Zhang Xuan's reason for refusal was very simple. He said that his sister was still young and didn't want to talk about the marriage for the time being, and he wanted to keep her by his side for two years. After all, he only had one sister.

Gu Yan, the young head, was very angry. What is the reason for being young? The girl from the Zhang family is fifteen years old. She is already at the age of being able to talk about marriage, and there is no age problem at all. Being a brother is even more impossible to hinder her sister's marriage. Instead, she should find a good family to marry her as soon as possible. That is what the brother should do.

Zhang Xuan's reason for refusal was obviously an excuse.

After analysis, Gu Yan believed that Zhang Xuan must not refuse for this reason, and there must be other reasons. So Gu Yan invited Wu Xing's friends to find out Zhang Xuan's tone and finally came up with the real reason for being rejected.

It turned out that Zhang Xuan believed that Gu Changnian was already in a weak position, but he had not participated in the Zhongzheng review so far and had not yet been awarded an official position. His only sister could marry the Gu family, but she could not be so hasty. Gu Chang at least had to have an official position so that he could rest assured.

Although Gu Yan was very annoyed when he learned this reason, at least this reason was valid. The Gu family in Wujun is not the same as before. There are no important officials in the Gu family's court, and the family's children are not enterprising. Zhang Xuan was worried that it would be reasonable for his sister to marry a useless person.

Gu Chang missed the Zhongzheng comment three years ago because he caused trouble that year and caused a little stir in Wujun. So Gu Yan decided to temporarily postpone the participation in the comments so as not to let the Zhongzheng give him a low-ranking class when public opinion was full of pressure, which would be troublesome. You know, Gu Chang was drunk three years ago and abused a maid in his family for no reason. Although it was no big deal for the master to kill slaves, he later settled the matter with money and goods, but it was very rumored in Wujun, which really damaged his reputation.

So Gu Yan told Gu Chang that he had to cultivate himself well in the past period of time and prepare to participate in this year's Zhongzheng Review. Only when he got the good review level, was awarded an official position, and then went to propose marriage, Zhang Xuan would not refuse.

Therefore, Gu Chang had to restrain himself. In addition, he had to prepare for the right review, and always practice writing, reading books and practicing poetry writing, which was very positive. Of course, he had no intention of paying attention to Li Hui, a little figure.

Han Yong had no choice but to give up. Without Gu Chang's support, he himself dared not be presumptuous. Moreover, in the current situation, Li Hui was protected by Dongweng, otherwise how could he not be punished, but instead promoted the boy to be the deputy supervisor. This was obviously intentionally for him and the head of the family to see.

Han Yong was arranged to enter the Nanzhai in order to secretly stare at Gu Qian's every move and find a major mistake in the Nanzhai. The young head of the family explained very clearly that the land mastered by the Nanzhai must be reclaimed, and the Gu family cannot have a second person to make the decision.

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On the morning of July 16, Gu Qian led the Nanzhai people to Donghu Manor. Today is the day when Donghu Manor is harvested. This is a big day for the Gu family, a family that uses the manor economy as its main source of income.

In previous years, the head of the family went there in person to preside over the opening ceremony. However, recently, the head of the family, Gu Chun, became weaker and weaker, so he did not attend. Gu Chang was entrusted to go there to represent him.

The opening ceremony of sickle in previous years may not be at Donghu Manor. The Gu family in Wujun has four large manors, two in the north and east of the city. Generally, the opening ceremony of sickle is carried out in each manor in turn. But this year there is no choice.

This year, there was a severe drought, and many other manors had reduced yields and no harvests. After the rain, the miscellaneous grains planted in the subsequent planting were not yet mature, so the opening ceremony could only be found in Donghu Manor. It was also the only manor in the Gu family that was almost unaffected this year. It was also the Gu family's hope for the Gu family to maintain its rice this year.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, on the flat ground in front of the warehouse in the manor, hundreds of tenant farmers gathered here in the East Lake Manor. Men, women, young and old were standing barefoot under the shade of trees with sickles and barefoots waiting for Gu Qian to say something.

Not long after, Gu Qian arrived surrounded by everyone. The accompanying servant carried a large chair in front of him, letting Gu Qian sit on the chair. It was the birthday chair made by Li Hui for Gu Qian. Because it was comfortable to sit, Gu Qian now brought this chair when he walked there.

Lu Fang, the thin and dry manager of Donghu Manor, asked Gu Qian for instructions and walked to the people and said loudly: "My fellow villagers, today Dongweng came to preside over the opening ceremony, so he asked Dongweng to give instructions."

The people clapped and Lu Fang bowed to ask Gu Qian to speak out.

Gu Qian stood up and smiled and said, "My elders, today is the day when the manor is sickle-opening. More than 10,000 acres of rice have matured. I worked hard for a year and have been waiting for today. This year is not good, and the drought at the beginning of the year has almost destroyed the crops. Fortunately, the remediation is timely, so there is a scene of ripening tens of acres of rice. It is not easy."

The people said one after another: "Yes, yes, it's really not easy."

Gu Qian said: "Due to the severe drought, it is certain that rice yields in the Three Wus this year are reduced. In my Wujun, eight or nine out of ten acres of land have been reduced or lost. The outside world is now soaring, and a stone of grain has risen to tens of thousands of yuan. I believe you have heard of it. Therefore, my Donghu Manor can still harvest sickles, and the harvest seems to be pretty good. How difficult it is. You will not be hungry this year, so you should be grateful. How many people are hungry this year."

The people shouted, "I will remember the kindness of the Lord's family. We all know it in our hearts."

Gu Qian nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. My Wujun Gu family is passed down from poetry and books. He treats the vassals and tenants at home as his own. He will never let you starve and get cold, and will not ignore you. No matter how difficult it is, he will share the joys and sorrows with all the villagers. Today's day of the sickle is a big day. I have a few requirements, and I hope you can listen."

Everyone nodded and listened carefully.

Gu Qian said: "Given that this year's severe drought, food is precious. Therefore, we must cherish food extra. My first requirement is to hope that the grains can be returned to the warehouse. The rice ears must be harvested cleanly, and the threshing must be removed cleanly, and not be careless. Every grain of rice is very important. The second point is to take advantage of the good weather during the current period, dry them quickly, put them in bags and put them in the warehouse. The forage is piled up and covered. After autumn, the autumn rain will be lingering. Don't let the grain become moldy or rotten, which is a huge waste."

The people nodded one after another, Dongweng was an expert, and these two requests were on the point.

"The third point is to prevent theft and theft and set fires. During this period, the manor organized manpower to patrol the farmland with all his might, and found many suspicious people who were trying to cut rice secretly. Reduce production elsewhere, and I couldn't help but see my Donghu Manor's harvest. People's hearts are unpredictable, just in case. We cannot be stolen by others or destroyed by others. Isn't that right?" Gu Qian said.

"What Dongweng said is so. Just as that is the case." Everyone said one after another.

Gu Qian smiled and nodded, "I will send people to patrol and take strict precautions. The ten days of harvesting and threshing into the warehouse are the most tense moments, and everyone must be careful. I have to say ugly words in my head, guard against outsiders, and also guard against myself. If anyone moves something wrong, I will be severely punished by being aware of it. Don't blame me for being merciless, because I already have the words to come first today."

All the tenants were filled with awesomeness, and they all knew the fierceness of the Gu family's family law. Gu had dealt with several slaves and tenants in recent years, but they all lost their lives. That was no joke.

Gu Qian didn't want to say too many words that ruined the atmosphere, as it was enough to say it. He turned around and said to Han Yong and others: "It's okay to start."

Han Yong quickly greeted him loudly, and saw two servants carrying a gong rack with a large bronze gong hanging on it. Another servant came over with a large bunch of heavy rice.

Han Yong took a stick and handed it to Gu Chang.

"Please yell the gong!"

Gu Chang raised his hammer and hit the gong with a sudden bang, and then heard a clanging sound, which rang all around, making people's ears buzzing. Gu Chang hit continuously, and the clanging sound made a loud bang.

Han Yong took another sickle wrapped in red cloth from his servant and handed it to Gu Qian, and shouted: "Please move the sickle from Dongweng!"

Gu Qian smiled and waved his sickle, and held the bunch of straw in half in the servant's hand, and held the heavy ears of rice in his hand.

"Open the sickle!" Gu Qian announced loudly.

Everyone present cheered and applauded. The next moment, men, women, young and old stood up and headed for the fields outside the village. Soon after, the sickle sounded and the harvest officially began.

Starting today, in the next half month, they will sweat and get up early and work in the morning and night without any stop.

Harvesting rice, manually threshing, transporting and drying, packing and putting straw into storage, drying and bundling rice straw, stacking and storing, etc., all take more than half a month to complete. But in fact, starting from planting seedlings in spring to harvesting crops today, this is just a link in a long and hard work.
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