"Grandpa, Grandpa, do you still have these gems? Just this box?" I asked Grandpa anxiously.
"I only bought these. The sea merchant only bought two boxes. Other than me, there seems to be a young man who bought them, but I don't know how much he bought!”Grandpa said.
"By the way, your grandmother wanted to buy you a jade bracelet. I thought that you were still young and your bones hadn't grown up yet. I'll make a few jade bracelets for you in a few years!”As I listened to Grandpa continue, my eyes were a little hot. I hugged Grandpa and whispered in his arms that Grandpa was really good.
Grandpa's heart almost melted when he heard me say that.
"Grandpa, when I grow up, I will definitely be filial to you.”I swear!
"Okay, okay. Grandpa will wait for Little Jia to grow up to be filial to Grandpa! Little Jia, your grandpa and grandma are planning to buy some land for you in a few years. By then, our Little Jia will also be a small landlord!”Grandpa said with a smile!
"I don't know how to plant even if Grandpa buys the land!”
"I'm not asking you to grow it. If we rent it out, someone will grow it! There are many foreign families here who don't have land and rely on renting land to live! If we rent out the land, they will have work to do. We don't have to worry about it. When the time comes, they will just have to pay the rent! You're still young, we can't buy land yet. We'll buy it after your 12th birthday!”
"Why do you have to be 12 years old before you can buy land?”I asked curiously.
"According to the law of our Xia Dynasty, the local boy's village in the countryside will give you a piece of land after the child is born, but you can only plant the land first. When the child is seven years old, the land will officially be assigned to their family. The village doesn't give land to the girls, but all the girls in our dynasty can own their own land as their private property after the age of 12. Usually, this is the girl's own dowry, and the in-laws can't use it.”Grandpa told me about the land.
"Oh! Can I buy as many as I want?" Can I be a landlord first?
"There's no special requirement for this, but it's not easy to manage if there's too much land. Moreover, we have to rely on the heavens for food, so women don't have much land.”
That's true. Not to mention that it's hard to manage too many of them, it's hard to say if the heavens will give you good weather. It's common for you to encounter a natural disaster and not have a harvest!
"Let's go out! Don't tell anyone what you see today!”Grandpa instructed.
"Yes, I won't tell. I won't even tell my father!”I promise.
"Haha, you didn't even tell your father, but your mother didn't need to tell her!”Grandpa said mysteriously.
When she returned to the house with Grandpa, Grandpa called Auntie Ge over and asked her how much food was left in the kitchen.
"I saw that there were still more than 20 catties of rice and more than half a bag of refined noodles in the morning.”Aunt Ge replied.
"Yes, I know what to do. I'll go buy some rice and noodles in the afternoon or tomorrow!”Grandpa made a decision.
"Auntie Ge, I heard that the price of grain has risen sharply. You should discuss with your family to buy some!”My mother said to Aunt Ge.
"I think so too. I want my old man and son to buy it tomorrow! We can't afford to buy short rations. We want to buy more coarse grains, but we can't afford fine grains!”
"Then, Aunt Ge, are you still coming tomorrow?”My grandma asked!
"Come, come. I don't need to buy grain tomorrow. I'll just give them the money and let them buy it.”
"Alright, if you have something to do, just let me know. It's fine to find someone to replace you for a day or two!”my grandma advised.
"I know, I know. If there's nothing else, I'll go wash my clothes!”Aunt Ge said.
"Go. If you're tired, take a rest. There's only a few of us at home who don't have so much work to do!”Grandma said.
Aunt Ge turned around and went to the backyard.
"Yaxian, go and settle your Liangcheng's matter today. Go and settle the procedures tomorrow. I'll go with him in the morning. Don't make any more mistakes!”My grandfather told my mother.
"Father, you're still the best!" My mother said happily.
"When he comes back, I'll tell him that this is all thanks to you, Father. I'll ask him to thank you properly! Dad, don't you like his fish? Let's cook fish today?”
"I won't eat fish. I've been running around for the past few days. I'll just eat something light and simple.”
"Yes, your father is right. We'll eat after everything is settled tomorrow! I've been exhausted for the past few days. I need to rest well!”
"Father, we'll go home the day after tomorrow after we're done with Liangcheng's matter. We've been staying at your place for a few days.”
"What's wrong with staying for a few more days? What was there to be afraid of? Who said anything?" The old man glanced in the direction of the east courtyard.
"No one said anything. It's been a few days since there's no one at home, and I'm worried. Besides, we came in a hurry and didn't even inform my mother-in-law and the others. If something happens over there, we have to go back and take a look. We'll come back in a few days. It's not too far away. Besides, I still want to see how much food there is at home. I also want to buy some food!”
"Then let's go back the day after tomorrow!" the old lady said.
My father came back in the afternoon, earlier than every day.
"Father, your matter is settled. Go and settle the procedures tomorrow!”When she saw my father come back, my mother immediately said!
"It's true! Aiya, that's great. I went to look for Dongzi today. Dongzi even said that if he could find a public office, he had to be quick. There were many wounded soldiers coming down from the front. He said that he was afraid that they would recruit us veterans!”
"Is that so? Father, thank goodness we ran fast. He would be relieved after he settled the procedures tomorrow!”My mother said gratefully to my grandfather!
"By the way, do you need to bring some money tomorrow?”the old lady asked.
"It doesn't need much money. We just need to treat them to a meal after we finish the procedures tomorrow! I promised them that I would do a big heat transfer. His old man is celebrating his birthday in August, and his old man likes my paintings!”
"How much money do you have?"
"I still have less than 2 taels left. I'll go home and get some later!”
"Don't mess around, I'll give you five taels!”The old lady took the initiative to speak!
"Mother, how can this be good? It's not that we don't have it. I'll just go home and get it!”My father quickly said!
"It's okay. Take it first. You can give it to me when you come back in a few days.”The old lady said as she went into the house to get the money.
"Father, you will be working for the yamen tomorrow? Then what do you do?" I asked curiously.
"I don't know yet. I'll only know when I go tomorrow!”
"Father, Mother said that she will be home the day after tomorrow and she still needs to buy food. Who will buy food when you go to the yamen?”I asked again.
"Buy grain?" He looked at his wife.
"Now that the price of grain has risen sharply, I think we should buy some too. If the war continues, the price of grain will definitely rise again.”
"We should buy some. I think I heard someone say that there will be a food restriction for a few days at Dongzi's place today!”
"What is it? Food restriction?" Grandpa said in surprise.
"Food restriction so soon? I thought it would take another five or ten days!”
"You don't know that there are many refugees fleeing here now. There are fewer people in the eastern part of the city, but there's almost no room in the northern part of the city! When I went to the north today, I saw many people lying on the roadside without a place to stay!”
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