Chapter 348 Full Moon
I thought that if Li Ke and the fruit farmers did not live together, there would be less friction between them.
But Li Ke was a willful and coquettish eldest lady, with a selfish temperament and a cruel heart. Especially when she looked at the group of people who were as humble as ants in her eyes, her expression became even more mean and cruel.
Therefore, there was a lot of friction between Li Ke and the fruit farmers.
Last summer, Li Ke just got over an illness and after recovering well, he went for a walk in the orchard.
When I walked to a ditch that held water in the middle of the orchard, I saw the daughter and son of the Caiwang family squatting beside the ditch to fish. Next to them was a small bucket filled with three or four small fish three fingers wide.
Li Ke was in a bad mood. Without saying a word, he walked over and kicked the small bucket into the trench.
When the daughter of Caiwang's family saw this, she burst into tears and called her a bad person while crying.
Li Ke cursed arrogantly, and then stretched out his hand to push the girl into the ditch.
When the son of Caiwang's family came to his senses and tried to save his sister, she had already fallen into the ditch.
He was also smart. While shouting for help, he reached into the trench with a fishing rod and let his sister catch it.
But his sister struggled several times in the water, but could not catch the fishing rod. In the end, her head was submerged in the water.
When the fruit farmers heard the noise and came over, my sister sank into the water and never got up again.
Li Ke was not at all afraid after killing a child. Instead, he looked down on the common people like a god, looked down at a group of fruit farmers, turned around and left.
Caiwang's family knelt beside the trench, crying profusely, and eventually went to Li's house to demand an explanation.
It was Mrs. Li who got the news and gave one hundred taels of silver to the Caiwang family, so the Caiwang family didn't mention it.
However, the fruit farmer fell in love with Li Ke, and when he saw her, he would stay away from her just like he saw King Yama.
This time, after Li Ke was beaten by Master Li, he was already dying and breathless when he was sent to Zhuangzi.
At this time, if she quickly hired a good doctor and treated her in time, she might still be able to survive.
But the fruit farmers hated her. After seeing the servants of the Li family sending people here, they all left. The fruit farmers didn't even look at Li Ke.
The next day, Old Man Li was afraid that Li Ke would starve to death and they could not explain to their boss, so they secretly went to the yard where Li Ke lived to take a look.
Who knows, I will see Li Ke’s body.
On the night he was sent to the hospital, Li Ke breathed his last because he was not treated in time.
The fruit farmers were afraid, so they quickly sent people to tell the Li family. Only then did they learn that Li Ke had harmed the Li family and lost the marquis, and even made the old man angry to death.
Li Ke died. Except for Mrs. Li who secretly sent an old woman to bury Li Ke, no one from the Li family came.
Even Li Ke's funeral was arranged secretly by the woman, for fear that Mr. Li would find out and throw Li Ke's body into a mass grave.
Later, the village became haunted in the middle of the night.
The fruit farmers all said that Li Ke must be blaming them for not asking a doctor to save her in time. She was unwilling to die, so her ghost stayed on Zhuangzi, preventing them from living in peace.
The fruit farmers were all scared away, and now only Mr. Li and his wife were left.
After the Li family heard that the village was haunted, they decided to sell it.
The Li family hated Li Ke and thought that Li Ke was unlucky and everything related to her was also unlucky, so they did not want to keep Zhuangzi.
After Xia Zihan understood the ins and outs of the matter, not only did he not give up the idea of buying Zhuangzi, but he also decided that he had to buy it.
"Tell the head of the farm to keep the price low." Xia Zihan ordered Chu Cang, and then said to Chu Fei, "Go tell Chu Lin and let her spread the word about the haunting in Guolin Village."
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Who dares to take over a Zhuangzi that is haunted by evil spirits?
All the fruit farmers were gone. The Li family just wanted to keep the price low and sell it later, but no one was left to take care of the fruit trees.
Sure enough, within a few days, the head of the farm came back with news.
At first, the Li family thought that no one knew about the haunting in Zhuangzi, and they wanted to sell it at the market price and include the money spent on planting fruit trees.
Because the area is good, although the price is higher, there are still many people asking. The manager of the Li family has seen many buyers, and the price is quite a lot.
As a result, within two days, everyone on the street knew about the haunting in Zhuangzi.
People who were originally determined to buy it have given up the idea.
For a while, no one cared about Zhuangzi.
The manager of the Li family was so worried that he was sweating. The price dropped again and again. When it reached the lowest price, no one bought it.
The farmer stepped forward and offered a price that was only one-third of the market price.
The price was too low, and the manager of the Li family did not dare to make the decision, so he went home and reported it to Mr. Li.
In order to keep vigil for his father, Mr. Li was also grieving for the loss of his title. He had not slept well for several days. After hearing what the steward said, he immediately became furious and said, "I have to make decisions on such a trivial matter. I raised you to do this." What? ”
"That Zhuangzi is unlucky. Deal with it quickly. If you can't sell it again, I will sell it to you."
The steward was so frightened that he trembled and ran away.
On the second day, the head of the farm took the property deed of Guolin Village that he had just received and entered Chu's house with a smile.
"County Lord, I got it." The head of the farm said excitedly, "I bought one thousand two hundred acres of fruit trees for only three thousand taels of silver." According to the previous market price, this fruit forest was worth eight thousand taels of silver, plus the two yuan for cultivating the fruit trees. Three thousand taels of silver, worth at least more than 10,000 taels of silver.
As a result, three thousand taels of silver were obtained.
Shit price.
Xia Zihan opened the land deed and saw her name on it. Her eyebrows curled up with a smile, and then she told the head of the farm, "Find ten trustworthy people to go and tend the fruit trees. In addition, repair the old houses in the orchard. Build a few more houses.”
"Also, I have another use for Zhuangzi. The person I am looking for must be loyal and not a drag on the family."
"I understand, County Master." There happened to be fruit trees planted in the hot spring village, and he had farmers who knew how to take care of the fruit trees.
Those people are loyal.
After the head of the farm returned, he selected ten farmers and sent them over.
They first set off a big firecracker to scare away the wild ghosts, then repaired the house and built additional housing.
As for the courtyard where Li Ke lived, Tianzhuangtou did not move according to Xia Zihan's order.
However, after waiting for a month, the fox brought a large group of children and moved into Guolin Village.
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On the third day after buying Zhuangzi, Aunt Zhang had labor pains. After struggling for a day and a night, she gave birth to a big fat boy.
Xia Shiming was very happy and named his son Xia Zihai.
After Aunt Guo heard the news, she sent her maid to buy a lot of medicinal materials and brought them to Aunt Zhang to replenish her health.
When Mrs. Xu got the news, she was so angry that her teeth ached and she dropped a floor-standing vase in the room.
It was the stewardess beside her who persuaded her, "Madam, please calm down. Now is not the time to get angry. You are the wife and the master's wife. The master is happy with Lin'er. You should be happy too, but you can't let the master I know you lost your temper.”
"So what if Aunt Zhang gave birth to a son? Her son is not allowed to call you mother, but you have an extra son, madam. If you can't bear it, you will mess up your plans."
Xu gradually turned off the flames.
Then, a little maid came in to report that Aunt Guo had sent supplements to Chu's house. Mrs. Xu's eyes showed hatred, and she gritted her teeth and said, "That little vixen knows how to behave in front of the master, huh..."
She gritted her teeth and told her mother in charge, "Notify the kitchen to stew a ginseng black chicken soup and send it to Chu's house."
In fact, she wanted to be like Aunt Guo and buy a large bundle of medicinal materials and send them to the Chu residence to show the master that she was also tolerant.
But she has no money.
Although she is the head of this family, the master's salary is pitiful, only a few dozen taels of silver a month. Not to mention making money for private use, it is not enough to support a large family.
As for the Xia family, they had not received a penny of subsidies since she came to the capital, and her dowry was also left in the Jiangning warehouse and was not taken over.
How could she, who was penniless and stretched, be compared with Aunt Guo, who had a large dowry as her backer?
Xu's teeth itched with hatred, but there was nothing she could do.
What she didn't know was that the maid next to Aunt Zhang secretly poured the bowl of chicken soup she sent over into a flower pot to grow flowers, and Aunt Zhang didn't eat a bite.
When Aunt Zhang was about to turn two months old, the good news came from Aunt Guo that she was actually three months pregnant. The happy Xia Zihan waved her hand and asked Nuanyu to send a large box of anti-fetal medicinal materials.
And Xia Shiming is even busier, running back and forth every day.
Come to Chu's house at noon to see his son and stay with Aunt Zhang, and then go back to Xia's house in the evening to stay with Aunt Guo. As for Mrs. Xu, in addition to being known as Xia Shiming's legitimate wife, Xia Shiming did not spend the night in her room in the morning. .
When Aunt Zhang was two months old, Xia Shiming personally took mother and son back to Xia's house. Three days later, he prepared his son's full-moon wine.
Of course, Xia Zihan got the money for the full moon wine.
After Aunt Zhang gave birth to her son, Xia Zihan secretly gave her father a thousand taels of silver.
The Xia family didn't have many relatives in the capital, and they only had six banquet tables, which didn't cost much money. However, Xia Shiming never took bribes from outsiders, so he had to keep a little salary to support the family. He had to have another place to use the money. Xia Zihan secretly subsidized him.
He also knew that using his daughter's money was not a problem, and it would not sound good if it was spread out, but a penny was difficult for a heroic man. As a court official, he could not do without a penny all day long.
Besides, my precious daughter said that she was filial to him.
Yu Niang also said that she could not eat meat and watch him drink soup, which would make her feel uncomfortable.
Xia Shiming silently accepted Xia Zihan's money. After that, he loved Xia Zihan even more.
On the day of the full moon, Xia Zihan went to Xia's house early.
Instead of staying in the lobby to receive guests and make Mrs. Xu happy, she went to Aunt Zhang's yard with Aunt Guo to entertain her new brother.
Mrs. Xu's face darkened and she sent her mother in charge to invite her twice. Xia Zihan both said, "I'll be there in a minute."
Neither refused nor rushed over.
Until Xia Zilan came over and said hurriedly, "Miss Zhang and Miss Wei are here. As soon as they entered the door, they looked for the second sister, and it was the eldest sister who came to receive them..."
(End of chapter)