Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Being surrounded to the door, Li Ji saw the magistrate talking to someone.The man was wearing a gray Taoist robe, looking a bit distressed. About 50 years old, beard to the chest, half-white hair, looks a bit vicissitudes of life.

The two walked over, and the county magistrate said: "This is the gentleman I specially invited here. You can do as long as you listen to him. Li Ji, it doesn't matter if you stay close to the grave when you move the grave. Remember to explain it to the villagers as soon as possible. Clear. As long as they believe it, the rest will be easy."

Li Ji nodded to express his understanding.Li Ji's eyes are good enough, and he doesn't need to ask too much from the magistrate.

The county magistrate looked at Er Gouzi, who was dressed in plain white, and reached out to pat Er Gouzi on the shoulder: "Go, take your mother home."

Er Gouzi heard Li Yan, his eyebrows were a little lonely, and he nodded in response.

Besides Li Ji, the only person Er Gouzi knew and cared about most was Li Yan.

More than 30 people went all the way to Li Ji Village in an orderly manner. Li Ji and Er Gouzi sat in the carriage with the Taoist priest. They were a little quiet at first, no one knew anyone, and it was Li Ji who spoke first.

"I'm young, and I don't understand anything, and I don't know the rules of moving graves. I have to ask the Taoist priest to tell me, so don't make a taboo all of a sudden."

The Taoist had no pretensions, leaned on the carriage and said with a smile: "Actually, there is nothing special to pay attention to. The beginning of many rules is to prevent the deceased from having any grievances and grievances, and becoming a ghost. Or afraid of affecting future generations. Madam is not afraid of this. To move the grave during the day, you need to use a red cloth to shade it from the sun, and just take out the bones and put them in the prepared small coffin."

Li Ji nodded and asked several questions one after another.

There are more than 30 people, and the county magistrate did not want to be suspected by the villagers, so he reduced the number. Otherwise, if the wife of the county magistrate was asked to go back, how could there be only 30 people in this area.

It wasn't too far away, and it took half an hour to arrive.

He was not in a hurry to go directly to Li Yan's grave, but went to the village head first.

At this time, Li Ji hadn't come back for a few days, and everyone in the village was talking about living a good life in the city, so they didn't plan to come back.

The village head also had the same idea, so he was a little surprised to see Li Ji came back.

"Isn't this Xiaoji? Why are there so many people?"

Li Ji walked over and said what he had planned with the county magistrate in advance.

"These are from Er Gouzi's family. You don't know that Er Gouzi really came from a big family. And he is a very capable person. This Er Gouzi recognizes his ancestors, and this sister Yan can't still be here It's a lonely grave in the mountains. Er Gouzi's father photographed someone and took him into the family's ancestral grave. From now on, Er Gouzi will be the legitimate child of the family, and the only one."

The village chief was slightly stunned. If he wanted to conjecture, he felt that Er Gouzi was an illegitimate child. Even if he was found back, he could only be regarded as a child born outside the family, not even a concubine.But hearing Li Ji say that Er Gouzi's father has no children, or no boys, and only Er Gouzi, the only child left outside, his interest is different.

After that, Er Gouzi will inherit all the family business. Li Ji said that it belongs to a rich family, and Er Gouzi will at least be a rich man when he grows up.

Thinking about it this way, Li Ji's luck is really good.

At the beginning, Er Gouzi, whom everyone thought was a burden, was left behind. As a result, Er Gouzi was able to hunt and fight back, and he made a fortune in a blink of an eye.Everyone thought it was over here, but in the end, the father of the second dog was found, and he was still a big family.In the future, Li Ji will not only make a fortune, but his part-time job will skyrocket.

I don't know what kind of family that big family is. If they are in business, they will remember Li Ji's kindness in the future, and Li Ji will make good things from the nails all his life.

Looking at Li Ji's flowing clothes, it was a good material that the village had never seen for the first time in his life, and looking at Li Ji's rosy face, it was obvious that the past few days were going well.

"That's a congratulations. Is the father of Er Gouzi here?" The village chief searched among the crowd.

Li Jidao: "How can he follow? I invited a good Taoist priest to come and have a look. First, please invite Sister Yan out, and go to the house to worship for a few days, and even send it directly to someone's ancestral grave. This Sister Yan was alive Fate, if she doesn't become a lonely ghost after death, she can rest in peace underground."

"That's not true." The village head witnessed those incidents with his own eyes, so of course he knew that Li Yan's difficulties were not easy.But if Li Yan was willing to say that the child belonged to a rich family, the village could gather some people to go to the house to make a fuss, and when the child came out, for the sake of the child, they could give Li Yan a concubine position.

If that's the case, Er Gouzi is the young master who was raised in other people's houses, so there is no need for these troubles.Everyone in the village can follow suit.

Why did Li Yan refuse to say it at the beginning?

"However, is it necessary to move Li Yan's grave? Li's elders are called here? You count as one, and the old man has to inform. moved."

Relocating the grave is a major event, not to mention that the place where Li Yan moved was the ancestral grave of a wealthy family, the elders of this family may have to plan.

When the village chief said that, Li Ji somewhat understood the meaning behind it.Li Ji pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Don't think I'm scaring people, you can talk to them when you have time. The father of the two dogs... is a man with a good eye. If Li Yan didn't dare to say a word back then, then It’s because I’m afraid to the core. I’d rather be poked in the back by the head of the village for the rest of my life, than ask the village to ask for a place at Ergouzi’s father’s house. Li Yan was pregnant with his flesh and blood at that time.”

Having said that, the village head also reacted.The man trembled and grabbed Li Ji's sleeve: "What do you know?"

With awe on Li Ji's face, he said in a low voice: "I'm also a coward, how dare I say it? I can only ask you for help. You tell others... just tell them that Er Gouzi Daddy is a If our village is slaughtered, the county magistrate will not be able to control it."

Hearing this, the village chief was even more startled.What identity would this be?Either it is higher up, such as relatives of the county magistrate, or even has a higher background, so that the county magistrate can't control it.

"Xiao Ji, let's not joke. Is it really that powerful?" The village chief confirmed again and again.

Li Ji raised his sleeves and pulled the fabric: "Look at what I'm wearing? This material is only available in the county grandpa's mansion. It's used for sewing quilts. Let me see." I feel like I can't afford to wear this outfit in my life, but it's better than what other servants wear. I'll delay for a while, so you go and talk to them about it first! Don't offend that person who doesn't know what to do. People originally thought that there was a piece of incense in our village, so that they could remember us. If we threatened them with it, it would be of no benefit at all."

What Li Ji said was sincere. The village head is a smart man, so he could tell that what Li Ji said was good.

With seriousness on his face, the village head nodded heavily: "Don't worry, I'll go find someone right away, and I'll make it clear."

The village head hurried out, Li Ji smiled triumphantly, and nodded to Er Gouzi.

These people were waiting at the door of the village chief's house, and after waiting for more than half an hour, they saw the village chief bringing three men over.These three people are of the same generation as Li Ji, one of the few peers of the Li family.

In this village, Li Ji has only one elder, the old man of the family, the birthday star in his 70s.

"Yo, this is a good life after all, I almost can't recognize it." Li Shuisheng's laughing voice came over, and he looked more cheerful than before.

Li Ji almost forgot what this would be. It can only be said that the gap between the county grandpa's mansion and this place is too great.From the moment he entered the village this time, Li Ji had a feeling of "nostalgia" in him, as if he hadn't been back for a long time.

"Don't make fun of me, I still want to come back and farm freely. We are all due, and we have to talk about this sister Yan. All the elders have gone except for our old lady, and what they are doing is Sister Yan's cousin is considered to be an uncle, so no matter what happens, I will only speak to you."

No matter where you go, the status of uncle is very important.No one can tell why.It stands to reason that the woman's natal family has no right to intervene except for other things, because a woman who marries into the man's family is the man's person, is born as the man's person, dies as the man's ghost, and is buried in the man's ancestral grave.

But the uncle is the child's uncle, the child's father's brother-in-law, even if he comes to point fingers, there is reason in it.

If the woman has been wronged in any way, my uncle will go over and ask for an explanation.Any husband's family with some face will entertain them nicely and say a few soft words.Even if the child's father suddenly disappeared, and the remaining children did not know how to distribute the family property, the uncle would go and take care of it.

Sometimes, the uncle in the husband's house is more talkative than the parents in the mother's house.

Someone leaned over and asked in a low voice: "What is Li Yan's name? One must know where she is buried."

What title has something to do with being buried there.Concubines are half-servants, those with low status are not eligible to be buried in the ancestral tomb at all, only those who are favored or leave behind children are eligible to be buried hastily in the corner of the ancestral tomb.

The only person who can be buried with the master's family is the original wife, and the second wife can only be buried next to the master's family even though he is the main wife.There are very few who are buried with the master's family. It must be the last wish of the master's family and the successor who has made great contributions to the family is eligible.

The talk about where to be buried is a big deal, and it directly affects the strength of the mother clan's speech in front of her husband's family.

Of course Li Ji understood what he cared about.This point has also been discussed with the county magistrate: "It stands to reason that he is not eligible to enter the ancestral grave. But after all, Er Gouzi is the only child of the family, and the original wife has gone. This sister Yan entered the ancestral grave as a second wife But in the final analysis, Sister Yan doesn't have any feelings for others, and Er Gouzi was born purely by accident. If it wasn't for giving Er Gouzi a serious identity to go home, they probably wouldn't recognize Li Yan at all."

Dispelling their desire to be honored, Li Ji didn't forget to give them a sweet date: "However, Er Gouzi also grew up here, can people still remember? Only people think of us, we have nothing to do There is no reason to rush to ask for credit. There are a lot of people waiting here, so let's not delay. First go and invite Sister Yan out and pack it up, which will be sent to my family to worship for two days."

Li Yan was the family he promised at the beginning, if it is according to the rules, it does not count.It must be the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.But now the decent elders are all dead, leaving behind an old man who is still a few bloods away.

Whether this is Li Yan's family, or the head of the family's nod, depends on what the brothers of the same generation say.

Li Shuisheng nodded and said: "Then don't trouble others to wait. Li Yan suffered a lot during her lifetime, and I believe she will go to her husband's family to enjoy the blessings after waiting. Let's go."

A group of people went up the mountain all the way, attracting the attention of many villagers.The village chief's daughter-in-law followed from a distance, and was naturally pulled to ask about the situation.

There are no secrets in the village, and it took only a while for everyone in the village to know about it.

The members of the Li family's family all had happy expressions on their faces when they heard that there was an aunt from a wealthy family in the family.It doesn't matter whether it's a living person or a dead person, as long as they give birth to someone else's seed and become their only future father, then Li Yan's relatives will follow suit.

When this happy event comes, it is inevitable to congratulate each other.This matter spread more and more widely.

Arrived in front of Li Yan's tomb.Here Li Ji is still a cousin in the Li Yan clan, although he has no blood relationship, he is still of the same generation.So Li Ji didn't need to do anything wherever he went, he just had to find a place to stand.

The people who came were basically the servants of the county magistrate's house. Facing Li Yan at this time, that is to say, facing the serious mistress and wife, all of them knelt down and kowtowed three heads in a serious way.

A group of people directly put up a simple tent with red cloth to cover the grave. Er Gouzi set off firecrackers, burned incense and kowtowed.After listening to the Taoist muttering inwardly, he picked up the shovel to dig the first shovel.

Li Ji looked at Li Yan's grave and thought about what he had heard about Li Yan in the village over the years.I feel a little sad in my heart.

For so many years, Li Yan has always been a lesson model in the village to educate girls on chastity, and some even drag girls to Li Yan's grave, pointing to Li Yan's grave to teach girls that a woman must obey women's morals, otherwise this will be the end.

Now, Li Yan was moved away with great honor, and gave birth to the so-called "wild species" Er Gouzi, who is also the only son of the county magistrate.From now on, Li Yan no longer has to bear the infamy, but will instead become the pride of the whole village.

For hundreds of years, there have only been concubines in the village who have served as concubines to rich families, and this is the first time that they have been married to others, and their son will be the family's master in the future.

Li Ji was happy in his heart, but when he thought that Li Yan only enjoyed these things after his death, he felt a little melancholy.

What's the use?Everyone is gone.

Er Gouzi stared at Li Yan's grave, his eyes were a little red.There is an indescribable feeling in my heart

Er Gouzi was about to get off the shovel when he heard a stop not far away.The sound of stopping was weak, with some old trills.Everyone turned their eyes away, and saw a man in his 20s helping a rickety old man come over.

That person is one step away, and he is the old lady of the Li family.

Li Ji looked at it, and secretly said trouble in his heart.Everyone in the village is easy to deal with, except the old man.Relying on seniority, it doesn't matter whether it is reasonable or not, as long as it is what the old man wants, then it is right, then do it.

The word filial piety is under pressure, who can not listen?

I can only say that I hope this old man doesn't come here to disrupt the situation. If he comes here to rob, it will be difficult.

Li Ji went two steps forward and said: "The old master is here. This sister Yan is your junior, so you should not come here. Besides, you are so old, it is not good to come to see these things."

Li Ji opened his mouth first, intending to stop the conversation.But obviously, the old man had no such plan.

The old man couldn't walk easily, leaning on his grandson to support him, his brows were furrowed, and his face was full of dissatisfaction, he said: "Can I not come? If you don't come, I will let you mess around! This Li Yan is a girl from our Li family. It seems that she was just a girl at the time, and she didn't have a dowry gift and she wasn't married, so how can she say that she is accommodating."

As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Li Ji could understand why he came.It couldn't be more obvious, they just came to ask for money.

Li Yan was never married until her death, but gave birth to her eldest son and grandson.Now Li Yan has been given the position of a second wife for the sake of Er Gouzi's status.This big family hires a wife, which is all money.

When Li Ji talked to the village chief, he did mention the stakes, but the village chief was looking for people of the same generation as Li Yan, and he didn't intend to alarm the old man at all. Of course, the old man didn't know the stakes.

The old man only knew about this when he heard others go to his house to announce the good news.

It is a big deal for this clan to have an aunt who married into a rich family, and the old man was not invited to speak out, which originally aroused the old man's dissatisfaction.And when I heard that the four talkative elders, including Li Ji, let the grave be moved without saying anything, I suddenly felt that the entire Li family was only the old man himself who was a smart person.

What are the chances?The family wanted to move the grave, and they came here with great fanfare, so it was certain that Li Yan would be invited back.At this time, if you don't seize the opportunity to ask for more profits, what are you waiting for?

The old man didn't think there was anything unreasonable about doing this. It was a matter of course to marry a wife and give a bride price, but Li Yan didn't get anything back then, so she gave birth to an incense root for nothing.Over the years, Er Gouzi grew up in Li's family. Since they want to recognize their son, they have to double what they owed back then.

The old man selectively ignored Er Gouzi who had never eaten a meal from the Li family since he was a child, and spent 13 of them in the mountains.He also selectively ignored how mean the Li family had been to Li Yan back then, which was tantamount to forcing Li Yan to death in disguise.

Li Ji hurriedly winked at Li Bao who was beside the old man.Li Bao will smile wryly when he receives Li Ji's color.

Although Li Bao didn't hear about Li Ji's interests, and felt that his husband's family should compensate Li's family, he really felt that it was inappropriate to disturb the auspicious time of his family's grave relocation.

The dead are the most important, even if they rely on their seniority, they can't delay the affairs of the dead.But where can I stop it?Everyone knows the weight of a sentence from the old man of our family.Li Bao can only be said to be the grandson loved by the old man, but he is just a favorite, and he has no right to go against the old man's wishes.

If the old man is really sure about one thing and doesn't even give Li Bao a chance to persuade him, then Li Bao has nothing to do.

The old man didn't know what happened before and after, but the other elders knew it all.After hearing what the old man said on the phone, his face turned pale.Li Ji specifically warned not to take credit, don't take the initiative to ask for things, the old man didn't even demonstrate the cover-up, he just said it straight to the point.

Li Shuisheng hurriedly said: "There are still many things that I can't explain back then. Don't you know what happened at the time, old man? Besides, we are not related to Li Yan, and his serious nephew didn't even mention it." What, it's a good thing that Li Yan can enter someone's ancestral grave, it's better than being in a lonely grave here, it's so pitiful."

Li Shuisheng's words are reasonable, and in the eyes of the old man, he has undoubtedly taken medicine.The old man is also strange, how can he help outsiders speak well?

The elders of Li's family next to Li Shuisheng also hurriedly answered: "That's right. The deceased is the most important. Let's talk about it later and discuss it slowly. The left and right Li Yan has moved over and is my family. You can close the door on everything. Talk about your own words. Li Yan is happy to go home now, we can't disturb others at this time."

Where is the old man willing?If we wait for Li Yan to move away before we talk, then we will lose the leverage to negotiate terms.Li Yan is here, and the initiative lies with the Li family.But if there is no Li Yan, then people will say what they say.

The old man frowned and said in a reprimanding tone: "Stupid! A good girl is reluctant to part with her natal family when she gets married, not to mention that Li Yan died in our place and left suddenly. I don't believe he will leave happily. Graves are a big deal, so how can we say that we can accommodate them? Let’s just let it go, take your time, don’t be in a hurry.”

The old man moved forward, and Li Bao knew that he was going forward, so he helped the old man to take two steps forward.

The appearance of the old man immediately disrupted the whole plan.At this time, it is not good to hold the magistrate under pressure, otherwise the previous efforts will be in vain.And once the magistrate is invited out, there will only be more troubles in the future.

Li Ji was thinking about how to solve it, when he saw someone walking out from among the servants.

This man is full of tendons, looks very strong, and is also tall. His face like a knife is very angular, and he looks very majestic.

His voice was full of enthusiasm, and he said: "You are just joking. You can't talk nonsense. Madam is the second wife who married into our house with eight sedan chairs. If you are an old lady, you really want to do something. Good lord (referring to Er Gouzi), it’s better not to say such things. If you spread the word responsibly, it will be said that you are greedy for those taels of silver, and you don’t even care about your grandson’s reputation.”

These words are powerful, if the old man continues to talk about this topic, he will come here to make trouble for money.

The old man has lived for more than 70 years, so he is not confused.Hearing this clearly, he brought out Li Yan's nephew directly: "You can't say that. Li Yan's son is human, but Li Yan's brothers are also human. Now the children of Li Yan's brothers are eating chaff and swallowing vegetables. There is no other meaning in the words, since you said that Li Yan is a decent wife of your family, you can't just watch your wife's brother's family starve to death, and be reluctant to give it under the dowry."

The author has something to say: When I was writing this paragraph, I was thinking about a news I saw not long ago

The news is still two or three years ago

It is because the fruit farmers are unsalable, and there are kind-hearted people who help them sell online without seeking profit in the spirit of public welfare.

From the promotion in the early stage, to the packaging and express delivery in the later stage, all kinds of painstaking arrangements are made, and all of them are in the case of low or no profit.

As a result, the publicity was completed, and all the initial investment went in, and netizens placed orders one after another.

just waiting for delivery

The fruit growers suddenly raised prices on the ground, and doubled the purchase price of the fruit several times. If they disagreed, they refused to deliver the goods.

The man had no choice but to agree. As a result, many of the fruit farmers distributed were overripe fruits, and many of them were rotten in the hands of buyers.

That guy returned it all

In the end, when it was over, that person paid more than 30 yuan (I still can’t remember more than 50 yuan)

It is still fresh in my memory. As a farmer, I have actually seen some similar things

no matter what happens in between

This result is very disappointing.