Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 291 Borrowing Food

That person naturally refers to Aunt Lian. Song Ying was curious and asked, "That day was a family reunion. There were no outsiders, right?"

There were no outsiders around, so even if Aunt Lian made a fuss, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Xiaolu nodded: "That day, after the masters sat down and hadn't even started eating, Aunt Lian looked at the three ladies with a mocking look and said, 'Isn't it said that rich families have strict rules and daughters-in-law have to stand and wait on their parents-in-law while they eat?'

It was New Year's Day, and the old lady didn't want her to make a scene, so she asked the three ladies to stand up and serve. The young masters and young ladies all looked gloomy, but there was nothing they could do. "

It is a rule for daughters-in-law to stand and serve soup and rice. As long as Mr. Shen and Princess Shun'an are still alive, then the three daughters-in-law, including the eldest wife, should stand and serve soup and rice no matter how old they are.

Song Ying was speechless after listening to this. Although she had been in the Shen Mansion for a short time, she knew that ever since the eldest young master of the Shen Mansion got married, Princess Shun'an did not allow her three daughters-in-law to serve her on many occasions, but instead asked her granddaughters-in-law to do so.

This Aunt Lian really knows how to make people unhappy. It's New Year's Day, and several young masters and young ladies are watching their mother standing there. No matter how delicious the reunion dinner is, they can't enjoy it.

"You know, Miss Fifth has a bad temper. She lost her temper right there and cursed Aunt Lian for being so strict with rules. How could a concubine like her have the nerve to sit at the main table?

Aunt Lian was looking for trouble in the first place, and when Fifth Miss scolded her, she immediately overturned the table and said that Fifth Miss didn't even look down on her as an elder.

The Fifth Miss said that she was a concubine, so how could she be considered an elder? Then Aunt Lian sneered and asked the old man if she was an elder.

Guess what, the old man slapped the fifth lady and said she was disrespectful to her elders. The fifth lady covered her face and ran away crying, and the second wife hurried to chase her.

The dining table was overturned, the place was a mess, and there was such a quarrel, the old lady didn't feel like having a reunion dinner anymore, so she told us to redo it, and eat in our own rooms as usual, and then we dispersed. "

Song Ying was stunned when he heard this. The New Year's Eve dinner at the Shen Mansion was truly wonderful!

On New Year's Eve, she had a quarrel with Li because she refused to go to the river to wash the family's clothes as she did in the past. She thought that the Song family's New Year's Eve dinner was uneasy enough, but she didn't expect that compared with the Shen family, it was so peaceful.

After all these things happened, the masters of the Shen Mansion would probably be in a bad mood during the New Year. Song Ying decided to go back to the Shen Mansion less often during the New Year and stay in the clinic more often.

After thanking Xiaolu, she carried the lunch box back to the courtyard.

At this moment in the Yuan family, Yuan Qing was questioning Yuan Shan in the study: "Xiao Shan, take out the bracelet."

Yuan Shan didn't notice the harshness in his tone. She raised her hand, revealing the silver bracelet on her wrist, and asked curiously, "Why are you looking at my bracelet? Do you want to buy the same style for mom and grandma?"

"It's not this, it's a gold bracelet."

Yuan Shan froze for a moment, "Gold bracelet, what gold bracelet? What gold bracelet did Master Chen give us that day? It was a silver bracelet."

Yuan Qing looked at her steadily without saying anything.

Yuan Shan's expression slowly froze, and she could no longer maintain it. After a while, she took out a gold bracelet and whispered, "It just looks wide, but it's actually not heavy at all. It shouldn't be worth much."

It was a carved hollow bracelet about two fingers wide, with a round pearl inlaid in the stamens of the five flowers.

Yuan Qing frowned: "Weight is not the only factor in judging jewelry. This gold bracelet is so exquisitely crafted that its price will never be less than 50 taels."

Yuan Shan didn't care at all: "50 taels is nothing. Young Master Chen gave Luo Yanxing 100 taels to make friends with you. I am your biological sister, and I can't accept a 50 tael gold bracelet."

Seeing that she didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, Yuan Qing frowned: "You are my sister, if you accept it, it is equivalent to me accepting it."

"Mr. Chen is such a generous person, it would be great for you to associate with him..."

"Xiao Shan!"

Before she could finish, Yuan Qing interrupted her in a deep voice. He pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time before he suppressed his anger and patiently explained, "Businessmen don't do anything without profit. How can he be so generous just to make friends with me?"

"why?"

Yuan Qing knew that if he didn't tell her and let her know the seriousness of the matter, this situation might happen again in the future, so he immediately told her: "The elder sister of the Chen family is the magistrate of Dongling County.

Although the heavy rain in May this year did not cause flooding in Qingshui County, Dongling County downstream suffered a disaster and many people’s fields were destroyed.

After more than half a year, there are still many disaster victims who have not been resettled, but there is no grain left in the Changfeng warehouse in Dongling County. "

"What does the food shortage in Dongling County have to do with Mr. Chen's friendship with you?" Yuan Shan was puzzled. Their family was just a poor farmer, not as rich as Mr. Chen, and they couldn't afford to buy food for Dongling County.

"Listen to me. We have not only a permanent warehouse in Qingshui County, but also a reserve warehouse. The rain in May this year did not cause any disasters, so we have sufficient grain reserves.

The magistrate of Dongling County wanted to borrow a batch of grain from our Qingshui County for emergency use, but the new magistrate Chen disagreed.

Teacher and Prefect Shen are of the same age and have a good relationship. The Chen family probably wants me to ask Teacher to speak to Prefect Shen and ask him to order County Magistrate Chen to lend grain to Dongling County."

Yuan Shan was a little confused, and it took her a while to sort out the clues. "This is too complicated. Why doesn't the Chen family just go to County Magistrate Chen? Well, they all have the surname Chen, so they may be from the same clan."

Yuan Qing shook his head. "Mr. Chen is from Mindi, and has nothing to do with the Chen family. Do you think the Chen family doesn't want to get in touch with Mr. Chen directly? They have wasted half a year trying but failed."

Yuan Shan thought for a while and asked again: "Since Qingshui County has so much stored grain, why not help Dongling County? Although the weather is warmer now, it is still very cold when there is no sun. So many people have no homes and no food. They will freeze to death or starve to death."

"People in the officialdom have their own considerations." Yuan Qing pursed his lips, "There is a lot of water here. Think about it, the rain in May destroyed the wheat, but there was no disaster in the second half of the year.

Logically, as long as the government opens the granaries and releases grain, the people can survive for a few months until the rice is ripe. Why are the disaster victims in Dongling County now displaced? "

Yuan Shan shook her head: "I don't know."

Yuan Qing's eyes were slightly cold. "Because after the disaster in May, Dongling County did not open the granaries to release grain. The people could not survive those few months and became refugees. No one planted the rice in the fields."

"The magistrate of Dongling County is so evil!" Yuan Shan was stunned. Then she felt the gold bracelet on her hand was a little hot. She asked anxiously, "What should I do now? If I take the gold bracelet, do you have to get things done?"