Originally, he was on guard against his brother-in-law's move, so he went to his second uncle's private school and found a few students who were good at reciting poems and writing poems. However, Zhou Zixu never expected that his brother-in-law would be so "ruthless". At least there are more than a hundred pairs here.
A breeze blew slowly by, and the big red couplets were fluttering in the wind. Zhou Zixu felt a chill in his heart. Wuwuwu, his uncle's power was really powerful.
Wang Wenchang had just arrived. In order not to delay the auspicious time to pick up the bride, he rested in Hengxi Town last night.
Wang Wenchang, who was originally stunned by the film couple, now saw his brother-in-law coming over and the five or six scholars standing next to him, as if he had seen a savior.
What a nice people. There are four scholars on my side and six on my brother-in-law side. It is not difficult to answer all these couplets.
Seeing the two grooms gearing up, the young man holding a pen and ink tray hurriedly walked over.
"Two groomsmen, if you want to answer correctly, here is the pen and ink."
After saying that, he handed the tray over.
Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang were also unambiguous. They each grabbed a brush and after dipping it in ink, they walked to the couplet and began to answer questions.
First couplet: marriage between two surnames.
Zhou Zixu took up his pen and wrote: Make a contract together.
Looking at the second picture, the first couplet is: Look at the peach blossoms blooming today, and the room is suitable for IKEA.
Zhou Zixu thought for a while and then wrote: It is predicted that the melons and melons will continue to bloom in the next year, and the energy will be prosperous and the energy will be hot.
Wang Wenchang didn't waste any time. When he saw the first couplet which read: "I would like to make a white-headed promise and write to Hong Jian", he wrote down: So that the alliance of red leaves will be recorded in the mandarin and butterfly.
The villagers who surrounded the three floors outside couldn't help but praise after seeing Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang's fluent exchanges, "The two groomsmen are so knowledgeable!"
Lin Sanzhu, who was hiding behind the crowd, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two sons-in-law were not embarrassed. It would be great if he could answer it. It would be great if he could answer it. It would be dark by then and he would not give his daughter to him yet. Pick up.
In fact, Lin Sanzhu didn't even think about it, how could these two people, one a scholar and the other a scholar, not be able to answer the poem.
However, it is certain that my hands will be sore.
After Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang had answered almost half of the couplets, the few scholars who came to pick up the bride picked up their pens and went up to help.
The scene of a dozen or so elegant people writing and writing at the same time was not an ordinary sight, and the villagers felt that even one pair of eyes was not enough.
And the little kids who came here when they heard the sound of firecrackers didn't care about whether they were in harmony or not. They ran to the groom one by one and begged for candy.
Shu Yan lifted the big baggage in his hand and said, "If you want to eat wedding candy, come over here quickly!"
When the little kid heard this, he immediately turned around and lined up in front of Shuyan with a smile on his face.
After a while, the children received pine nut candies, four pieces each. Now, the children were so happy that they were jumping around as they walked.
When they were about to write the last couplet, Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang felt that their necks and arms were sore at the moment.
Looking at the uncle standing outside the courtyard gate, he is wearing a scarlet robe, his bun is not messy, he looks like a green pine, full of majesty.
There was a burst of crackling firecrackers, indicating that the auspicious time had come and the bride was about to give birth.
Chunyan wore a red hijab, her tears were like broken beads, and soon wet her brother's shoulders.
Lin Yuanqiu said softly, "If Zixu bullies you from now on, go home and tell your brother, and he will help you deal with him."
Chunyan only said a soft "hmm", and soon she was sobbing and speechless.
After carrying the eldest sister on the carriage, Lin Yuanqiu turned back to carry the younger sister.
Compared to Chun Yan whose face was full of tears, Chun Cao bit her lips and said, "Brother, remember to write more letters to Cao'er..."
The voice was filled with tears.
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "Brother must remember, and little sister must also remember to take care of herself, do you understand?"
Chun Cao nodded "Yeah, yeah."
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After sending away the spring swallows and spring grass, Lin Sanzhu felt empty in his heart.
Feng's eyes were also red.
So what's the point of raising a daughter? When she grows up, she will go to someone else's house.
well! I don’t know if they will adapt to their husband’s family.
Thinking that she would come back in three days, Feng was ready to ask questions then.
The couplets hanging on the village road were carefully taken down one by one by the villagers, and then they were all taken home.
Lin Yuanfeng and others went to untie the hemp rope tied to the bamboo pole. We're moving soon and these ropes will definitely come in handy.
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I will be heading to the capital in a while, so I can already pack some luggage at home.
During dinner, Lao Lintou told his family about this matter, so that everyone could put some clothes that they would not wear temporarily into the box first.
There is also the matter of how to arrange the fields at home.
Three years ago, the family bought 12 acres of new paddy fields. Counting the original six acres, the family now has a total of 18 acres of paddy fields.
Old Lin looked at Lin Yuanqiu. He had mentioned this matter a few days ago, and he didn't know what his grandson was doing now.
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Chapter 152: Field Sacrifice
Lin Yuanqiu actually had a plan in mind for these fields at home when he was in the capital.
Anyway, it is definitely donated to the clan as clan land.
It’s just that clan fields are divided into ancestral hall fields, temple fields, tomb fields, sacrificial fields, and school fields.
Among them, the harvests from the ancestral hall fields, temple fields, and tomb fields are basically used to pay for various sacrifices in the clan.
The harvest from the sacrificial fields is used to provide relief to the poor tribesmen, such as providing medicine, food, coffins, etc.
As for the school field, as the name suggests, it is naturally used to set up clan schools or private schools, as well as to support the expenses of the clan's children to study and take exams.
Just like when Lin Yuanqiu went to the clan school, he invited Master Wang to study, the travel expenses to the county seat to take the county examination, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that were awarded to outstanding students every year all came from the output of the school.
Now the family has twelve acres of school land donated by Lin Youzhi after he passed the scholar examination.
Since it is a school field, the specific use of these fields was stipulated when registering with the Yamen. According to the laws of this dynasty, since it is classified as a school field, his income can only be attributed to the education expenses of the children of the clan.
In fact, the dedicated fields are not just academic fields, but also other fields such as sacrificial fields and ancestral hall fields.
This was a regulation issued by the imperial court in order to avoid clan disputes.
Therefore, when registering the land in the yamen of any clan, the purpose must be stated, and it cannot be used for other purposes without authorization later.
This is why Lin Yuanqiu thought about how to characterize the paddy field donated by his family before donating it.
Nowadays, when people who have completed their studies and serve as officials benefit their clansmen, they mainly set up clan schools and donate school fields.
At the Qionglin banquet that day, Lin Yuanqiu heard many people from the same year talking about this matter. In the same year, some clans that did not have clan schools decided to start clan clan schools, while those in the clan who already had clan clan schools in the same year planned to expand clan clan schools.
After all, what we are talking about now is "Everything is of inferior quality, but studying is the only one that is high." Therefore, if you want to carry forward the clan, in the eyes of the people of the time, studying and becoming an official is the key.
Lin Yuanqiu also agreed with the practices of his contemporaries.
But he wasn't prepared to do what they did.
In the past few years, the income from the clan's school fields has been enough to cover the expenses of the clan's schools, and there is still a surplus every year, so there is really no need to increase the number of clan schools.
What's more, hosting clan studies has always been Lin Youzhi's philanthropic act to benefit his clan members. There is no need for him to get involved and thereby take away the credit from others.
Furthermore, Lin Yuanqiu is more realistic. In his view, it is important to study and become an official, but it is equally important to improve the living standards of the people.
Take schooling as an example. If having enough food at home is a problem, who would think of sending their children to a clan school? After all, clan schools only exempt students from schooling, such as pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books. Pay for yourself.
Therefore, people with poor families would definitely not send their children to school without hesitation.
Just like me back then, I had no books, no pen, ink and inkstone. If I hadn't insisted on going there, and if his father had carried sacks to buy him school supplies, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to persist in ethnic studies for long.
There is no achievement today.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu felt that it was also a prerequisite for the Lin family to be prosperous, so that the people of the clan could have enough to eat and not have to buy food to fill their stomachs whenever they had money.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu characterized the paddy field donated by his family to the clan as a sacrificial field.
Moreover, Lin Yuanqiu was also planning to make a stipulation with the clan chief and elders that 90% of the harvest from the sacrificial fields donated by his family must be donated to three types of people in the clan, one is children under five years old, and the other is The last category of elderly people in the clan who are over fifty years old are women who live from pregnancy to delivery, including the month of confinement.
Regardless of which household, as long as there are qualified family members, they can receive a certain amount of grain from the harvest of the sacrificial fields for food rations.
Lin Yuanqiu knew that if he followed his own ideas, the eighteen acres of paddy fields at home would definitely not be enough, so he would have to buy more fields.
This was also the reason why he asked Yaji about the paddy fields when he was buying a dowry for Chun Cao some time ago.
After hearing Lin Yuanqiu's plan, everyone in the room, including Lin Sanzhu, couldn't come to their senses for a long time. At this time, everyone was thinking that if the grandson (gouzi, nephew, brother-in-law) thought, then their family would How many people can receive the food for the field sacrifice?
Especially Wang Xiangyun and Ding Ju, they are both pregnant now, so they are within the scope of receiving rations.
The final number of people calculated was eight, and Lin Dazhu would be his turn in four years.
There are many families similar to them in the village.
It can be seen that if this approach can really be realized, then the life of the tribe will be more than a little better.
Old Lintou couldn't hide his excitement. What he thought was that if he could really receive rations, the old brothers and sisters-in-law in the clan who had difficulty walking would no longer have to hold on for breath and work in the fields.
"Yuanqiu, if this is the case, won't our family have to buy many more fields?"
Lin Sanzhu suddenly remembered that his son had asked Yaji a few days ago if there was a paddy field. Only now did he realize that this was what his son had in mind.
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "Dad, my son's idea is that since our family wants to benefit the clan, we might as well do it on a larger scale at once."
Lin Yuanqiu has already thought about it. Now he still has 1,200 taels of silver in his pocket. He is going to spend 700 taels to buy paddy fields. According to the price of seven taels of silver per acre, then 700 taels is equivalent to 100 acres.
Hengxi Town is not the capital, so it is easier to buy paddy fields here.
It’s just that the quantity purchased is too large, so you have to piece it together.
That day, the dentists at several dental shops said that if all the land was not required to be connected together, then there would definitely be no problem in getting together a hundred acres of land.
When Lin Sanzhu thought about it and suddenly felt that it made sense, he heard his son say that he should just do it bigger at once.
In a short time, their family will move to the capital. If they only donate a dozen acres of land to the clan before leaving, then in the eyes of the clan members, they will just walk away, and maybe there will be some left. The clansmen will call Yuan Qiu a white-eyed wolf. After all, every time there is something about Yuan Qiu, many clan members are busy helping to arrange it, just like the banquet of the number one scholar in a few days. As well as washing vegetables and dishes, the clan leader has already arranged everything for his family.
