Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"Open the door! It's time to pay the rent!"

Hearing the rude voice coming from outside the door, the expressions of the Geng family members changed instantly. Old Man Geng quickly stood up and opened the door. A tall and sturdy man stood outside.

The man looked impatient: "Why did it take so long to open the door? Are you hiding food secretly?"

Old Man Geng shrank from his roar: "Look at what Chen Zhuangtou said, how dare we? Not to mention that we don't have the courage, even if we did, what kind of fields can produce how many kilograms of grain, Zhuangtou? We all know it well, how could we hide it from you?"

"That's a good thing to say, I'm sorry you don't dare." Chen Zhuangtou looked at Old Man Geng condescendingly with a arrogant look on his face, "Your family should have finished all the food, right? It's time to pay the rent."

Old man Geng smiled flatteringly: "Chen Zhuangtou, why are you paying the rent so early this time? There is a severe drought this year, and the rice is not growing well. I still have some rice in the field that has not been harvested. Can it be two days late?"

Chen Zhuangtou clicked his tongue and glared at him: "You rented my master's land, and you have to pay the rent when you should. You don't even have this consciousness, and you still think I collected the rent too early? What's more, this year The severe drought is a severe drought in the whole of Sichuan, and your family is not alone in the drought. Why can everyone else pay the rent, but not yours?"

Old man Geng was obedient and did not dare to retort. Chen Zhuangtou was too lazy to talk to him and said, "I don't care whether you have finished harvesting the rice or not. You have to pay the rent anyway. You pay the rent in full first and the rest of the rice will be harvested." You can cut it however you like."

As he said that, Chen Zhuangtou took out an account book, crackled the abacus, and said while calculating: "Your family has a total of six acres of land, one mu of high-grade silt fields on the river bank, with an output of 350 kilograms per mu; three acres of medium-sized paddy fields, with an output of 250 kilograms per mu. The yield is [-] catties; two acres of low-grade paddy field, the yield per mu is [-] catties..."

According to Chen Zhuangtou's calculation, it is based on the field yield in previous years, and there is a considerable amount of false highs.But Old Man Geng had no choice. Renting someone else's land was equivalent to putting his life in someone else's hands. Even if he encountered unfair treatment, he would endure it submissively.

Chen Zhuang made the calculations and finally came to a conclusion: "Your family will have to pay a total of 750 kilograms of rent this year. Should you pay in cash or in exchange for silver?"

The Geng family was shocked by this figure. Old man Geng's eyes widened and he stammered: "How, how can it be so much? In the past years, my family paid 450 kilograms of rent for [-]% of the rent tax. How could there be an extra [-]% this year?" Three hundred pounds?”

"Who told you that the tax is 750%? It's clearly [-]%!" Chen Zhuangtou stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Old Man Geng, "Based on previous years' production, your family's six acres of land will collect a total of [-] kilograms. Food, [-]% of the rent, what is the rent if it’s not [-] kilograms?”

Old man Geng said anxiously: "How can it be [-]% of the tax? It has always been [-]%! My family has been renting Mr. Chen's land for many years, and I have never heard of such a high tax. At the beginning of this year, we went to Chen When Lao Ba renewed the lease, he also mentioned [-]% of the rent and tax. Did you make a mistake?"

"How could I be wrong? It's just [-]% of the tax, there will be no fakes!"

Chen Zhuangtou said: "You also said that at the beginning of the year, the asking price was [-]%, and the rent and tax were only raised to [-]% later. Mr. Chen posted a notice more than a month ago saying that the rent was going to be increased, but you didn't pay attention, and you still Isn’t it ridiculous to think that we made a mistake?”

With that said, Chen Zhuangtou took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Old Man Geng: "Open your eyes and take a look. This is the notice issued by Master Chen. When will the rent increase? How much will it increase? What is the range of the rent increase?" , it’s all clearly written on it!”

Several members of the Geng family stared at each other for a long time, and said at a loss: "But... but we are illiterate." "Then who is to blame!" Chen Zhuangtou sneered, "Anyway, the notice was issued, and the rent increase was also mentioned in advance. However, whether you know it or not, the rent has already increased to [-]%."

Old man Geng was anxious and helpless. He didn't know what to say for a moment: "I'm illiterate, and Chen Laoba always informed me face to face about things related to the tenement fields. I've never heard him talk about a rent increase before. We Completely unaware.”

"Besides, even if the rent is increased, it should be informed in advance at the beginning of the year. How can the rent be increased after the rent has been negotiated and the land is rented out? The rent is increased midway without notifying it in person. Doesn't this force us to pay more? Renting food? You are too unreasonable."

Chen Zhuangtou raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his face became fierce: "What did you say? Unreasonable? Let me tell you, you rented my master's land, and my master is reasonable! We are just forcing rent taxes, what can you do? If you think the rent is too high, if you can afford it, buy a piece of land and plant it yourself!"

Old Man Geng took two steps back because of his drink. He felt helpless. After all, he still didn't have the courage to speak harshly. He could only plead: "But the [-]% tax is really too high. Chen Zhuangtou, can you use your discretion?" a little less?"

"There is a severe drought this year, and the grain production in the fields has been greatly reduced. We dare not ask Mr. Chen to reduce the rent and taxes. Can we reduce the increase? In previous years, it was [-]%, this year it is [-]%... No, [-]%! What do you think of [-]%?"

Chen Zhuangtou laughed angrily and threw the account book on him: "Don't say [-]% to [-]%. I'll let you take the position of Zhuangtou. You can get whatever you say, even if you don't pay a penny." No problem, how about it?"

Old man Geng subconsciously took the account book, his throat was sore: "Chen Zhuangtou, don't joke with me..."

Chen Zhuangtou's smile fell, and he pulled the account book out of his arms, pushed him to stagger, and shouted: "Your father also knows that this is a joke?! Why are you paying [-]% of the rent? If you don’t say no, you don’t want to rent! As a landless and propertyless tenant, my master takes pity on you and rents the land to you out of kindness so that you can have food to eat. It’s fine if you don’t feel grateful. How dare you think that the rent is high? You are so arrogant. thing!"

"father!"

Old man Geng was pushed by him and almost fell to the ground. Geng Mancang caught his father in time and glared at Chen Zhuangtou angrily: "You are too unreasonable. We rent your land and we don't owe you anything." Money! Why don’t you grab [-]% of the rent!”

"Mancang, why are you talking!"

Before Chen Zhuangtou could get angry, Old Man Geng pulled his son back in time, scolded him twice, then put on a smile and said cautiously: "My son is young and ignorant, Chen Zhuangtou, don't argue with him."

"About this tax...Chen Zhuangtou, can't we really reduce it? This year's grain production has been reduced, and my family has only purchased less than 750 kilograms of grain in total. If we hand over [-] kilograms at once, how can my family of five survive? ?”

Speaking of this, Old Man Geng hesitated for a while and begged: "Or, can you be accommodating and let us use potatoes to offset part of the tax?"