The door of the house opened, and Grandpa Qin, Qin's father, and Qin Shouye came out. Suddenly, the originally lively courtyard was silent, and everyone looked at them nervously and excitedly, hoping to guess something from their expressions. In
fact, the expressions of Grandpa Qin and his friends did betray their inner thoughts. Whether it was Qin Fang's promotion or Qin Fang's arrangements, it was a happy event for the Qin family. Since it was a happy event, even if Grandpa Qin and his friends wanted to pretend, they could not completely hide their inner joy.
Therefore, seeing the expressions of Grandpa Qin and his friends, the rest of the Qin family felt relieved. After all, Qin Fang became a general, which was good news.
Grandma Qin glanced at the Qin family in the yard, then stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what did Ah Fang say in the letter?"
Grandpa Qin glanced at his wife, and said to everyone, "Come in and listen."
As soon as Grandpa Qin said this, everyone immediately went into the house. Once they entered the house, everyone sat down and waited for Grandpa Qin to speak. In the Qin family, although it seems that Grandma Qin is the head of the family, the actual head of the family is Grandpa Qin. He is the backbone of the Qin family. His decisions are based on the overall situation of the Qin family. As long as he decides something, no one in the Qin family dares to object.
Aunt Qin saw that everyone was seated. Before Grandpa Qin spoke, she asked anxiously, "Dad, what do you want to tell us? Is it what Ah Fang said in the letter?" She was not a bad person by nature, but she was a little impatient. She always said that she wanted to take advantage of others, but once something happened, she was very timid.
Grandpa Qin glanced at her and said directly without further ado, "Afang wrote this time to tell you one thing, that is, he has made meritorious service at the border, and thanks to the emperor's love, he was awarded the title of a fifth-rank military general. We don't know much about the fifth-rank, but a general is an official higher than a county magistrate."
Hearing Grandpa Qin's confirmation, everyone took a deep breath, and everyone present was excited. No one thought that their Qin family had changed their status.
Aunt Qin said, "I knew that Afang was a promising man." She was not envious, she was just happy. Although Qin Fang was the eldest son of the first wife, he was also the eldest brother of Niu Da. If the eldest brother was doing well, how could he not take care of the younger brother? Besides, her husband is Qin Fang's biological uncle, and she is Qin Fang's aunt, so she is very proud.
Such a happy thing, even if everyone thinks that Qin's aunt is a hindsight, no one will blame her.
Grandma Qin said with a smile: "Old man, what else? What else did Fang say?"
Grandpa Qin continued: "Fang has been promoted now, so he is not at the border. He was transferred to a place called Yunxiang County to serve as a city defense general. The meaning of the city defense general is to protect the safety of the people in the county. The conditions there are relatively poor. All the rich people in the county have moved away, leaving only those who are about the same. However, even if they are about the same, they are richer than the people in our town and our village. Fang became
a city defense general . After joining the army, he bought a thousand mu of land for the barracks. The produce from the land was for the soldiers in the barracks to eat. It was the barracks' land, not his own land. "Grandpa Qin emphasized, lest everyone think that this was his grandson's own land, "Afang said that although the land belonged to the barracks, the manager of the land was someone he found, with a monthly salary of 500 coins. The manager didn't have to work, and the work on the land was done by the soldiers, but the manager had to tell the soldiers how to work. To put it bluntly, he wanted to find someone who was in charge of farming. This, This is what I am going to talk about next, and what A Fang emphasized specifically.
To be the manager of the farm, he wanted an experienced person, so he thought of one of his own people. A Fang meant that he was in Yunxiang County now, and he would not change for a year or two, so he hoped that we would go to Yunxiang County. He assigned everyone a military camp farm manor for us to manage. In addition to the farmland, there was also a yard for everyone to live in. If you take this job, you have to live in the manor and manage it, and then you will receive a monthly salary of 500 coins. , all food is provided by the manor. In short, it is a job with free food and accommodation, and a monthly salary of 500 wen. He asked you all, do you want to go? Of
course, the man is in charge of the manor, and the monthly salary is 500 wen. The woman is in charge of the manor's food and accommodation, because there are soldiers stationed in the manor, and there are hundreds of soldiers, so someone has to be responsible for the daily meals. So the woman went to the manor with him, and the monthly salary was 500 wen. "It is not easy to feed hundreds of people, and money is naturally not that easy to make.
Grandpa Qin didn't wait for their answer and continued, "If you don't go, Afang has made arrangements for you. If you stay at home, he, as your nephew, will give you ten mu of first-class land as a gift, just as a filial piety of his nephew."
Ten mu of first-class land, one hundred taels of silver.
If you go to Yunxiang County with your family, you can earn twelve taels of silver a year, and you can earn one hundred taels in nine years. Of course, going to Yunxiang County is leaving your hometown after all.
But this is also very clear. If you stay at home, Qin Fang will give you ten mu of first-class land, which is considered to be a nephew's care for his uncle, and don't ask him for money in other names in the future.
Grandpa Qin: "What do you think?"
Mother Qin said, "Giving ten mu of prime land and one hundred taels is what her son paid for himself. Going to the military camp to manage the land is something that happens in the military camp." Mother Qin was naturally reluctant to let her son give her one hundred taels, but she also knew that since her son said so, he must have the money on hand. The eldest son and his wife were smart people. Since they arranged it this way, they naturally had their reasons. So even if Mother Qin was a little bothered in her heart, she would not say anything. She knew that she had to look further ahead. She did not understand the big principles, but she also knew what was good and what was bad.
Uncle Qin San first said: "Let's go to Yunxiang County together." Uncle Qin San is now a wise man. He has no son. Even if he finds a son-in-law for his daughter in the future, his eldest nephew will be his daughter's backer. His daughter has no brothers or sisters, and the ones who can support her are her cousins. In this way, he has the opportunity to get closer to his eldest nephew's family. Why not?
If he goes there, it will be even better if there are good young people there to introduce a target to his daughter. Therefore, Uncle Qin San almost has no hesitation.
Aunt Qin San listens to her husband, and she can think of what Uncle Qin San can think of. Going to Yunxiang County with the eldest wife, there is also a nephew who is a general to take care of her, which is better than staying here. Here, although the Qin family has many people and no one dares to bully them, there are many people who gossip about her behind her back, saying that she can't give birth to a son and that the third branch of the Qin family will be extinct. Every time she heard this, she could only swallow her tears. She didn't dare to tell her man these words, for fear that her man would be sad. It was good enough that her man didn't want her because she couldn't give birth to a son. If her man heard these words again, she couldn't imagine what would happen.
The third branch of the Qin family didn't hesitate, but the second branch of the Qin family hesitated.
Although Aunt Qin usually likes to take advantage, she is not very willing to leave her hometown and go far away. Here, she has a son and a daughter, and no one will gossip about her, but if she goes to a faraway place, she will be unfamiliar with the people.
Grandpa Qin looked at Uncle Qin: "Second brother, what do you say?"
Second Uncle Qin thought for a while and asked, "The third brother is gone, is the eldest brother going?"
Father Qin looked at Mother Qin.
Qin's mother said: "If father and mother go, of course we will go. A Fang and his wife have no one to help them there. If we don't go, we won't worry. But if father and mother don't go, we won't go. If A Fang is not here, we, the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, have to be away. Otherwise, if A Fang finds out, he will blame us for not taking good care of his grandparents."
Mother Qin's words were very meaningful. First of all, they said that they wanted to go, and they said this to Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin. Secondly, they said that Qin Fang was worried about Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin. Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin loved Qin Fang the most. Hearing that their eldest grandson was worried about them, they naturally couldn't bear to leave their eldest grandson. Even if they didn't want to go at first, they would be worried after hearing this.
However, Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin were planning to go now. So Grandma Qin said, "We're not going to live there forever. We'll go there first to see the situation. If we miss home, we'll come back." She also missed her eldest grandson. When her eldest grandson became successful, she would always go to see him.
Grandpa Qin also thought this way. He was old, and he also believed in the saying that fallen leaves return to their roots. But that is after death. Now that he is still alive, he also wants to go there to take a look. "Listen to your mother, let's go and take a look."
Uncle Qin: "Then we will go too."
Aunt Qin followed and said: "Dad, mother, if we don't go, will Fang really buy us ten acres of prime land?"
When Uncle Qin heard his wife ask this, he looked at her in surprise. Didn't his wife plan to go?
Grandpa Qin said, "Yes, that's what Fang said in the letter, so we will definitely do it."
Aunt Qin said again, "Father, then we won't go. If Fang buys us ten acres of prime land, can we still send Niu Dan over?" At this point, she chuckled, "Niu Dan won't have much of a future with us, it's better for him to follow his elder brother. I don't ask Niu Dan to study and become the top scholar like Shoucheng, I just want him to learn to read and write, and let Fang find him a good job in the future." She knew her son well, he was not destined to study.
Since her daughter Er Ya could earn money by embroidering handkerchiefs, the second house had some free money, and Aunt Qin also had money to send her son to a private school. But there was nothing she could do. This was a son who had no money and didn't want to go to a private school. So, Aunt Qin gave up. She couldn't just waste money on a private school, right? So now that her nephew was successful, she let him go there. When he grew up, she could always find a good job for him, right?
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