How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

Chapter 20 A respectable and wealthy aunt

A lame person takes advantage of other people's soft-spokenness and short-handedness.

Thinking that with three cents he could buy a tael of grain and wine, he called his grandson and hurried to the fourth wife's place, telling the girl beside her, Hongxiu, that the fourth wife's nephew had come.

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Chen Yixuan stood at the door and waited for a long time. After that, he saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old walking over followed by a boy who was only seven or eight years old.

The girl looked at Chen Yixuan from top to bottom and from bottom to top. After sizing him up, she said with a smile.

"Our wife said she wants to meet you. But the ugly thing is ahead. If you can't provide evidence to prove that you are our wife's nephew, our house will kick you out!"

After hearing this, Chen Yixuan sighed and said nothing.

Following the girl's twists and turns, they crossed a rockery, a small bridge and flowing water, and soon passed through a corridor, and then stopped at the main house of a courtyard.

The girl stood at the door of the main room. After whispering a few words to a girl holding the curtain inside the door, she stood outside the door.

The man who opened the curtain went into the inner room and said something to a lady inside. Then she came out and asked Chen Yixuan to come in.

When Chen Yixuan first stepped into such a wealthy place, where could he dare to look around?
He is only worried that others will look down upon him.

If you see him looking around with curiosity, call him a deer-headed rat-eyed person... then all his dignity will be gone.

Chen Yixuan carefully crossed the threshold. After entering the flower hall, he saw a wealthy lady with a head full of gold hairpins sitting vaguely above a thick bead curtain.

This rich lady has a very young face, she seems to be in her 20s.

Chen Yixuan quickly calculated in his mind that his aunt was his mother's biological sister.

If his mother were still alive, she would only be 37-[-] years old this year.

He couldn't help but feel envious when he thought that his aunt might be in her 30s and had always been rich and privileged.

"My nephew wishes my aunt! Good luck to my aunt!"

As Chen Yixuan spoke, he kowtowed to the wealthy lady sitting above and said hello.

There were more than a dozen girls in the room, and they all laughed when they saw that he was so honest and even kowtowed.

Some even thought to themselves that although this man looked older and looked like a farmer, he was still polite and polite in dealing with others, and he didn't look so carefree.

The fourth wife thought the same way at this time.

My impression of him is pretty good.

She asked him to get up, and then asked a girl to bring him a round stool to sit on.

There was also a girl who poured him a cup of tea.A plate of dim sum was served.

After Chen Yixuan hurriedly thanked the wealthy lady above, he immediately said: "Aunt, in fact, my mother unfortunately passed away from illness last year. Before she died, she gave me a gold ring, saying that she had been thinking of you all these years. I I wanted to find you some time ago, but unfortunately, I also fell ill. It was my wife who took good care of me that I dared to come over..."

The fourth wife nodded. "It's hard for your mother to remember me..."

After hearing this, Chen Yixuan always felt that there was something in his words.However, he pretended not to know and just smiled and said: "My mother once said that you, aunt, are the smartest and wisest in her family. She also said that other brothers and sisters in the family are simply not as good as you..."

"..." Everyone heard Chen Yixuan saying that the fourth wife was good in this and that. They were silent at first, but at the end, one girl couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

"Madam, this young cousin must have read a lot of books before, right? These nice words are actually the same..."

The fourth wife looked at the girl with a good temper, and then said to Chen Yixuan. "Where is the ring your mother left for you? Show it to me."

Chen Yixuan did not dare to look up at her, so he only took out the gold ring hidden on his chest.After a girl took the gold ring, she walked behind the thick curtain and held it with her own hands to show it to the fourth wife.

The fourth wife lowered her head and looked at it carefully, then waved her hand and asked her to return it.

"This ring is indeed a relic given to us sisters by my mother before she died."

Thinking of her sister, whom she had not seen for decades, hearing the news of her death with her own ears today after the first separation, she suddenly felt a little bit "things are impermanent" in her heart.

The sisters were abducted and sold here from Jiangnan by their cousin.

At first, the old man took a fancy to her and wanted her to be his daughter-in-law. She was young at the time and did not agree, so she asked her sister to quietly replace her.

And when the old madam was not careful, she turned around and found the eldest son of Zhang County Cheng and married him as her concubine.

Now he has raised a son and a daughter.

The eldest daughter is already married.The person she married was Wang Shoubei's grandson.The two have a nice little meal together and have no worries about food and clothing.

My son is 13 years old this year.If he is one year older, he can find a wife for him.

Thinking of those past events, looking at Chen Yixuan's resolute face, dressing like a poor person, and the fourth wife whose heart was obviously harder than a stone, she suddenly spoke and asked: "Good nephew, how old are you this year? Are you married? Wife? Do you have children?"

Chen Yixuan knelt on the ground and replied honestly: "To my wife, I will be twenty-two this year."

"I have a wife who is three and a half years older than me. She has five sons and one daughter. My eldest son will be 11 years old this year..."

When the fourth wife heard that he got married so early, she was shocked and didn't know whether to smile or not.

Seeing that the fourth wife remained silent, Chen Yixuan continued: "My family still has two acres of thin farmland. Usually it is the land owned by big landlords..."

The fourth wife is now the housekeeper.With the help of a golden abacus, she could clearly calculate Mr. Zhang's daily favors and various family incomes and expenses.

As soon as she heard Chen Yixuan talk about the output in the fields, she grasped the key.

"How many acres of land did you rent to the big landlords in the past years?"

Chen Yixuan replied: "Probably more than 20 acres! However, I am not in good health this year, so my children take care of the two acres of farmland at home. After my health improved, I quickly took care of my sons. , went to the landowner Zhang’s house, found his steward, and rented twenty acres of land..."

When Chen Yixuan talked about farming, the fourth wife nodded repeatedly.

She could see that if the nephew in front of her hadn't been desperate, he wouldn't have come to him.

"Good nephew, it's not too early now. If you have a chance next time, come see me again!"

After speaking, she whispered to the two girls beside her, and then went into the inner room to rest.

Chen Yixuan saw that his aunt's temper was a bit strange. After muttering in his heart, he bowed deeply to her back and slowly withdrew.

Before leaving, the two girls stuffed some old clothes into Chen Yixuan's backpack, then went to the big kitchen and stuffed him with more than ten kilograms of pork.

"Master Cousin, our wife said that you and her are relatives whose bones are broken and their tendons are connected. She is in an awkward situation now and doesn't have much ability, but it is still simple to give you something."

"You can take these meats, snacks, etc. back to your family to taste. And these old clothes, don't dislike them. If you sell them, they can fetch a hundred and eighty yuan!"

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When Chen Yixuan went to Mr. Zhang's back door, the bottom of the basket was empty but the top was full.When we came out, the entire backpack was filled to the brim.

(End of this chapter)