Although there is an old saying among the people, "A good man does not have to live in a separate family, and a good woman does not wear the clothes of her marriage", but as a parent, who is willing to find a poor son-in-law and let his daughter suffer poverty?[]
Not to mention Anlu Prefecture, even in the Ming Dynasty, the princess of the Prince's Palace wanted to "marry high", but she was afraid that she couldn't. The only thing left was to choose the big one among the poor, and find someone who was rich and worry-free.
Wang Qi and Shen Hexuan, speaking of it, have something in common: "They have a car and a house, and both parents are dead." Needless to say, Wang Qi's situation is that although Shen Hexuan is the direct grandson of Shen's eldest son, his parents died young and he is now the head of the family. He is his biological second uncle.
Thinking like this, Dao Chi looked a little weird. Considering this, wouldn't he be a good son-in-law? He has no parents, his grandmother is old, and he has a sister who is getting married soon.
The only difference is that Wang Qi and Shen Hexuan are both brothers of the aristocratic clan. When they reach adulthood, they will share the family property equally with their uncles as the head of the family. Even if they do nothing for the rest of their lives, the wealth they will receive will be enough for them to use for the rest of their lives. Are you a Taoist idiot? You don’t have to wait until you reach adulthood. You already have your own property in your name, including the thirty acres of dowry land from your biological mother, and the six acres of land that you got after being divided equally between your 9th house and Shun Niang.
Regarding land rent, Taoist idiots have already done some research. Because Huguang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, crops can be harvested twice a year, so the rent for middle fields is one stone of rice; for upper fields, it is one stone and a half. Ignore the thirty acres of dowry fields for now, and only talk about the outer nine houses. The rent of twelve acres of ancestral land, when there are no natural disasters, can bring in thirteen shi of rice a year.
When the rice is ground into rice, the profit is only 70%, so thirteen shi of rice is equivalent to nine shi of rice. The price of rice is seven qian per shi, so the annual rent is six taels and three qian of silver. Because most of the rice needs to be kept. When making rations, the grain that can be exchanged for money is limited, and there is basically no money available.
In the kitchen of the outer nine rooms, there is only a small vat of rice, and the rest is millet. Just because one stone of rice can be exchanged for one and a half stone of millet, the family can eat more rice.
Thinking of these, Dao Chi felt a little longing for his grandmother and sister at home, and the old monk and Hutou on the Western Mountain.
At this time, I heard an "ouch" sound. It was little Lu Bing, holding his stomach and shrinking his face into a ball.
"What's wrong?" Dao Chi saw his little face turned pale and didn't dare to ignore it, so he asked a little nervously.
Lu Bing said with some embarrassment: "I ate a few extra pieces of fried cake at breakfast, and I'm feeling upset. I'm afraid I have to go to the clean room and squat for a while!"
Dao Chi was speechless immediately. He opened the door and showed him the location of the cleansing room.
Lu Bing held his belly in his hands and flew away.
The Taoist idiot looked back at the upper room, and faint bursts of laughter could be heard. He didn't want to go back and join in the fun, so he paced outside.
As soon as I walked into Dacheng Courtyard, I met an old nanny, followed by many pretty maids carrying food boxes, striding towards Lequn Courtyard.
When she saw the Taoist idiot, the old lady stopped her steps and said: "I have been ordered by the princess to come here to deliver wine and food. Young Master Wang, please don't go too far. The banquet will start soon."
Dao Chi hurriedly said: "Thank you, mama, for the tip. I'll just stop in the front yard and go back right away."
The old grandma smiled and took the maids to continue to Lequn Courtyard.
Dao Chi touched his chin. This nanny was probably the so-called "Aunt Zhou" in Fan's mouth. The strange thing was that she seemed to have confirmed her identity, but she didn't remember that she had been there for half a day. Saw her.
Dao Chi thought while looking around Dachengyuan.
Starting tomorrow, everyone will study here.
Although he was still a little curious about the two libraries that were the first to enter the courtyard, he calculated the time and decided that the table should be set. If there was no need to delay any longer, Dao Chi wanted to turn around and go back.
At this time, a "pop" sound was heard.
The Taoist idiot paused and looked along the sound, and saw a little maid in green lying at the corner door. Next to her was a red-lacquered fruit basket, filled with half-blue plums and many scattered on the ground.
There are also three or five purple-red plums, rolled to the side of the Taoist.
Dao Chi bent down, picked up the plums, and walked over.
The little maid seemed to have scratched her hand. She turned over and sat up, holding her wrist, tears welling up in her eyes.
She was only eight or nine years old, with her hair combed, white and tender, and she looked very pitiful and cute. I saw her carrying fruits and vegetables in a hurry. She was coming from the kitchen. But the kitchen actually sent such a small maid.
Things are really outrageous.
Dao Chi came forward, straightened the overturned food box, put the plums in his hands into it, and went to pick up other fallen plums.
Only then did the little maid realize that someone else was there. She quickly got up from the ground with all her hands and feet, blinking her wet eyes and looking at the Taoist, full of curiosity.
The Taoist idiot's eyes slipped under the looming mutton-fat jade bracelet on the little maid's sleeves, and he was speechless for a while. Speechless, it was not easy to argue with a child, so he picked up other fallen plums and put them into the fruit basket.
In a moment, Dao Chi packed up all the scattered fruits.
The little girl felt a little uncomfortable and whispered: "Thank you... thank you..."
The Taoist Chi knew that he could not delay any longer and had to return to Lequn Hall immediately. However, this fruit basket of plums weighed four or five kilograms, which was indeed a bit heavy for a seven or eight-year-old child.
Therefore, he said: "There is a banquet in the inner courtyard. Can I help you carry this fruit?"
The little girl had a tangled face, pinched her fingers, and said in a milky voice: "But I...the kitchen lady sent me..."
This little girl is so cute.
Dao Chi couldn't help but stretched out his hand and pinched the little girl's face.
The little girl's eyes were wide and round. When Dao Chi took back his hand, she realized what was going on. Her face immediately turned red and she glared at Dao Chi angrily.
Dao Chi smiled and said, "I'll carry the things. If you want to go in, just follow me."
When the little girl heard this, her eyes lit up and she nodded immediately as if pounding rice.
The two of them entered Lequn Courtyard one behind the other.
When passing by the clean room, I heard a voice coming from inside: "Is that Brother Wang?"
Dao Chi responded and asked, "Why don't you come out yet? Are you okay?"
Lu Bing's voice inside was already crying: "Second brother Wang, there is no toilet paper in the clean room. Second brother is looking for some rice paper for me to use. Don't let anyone know, it will be embarrassing..."
Before he finished speaking, the little girl who was following behind Dao Chi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
When Lu Bing heard it inside, he thought it was a Taoist idiot laughing, and said vaguely: "Brother Wang, you are so unkind when you laugh at me..."
The Taoist idiot looked back at the little girl. Her eyebrows were crooked, she covered her mouth with her little hands, and her shoulders were shaking.
Dao Chi stretched out his finger, tapped her forehead, and said to the clean room: "I'll get the paper for you right now, don't worry."
After that, he went back to the house to get some rice paper and stuffed it into Lu Bing's room through the door.
During this process, the little girls were hanging behind him, with curious expressions on their faces.
But when Lu Bing opened the door and came out, she retreated behind Dao Chi and covered herself tightly.
Lu Bing came out with a wrinkled face, lowered his head and smelled himself, with a look of disgust on his face, and said: "It really stinks... Second brother, help me tell His Highness, you guys, let's start the banquet first, you don't need to wait for me, I'll go change at my house Just come here with some clothes."
After saying that, he ran out of Lequn Courtyard without waiting for Dao Chi's reply.
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief and came out from behind Dao Chi.
Dao Chi looked at the little girl with a smile and said: "Your Highness and Jiang Erlang are here, are you not afraid?"
The little girl straightened her chest and said in a sweet voice, "What are you afraid of? I was ordered to deliver fruit to Grandma Zhou."
When the Taoist idiot saw the little girl acting like this, he stopped talking and carried the fruit basket into the Lequn Hall.
As soon as he showed up, he heard Wang Qi saying in a male voice: "Where are you and Mr. Lu getting naughty? The table has been set, just waiting for you two."
It turned out that everyone was no longer in the hall, but had moved to the dining room to take their seats.
Wang Qi's position was facing the door, so he saw the Taoist idiot as soon as he came in.
At the door of the dining room, Grandma Zhou stood with her maids.
The Taoist Chi said: "I'm really sorry, I was delayed outside for a while."
While he was talking, he entered the dining room. Everyone else was sitting and couldn't see behind him, but Grandma Zhou saw something was wrong and couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Dao Chi just ignored her, nodded to Grandma Zhou, and then entered the dining room.
Seeing that Dao Chi came back alone, the prince asked doubtfully: "Where is Lu Bing?"
The Taoist idiot replied: "He just soiled his clothes outside and went home to change his clothes. Please let me tell Your Highness to start the banquet first without waiting for him."
The prince smiled and said: "In the short time since we let him out, he has been naughty and dirty his clothes. He can't even see it and doesn't stop." As he said this, he didn't mention the matter of opening the banquet first.
There were two empty seats at the table, one between Liu Congyun and Wang Qi, and the other between Liu Congyun and Lu Wenzhao.
The Taoist idiot saw that the seats at the table were the same as those in the previous hall, so he sat down on Wang Qi's right hand side.
At this moment, a maid came over with a wet towel and said in a low voice: "I will serve you and clean your hands."
After hearing this, Dao Chi stretched out his arms and let her serve him.
Everyone's eyes fell on Dao Chi, and they looked at him with different expressions as he was being served by the beautiful maid without any change of expression.
The Taoist idiot looked a little confused. He thought this was a service that everyone enjoyed, and he didn't want to be unique, so he just accepted it. Why did he feel something was wrong?
It is true that everyone has a maid to serve and clean their hands, but everyone has different reactions. After all, he is a young man, and he is somewhat "shy" in front of the maid. But except for Chen Chizhong, everyone else also grew up in Fugui Township, and There's nothing wrong with it.
However, thinking that she was a maid in the palace, her attitude was extremely polite, either "Excuse me, sister" or "Thank you, sister". She didn't even raise her eyelids or say a word like a Taoist idiot. There was really no one like her.
Because the Taoist idiot had picked up the fruit on the ground, there was a lot of dust on his palms, so the beautiful maid wiped it very carefully. She bent down and wiped it with her fingers one by one.
Wang Qi looked on, feeling a little unbearable. He tightened his crotch and looked at Dao Chi with envy and jealousy in his eyes.
The Taoist idiot really didn't pay attention to the beautiful maid at hand. She seemed to be looking at the table, but in fact she was looking at the door from the corner of her eye.
Grandma Zhou took the little girl, walked through the central hall, and took refuge in the tea room...