"It turns out that my cousin is studying, did my elder brother bother you?"

"It's you." Zhang Ji smiled lightly, "What's the matter with big brother coming here so early?"

Zhang Qi also twitched the corners of his mouth, glanced at Fang Yan and Fang Jin, and looked at Zhang Ji, "Why did I seem to hear someone talking about buying land just now? Does my cousin want to buy land? Did grandparents know about this? "

"Oh." Zhang Ji was still indifferent, first corrected Xiaojin's pronunciation, and then replied leisurely: "Yes~ That's right. It seems that the elder brother comes every time by coincidence, and he can just do what I want to do." I really didn’t expect to come out and stop it.”

"What do you mean?" The other party clearly had a sincere and sincere face, but Zhang Qi always felt that this person had something to say, so he couldn't help but look a little ugly for a while.

"It's not interesting." Zhang Ji was a little surprised, "I just want to thank the eldest brother, and always pay attention to not letting me do anything wrong. There is no other meaning."

After finishing speaking, he smiled at the other party, "Yan'er is about to go to eat, why don't you eat together? Yan'er, you see that elder brother cares about our family so much, so you can show your hand and let elder brother taste your cooking. Come and take care of us when you come back.”

Dialect lowered his eyes slightly, and pursed the corners of his mouth to prevent it from turning up uncontrollably by the owner, "Okay."

Zhang Qi glanced at the dialect, his expression became even more ugly, his eyes swept over the book in Zhang Ji's hand, and a malicious smile suddenly appeared on his mouth: "My cousin works so hard, this is the latest book title taught by Old Master Su, if my cousin If you don’t know, you can come to me at any time, elder brother is not as knowledgeable as my cousin, but I can still answer a question or two for my cousin.”

"Really? Thank you brother in advance." Zhang Ji was surprised again, "Brother didn't come here just to teach me to read, did he? Thank you so much~ But will it delay the time of brother? Mother won't blame it? That would be too embarrassing.

By the way, it just so happens that Xiao Jinyan also wants to learn to read and write. With the current knowledge of the elder brother, it should not be difficult, and there is Xiaobao, how about teaching the younger brothers together, what do you think? "

Hearing Zhang Jizuo thank you one after another for being embarrassed, Zhang Qi's face was a little distorted when he finally heard it.

These people really push their noses on their faces!Who is he now?

"Haha--cousin, are you serious? How can someone like me teach your cousin your knowledge?" Zhang Qi smiled stiffly, and then changed the subject when he saw that the dialect was not there, "I just heard my cousin in Are you talking about buying land with your brother-in-law?"

"Yep."

Seeing that he was still calm and heartless, Zhang Ji's face contorted again, and he barely restrained his emotions but still couldn't hide his anger: "You really bought the land just as you said? Do you really think the money fell from the sky? But do you know the travel expenses for dad's previous exams, your medicinal soup for these years, and Shuxiu for the next year... where did you get the money for buying the land?"

Zhang Ji slightly suppressed his smile, stared at Zhang Qi with dark eyes, nodded slightly for a moment, "That's right, I really need money, I will discuss this matter with my grandpa and uncle, thank you for reminding me."

"It's good if you know, then I won't bother my cousin." Zhang Qi smiled with satisfaction, turned around to leave after speaking, suddenly remembered and stopped, and said closer: "By the way, there is one more thing , Big Brother also heard about it, do you still remember what I reminded you last time?"

"I don't know what the elder brother is referring to?"

Seeing Zhang Ji's bewildered look, Zhang Qi thought he was pretending to be calm. Zhang Qi couldn't help but feel happy. He pretended to be concerned and said: "I heard it by chance. It is said that it has been spread all over the village. Does my cousin live in the village all the time?" Didn't hear a single word?

Last time I kindly reminded him, but my cousin thought it was my elder brother who spread rumors and even warned me. Could it be that my cousin really doesn't care? "

Seeing that Zhang Ji's face finally changed because of his words, Zhang Qi felt even more pleased, "Could it be that such a person really ruined the face of our Zhang family, so that my cousin would believe it? Now he's urging you to buy land again." , but what is An's heart? Could it be that my cousin really doesn't notice at all?"

Let you play me back then, and see how arrogant you are!Do you really think that because you made Zhang Ji better, you dare to do whatever you want in my Zhang family?

"If the elder brother came here for this purpose, then please go back first. But this is a matter between me and my husband, I know it in my heart, so let the elder brother leave it alone."

Zhang Ji's words brought him back to his senses, Zhang Qi looked over and saw Zhang Ji's face was cold, and his voice was also cold.

Thinking that Zhang Ji really heard it and was angry about it, Zhang Qi didn't care about his tone and content for the time being, smiled with satisfaction, and said: "That's okay, if you need help, just ask, we will help you." It's a family, and my father will definitely make the decision for you."

"Then thank you, brother and uncle."

"Family, thank you! Well, I won't say more, you should pay more attention, don't ask your husband to open the door for anyone to come."

"Ah."

Only then did Zhang Qi leave with satisfaction.

When I got back to my home, I saw his mother was busy in front of the fire stove, so I thought about it and got closer to tell what I heard from Zhang Jina.

"Buy land?!" His mother's reaction was as expected, she threw down the tongs and raised her voice a bit.

"Is it Zhang Ji's idea or that Xiaolang-hoof's?"

Zhang Qi frowned slightly because of his mother's rude words, but he didn't correct him, "It's in dialect, but I don't think Zhang Ji has denied it. Mother, grandpa and the others can no longer be at their mercy. That's not a small amount."

"Of course!" Zhang Liu's brows stood erect, and she said through gritted teeth: "Before your father left, he always told me to restrain my temper and don't argue with your aunt... But Qi'er, you have also seen it. Now, I don’t know what it will be like to be defeated by those few.”

Mrs. Zhang Liu became angrier as she spoke, "Look, the family has been letting those two say recently, let the house builder build the house, or let the bugs build the house, you don't know your uncle has been asking recently, saying Everyone in the village is laughing at our family building a big house for the worms, and asking whether our family raises those disgusting worms because we have no meat to eat... What, what are these things?"

The dishes in the pot were not overturned, and Huo Ran got up and was about to go out. Zhang Qi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Where are you going, mother?"

"No! I have to go and see, I can't do this again! What is your father's identity? What is my son's identity? How can we make those jokes in the village like this? It's not like those people can't afford meat, we can't because These two bastards ruined your and your father's reputation!"

After Zhang Liushi finished speaking, he went out, Zhang Qi hurriedly stopped him, "Mother, don't be impulsive, if father knows..."

"Even if your father comes back, mother will do the same! Usually they bully mother alone, and mother can bear it, but they must not let them make you and your father a joke. If your father is admitted and becomes an official , isn't that discrediting your father!"

Hearing this, Zhang Qi let go of his hand slightly, and almost didn't hold it back, so he immediately regained his senses and held it again without letting his mother rush over like that.

"Mother, wait. Now Zhang Ji has the favor of his grandparents, and his father is not here. If you rush over like this, won't your grandparents dislike us even more!" Seeing that his mother was a little loose, Zhang Qi continued: "Besides In the coming year, my son might be able to join Mr. Su's family. Mother, you know that Zhang Ji used to be Mr. Su's favorite. Just now I saw that Mr. Su's new book was in Zhang Ji's hand. It must be the boy next year I'm going back to study again... We can't tell him directly, it's still up to Grandpa and the others to handle it.

After all, buying land is not a trivial matter, no matter how much grandpa loves him, he will not let him do anything wrong. "

Mrs. Zhang Liu finally calmed down a little when she heard that her son was involved later. After thinking about it again, a smile appeared on her face, and she praised: "Well, you are still thoughtful, Qier. Mom was just confused. Then listen. Yours, wait for your grandparents to come back and tell them."

"Yeah." Zhang Qi is also quite satisfied, although he doesn't mind his mother scolding Zhang Ji dialect, but it's somewhat out of style, just like his mother said, with his father and his identity , It's really not good to go directly to the door to make trouble.

The best way is to let grandpa and the others come forward. He believes that even if it is their family, grandpa will not easily agree to the purchase of the field.

Unless his father was speaking, no matter how proud Ren Zhang Ji was, he would never be able to do whatever he wanted!

Their family's land was exempted from taxation because of his father's status as a scholar.

***

Sure enough, when it was time for dinner, Zhang Liushi pretended to inadvertently uttered a concerned question. Old man Zhang's face darkened when he heard it, and Zhang Qi, who was paying attention secretly, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he saw it.

Zhang Ji glanced at the people present calmly, met the old man Zhang's questioning gaze, Zhang Ji nodded: "Yes, Grandpa, I have this plan."

Zhang Ruixiang frowned thickly, looking at his nephew with a worried face: "Step-son, if you want to grow vegetables, our family has a lot of land, so you can grow it as you like, and buy it when you don't need it."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiulian also nodded, "That's right, your uncle is right, it's better not to spend that money, and now there is no land for sale in the village, where do you want to buy it?"

Zhang Luoshi also looked at his wife worriedly before turning to his grandson and grandson-in-law, "Step-son, have you guys thought it through?"

Dialect opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly the back of the hand under the table was gently grasped, his heart moved, and he heard that Zhang Ji beside him had already answered.

"Grandpa and grandma, Yan'er and I just talked about this matter today, and I was about to tell you about it, but it happened that my aunt mentioned it first, so I will listen to your opinions, grandpa."

After a pause, he said again: "That's right, our silkworms are relatively stable now, but the mulberry trees are not ready yet, so Yan'er and I want to buy a piece of land to plant mulberry trees, so that we don't have to ask each time Brother Hua helped us go to the mountains to pick mulberry leaves."

Turning to Zhang Ruixiang and his wife, he said gratefully: "Thank you, uncle and aunt. With your help these days, we were able to settle down so quickly. However, the land at home is not suitable for planting mulberry trees, so I moved my mind to buy land."

He glanced at Zhang Qi's mother and son casually, smiled and looked at old man Zhang, "I won't buy too much for now, I also know that the family spent too much because of me, but if grandpa agrees, I can borrow some from my family first." , we will return it when the time comes, grandpa, do you think it’s okay?"

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