Seeing a pile of silver in white flowers, Jiang Huang's first thought was to buy a house and land, in the hearts of the people, housing and land are the foundation of roots, and deep roots can flourish. Jiang Anyi naturally will not hinder his mother's happiness, looking at Jiang Huang as if he is ten years younger, busy with a spring breeze, and he can bring out the wind when he walks, Jiang Anyi is happy from the inside out.

The land in Dazheng is allowed to be bought and sold, and the fields in Dezhou are 621 mu of high-grade good land at the current price, 421 mu of medium land, and only 221 mu of low-grade dry land. Jiang Huang's clapped down to buy 10 acres of medium land, 10 acres of dry land, and 100 acres of barren mountains and wasteland near his house, spending a total of 110 taels of silver. There are people in the yamen who are easy to do, and soon the fields will be in hand.

After the land was purchased, the house was built, the vacant land just bought next to the old house, and the house with three entrances and three exits was built, which was one of the few large mansions in Pingshan Town, and an auspicious day of the zodiac was chosen, and the Jiang family broke ground in the sound of firecrackers, and the Jiang family became the object of envy of the villagers.

The Jiang family is building a lot of buildings, and the bamboo fans and bamboo utensils of the Guo family are also stepping up their production, Guo Haiqing specially bought a shop in Wenping Mansion and named it "Pingshan Bamboo Art". In order to show sincerity, Guo Haiqing proposed that the Jiang family send a few people to facilitate communication and reconciliation between the two families, and the wages would be spent from the profits.

Jiang Huang is a woman, so it is not appropriate to show her head; Jiang Anyi wants to continue his studies, Jiang Anyong is too young, and he really can't find a suitable person for his family. Jiang Anyi said to Jiang Huang's family: "There are not enough people in the family, can you ask my uncle to help, my uncle's family has several cousins who are adults, and it is better to do things than to shave in the fields." ”

Jiang Huang smiled: "This is a good thing, my mother will go to discuss with your uncle tomorrow." ”

After Jiang Zhihou died, the cousins in the clan rarely helped, but thanks to the help of the three uncles, they barely survived in the past few years. Jiang Anyi clearly remembers that every year before the Chinese New Year, his uncles had to carry a few bags of grain on their backs and stuff dozens of dollars for their mothers.

"Why don't we accompany my mother back to my parents' house tomorrow, I haven't been to my uncle's house for a while, An Yong's matter is thanks to my uncle's help, thank my uncle."

These words attracted cheers from Jiang Anyong and Yan'er, there are many cousins in the three uncles' families, they are of the same age, and the relationship between the children is very good.

Seeing that An Yong was so happy that he was not in a proper shape, Jiang Anyi reprimanded with a straight face: "An Yong, you are not small, don't just think about playing, now that your family is better, you have the conditions to learn literature and martial arts, you can learn more skills, and you can help me in the future." ”

The eldest brother is like a father, Jiang Anyong felt that Jiang Anyi was becoming more and more majestic, and he didn't dare to refute, so he muttered softly: "I know." ”

Jiang Huang said on the side: "Yong'er, your eldest brother is going to study in other places, and the family depends on you, so take advantage of your brother to learn more from him at home." ”

Yan'er protested reluctantly: "Mother, and me, I also want to learn." The child's voice made everyone laugh.

The Jiang Huang family has carefully prepared gifts, relying on the support of his brother in the past few years, this number of gifts can not be pulled down, the fruits eaten, the rice wine drunk, the cloth worn, the copper coins used, a basket was stuffed full, and finally Jiang Anyi said that he couldn't bear it anymore before he gave up.

The three uncles are all farmers, and when they watched their sister return to her parents' house with her nephew, they laughed from their hearts. The family was crowded in the hall of the eldest uncle's house, and the brothers and sisters talked about the shortcomings of the family, and they inevitably burst into tears and laughter.

The children couldn't sit still, so they slipped out one by one, playing and laughing in the yard. An Yong carried a cannon in his pocket, and the explosion from left to right in the courtyard caused the boys to scream and the girls to scream. Yan'a proudly showed off the silver bracelet that her brother had bought for her, and from time to time she let out a silver bell-like laugh.

The outside of the courtyard was lively, Jiang Anyi stayed in the hall, looking towards the courtyard with envy, he was taught to have the stability of a scholar since he was a child, so he became an alternative invisibly, and his cousins laughed and played with An Yong, and he had a faint estrangement from himself.

Jiang Huang said what he meant, and several uncles were all smiling, farming could not make money, and the family had limited land, so they had to rent other people's fields to support their families. Being able to do things in the shop is several times better than farming, and there is no need to work so hard, and the result of the discussion is to let the third uncle who knows words take the third and second uncle's second uncle to Guo's house to do things.

Jiang Anyi has decided to study at Zechang Academy. The reason is very simple, although the government school is stronger than the county school, but the government-run school is step-by-step, and it is difficult to get ahead without a way, compared to the excellent style of study and rigorous study of Zechang Academy, not to mention that Zechang Academy is the best academy in Jiangnan, and the talents are doubled, since the family does not have to worry, of course, you have to go to the academy to study.

Zechang Academy is in Renzhou, the academy is more than 100 miles away from Wenping Mansion, and more than 300 miles away from Xinqi County, the distance is not close, Jiang Anyi wants to buy a donkey for walking. In fact, Jiang Anyi privately envied the sages who rode horses, straddled swords, and traveled in all directions, but the price of horses was too expensive, and it was not bad to have a donkey.

Lao Wang is familiar with it and was borrowed by Jiang Anyi as a staff officer. The cattle and horse market is in the west of the city, and you can smell the smell from a long distance, the cow and horse dung on the ground, the flies are flying in the air, and they hit people's faces from time to time, Jiang Anyi frowned and walked carefully in front of the greenhouse.

The cows, horses, and donkeys in the shed were all dirty and smelly, and the smell of urine was so thick that Jiang Anyi almost discouraged the idea of buying livestock. Lao Wang stammered excitedly, and kept stopping to help ask the price. Looking at those skinny donkeys, Jiang Anyi really couldn't bear to ride them.

Jiang Anyi had no intention of buying a donkey, Jiang Anyi only thought about leaving through the other end of the shed, and inadvertently saw a horse lying in the corner of the shed, with a knotted mane, unable to distinguish the color, and his head drooped weakly. Hearing someone passing, the horse raised his head with a glint of water in his big eyes.

Jiang Anyi stood up and asked, "How can this horse be sold?" ”

When the owner of the horse saw the business coming to the door, he greeted him with a smile: "The guest officer has good eyesight, this horse has big muscles and bones, it is a good horse, and it is cheap, only twenty taels." ”

I heard Lao Wang ask the price just now, and knew that a horse costs forty or fifty taels, how can this horse be so cheap, Jiang Anyi was very surprised, and asked the owner of the horse to drive the horse up. It took him a few times before he stood up tremblingly, and his stature was tall, six and a half feet, but he was as thin as firewood, the ribs on the horse's belly were prominent, and his four legs trembled suddenly, and he was clearly a sick horse. The horse had a whiplash wound on its body, and the flies "buzzed" around the wound, and the drooping tail of the horse shook weakly.

Someone next to him smiled and said: "Old Yangtou, you dare to open your mouth for twenty taels, except for bones and horse meat, you can't scrape dozens of catties." Childe, you better take a look at my horse, gentle and powerful, and the price is negotiable. ”

Lao Yang scolded with a bitter face: "I can be regarded as having poured blood mold and raised a living ancestor." Just know how to eat and not work, son, if you don't take it back for fifteen taels, it's really not okay for twelve taels. ”

Lao Wang knew the horse, and when he saw that although the horse was thin, his ears were like bamboo, his eyes were like birds, and his forehead was protruding, which was the appearance of a good horse, so he quietly pulled Jiang Anyi's clothes and motioned him to buy them. Jiang Anyi originally saw that the horse was pitiful, but after receiving Lao Wang's signal, he didn't say a word, threw Lao Yang the first twelve taels of silver, untied the reins, and pulled the horse out of the shed.

Leaving the stable, Lao Wang said excitedly: "Gongzi Jiang, this horse is the war horse of the Northern Desert, and the Qingzhou horse and Chuzhou horse from our Dazheng are not so tall. Don't look at this horse is skinny, the horse seller doesn't know how to play with it, and spoils this good horse. The horse could not only be fed forage and wheat bran, but also scrambled soybeans and eggs to maintain his strength. ”

Jiang Anyi secretly said that ordinary people can't eat enough, so they are willing to feed horses with soybeans and eggs, and they have to have two buckets of feed every day to catch up with raising two or three strong men. Jiang Anyi secretly smiled bitterly, impulsive, since he bought it, let's make do with it first, and then sell it.

The horse trembled, but there was stubbornness in his eyes, Jiang Anyi brushed away the flies and insects for it, and reached out to care for its knotted mane, the horse let out a faint neigh, and bean-sized tears rolled down from the horse's eyes. For this horse, Jiang Anyi lived in Guo's house for three days, and through Lao Wang's careful care, the horse's disease improved, and the washed fur was dark and shiny, although it was still skinny, but the horse's eyes were full of energy.

Seeing that his brother bought a horse, Jiang Anyong was eager to try, Jiang Anyi scolded: "This horse is still sick, and when it recovers, it will naturally let you ride, by the way, can you ride a horse?" ”

Yan'er looked at the novelty on the side, and saw that the horse was dark, thin and weak, so she pouted and said, "This horse is so ugly, it's just like the charcoal in the stove, so just call him charcoal." ”

Ugly Charcoal quickly recovered under careful care, and even Yan'er pulled some grass from time to time to feed it, and Jiang Anyong couldn't wait to stay with Charcoal all day long. Jiang Anyi did not ride a horse rashly, he heard Guo Huaili say that Lao Wang was a cavalry pawn in the army, so he asked Lao Wang to go out of the mountain again to give him instructions on riding.

June arrived, and "Hirayama Bamboo Art" opened. With Feng Thorn History's invisible propaganda as the basis, the sales of bamboo fans are very good, in just seven days, the first batch of 1,000 bamboo fans were sold out at the price of one or two silver each, the entire Wenping Mansion, but all the people who read, if they do not hold a folding fan in their hands and shake it gently, write a few words on the fan of their own proud work, they are embarrassed to go out.

The hot sale of bamboo fans is also good with other bamboo products, and the front of the Pingshan bamboo art store is crowded with businessmen from various states who come to order.

The third uncle came back for a trip, and heard that the craftsmanship of the folding fan was only sold for two hundred taels, and he sighed that it was cheap, and with the current hot market, it can be sold for at least five hundred taels. Jiang Anyi doesn't care about the sales of folding fans, in his opinion, as long as the family can live well, as for the money is the same, he is most concerned about Zechang Academy now, and he has inquired a lot about the academy from his classmates. When the classmates heard that Jiang Anyi was going to study at Zechang Academy, they all showed envious looks, and only Guo Fatzi said, "Ask for your own hardship." ”

The newly built house is changing day by day, and it seems that it will be completed by the end of June, Jiang Anyi decided to wait for the new house, and he will leave for Zechang Academy, just in time for the academy to recruit new students in mid-July.

On a June day, it was sweltering, and it rained late in the evening, and the family slept soundly. In a daze, Jiang Anyi was awakened by the hissing sound of charcoal, since he practiced the demon's set of calming and calming exercises, Jiang Anyi felt that his strength had increased a lot, and he was deaf and clear, and his reaction was quick.

There seemed to be footsteps in the courtyard, Jiang Anyi was startled, pushed An Yong into the bed, got up and got out of bed to open the door. The sound of hurried footsteps in the courtyard ran out, and there were no thieves. There was no moon, it was pitch black outside, Jiang Anyi turned around and fetched the oil lamp, and by the dim light of the oil lamp, there were some scattered footprints on the wetland in the courtyard.

"Yi'er? What's wrong? ”

"Mother, it's okay, a bird startled the charcoal, you go to sleep." Jiang Anyi didn't want to alarm his mother, so he covered up.

Coming to the charcoal, Jiang Anyi patted the horse's neck and added a handful of grass to the manger. The charcoal sniffed lightly, and licked Jiang Anyi's hand with his tongue kissingly. It's a good horse, and if it weren't for the charcoal warning, I'm afraid something would have happened tonight.

Jiang Anyi swept away the footprints in the courtyard with a bamboo broom, and returned to the house to think about who it would be? Is it a thief who covets his possessions? The people of Pingshan Town are simple, not to mention that they don't close their doors at night, but there has never been a case of stealing chickens and touching dogs, could it be Hou Qi?

Thinking of Hou Qi, Jiang Anyi couldn't sleep anymore, and sat at the table until dawn, and after breakfast, Jiang Anyi entered the city.