Yingbao didn't need to go watch the excitement. In the evening, Aunt Wang came to Jiang Sanlang's house again to share the new things she saw with Chun Niang.
“Chen Laoshuan’s family is divided.”
Second Aunt Wang took the red date steamed buns handed over by Chun Niang and said with a smile: "Hey, you don't know, Chen Feng moved all the money boxes to the yard and smashed them. There were only a dozen taels of silver in them. Even my family has no money." Not as good as that.”
Since Aunt Wang started growing golden ears with Jiang Sanlang's family, life has been getting better day by day. The last golden ear was sold for more than twenty taels of silver. After paying the autumn tax and repaying the debt, there were still more than ten taels left.
Chun Niang asked with a smile: "Then how much did each family get?"
Second Aunt Wang took a bite of the steamed bun and said vaguely: "How much more, six liang for each of the three sons. But, Chen Laoshuan's land was allocated a lot to his son, tsk tsk, more than 300 acres of land, divided into one family. Out of one hundred acres, the parents-in-law only have sixty acres left.”
Chunniang was not surprised.
The couple Chen Laoshuan and his wife were also hard-working people when they were young, and they once had a lot of money. Even though they provided for their children and grandchildren to study all year round, they also saved a lot of land.
It is said that when Chen Laoshuan was a boy, he worked as a stable boy for a wealthy family and rescued the young master of that family. In the end, the master rewarded him a lot of money and gave him a beautiful daughter-in-law, who allowed him to take her back home to farm. That daughter-in-law is Chen Fengshi.
“Hey, the fun is yet to come.”
Second Aunt Wang didn't even bother to eat the steamed buns, and teased: "You don't know, but the Han family sold the one hundred acres of land on the spot and got two hundred and twenty taels of silver."
"Huh?" Chun Niang was surprised, "Sold on the spot? To whom?"
Second Aunt Wang chuckled and said: "Who else? Chen Sanyou's family bought ten acres of paddy fields, Chen Changsheng of the West Village also bought ten acres, and a few families bought twenty acres of high-quality fields. The rest The dry land was successively bought by several people from other villages, leaving only the ten acres on the south **** that no one wanted."
Of course, Chen Changping’s allotment of land cannot be sold.
"Tsk, Chun Niang, you don't know. Chen Laoshuan was so angry that he passed away and couldn't stop the Han family from selling the land."
Aunt Wang shook her head and said with a pity look on her face: "I also want to buy it, but unfortunately the rest are all low-grade fields on the south slope, and there is no point in buying them."
Chunniang laughed and asked, "How can the Han family be so good and her husband doesn't care?"
"What the hell, look at his expression today, as if he wishes he could sell all the land to save worry. Hey, Chen Changping has been stupid in studying since he was a child. He has never had a day of rain. How could he know the importance of farmland?" Wang Er Auntie took a bite of the steamed bun and said with disdain, "Just watch, I will suffer from him in the future."
Chunniang poured a bowl of tea for Aunt Wang, "That's not necessarily true. It is said that Chen Changping himself is also capable. He often copied books to make money when he was in school."
“You believe his nonsense!”
Aunt Wang took a sip from the tea bowl and took a bite of the steamed bun: "Did he go to study or copy books? My eldest son said that copying a book in a bookstore only earns a few cents, and if you copy a wrong word, you will get a few cents. No, I still have to pay for the paper and ink money. Huh! If Chen Changping can get two taels of silver a year, I will walk backwards in the village."
“Perhaps someone really has a way to make money.” Chun Niang said with a smile, “Snakes have their own ways, and mice have their own ways. It’s hard to say that Chen Changping doesn’t have the ability to support his family.”
Second Aunt Wang nodded, "Well, I heard that Chen Changping wanted to sell his land and go live with his brother-in-law. Han's sister and brother-in-law are in the county town, so how can we not help him?"
Chunniang wished that Han would go to the county seat quickly and never come back again. "Yes, maybe they went to the county seat to enjoy their blessings."
"Too."
Aunt Wang and Chun Niang chatted for a while longer before getting up and going home.
Ying Bao sat nearby and listened to their conversation, thinking in her heart.
The Han couple are really weird. In this life, they actually sold the land they depended on to live in the county town.
She had never seen Mr. Han earn a penny in her previous life, let alone Chen Changping. Before he passed the exam to become a scholar, he relied on his parents and eldest brother for financial support to continue studying.
Now that his eldest brother Chen Changrong has separated from him, how much ability can Chen Laoshuan and Chen Feng have to help him?
Hey, it's none of her business anyway. She hopes that the Han family will stay as far away from her as possible. The next day, the Jiang family's eldest grandson was getting engaged and had to invite many guests. Chun Niang went to her sister-in-law's house early in the morning to help.
Yingbao took his two younger brothers to wash and eat, and then took them to school.
Xiaojie and Xiaowu sat in the classroom for the first time. They were too cautious to say anything. Seeing Mrs. Wen was like a mouse meeting a cat.
Even though Mrs. Wen was very kind, the two children just sat upright for half an hour without moving.
In the end, Wen Hengyin couldn't stand it anymore and took the two of them to the backyard to see the piglets, and then they became happy.
The piglet Helix has grown to a weight of fifty or sixty kilograms. He is not afraid of people when he sees him. He hums and runs over to beg for food.
Wen Hengyin gave it a dried date, and the spiral rolled it happily into his mouth, chewing it until his mouth watered.
"When it grows older, I can ride it." Wen Hengyin showed off to the two little kids, "It can run faster than your deer."
Xiao Wu was not happy when he heard it, "My deer can run faster than your pigs."
Xiaojie also nodded: "Well, your pig is so ugly."
Wen Hengyin's face turned dark, but he was the eldest brother and he had to act like a big brother. He couldn't argue with two little brats who didn't understand anything.
“Helix is not ugly, look at how good it is.” Wen Hengyin touched Helix’s big head and suddenly remembered the little knot on Yingbao’s head.
Hmm, why not give Helix two little knots, they look cute, so the two little kids won’t say Helix is ugly.
As soon as he said it, Wen Hengyin ran to his sister's room to search and found two ribbons that were exactly the same as those on Yingbao's head.
I guess this is what my sister used to tie her hair, but she doesn’t tie her hair very much now, so the ribbon is just put in the makeup box and is of no use.
Wen Hengyin ran back and pricked the bristles on the pig's head seriously.
Not to mention, just looking at it, it is really similar to the tug on Ying Bao's head.
“Xiaojie and Xiaowu, come and see if the spiral looks good?” Wen Hengyin pulled the two little kids over and pointed at Piggy and said proudly.
Xiaojie and Xiaowu were shocked and looked at Wen Hengyin with disbelief. "Little brother, you are going to be in trouble."
"What?" Wen Hengyin blinked, a little confused: "Why should I be unlucky?"
Xiaojie said with a sad face: "You turned your sister into a pig."
Xiao Wu clenched his fists and said angrily: "Change my sister back quickly!"
Wen Hengyin was stunned for a moment and carefully observed the pig in front of him, feeling panicked for a moment.
But then I thought about it, this is my own spiral, how could it be that little brat Ying Bao.
Well, I was almost led astray by these two idiots.
“Look clearly, idiot! This is my spiral, not your sister’s.” Wen Hengyin pointed at the spiral on Piggy’s forehead seriously and said: “Your sister doesn’t have a spiral on her forehead.”
Xiao Wu pursed his lips and suddenly cried loudly: "Bad brother! Your sister doesn't have a spiral!"
Thank you 2023042910446731 for the tip. The baby is Xu Jiji, haha