Thoughtful, but our Qiao family has never done such illegal things, the imperial court does not allow merchants to buy land, if it is found out, it would be a felony, even though we wanted to buy it in our hearts, we did not dare to do these things."

"That's good." Fang Yu said with a smile: "Father-in-law is cautious in everything, and son-in-law is also at ease."

"What are you talking about? This side has already prepared and almost transported the food and meat cloth to the charity site. Let's go slowly."

Fang Yu took Qiao Hezhi's hand: "Okay, let's go."

When the two of them arrived at the shop they had just passed by again, it was already full of people, and the people with bowls and food belts spontaneously lined up in four rows, among which the one with fat was the most crowded.

Wealthy people like the Fang family always eat three meals a day and two meals a day without meat, and they eat rich and varied dishes, but ordinary people are different. A good opportunity for white-collar meat is rarely encountered once in three or two years.

Fang Yu saw that there were many people receiving the meat, so he arranged them in two rows and gave the meat strips to the common people himself.

"Thank you, Mr. Qiao, Mr. Qiao's business is booming."

"Shan Qiao lived a long life!"

"It's really meat! I wish Master Qiao many children and good luck!"

It was the first time for Fang Yu to come to give alms. Seeing the poor people who came to get the things would put their hands together and say a word of blessing before taking the things.

"Thank you, young master Qiao, the young master is always beautiful."

"Young Master Qiao, why are there so many more donations this year than in previous years?"

Fang Yu turned his head when he heard the people's inquiries, and saw Xiao Qiao whispered: "This year, donate as usual, and my husband, Qiu Wei, is in high school, so I will donate more."

The boy's lingering voice rose, mixed with pride, he couldn't help the smile in the corner of his eyes, and he also lowered his eyes and smiled.

"Lang Jun, don't make a smirk, give the meat strips to the little one, I want to line up there to get a piece of cloth to make a new dress for my daughter-in-law."

"Oh... I'm sorry." Fang Yu rarely blushed, and quickly handed over the meat stick in his hand, and paused: "Wait a minute, little brother."

He beckoned his servants to bring two bolts of cloth and handed them to the man: "It's cold, make a good dress for my wife."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir!"

Seeing this, Qiao Hezhi also took a look at Fang Yu. The two looked at each other, and they both pursed their lips and smiled without saying anything.

"They all know you anyway."

"Because I used to come when the family gave alms, naturally someone would know me." Qiao Hezhi raised his chin and said, "In the future, if you come too, they will recognize you. After a while, some servants will say that today's alms is a gift. Whoever organized it, I will ask my servants to tell you about it."

Fang Yu felt that this was something to be proud of, but he still said: "Forget it, don't make it public now, and don't need to shout it out. It won't be too late when we do alms at home in the future."

"That's fine. If someone comes to ask, you can say it."

The two worked together for a while, and after distributing most of the things, they handed them over to the servants.

Qiao Hezhi looked at the batches of people who came to collect supplies. Although it is attractive to get meat, there are many more people who come to collect supplies than in previous years. It seems that there are quite a lot of people affected by the disaster this year. Fortunately, their family The farm laborers harvested early, and there was no rain. Although a few households were planted, fortunately, the losses were not large. On the other hand, Fang Yu didn't have much land at hand, so the losses were not much.

But those big farmers and landlords with hundreds of acres of land under their hands will be miserable. I am afraid that the losses will be severe. Pit.

In the past, there must have been many conflicts between the farm laborers and their employers in the city. He sighed softly, and the year of disaster is a difficult word.

It is because he knows that the farm laborers are unpalatable. He also treated the farm laborers who were affected by the disaster generously when they harvested the grain, allowing them to keep enough rations. It would be bad if he was pushed too hard and killed.

"I saw a few horse-drawn carriages parked outside the alms-giving site, as if there were wealthy households watching."

Seeing Fang Yu's doubts, Qiao Hezhi said, "It's not a big deal. If there are wealthy households offering donations, other merchants will come and visit. Ours is the first one this year, and there may be others offering donations later."

"I hope more wealthy households are willing to give alms. I'm afraid the people who will come later today won't be able to share anything."

"Every time you donate, there are always some people who don't get anything. Husband, take care of it."

Fang Yu said with a smile: "With the relief of the young master, how can I not see it?"

It was already dark after the almsgiving, and the couple didn't go to the lake wind well for dinner. They went back to the house together. Fang Yu, who had neglected his accounts for a long time, had been recuperating and lying idle for so many days, so it was time to settle the autumn harvest.

In the spring, all the 47 mu of land was planted with crops, but the current productivity is lagging behind, and the yield per mu is only [-] to [-] catties, which is four or six times that of the hired farmers.In addition to food, there are some other income. After the autumn harvest, many farm laborers sent agricultural products such as chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and sheep, no less than [-] catties. There is no careful calculation.

If the family does not eat some exotic wild delicacies, the most basic meat expenses are almost enough, which greatly reduces the family's food expenses, which is straightforward to see in the accounts.Fang Fangyu is very satisfied with this point. It is a good thing to have land to supply and sell his own food expenses, after all, there are so many people in the family.

Having tasted the sweetness of it, he planned to distribute a batch of chickens and ducklings to farm laborers. When they grow up, they can be sold for money or used for their own food. It would be the best.

In addition, he doesn't plan to sell the grain harvested this year, and keep some of it for his own use. He has to select high-quality seeds to make next year's seeds. He has [-] acres of land on hand, and he will have to recruit new laborers for these lands. , the amount of seeds used has also been doubled.

The farmer is a good recruiter. Last year, word of mouth was released. This year, there must be many people who come here because of the reputation. Moreover, the rainstorm this year makes it easier to find a farmer.Speaking of the new farm laborer, Fang Yu thought of what he had promised Xiao Qiao in the spring. He heard that Mr. Tong San had returned to the city, and he had to pay a visit sometime.