Chapter 171 Quarrel
"You like to eat vegetables. I have sent the raw land back to the greenhouse to pick some fresh vegetables and bring them over. You will have some to eat in the evening. I will ask the cook to cook vegetable porridge for you to drink at night, okay?"
Chu Jingqi spoke to her gently while picking up vegetables for her. Xia Zihan nodded lightly, "Add some venison. I want to eat venison and vegetable porridge."
"Okay, but I don't have venison in the village. I'll get some from here later."
His farm is not close to the village, and there are no hills, so there is no game. However, there is a lot of game on the Xiangshan Mountain next to it. His father will bring him and his mother here every spring to hunt.
"Well, wait a moment and I'll give the order to Gianzhuang." Xia Zihan said,
Chu Jingqi smiled happily. She didn't eat much, but she kept picking up vegetables for Xia Zihan. "These game foods are rarely eaten at home. You try each one first. What do you like to eat? Then tell the villager Keep your head well and send people to Chu’s house often.”
Then he said, "We are going to play here for five days. Shengchi will go back to pick up vegetables every day. Starting in the evening, can you go to my village to eat and live?"
He finally looked forward to taking her out to play once. If she didn't go to his farm, then why would he have fun?
He couldn't just ignore the Dou sisters and live here.
"Ayu." Seeing that she remained silent, Chu Jingqi urged her again.
Xia Zihan put down his chopsticks and glared at him angrily, "I'm eating, and I don't speak when I'm sleeping or eating. Do you understand?"
I know, but I didn’t see you observing this rule when you were at home.
Chu Jingqi wanted to reply, but he knew that if he really said it, she would be very angry.
He wisely stopped talking.
After dinner, Chu Jingqi pestered Xia Zihan and went to his village. She also deliberately avoided the Dou sisters, ditched Nuanyu Mabao and the others, and took her to play in the fields.
The fields were empty, with only sections of rice roots left behind when the rice was harvested, standing in the fields, looking a little barren.
The Chu family's Zhuangzi is different from Xia Zihan's Zhuangzi. Xia Zihan's Zhuangzi has land, fields, fruit trees, and hills, but the Chu family's Zhuangzi only has fields and can only grow rice.
At a glance, the endless paddy fields are much larger than Xia Zihan's Zhuangzi.
Chu Jingqi told Xia Zihan that this village has a total area of 2,200 acres and is the largest of the seven hot spring farms.
Xia Zihan was stunned and thought of the Dou family.
The great-uncle of the Dou family has already become an official at home, and the title has been passed on to the eldest son. However, the official positions of the three brothers of the Dou family are not big, they are all around the fourth or fifth rank, and none of them are close ministers of the prince.
There are not even a thousand to eight hundred ministers like this in the capital, and the Dou family brothers are not very prominent among the numerous ministers. It can be said that the Dou family has been getting worse year by year in the past few decades, and has almost become a ruined family. .
Otherwise, when Chu Jingqi was framed in his previous life, no one from the Dou family could save him.
However, the Dou family, who were relatively unknown in the capital, were able to provide the most valuable hot spring resort in the suburbs of Beijing as a dowry for Mrs. Lao An.
Seemingly reading her thoughts, Chu Jingqi smiled and said, "The Dou family has declined in recent decades. It was once prosperous fifty years ago. My grandmother's mother was the royal Princess Yujie, and she was deeply loved. Due to the love of Emperor Xiaojin, Princess Yujie sneaked out of the palace when she was fifteen years old and accidentally met the second master of the Dou family. The two fell in love at first sight, and this village became Princess Yujie's dowry. "
Emperor Xiaojin is the grandfather of the current emperor, and Princess Yujie is the aunt of the current emperor.
Oh, it turns out that Chu Jingqi’s biological grandmother is the granddaughter of Emperor Xiaojin and the daughter of Princess Yujie. No wonder Anguo Palace is so trusted by the emperor.
Then Old An Guogong can be regarded as the granddaughter and son-in-law of Emperor Xiaojin, and Chu Xuanyu's grandmother is Princess Yujie?
Then, Chu Xuanyu and Chu Jingqi's father and son also have royal blood in their bodies. Although it has been passed down for several generations and is a bit thin, they can still be regarded as royal relatives.
"Unfortunately, Princess Yujie, like my grandmother, passed away due to dystocia when giving birth to her grandmother. Emperor Xiaojin lost his beloved daughter, so he took out his grievances on the Dou family. At that time, Princess Yujie's seventh birthday had just passed, and Xiaojin Emperor Jin transferred the eldest and second masters of the Dou family to fight outside the customs, and they never came back."
"A few years later, news came that they had died in battle."
"At that time, the Dou family lost two of its pillars at once. The old lady of the Dou family lost two sons at once. She was so grief-stricken that she couldn't afford to fall ill and passed away soon after. Mrs. Dou was so shocked that she went crazy. , at that time, only Mrs. Dou, her ten-year-old uncle, and her five-year-old grandmother were left in the entire Dou family. The momentum of the Dou family plummeted. "
"After Mrs. Dou recovered from the grief of losing her husband, she carefully taught her uncle and grandmother to serve her crazy mother-in-law. But not long after, Mrs. Dou unexpectedly fell into the water and drowned. Mrs. Dou suffered another great blow. A blow can make you sick. ”
"The death of Mrs. Dou was a heavy blow to the Dou family. My great-uncle, who was only twelve years old, took charge of the entire Dou family, taking care of and educating my seven-year-old grandmother. The two brothers and sisters depended on each other."
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"When my grandmother married my grandfather, my great-uncle gave all of Princess Yujie's dowry to my grandmother."
"It's a pity that my grandmother was unlucky. Like Princess Yujie, she didn't survive the ordeal when she gave birth to my father."
It turns out that there are so many sad stories in this village.
It was too unfair that the Dou family was ruined and ruined just because they married a princess.
"The Dou family has gradually improved in the past ten years. Before the marriage of the Dou family and the Chu family, it was even worse. It was worse than a broken settlement." If it is a broken settlement, others will at least not step on it. The Dou family once had a prosperous life. It made many people jealous, especially Master Dou Er who married Princess Yujie, whom Emperor Xiaojin loved most, and received a large dowry that made people jealous, which made all the young men in the capital envious.
After the Dou family suffered a disastrous decline, there were few people who offered help in times of trouble, and many who added insult to injury.
One can imagine how the Dou family's uncle and grandfather supported the Dou family step by step.
"My uncle and my grandmother have a very good relationship. After learning that my father was mistreated by my stepmother, my uncle went to Anguo Gong's Mansion in person to take my father to the Dou family to raise him."
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"If my great-uncle hadn't forced my grandfather to give it all to my father in advance, and asked my grandfather to send a confidant to take care of it personally, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a penny left by now."
With such a top-notch lady as Mrs. Chu, it would be strange if there were only a few left.
No wonder, when the banquet was held that day, Mrs. Zhuo was so enthusiastic and intimate with the Dou family, as if the Dou family were her natal family.
The Dou family was so kind to Chu Xuanyu, and both Zhuo and Chu Xuanyu cherished this kindness.
Therefore, girls from the Dou family can come and play in the hot spring resort at will, but Chu Jingxiu and even Chu Haoyu have never been there.
I see.
Xia Zihan understood.
"Did you see that there is a two-acre hot spring lake in the middle of the field? Look at the misty mist above the lake. Isn't it beautiful?"
Chu Jingqi suddenly stopped walking and pointed to the foggy place ahead, feeling very excited.
"Come on, let's get closer. It's not cold there." He turned around and tried to grab Xia Zihan's hand, but failed. He felt slightly sad, but his face remained calm and he ordered, "Follow you." , be careful of slippery roads.”
A two-meter-wide stone road was built on the field ridge leading directly to the hot spring lake. The stone slabs on the road were swept clean by the farmers. However, it was cold today and it rained a little yesterday. There was a thin layer of frost on the ground. The embroidered shoes It's a bit slippery to walk on.
"It's better that I hold your hand and walk." Seeing Xia Zihan walking slowly, Chu Jingqi grabbed her hand without letting her refuse, "Don't worry, everyone in this village is my father's confidant."
Even if they saw it, no one would dare to gossip.
Xia Zihan glared at him, "That's not okay, you will be ten years old after the Chinese New Year." How could he hold the girl's hand casually, and besides, she was an engaged girl.
Xia Zihan withdrew her hand forcefully, glared at Chu Jingqi who looked aggrieved but felt pity in her heart, and then headed to the hot spring lake.
After Chu Jingqi complained for a moment, she hurriedly caught up with her and asked her unwillingly, "What's so good about Song Huai? Ayu, do you really want to marry him when you are the queen?"
"Whether I marry him or not is my business. You are not allowed to interfere." Xia Zihan warned him.
"I'm just asking." He touched his nose and followed her pitifully.
Xia Zihan snorted and glared at him, "Don't even ask."
Then he added, "Even if I can't marry him, I won't marry you. You are my brother, two years younger than me. If you continue to think about random things, don't come to me again in the future."
These words were like a sharp knife thrust into Chu Jingqi's chest. The pain was so painful that he almost couldn't breathe.
He jumped anxiously and said, "Why, we are not biological siblings, not even cousins."
"There is no reason."
She is a person who is over thirty years old in her two lifetimes. Even a fool can see Chu Jingqi's feelings for her.
She always thought that since her aunt and uncle were so kind to her, she couldn't treat him coldly.
Besides, she had gone through so much with him, and there was some kind of brother-sister relationship between the two of them. If she ignored him as before, it would look like she was too petty.
Therefore, she treats him as a younger brother and doesn't want to see him continue to be stupid.
It might be good for him to give him a little warning, and hope that his enthusiasm will change one day.
Xia Zihan prayed silently in his heart.
Chu Jingqi's face was filled with grievances, which was called a deep resentment.
Why, why? Is it because he is younger than her?
Isn't there a saying that if a female junior is holding a gold brick, she can be three years older than others, but when Wei Mao comes to him, she won't be able to do it if she is only two years older?
(End of chapter)