Qiao Mingjin felt comforted after hearing her grandmother Lan's words.
She smiled and said: "Grandma, which one is more important, my affairs or Mingheng's admission to school. I have always known that my father and grandmother wanted their two younger brothers to be successful in the future and be able to support the family. Now Mingjue has the opportunity to be a teacher.
, I can just be a teacher while reviewing my books, and prepare for next autumn. And Mingheng has also been delayed in recent years due to the poor conditions of our family. Dad also said that he has understanding, and now the opportunity is just right, why bother to delay him again?
?”
Seeing Father Qiao and Mrs. Lan immersed in thought, he added: "Now that my most difficult time has passed, I don't know what will happen in the future. But it will always get better and better. I don't plan to do this.
Sold. It’s really hard for me to be alone. I plan to use the money to buy some fields, which will be enough for our mother and daughter to eat and drink in the future.”
After hearing this, Father Qiao and Mrs. Lan looked at each other and said, "Then let Mingyu go over and help you."
Seeing Mingyu nodding her head, Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "That's not necessary. Firstly, Mingyu also wants to discuss marriage. Secondly, her help is also needed at home. Mingqi is by my side to help me take care of Wan'er.
It would be great if you can free up my hands. Just leave Mingyu at home to help you."
After hearing this, Mrs. Lan and Father Qiao and Mother Qiao had no choice but to agree.
And Mingheng's matter was settled like this.
Qiao Mingjin told her parents and grandmother what she had been doing these days again.
"Did you buy the house you live in? Did you get the deed? Why did you buy the surrounding land? Didn't you think..."
Mother Qiao looked puzzled.
But before she could finish her words, Mrs. Lan glared at her, and Mother Qiao immediately didn't dare to speak.
Qiao Mingjin smiled. She knew what her mother was going to say.
Then she smiled and said to her mother: "No matter what happens to me and Yue Zhongyao in the future. The patriarch also said that within one year, Yue Zhongyao will not divorce. The patriarch still hopes that I will wait until I give birth to my eldest son before marrying the Liu family. It's just me.
How can I agree! Not to mention the future, even now, our mother and daughter will still live in Yuejia Village. Even if we leave in the future, even if Wan'er follows me, her surname will still be Yue, and she will still have to marry from the Yue family.
"
"I don't want to have any entanglements with my in-laws or any unpleasantness over the house. Wan'er will always go back to her parents' home and have a place to live. That house will be left to Wan'er from now on, it's me.
Even if I buy land in the village, I will leave it to Wan'er. Even if Wan'er doesn't live in Yuejia Village anymore, it won't be a loss if I buy the house and land. If I keep it in order, I can always sell it."
Lan nodded after hearing this.
Said: "You have considered it very much. In the future, Wan'er will have a house and land as a dowry, and she will be more confident. Then the in-law family will not cause any disputes. No one can tell what will happen in the future. At present, you are still
I want to live in Xiahe Village."
Mother Qiao didn't expect that her daughter had gone through these things and didn't fall down. Instead, she had grown up all of a sudden and knew how to think about her children. She couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.
Holding Qiao Mingjin's hand, her calloused fingertips kept stroking the back of Qiao Mingjin's hand.
Qiao Mingjin also pulled her hand back tightly.
Qiao Mingjin then said to Father Qiao and others: "Although I will buy some land in Xiahe Village, it won't be too much. Firstly, I don't know what will happen in the future, and secondly, I don't want to be too conspicuous. So I want my mother to ask my grandfather's house.
Ask if there is any good land for sale in the village. I can’t take care of it, so I will leave it all to my mother or uncle to help take care of it. When collecting grain, don’t overdo it and give me and Wan’er a share.
Just food."
Mother Qiao's eyes suddenly became sore after hearing this.
Choking with sobs, he said: "Good boy, don't worry. With mother here, you and your daughter will have to eat together. You used to be raised at home, and your grandmother would hold you in the palm of her hand. The earth will not let you go next time, but now it wants you."
Go worry about these things. In my mother's heart..."
Mrs. Lan was also a little uncomfortable. The child she had raised in her hands was now suffering from the rough grind of life. If it were still before... her eldest granddaughter would not have to worry about these things.
Father Qiao just buried his head and said nothing.
Qiao Mingjin felt a little uncomfortable seeing the whole family like this.
She patted her mother's hand and said, "Mom, don't be like this. Although it's a little difficult now, isn't it getting better? I also have money, and my two younger brothers can go to school. Dad can also eat some.
It’s a good supplement. Our family will definitely get better and better. Mingheng still has twelve taels of wages a month. Then you have to help him save it and help him marry a filial wife to help you.
If he saves some money, it will be enough for him to pay for next autumn."
Mingjue blushed and walked away after hearing this.
Everyone laughed when they saw the shy look on his face.
Lan asked again: "Jin Niang, how much land do you plan to buy?"
Qiao Mingjin said: "I don't know if there is any fertile land for sale in Yunjia Village. I asked in Xiahe Village before, and the patriarch said that no one sells fertile land. The fields outside the village are too far away and I can't care about them and I don't want them.
Now I still have more than two thousand taels of silver. I will do other things with the remaining one thousand taels, and I will leave the rest to my grandmother to help with resettlement. By the way, I will also build the family house again."
Lan thought for a while and said: "The house is no longer needed. After all, it is not the root of our Qiao family. This house can still be lived in, but it is not good if it is too eye-catching. If there is a good one in the field, you can buy more and leave it there.
No matter what happens to you and Wan'er in the future, if you have some land in hand, you will have the confidence to go anywhere."
Qiao Mingjin agreed after hearing this.
Qiao Mingjin then told Mother Qiao: "Mom, you don't need to work too hard after buying the land. When the farming is busy, hire some people to help, so you don't need to work too hard. There are a lot of wastelands near Yunjia Village. I heard from my grandfather that
He said that the soil quality can also be used to grow some coarse grains. Mom can also ask my uncle and the others to help buy some wasteland to open up wasteland, and then invite some people to help. It would be good to pay more wages, and we can rush it this year.
Grain is grown.”
Mother Qiao was used to working on the few acres of land by herself at home, and she didn't like the expense and trouble of hiring helpers. But she didn't want her daughter to worry too much, so she agreed...
At noon, Qiao Mingjin invited people from her maternal grandfather's family to have lunch together at home.
She saw the pheasants and hares raised at home, and then went to her uncle's house to see them too.
The Qiao family didn't buy many more rabbits. They only had about ten and a half-sized domestic chickens. However, Qiao Mingjin's two uncles saw that the mountain rabbits and pheasants were not that difficult to raise, and they managed to keep them all alive after raising them for so many days.
I went to the city and markets to look for pheasants and mountain hares that were sold by hunters. As long as they were not injured, I bought them all and raised them. I raised a lot of them.
It is estimated that they will be ready for the market in another month or two. Both brothers had smiles on their faces. The family will soon be able to make some income, and the prices for pheasants and mountain rabbits are not low.
The two aunts happily held Qiao Mingjin's hand and chatted, thanking Qiao Mingjin for her idea. The eldest aunt also held Qiao Mingjin's hand and thanked her for teaching her to cut cattails and sell them. Although she has not been selling for a long time, she is very popular because of her freshness.
It also made her a lot of money.
So when the two uncles heard that Qiao Mingjin was going to buy property in Yunjia Village, they were very enthusiastic and said they would help her inquire about it and take care of it after they returned home.
I also heard that one of Ming Jue and Ming Heng was going to the city to be a teacher, and the other was going to the city to study. I was very happy for them.
Qiao Mingjin got the promise from her two uncles and thanked her grandfather's family again.
The family had a great time chatting together, and it wasn't until late in the afternoon that Qiao Mingjin returned with her younger siblings.
The next day, Mingheng and Mingjue went to the city to deliver firewood again. At the end of the morning, when Qiao Mingjin was chopping firewood on the mountain, servants from the Zhou Mansion pulled a carriage to transport fertilizer and mud.
Fortunately, I still have some in stock at home.
It was originally because they had to be transported to Yuan Liu's family. In order to avoid being noticed, the family would go into the mountains in the morning and evening when there was no one in the village, shovel and bag them, and then transport them back. They were piled in half of the backyard.
Fortunately, no one comes to the house on weekdays, and those who come don't go into the backyard. But no one knows that the fat mud in her house is sold for money.
A man with a Zhuangtou appearance brought two boys to the Zhou Mansion.
Because it was the order of Master Zhou of the Zhou Mansion, the village head and the boy were quite polite to Qiao Mingjin. After loading a full carriage, they counted another four hundred coins to Qiao Mingjin and left politely.
Qiao Mingjin thought that since her family lived on the outskirts of the village, no one would know about it. But when Zhou's carriage entered the village, some villagers saw it.
In the next few days, the Zhou Mansion sent people to transport it several times.
The people in the village knew that the fat mud on the mountain could be sold for money.
Now, even the villagers who had a thick layer of fertilizer mud on their fields went to the mountains to load the mud with shovels and sacks.
There are holes dug everywhere in the mountains.
Qiao Mingjin was worried about what Sister Xiu would think at first, but unexpectedly Sister Xiu looked filled with indignation. She spent most of the day looking for her.
"I can't understand it. Mother and daughter are almost out of food. They finally get a job, and they all come to grab it! How can someone who doesn't have an oxcart at home pile up so many at home to keep it for the New Year?"
Qiao Mingjin felt somewhat relieved when she saw that Sister Xiu didn't blame her for not telling her about this.
After the people in the village got rich, they all hurriedly looked for ox carts, borrowed ox carts, or two families worked together to pull the ox carts filled with fat mud to the market and into the city.
It was only when Sister Xiu came to talk to her again, with such a look of joy in others' misfortune, that Qiao Mingjin realized that none of the fat mud had been sold.
Not to mention whether anyone believes in the effect of these fertilizers on increasing grain production, and what farmer can't find such an easy-to-obtain thing?
Even if a wealthy family believes that this fertilizer can increase production, which wealthy person is willing to worry about the affairs of the village?
If you have the leisure to worry about these things, why would you need Zhuangtou?
So the villagers of Xiahe Village helped to promote it in the market and in the city.
It is estimated that, regardless of whether it has any effect, the villagers will definitely go home and find some fat mud to give it a try after receiving such news.
The village became calm again.
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