Qin Fang came down from the Taoist temple on time. He patrolled every day and went down the mountain at mealtime. Today, when he came down the mountain, he saw Huang Huzi at the foot of the mountain. Qin Fang paused, then asked with some joy: "Did you bring my family back?" Huang Huzi had been in Baili Village for a month, and finally came back. Qin Fang was worried about his family, thinking how nice it would be if his grandparents and his father and mother came.
Huang Huzi first bowed to Qin Fang and said, "Greetings, General. The old man and the old lady have been brought back and are now settled in the general's mansion."
Hearing this, Qin Fang was a little anxious to go home: "How is the situation at home? Are they all here?"
Huang Huzi said, "Not really. After I arrived at Baili Village..." He told him everything that happened in the Qin family during this period, mainly about the letter of severance of kinship.
Qin Fang had not expected this to happen. He was no longer the sixteen-year-old boy who left home to join the army six years ago. After the training in the military camp, and the experience of getting married and becoming an official, he was already mature enough at the age of twenty-two. Besides, he was originally a smart man, so he could think of the difficulty and courage of the grandfather to let his second uncle and third uncle write a letter of severance.
Qin Fang sighed: "It is me who made the grandfather bear such emotions and pressure." For the grandfather, forcing his two sons to write a letter of severance, how could it not be difficult? However, for his own sake, the grandfather still did it. Qin Fang felt a little sad in his heart. He was moved by the grandfather's dedication to him, and also felt guilty for the grandfather's dedication to him.
Huang Huzi didn't know what to say after hearing this. He just said: "The general is the pride of the old man."
Qin Fang smiled.
When Qin Fang returned to the General's Mansion, the Qin family, who had rested enough, had already gathered in the hall, waiting for Qin Fang to come back for dinner.
Qin Siya came back from the embroidery workshop. After knowing that everyone from her hometown had returned, she was very happy. She had always been the only one here, and she was also very lonely. Seeing her father and mother, she acted coquettishly for a while, and then pulled Qin Sanya to chat.
On the other hand, the precocious and introverted Qin Shoucheng couldn't help but become a little childish when he saw his family. He was also happy to know that his second brother was settled in his own yard.
Qin Siya seemed to have thought of something, and said to Yang Haiyan: "Sister-in-law, we are going to start embroidery in the embroidery workshop. If the embroiderers with good skills are selected, there will be rewards after the embroidery is completed. Can you let your third sister go with me then?"
As soon as Qin Siya said this, Uncle Qin and the others looked at Yang Haiyan.
Qin Sanya said nervously: "I... I can't do it. I can only embroider handkerchiefs and flowers."
Yang Haiyan said: "Siya, your third sister can go with you just because I say it's okay."
Qin Siya said: "I know, I have to ask the master in the embroidery workshop, right?"
Yang Haiyan: "Yes, you have to ask the master in the embroidery workshop. But in addition to asking the master in the embroidery workshop, you also have to ask your third sister's opinion. No matter what you do, I We cannot make decisions for others without authorization. We must ask the opinions of the parties involved. Their opinions are the most important. "
Qin Siya said: "I understand. Thank you, sister-in-law." Then she looked at Qin Sanya, "Third sister, you can learn different things in our embroidery workshop, and there are many girls to make friends with. Do you want to go?"
Qin Sanya has no friends. When she was in Baili Village, she played with her cousins and did housework together because they were close in age. Later, when she went to learn embroidery, she went with Qin Erya. The two sisters knew that their family was in financial difficulties and it was not easy to take out the money for them to learn embroidery, so they studied very hard and seriously. At that time, the embroidery workshop was full of girls from rich families. Girls from poor families like them had no chance to learn embroidery, so the girls from rich families in the embroidery workshop would not be friends with them. And she and Qin Erya also worked hard to learn embroidery.
At this moment, when she heard Qin Siya say that she could be friends with girls from other families in the embroidery workshop, she was moved and yearned for it. Qin Sanya did not agree immediately, she looked at her father.
After Uncle Qin nodded, Qin Sanya said, "Okay, thank you Si Ya."
"The general is back."
A voice came from outside.
When everyone heard that Qin Fang was back, they all looked towards the door, and even Grandma Qin was so excited that she stood up from her chair and walked towards the door. She was still shouting, "Is it Ah Fang who's back? Ah Fang..."
Yang Haiyan saw this and hurried forward to support her, fearing that she would be too excited. The old lady hadn't seen her grandson for more than a year. She really missed him, but not as much as she hadn't seen him for five years. Now she missed him with more excitement, excited about her grandson's success.
Before Qin Fang walked into the hall, he heard the voice of Grandma Qin. He changed his originally anxious pace to a big run. After running a few steps, he saw the figure of Grandma Qin. He was afraid of knocking the old lady down, so he slowed down. When the old lady was in front of him, he hugged her: "Grandma."
Grandma Qin responded with a sigh, then grabbed Qin Fang's sleeve with her old hands and said, "Finally, the family is reunited. After so many years, the family is finally reunited." As he spoke, he cried. Although Qin Fang took Yang Haiyan back to his hometown in March last year, they only stayed there for a short period of 20 days. In the eyes of the old lady, this was not a family reunion. Living together like now was a family reunion.
Qin Fang was a grown man. Even if his wife cried, he didn't know what to do, let alone his grandmother. He could only say awkwardly: "I am an unfilial grandson. I made you worry." He looked at the people behind Grandma Qin, from Grandpa Qin, Qin's father, Qin's mother to others, all of them looked at him expectantly and excitedly. Qin Fang's eyes were also a little red. "To be able to see them now and to let them live well, for him, is probably the greatest satisfaction.
Finally, Qin Fang's sight stopped on Yang Haiyan, with all the meaning of asking for help.
Yang Haiyan smiled and took the old lady's hand and said, "Grandma is crying with joy, seeing her grandson happy. But grandma, we young people will be jealous when we see this."
Mother Qin hurriedly said, "That's right, mother, please come and sit over here."
Grandma Qin let them help her over.
Qin Fang walked to Grandpa Qin's side: "Grandpa."
Grandpa Qin looked at him. This little baby who was only at his knees when he was born, now needed him to look up. However, the look in Grandpa Qin's eyes when he looked at Qin Fang was also full of pride.
"Grandpa, I..." Qin Fang had a lot of things to say, especially about the severance letter.
However, Grandpa Qin patted his shoulder and interrupted what he wanted to say. Huang Huzi is Sunzi's man, and he will definitely report the things in his hometown to Sunzi, so Grandpa Qin did not intend to hide it from Sunzi. However, some things do not need to be said. Moreover, he knew that Sunzi was not a conscienceless person. Just use the obedience of the second and third sons in exchange for a little protection from Sunzi.
Grandpa Qin and Qin Fang exchanged glances, but the Qin family did not know, and everyone sat down around the dining table. After Grandpa Qin and Qin Fang also walked over and took their seats, the dishes were served.
The Qin family was large, and one table was not enough for everyone, so the elders and Qin Fang and his wife sat together, and the younger ones sat at another table. The younger ones were headed by Qin Shouye, and there were five other people, Qin Shoucheng, Qin Siya, Niu Dan, and San Ya. The elders' table had Grandpa Qin, Grandma Qin, Father Qin, Mother Qin, Second Uncle Qin, Third Uncle Qin, Aunt Qin, Qin Fang, and Yang Haiyan, a total of nine people.
The difference between the two tables was half.
Qin Fang personally poured tea for the elders at the table, not leaving out Yang Haiyan. After pouring the tea, he said, "Grandpa, grandma, father, mother, second uncle, third uncle, third aunt, Yanyan, I'll offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."
Uncle Qin: "Fang, why do you have to be so polite?"
Grandpa Qin said, "We haven't seen each other for so long, and everyone in the family is worried about you. It's only right to offer respect to all the elders. Your wife followed you here from afar and settled you in the inner house. You really should offer her a cup of tea. Let's drink this cup of tea."
After Grandpa Qin spoke, of course everyone stopped talking and drank the tea.
After drinking tea, Qin Fang sat down and served dishes to Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin: "Let's eat." This is the General's Mansion. Although Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin are the oldest, Qin Fang is the owner here.
Speaking of this meal, it opened the eyes of the Qin family. When they first arrived, they drank porridge and ate some side dishes, so they didn't have an idea about the situation in the General's Mansion. But now, when the dishes came up one after another, they were stunned. This is not a meal, this is simply a wedding. Oh, even in their country, the weddings are not so good. Because the dishes are too good, everyone is scared and dare not eat.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin also looked at the dishes, but they are the elders, so they can still keep their dignity. Grandpa Qin said, "Let's eat, what are you doing sitting here?" As he said that, he picked up the dish Qin Fang picked for him and started to eat.
Grandma Qin said, "Yes, yes, yes, eat quickly."
After everyone started eating, they thought again that today there were not only many dishes, but also delicious. Among the women sitting there, there were also good cooks, but they couldn't make such delicious dishes. Sure enough, the chefs in the general's mansion were also amazing.
In fact, it was not the case. These dishes were all made by Kun Zhang. It was not because Kun Zhang's cooking skills were good, but because there were enough seasonings. The Qin family usually didn't want to add seasonings when they went to the kitchen, so the taste was different.
Kun Zhang was not a cook, and her cooking skills were not as good as everyone thought.
The table was quiet, even the children were busy eating and didn't talk. Although no one was wolfing down their food, they ate much faster than usual. Especially for men like Uncle Qin Er and Uncle Qin San, who have big appetites, they ate to their heart's content since there were many dishes today. Aunt Qin San ate a little slower, perhaps because she was embarrassed.
Farmers like to chat while eating, but today no one chatted.
After dinner, Yang Haiyan took everyone to rest next door, where they could have some snacks or drink tea. Someone would come to clean up the table here.
Yang Haiyan took out some papers: "Grandpa, grandma, and all the elders, I have already chosen the names you mentioned this afternoon. I will read them to you. If you think they are not good, we can choose new ones."
Grandma Qin said: "Okay, okay, Yanyan, tell us quickly." Qin
Fang: "What names?"
Yang Haiyan said: "They are new names for my younger brothers and sisters. You are a general now, and your brothers and sisters should also have names. It is not appropriate to call them Daya and Erya. However, I will name the sisters, and the name of Niu Dan must be chosen by you, the eldest brother."
Qin Fang didn't know about this, but he didn't think much of it: "Okay, then I'll name Niu Dan first."
Niu Dan doesn't mind giving up his own name. It's not as easy to call him Niu Dan as to maintain the business and success. But he was already a grown-up boy, and he knew that his big brother had made great progress. As a younger brother, it would be embarrassing for his big brother to keep calling him Niu Dan. So now that his big brother was going to choose a name for him, he happily made a suggestion: "Big brother, can you give me a name with fewer strokes? Otherwise I won't be able to write it."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Seeing everyone laughing, Niu Dan also laughed foolishly: "Really, writing is troublesome."
Qin Fang said: "Okay. Your name should be the same as Shouye and Shoucheng, Shouye, Shoucheng... You can be called Shouxin, the word "xin" has few strokes and is easy to write. Shouxin means to stick to your original heart, and I hope you can always keep your innocent heart like you are now."
Niu Dan knew the word "xin" and could write it. When he heard the name Shouxin, he was satisfied: "Great, Shouxin, Qin Shouxin, this word is easy to write."
Qin Fang said again: "Grandpa, second uncle, do you think the name Shouxin is good?"
Yang Haiyan looked at the name he could come up with casually, which was really... without thinking.
Grandpa Qin said: "Very good." Shouxin, also guard your own heart.
Of course, Qin Fang didn't mean that. He just saw that his cousin had a cheerful personality and hoped that he would always be as happy as he is now.
Uncle Qin said, "Good, very good." What could he mean? If his father said it was good, then it was good.
Qin Siya: "Sister-in-law, my brother has named Niu Dan, what names did you give to the sisters?" For Qin Siya, she wanted to know the names of the girls more than the names of the brothers.
Indeed, there were many girls, and everyone was curious about the names Yang Haiyan gave to the girls.
Qin Fang also looked at his wife with curiosity: "What names did you give your sisters?"
Yang Haiyan said: "I named Daya Yiya. Yi is the pronunciation of one of the two, three, four, and I used the Yi of Yiren. Daya is the first sister in our Qin family, so it is more appropriate to use Yi. Originally, I wanted to call her Daya according to Siya's name, but I couldn't find a good pronunciation of the word Da, so I used Yi instead. What do you think of calling her Yiya?" She looked at Qin Fang.
Qin Fang had no opinion on the girls' names, not to mention Yiya, he had no opinion on Daya. In his heart, it didn't matter what name he gave her, because his sister was still his sister. So after hearing what his wife said, he said, "Very good."
Qin's mother asked, "Yanyan, Yi means the first daughter, and which bud is Ya and what does it mean?"
Yang Haiyan said, "Shoucheng, can you explain to me which bud is Ya and what does it mean?"
Qin Shoucheng stood up and said, "Yes, sister-in-law. Mother, Ya means sprout. Sister-in-law said it is a homophone of Ya and has another meaning. Ya means future and hope, whether it is fruit, crops, or All the others started from a seed, then sprouted, and then grew vigorously. My sister-in-law used this sprout because she hoped that the girl from our Qin family would have a bright future. Moreover, whether it was fruit or crops, when they sprouted, they grew up under the careful care of the common people, and our girl from the Qin family, like the sprouted seeds, grew up in the love of our elders in the Qin family. "
When Qin's mother heard this, she said, "Oh, this is a proper name with a different meaning, and it sounds much better than the one given by Afang."
Qin Fang: "..." This is not a real mother, even if she wants to praise his wife, she can't step on him.
Yang Haiyan looked at Qin Fang proudly after hearing this.
Qin Fang also looked back at her innocently, feeling a little aggrieved.
Yang Haiyan continued: "Second Uncle, I named Erya Erya. Er is pronounced as Er. The word is very simple and looks very beautiful when written. Look." She showed the paper with Erya's name to Uncle Qin.
Uncle Qin didn't know how to read, so he took it carefully... He couldn't understand it, so he asked Qin Shouxin, "Niu Dan, take a look at your sister's name."
Qin Shouxin looked at it and said, "Wow, your sister's name is also easy to write."
Hearing that it was easy to write, Uncle Qin was relieved: "Afang's wife, thank you so much."
Yang Haiyan said, "Uncle, you are too polite." Then it was Qin Sanya's name, "Uncle San, Aunt San, Sanya's name is a bit complicated, let me explain it to you. According to the pronunciation, the more suitable one is Shanya. Shan and San sound similar, and it is also the Shan of kindness, but Shanya is pronounced too fast, and it is like Shanya, which is not smooth. So I thought about it, Shan is originally a good virtue, for example, use Mei to replace Shan, and Sanya is named Meiya.
But now, I have thought of another suitable one. According to the ranking of the girls, San Ya ranks third in the family. However, if the third is ranked in another way, for example, some families will use spring, summer, autumn and winter. In this case, autumn is the third, so I thought of the name Qiuya. If it is Meiya, others will not know that she is the third first. But when talking about names with sisters, if San Ya is called Qiuya, everyone will definitely know that she ranks third in the family.
Uncle San and Auntie San, there are three names now, Shanya, Meiya, Qiuya, which one do you think is good? "Uncle
Qin and Auntie Qin looked at Qin Sanya, and Uncle Qin said: "Sanya, which name do you want?" This is the name of my daughter, and the most important thing is that my daughter likes it.
Qin Sanya has a quiet personality. Because there is no younger brother in the family, she is a little inferior among the sisters. At this moment, her father asked her, and she said softly, "They all sound good."
Uncle Qin said, "Then you pick one, you can't have three names, right?"
Qin Sanya thought for a moment and said, "I want to be called Qiuya."
Uncle Qin: "Then call her Qiuya. Wife Afang, our Sanya will be called Qiuya. Thank you for your hard work in thinking of three names for her."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "That's not the case, Uncle, you're too polite. We are all family. But Qiuya, why do you want to be called Qiuya?"
Qin Qiuya heard the big When her sister-in-law asked her, she explained in a low voice: "I...I want to have the same name as my sisters, so that I can be identified as the Sanya of the Qin family. My sister-in-law just said that if the name Qiuya is spoken together with the names of my sisters, you can tell that I am the Qin family's Sanya." Ranked third."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "Qiu Ya really cares about her sisters. She is a good girl." A girl with low self-esteem and quietness wants to be recognized by everyone like her sisters, so she wants a name like everyone else.
Qin Qiuya blushed when she heard her sister-in-law's praise.
The name has been decided, but what everyone is most worried about is not the name, but the subsequent arrangements. Everyone took a break in the afternoon, so they are in good spirits now. Grandpa Qin looked at the crowd and knew what they were worried about, so he didn't waste time and asked directly: "A Fang, now that everyone in the family has come, except for the second wife, what are your plans for everyone?"
Qin Fang said: "The military camp has a total of 1,000 mu of land. Now there is only one steward with 100 soldiers there, which means that each soldier is responsible for 10 mu. So what is needed in the military camp now is a steward, who is more concerned about the crops. Familiar stewards, as for the work in the land, stewards don't have to do it, the soldiers can do it. This is the soldiers' food, and they work very actively.
The thousand mu of land is not connected together, so the stewards are also separated. I plan to recruit one steward for every hundred mu of land, so a total of ten stewards are needed. "Now these fields are taken care of by Niu Er and his soldiers. Niu Er is so busy that he has lost weight. He has no choice but to run back and forth between the thousand mu of land.
When Grandpa Qin heard that ten managers were needed,
he couldn't help but said, "There are only three of us here, me, your father, and your third uncle." Grandpa Qin hurriedly said, "Grandpa, don't go and do anything. You can live in the mansion." He didn't intend to let his grandfather take care of it. If possible, he didn't want his own father to go either, but Qin Fang also knew that his father and mother had been busy in the fields all their lives. They would definitely not be used to living in the mansion every day without doing anything. So, he arranged for his father, but he was worried about his grandfather because he was old after all.
Grandpa Qin said, "I'm in good health, it's okay."
Yang Haiyan said, "Grandpa, you and grandma don't have to take care of the military barracks and fields, but you have to take care of the vegetable garden in our general's mansion."
Grandpa Qin was stunned and looked at Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan said, "Our general's mansion is too big, I have tidied up some unused places. There is an orchard on one side and a vegetable garden on the other. You have to take care of this vegetable garden, so that my husband can also eat the vegetables you grow. I guess my husband can eat one more bowl of rice for every meal."
Qin Fang hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, Grandpa, you have to take care of the vegetable garden at home."
Yang Haiyan said again, "If you want to go to the military camp to take a look, you can go anytime."
Qin Fang also said, "Yes, there is a carriage in the mansion, it's convenient."
Grandpa Qin knew their thoughts very well. If his grandson and granddaughter-in-law were filial, he would not insist. Anyway... there is a long way to go. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
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