The official matchmaker shouted and sang: "Ten acres of high-quality paddy field!"
"Six pieces of cotton!"
"Two beds with bedding!"
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"Twenty taels of silver in the box!"
Unlike the Chen family, mother and son, who were full of surprises, and their very excited relatives, the sourness in the eyes of the villagers lying on the wall was almost full.
God, this is fifty acres of paddy field, and there is so much bankroll. I didn’t expect that Chen Dalang and the brothers made a fortune by marrying wives.
When all the dowry burdens came in, the official matchmaker held five Mu Ruyi in her left hand, and then distributed them to the five Chen Dalang brothers according to the patterns and names on the paper in her right hand.
"Chen Dalang, here, this one with orchids is for you. Chen Erlang, yours is plum blossom. Chen Sanlang, this one with hibiscus is for you. Chen Silang, this one with chrysanthemums is for you."
The official matchmaker handed the last wooden Ruyi engraved with lotus flowers to Chen Wulang, and then warned, "Tomorrow the bride will also have a Ruyi in her hand. Let me tell you, the pattern on your daughter-in-law's Ruyi and It’s the same as yours. When the time comes, you will pick up the bride according to this sign. Remember, don’t get confused.”
The five brothers of the Chen family nodded in unison, holding the Mu Ruyi tightly in their hands.
The official matchmaker didn't delay. After leaving Chen Dalang's house, she quickly walked to Chen Guinian's house not far away. There is an auspicious time for sending dowry, and they have to deliver all twelve sets of dowry to each family before the right time.
At this time, Chen Guinian, Chen Shizhu, Chen Daniu, and four other families were already excitedly waiting for the dowry team to arrive.
This day in Chenjiacun was sour and sweet. The sweet part is the families who will marry their wives tomorrow, but the sour part is naturally the families who missed such a good marriage.
In fact, it is not just Chenjiacun, but also Yangjiacun and Zhaojiacun. Regrets can be said to be everywhere.
Alas, if they knew that the prefect would subsidize such a large dowry, they would definitely marry a mountain wife. In fact, those who are not mountain wives are still the daughters of yellow flowers.
So regretful.
But there should be opportunities in the future, right?
Thinking of this, some clever clan members immediately ran to the clan leader's house and asked when he would marry the mountain god again. His son was still young. After a few years, he would be able to marry the mountain god. By then, the prefect should return the favor. He would supplement so much of the dowry.
Patriarch Zhao glared, "It's such an immoral thing, but you still have the guts to ask!"
Patriarch Zhao's voice was louder than ever before, as if this was the only way to show that he had never participated in any previous evil deeds.
By the way, Patriarch Zhao still remembers what the magistrate said: "There are gods three feet above the head."
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With the paired wooden ruyi, the wedding reception on the second day will naturally be particularly smooth.
The open space at the gate of the government office was covered with red cloth. The twenty-seven brides were wearing red hijabs embroidered with the red word "Happy", and they were carried on the red cloth one by one by the caretaker and stood there.
The brides hold the Ruyi in their hands upward so that the engraved pattern can be exposed. The grooms stand in rows, and then one by one they look for the same pattern as their own, so that they can find their brides.
The grinning people on the opposite side all said that this wedding ceremony was so interesting.
Xiao Liuzi had the sharpest eyes and quickly found Mu Ruyi who also had a peach blossom carved on it.
He hurriedly walked to Taohua and stood side by side with her, but he was a little worried that he might have found the wrong person.
So, Xiao Liuzi called out "peach blossom" to the red hijab. When he heard the person under the hijab say "Hey", he was really relieved.
Xiao Liuzi drove a carriage by himself. He was so excited that he bought red silk and tied a pair of big red flowers on the carriage.
When he arrived at the government office, Xiao Liuzi kowtowed to Lin Yuanqiu several times.
When he looked up again, the young man's eyes were wet with tears.
Thinking about him as a poor boy without a father and mother, if it hadn't been for the prefect's policy of small county and big city, he would probably have only three thatched houses in the village besides the small rented house in the city. Where is the neat and beautiful courtyard in the city now? If it weren't for the prefect, it would be even less possible for him to marry the wife he likes now.
When the several government officials on the side heard the "strategy for a small county and a big city" from Xiao Liuzi, they looked at their magistrate again and again.
Several people asked why their Shizhou Prefecture's "small county and big city" hadn't started yet.
With the sound of firecrackers and the bursts of gongs and drums, it was soon time for the bride to get into the sedan chair.
Just when everyone thought that the bride would be helped into the sedan chair by the matchmaker, and then the wedding ceremony would be over, they saw all the brides kneeling down towards the magistrate, and then kowtowed three times respectfully.
This was a ceremony for a married girl to bid farewell to her parents. Everyone was shocked when they saw it.
Including Gao Tongzhi and Qian Tongfan who were standing nearby at this time.
It is said that the officials of a country are the parents of the people of the country. In the eyes of Gao and Qian, it was very appropriate for the brides to say farewell to Magistrate Lin as their parents today.
In other words, everything Mr. Lin has done for them and his thoughtfulness are definitely worthy of their worship.
As soon as the big red sedan chair was lifted, it disappeared from everyone's sight with the sound of blowing, beating and drumming.
Soon, the entire Yamen Gate was filled with red firecracker crumbs. Even so, the people on the other side of the street were reluctant to leave, feeling that they still had unfinished business.
However, there are also those who are in a hurry, that is, the storytellers. For those of them, it is particularly important to get the first place. How to tell today's anecdotes and how to tell them, a few of them have already drafted in their minds. What they have to do at this time is to quickly tell the story and make it known to the world.
As a result, within a day, many teahouses in surrounding counties could hear the storyteller’s sonorous and high-pitched voice: “The Five Hegemons and Seven Heroes were at war in the Spring and Autumn Period, and their rise and fall were overwhelming in an instant. There are several lines of names in the Qing Dynasty, and there are countless barren hills in the north. The ancient inscriptions on the side No matter what, let me tell you a strange story. It is said that there is a mountain in Shizhou's jurisdiction that calls for witches. Next to it are Tao and You. It is also said that the prefect of Shizhou Lin was a famous person in Yongning who killed three thousand thieves from the mountain. Great city security policy..."
Of course, Lin Yuanqiu didn't know that a collective wedding ceremony would be treated as a strange story by the storyteller and told to everyone. Little did he know that in just over a month, this strange story had spread to the capital, so much so that his teacher later wrote a letter asking for the details of the matter, to satisfy his rare outburst of curiosity.
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As we enter May, the seedlings in the ground have reached a stage of gratifying growth.
Perhaps because of the patchwork, the villagers of Housi Village were pleasantly surprised to find that the rice in their village seemed to grow faster than that of the neighboring village.
Upon hearing this, villagers from other villages rushed to Housi Village to have a look.
One of the careful old farmers even used a straw rope to measure the rice in his field. When he came over with the rope to compare, he was stunned to see that his own rice was several inches off.
God knows, it's only been less than a month.
Also, the rice in Housi Village seems to grow stronger than in the neighboring villages.
"Tell me, with this growth rate, will the rice in our village be harvested earlier than in other villages?"
Upon hearing this, the hearts of the villagers immediately jumped. Yes, since it grows quickly, it is certain that it can be harvested earlier, but I don't know how many days earlier it can be harvested.
Due to climate reasons, we can only grow rice for one season a year in Saibei. It is planted in April and can be harvested almost in late September. After entering October, the weather starts to get colder, so in the following time, The fields could only remain idle.
But if the rice can be harvested more than a month in the morning, then they can seize the time to plant another crop of radishes, which will yield a larger harvest.
Ouch, the more I think about it, the more excited I get.
When Lin Yuanqiu returned to Housi Village, the villagers, who had been excited for many days, hurriedly reported this possibility to the prefect.
Lin Yuanqiu was deeply touched by the happy faces of the villagers.
Yes, for the people who make a living from the land, what could be more exciting than having more harvests in the land?
To be honest, the purpose of setting up the experimental field before was just to increase the yield of rice. Lin Yuanqiu did not expect that he would harvest early and still have time to plant radishes, so this should be regarded as an unexpected harvest.
However, being able to harvest early is still everyone’s guess. Whether it can be achieved will only be known when the rice matures.
Lin Yuanqiu asked everyone not to be impatient and continue to drain, irrigation and weed the paddy fields.
"Now we should put our top priority on producing more food."
When the villagers heard this, they immediately reacted. Yes, what they want to do now is not just to find ways to increase rice production. There is no reason to look forward to the scenery of other mountains before they have climbed over this mountain.
So, the villagers put aside their thoughts and concentrated on tending the rice.
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Since moving to Shizhoufu, the older children in the family basically have their own yard.
In addition to a separate courtyard, Wu also arranged for them to have maids or servants to serve them.
Especially the girls in the family, in addition to Tao Ma, Xu Ma, and Wang Ma and their granddaughters, Wu asked her third son to go to the dental shop to buy some mothers-in-law and a group of little girls.
Wanqing is thirteen years old this year, and Wanying is twelve. They are both grown girls, so naturally they have to have all the people in the yard.
In this way, when you marry into your husband's family in the future, you will have someone you can use.
There are also seven-year-old Wanxue and six-year-old Wanyu. Wu has given them two maids and a rough lady each.
As for Mo Xuan, Mo Hao, as well as Mo Sheng and Mo Cheng, Wu only assigned one errand boy to each of them.
In the words of Lao Lintou, boys are no better than little girls, so how can they be pampered and raised? You see, our family, Mo Yi, is only so young, but his father already reads to him every day.
Old Lintou felt that if he followed his grandson's method of teaching children, the Lin family might be able to produce a top scholar in the future.
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Lin Yuanqiu will naturally not forget about effective decisions. What's more, this decision will have an immediate effect on boosting the local economy.
There are seven counties under the jurisdiction of Shizhou Prefecture.
Lin Yuanqiu knew that except for Dinghu County, which had implemented the "small county but big city" policy, the magistrates of the other six counties were now following this approach.
Lin Yuanqiu also knew that many villagers around Fucheng were eager to start the strategy of building a small county into a big city as soon as possible so that they could live in the city.
The places that can be governed cannot be the same. Different locations will definitely have differences in governance. How can we just apply them mechanically without analysis?
The main reason why I let the villagers from Dinghu County and Yongning Prefecture move into the city in the first place, apart from the intrusion of the Shanrong people, was that there was a lot of vacant land in the city.
But as the capital of seven counties, Shizhou City does not have so many free plots of land.
Furthermore, the houses in some places are too sparse, not to mention wasting a large area, and they look dilapidated.
Therefore, if you want the villagers to move into the city, you must plan carefully.
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Chapter 219 Harvesting Grain
Shizhou City has four gates, east, west, north and south, and the surrounding residents are divided into them.
There are mostly wealthy households in Xicheng, and the houses there are mostly decorated and decorated, and they look grand and neat.
If you want to plan, these houses will definitely not be included in it.
The residents of Nancheng are basically ordinary people, and the houses here are ordinary one- and two-story courtyards. Although they live densely and look a bit old, they are clean and not messy, so Lin Yuanqiu is not prepared to change them.
There are not many residents living in Dongcheng and Beicheng, and the houses are scattered scattered. In the past two days, Lin Yuanqiu went to the site and inspected it carefully, and found that by making some adjustments to some of the houses, a lot of open space could be created.
However, the idea is easy, but it should be quite difficult to implement. After all, demolition cannot be done casually. In Lin Yuanqiu's view, no matter how old these houses are, the owners may not be willing to demolish them.
Lin Yuanqiu's plan was to first send people to these residents' homes to inquire and listen to their thoughts, and at the same time tell them the resettlement plan. For example, where the new house will be built, how big it will be, and the cost of building the house will not cost them a penny, etc.
