Chapter 1272 New Year’s Money
Zheng Qing also told them, "The Shen family who moved into the capital two years ago also bought a hilltop here, right over there." He pointed to a hilltop closest to them that had been newly renovated but had no tombs inside. road.
"The hilltop of the Shen family?" Chu Jingqi raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, "My father once mentioned that my eldest cousin led him to buy the hilltop of the Shen family. It turned out to be in Orion Village. Back Mountain.”
"There are two families in Orion Village whose sons both work for the Dou family." Zheng Qing said, "They probably brought the eldest son of the Dou family here."
Chu Jingqi nodded, and then smiled and said to Xia Shiming, "The wife of the Shen family is very strict about rules and believes in Buddhism. Since the Shen family has bought a hill here, the Feng Shui here must be excellent. Dad, what do you think? ?”
What do you think?
How can I see it?
He also fell in love with it, but...he was short of money, how could he have the nerve to talk to his son-in-law?
Xia Shiming felt embarrassed, reluctantly pulled his lips, smiled and said, "Buying the ancestral cemetery is not a trivial matter. It is a major matter for future generations of Fuyin. There is no rush. Let's take a closer look before talking about it."
Zheng Qing led them to look at the hills one by one. They walked all morning and saw five or six hills. At noon, Zheng Qing saw that it was getting late, so he invited the two of them to his house for lunch.
After having lunch, a few people went to see other mountains. After watching, the sun was about to set.
Chu Jingqi accompanied her father-in-law back to the city.
"Didn't you buy it?" Xia Zihan blinked and asked again, "How much silver does a mountain top cost? Can I ask the price?"
"Asked, when we were going down the mountain, we went to Zheng's house in Orion Village and sat for a while," Chu Jingqi said. "The largest hilltop has a thousand acres of land, and the asking price is 33,000 taels of silver. The smallest hilltop only has fifty acres of land." , asking for one thousand seven hundred and seventy taels of silver.”
The price is indeed a bit expensive, but for large households, the price is still acceptable.
Spend thirty to forty thousand taels of silver to buy a hilltop with good feng shui for the family to use as the ancestral cemetery. The descendants of the Fuyin family will be prosperous and wealthy for generations to come. Calculated this way, this small amount of money is not expensive.
But the Xia family is not a wealthy family. If they want to buy a suitable hilltop in Orion Village, they may not be able to afford the money.
The hilltop of fifty acres of land only costs more than a thousand taels of silver. The Xia family may be able to afford it, but the hilltop of fifty acres of land is too small. The Xia family only has three male heirs in this generation. In the future, there will be more descendants... …
"According to my father-in-law, he wants to buy the hilltop with a hundred acres of land." Chu Jingqi said.
One hundred acres of land and more than three thousand taels of silver, the Xia family still has.
When Xia Zijiang got engaged last year, Mrs. Xia Er left some money in her hand. Later, Xia Zihan gave another five thousand taels of silver to Xia Shiming, saying it was for his two younger brothers to study, but how could the two younger brothers use so much money for their studies? .
Besides, one month of teaching by Xia Shiming was enough for his two sons to study, and the income from Zhuangzi and the shop was used for food at home. Therefore, Xia Shiming did not have the five thousand taels of silver given by Xia Zihan. Moved.
However, this time when Zeng passed away, Xia Shiming gave the Chu family one thousand taels of silver for the funeral ceremony. He still had four thousand taels of silver left in his hand, which was only enough to buy a hilltop of about 100 acres, leaving a few hundred taels of silver. Chu Jiahui’s grave must also be moved here.
Originally, Xia Shiming planned to buy a hilltop of four to five hundred acres. However, Chu Jingqi said that there are cheap hills, but they are far away from the capital. In the future... it will be inconvenient. If you want to buy, it is better to buy something closer. The most important thing is Yes, the Feng Shui on the hill behind Orion Village is good, and it can bring blessings to future generations. This is something that money cannot buy. Xia Shiming thought for a while and felt that what his son-in-law said made sense.
However, he was short of money and could only choose a hilltop of 100 acres.
Xia Zihan thought for a while and then said, "This year's New Year's gift to the Xia family hasn't been delivered yet. Aqi, I'll tell the housekeeper tomorrow to deliver it a few days early."
The next day was the day when the Zhao family was executed.
Early in the morning, Chu Jingqi went to the palace. Xia Zihan didn't want to go to the market entrance to see the bloody scene during the Chinese New Year, so she went to the front yard to count the New Year gifts to the Xia family.
After reading the gift list, Xia Zihan suddenly asked the housekeeper, "Why is there no New Year's money for the Xia family?"
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, then she knelt down and replied, "Princess, this gift list is based on previous years' gift lists. In previous years, no New Year's money was given to the Xia family."
Xia Zihan is the married daughter-in-law of the Xia family. According to the custom of the Dasheng Kingdom, when the husband's family gives a New Year's gift to the mother's family, they must also attach a New Year's greeting money, which is regarded as the New Year's greeting money given by the son-in-law to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family during the New Year.
Ever since Xia Zihan married into the Chu family, the Chu family has not included New Year's money in the annual gifts given to the Xia family every year, because Xia Zihan grew up in the Chu family and only recognized the Chu family as her natal family, so the Chu family gave He gave the Chu family a New Year's greeting money, while the Xia family only sent a New Year's gift and never gave any New Year's greeting money.
However, in the past, Mrs. Xia was in charge of the business here, and most of the New Year gifts sent by the Chu family fell into the hands of Mrs. Xia. Therefore, it was Xia Zihan who refused to let Mrs. Zhuo give the Xia family New Year's money. Mrs. Xia didn't want it to be cheap, so she went.
After Mrs. Xia left Beijing, Mrs. Xia was in charge of the Xia family again, so the New Year's money was never mentioned. The Xia family had never raised Xia Zihan, and they never had the shame to argue with the Chu family about this matter. Pass.
Later, the Xia family split up, and after Xia Shiming's family left home, Xia Zihan secretly gave money to Xia Shiming and his wife from time to time, so when it came time to celebrate the New Year, he neglected to pay New Year greetings. Money.
Just yesterday, when Chu Jingqi mentioned that the Xia family might be short of money to buy Shantou, he mentioned the New Year's money, and then Xia Zihan remembered it again.
No, Xia Zihan ordered the maid to bring pen and ink, added a few words at the end of the New Year gift list, then took out a few banknotes that he had prepared from his purse, handed them to the housekeeper, and said, "From now on, every year I give New Year's gifts to the Xia family, I will add a New Year's greeting money. Also, this money does not have to come from the palace, it will be collected privately by the prince."
New Year's greeting money is usually money given by a son-in-law to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Therefore, in order to make Chu Jingqi look good, Xia Zihan used Chu Jingqi's name. In fact, she paid for it herself.
Of course, Xia Zihan's annual income is hundreds of thousands of taels. She will not argue with Chu Jingqi at all about these thousands of taels of silver, and she has never thought of arguing with him, so she just bears it. Because of Chu Jingqi, he paid for it himself.
The housekeeper was stunned. She looked at the banknote in the princess's hand and did not dare to reach out to take it. She hesitated and said, "Princess, do you want to discuss this matter with the princess?"
(End of chapter)