Oh my God, she couldn’t even think about it.
In the sunlight, the silver sparkled when the red cloth was lifted, and the surrounding villagers were dazzled by it.
Ru Xin's face was grim, and the handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a dough knot. Unexpectedly, Third Uncle's family had received a commendation from the prefect. It was the prefect, not the county magistrate. From now on, their family would no longer be ordinary peasants. At least ordinary people would not dare to bully them.
Is the prefect blind? What's so good about these few pieces of wood that he deserves to give her a plaque? There are official cloud patterns on the plaque. If this plaque belongs to their family, will she still not be able to get married?
The yamen runner brought out another black wooden box and said, "Master Zhao, those were rewards from the prefect, and these are rewards from the county magistrate. It's 100 taels of silver. In addition, your family can be exempted from five years of taxes and ten years of corvée labor."
If Zhao Dashu hadn't mentioned corvée labor, he would have forgotten it. The county magistrate hadn't recruited anyone to dig a canal for several years. Could there be any action this year?
"Thank you very much. You officials have worked hard on the journey. Please come in and take a seat. Village chief and clan leader, please come in." The limelight was over, and it was time to invite the people who had delivered the gifts to have a meal.
The housekeeper was very excited holding the plaque, this was the result of hard work by the master and the young lady of their family. With this, no one would dare to cause trouble for the master in the county in the future.
Song and Zhao Xiaoyu were busy in the kitchen. Old Sun didn't know how to entertain people. She went home happily after being in the limelight. She wanted to have a good chat with Huang later. The third child got so much silver, several hundred taels!
She had never seen so many silver ingots in her life, how could the third brother be so capable? "Huang, do you think the third brother will give me two silver ingots to play with?"
"I think so. The third master has always been filial to the old lady."
Filial piety? His filial piety was always compared to his two brothers. No matter what, she must have two silver ingots. She would look at them every night before going to bed, and she would sleep more soundly.
The crowd in front of Zhao Dashu's house lingered for a long time. Zhao Dashu invited the village chief and the clan leader to entertain the officials, but did not call him his brothers. Zhao Dawen and Zhao Dayong felt very unhappy because their third brother did not give them the opportunity to show up in front of the officials.
Especially Zhao Dawen, he knew many of the county yamen runners. If the county magistrate knew that Zhao Dashu was his younger brother, would he look at him differently?
When he saw this thing for the first time, he knew it was promising, but the third brother refused to give him the blueprints, otherwise the honor would be his tomorrow!
What's the use of a peasant like him taking this credit? He only got a few hundred taels of silver. If he had made great achievements, maybe he could even get a small official position.
The crowd watching the excitement gradually dispersed, leaving only the two unwilling families in the Zhao family's old house.
Zhao Dayong and Zhao Dawen rubbed their hands and wandered outside the courtyard. They tried to go in several times, but were stopped by the housekeeper. They stood on tiptoe and looked into the courtyard...
"Master, let's go home." Li persuaded. She didn't want to stay here any longer. No one would open the door for them. The third brother had said before that they should not take advantage of him. Now you see, when there is something good happening, he would rather call others than his own people.
The reason why Zhao Dashu was called the clan leader was because Qi told his daughter that if he were to take the imperial examination, he should support the Zhao clan members, as a strong clan is the foundation.
"Go back. Staying here will only make you a laughing stock." Wang was exhausted. Seeing the third brother's family getting better and better, how could she not feel sad?
Originally, all these should have belonged to their family. She always had the illusion that the third brother's family's current life was a robbery of theirs, as if if the third brother's family lived in poverty, their family would be better off.
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