Magistrate Zhai also came to visit, and then said: "The layout of this courtyard is good. Although the alley is small, it is convenient for people to come in and buy some small things."
Xia Xia leaned half of his body on Xia Rui's body and came over, panting: "Back then, Zhou Yin fell behind this small door, and was saved by Brother Yan."
Lao Zhoutou and Qian couldn't help but look at the small door and remained silent for a while.
Clan Chief Xia and others also looked at the small door and remained silent. In fact, Xia Yan had already given up on adopting an heir back then, but he just wanted to wait for Xia Xin to get married.
But she couldn't bring the farmland in the clan to marry, so the clan and Xia Yan discussed Xia Xin's dowry. They spent many years, and finally Xia Yan agreed to leave one field to the clan, and the remaining two fields and this house
Then give it to the heir.
The other two fields he purchased were Xia Xin's dowry.
However, just at the stall where Xia Xin started talking about kissing, Zhou Yin fell here.
Xia Xia and Man Bao said, "Your father is not a bad person. He stayed here after he was rescued. He carries water, chops firewood, and does menial work for the family every day. The most important thing is that he is also literate."
Although he didn't know much about it and couldn't write well, and the words he wrote were crooked and ugly, Xia Yan was very happy and began to teach Zhou Yin how to read and write.
Xia Xia's voice was low, "Your father is very smart. Your grandfather said that he memorized many articles after memorizing them several times. He was smarter than many of the students he taught."
Lao Zhoutou became energetic and nodded repeatedly, "My second brother has been clever since he was a child, and Man Bao is the most like her biological father in this regard."
Qian also nodded.
Xia Xia nodded approvingly.
The Xia clan leader on the side also secretly thought: It was because of this that Xia Yan went back on his promise, kept putting off the marriage proposal to Xia Xin, and finally the adoption matter was dropped.
Zhou Yin stayed in the Xia family and helped Xia Yan buy some more land. He deliberately avoided Hongtian Village to buy it and bought it next to the two pieces of land, which happened to be connected with the previous two pieces of land.
Zhou Yin also helped Xia Yan spend all his savings to buy a shop in the county town, and put it directly in Xia Xin's name. Not only that, Xia Yan also wanted to sell the house and buy two small houses.
Among the houses, one was left to the heir and the other was given to Xia Xin as a dowry.
In those years, it can be said that Xia Yan completely ruined the agreement with the clan, and the two sides were at war with each other, but the family could not reconcile it.
Chief Xia knew that Zhou Yin was behind all of this. The Xia clan had suffered a lot at the hands of Zhou Yin back then. That’s why they started to count the family properties after two years of Zhou Yin’s departure and no news.
It is also for this reason that he is now making more concessions to Zhou Man. He feels that she is very similar to Zhou Yin. If she gets mixed up and is an official, the Xia family will lose more than the gain.
Chief Xia looked at the alley outside the small door and couldn't help but sigh. Maybe it was God's will. Zhou Yin, who was seriously ill and had no money, didn't lie down anywhere. He happened to lie down outside the door of the Xia family.
Mrs. Qian patted the doorpost of the back door and leaned there in a daze. Manbao came up to support her before she came back to her senses. He held her hand and turned around to go back to the house.
By the time Xia Yi sent his daughter-in-law to the gate of the prison and came back crying, Man Bao had already visited the entire yard.
She said to Xia Yi without being too polite: "Uncle Yitang, there is no need to be in a hurry. I will pack up in the past two days and move all the things that need to be moved, and then we will come in and clean up."
She turned to Chief Xia and said: "Our husband is here to visit friends this time, and he will also take us on a study tour, so we will accompany him to participate in some literary and poetry gatherings in the past two days. After we have finished participating, we will come to collect the room."
, when the time comes, I will go back to the clan with Uncle Yitang to offer sacrifices. What does the clan leader think?"
Patriarch Xia understood what Zhou Man said. He was asking him to keep an eye on Xia Yiban, otherwise she would say something when she participated in the poetry meeting...
Just when Patriarch Xia thought of this, Man Bao already said with a smile: "By the way, Patriarch, didn't I say that Fifth Brother and Seventh Brother are studying in the county school? Do you want to invite them to participate in the literary meeting with us?"
Because of his prejudice against Zhou Yin, Patriarch Xia immediately refused, "They haven't learned enough yet, so they are not in a hurry to participate in literary and poetry gatherings, not to mention they have to go to school now."
Man Bao expressed his regret.
When Man Bao and the others left, the tears on Xia Yi's face had not yet dried. A man who had been quite arrogant now could only cry.
After Patriarch Xia sent all the outsiders away, he irritably lectured: "Why are you crying? If you hadn't allowed your wife to make nonsense, why would the disaster today have happened?"
"But the patriarch, we agreed that this house was for me, and I am the person closest to Uncle Yan..."
"You are kissing Xia Man again, no, are you kissing Zhou Man?" Chief Xia said: "That is his granddaughter!"
"But her surname is not Xia!"
"She will have a child named Xia in the future. She will go back to worship her ancestors later. She and the Zhou family want to mark their ancestors." Chief Xia paused and then said: "You should take the children to clean up quickly. In two days
Just move back to the village."
Xia Yi sat down on the steps and said, "If I don't move, will she dare to throw me out?"
Chief Xia was so angry that he reached out and slapped the table, "Are you stupid? She can't throw you out, but she can hold your wife captive. If you don't move for a month, she will hold you captive."
If you don’t move out for a year, she will keep your daughter-in-law for one year. Do you still want your daughter-in-law?”
After saying that, he looked at the three terrified boys and girls beside him and said, "Do you still want your mother? Why don't you persuade your father?"
The three of them pulled Xia Yi and cried, "Dad, let's move back. They are officials. We can't fight them."
Xia Yi held his head and cried weakly and angrily.
Chief Xia sighed and said: "Okay, this is fate. You and Zhou Yin's father and daughter have a conflict. Think about it when you were pressed down and beaten by Zhou Yin. Who said anything about Zhou Yin?
? Neighbors, even people in the village and clan often praise Zhou Yin for his righteousness and love. In the end, everything is not yours."
"Zhou Yin was a beggar taken in by your uncle Yan back then. He can do this, not to mention that his daughter is still a fifth-rank official now. Do you know how old a fifth-rank official is?" Chief Xia persuaded and threatened at the same time.
: "That is an official who is older than the county magistrate. Haven't you seen that County Magistrate Zhai treats her with great courtesy?"
Xia Yi shouted: "As an official, you can bully the people?"
Chief Xia said slowly: "Then can you fight with an official?"
Xia Yi choked on one sentence and was speechless for a while. Finally, he hugged his head and stopped talking.
He waited for two days and wandered around the prison door every day. The cell supervisor did not stop him from going in to see his wife, but refused to let him go. It was said that his wife had bumped into Magistrate Zhai. He had not yet been sentenced. Why?
Can you put it anywhere?
Xia Yi's wife was scared to death while living in prison. She cried when she saw Xia Yi. She lost a lot of weight in two days and had dark circles under her eyes.
Xia Yi had no choice but to resist for two days and still took his children to pack their things and prepare to move.