The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 92

He was also admitted as a young boy and had no walls. At the age of seventeen, he gave up school and started doing business. He worked hard and prepared for the best. Since Jianci's return, his family's financial situation has gradually improved and he has begun to buy some land and houses. Whatever good deeds were done in the local area, Jian Kao would always do his part without hesitation. He had done countless things like applying medicine and coffins. It was not until he was more than sixty years old that his third brother Jisheng was born. This can also be regarded as a blessing from God. Concurrent candidates are strong-willed and like to accuse others of their faults in person, often embarrassing others. Fortunately, Jianci intervened and the family was able to live in peace.

He is also kind-hearted and takes great care of his relatives and children; he is especially kind to the poor folks. For decades, both the folks outside and the slaves at home have been grateful to her. In the third year of Xianfeng's reign, the rebel bandits captured the county town and burned their house. Jianci was not used to living in the countryside. Fortunately, his clothes and money were not lost to the thieves.

When Jiankao died, I led troops as the Zhili vassal to suppress bandits in Zhili and Henan. I was ordered to wait until the military affairs were over before returning home. The third brother was less than 20 years old, so it was all up to Jian Cidu and his family to take care of the funeral and field affairs. The income from rent and tax is no different from when Jiankao was still alive. To the scoundrels in the clan, he showed kindness, kindness and power at the same time, so that these people also restrained themselves. The housekeeping was handled in an orderly manner, and he never tolerated teaching his third brother how to read.

In the winter of the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), I was ordered to go to the Jiangnan camp to be sent by Xiangrong, and I went home to visit my relatives in advance. At that time, I saw that Jianci was healthy and had a peaceful diet. He only had to hold on to a stick when walking and had phlegm, wheezing and coughing in winter, but he had no other health problems. I think it shouldn’t be a problem for an old man to live to be a hundred years old.

In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), I returned to Beijing and then went to Gansu. The next year, the third brother gave birth to a daughter, and the old man loved her very much. In the same year, the third brother ranked first in the scholar examination.