This was the first time that Mr. Qi had a serious face in front of Qi Bao'er and spoke in such a cautious tone.
Qi Bao'er took the box and opened it curiously, wondering what was worthy of the little old man's attention.
Wow~
"Master, you are so rich."
There weren't many things in the box, but they were very expensive for their family.
There are two pieces of gold cakes as big as the palms of the praying children, with the words HSBC Tongbao printed on them, as well as a silver hairpin, a pair of silver bracelets with bells, a pair of silver earrings, and two silver stators worth ten taels.
There is a piece of paper at the bottom of the box.
Qi Baoer took it out and took a look, wow, there was a village with a hundred acres of land outside the capital.
This time Qi Baoer raised his head and looked at Old Qi with a bright look in his eyes, "Sir, was our ancestor a high official in the past?"
Zhuangzi outside the capital has it.
It was not so easy to buy property around the capital. She couldn't remember which book she had read in, saying that only the rich and powerful people in the capital were eligible to own the farmland surrounding the capital.
Old man Qi gave Qi Bao'er a speechless roll of his eyes, "Don't think blindly. Our family has been farmers for generations and has never held any official positions. I have read the genealogy countless times. The most promising person in our family so far is your fourth uncle.
"
You are still a high official, what good things do you want to do?
"What about these?"
"This happened a long time ago. Grandpa was still young at that time. He went out to do odd jobs for a family member named Ye in the next town. Ye's wife was from the capital. She seemed to be the concubine of a wealthy family. Apart from these things,
A few,,,"
The old man Qi took out the silver hairpin, silver bracelet and pair of silver earrings, "This hairpin was given to you by your great-grandmother when you were pregnant with your father. It is the only valuable thing your great-grandmother gave you as a dowry. You should take this pair of bracelets."
Remember, when you were one month old, your grandfather gave you a silversmith to tie them like this. These earrings were made by your father in honor of your mother."
Speaking of which, he has never given anything to his wife. Thinking about it, he really shouldn't. When he gets settled in the future, he will definitely get a silver bracelet for his wife to wear.
"This gold cake, twenty taels of silver, and this land deed were all entrusted to me by Mrs. Ye before she died."
Yuan Yuan is not a thing. He marries a girl from the capital and doesn't treat her well. He has concubines one after another. He even dotes on his concubines and destroys his wife. The concubines bully his pregnant wife.
That day, when the old man Qi helped deliver food to the house, he saw with his own eyes a maid pushing Mrs. Ye, who was already pregnant, into the lake.
When Old Man Qi rescued Mrs. Ye, there was no one around the lake. He could not in conscience save the person and just let the person live or die, so he risked his life and carried Mrs. Ye back to the yard.
Maybe it was luck, or maybe no one in the house cared about Mrs. Ye's life and death. The yard where Mrs. Ye lived was very remote, and he didn't meet anyone along the way.
Mrs. Ye had already fainted at that time. After sending him back to the house, he originally wanted to leave. He was just a day laborer, running around in the yard of the master's house was like nothing, not to mention hugging the master's wife, and now he entered the master's house.
In my wife's yard, she would be beaten to death with sticks.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ye woke up at this time. After crying for a while, she took out a purse from under the bed and said that she wanted to thank him. The gold cakes and silver were all gifts. There was a land deed in the purse. Please, if he has it in his lifetime,
If you go to the capital, please give it to Aunt Wen in Qi Mansion in the capital.
She also specifically said that he didn't need to go to the capital specifically. She just didn't want the land deed to fall into the hands of the Ye family. Without the land deed, the Ye family would not dare to go to Beijing to occupy the village. However, the Qi family also had a way to reissue the property without the land deed.
At that time, Mrs. Ye saw that the situation was not good, and she always spoke in one sentence or another. He summed it up to this.
Old man Qi didn't want to agree at first, but at that time a girl came back, and Mrs. Ye pushed him to leave quickly. He was also afraid, and he ran out of Ye's house confusedly holding his purse.
Early the next morning, he heard the news that Mrs. Ye passed away last night.
Good guy, don't run away yet.
At that time, it was impossible and impossible for him to go to Beijing to help Mrs. Ye fulfill her last wish, but the old man always kept it in mind. No matter how poor his family was, he never thought of touching the gold cakes and silver, even if Mrs. Ye said it was a thank you gift.
If he had to flee now, he might really have to go to Beijing, but he couldn't take anything with him.
"Master, I understand." Qi Baoer closed the box, locked it, and put it away.
Qi Bao'er doesn't think there's anything wrong with the little old man not coming to Beijing that year. There's nothing we can do about the issue of the times. I heard that it takes half a year [three months] to ride a horse from Yingzhou to the capital. What's wrong with the little old man who was still working part-time at that time?
?
He couldn't even use an oxcart. He would have to walk to death on two legs.
I don’t want it at home, there is still a widowed mother at home, don’t you care?
It’s not like I owe Mrs. Ye. I saved someone and was forced to come here with a last wish. I didn’t give you the gold cake and silver stator. This is already a moral person.
"Master, are you leaving?"
She heard the sound of wheels rolling on the floor outside the courtyard. Someone from a family with cattle must have been ready to come and gather.
Old man Qi put away his thoughts, opened the door and stuck his head out, "It turns out it's you, Erniu, are you ready?"
Qi Erniu lives just one house away from old man Qi's house. Like Lianba, he is a fatherless and motherless wife. He was bought by his wife. However, he has many children. His wife gave birth to a pair of twins for him in his first child. Now his wife
There is still one in my belly.
Qi Erniu scratched his head with a naive smile, "Uncle Lu, I want to go with you, that is, my wife..."
This is an honest man. He is afraid that his wife’s belly will be a drag on others, and he is even more afraid that others will not let his family follow him because of his wife’s belly. Everything is written on his face.
His wife also stood aside with a pleading look on her face, and the two five-year-old boys following her looked at him eagerly.
Haha, do you think he is the savior?
There are three people who can't help at all and still need to be taken care of. Isn't this a burden? He only agreed when he was free.
"Okay, but you have to take care of your family when you get on the road. We'll catch up, and we won't wait for anyone on the road."
"Hey, thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle."
Qi Erniu immediately knelt down to Old Man Qi with red eyes in gratitude, and the two children behind him also knelt down with a pop-dong sound.
As soon as the door was closed, the old man Qi beat his chest in annoyance, "Let you soften your heart, let you soften your heart."
He raised his head and bumped into Qi Baoer's little face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Master, you are such a good person."
This family is really incomparable with the Lianba family. The Lianba family is a helper, but this family is only used by one man.
But doesn't he want to take care of his own family? She's a pregnant woman. She glanced at the window just now. Her belly is already so big that she will probably give birth in a month or two.
The little old man told her just now that raising a family like this is basically relying on their legs. If the journey goes smoothly, it will take about half a year to leave the Acropolis.
This baby has to be born in the middle of the road, not to mention that children in Weizhou are prone to getting sick due to the cold weather.
What if I encounter soldiers who massacre people on the way? What if I happen to have a baby at that time?
