Chapter 895 Regret
Xia Zihan said this, and her cousin thought that she might have accidentally saved this lady.
She has a good heart, is kind, honest, and honest. Every time she goes to the market and sees the pitiful look of the little beggar, she will give him a piece of cake or a wild vegetable rice ball as big as an egg that she originally prepared for herself.
Even if she herself would be too hungry to walk later, she would give it without hesitation.
However, she understood very well that based on her conditions, even if she helped Xia Zihan unintentionally, it was just a small favor, but the other party wanted to give her a house, which she absolutely could not accept.
Although she is a village woman, she also knows that there are some things she can have and some things she cannot have.
The cousin was a little embarrassed, "Madam, although I have helped you, this house is a thank you gift. This gift is too thick. I...I can't take it, otherwise...if Madam really wants to thank me, , just... just give me two pounds of pork.”
Asking someone for pork, such a shameful thing made my cousin look embarrassed, and even the village chief looked at her with contempt.
She blushed with embarrassment and explained in a low voice, "Well, several of my children haven't eaten pork for more than a year. They are so greedy that it makes me, a mother, feel bad when I see it. Just... just thick. I have to ask Madam for my shame. Madam, if it is inconvenient, no..."
"Aunt Cao's words are foreign. It's just a few kilograms of pork, so there's no inconvenience. However, it's getting late today, so I'm afraid there won't be any pork for sale in the market. How about this, I'll send someone to deliver it to you tomorrow morning. ”
Seeing that his aunt was almost ashamed of herself, Xia Zihan took over her words and made an appointment with her to deliver pork tomorrow morning.
After hearing this, the cousin's family learned that they would have pork to eat tomorrow, which made them even happier than hearing that Xia Zihan was going to give them a house.
Especially the two and a half young men were drooling. However, at this time, they did not forget to thank Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan smiled and said, "You're welcome. Aunt Cao is kind to me. This is what I should do."
Then I thought of the villagers in Caojia Village. Life was not easy. Many families could not eat a piece of meat all year round. Even during the Chinese New Year, they had no meat to eat. At most they could only eat a few eggs.
Xia Zihan felt a little sour in her heart as she thought about it, and made a vague decision in her heart.
As for the house matter, Xia Zihan still forced his uncle to stamp his fingerprint on the agreement under the witness of the village chief, and then asked the village chief to sign and stamp his fingerprint on the agreement.
After putting the agreement away, Xia Zihan stood up and left.
The cousin's family, the village chief, and the villagers who came after hearing the news all sent Xia Zihan and his servants to the entrance of the village with expressions of gratitude on their faces.
The big Xu family and Mrs. Li's family, carrying their straps on their backs, had just left the gate of Cao's house.
Mrs. Xu saw Xia Zihan. She put down her baggage and walked over to Xia Zihan and said, "Everything is packed. I'll move out right away. Here is the key. Please send someone in to see if the princess wants to see the utensils inside." They are all in good condition and not broken.”
He took out the key from his pocket and handed it to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan took the key, threw it to Chu Lin, and motioned for her to lock the door. Dashu originally thought that Xia Zihan would say something to her, but Xia Zihan only glanced at her lightly and said nothing. After Chu Lin locked the door, she said goodbye to the village chief and the others, got on her horse and left. .
Dashu stared blankly at Ji Qi's back getting further and further away, and suddenly, she felt filled with sadness.
I think back then, she was once a fourth-grade imperial concubine, aloof, supported and fawned over by everyone in her husband's family, but now, she doesn't even have a place to stay.
She had a husband, a daughter, and a son, but now she was homeless.
She carefully recalled the past and realized that she had made the wrong move since entering Beijing. She should not have plotted against Xia Zihan from the beginning.
Not counting Xia Zihan, she would not break up with Xia Zihan, nor force Cao Zian to marry Zheng's family, nor would she be deceived by Cao Zian over and over again, defrauding her of all her money.
Her downhill journey started with plotting against Xia Zihan.
If she had stayed in the capital peacefully and curried favor with Xia Zihan, would her ending today have been different?
As Da Xu thought about it, she regretted everything she had done.
No matter how much Da Xu regretted it, Xia Zihan was quite happy that all the things that needed to be done today were done.
Seeing that she was happy, Chu Lin rode up to her and reported, "Just now, I heard the women in the village talking about how Mrs. Cao had borrowed an unused adobe house in their village to live in."
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"The original owner of the house was an old bachelor. Later, the old bachelor died and there was no one in his name, so the house has been idle."
"However, the adobe house was not strong to begin with, and it has been idle for several years. I heard that it can no longer be inhabited. When Granny Li and her family came out just now, their faces were as long as donkey faces and they were very unhappy. Look, that Sooner or later, the whole family and Mrs. Cao will fall out."
Chu Lin looked gloating.
Hearing her decisive tone, Xia Zihan glanced at her sideways, with a smile in his eyes, "Did you find out anything else?"
"My master is wise." Chu Lin gave her a big smile, and then said slyly, "This slave gave half a tael of silver to a woman. The woman secretly told me that Mrs. Li's two sons and The eldest daughter-in-law is not easy to get along with. They Helping Mrs. Cao grow food, the two brothers have to hide a quarter of the food on the sixty acres of land and sell it secretly. Otherwise, just seven or eight people and sixty acres of land will have a hard time all year round. I know it will be more moisturizing.”
"Mrs. Cao doesn't know?" Xia Zihan opened her eyes in surprise.
"Knowing that I can let the Li brothers off like this, Mrs. Cao's temperament is not easy to bully." Chu Lin said, "Mrs. Cao has never farmed before, and she doesn't know how much food can be harvested from one acre of land. Things in the field They all left it to the Li brothers. Mrs. Cao has never been to the fields. Even if she did, she would not be able to prevent them from hiding food unless her land was not allowed to be planted by the Li brothers. "
Then he told Xia Zihan and the others with relish, "No wonder the Li brothers hide grain. The woman told the servant that in the past few years, the entire Li family has worked for Mrs. Cao, but Mrs. Cao has only taken care of them. Apart from food and drink for the whole family, not a penny of wages was given to the Li family.”
"Master, let's calculate it this way. Even if one servant earns half a tael of silver a month, these six people will also get three taels of silver a month. In twelve months of the year, six people will also get thirty-six taels of silver. This It’s been several years, and it’s more than a hundred taels of silver, but Mrs. Cao hasn’t given a penny of her wages to the Li family.”
(End of chapter)