Poor family mother and son

Chapter 213
From the Qianqiu Palace Banquet on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month until the [-]th of the first lunar month, no matter whether Chu Qing was in Kyoto or returned to Jizhou, the guests who visited her never stopped.

Among them are the rich businessmen who want to get a share of Chu Qing's textile business; the prefects who finally figured out where the experimental fields should be divided clearly; and the county magistrates who really want to get rid of poverty.

Because Chu Qing is an official and a female official, these people can't achieve their goals only by "lady diplomacy". After all, it is not so equal for a woman in the back house to discuss experimental fields or business with this official Chu Qing.

And when they came by themselves, there was a saying of "men and women are great defenses", so it was the couple who came to "visit" together.

This kind of "harassment" made Xiaobao miserable.

From a family point of view, no matter how much Chu Qing is an official, she is only a woman, and the "head of the family" must be a man, so Xiaobao must be present for this kind of reception work, otherwise it will be impolite.

It's the Chinese New Year holiday, being trapped at home by these people every day, unable to go anywhere, one can imagine how big Xiaobao's psychological shadow is.

Only one person who came to visit was different, he did not bring his wife, but his son——Youzhi County of Huaian County, brought his son You Zhenghang to the door.

Youzhi County felt that it was more appropriate to bring his son, because You Zhenghang and Xiaobao were classmates, and it was easier to talk with such a relationship, and his wife was shy, and she didn't leave the house without going out.

Huaian County is a poor county.It is said to be poor because the place has less land and more people.

This is a problem left over from history.

When the first emperor succeeded to the throne, the fiefs of the two marquises were located on the east and west sides of Huai'an County. The two marquises gradually expanded the number of acres of their fields by squeezing the cultivated land.

By the time they were convicted of rebellion and their property was confiscated, they had already eroded Huaian County, which was almost rectangular, into a dumbbell shape.

However, Huai'an County, which was caught in the middle, served successively as magistrates, either flattering the two princes, or daring to be angry, so this county has maintained the shape of a dumbbell until today.

A few years ago, Youzhi County was sent to Huai'an County, where they took great care and effort, teaching the people how to harvest crops and persuading them to grow mulberry.

There are no other reasons, less land, more people, and a single industrial structure.

In order to keep the people from starving to death, this county is already the county with the least wasteland in Jizhou.But growing food alone cannot fill the mouths of so many people.

Youzhi County has visited Xu Guangze, the magistrate of Xingtang County, several times to learn from him, because Xingtang County has developed rapidly, but these experiences cannot be used in Huaian County.

The situation in Huai'an County cannot retain rich people, nor can it recruit wealthy businessmen.Investment attraction is almost hopeless.

However, as a border town, Jizhou has always been very depressed, which does not make Huai'an County appear abrupt.

However, in the past two years, the surrounding counties and towns have become richer. In contrast, Huaian County has become a relatively "poor county".

This time when Youzhi County visited, apart from wanting to go through the back door, to see if Chu Qing could allocate some cotton experimental fields for their county, and also hoped that Chu Qing could invest in them.

Other rich people looked down on them, and he, a small magistrate, didn't have much confidence in front of the rich.

But Xu Guangze mentioned Chu Qing many times, saying that he is a "thief with a sense of loyalty" and easy to talk to.So here he is.

You Zhenghang thought to himself, if his father knew that he had already understood Chu's sin, would he still come to Chu's house so confidently.

You Zhixian offered the salute, Chu Qing expressed his gratitude, the two chatted happily, but You Zhenghang and Xiaobao stared at luck.

As the head of the family, Xiaobao had no choice but to stay here, and You Zhenghang didn't want to come at all.

But now that he's here, he has to give it to his father to give it over there, but he just doesn't want to give it!
Last night, his father asked him to prepare some door-to-door gifts for Xiaobao, but You Zhenghang was reluctant.

He felt ashamed to fight with Xiaobao and didn't tell his family. Anyway, his father was busy all day, so he wouldn't know if he didn't tell him.

The mother was meticulous, and saw that something was wrong with the child, so she tried to ask, but couldn't find anything.

You Zhenghang opened and closed the boxes one by one on the antique shelves, opened them again, and closed them again.

These are all gifts from the elders during the festivals. For noble families, most of the gifts are made of jade.

Jade belt hooks, jade fingers, jade bone fans... These are accessories; there are also the four treasures of the study, all made by famous masters; there are also some lonely books, these are gifts from my grandfather...

No one is willing to give it to that villain!That villain who is against him everywhere!
My mother could see his reluctance, and also, in a noble family, it seems that there is only elegance but no smell of copper, but looking at the things on this antique shelf, which one is not elegant based on the smell of copper?
"Gifts are important. Doesn't it mean that your classmate should have missed a lot of homework when he went out to study for more than half a year? Why don't you give him your homework notes?" Mother suggested.

That kid has already earned a reputation as a scholar, and if I let him learn it again, is it because I want him to completely crush me?You Zhenghang thought angrily, with a look of reluctance on his face.

"Hang'er, do you know the libretto that has been circulated in the capital? 'Plum snow fights for spring but refuses to fall, but snow loses plum blossoms for a while'. No matter how beautiful the snowflakes are, they also lose to plum blossoms. Your classmate hasn't had class for a long time. If you have Jinxiu, you will be delayed, and you will not be able to keep up with your studies, since you are a classmate, you should be a classmate." Mother advised.

This libretto clearly means that women do not lose to Erlang!
But You Zhenghang didn't want to disobey his mother's wishes, and he didn't want his jealousy to be discovered, so he could only pretend to be happy and thank his mother for her good idea.

You Zhenghang tightened his grip on the cloth bag, and finally opened his pursed lips: "It's for you, I haven't come to the school for a long time, have all the knowledge been thrown in the wasteland? Hurry up and copy it, and return it to me immediately!"

Xiao Bao rolled his eyes wide and opened his mouth to spray him, but he ran through the other party's words in his mind: "Quickly copy", what does it mean?
He took the cloth bag and opened it, there were several booklets inside, and when he opened it, it turned out to be You Zhenghang's after-school notes for the past six months!this kid!
Xiaobao rolled it so that only the white of the eyeball was left, and then turned the black part back slowly: "Wait!" After saying that, he ran away.

You Zhenghang looked at his back, didn't bother to marvel at his speed, and cursed in his heart: "You really are uneducated!"

Kung fu Xiaobao came back again after three or two breaths, with a few booklets in his hand: "Take it! Read it slowly, and return it to me after you finish it. Don't worry!"

Just as You Zhenghang was about to say "no need", Xiaobao's brochures had already been stuffed into his hands, and he looked down: "On the Road·He Suote", "On the Road·Tu Huerte", "On the Road·New Lunzhou", "New Lunzhou on the Bite of the Tongue"...

This novel name suddenly aroused You Zhenghang's curiosity, so he just stood there and looked through it.

(End of this chapter)