dressed as a scholar

Back at the house, the two of them first went to the Longevity Hall to greet Mrs. Chen, and Qiao Hezhi sent two boxes of soft snacks brought from her mother's house.

The two stayed at her mother's house last night, and Chen was very dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to say no. Now she doesn't take care of the house at home, and she doesn't have a competent person, so she can only honestly watch Fang Yu's face.

Qiao Hezhi didn't know a lot of inside information, but felt that Mrs. Chen was more polite, and he was relieved.

Coming out of Longevity Hall, Fang Yu called Qiao Hezhi to the study.

"You won't be idle in the future, these things will be in your hands."

Fang Yu took down an exquisite brocade box that was locked from the desk, and opened it with a small key: "The key to the storehouse, the expense account book, and the servant's identity are all here, and I will hand them over to you from now on. You have to take care of the inner house."

Qiao Hezhi was surprised, but also felt suddenly: "Let me take care of everything?"

"Naturally." Fang Yu pushed the brocade box over: "My mother is old, and she doesn't know how to handle things. Besides, she was born in the countryside like before, and she doesn't have much experience. There is nothing wrong with the meat, but asking her to take care of a big family house is a bit embarrassing for her. You were born in a wealthy family since you were young, so you must have learned how to be a housekeeper, so I feel more at ease when you take care of me."

He talked for a while, seeing that Qiao Hezhi didn't answer, he asked, "What's the matter, you don't want to?"

"I am willing." Qiao Hezhi said hastily, he could only become tough after being in charge of the family. How could he not think about it: "There are many matters in the family, and if I can't do it well, the master will have to make some decisions at that time."

Fang Yu smiled: "Don't worry, if there is anything wrong with it, just tell me, we should solve it."

Qiao Hezhi took the brocade box after hearing the words: "Okay."

After explaining the matter here, Qiao Hezhi carried the brocade box back to Xiaotongyuan, as if he couldn't wait to see the family accounts, Fang Yu smiled and watched the people go back to the house, and he also rested in the house for a while After cupping tea, I asked my servants to prepare some gifts and prepare to go to Fangzui Village.

In the early years when he passed the scholar examination, he was rewarded with ten acres of fertile land. Now the Yin family is using it. Although the land is not much, it can only be owned by three or two families. It is considered that the Yin family has used it for so long. All the care of the Yin family in the village in the past has been taken care of.

He is currently taking back the fields to see if he wants to rent out the land or farm it himself. He has to make proper arrangements before the spring, and there will be a harvest next year, and it will be more secure for the family to have an extra income.

After adding a large opening, Fang Yu went out in a carriage. The journey took a long time, and he also brought a book of scriptures to read on the carriage, so as not to delay reading.

Arriving at Fangzui Village, it was after noon, and lunch was only eaten in the village. Winter is not as busy as spring and autumn. There are not many people in the fields at this time. When they see a carriage passing by, they put down their hoes and stretch their necks to wait and see.

The carriage in the middle of the village would not move, so Fang Yu had no choice but to get out of the carriage, and the villagers in the field saw Fang Yu, and they all came up to say hello.

Fang Yu smiled and exchanged greetings with the villagers, and gave the children some pastries before going to Yin's house.

"Rao'er, is everything you said yesterday true?"

In the small courtyard of the mud-tiled house, Mr. Yin, with his legs crossed, was roasting the hot charcoal from the stove, and glanced at the woman beside him who was sewing a jacket.

Yin Rao'er put down her work after hearing the words: "Daddy just wanted to ask whether it is true or not. If it is false, I can hurry back early in the morning and tell my parents about it."

"That's why you kept crying and crying when you got home, and you didn't understand what you said." Mr. Yin didn't believe that the Fang family would suddenly be so decisive. After all, it had been so many years. How could he not know Fang Yu's soft-spoken temperament? But for anyone who has a strong opinion, it is impossible for him to fool the ten acres of fertile land into his hands for so many years: "Didn't you also send a carriage when you came back, and gave you so much good material, didn't you?" You're being petty again."

Hearing this, Yin Rao'er became anxious: "When I arrived at Fang's house, I didn't say a single bad word, but my cousin defended his husband and scolded me a lot, even Aunt Chen was not spared. Look Cousin has moved on, and said that he will come to take back the land that was given to our family, but father still has no way to deal with it, and is still suspicious of his daughter, if the land really disappears, the family will have to live a hard life again."

"Last time, Fang Yu came to the village to see you in the rain, and brought a lot of gifts and cakes. People came to coax you, but you insisted on arguing with others that it is shameless to be a concubine, and you want him to divorce you. Lang asked you to be the main wife, and even let the people from Jinqiao village come to kiss, so he can be happy." Mr. Yin complained: "Fang's family is prosperous, with a big tree behind it, and now it's just fingers. It will take some time for our family to show some silver taels in the crevices, and you must say what you say is so unpleasant."

"It's not that the father and mother told the daughter that our family was born in a peasant family and not a low-level tenant farmer. So what if the Qiao family is rich, and it is not a lowly merchant family. Nowadays, the father is saying that the daughter is wrong. If it is not the daughter Trying to circle around in front of my cousin, can our family have a good life today, even the money for the marriage of the elder brother is still obtained by the daughter from the cousin."

Listening to the father and daughter's accusations, Mother Yin dropped the poker in her hand and said angrily, "Enough, it's no use fighting these things anymore. If the Fang family really wants to take over the land, think about what to do." Let's do it!"

"He dares!" Mr. Yin stared. They have been planting the land for more than three years. Three acres of Susukida, not to mention the poor harvest, but also taxes and the elder son’s corvee money, so he must not bleed heavily: "If he is so embarrassed to come to take over the land, then he will never see Rao'er again."

"If he doesn't want to marry me! If he doesn't see you, he's gone!"

Yin's mother said: "He has liked you since he was a child, can he change easily? That is to say, you are too tight, you have to give the man a taste of sweetness, now that he has money, there are so many fancy things outside, if you still Just blindly look twice like before, how can you not get tired of it?"

Yin Rao'er was speechless, her cousin had hinted to her earlier that she wanted to befriend her, but her innocent daughter did such shameless things before she got married, if it got out, how would she live , but judging from the current situation, he really had to be cruel to himself.

She silently thought about it. Although her cousin treats her worse than usual, she has not cut off contact after all, and there is no heir in the family. The most important thing for a rich family is incense. Didn't the Chen family light her up? She has to find an opportunity as soon as possible Only when she sees her cousin, if she has a cousin's child... Doesn't she have a corner in the Fang family's mansion? The Fang family's mansion is really magnificent. Seeing that the mud tile house of my own house is no longer on the table.

I thought well, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

Fang Yu actually came to the village!

Hearing Xuezhu's greeting, the members of the Yin family all squeezed out of the room, seeing the young servant of the Fang family coming to the door with presents in their arms, the whole family was very happy, it didn't look like there had been a quarrel, it was clear It's still their family's big boss.

"Nephew, you come here as soon as you come. Why are you bringing so many gifts? It's really a gift. If you take so many things in the future, uncle will be unhappy." Mr. Yin smiled. Folded, hurriedly winked at Yin's mother to get something, Yin's mother didn't need to wink at Mr. Yin, she took it from Xuezhu's hand early, and said with a smile: "Look at this good pig meat, my nephew can't bear it." If you are interested, come and sit in the house."

Fang Yu had a panoramic view of the greedy expressions of the young and old in the Yin family. He smiled, cupped his hands and said, "My nephew is going back to the village to thank my uncle and aunt for their care over the years."

"These are just kind words. Uncle and your father were good brothers back then. When he passed away, he naturally had to take care of your orphans and widows."

Fang Yu just smiled and said nothing. When Fang's father passed away, the Yin family looked down on Fang's family very much. Even when Mrs. Chen passed by the door of Yin's house, the Yin family would close the door and pretend that no one was at home for fear that Mrs. Chen would come to borrow rice. After Fang Yu was admitted to Tongsheng, the Yin family gradually became warmer.

He was too lazy to make false claims with these people. It was not pleasant to say that, apart from being able to lie on Fang's body to suck blood, Yin's family never gave Fang's family a single cabbage. Family visits are really useless to the other party's family. After finishing all the etiquette, he said directly: "I think my cousin will explain it to my uncle and aunt when she comes back. I have been tired of my uncle and aunt taking care of my few acres of land. , Now come and take it back, next year whether it is renting or planting, it is better to have an arrangement, so as to save the delay of spring plowing."

The face of Yin's family suddenly collapsed. They didn't expect that Fang Yu really came to reclaim the land today. Mr. Yin said: "It's not going to be tiring, it's not in the way, it's not in the way. We have been working in the field all our lives. I'm still not used to it when I'm free, nephew, don't worry, we will take good care of your ten acres of land. Uncle now knows that you have gone to the city, eating vegetables and food is definitely not as convenient as it used to be in the village, and the harvest will be harvested next year , Uncle will send you a few baskets of vegetables."

Fang Yu chuckled, and sent people away after using the land and thinking about a few boxes of vegetables. He was really considerate. He was still on the rented land. For Yin's family, but since he is greedy, there is nothing to say: "How can I make my uncle bumpy, I will hire some farmers to cultivate the land, and let them do it more easily."

Mother Yin was impatient, but she was not as calm as old man Yin, so she yelled, "Fang Yu, you mean that you are definitely going to cross the river and tear down the bridge! At the beginning, it was agreed that the ten acres of land would be a gift for Rao'er, but now I want to take it back in a hurry, what, want to go back on my word?"

When Fang Yu came, he knew that fighting with these unreasonable villagers would be inevitable, so he said bluntly: "Auntie, there is no evidence for my words, if you say that I gave you ten acres of land, Then it was really given to you? Evidence is important in everything. If there is a signature and affix, the aunt will take it out and have a look. You said that the ten mu of land is a bride price, but the bride price of the daughter of the Yin family can prove to be astonishing. It is more than ten taels of silver to buy out one mu of good land. You are talking about ten mu of land, a total of more than one hundred taels. Ordinary people may not be able to earn so much after a lifetime of work. I did not expect the daughter of the Yin family to ask for a bride price If you can get so much money, what kind of work do the peasant households do in the daytime? If you have more daughters and get married, you can get married. My Fang family can’t afford so much money to take a concubine.”

"You!" Yin's mother thought she was a good fighter in the village, but today she was defeated in front of Fang Yu, a scholar, and she almost couldn't catch her breath: "It's good! I used to hold back half of my fart. If you don’t come out, now you’re telling the truth!”

"Cousin, you are so cruel, you don't care about the past love at all?" Yin Rao'er ran out crying, with a look of pity for me: "Are you going to force our whole family to die? "

"Cousin, don't put a high hat on me. If I want to go back to my land, I will force your family to die? In other words, if you occupy my land, aren't you also forcing me to die?" Fang Yu Said: "I'm too lazy to talk, there are many things to do, I'm here to inform you personally, I will send people to plow the ground as soon as the new year is over, if there are any fruits and vegetables in the field, I will not leave them to my uncles and aunts." It’s over, and there are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, so it must be enough to deal with the land well.”

"But if the Yin's family is so stubborn that they can't get together and leave, then I'll see you at the government. I haven't written a complaint for a long time, and it's time to practice my hands."

Fang Yu put his hands behind his back: "This is my farewell. Uncles and aunts stop and don't see each other off."

The angry Qiqiao Shengyan of the Yin family had nothing to do with Fang Yu, so he chased after him and scolded: "In the future, you will never want to marry our family's Rao'er again!"

Fang Yu didn't turn his head back, and waved his hands behind his back: "Then I wish my cousin can find a new victim as soon as possible~"