After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 734 Capital Xue Family
The gifts were varied, including silver, gold bars, pearl bracelets and amulets.

Needless to say, the amulet was given by Grandma Qin, and it mainly represents superstition.

As for the pearl bracelet, it was made from pearls that Master Huang's family gave to Grandma Qin as a New Year gift.

The biggest business of Huang Yanglong's family is selling sea pearls, but Huang Yanglong is stingy and usually only sends dried seafood. Only Grandma Qin can get a few white pearls from him every year. He sent them for two years in a row and saved up enough money to make this pearl bracelet.

The gift given by Qin Xiaogu was the ghost village and the land near the ghost village, which added up to a hundred acres.

Qin Xiaogu knew that Qin Xiaomi liked to buy land, so she asked the clerk to help her buy the land.

Qin Xiaomi liked this gift the most: "Thank you, aunt, you are really far-sighted."

After the spy committed the crime, the land in Baofu County, especially the land in Taifeng Town, became a hot commodity. If she didn't quickly buy the land in Gui Village and its vicinity, after the New Year, when people from the capital came, the land in Gui Village would probably be bought by noble people, and her family would be surrounded!
Aunt Qin smiled and said, "As long as Xiaomi likes it, you're welcome."

What are you thanking me for?

She used the money to buy the land from the dividends given by Xiaomi.

Surprisingly, what Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin gave was also a land deed.

Snapped!
Uncle Qin was quite arrogant. He slapped the land deed on the table in front of Qin Xiaomi and pointed at it, saying, "Oh, you didn't expect that our second branch also gave a land deed, and it was a piece of land near the medicinal materials workshop, a full twenty-six and a half acres. But the Lu family actually raised the price to eight taels of silver per acre, selling the wasteland as fertile land in the south."

Twenty-six and a half acres?
Those who didn’t know would have thought that he gave away 200 acres of land.

Grandpa Qin said, "That is the Lu family's land. The money from selling the land must be deposited into the clan's public account. If Patriarch Lu doesn't raise the price, he won't be able to explain to the clan. And the Lu family is willing to sell the land to our family, which is already a favor."

Given the current situation, anyone with a bit of foresight will not sell the land in Taifeng Town. Everyone wants to hold on to it and seek greater benefits.

Uncle Qin also knew the difficulties faced by Chief Lu, so he scolded the other families: "The Kong, Pan, Miao, and Cao families are even more unwilling to sell. The Kong, Miao, and Cao families are even planning to build a shop over there, hoping to make money by preparing medicinal materials. Bah! With Village Chief Cao being so poor, how can he afford to build a shop?!"

Then he smiled at Qin Xiaogu and said, "The clerk Guan is still the best. Of the 26 acres of land, 10 acres were given up by the Guan family. He still asked for the money for the wasteland, and did not raise our price."

When Guan Shuli came to Taifeng Town, the Guan family bought a piece of land near the Old Street and the New Street.

It was a good buy. After the spies committed the crime and the new dye became semi-governmentalized, the land price in the entire Taifeng Town skyrocketed!

As for the Lu Family Inn on Xinda Street, someone offered seven hundred taels of silver but couldn't buy it, and the Lu family refused to buy it.

When Qin Xiaogu heard this, her face turned red and she lowered her head. She liked Guan Shuli even more.

Qin Xiaomi ate the dog food and couldn't help but want to say something teasing, but she held it back.

The two families gave Qin Xiaomi birthday gifts, ate rice dumplings or Yuanxiao, told some gossip stories, and then went back to the house to wash up and go to bed.

But Grandpa Qin sat there until midnight. After Grandma Qin woke up and pushed him, Grandpa Qin turned off the lights and went to sleep. He also explained: "I'm not thinking about the second son, nor about how to stop Xiao Gu from taking the imperial examination. I'm worried that there will be thieves running into our house to steal during the Lantern Festival. That's why I've been waiting until now."

Grandma Qin: "I didn't even ask, but you kept explaining. You are just trying to cover up your mistake."

This?
Grandpa Qin stopped talking.

After a while, Grandma Qin sighed and said, "Old man, we are old now. Let the younger generation decide how to live our lives. They are smart and capable and can live a good life."

Grandpa Qin still didn't say anything, but the disaster he had experienced when he was young, the disaster he had experienced when he was middle-aged, and the disaster he had to escape from famine in his old age all brought him fear.

It's not like he hasn't lived a life of wealth and luxury before, but even if you are as noble as a royal relative or as honorable as His Majesty, there will still be a day when you fall.

He was afraid that when the children fell, they would completely lose the energy to start over.

"Don't think about it, go to sleep." Grandma Qin patted his shoulders rhythmically, as if coaxing a child. Not long after, Grandpa Qin fell asleep.

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The next day, the 16th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival had passed and the Chinese New Year was truly over. The Qin family sent people to each village to inform each family that work would begin three days later.

When the female workers from various villages received the news, they were overjoyed and couldn't wait to start work... Finally, the work started. If it didn't start earlier, they would have thought that the new dye workshop was closed.

But the weather was not good. On the night of the 18th, it snowed heavily. It continued to snow for two days until the 21st day of the first lunar month.

According to the rules, the start of work will be postponed for two days.

But Jia Xiang's carriage came through the snow just to see Jiang Dalang.

The moment he saw Jiang Dalang, he was extremely excited: "Dalang, I finally see you again!"

After the spy case broke out, Jia Xiang also came to visit the Qin family with Master Jia, but he was unable to see Jiang Dalang because Jiang Dalang had gone into the mountains to suppress the spies.

When Jiang Dalang went out of the mountains, it was close to the Chinese New Year, so Jia Xiang had to stay at home to accompany his elders. As a result, the two had not seen each other for half a year.

Jiang Dalang was also very happy to see Jia Xiang. He treated him well and took him to meet Xiaobai and the mountain people.

Jia Xiang and Xiao Bai were acquaintances, and he was very happy to see each other, but also very sad: "I have to study, Da Lang has to join the army, and Brother Bai is leaving soon. It will be difficult for us to get together again in the future."

Young man Jia Xiang felt sad about going his separate ways.

Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Don't be sad. Study hard. In the future, when you go to the capital to take the imperial examination and Dalang becomes a general and goes to the capital to meet the emperor, we can meet. I want to go to the capital to take the imperial examination and become an official!"

Xiaobai has great ambitions and his desire to become an official has never diminished.

Jia Xiang was even more worried: "With my knowledge, it is difficult to pass the provincial examination. I am afraid I will never have the chance to go to the capital to take the examination in this lifetime."

It is not easy to pass the imperial examinations in the Wei Dynasty. Take Baofu County and Linshan County for example, there are not many scholars there.

There isn't even a scholar in Taifeng Town. There's only one student named Pan. With his literary style, he wants to go to the capital to take the imperial examination. He's really dreaming.

Well, Xiaobai also thought that the literary style in Northeast Province was almost non-existent, so he changed to gossip to make Jia Xiang happy.

Jia Xiang had a heavy academic workload, so he stayed in Taifeng Town for four days before leaving.

It was already the end of the month and the festive atmosphere was completely gone. Every household in every village in Taifeng Town began their normal lives.

But the Xue family in the capital was still very lively. Because of the spies' crimes, the Xue family became a hot commodity.

Officials from the capital government, the provincial government, the military command headquarters, the capital's aristocratic families, prominent families, and wealthy families all sent invitations to the Xue family and hosted banquets for them, just to establish good relations with the Xue family before the special envoy from the capital arrived.

The banquet lasted from the twelfth month to the end of the first month. Not only Huang Yanglong was about to vomit, but even Xue Dongjia, who was good at dancing and could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, was about to vomit.

That night, Xue Lei helped the drunk Master Xue back to the mansion. They stopped in front of the second gate and asked, "Master, is it okay for you to go back alone? Or should we ask the young master to pick you up?"

Xue Dongjia shook his head: "No need, don't bother him, I can go back alone."

There are maids guarding the road from the second gate to the main courtyard, so even if he falls on the road, nothing will happen to him.

"Yes, then the boss should be careful." Xue Lei did not insist any more. He watched Master Xue enter the second gate, and then asked a gatekeeper to follow him, and then waited in the small house outside the second gate.

If there really was an assassin trying to murder his boss, he would rush to rescue him as soon as he heard the screams.

I didn't meet the assassin, but I met a half-familiar person.

"I knew that the boss was drunk again. I specially made some sobering soup. Come and drink it, boss." The person who came was a beautiful woman in her thirties, nominally the first concubine of the boss Xue.

Xue Dongjia was surprised to see her: "Why are you here? Why are you making sobering soup for me? There's no need."