In the next few days, the old lady specially asked for leave with Mr. Shangguan, the tutor of the girl's school, and asked the girls to play with Tao Congjun's cousin in Anshou Hall, and also accompany him as the old man.

Tao Xin brought his son Director Tao Yuan in the morning, and when there was nothing to do in the afternoon, he would come to Anshoutang or Jinyiyuan for fun.

The things that Tao Mansion needs to deal with this time are related to the locust plague that caused Ding Jingzhu to be sold last year.

The locust plague last year affected most of Yu'an Prefecture, and 60 to 70% of farmers had no grains in the field.

However, Yu'an Prefecture has been a major grain-producing mansion since ancient times. Although the peasant class does not have any excess grain storage on the extreme poverty line, many wealthy families have rice mountains and millet seas that have been eaten for decades.

This is the case with the Tao Mansion’s grain warehouse in Yu'an Mansion. Most of the stored grain is used to make good wine and then sold to other places at a high price.

But because the county magistrate of Jifu County was a lie-headed green who had just passed the Jinshi, he saw that the Tao Mansion did not actively respond to the conscript of grain last year, but also had excess grain to make wine this year.

The man argued with Tao Mansion and specially sealed the winemaking workshop and grain workshop of Tao Mansion.

So Tao Xin brought his children here to deal with it, one for her older son to practice skills, and the other for her sister-in-law.

After five or six days like this, it was the birthday of Mrs. Qin.

Qin Minshi, the current pillar of the Qin Mansion, is only a fourth-rank prefect, and a local official who is released from the capital cannot be closer to the center of power.

Nowadays, the top families in Jinyangzhou do not like to socialize with the Qin Mansion very much, so the first-class imperial edict on the old lady Qin can be called the Dinghai Sword Needle of the entire Qin Mansion.

The birthday party of the old lady is bound to be held every year, and there are other banquets held according to the times, which only last two or three times a year.

Nowadays, only the old lady Qin and the eldest wife Ye in the Qin Mansion have imperial edicts. If the Tao is welcomed and sent, it will inevitably be a little unavailable.

Without a male child in the center of power, the Qin family can only be regarded as a poor family of officials who once glorified and now declined.

This is also the reason why Mrs. Qin attaches great importance to her grandchildren's study.

On the birthday party of Mrs. Qin, the Qin Mansion set off firecrackers early in the morning and opened the door to welcome guests.

Now the prefect of Yu'an Prefecture, Lord Lu Yi, naturally wants to sell the Qin Prefecture for a face and came early.

There are also the well-known Yan family, Fan family and Tian family in the mansion. These three families have people who serve as officials in the court.

Although he is not even as good as the official position of the eldest master Qin Minshi, he is also considered a family of officials and hundreds of scholars in the clan.

There are also several families in Jinyang Prefecture Prefecture who are good at Qin's Prefecture or have some requests, and come from afar.

There are also colleagues and disciples who were promoted by Mr. Qin in the past, and even if they don’t come, they will have a few gifts.

When every distinguished guest wearing gold and embroidery came to the door, the emcee loudly reported the guests and gifts, because there were many common people watching the fun outside the Qin Mansion.

The banquet location of the male guests was naturally in the halls of the second entrance, while the female guests were led by servants and set up in the elegant garden of the fifth entrance.

At the 19th day of the morning, the early female guests came to Anshoutang to pay homage to the current birthday star Mrs. Qin.

Lu Cai, the wife of the prefect of Yu'an Prefecture, came to Anshoutang early in the morning and brought her two daughters Lu Yingyue and Lu Yingxue to talk to Old Lady Qin.

Although the prefect Lu Yi was a poor scholar, he was not as good as Qin Minshi's juren. He was a serious Jinshi.

His wife, Cai, also comes from the Cai family in Gaodu. She has been rich for generations and has a very strict family style.

With the help of his uncle and being a smart and capable person, the future of the prefect Lu Yi has more potential than that of Qin Minshi.

Cai heard her husband Lu Yi talk about two young talents he respected among the students he is now under the rule of his.

One is the Yanli Group, who is famous as a child prodigy, but the Yanli Group's family only has a hundred acres of land, and there is also a widowed mother who wants to raise it. What is a good match?

In contrast, Qin Shiqin, who came from a family of officials, not only was he the only legitimate son of the second wife, but his mother also came from the Tao family of the pride.

Qin Shiqin also looks handsome. According to her husband, this time she failed, but the article was a bit bad. If she trained for a while, she would definitely win next year and next year.

Cai pulled his eldest daughter Lu Yingyue, who was as beautiful as a flower, and asked Old Lady Qin with a smile:

"I heard that my second brother in the house got sick after the exam?"

"What a pity. My husband said he is a rare young talent. This mansion test is only a little short of it."

When Mrs. Qin saw that Lu Cai praised her juniors for their expressions, a real smile appeared on her face:

"He is a villain, so why should he be so praised by Master Wu Zun?"

"He ate something bad a few days ago, but he kept it for two months."

When Lu Cai heard that it was not a hidden disease, he felt relieved and said politely:

"It is normal for young people to like to eat cold food in summer. In the future, they eat less cold wine, ice chips and other cold things."

Then Lu Cai changed the subject and asked about Qin Shixian’s marriage:

"Brother Xun is afraid he will be almost fourteen now. Has the family ever made a marriage?"

Old Mrs. Qin was a little surprised. When her youngest son Qin Minjia was young, she was asked by everyone if she had ever been engaged.

At that time, my answer was that every child was born, and it was too early to say this.

But later on, things were unpredictable.

The prefect Lu Yi is now in charge of Yu'an Mansion, and the Cai family has many dowry. Although it is not very good, it can be worthy.

Moreover, Brother Xun will have to take another exam next year. If he gets evil to the prefect Lu Yi, it would be unsatisfactory.

Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Qin smiled slightly and said:

"I haven't decided on a marriage yet, so I just thought about talking about it after passing the exam for the scholar."

"After all, there is no inheritance of the title in the family now, and it is not a good idea to live a life of just relying on the wealth of their parents. It is better for the men to become their own talents."

Lu Cai understood the principles of the economics of the official career and nodded:

"The old lady is right."

However, Old Mrs. Qin waved her hand and asked Lu Yingyue to come to her side, and gave her some snacks with a smile.

After asking about his age and birthday in detail, he gave Lu Yingyue the silk-filled blue-white jade cloud-patterned jade pendant he carried with him.

"This jade pendant is already a pair. I gave one to Brother Xun, but the other happened to be for Sister Yue."

"I like this kid very much, but now the kid is young, so it will be a matter of fate in a few years."

It is not a trivial matter to make a marriage contract now. Lu Yingyue and Qin Shiqi were still young, but the elders in the family were interested in each other and did not make a serious marriage contract.

In the past few years, I will look at the fortunes of Qin Shixian and Lu Yingyue, but with the words of Old Mrs. Qin, Lu Cai's goal today has been achieved by most of the time.
Chapter completed!