Chapter 1938 Bowing
Xia Yi squatted by the field and sulked. In the past, he had no problem using these old things because he was a winner. Living in Songhua Lane, he only felt proud, without frustration or regret.
But now, he was driven back, which was already embarrassing enough, and now Zhou Man even searched his own house inside and out.
Even the bed he slept on was installed by them. The thought of it made him feel as sick as if he had eaten a piece of meat covered with flies.
It would be a pity to vomit, but not vomiting would be too disgusting and uncomfortable.
Xia Yi held his head in pain, but something even more painful happened.
The young people who were driven away were naturally not convinced. They had been busy all day, plastering the walls, repairing the roof, and cleaning the inside and outside of the house. If they couldn't just treat them to a drink, they should at least say thank you, right?
As a result, they were not only scolded but also kicked out.
There was no such thing in the world, so they ran to the clan leader's house to complain, secretly suggesting that they could tear down the roof of Xia Yi's house and take back their thatch.
As a result, he was scolded by the patriarch.
Is it the thatch that is expensive?
What’s expensive is the effort of removing the thatch and putting it back up again!
The roof, which had been repaired with great difficulty, was torn down again. Did they have nothing better to do than eat their fill? And were they planning to make a mortal enemy of Xia Yi's family?
Chief Xia scolded the young men and then sent someone to find Xia Yi.
Because these were all Xia Yi's brothers and nephews, the Xia clan leader gave Xia Yi some face and asked them to wait outside the door. Then he brought Xia Yi into the house and scolded him, saying, "You all helped me, but you still made me vengeful? Instead of thanking me, you chased me away?"
Xia Yi stiffened his neck and said, "I don't want their help!"
Chief Xia narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, "Why, are you leaving the tribe? Or have you bought a house in the city and decided not to return to the village?"
Xia Yi shuddered and opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
Clan leader Xia snorted coldly and said angrily, "She's already in her thirties and could be a grandfather in two years, yet she's still like this. Xia Man, no, Zhou Man! She knows the ways of the world better than you do! Do you know that she's only been in the village for a day, and the people in the clan miss her more than you do?"
Xia Yi lowered his head and said nothing.
Patriarch Xia took a deep breath and thought to himself, if Xia Yi had not been the closest relative of Xia Yan and had not always talked about adopting him, they would never have given him the house in Songhua Lane.
They just broke up to save face, who knew that something they thought was over back then would cause so much trouble now?
Patriarch Xia rubbed his forehead and said, "You, you go and thank them. It would be best if you could treat them to a meal and apologize."
Seeing that Xia Yi still looked a little unconvinced, the Xia clan leader narrowed his eyes and said, "Xia Yi, if you still want to live in the village and want to interact with the people in the clan, you have to do this. Otherwise, don't come to me if you have any problems in the future."
Do you think everything is fine in the clan?
When the village head divides the land, he will subconsciously put the land of people with the same surname together. If our relationship is not good, this year I will open the ridges a little closer to your house. Next year I will specially plant mulberry and hemp to block the sunlight for your wheat. There are many ways to make you uncomfortable.
Generally speaking, if a weak family encounters a powerful neighbor, they will find that the land they have is getting smaller and smaller after three to five years. At this time, they have to rely on the clan leader and elders to mediate.
If Chief Xia is unwilling to mediate, no matter how evil Xia Yi is, he can be bullied to death when he is alone and weak.
Xia Yi really didn't dare, so he could only agree reluctantly and turned back to prepare the dishes and meat.
He just moved back, and there were no vegetables or meat.
Originally, he had just returned. If he had picked some from this family and pulled some from that family, no one would have objected because they were from the same clan. They could have just waited for him to replant the vegetable garden. But now he had offended someone, and if he wanted to eat vegetables, he had to buy them with money.
Some people even knew that he was having a party, so they brought the chickens from their homes and asked him if he wanted to buy some.
Because their children also went to help, they must be included in this meal, and they can only eat it if the dishes are good.
Xia Yi originally didn't want it, but the son of the Xia clan leader stood by and stared at him, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy it.
Manbao didn't know how depressed and aggrieved Xia Yi felt that night. The next day, she asked Daji to select two guards to go to Hongtian Village to collect rent, and then she went out to find a pharmacy.
She wrote a prescription and bought ten doses of medicine herself, and then sent the prescription together with the medicine to Xia Xia's home.
Xia Xia has been waiting for her at home.
He was seriously ill and Hongtian Village was too far away, so he didn't go back yesterday. Xia Rui didn't want to go back either. He was looking for a shop to move these days.
Manbao handed the medicine and prescription to Xia Rui without saying much. In fact, both parties knew that Xia Xia didn't have much time left. Manbao was just a doctor, not a god, so naturally there was nothing she could do.
It just slightly alleviated his pain and made his last period of time less painful.
Xia Xia patted the bed with his skinny hands and said with a smile, "Come and sit down. How was your trip back home yesterday?"
Manbao said, "That's fine. I've already made an agreement with the clan leader to give half of the land back to Uncle Yitang as a token of gratitude to him for all these years. As for the rest, since he has already given it to the poor in the clan, then let them have it."
"I gave the land in Nanba to the clan as school land, and I want to sell the land in Dongling."
"Sell it~~" Xia Xia sighed and said, "That's ancestral land, left by your ancestors. If you can't sell it, you'd better not sell it. Rent it out to someone to cultivate it. It's not bad to collect rent every year."
He said, "If you're worried about not being able to collect the rent, I'll ask your uncle Rui to find some honest families in the village for you."
Manbao smiled and said, "There are still crops growing in the fields now. If I want to sell them, it will be after the autumn harvest. I'm not in a hurry yet."
She did not intend to keep it. Although it was ancestral land, firstly, she had no shortage of farmland now; secondly, the land was in Hongtian Village, and it might not be a good idea to get too deeply involved with them. This was the decision she made after discussing with her two junior brothers.
She planned to hand the matter over to her fourth brother, or to Lijun, when he returned from the grassland, and let them buy the land. It would never be a loss.
However, Manbao didn't want Xia Xia to worry too much at this moment. Given his condition, it was not certain whether he could survive until autumn. So she wanted him to leave in peace, so she nodded without objection.
Xia Xia couldn't help but smile. He tilted his head slightly and called out to the outside, "Xiao Rui, hurry up and bring the things here."
Manbao asked curiously: "What is it?"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "Your rent."
Manbao smiled, sat down and waited. After looking around, he asked, "Where are Aunt Rui and my cousins? I haven't met them yet."
Xia Xia panted and said, "They're all busy, going to school or to the shop. They can't spare the time."
Manbao nodded, and soon Xia Rui came in carrying a box.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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