The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 78 Gifts
"Son, I wrote your second brother's name in the fourth-level courtyard, and gave it to you in the third-level courtyard. Do you blame me? I didn't discuss it with you in advance. Your brother is still young and it's not time yet. I will make money later. You can buy more.”

"What does this have to do with it? My uncle has paid a lot for our family, my father and my younger uncle. We can't do anything good without the eldest and second brothers. If we can contribute, we should. We are a family, and my second brother is the most important. Smart, if he protects me from now on, he has to cook for me."

The group of brothers raised their chins and smiled proudly.

"The food cooked by your second brother is also terrible. Wait until your second brother comes to Beijing to hire a cook. If you can't hire two people, you can win. Spend your time studying. Don't worry about cleaning up the yard. Wait until your second brother has time to do it." We’ll spread the good news later, don’t rush it now, my mother has no money.”

Xiu Niang laughed, and the money was spent.

There were more than 2000 silver notes in total, less than 3000 taels, including gold and silver notes, but they were all spent this time.

"Not at all."

"I still have 100 taels left. I have to buy some specialties to take back to the village when I go back. The clan has given us money and we can't even have gifts. Let's eat your uncle's."

Xiu Niang smiled awkwardly.

"Mom, it's my son's fault for making you spend so much."

"You fool, it's not a loss. You can rent out this yard to make pocket money first, so as to prevent the yard from being completely abandoned. Let your uncle, the housekeeper, take care of this work later."

"I'll go and thank the housekeeper."

"That's right. Zhuangzi will leave it to your eldest uncle first. It's not easy for your eldest uncle to recruit us siblings over the years. We have suffered a lot. Your property is not in a hurry. Mother will give it to you and Chun after she makes money. It’s too late for me to buy it.”

"Mom, you should give it to my uncle. Don't work too hard. Don't rush these things. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Brother Qun helped Xiu Niang walk back.

Xiuniang asked the housekeeper to send someone to organize the eight hundred acres of farmland, and the housekeeper readily agreed. He didn't know that the farmhouse was for Zhou Yi, but Xiuniang was her sister, so it was her duty to help, so he didn't hesitate.

When I got home, I finally settled on something I wanted to worry about. I bought everything I needed to buy. It was a big deal this time and I spent a lot of money, but I still had everything I needed to buy.

"Brother, the shop has been bought by Zhuangzi, but I still need to trouble you to organize it. The house is not in a hurry, or we can rent it out first."

"It can only be rented for a short period of time, not for a long period of time. Otherwise, I might not be able to recycle it in time. Brother Rui, the group brother, is also old. We have only been dating for a few years. I will take care of this for you and leave it alone."

"Row."

After living there for more than a month, Zhou Yun's engagement ceremony was also completed. Xiu Niang met Li Heng's fiancee Zhang Lian, and Zhou Yun's daughter-in-law Xiao Yun, a neat and capable girl who behaved like a noble daughter of aristocratic families.

Both of these two families have chosen very good couples. The girls have been raised according to the standards of aristocratic women. They will definitely be able to help their husbands stabilize the inner house and socialize in the future.

After the things were done, they were going back, and they didn't need to worry about the rest. Li Heng would visit the Zhang family every few days. The Zhang family was also very good to him, giving him lots of advice and taking him with him as a nephew. I've already greeted guests in the hall. Please take care of me. This is my Zhang family's son-in-law.

Zhou Yun is the person that the old man of the Xiao family likes, not to mention that the old man stays by his side personally to teach torture, and also teaches him how to ride a horse and hunt. Zhou Yun can ride a horse but is not good at riding or hunting. The old man and his father-in-law are uncles and brothers. There is no need for Zhou Yi and Xiu Niang to bother teaching him personally.

The Zhou family put them on the boat. Before leaving, Xiu Niang said, "Sister-in-law, I left some small gifts for you in the house. You go back and take a look."

"You are acting strange again. What did you do to me?"

Mrs. Zhou smiled and joked, thinking that Xiu Niang made clothes and shoes because she felt sorry for her.

"You'll know when you go back and see."

"Sister-in-law, my parents have to worry about you and take care of me. My sister is here to thank my sister-in-law for your hard work." "Don't worry, go back. I will take good care of your parents. Don't worry, take care of yourself. I'll be there when I win the election." Ask someone to send it to you, and your brother will teach it himself, and you can’t go wrong.”

Mrs. Zhou warned her sister-in-law with tears in her eyes.

The group of people boarded the boat and left. Mrs. Zhou returned home, and the little girl brought the box over.

"Madam, my aunt asked me to bring it to you. She said she must wait until they leave before giving it to you."

"what?"

Mrs. Zhou glanced at her husband in confusion, opened it and saw a land deed to an eight hundred acres farm and a letter.

The letter said, "Brother and sister-in-law, we, my sister and I, have made you both work hard these years. We have traveled from our hometown to the capital. The eldest brother is the No. 1 in Zhoujia Village and has put in all his efforts. My sister can't help and can only talk about my appearance." Sincerely, this Zhuangzi is reserved for my eldest nephew. I am a filial piety to my parents. I beg you not to refuse my kindness, otherwise I will not be able to send Brother Qun and Brother Chun.

Mrs. Zhou watched as her tears rolled down uncontrollably, "How could this child do this? She took care of everyone, but she only wronged herself..."

Zhou Yi let out a long sigh.

Mr. Zhou was silent for a long time before he said, "Keep it. Brother Chun will need your two uncles' help in many places in the future. After her husband died, there was no one in the family to support her. With my uncle's support, the Li family did not dare to bully her." she is not."

"That's it. When Brother Qun comes to the capital for the imperial examination, Xiu Niang won't be able to help. You brothers will have to teach and help you. Accept it. Your sister's wishes are for fear that you won't be able to help with the money. This Zhuangzi's income is stable. , she is thinking about both brothers."

Aunt Zhou also let out a long sigh, feeling sorry for her daughter.

"Mom, don't worry. If Brother Qun is selected for the exam, I'll have someone bring him over and I'll teach him personally."

"Ah."

"Mom, then I'll accept it. When the brother gets older, let's buy some property for him. This time, we've spent all the hard-earned money my sister earned."

"It's okay. She didn't suffer any injustice in the Li family. She even went to teach in a clan school. She still has some ability to make money. I'm just afraid that she will be offended. I'm not afraid of anything else."

Aunt Zhou knows her daughter well and is not short of money. She can make money on her own, but she is worried that her daughter will be punished for being a widow in her husband's family. That would be very distressing.

"That won't happen. I'm not down yet."

Zhou Yi chuckled lightly.

"Ms. sir, we have taken over the village. We will go back and tidy up Brother Qun's yard. The yard is a bit dilapidated. We need to spend some money to repair it."

"In the middle, let the housekeeper find a good person to take care of it later, tidy up the shop, and see if he can rent it out or do it himself, so as to benefit the group of brothers."

"We have people of our own, so let's help. Brother Yun doesn't have any people either. Over the past few years, I've been slowly observing and preparing some good slaves, and I have to teach them the rules."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Madam."

"My sister loves me so much. I feel sorry for my two children. I'm happy to do it."

Mrs. Zhou reciprocates the favor and plans to take over the shop and find someone to work for her, so that she can make more money. She has the dowry manpower and a ready-made steward and accounting office. She will buy some slaves and bring them back to train some domestic slaves for Brother Qun and Brother Yun, who will use them in the future. You can't just buy firewood and carry it back yourself.

Xiu Niang knows how to be a good person, and gave the shop and village to the two brothers, which also relieved the huge financial pressure on the sister-in-law. In the future, the brothers will go to Beijing to join the two uncles, and they will be well taken care of. This is how two good things become one good thing. .

(End of this chapter)