Ye Jianqiu

Situ Jin came to the office early as usual, he never came to have brunch in the mansion, but stayed with his brothers.

He followed the brothers No. [-] to run and practice in the morning amidst the fluttering military flags and the sound of horns. In Situ Jin's eyes, every sergeant in the army from top to bottom must not only train diligently, but also read and write, and learn to entertain. ... The army is sophisticated, its requirements are omnipotent, strict and without any conditions. Situ Jin's requirements for his soldiers are very simple, only two words - excellent.

Especially when they are stationed in Qingyang Town, they have to patrol Yingtou Mountain every day. The harsh environment on Yingtou Mountain makes these soldiers not only eat twice as much sand as others, but also eat a hundred times more sand than others. bitter.

Soaring to the top of Eagle's Head, no one can go up—except the wind.

The wind and sand not only blinds the eyes, but the strong wind even blows the person into the air like a leaf of a tree, swings around twice, and then throws it to the col.The wind and sand made it difficult to breathe, and these brothers were always confused.When Situ Jin first came to Qingyang Town, he was loyal and courageous. No matter what the weather was, he always took his brothers up the mountain every day and completed patrols and inspections regularly. Therefore, many brothers died during the inspections. .

The brothers are now disfigured, darkened and dry, and everyone has shed at least a few layers of their skin.Even so, the letters that those brothers wrote to the family still only reported that they were safe...

Yellow sand, strong wind, an eagle hovering in the sky...

After training that morning, Chaoge took a small team to patrol the mountains, while Situ Jin and Uncle Jin discussed matters together.

Uncle Jin handed a money bag to Situ Jin, and said, "Junzhi, here is your salary for the past few months, a total of 64 taels."

Since the office opened a warehouse to sell goods, a lot of money has come back, and this time the arrears of salary can finally be distributed to everyone.

Situ Jin weighed the bag, rubbed his chin and said, "My house is not bad. The money is given to my brother. I heard that Luo Zheng's wife is seriously ill, so I will give some to Luo Zheng, and then give it to the old man who is waiting to marry a wife." Hei, Zhuzi and the others... Since we are going to build a farm, it is when we need money, so we will save it to buy seeds and hire people."

Since Situ Jin proposed to build a farm, Jin Bo and Chao Ge began to look for suitable fields around Qingyang Town.There are actually a lot of wastelands near Qingyang Town, but most of them are concentrated in the hands of rich and oily country gentry.In the end, they chose for a long time, and decided on the [-]-acre wasteland at the bend of the Liusha River dozens of miles away.

The owner of the [-] mu of wasteland is not only the Cao family, but also more than a dozen local gentry.Situ Jin's approach was the same as that of these landowners at the beginning - forcible occupation.Primitive capital accumulation is bloody, and many people standing in the position of the strong almost made their first pot of gold through plundering, enclosure and other means.

Many years ago, when Qingyang Town was empty, these gentry took the opportunity to occupy these lands for nothing. Now that Qingyang Town is vast and sparsely populated with few laborers, these fields along the river bank have never been cultivated.But now Situ Jin has taken a fancy to it. Since you are letting it go to waste, you might as well let me plant it.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, Situ Jin doesn't want to create any hatred.There are more than a dozen households occupying the [-] mu of wasteland, and each household is divided into more than ten mu.After being reduced to zero, it will not cause some unnecessary troubles.

This is the nature of human beings. If there is only one family whose land of more than ten acres is occupied by others for no reason, although it is not a lot of money to them, it will definitely make life difficult for them. They will grit their teeth in hatred and feel that Situ Jin is bullying him people.But if more than a dozen households are taken advantage of by others, everyone will feel more balanced... You see, not only me, but also everyone else has been taken advantage of by Situ Jin...

Uncle Jin divided some of Situ Jin's money and said, "You don't need to take it all out, just keep some. After all, there are more than a dozen people in your house to support."

Speaking of the servants in the mansion, Situ Jin actually didn't worry about it. Mrs. Ma was good at managing the servants, and the mansion was harmonious and united, and there was never any trouble of intrigue.And that Ye Jianqiu also had a way to get money, but he was Situ Jin's capable rear assistant.

Situ Jin pushed forward the money that Uncle Jin had divided, and said, "No, there is a cornucopia in my house."

Uncle Jin smiled: "Ye Jianqiu?"

"Yes!" Situ Jin nodded.

Ye Jianqiu, who was counting the silver, sneezed again. He rubbed his nose and said to Gu Shulin, "Brother Gu, you are all right. There are ten baskets of mushrooms and five crops of bean sprouts. Two, two, three. After deducting the pennies for the flower pots you brought, the total is one, two, and eight."

Gu Shulin nodded, and said with satisfaction: "The account is correct, but there are still ten small red clay flower pots that my brother gave you. Although they don't cost money, you have to keep them in mind."

Ye Jianqiu smiled: "Of course, Brother Gu is very generous."

Gu Shushu scratched his head in embarrassment: "Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Whether we take advantage or suffer losses, we must know what to do. Well, I won't chat with you anymore. Brother still has to go to the county to deliver goods."

Gu Shulin pulled the carriage to leave, suddenly remembered something, and laughed loudly: "It's been a quiet few days, and I was prepared to pay Cao Wu, but I didn't expect that guy to be sick!"

"Yes, I heard that the illness is not serious."

Both of them laughed at the same time, and even the stall owner who was doing business on the side was happy to hear their conversation, and couldn't help joking: "If Cao Wu doesn't come, I still miss him a lot."

"What do you want him to do, what else can he make you think about?"

Gu Shulin was puzzled.

The stall owner said with a smile: "I just miss his big chicken coop head and pig belly!"

Everyone was happy, and the market was peaceful.

Ye Jianqiu bid farewell to Gu Shulin, and he strolled around the market slowly pulling the cart.

There are a lot of goods for the wheat harvest season in the market, wool bags, sickles, poplar shovels, mulberry forks, sticks, warehouses, bamboo brooms from other places, bamboo sieves... There are many things used to beat wheat ears Primitive farming tools, this kind of tool looks like a rattle, with a big head and a thin body, and a rope in the middle.Ye Jianqiu squatted down curiously, picked it up and swung it up. The strength of this tool was just right, and it was not too light or heavy to hit the ground...

"size……"

Ye Jianqiu sighed heavily, put the things on the ground, stood up and looked back at Ye Dashan.

"Big and small, are you shopping?"

"I'll take a look."

Ye Dashan picked up the veil on his head, wiped his face, put the veil on his head and said with a smile: "You are a city boy now, why do you still let you work in the fields? The wheat is harvested, your brother-in-law Yin Shitou may have done it, he is stronger than Pixie, with him, you don't have to worry about the size of the family work."

Ye Jianqiu looked at the carbon stone on his back and said, "Didn't it sell?"

"Well, although I come to the market every day, I don't have any acquaintances, and people don't know what I do."

Ye Jianqiu said helplessly: "If you want to do business to make money, you should honestly squat at the place where the charcoal is sold, waiting for customers to buy, instead of running around with a basket on your back."

"I understand, your father... misses you! Look at my size, I'm a little fatter now, and I look much better..."

Ye Jianqiu smiled wryly, the two met every day, would Ye Dashan miss him?I'm afraid I just want his money!

According to the usual practice, Ye Jianqiu still bought Ye Dashan's breakfast, weighed the stewed beef, wrapped a stack of fried pancakes, and finally took his charcoal and gave him another fifty Wen.

Ye Dashan carefully put the things into the basket and said: "Big and small, you should go home tomorrow, our whole family misses you, not only your grandpa misses you, but even the big girl misses you too, she's always just Listening to me talking about you, the big girl is crying... I can count you brother and sister since I was a child, and grow up together..."

"Okay, I'll go back tomorrow."

"Really? That's really great. I'll go home quickly and let your mother get ready to bake white flour cakes tomorrow!"

Ye Dashan blushed excitedly: "Boss and Boss are here to stay for one night? So that your mother can tidy up our kang!"

Then he said helplessly: "Oh, I'm afraid the big and small are used to the arhat bed, and think our stone kang is a bit panicky!"

"Don't bother, I'll go back tonight."

Ye Dashan felt a little regretful: "Oh, I haven't seen you for so long, the family must have a lot of things to chat with you... Well, Dad will leave first, and Dad won't come to the market tomorrow, he will stay at home Honestly, wait for my eldest son!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Dashan went back happily.

Looking at his leaving back, Ye Jianqiu felt that for a moment, Ye Dashan seemed to have some affection for him.

When Ye Jianqiu came to Renyi Hutong, Mrs. Li opened the courtyard door and asked him to pull the cart into the courtyard.

Li Shi was busy warming milk and steaming eggs for Ye Jianqiu, while Ye Jianqiu poured charcoal into the kitchen, cleaned the yard, and filled Li Shi's water tank by the way.

Seeing Ye Jianqiu who was busy like a tofu, Mrs. Li couldn't help pulling him hard, pressing his shoulders to let him sit on the bench, pouring a cup of warm milk and a bowl of tofu The custard was served.

The small yard of Li's family is quiet and warm. Although it is not big, a shed is set up in the yard, and gourds and beans are planted in the yard. There is a small square table under the shed.

Although the sun is strong, the dappled sunlight under the trellis is not hot, but rather shaded.Ye Jianqiu was sitting at the table, the flowers on the trellis were falling from time to time, and some flowers even fell into the bowl.

Sitting beside Ye Jianqiu, Mrs. Li said: "Xiaoqiu, eat quickly! See why you are not gaining weight? You are still so thin! What's wrong with your face, why is it turning blue? Did the people in the house beat you? "

Ye Jianqiu smiled at Li Shi: "No, I accidentally fell."

Mrs. Li went back to the house and took a bottle of medicinal wine, carefully applied it on him, and blamed him: "Why are you so careless? It must be because there is too much work in the mansion, and I am tired! The masters in this mansion are really rare! They are all masters." Raising servants, how can servants give money to the master, and there is no reason to travel all over the world! Our family Xiaoqiu quit, and redeemed himself if he saved enough money!"

Ye Jianqiu felt warm in his heart. He was also an elder, but Ye Dashan said that he was fat, and that he came to the city to enjoy the blessings.But Mrs. Li always thinks he is thin, and he can see faint bruises on his face at a glance.He always complains about injustices, thinking that the people in the mansion treat him badly.

No matter what Ye Jianqiu did, Li felt that he was right, which moved Ye Jianqiu very much.Li Shi is like a kind and nagging old mother who loves her children without principle or reason.

Mrs. Li took a cattail fan and sat next to Ye Jianqiu, playing the fan and chattering, saying how badly the thread she spun was like a mess of hemp; Slippers, very comfortable to wear... She fanned Ye Jianqiu's wet back from time to time. Ye Jianqiu drank milk with his head down, and ate fresh custard with a small spoon, as if his aunt was watching beside him.

Ye Jianqiu couldn't help raising his head and asked: "Auntie, I want to know how this man's marriage ended?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shi couldn't help but sighed with a heavy heart: "Xiaoqiu, it would be great if you were a girl..."

"Auntie, why do you say that?"

Ye Jianqiu was a little nervous.

Li put down the fan, looked at Ye Jianqiu worriedly and said, "Xiaoqiu, the clothes and shoes you asked your aunt to make are all for that Situ Jin, right?"

Ye Jianqiu nodded.

Mrs. Li knew in her heart that Situ Jin was a well-known handsome man in Qingyang Town, and he was also the dreamer of many women who were about to marry.Xiaoqiu worked hard to earn money but didn't want to leave the house, it must be because of him.

only……

Mrs. Li said: "Xiaoqiu, you are young, no one may have told you about these things, so my aunt will tell you about them. Men here do marry men, but those are just families who are really poor. Those who can’t marry a woman are helpless brothers and righteous fathers and sons. But those who have better conditions must marry a woman as their regular wife. After all, women can pass on the family line. For the birth of one’s own son, there is a title, The main wife must be a woman. If you want to establish a man as your main wife, unless he doesn't want to continue the incense... But in this world, how many men don't want to have an offspring?"

Ye Jianqiu was silent.

Li said again: "There are also situations where the mother is removed to keep the son, and the man is made the main wife. But that is only a very small number. The method of removing the mother is not only against human relations, but also cruel... The status of the child is not high, because the child has When a man is a mother, there is no etiquette, and people make irresponsible remarks and point fingers. Therefore, even if one of his regular wives dies unexpectedly, the man will marry another woman to fill the house..."

Mrs. Li sighed: "Xiaoqiu, look at those farmers in the village, even if they are poor and can't afford food, they are desperately trying to marry a woman, just to continue their incense..."

After a long pause, Ye Jianqiu said in a daze: "Then what if the two sides treat each other sincerely? Can't they become husband and wife?"

"They can be together, but they can only be concubines. Even as a woman in a concubine's room, her status is much higher than that of a male concubine. Cao Da, the county magistrate, is very masculine, but he also married four concubines with one wife and three concubines. A woman, even the man he likes the most, can at most establish the status of a son, which sounds a little better than a male concubine, but the status is actually the same."

"Master? Male concubine?"

Ye Jianqiu murmured.