All Hail Cousin Brother

"There is no shortage of food in the spring. The crops in the fields are growing well. The harvest has increased by 1.5%, and I can't starve. In the next season, it will return to its original state. In the past few years, the years have been good, with an increase of fifty cents per mu. I can afford the rent. I heard that in Beijing, the rent per mu has risen to 70 yuan not long ago. Next door, Zhengzhuang rented the farmland of Weining Houfu, and it has risen to 100 yuan per acre. The seasonal harvest has also increased by 2.5%.”

This time, everyone stopped complaining about Yu Mansion, and began to sympathize with Zheng Zhuang.

Farmers are simple in reason, and it is easy to be content with comparisons.

It is indeed Zhou Yongchang who is too arrogant, and it is also because they are not greedy enough. The master is so kind and does not take good care of the crops. Instead, in order not to increase the rent, he deliberately spoils the crops on the farm.

Old Zhuang continued: "The steward of Zhengzhuang next door is from Weining Hou's mansion. He is always in Zhengzhuang to make a fortune, bully men and bully women. I heard that several girls' families in Zhengzhuang have been harmed by the steward. When he went, one of them jumped into the river. Zhengzhuang rented a house of 100 yuan per mu, of which 20 yuan went into his pocket. The extra 25% of the harvest was his own. Let's go, although Zhou Yongchang committed a crime, but the manager still chooses from our Zhouzhuang, which is also a good thing."

No one in the main room said bad things about Yufu. Everyone thought that Yufu had been very kind to the villagers in previous years. In disaster years, the rent was reduced, the harvest was reduced, and even the rent increase in good years was less than that of other homes.

I heard that the old lady of Yu Mansion worships Buddha, and the eldest lady grew up in front of Mrs. Yu when she was a child. She is as kind and kind-hearted as Mrs.

Old Zhuang said again: "Although this is Yongchang's fault, since the government has dealt with Yongchang and let Yongchang fail, you shouldn't be too harsh on Yongchang in the future, or let the government know, and we should treat the government as our own. There is grievance, so I am angry with Yongchang."

That Miss Yu dealt with Yongchang and arranged work for Yongchang, and she really took on the word of benevolence.

Everyone nodded.

Zhuang Laolue pondered: "The eldest lady is in charge of the house now, so let Yong He do the job of Xiao Zhouzhuang's new steward. Do you have any opinions?"

When it comes to Zhou Yonghe, everyone has feelings for each other, and they all thought of what happened ten years ago, and they couldn't help showing a look of pity.

So, Zhou Yonghe took office that night and became the new steward of Xiao Zhouzhuang.

It was not yet dawn this morning, and the picked vegetables were loaded into a large carriage in Xiao Zhouzhuang, and Zhou Yonghe was sent to Yu Mansion.

With him was Zhou Yongniu.

Zhou Yongniu took the initiative to explain the **** thing Zhou Yongchang did, and the Yufu gave Zhou Yongniu five taels of silver, which made Zhou Yongniu's family happy.

As for Zhou Yongtian, Zhou Yonghe didn't bring them over, and picked three other honest men to enter the house together.

Zhou Yonghe stood at the back door of Yu Mansion, thinking of many years ago, when the weather was freezing cold, he stubbornly knelt at the gate of Yu Mansion, completely ignoring the doorman's drive away and the pointers of passers-by, and his body was frozen. , and later a woman led him into the mansion from the back door, and met the head mistress of the Yu mansion, Mrs. Xie, who is Jin Jiaoyugui!

He still remembered that at that time, Mrs. Xie wore a red phoenix and peony inlaid fox collar and jacket, and sat on the chair dignifiedly and grandly: "The tenants of Zhouzhuang are also dedicated to their work, and they have some incense relationship with Yufu. If you have any grievances, tell me about it.”

Back then, it was he who was young and vigorous, and who was too young to do anything, so he recklessly went to the Yu Mansion.

Only later did he know that it was thanks to the kind-hearted Mrs. Xie that he had met. If it were anyone else, he would have frozen to death outside the mansion. It is estimated that no one would care about him. Dayton, the days at home can't be over.

Zhou Yonghe was thinking in a trance, when the old woman in a blue cloth robe stepped forward: "Miss Eldest instructed to let Guan Guan wait at Fufengyuan in advance."

Zhou Yonghe turned his head and explained to Zhou Yongniu: "You guys just wait there, don't collide with the personnel in the house, don't panic, don't worry about anything, and talk to me when I get back."

Zhou Yongniu took the lead and said yes, and then Zhou Yonghe followed the old lady to Fufeng Courtyard.

At this time, Xia Tao was also talking to Yu Youyao about Zhouzhuang's new steward: "Zhou Yonghe was a child to study, but when he was thirteen years old, he fell into childbirth. Zhou Yongchang's father is also a ruthless man. He poured out his belongings, sent people to the school in Beijing, and asked Zhou Yonghe to study with Master Juren, and it would cost fifty taels a year."

Yu Youyao listened carefully, and he heard the doorway. The new steward has read the book, and he still has a reputation. Zhouzhuang chose such a capable person really carefully.

But he was a little surprised: "Zhou Yonghe's father is willing to spend such a large amount of money to send Zhou Yonghe to the school in Beijing. It can be seen that Zhou Yonghe is not an ordinary person, why did he come to the house to be a steward?"

Xia Tao said: "This matter is quite tortuous. When I was young, I heard someone mention Zhou Yonghe, so I had to mention it, so I heard a lot."

"Oh?" Yu Youyao suddenly became interested.

Xia Tao continued: "Zhou Yonghe's old man has a craftsmanship of building houses. When he is not busy with farming, he goes to work in the house of nobles in Beijing. When he meets a generous master, he can also get some silver rewards. I also rented and planted a lot of fields, and the harvest is also good. After many years, I have saved some belongings, tightened my belt to live, and gritted my teeth for a year or two, until Zhou Yonghe passed the examination as a scholar."

Yu Youyao understood.

At that time, Zhou Yonghe was already a child student, and he could take the name of a scholar after taking the academy exam again.

If you do well in the test, and you get the first few places, you can still be an "indigenous student", eat food from the public, and be a guarantor for the county test. It is also very beautiful in Shili Baxiang.

Even if he failed to take the first few places, Zhouzhuang was all relatives and relatives, and there were future generations. The entire Zhouzhuang had to be rich and powerful, so that Zhou Yonghe could continue to study and take the imperial examinations.

Xia Tao sighed leisurely: "It happened ten years ago, just in time for Zhou Yonghe's hospital test, Zhou Yonghe's father went to Beijing in the winter to find a job, wanted to make more money, and brought an ambassador to Zhou Yonghe's hospital test, but the result was He fell off the roof and gasped on the spot."

Hearing this, Yu Youyao couldn't help but sigh: "It's really impermanent in the world, and good luck makes people."

"It's not just that people can be tricked by good fortune," Xia Tao sighed: "Zhou Yonghe felt that his father died in a strange way, so he spent money on a fake job, and found that Zhou Yonghe's father had been beaten with a lame leg before going up. The roof fell and died."

Yu Youyao's breath was tight. She used to hear about some big families bullying men and women and taking care of people's lives, and it was inevitable that she felt sympathy.