Uncle Gong Jian had told his mother-in-law before that although the land in his family looked like a lot, he had two sons after all. In the future, if the two sons split up and divided the land, there wouldn't be much left.
Besides, my husband and wife usually have nothing to do, and their sons are studying in private schools. The eldest son has not been heard from anymore, so the family has no income. Now it can only rely on the income from these places to maintain the family's livelihood.
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Although Aunt Gong Jian had never thought about this, she instinctively knew that it was something that the family could not easily touch. So after hearing what her youngest son said, her first reaction was to object.
But before she could finish her words of objection, she was immediately interrupted by her youngest son. Gong Yaozu's eyes were fixed firmly on Gong Jian's, and he said word by word: "Mom, don't you expect me to do that?"
My son has become a high-ranking official? After my son becomes an official, he won’t be able to buy you as many acres of land as you want.”
Under her son's focused gaze, Aunt Gong Jian couldn't help but follow his train of thought. That's right. Now, she should first save her son's teacher who was very helpful to him in officialdom, and wait until his son becomes a high official in the future.
After that, which lands will she not get as much as she wants?
So after thinking about it again and again, Aunt Gong Jian still nodded hesitantly. But she still struggled a little and said, "My son, we only have a few acres of land at home. How much does your husband's ransom cost this time?"
Gong Jian's grandfather worked hard all his life and left twelve acres of land for his two sons. Among them, five acres of paddy fields are the best. Also, the old Gong family has worked for several generations, and the harvest of the five acres of land every year is
It is highly praised by people in the village.
When Uncle Gong Jian separated the family, he gave two acres of the poorest land to Gong Jian's family. Those two acres of land had already been sold when Gong Jian's father became seriously ill.
Uncle Gong Jian now has ten acres of fields in his hands. These fields have been rented by him and cultivated by other people in the village. Since the five acres of paddy fields handed down from ancestors have the best harvest, Uncle Gong Jian originally spread the word and wanted to
When the land was rented, many families in the village came to compete for the five acres of paddy field.
Uncle Gong Jian is also a smart man. He has set a very high rent for these five acres of paddy fields. Every year, just these five acres of paddy fields can earn his family ten taels of silver. This is their family's only income now.
As for the remaining five acres of land, part of it was rented out by Uncle Gong Jian to harvest enough grain for the family every year. The conditions for renting the other part were to help their family with their work, including their work every winter.
firewood.
Now during the Chinese New Year, the aunt asked her how much money her younger son needed. She also wanted to know how many acres of land the younger son planned to get.
Hearing his mother ask such a question, Gong Yaozu was silent for a moment, thinking in his heart. According to his opinion, of course the most valuable five acres of land to buy is the most suitable. After all, the field has a good harvest and can be sold.
price.
When he thought about it, it was just that he didn't have any winnings on hand now. When he sold the land and had money to make up for it, he would soon be able to make more money. After he had money, he could buy back those few dollars.
It is easy to acquire acres of land.
Besides, as he just said to his mother, when he becomes a high official in the future, he will have as many fields as he wants. People cannot be too short-sighted.
So he said bluntly: "Just five acres of land." He knew that as soon as he mentioned these five acres of land, his mother would know what he meant.
As soon as her youngest son mentioned the main income of the family, Aunt Gong Jian couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain and hesitated: "Well, let's discuss this with your father before he wakes up. Those five acres of land,
Well, I really don’t dare to sell it easily.”
After hearing what she said, Gong Yaozu disagreed: "Mom, you don't know that dad is sleeping like a dead pig. Who can wake him up now? I'm waiting for help."
Although she was unwilling to listen to her younger son talking about his father in this way, Mrs. Gong Jian had to admit that it was difficult for her husband to wake up today after he was drunk. Should she pour a bucket of cold water on him and pick him up?
?As soon as she imagined that scene, she shook her head quickly. She did not dare to bear the anger of her man.
You must know that when this man is angry, he will not get angry at his precious son, but he will never spare her.
Seeing that his mother knew that it was impossible to wake up his father, Gong Yaozu felt proud. He said that he had always been very lucky. Look, even if he went home suddenly to get money in such a hurry today, he would still encounter
When his father was drunk.
You should know that it is much easier to get money from his mother than from his father. Every time he wants to get money from his father, his father will pretend to be nagging for a long time, trying to test his homework.
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It's a pity that his father doesn't understand anything, and the questions he asks are irrelevant. I don't know where he heard a few words from, so he can come and ask him.
Fortunately, he just said it randomly, and his father didn't know whether his answer was correct or not. His father could only nod in agreement. But even so, Gong Yaozu was too lazy to deal with it, his old man who didn't know how to pretend to understand.
Dad, it’s easiest to get things from Mom.
So he added fuel to the fire, "Mom, hurry up and get me the land deed. When I save my husband, he will naturally return the money to me. Then I can take the land back, right?"
.Even if my father is sober now, he will agree with me. This must be related to my future future."
As soon as she heard that this was related to her son's bright future, Mrs. Gong Jian hurriedly got up and went to get the land deed. Just when she was about to walk out of Gong Yaozu's room, she couldn't help but turn around again and whispered to her
The younger son was discussing.
"Yaozu, look at this. Five acres of land are sold, but it costs one hundred and two pieces of silver. There is no way your husband needs so much money. If you really sell all five acres of land,
Go out, I'm worried that your father will wake up tomorrow and I won't be able to explain to him.
You were not at home at that time, so your mother was definitely unavoidable. How about I take out two acres of land? You sell the land first, rescue your husband, and then redeem it as soon as possible.
Come here, so your father won't have any objections."
Gong Yaozu knew that his mother was still afraid. She was afraid that if she didn't take back the land after rescuing her husband as she just said, his father would definitely be furious. (To be continued.)