Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 147

Entering this small courtyard that occupies two quarters of the land, Cai Mulberry, who has red eyes and is holding his mother's arm, still can't help but look around.

First of all, there are three main houses in front of you, a standard adobe thatched house, with a kitchen on the east side and a thatched cottage on the west side.In addition, a sheep pen was built on the west side of the yard, and two sheep were raised.Vegetables were planted in the open space on the south side of the kitchen house, and the extra space on both sides of the main house was sorted out, and a shed was set up, like two side rooms.

The whole yard is like the small house on Daishan Island, clean and tidy.

Then enter the main room.

Although it is an adobe house, the space inside the house is not as dark and cramped as the thatched huts we used to live in. Instead, it looks very bright. Partition walls are built inside the three main houses, and blue stencils are hung on the doors leading to the two sides. Cloth curtain.

There are obviously newly-made furniture in the house, and both the tables, chairs and benches have been wiped clean.

There were too many relatives and neighbors to welcome, and only a few people could come in. Everyone sat down in the main room, and you came and talked for a while, but most of them were Caisang asking, and the uncles and aunts around answered, and occasionally they were asked by others. Ask a few words, try to interrupt the past as much as possible.

This is not just a reminder from Mrs. Gu in the car when she came here, she has been taught a lot on weekdays, and Cai Sang actually knows that she should not talk nonsense outside.

After exchanging pleasantries for more than a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Cai Sang took the initiative to make lunch and took the women out. Grandma Xia knew that the family here had something to say, so she tactfully followed her out.

The men continued to talk in the main room, and Cai Sang came to the inner room with her mother, then remembered, and asked, "Mother, where is my brother?"

"I went to the school, and I won't be back until noon," said Zhao, and in a blink of an eye, she felt emotional: "The Yinghai envoy you serve is really a good official. Look, it's only been a year, and my mother has lived so long. At this age, I never imagined that I could live such a life, even my children can read."

Cai Sang also smiled when she heard her mother praise her adults.

Then it was sad again.

Because I remembered that my lord will leave Mingzhou soon.

He opened his mouth, but Cai Sang didn't say anything.It seems that this kind of thing is also inappropriate to talk nonsense with others in advance, even if it is one's own mother.

When I leave, my family will always know.

The mother and daughter sat down by the bed, Caisang opened the satchel, took out two strings of copper coins and a few silver locks and pushed them over: "Mother, I brought back five pennies, and the mansion distributes them all copper coins, twice a month. All the copper coins are too heavy, so I exchanged them for some silver."

Just as Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hand to collect the money, she immediately raised her head when she heard the words: "This money... How much did you pay for it?"

Picking mulberry is unknown, so: "One thousand yuan is exchanged for one tael, isn't it?"

Mrs. Zhao was a little anxious immediately, and raised her hand to tap her girl's forehead: "Silly girl, what a loss, in the current market, you can get one or two silver for eight hundred yuan, you... three taels, a loss of six hundred Money, my silly girl."

Then he clicked again.

Picking mulberries is also a bit dull.

This money was exchanged at the accountant in the mansion after she mentioned it to Sister Xieyi, why didn't she expect... this, this... what's going on?
After ordering her girl, Mrs. Zhao patted her leg again, thinking about it and said, "Wu'er, you...you go back, change it back, and let your father pick it up again when you have time?"

The same is true for the first reaction of picking mulberry.

Then backed down again.

I changed everything myself, and then ran to change it back, the accountant in the mansion... Is there something that a little girl like her can repeatedly toss about?

Think about it and shake your head: "Mother, why not... that's it?"

Seeing her daughter's embarrassed expression, Mrs. Zhao paused, consciously understood something, sighed, and while putting away the money, she couldn't help complaining: "You silly girl."

Seeing her mother turn around and open the box next to the bed, knowing that she would not force her to change the money, Caisang relaxed a little, followed her coquettishly, looked at the things in the box, and asked, "Mother, what is the official one thousand yuan for?" How can one tael of silver become eight hundred miles?"

"Maybe there are less copper coins."

Mrs. Zhao didn't understand either. She was just a fisherman who couldn't even read a word. She used to live on Daishan Island and didn't spend much money a year.At the moment, she instinctively hit the nail on the head. Seeing her daughter touching a red cloth bag in the box, she hurriedly said, "Be careful, this is the household registration booklet and house deed."

"Honey, I was there when your lord was making this book, so I saw it before my mother."

Indeed seen before.

I remember that for a few days, several kinds of papers were delivered continuously from the inner house.And the corresponding household deed sample.The cover is made of dyed and thick paper, and the white paper inside is better than usual.

The book that was made felt much more formal than the usual contracts.

Caisang said that it has been opened.

Inside are two hard-covered certificate books, the red one is the household registration book, the cover is in gilt italics, the blue one is the deed, the same gilt font, the inside is of course the current house.

Cai Sang opened it and glanced at the house deed, then turned to the household registration book.

Open the cover, there are about ten pages inside, the first page is the general information of a family, a very neatly printed form, and an eye-catching red stamp, the specific content, such as the head of the household, my father, Wu Sanliu, There is also the type of account, which is filled with 'fisherman', and so on.

Caisang continued to turn.

The next page is the information of his father, such as gender, age and other information.

On another page, Cai Sang couldn't help laughing after seeing it: "Mother, so your name is Zhao Lanhua, how could I not know?"

Mrs. Zhao has already collected the money sent by her daughter, and sat beside her to watch it together. Hearing this, she glanced at her daughter, but also smiled: "It's just that, the poor man who recorded the account said that he couldn't have a proper name, so he temporarily Ask Mr. to name it, a few days ago, many people have named it."

"That's good too," Cai Sang said, "It's a waste of life if you don't even have a name."

"What you said... really entered a rich family." Mrs. Zhao said, but turned to her daughter's waist, touched the crystal sign when she went to visit her with her husband for the first time, and looked at it, but she didn't know it. and said: "Mother even asked for you, and the gentleman said, your name is the only one that can be named by a university student."

"Naturally," Cai Sang said as a matter of course, "My lord is a genius who comes once every 500 years, and everyone in Ming Dynasty knows it."

Mrs. Zhao also thought of the rumored saying of "giving 500 years of Guozuo" in the rumors of Mr. Yinghai Envoy. She didn't understand, but nodded: "Good official, the rich man from Song Dynasty from Daishan came to our community a few days ago and said Mr. Ying Haishi spoke badly about you, the seventh uncle of the Wang family, and a few old folks, turned against him on the spot, and the banquet broke up without eating."

Cai Sang became interested: "Why?"

"The rich man of the Song Dynasty said that the sea envoy led everyone to invest money in building the ship, and then he said that the fish would not be collected next year. It was too deceitful. He also said that the supervisor had written a letter of impeachment, and if he wanted to let go of our sea envoy."

Cai Sang tilted her head, not quite understanding.

However, thinking about the copper coins before, and what else... She suddenly felt that after returning home, she must talk to Sister Xieyi.

Your Excellency is so good, how can you let someone deceive you and slander you?
After making up his mind, Caisang turned back to the account book in front of him.

The next page is my second sister.

The elder brother, the second elder brother and the eldest sister have already married, and if they are not in this household, they are not counted.

The second sister's name is Wu Mei.

Still flowers.

Cai Sang wanted to laugh, but remembered again, and asked, "Mother, why didn't you see Second Sister just now, did you go to school too?"

"She is already fifteen, where can she go to the school?" Zhao shook her head, also puzzled, but just said: "Maybe she is afraid of strangers and hid in the West Room. Sigh, these days after moving here, many matchmakers have come to the door. How many of your sisters are there?" They all look good, and Mother wants to choose a good one for her, but she doesn't think she seems to have an idea, so she doesn't like any of them."

In just a few months in the Yinghaisi mansion, I have experienced all kinds of thoughts between women. Caisang is no longer the ignorant fisherman's girl at first. Hearing what my mother said, I suddenly remembered that at the beginning, Zhizhou sent officials to pick people. The parents originally wanted to push out the second sister, but they didn't think about it, and it fell on themselves.

Cai Sang understands that even if it's just a girl, being able to enter such a noble compound is much better than it is now.

Maybe the second sister annoyed herself because of this.

However, this kind of thing, each person has his own artificiality, so what?
At the end, it was the nine-year-old brother.

I didn’t have a name before, and everyone in my family was called Wu Sanyong. Now, the name column is filled with “Wu Sanyong”, which made Cai Sang laugh again: “Mother, my younger brother’s name is Wu Sanyong. Is my eldest brother called Da? Yong, and second brother, Wu Eryong?"

"Yes," Zhao said with a smile, "Your father made it up. It sounds pleasant to say that. If the three brothers have three names, it will be very troublesome."

Cai Sang smiled, hearing what her mother said, she thought of her own adults.

Not only these girls, but recently, those strange women and bearded women are all named after one poem, and they haven't even been used up yet.

that word...

Ok.

Cai Sang can't memorize it yet, and doesn't quite understand the meaning of some of the sentences, but it sounds really nice, listening to it, and even making my daughter's family feel a little sad.

Thinking about it this way, after flipping through the household registration book, I handed it to my mother, and watched Mrs. Zhao solemnly wrap up the two books and put them in the wooden box, before talking about the business: "Mother, sister-in-law wants to open a soup restaurant. I thought, if it doesn’t work out, why not save the money for my younger brother to marry a wife in the future?”

The rumors from the family members said that my sister-in-law wanted to bring the family to open a mutton soup restaurant in the commercial street of the community.

My sister-in-law is good at cooking mutton, and she has eaten mulberries since she was a child.

After entering Ying Haishi's mansion, Cai Sang regretted not being able to learn the handicraft of his sister-in-law, otherwise, he could have made it for adults to try.

Maybe... maybe even let the adults take care of it.

"It's done, it's done," Mrs. Zhao said quickly, "I've made inquiries a long time ago. Don't say that at the foot of Chenshan, just our Changguo community, counting the refugees who were arranged to come here, has six thousand households. A soup restaurant, with your sister-in-law's craftsmanship, and the common people have spare money at the moment, it must be able to flourish."

Cai Sang thought about his good fortune many years ago, nodded, and asked, "How much do you want to vote for?"

"When it comes to opening, it costs about five guan," said Zhao, "to rent a room in a commercial street, the monthly payment is one guan, and one month's rent is required, which is two guan. Besides, buying Tables, chairs, kitchen utensils, and ingredients need to be purchased twice. The remaining one is considered as a spare, and there may be some needs.”

Cai Sang blinked her eyes, pouted and said, "Co-author...is the daughter paying for it?"

"It's my family's debt to you." Mrs. Zhao raised her hand and nodded her daughter again, but her tone softened: "Although our family has earned a lot this year, your second brother went to sea to transport food, and he has a lot of money." A large tile-roofed house will cost a lot of money, but you also know that your nephews are about to talk about getting married, and it will cost money. Sigh, speaking of this, every few of his children are a little older, and they have not grown up. , otherwise this year, if the households are divided, you can also have a house. Now your elder brother will be worried, and the eldest son will say that he is a daughter-in-law, and he doesn't know what to do with the house."

Cai Sang said: "If you become a Ding, you should still divide the house?"

"Who knows, the eldest child is 14 years old. If I knew it earlier, I should have given him a false report of two years old. Alas, your elder brother also regrets it, and there are two boys from your second brother's family." Zhao said: "Your father went to inquire and said If you become a Ding, you can divide it, but after a year or two, who knows what it will be like."

Mrs. Zhao looked at her daughter expectantly as she spoke.

Of course, Caisang understood what her mother was expecting, and shook her head immediately: "Mother, my daughter is just a girl in the mansion, and she can't say anything. Besides, my daughter must tell you clearly, don't do anything in her name." , if found out, my daughter would be beaten to death with a stick, and our family... will not be in good shape."

Mrs. Zhao listened to her daughter's solemnity, especially the words of 'being beaten to death', and immediately shook her head: "Don't dare, don't dare." That is to say, the lord...has he taken a fancy to you?"

Caisang shook his head.

Actually, it happened once.

Thinking about those scenes, Caisang still blush, but, she can only be a girl holding a candle by the side.

On the second day, I begged boldly, and happened to be seen by sister Xieyi.

Then, there is no chance.

Therefore, until now, she is still a daughter.

Cai Sang was not disappointed.

Because... just when I heard sister Xiyi and sister Liu Bai bickering, I knew that they were both daughters.

Cai Sang's feeling about this is that adults are indeed adults.

It's not like what she thought, those high-ranking masters spend all day... anyway, she only sees her own adults busy from morning to night every day.

Seeing her daughter shaking her head, Mrs. Zhao was a little disappointed, and at the same time felt a sense of inexplicable peace of mind as a mother. She took her daughter's little hand, paused, and said: "You are in the mansion of Mr. Yinghai Envoy...you have to be good, just be good." , Mother has also heard of some, that high-ranking family, as you said, will die at every turn. Wuer, listen to mother, let's not fight for those who shouldn't fight, and keep our duties."

Cai Sang nodded repeatedly.

At the end of Zhao's speech, she couldn't help but said: "Wu'er, you look so good, there is something, if we don't ask for it, it can come by itself."

Cai Sang: "..."

(End of this chapter)