There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 301

[Chapter 301, understand the situation]

and entering the room, Mrs. Li and her three children sat down one after another, and the maids retreated to the side after serving tea.

“Brother, what are you doing with a box?”

Seeing that Yan Wenxiu was holding a box in his hand, Dao Hua couldn’t help asking.

Yan Wenxiu said with a smile: “When I was wandering around the provincial capital, I passed by a pharmacy and saw this box of good white fungus, so I wanted to buy it back for my mother’s health.” As he spoke, he stepped forward to put the box on Mrs. Li with a smile on the table at hand.

Mrs. Li was surprised for a moment, and then she opened the box with a happy face, looking at the white and transparent white fungus inside, like a blooming chrysanthemum, she felt very happy.

This was the first time that the eldest son was so considerate to her!

“Okay, big brother, let me tell you why you left us that day. It turned out that you went to buy tremella for mother. Why didn’t you call me so that I could buy something for mother.”

Yan Wenkai muttered dissatisfied.

Yan Wenxiu glanced over, “Do you have money on you?”

Yan Wenkai choked, and immediately stopped talking.

He can’t save money, and he spends his monthly bills every time, and sometimes he has to ask his third brother and eldest brother to help him.

Seeing that Er Er was deflated, Mrs. Li smiled: “Mother knows your filial piety. Now that you are still studying, you don’t need to spend so much money. You keep your monthly bills for your own use. Mother has everything here.”

Daohua Sitting next to Mrs. Li, she disapproved and said, “Mother, this is the intention of my brothers. How can it be said that it is a waste of money? You always worry about your brothers’ food, clothing, housing and transportation. My brothers met something good outside, and you want to give it to me.” You bring it back, isn’t it the right thing to do, why are you pushing it out?”

Traditional parents are like this, they are obviously very happy with their children’s filial piety, but they still have to act like they don’t need them. Seriously, I won’t buy it anymore.

This person’s feelings require interaction.

No matter how light the gift is, I am happy knowing that it is remembered.

There is no such thing as one party only knows to take, while the other party blindly gives. Human beings are not sages. As time goes by, emotions will inevitably become unbalanced, and troubles will arise in vain.

It’s better to happily accept the other party’s kindness from the beginning, and then make up for it as much as possible.

Mrs. Li nodded Daohua’s forehead: “You girl, you have a lot of unreasonable ideas.” Daohua stared

: “I am not unreasonable, brothers are filial, this kind of behavior should be encouraged, did elder brother send white fungus, Are you unhappy?”

Mrs. Li glanced at her daughter with a smile, but didn’t say anything more this time.

After that, Daohua sat for a while, and then went back to her yard.

The courtyard is much larger, and its layout is similar to that of the state government office, but there are a few more osmanthus trees in the courtyard.

Daohua looked at the houses everywhere, Lixia didn’t follow her to the provincial government, she tidied up the furnishings in the house, almost all were arranged according to Daohua’s previous instructions.

Dao Hua nodded in satisfaction, seeing that there was nothing to change, she returned to the main room.

“Go and call Little Sixth Brother over, I have something to ask him.”

Wang Man’er glanced at the sky, it was already half afternoon: “Now? Girl, do you want to take a rest first?”

Daohua shook her head: “I have to find out quickly As for the situation in Ningmen Mansion, if there is a suitable village and land, we must buy it quickly, or we will miss this year’s spring plowing.”

Wang Man’er nodded, turned around and left quickly.

After a while, Qin Xiaoliu came.

Before Daohua went to the provincial mansion, she specially instructed Qin Xiaoliu to inquire about the situation here as soon as he arrived at Ningmen mansion.

During this period of time, Qin Xiaoliu ran out frequently, and sometimes he went to places far away, and would spend the night outside. With this busy work, he finally finished what Daohua had told him to do.

“Girl, Ningmen Mansion governs three prefectures and eighteen counties, and its jurisdiction area is at least three times that of other prefectures. However, although the area is large, more than half of the counties are Xia counties.”

“Many places are relatively barren, especially It is a few counties near the border between Fenxi and Jiguang, and a lot of land is idle and no one cultivates it.”

Daohua asked: “Why?”

Qin Xiaoliu: “The counties near Fenxi, It was because of the banditry in the past few years, many people had their properties robbed, but if they resisted, they would lose their lives.”

“I heard from the old man over there that everyone was frightened and moved away one after another. Even though Governor Guo has eliminated the banditry in the past two years, people are still unwilling to go back.”

“The county next to Jiguang is barren. First, the fields themselves are very barren; second, because of last year’s flood, many of them were lost The refugees from their homeland rushed over.”

“When there are more refugees, there will be more disturbances, and the local people will suffer unspeakably, and some people who have relatives in other places will hide directly.”

People are gone, and the fields are naturally deserted . planted.

Listening to this, Daohua silently sympathized with Father Cheap in her heart, the situation in Ningmen Mansion is complicated enough, it is not easy to manage!

“Tell me about the conditions of the fields here!”

Qin Xiaoliu quickly handed over the booklets recording the conditions of the fields in various places.

Daohua took it over and looked it over, and smiled immediately: “Little Sixth Brother, yes, the records are very complete.”

The idle fields in each county, as well as the surrounding conditions of the fields, are clearly written.

Qin Xiaoliu scratched the back of his head, and said a little embarrassedly: “I asked Mr. Xiao to borrow the county annals to read, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to collect too much information.

” It’s great to have someone to help you, and you’ve found the right person.”

Although Daohua is younger than him, Qin Xiaoliu is still very happy to hear her praise, and feels that these days’ work is worthwhile up.

“Man’er, give ten taels of silver to Little Sixth Brother.”

Wang Maner went to get the silver with a smile and squinted his eyes.

Having been with Daohua for several years, Qin Xiaoliu also knew that the girl was generous, so he happily thanked her: “Thank you for the reward, miss.” This is a recognition of his ability to handle affairs.

“Sandy soil”

Daohua carefully flipped through the booklet in her hand, and her eyes flickered when she saw the land conditions in Shahe County.

Qin Xiaoliu quickly said: “Shahe County is next to the border of Jiguang, and the land in the county is almost all sandy soil. It is the most barren county among the 18 counties under the jurisdiction of Ningmen Prefecture.”

Daohua asked: “How long does it take from Fucheng to Shahe County?”

Qin Xiaoliu thought for a while, “It only takes half a day by boat, but it takes longer if you take the dry road.”

Daohua nodded and pondered for a moment , and walked towards the main courtyard.

“Mother!”

As soon as Daohua arrived at the main courtyard, she wrapped herself around Mrs. Li: “Mother, I want to go to Shahe County tomorrow to see the conditions of the fields there.”

Mrs. Li said helplessly, “Aren’t you tired? When I came back, I didn’t say I would rest for two days.”

Daohua shook her head: “I’m afraid that the spring plowing will be delayed.”

Mrs. Li was silent for a while: “I really can’t do anything with you, let your third uncle accompany you, our family also needs to add fields Yes, let your third uncle go over to see the situation.”

(End of this chapter)