The visitor is a guest. Even if he doesn't like Mei Tongsheng, Gui Wu doesn't have the reason to chase the guest at the door. Because of Mei's relationship, Mei Tongsheng is now the in-laws of the Gui family's parents' house.

Gui Wu turned around and ordered Gui Chongyang to watch the unloading of the truck and went out.

"Captain Du, Master Mei." Gui Wu bowed.

Gui Chongyang can call Mei Tongsheng "the second master of the family", but Gui Wu cannot call him out. On the day when Aunt Gui was retired, the Mei family and the second wife of the Gui family broke off their in-laws and could no longer be considered in-laws.

Mei Tong came over with great momentum. Seeing the carriage in front of him, he lost confidence. Although he was still holding the identity of a scholar and his chin was raised high, he did not say anything bad. He nodded slightly as a response.

Village Chief Du took his eyes back from the carriage, and his face became more and more gentle: "I can't eat wine for nothing, I have to follow the part, so I can enjoy the joy!"

It is not only a re-hosting banquet, but this is also a sign of what it means.

Gui Qiu was originally helping in the kitchen, but because there was not enough staff outside the gate, Gui Chongyang was empty.

Gui Chongyang kept paying attention to Village Chief Du's side. When he heard Village Chief Du's words, he went to get paper and pen and waited aside. The gift list was today.

Village Chief Du looked at it and saw that the handwriting was good, and praised it: "Good handwriting, good handwriting, and the younger generation is expected!" After that, he took out a small silver ingot from his purse to serve as a gift.

You should know that gifts are only a few dozen cents in the countryside. If you can take out the money, no matter how heavy it is, it is considered a gift.

Village Chief Du passed the money while watching Gui Chongyang's reaction.

Gui Chongyang was not in a hurry to receive the silver. He glanced at him and said, "College Du, give him one or two taels of gold and silver."

That's right. Village Chief Du's smile was a little condensed. His eyes, which had originally narrowed into slits, looked at Gui Chongyang, paused on his clothes, and then looked away.

Mei Tongsheng followed Village Chief Du, but he couldn't regret it. He only remembered that the Gui family had invited guests to drink. He had long forgotten that he had to take gifts. Now there are a few small strings of money in his purse, which was used to fill the storefront. He didn't feel sorry for this copper bank and went to the town to eat and drink, but it hurt him. The two families had long lost favors and walked around. It was obvious that they had a loss when they went back but suffered. How could he be willing?

Gui Chongyang seemed to be embarrassed when Mei Tong was in a hurry, so she stood by with a gift book and made a waiting statement.

Gui Wuzheng leaned sideways and invited guests into the yard.

Village Chief Du did not leave first, but turned around to wait for Mei Tongsheng to live.

Mei Tongsheng was looked at by several pairs of eyes, gritted his teeth hard, took out the money from his purse, and handed it to Gui Chongyang: "Give me a gift!"

Gui Chongyang looked at Mei Tongsheng's palm, his face remained unchanged, and while writing, he recited: "Master Mei, please give me ten gifts of gold!"

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The villagers who came out to help carry the boxes at the door all listened with their ears, and they were a little surprised to hear the number. Everyone knew that the Mei family offered two scholars and life was always frugal. When Masaru went out to have a drink, the gifts were all the lowest in the village, but that was starting from twenty cents. Why did he cut it by half when he arrived at the Gui family?

Nowadays, a pound of meat costs eight cents, and he takes ten cents to eat the mat, Master Mei is becoming more and more stingy.

Gui Chongyang took the copper plate after finishing writing.

Mei Tongsheng noticed the eyes of the villagers, and his face turned red, but he still had no intention of adding copper coins. He followed Village Chief Du in a proud manner and entered the yard with his hands behind his back.

Gui Qiu watched Mei Tongsheng go far, then pulled Gui Chongyang and whispered: "Old Man Mei is getting more and more desperate. I'm afraid she won't let go of her cousin Mei easily, what should I do?"

Although Gui Chongyang heard that Mei Tong was stingy in nature before, he did not expect to achieve this. He also frowned and said, "No, even if his family was not rich before, he had 40 acres of land from his aunt's family over the years, and his life should be restored."

Mei Tongsheng's family's grandparents and grandchildren were not engaged in production for several generations. They were studying for their business, so they must have rented out the land. The local land rent for 40% of the land in Tongzhou is, whether it is planting wheat or millet. The rent for a mu of land is one stone, which is only 150 to 200 mu. Forty a mu of land is six to eight mu. This is just the 40 mu of land in the Mei family. According to the practice of equal distribution of land between brothers in the countryside, Mei Tongsheng's family will not be extremely poor, and there are also land obtained when they are divided. Even if they cannot reach forty mu, what should be more than ten or twenty mu of acres, it will be a few coins.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were tax-free for 80 acres of land, and the two uncles and nephews of Mei Tongsheng's family had 160 acres of land. The Mei family definitely did not have these. The fields of other relatives and friends were hanged over. According to the rules, the taxes saved should be half of the Mei family. How much money is there? Mei Xiucai and Mei Sheng's uncle and nephew of Mei Sheng are still preparing for the exam and preparing for the provincial examination. Mei Tongsheng took over a village school after his elder brother died of illness, and there are also two or three guans of land every year. How could such a Mei family have no money?

In addition to the Du family and Lin family, the Mei family is already a wealthy family in the village.

Gui Chongyang only guessed that their father and son would have the idea of ​​beating Mei Duo because of their greed, but they did not expect that they would be really poor. Before, they guessed that they were short of money, but they also thought about the money for exams. Scholars had to spend money when they were drinking and socializing, and they were not allowed to spend less money. Naturally, they would have more preparations, and the more they would be better.

Gui Chongyang proposed to ask the Gui family to make up the "dow" because he wanted to "take offense as defense", block the other party's calculations against Mei Duo, and offered a price tag to wait for the other party to bargain, using his reputation to threaten the other party to take a step back, and did not really mean to force the other party to "stop jumping over the wall".

Gui Qiu looked around, and Fang lowered his voice and continued: "I only got the news. Mei Er often went to the town these days, and seemed to be involved in gambling. Apart from the forty acres of land in my cousin's house, the land deed was held in my cousin's hand, so it was difficult to take action. The remaining land probably became the Du family."

"Du family? How could Brother Qiu guess their family?" Gui Chongyang's heart rose.

Gui Qiu sneered, "That's the 'dog bites a dog, a mouthful of hair'. The one who took Mei Er to and from the casino was either someone else, or the shopkeeper of the Du family. Who would you say that the land would go to? The Mei family is now dependent on the Du family, but Mei Sheng has a Mei Sheng. Village Chief Du doesn't want to stop him. When the Mei family's life is up, the main and deputy will be reversed. It would be strange if he doesn't do anything."

"What's the matter with the Mei family?" Gui Chongyang touched his chin and thought.

Gui Qiu sneered, "No need to worry about it. Besides Mei Sheng, what else is there for Village Chief Du's trouble? A small three-yuan family, all the wealthy families in the town hired a matchmaker to think about marrying their daughter. Mei Tongsheng also hoped to rely on his grandson to curry favor with his grandson. If Mei Xiucai had no intention of being careful and would not be able to stand up with his nephew, Mei Sheng's marriage would have been arranged long ago. If I had the best cause, Village Chief Du was interested in Mei Sheng and wanted to marry his daughter."

Gui Chongyang thought about it for a while, but he didn't expect this possibility. He said in surprise: "It's so? Is this even disregarding my seniority?"

When two surnames are married, there are relatives who are relatives, but there is no reason why the elder sisters marry their uncles and nephews. Isn’t this a difference in seniority?

Gui Qiu nodded and said, "There is only one possibility, but Village Chief Du acts the most proud of his behavior. Even if he wants to marry a daughter, he will not take the initiative to propose it. He will always force the Mei family to speak out, and then respond half-support and put this inappropriate relationship on the Mei family..."

The reason why Gui Chongyang was stubborn about the Mei family was because he was afraid that the Mei family had a seed of study. It would take many years to become an official, but the marriage alliance was right in front of him. At that time, the two families had different weights, and the Gui family would be defeated.

Now that I think of the Du family eating "南南南", Gui Chongyang naturally agrees very much.

"This is a good thing." Gui Chongyang's eyes lit up.

Gui Qiu smiled and said, "That's natural, so I asked someone to hide this matter..."

The humiliation that Mei Tong gave to the Gui family will never forget.
Chapter completed!