Chapter 105 Gossip
Asking for a monthly ticket——
The journey was relatively long, and Chen Afu was bored and looked out the window. Looking at the fertile fields and wilderness flashing backward, I felt like I was riding in a car in my previous life. But most of the time I listened to Luo Fang and Qing Bo chatting away from each other outside the car. Sometimes Chen Shi would also interject a few words.
They talked about how many relatives and friends came from the capital and how many people came from the provincial capital to celebrate Chu Hanyan's birthday. On the day of her birthday, almost all the rich and nobles in Dingzhou came to congratulate her. How lively it was...
Chen Afu understood that little Miss Chu was not only a noble family, but her great-grandfather was an old marquis, and her grandfather was a marquis. Even my uncle and grandpa were the Xunfu of Northern Hebei Province, and he was a high official in the border area... So, Abbot Liaochen should have been the wife of Lord Chu and the sister of Luo Xunfu before he became a monk. With such a prominent family background, why do you want to become a monk?
I really can’t figure it out.
Moreover, they did not say that the current Marquis, the little girl's biological grandfather, would come to congratulate her. Listening to what Manager Luo said, someone has malicious intentions towards the little girl, and even invited a certain nobleman in the palace... Could it be that the Marquis of Chu fell in love with someone else, and now that his wife is powerful, he still won't let the little girl go. That's why Chu Lingxuan was forced to let his daughter hide in Fucheng?
Also, the little girl’s mother-in-law and mother were not even mentioned. Maybe her mother is dead...
When Chen Afu was thinking about something, he heard their conversation suddenly changed to the newly appointed prefect, Mr. Chen.
Chen Afu felt nervous for a while, and even Chen Shi's expression became unnatural.
Qingbo asked, "Manager Luo, when you welcomed the guests, did you see the newly appointed prefect, Mr. Chen? I heard that he is extremely handsome." He then said unconvinced, "No matter how handsome, Can he still be as handsome as our uncle? Or, can he be as handsome as our prince when he was young?"
Luo Fang smiled proudly and said, "I actually met Mr. Chen. He is indeed extremely handsome. However, his handsomeness is different from the handsomeness of our uncle and marquis. Our uncle and marquis are His handsomeness exudes majesty and toughness. Mr. Chen is very handsome, even more beautiful than a woman." He paused and then said, "Uh...that's strange. Why do I think Mr. Chen looks like someone I know?"
Chen Shi glanced at Chen Afu nervously, then at Wang, and said quickly, "Manager Luo, Brother Qing, I wonder where our original prefect became an official?" He then said firmly, "He is Qingtian. Master, I must be promoted."
Luo Fang said, "He went to the capital to become an official..."
They took the topic elsewhere.
Fortunately, they didn't mention the name of "Mr. Chen" directly, and Mrs. Wang didn't care about things that had nothing to do with her, and kept her head down.
Chen Afu felt that Chen Shiying's appointment as the prefect of Dingzhou could not be kept secret from the Wang family for too long. After all, Chen Shiying's hometown is Zhaojia Village in Fenlin Town, Sanqing County. Zhaojia Village is only seven or eight miles away from Xiangluo Village. The people there will definitely be happy about the birth of a young prefect. Maybe the news has reached Xiangluo Village by now.
About six o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Laohuai Village in Guanghe Town. Find the forest landowner who is selling the land and go see the land together. The large fields are connected together, and there is a weir lake not far away, which is also convenient for watering.
Although Chen Shi is a businessman, he grew up in a rural area, so he can still tell the general quality of the land. He went to the field, grabbed a handful of soil, looked at it, nodded, and whispered to Chen Afu and Wang that the field was good.
Chen Afu nodded and expressed his willingness to buy. The forest landowner called several tenant farmers over again, hoping that Chen Afu and the others would continue to use these tenant farmers.
Chen Afu agreed. Since the land purchase contract had not yet been finalized, she did not want to travel such a long distance tomorrow, so she negotiated to sign the tenancy agreement four days later when she passed by Huiluo Village.
There are two hundred fields in total, one hundred acres to the east are under Chen Afu's name, and one hundred acres to the west are under Chen's name. It was Chen Ah Fu's idea to give Chen Ming so much land. This was his first time buying property, so he had to give Chen Ming more land to repay his care for little Ah Fu.
Mrs. Wang originally thought she would give Chen Ming 50 acres of land, but now it turns out that the land has been given 100 acres. She was about to postpone it when Chen Afu shook his head and stopped her.
It’s really hard to postpone in front of so many people.
Seeing such a large fertile field that could not be seen to the side, Wang's eyes were red, and she was finally the owner of the land. In this life, I will have no worries about food and clothing. This, this, this is something I never dared to dream about.
After signing the land purchase agreement, the person and the middleman signed the agreement, and Chen Afu gave 1,260 taels of silver to the landowner.
She took out two more silver coins and asked Chen Shi to buy two pieces of meat and five kilograms of wine at the entrance of the village to give to Li Zheng here. She also treated the guests to lunch. She gave two cents to a tenant who was more flexible, and asked his family to prepare some delicious dishes and buy a few kilograms of wine. Chen Shi and Luo Fang drank and ate with the men, while Chen Afu and his daughter ate in another room.
Because I had to rush on my way, I drank this meal in a hurry and finished it in about half an hour.
After dinner, Chen Afu and Wang took Qingbo's carriage and returned to Fucheng with Luo Fang.
Chen Shi wants to go to Zhongning County with Li Yaren and Lin Landlord to apply for the deed. It takes more than an hour to get to Zhongning County from here, and it takes nearly an hour to get back to Fucheng from Zhongning County. If they hurry up, they can return to Fucheng before Guancheng Gate. During the Dashun Dynasty, the city gates were opened at the beginning of the Chen period and the city gates were closed at the beginning of the Xu period.
Chen Afu gave Chen Shi two taels of silver, and in addition to taking care of things, he also wanted to treat Li Yaren to dinner. If you can't enter the city before closing the city gate, you have to stay in an inn outside the city.
Around Shen time, Chen Afu and Wang arrived at Chen Shi's house. Mrs. Zhang enthusiastically put the prepared pot of braised skewers on the carriage and gave it to the two families.
Chen Dabao had not returned from the Chu Mansion. Chen Afu and his daughter were tired, so they went back to the house to rest.
Alu pointed to the two bowls of water on the kang table and said, "This is sugar water. I dried it for my mother and sister."
Chen Afu smiled and touched his horns and drank the sugar water.
Mrs. Wang hugged Alu and said, "Alu, you should study hard and treat your sister well in the future."
A Lu nodded and said, "I must pass the exam to support my sister and prevent people like Wang Yingjun from worrying about my sister."
Chen Afu and Wang were very happy.
Not long after, Chen Dabao was sent back by Chu Mansion's carriage, and Manager Luo also came.
Manager Luo smiled at Chen Afu and said, "My old Mr. Hou is as naughty as Sister Yan. He likes to eat the glutinous rice and dates you made. He said it is much more delicious than what the cook makes. He will return to the capital the day after tomorrow. Hehe, My uncle wants to ask Mrs. Chen to help him make more and take it to the capital." He lifted the basket he was carrying, pointed to the two big bags carried by the two boys behind him, and said. , "We have brought all the ingredients."
Seeing so many ingredients, Chen Afu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll finish it tonight and tomorrow morning."
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