Xia Rui opened the box and found a pile of silver ingots inside.
At the beginning, Zhou Yin and Xia Xia and his son agreed that the farm and shop he stayed in Shangzhou, including his house, would be taken care of by them, and all the rent would be collected by them. He would come back once a year, or every other year.
When I come back to pick it up, I also have to clean the house.
So Zhou Yin specially reduced the rent by 40% as a reward for them.
The annual rent was eighteen taels, and every year Xia Xia put eighteen taels of silver into it, just thinking that one day someone would find it back so that he wouldn't break his promise by not being able to come up with the money.
In the past fourteen years, their family has not always had smooth sailing, but no matter what happened or how difficult it was, they never touched the money in this box.
In Xia Xia's words, the most important thing in life is to keep one's word.
There are now two hundred and fifty-two taels in this box. Xia Xia said with a smile: "There is also a sum of money that I gave to make up for it. I haven't been able to keep the land for your parents all these years. The lost four
How can I get it? I asked your aunt to go to the shop to get it. You wait a moment and she will come back."
Man Bao smiled and nodded, not refusing, "That's a lot. It's so heavy, Aunt Rui will definitely not be able to come back so quickly."
Xia Xia nodded, "Then sit around and eat here. It's best to have dinner before leaving, and also meet your cousin. Your cousin is studying, but unfortunately he doesn't have the talent of your grandfather and father.
, I have read it for many years and still haven’t found anything useful..."
Xia Xia chatted for a while and fell asleep unconsciously.
Xia Rui was scared when he looked at it. He reached out and touched his nose, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced at Man Bao, who nodded slightly, and Xia Rui moved the box of money out for her. He said, "It will probably take a while for your aunt to come back. You sit down and wait."
Man Bao said: "Uncle Rui, you don't need to give me the 40% of the money."
She said: "This is not a breach of trust on your part. It's because my father and mother didn't come back on time. You took risks that you shouldn't have taken. If you want to say a breach of trust, it's also a breach of trust by my parents. Although they were forced to do so."
Xia Rui looked at Zhou Man in surprise, not expecting her to say these words.
Man Bao looked back at the main house, took out a house deed from his sleeve pocket and gave it to Xia Rui, saying: "Thanks to your care over the years, Uncle Rui doesn't have to rush to move the shop. This shop is my gift to you."
"How can this work?" If he had some expectations for the 40% rent, this was completely beyond his expectation. Xia Rui pushed back and said: "This can't work. This shop belongs to you, I can't
Yes, if you're embarrassed, how about you continue renting this shop to me?"
But Man Bao forcefully stuffed it into his hand and said seriously: "Uncle Rui, I can even give my ancestral land to a clan that has never taken care of me, so why can't I give you my shop?"
Xia Rui opened his mouth and said with some shame: "Why, how is this the same?"
"It's different," Man Bao said with a smile: "I may not have much contact with the clan here in the future, but the tombs of my great-grandparents and grandparents are still here, and even my children will come back here in the future. We
Uncle Rui is the only one I can rely on and get close to."
Xia Rui felt submissive and ashamed, and hesitated several times.
Man Bao didn't seem to see it, and firmly pushed the house deed into his hand, and then said: "There is no need to let uncle know about this matter. By the way, I will accept this box of rent. Thank you Uncle Rui for these years."
Take care of your grandparents.”
After that, he bowed to Xia Rui solemnly.
Xia Rui quickly supported her and said: "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this..."
Man Bao personally carried a box of silver and went out. Bai Shan, who was waiting outside, stepped forward to catch it and almost fell to the ground without catching it.
He took a breath and asked, "What's so heavy about this?"
Manbao waved his hand calmly, "Money!"
Bai Shan:……
Xia Rui, who was following behind with the house deed in hand, instantly recovered from his trance and stepped forward to help them carry it. Daji had already carried it and put it in the car. Bai Erlang, who was sitting next to the car, couldn't help but open the box and take a look.
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Seeing the white silver ingots inside, I couldn't help but be speechless. When I looked at Zhou Man, my eyes were complicated.
Unknowingly, she was already richer than them. He and Bai Shan were obviously the richest when they were children.
Man Bao held Bai Shan's hand in the car and said to Xia Rui who was standing beside the car: "Uncle Rui, please go back. I will visit my uncle again before I leave."
Xia Rui agreed, took a step back and watched her leave.
When he returned to the inn, Lao Zhou touched the box of silver ingots and said, "You are the only uncle in the Xia family."
Man Bao nodded, "Actually, with that much money, they can almost buy a shop."
Wu Wulang said: "Your shop is more than just that."
He said: "It has two floors and a backyard. It is not smaller than our restaurant in Beijing. The location is also good. Even if Shangzhou is not as good as Beijing, the price is not much different."
After all, the location of their shop in Beijing is actually average and far inferior to the shop in the center of Shangzhou. I don’t know how my uncle bought this shop back then.
Man Bao didn't know either, but she didn't feel bad if he took it out, "I asked Uncle Rui to take care of the ancestors' graves here."
Lao Zhou nodded. Man Bao had said a few days ago that he wanted to give away the shop, so he was past the heartache period.
Manbao looked around and asked, "Has the person who went to collect the rent come back yet?"
Daji said: "No."
Man Bao touched his chin and said, "It seems that Patriarch Xia was not prepared in advance. He must be very heartbroken."
Feeling heartbroken again, Chief Xia still handed over the rent to the two guards who came in the car. The matter had already progressed to this point, and there was no need to cause trouble anymore because of this matter. But he didn't understand how Zhou Man could do this.
So urgent.
Everyone was obviously very friendly when she came yesterday, and he thought she wouldn't raise the rent until after this year's autumn harvest.
His son hesitated for a moment and then said: "Yesterday when she went to see the graves of her uncles, she was a little unhappy, and she didn't say much when she came back. Is it because of this?"
Patriarch Xia suddenly understood. After a while, he sighed and said: "I know, you can go to Chief Xu when you have time and tell him that Zhou Man has made it clear that he wants this year's rent."
"Will Chang Li be blamed?"
Chief Xia snorted and said, "What can he blame? It was his intention to take a step back. Isn't it enough that he got all these years of rent in vain? And this time he registered in front of the county magistrate, and now I'm afraid he won't
There will be trouble. Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Just go ahead and say that our family’s rent has been paid together with previous years’ rent, and he will understand.”
Only then did his son agree.
Chief Xia sighed and said: "I don't know what Zhou Man's situation is like in the capital. I only heard that she is a miracle doctor. It's a pity that she refuses to change her surname..."
His son lowered his eyes. Xia and Zhou Man didn't have much friendship, and the Zhou family didn't treat her badly, so why would she change her surname?