After being selected from a group of people by the Lan family, he only expressed his gratitude with a slight expression of joy, and his face was very calm.
Qiao Mingjin saw that her eyes were clear and she seemed to be an honest person, so he asked her about her family affairs.
I heard that she had in-laws at home, and her husband died when her youngest daughter was not born. Since then, she has been doing part-time jobs to support her two children and her in-laws. Her youngest daughter is only one year older than Wan'er. Now she has come out.
When working, one son and one daughter would be taken care of by the parents-in-law at home.
When Qiao Mingjin heard her talk about family affairs, she didn't see any sadness or flattery on her face. She felt like a very optimistic person.
She was also very filial to her parents-in-law in her words. After her husband passed away for so many years, she had to take care of both the old and the young, and she never remarried, so she felt relieved about her character.
Finally, it was decided that she would be Wan'er's nanny.
Finally, Qiao Mingjin, Ming Yu, and Ming Qi each selected one first-class maid, two second-class maids, four third-class maids, and several rough servants.
For the remaining half of the candidates, Lan decided to choose from the original maids in the mansion, or from the children of those who had served her before.
There is no need to use outsiders to catch their whole family blind.
Several people also helped Ming Jue and Ming Heng choose a few servants and candidates from various places in the courtyard. They also helped Qiao's father choose two servants and a few errand boys.
Finally, we selected a few people who knew how to take care of crops.
This is the best time to select people.
In the afternoon, Father Qiao also led Mingjue and Mingqi back from outside.
The father and son visited the clan leader and several clan elders early in the morning, and under their witness, they took back the property that Qiao Xingcun had given to their family.
When the father and son returned, Qiao Mingjin and others had already had lunch and were listening to her lecture in Lan's room.
"But have you eaten yet?" Lan asked the three of them, Father Qiao.
"I used it. It was used at my third uncle's house," Father Qiao replied.
Then he turned back to his children and talked about this third uncle: "Your third great-grandfather is the youngest brother of your great-great-grandfather. He has had a good relationship with your great-grandfather since he was a child. This time, it is also thanks to your third great-uncle, otherwise we
I can't return to my family, and I can't keep so much wealth. From now on, when you see the Third Grand Ancestor, you must be more respectful."
After seeing several children nodding in agreement, he handed a square box to Lan.
"Here are the land deeds for the house my father gave us, the deeds for our ancestor's shop, and the deeds for Zhuangzi. There are also banknotes."
Lan took it and started fighting in front of Qiao Mingjin and others.
The box was filled to the brim with banknotes and deed papers. The top layer was obviously banknotes.
Qiao Mingjin didn't see clearly how many denominations each contained, only that it was a thick stack, and Lan counted it for a while.
Turning around, Qiao Mingjin smiled when she saw Mingheng making a mouth gesture towards her.
Ten thousand taels a piece, how much is that? It was enough for their family to walk around Qingchuan City.
Underneath the banknote is a stack of land deeds, house deeds, land deeds, etc.
Lan took them out one by one and looked at them carefully.
Since the Qiao family's direct wife had Fang and Qiao Xiangyou as directors, Lan had not come into contact with these deeds. However, she still knew roughly how much property the direct wife had.
The head of the village brings things every year to report the accounts, and the storekeepers and stewards of the various shops come and go. She probably also knows about the ancestral fields, the village, and the house.
After she finished reading these deeds, she sighed and said, "Your father has been very considerate to you. These things have been well preserved over the years. They have not been reduced, but more have been produced. In addition to the ones left by the ancestors, there are
I'm afraid your father purchased many of them later."
Father Qiao's face was very complicated: "When my father passed away, I wasn't even with him..." After saying this, his eyes turned red.
Lan Shi glanced at him: "Are you weird about being a mother?"
Father Qiao shook his head hastily: "No. I don't blame mother. If mother hadn't taken my son away, maybe he would have passed away long ago. We and I can't fight those people. I'm afraid there will be instigators around my father. The father has long been against his son.
I'm tired of it, I'm afraid that the legitimate son may become a bastard."
Father Qiao knew it very well. Later, when his mother-in-law's family became weak, his mother was unable to resist not only his grandmother Fang, but also Liu, who was supported by Concubine Liu in the palace.
The two wives may not be able to become the first wife due to clan rules, but it is possible that his father demoted the first wife to a concubine and married another wife.
Lan Shi glanced at him and said, "When Ding Er prepares the sacrificial items, tomorrow you can go to your father's grave and burn a stick of incense for him. He will be happy to see you coming."
"Yeah." Father Qiao responded with a buzz.
Lan turned around and talked to him about the selection of people that day, and asked his two grandsons how they felt at the end of the day.
Mingheng said quickly: "Grandma, there are a lot of people in our family. Each family is from a high-class compound. My grandson's legs are so thin from walking that he can't even walk to the flower hall where guests are entertained. When he meets his father, he asks me to
I kowtowed to my brother, and my grandma saw that my grandson’s forehead was bruised.”
Lan smiled and held the pouting Mingheng in front of her, brushing his forehead to see: "He's really green."
Mother Qiao next to her heard this and moved over to take a look with distress.
Lan stroked Mingheng's forehead and said to him: "You are also sincere, just put your palms on the ground and bump your forehead on the back of the palms. There is no need to bump it on the floor."
"It started like this. Then there were too many people to kowtow to, and my grandson couldn't tell them apart, and couldn't remember who was who. He only remembered kowtowing, and that's how the kowtow ended."
Mother Qiao helped him rub it distressedly and said, "Have you been kowtowing all morning?"
"No. There are quite a few people in the Third Grand Ancestor's family, as well as the Sixth Uncle, Eighth Uncle, several other uncles' families, and several uncles' families. There are many people in my family. Mom, there are many more people in my family than our relatives in Qingchuan."
Lan laughed and said, "Our family is not from Qingchuan, how many relatives do we have? Even if you have a few relatives from your grandmother's family, they don't need to kowtow like this."
After laughing for a while, he turned to ask Mingjue again.
Yesterday Jue said: "What happened in the past two days in Yizhou is something that my grandson has never experienced before. I didn't expect that the people of our tribe are so prosperous. Many people who are younger than my grandson have already achieved great success. My grandson is very ashamed."
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After hearing this, Father Qiao said: "Our family is in Yunjia Village. In the past few years, we have not had enough to eat. How can we have money for you to study? We are a century-old family, and every child has been enlightened since they can walk."
There is also a clan academy in the clan, and the people hired are all senior men and scholars. The clan members have entered the clan clan academy when they were four or five years old. Which family does not have a few scholars? Even Jinshi, there is no shortage of them. You are like this
When you return to your family, you must be more attentive. As a father, you will only be a scholar in this life. You still have to walk your own path in the future. In a few days, you will enter the clan school, study hard, and humbly ask for more advice from your teachers and classmates. In the future, we will be the next generation.
The house still depends on you and Mingheng."
After Mingjue heard this, he quickly stood up and responded.
"Dad, do I also want to join the clan school?" Mingheng asked.
Father Qiao glanced at him and said, "Why don't you want to go? People as old as Wan'er are studying in clan schools, and you still want to play at home?"
Mingheng shrank his neck and whispered: "It's not like I can't go."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him and said to Father Qiao with a smile: "Dad, there's no need to worry. I'll take my younger brother to worship their ancestors first. After they get familiar with the environment, they can be led around each room to find some
People of the same age are familiar with the situation, and then we take them to Yizhou city to see the customs and customs of Yizhou, and then we can go to the tribe and learn better."
Mingheng nodded directly at Father Qiao with bright eyes.
Father Qiao glared at him again: "I just remember to play!"
Mingheng said: "If I don't know anything about Yizhou, wouldn't I be laughed at if I went to study ethnic studies?"
Qiao Mingjin laughed after hearing this.
The Lan family then said: "Tomorrow, after we have sacrificed our ancestors, you can have your brothers take him around. Then go to the clan school to say hello to the gentlemen, and see what they usually teach, and see what their brothers can do."
If you can’t keep up, make further arrangements.”
Father Qiao nodded in agreement.
Ming Qi saw that Qiao's father was still easy to talk to, so he said to him, "Dad, we also want to go out for a walk."
Father Qiao glanced at her, thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Ming Qi, Qiao Mingjin, and Ming Yu looked at each other, and then happily whispered to Wan'er.
After a while, Wan'er raised her head and asked, "Grandpa, does Wan'er also want to go to clan school?"
I think it was Xiaodongfang who heard those words from Father Qiao.
Father Qiao laughed when he heard Wan'er's milky voice. He called her to him, held her in his arms and said softly: "Wan'er, do you want to go to clan school?"
The little thing glanced at Qiao Mingjin, then turned to ask Father Qiao: "Is anyone playing with Wan'er?"
Father Qiao hugged her and sat on his lap, and said with a smile: "There is also a girls' school in the clan, and there are little sisters as old as Wan'er. There are many female teachers there, and they can learn a lot. Do you want Wan'er to go?"
Can grandpa help you make arrangements?"
"Can Wan'er go if her surname is not Qiao?"
Father Qiao smiled and nodded: "I can go. We, Wan'er, can also go if grandpa is here."
The little thing grinned and nodded at Father Qiao.
Father Qiao happily teased her.
Lan thought for a while and then said: "Let Ming Qi and Ming Yu go too. There is no harm in learning more. Don't talk about poems and songs, just learn how to be a director of the house and look after accounts and settle accounts."
Father Qiao nodded, glanced at his two daughters, and said, "I'm afraid Mingyu is getting older."
When Lan saw Mingyu lowering his head, he said: "Although the female students in the clan are generally under the age of fifteen, there are still some who are older. As long as they are unmarried, they can study. Besides, our family's situation is special.
, when the time comes, you can talk to your third uncle and ask him to tell some gentlemen to make special arrangements according to Mingyu's situation, and just teach some useful things. Our family is the first wife, and we will always be given some face in the family tradition.
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After hearing this, Father Qiao said: "Yes, I will make arrangements tomorrow."
In the afternoon of the same day, Ding Er and his son came over and said that everything for the sacrifice was ready and everything was arranged in the temple.
The family began to prepare to pay homage to Qiao Xingcun the next day.
Because when Qiao Xiangyou and Fang went there, his whole family was not there, so naturally he wanted to go to the grave to pay homage. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support.
