Chapter 23 Pei
After Nanny Deng came back from Zhuangzi, she handed over this matter to Nanny Deng.
"I will accompany my grandmother to send my grandfather's coffin to Yi'an in the south of the Yangtze River in a few days. I plan to take the wet nurse and Nuan Yu Nuanxiang with me. You and Nuan Xia will stay to look after the yard and help me take care of the house over there. Rent it out and entrust Manager Deng to manage it for me temporarily.”
Grandma Deng hurriedly said yes, and then mentioned Zhuangzi.
"A total of 800 acres, 300 acres of paddy fields, 200 acres of dry land, 200 acres of fruit trees, and the remaining 100 acres are hills, where many animals and poultry are raised, and are managed by an old farmer named Tian. ”
"Oh, by the way, there is a hot spring lake on the top of the mountain." Nanny Deng remembered something again.
"According to the head of Tianzhuang, there are seven villages connected in that area. Each village has a hot spring, and the county owner's village is at the innermost one, close to Xiangshan Mountain."
The Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing are full of gold, and even if you have money, you can't buy them. Moreover, the prices of Zhuangzi with hot springs and those without hot springs are even different. The prices of Zhuangzi with hot springs are 40% more expensive than ordinary Zhuangzi.
The emperor rewarded a small county owner with a village with hot springs, which can be regarded as increasing the county owner's worth.
Nanny Deng looked even more respectful to Xia Zihan, and she heard Xia Zihan ask her, "Which family is next to our Zhuangzi?"
"It is the dowry of the deceased old Duke An Guo, and it is now in the hands of the eldest son of Duke An Guo." Nanny Deng said.
Every summer, Prince Chu would take his wife and children to Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat. In the spring and autumn, he would also go hunting, because the two villages were close to each other, and the head of the farm also had contacts with the head of his family's farm, and he had met Prince Chu several times.
After she and her nephew went there, the head of the farm also mentioned it once or twice.
Duke Anguo's Mansion?
How could it be his home?
Xia Zihan frowned slightly.
She didn't know Crown Prince Chu, but she had met Chu Crown Prince's son Chu Jingqi in her previous life.
Not only have we met, but we also have a grudge. Thinking of that feud, Xia Zihan gritted his teeth, feeling ashamed and angry.
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The emperor bestows titles and the queen rewards. It stands to reason that this is a big happy event. To celebrate it with a banquet is to show respect to the emperor and queen.
But the Chu family is still in the mourning period, so it is not suitable for wedding banquets.
Mrs. Zeng ordered us to go down and prepare more dishes for the whole family to celebrate Xia Zihan in the evening.
In the evening, Xia Zihan also came out to have dinner with everyone. Pei, the eldest son of the Song family, who had always been cold and indifferent to Xia Zihan, suddenly became intimate with Xia Zihan. During the meal, she actually pulled her to sit next to her and even kissed her personally. Give her a dish: "Today's sweet and sour pork ribs are fat but not greasy. Try it."
"Thank you, cousin." Xia Zihan smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
Mrs. Pei, the second daughter of Duke Pei's family, was very arrogant and arrogant.
Because she was angry, Mrs. Zeng crossed her and decided to marry Song Huai. She was the eldest daughter of a small family who had lost her mother. She didn't dare to vent her anger on her mother-in-law, so she vented her anger on her. Pleasant to the eyes.
Mrs. Pei felt that she was not worthy of Song Huai, so Song Huai married her just like a flower stuck in cow dung.
And she is that piece of cow dung that will pollute Song Huai's life.
Therefore, every time she saw her, she was lukewarm and always stared at her with a critical look.
Picking your own eggs.
In her previous life, after she got married to sister Xia Ziying, the Song family didn't show any sympathy to her, and even teamed up with her stepmother and stepsisters to swallow up her entire dowry.
(End of chapter)