It was already early noon, and Zhang Yuan was about to say goodbye to his eldest brother Zhang Dai, when he suddenly heard Ni Ruyu shouting: "Ah, ah, someone is spitting!" Zhang Ding ran away as soon as he could, and he must have vomited.
Zhang Dai walked up to Ni Ruyu and asked, "Brother Ni, where is the phlegm, please have someone flush it out."
Ni Ruyu, who is obsessed with cleanliness, pointed to the pool outside Xia Shuangxuan with disgust and said: "Just now that kid spit into the pool and was swallowed by a red carp. Oh my, I can't stand this pavilion. One look at it
When I came to this pond and saw this fish, I felt sick all over." After that, he flicked his sleeves and went to the Tianwen Platform.
Zhang Yuan, Yao Jianshu and others looked at each other in shock.
Uncle Yao Jian smiled and said: "I'm afraid Ni Ruyu won't even dare to eat fish in the future, at least he won't eat carp."
Zhang Yuan shook his head and thought: "I really don't know how this guy lived to be so big! If you carry manure to fill the garden, you won't be able to eat vegetables; if the pigs and sheep are dirty, you won't be able to eat meat -"
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Zhang Yuan and Xiao Xinu Wuling left Liyuan and went around to the Lu's Pharmacy at Wulu Bridge to visit Lu Yungu. Lu Yungu examined Zhang Yuan's eyes and confirmed that the eye disease had been cured. He also told him to use his eyesight carefully and to take good care of his eyes for a long time.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Yuan resigned and Lu Yungu wanted to stay with him for dinner. Zhang Yuan said, "My mother is still waiting for me to come back."
It was already past noon when we got home, and Zhang's mother, Lu, was leaning against the wall looking forward to it. She said, "Yuan'er, Mr. Fan, who often studies for you, just came to visit. Since you were not here, he didn't come in. He said he would come back in the afternoon."
Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "Fan Zhending has found out about Zhang Dachun's withholding of rented food. Well, let's wait and see what Fan Zhen says."
Mrs. Zhang's mother, Lu, added: "Your sister sent a letter to ask if your eye disease has recovered. She has been thinking about it day and night. My mother has replied that your eye disease has recovered and you have gone to Xizhang to visit the garden today."
Zhang's mother, Lu, is forty-eight years old this year. She gave birth to five children in total. Only Zhang Ruoxi and Zhang Yuan's two siblings grew up. The other three died in infancy. Zhang Ruoxi is nine years older than Zhang Yuan. Like her mother, Lu, she loves this child very much.
My younger brother, Zhang Ruoxi, married Lu Tao, a student from Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture, when she was seventeen years old. Every year at the end of the first lunar month, she would go back to Shanyin to pay New Year greetings and stay with her mother and younger brother for more than a month. Zhang’s original literacy was taught by her elder sister Ruoxi.
Yes, the relationship between siblings is deep. In the past, Zhang Yuan was not afraid of his mother, but he was a little afraid of his sister Ruoxi. He respected, loved and feared her. This emotion is naturally deeply rooted in the heart of Zhang Yuan now——
At the beginning of this year, Zhang Ruoxi lived with her family in Shanyin for more than a month with her son and daughter. In mid-March, she returned to Songjiang. In early April, she suddenly received an urgent letter from her mother's trustee saying that Zhang Yuan was blind. Zhang Ruoxi was shocked.
Rong was eclipsed and asked her husband, Lu Tao, to accompany her and hire a boat overnight to set off from Songjiang, traveling 500 miles by water and land, in six days. Lu Tao returned to Qingpu three days later, and Zhang Ruoxi stayed with her sick brother.
It was not until early May that Zhang Yuan was treated by Lu Yungu and his eye disease improved greatly. However, Zhang Ruoxi's two young children were still in Qingpu and could not stay away for a long time. Then he bid farewell to his mother and younger brother and returned to Qingpu. He told his younger brother to report as soon as his eyes were healed.
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Zhang's mother, Lu Shi, said: "At the end of last month, I asked someone from the carriage company to send a message to Ruoxi, saying that your eyes were almost healed. Unexpectedly, she sent another message today to ask. It seems that she did not receive the letter."
Zhang Yuandao: "My sister has been as worried about me as my mother these days. If my mother agrees, I would like to go to Songjiang to visit my sister, my nephew, and my niece after the autumn cools."
Zhang's mother, Mrs. Lu, said: "It's nearly ten days' journey from here to Songfupu. You have never traveled far alone. How can I feel relieved?"
In this day and age, being hundreds of miles away from home is considered a long journey.
Zhang Yuan said: "My son has grown up." He stood up straight and said: "He is already taller than his mother."
Mrs. Zhang's mother, Lu, smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my son has grown up. Mother is very relieved." After thinking about it, she said: "Well, next year's 7th day of March will be your brother-in-law's 30th birthday. You can go there then. Songjiang wishes you a happy birthday, okay?"
Zhang Yuan agreed. After lunch, he practiced calligraphy in the study for half an hour. Wu Ling came to report and Mr. Fan came.
Zhang Yuan washed his hands and went out to welcome Fan Zhen to sit down in the study. The little girl Tu Ting brought tea. After Fan Zhen waited for Tu Ting to exit, she took out a thin booklet from her arms and handed it over. With a smile on her lips, she whispered: " Fortunately, you have lived up to your fate. Master Jiezi, please read it." But he retracted his hand and said, "Let's read it to the young master." Then he read in a brisk tone:
"I made a tenancy agreement with Xie Qifu, and the tenant received 40 acres of paddy field in Zhang Dachun. The land is located in the east of Jianhu Lake. The annual payment is 20 shi for wheat and 40 shi for grain..."
Zhang Yuan squinted his eyes and listened carefully, his eyebrows gradually raised. Last month, he heard from his mother that the farm's 120 acres of land only received a total of 45 dan in wheat rent this year. Last year, the autumn grain received was 60 dan. According to the evidence collected by Fan Zhen, a single tenant farmer, Xie Qi, pays twenty dan for summer wheat and forty dan for autumn grain per year for the 40 acres of land rented by one household. It is estimated that the farm of 120 acres can receive 6 dan from wheat rent per year. Ten shi, and the rice rent is 120 shi, which means that Zhang Dachun squanders at least fifteen shi of summer wheat and 60 shi of grain and rice every year. The current market price is seven shi of silver per shi of rice. Zhang Dachun has to buy Jianhu Farm from the Zhang family every year. He misappropriated five or sixty taels of silver from the rent of one hundred and twenty acres of land——
Zhang Yuan was very angry. His father Zhang Ruiyang worked hard for a year and only had sixty taels of silver to send home. This slave Zhang Dachun deducted so much every year. It was really bullying. Half of the Zhang family's land rent was full. Zhang Dachun's pocket, and what's even more disgusting is that Zhang Dachun signed a two-part contract with those tenants, and the private owner of the land actually signed his name, Zhang Dachun.
Zhang Yuan calmed down and asked: "Mr. Fan, the autumn grain delivered by these four tenants is nearly double that of summer wheat. Why is this?"
Fan Zhen nodded secretly, Zhang Yuan thought carefully and replied: "In recent years, the fields over Jianhu Lake have been planted with two seasons of rice, and the autumn grain output has almost doubled every year. However, Zhang Dachun's rent collection for the young master's family is still on the books. Once the rice is harvested, the extra grain rent will belong to him. This slave is really hateful, what does Master Jiezi want to do with it?"
Zhang Yuan pondered for a while and said: "I will report this matter to Ming Jiasi first. Zhang Dachun has been under my father's family for fifteen years. Jiasi should give him a chance to repent. If he doesn't repent, I will definitely Severe punishment."
Fan Zhen had already heard about Zhang Rulin's appreciation of Zhang Yuan during the opera in Liyuan in the morning. She was even more convinced that her vision was right and Zhang Yuan would definitely succeed. She said, "Just tell Master Jiezi if you have any instructions. Fan will do his best."
Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Fan. Mr. Fan will go and sit down in the front hall first. I will go and report this matter to Jiaci."
Zhang Yuan sent Fan Zhen to the front hall, then returned to the inner courtyard and went to the south building to see his mother, Lu, and told his mother the evidence that Fan Zhen had collected about Zhang Dachun embezzling land rent. The eldest girl Yi Ting was also there. Yi Ting thought to himself: "The young master has indeed begun to investigate and deal with this matter. I wonder if the young master can deal with that Zhang Dachun?"
The evidence was conclusive and coincided with the original doubts in her heart. Zhang's mother, Lu, was so angry that her hands were shaking. After a while, she asked: "Yuan'er, what are you going to do?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Send him to the government for questioning and withdraw from the rental bank he has embezzled over the years."
Zhang's mother, Lu, was a kind-hearted person, but she couldn't bear it. She said: "Let's talk nicely first. If he is willing to withdraw from the rent money he embezzled, we will not punish him. Zhang Dachun also has a wife and children." She added: "Let Zhang Dachun do it."
Return the land rent that has been withheld in the past three years, and there will be no further pursuit."
Zhang Yuan knew that his mother would say this, but if you are kind to others and others think you can be bullied, it would be extremely difficult for him to spit out the money he has swallowed by just persuading him with good words. He said: "My son understands, and I will give it to Zhang Dachun once."
If he refuses to acknowledge the opportunity to repent and repent, then he will be sent to the government for questioning as his son said."
Zhang's mother, Lu, was worried and said, "My son is young, so why don't we wait until your father comes back next year to investigate this matter."
Zhang Yuandao: "Don't worry, mother, your son is already an adult. If he can't handle this little family matter, how can he be independent in the future?"
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