Mainly Man Bao and the others said, briefly recounting what they had found out today, and then said: "Tomorrow morning we will go with Mr.
Master Xia."
He added: "Xia's people should be at the county government office at noon. We can go over and meet them after eating. Then our whole family will go."
Man Bao said: "My grandparents' tombstones are still intact. Someone should sweep them every year. I don't know who it is. But I have thought about it. No matter who it is, I will give him something."
Man Bao said: "If it's Master Xia, I'll give him the shop; if it's someone else, I'll give him the reclaimed land."
Lao Zhou felt a pain in his heart when he heard it, but he didn't object and just said: "You can make up your mind."
Even Mr. Qian couldn't help but look at him. He even talked about giving Daya a shop in the county town for several days. Why are you so generous this time?
Lao Zhoutou and Man Bao said: "The main thing is that the ancestral graves are fine. I remember that your grandpa Taizu also had a single pulse, so you have to take care of their graves."
Man Bao responded.
Only then did Lao Zhoutou mention his property, "You have to take it back if you can. That's what your parents left for you."
He said: "Your father has entered the Xia family's genealogy. As a man, he cannot suffer this injustice in vain."
Everyone:......
Man Bao said bravely: "Dad, my father should not be wronged."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also felt the same way. After all, the Xia family not only saved Zhou Yin, but also got a daughter-in-law for free. Which family tree is not included?
It means that the reputation is not good, but as a man, are you still worried about the bad reputation?
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who are still young, don't have such big prejudice against marrying into the family.
Qian couldn't stand Lao Zhoutou's teasing, so when he was almost done eating, he asked him to take a look at the horse, "Let's see if the store clerk has provided good fodder. Don't let them fool you. These horses are all from the in-laws."
It's very valuable, so once we brought it out, we have to take it back properly."
When Lao Zhou heard this, he finished his meal and went to the stable to look at the horses.
Qian waited for him to leave before saying to Man Bao: "Don't listen to your father. We will come back with you. First, we will help you find your relatives. Second, we will let Xia's relatives know the whereabouts of your parents. This will reassure them.
It's also a good way to let them know that your parents are not unpromised people, they are just gone and that's why they didn't come back."
Man Bao nodded.
Qian said: "That family property sounds like a lot, but you don't lack this property to live now, so there is no need to quarrel with your relatives over this. Besides, we are not unreasonable on this matter.
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She said: "We have no intention of letting you change your surname. Your parents have been gone for fourteen years. Not to mention that your father is just a wife. Even in our village, if a person leaves for five or six years and does not come back, and the family is extinct, the family property must be collected."
They were re-divided among the Hui clan."
Bai Erlang said: "But Uncle Zhou and the others were forced to leave in the first place."
Qian laughed and said: "So even relatives should have distance and distance. My mother is a rough person and illiterate. She doesn't know much, but she also knows that there are a lot of fights over property in the village. It's our Qili Village.
, it seems to be quite harmonious, but there is also the fact that you used to follow your second sister-in-law and watch people quarrel and fight over land, didn't you?"
Man Bao nodded.
"Did you see that when they were fighting for land, they also attracted people from the village and clan?"
Manbao whispered: "Second sister-in-law said that Dashi's wife secretly gave gifts to Dazhu's wife."
Qian did not expect that the second daughter-in-law would say this to Man Bao. She was silent for a moment and then laughed and said: "Yes, so don't be afraid. Send someone to find out who is close to your grandparents and win them over. From now on, you
It won’t be difficult to go back here to visit relatives.”
"As for those family properties, there is no need to force them," Ms. Qian pondered for a moment and said: "If they are willing to return it, just give it back. If they don't want it, just give it away generously. Not only the whole clan, the whole village, but also your ten miles away
Everyone in the village knows it, and spreading the word is a sign of your wisdom and the benevolence of your grandparents and parents."
Man Bao showed the same pained expression as Lao Zhoutou, "Are you giving them all?"
Qian nodded her forehead after looking at her, "Just like your father, he didn't learn anything, so he just learned the stinginess of your old Zhou family."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang lowered their heads and smiled, their faces almost buried in the bowl.
Man Bao muttered, it can be given away by the shop or by the field, how can you give away all three?
Man Bao remembered something and immediately became energetic and said: "Yes, there is a difference between closeness and distance. I can do whatever I want with the shop and the fields, but I must take back the house where my parents lived."
Qian did not object this time. She heard Man Bao say just now that the wife who now lives in that house seemed to be very rude to Man Bao.
Even the Hui people cannot blindly pay to please, otherwise others will think that Manbao is easy to bully.
Thinking of this, Qian said: "Looking back at the situation, the house must be taken back. As for the fields, since Xia Yi is the closest blood relative to you, then you can allocate part of the fields that cannot be taken back.
Coming to him can be regarded as your grandfather taking care of him."
Wu Lang on the side couldn't help but opened his mouth wide, "Mom, doesn't that make them fight?"
Zhou Dalang patted him on the head: "You are stupid, you just let them fight."
Qian glanced at him, and Zhou Dalang immediately changed his words: "It's okay. Since we are the closest relatives, we can't let others get nothing, and other people can get some land. This is called fairness."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were so shocked that they almost dropped their chopsticks. They looked at Qian, then turned to look at Man Bao, deeply suspecting that Man Bao was Qian's biological child.
Manbao kicked the two of them under the table to make them restrain themselves, and then asked her eldest brother and fifth brother, "Did you find out anything today?"
"We found a shop," Zhou Dalang said: "It's a silver shop, but the craftsmanship inside is average, but the business is decent."
He squatted near the shop today and inquired with many people, so he knew a lot. "I heard that the shop belongs to the son of Mr. Xia. I heard that Mr. Xia's craftsmanship is very good. Many noble people from other places come to him to make silver jewelry."
Well, sometimes a set of complicated silver jewelry can be sold for a thousand taels of silver."
It is difficult for Zhou Dalang to understand this. A set of jewelry with a few taels can be sold for thousands of taels just because of its craftsmanship. He is simply shocked.
Zhou Dalang continued: "But I have seen and asked about it. The business of his shop is very average. I found out that Mr. Xia had an agreement with his owner, the Hu family, that he would only provide money to the Hu family for the rest of his life, so now his family
The silver jewelry in the silver shop was all made by his son and grandson, but he never sold it, so the silver jewelry is average."
"But the Hu family also takes care of their business. They even place orders with his shop for some simple silver jewelry, so they won't lose money." Zhou Dalang paused and said, "I also met the owner of the shop in the afternoon.
Xia Rui's, looks about the same age as me, and when he heard that I came to inquire about the owner of the shop, he kept asking about me."
He smiled sheepishly and said, "You also know that my eldest brother is a slow-tongued man. He was afraid that he would reveal his secrets if he spoke too much, so he just inquired a few words and left."
Man Bao said: "It's okay, I saw his father today, and I can still see him tomorrow."