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Chapter 38

Luliuwei.

Because there is a shallow lake of more than [-] mu in the north of the village, it is named after the egrets that migrate every spring and autumn when they pass by here for a short rest and prey.

'Weir' refers to low-lying areas and waterproof dikes built around villages.

Just by this word, we know that there are often floods nearby.

There is a small river in the north of the village, called the Bali River. The Bali River stretches eastward for Bali and flows into the Moon River, a tributary of the Huai River.

In the middle of Luliuxu, there is a three-depth house.

Moss grows in front of the steps, and the paint skin of the house door is peeling off.

But the one-color water-polished wainscoting, door rails and window columns are all meticulously carved. It can be seen that the owner spent a lot of time building it, but it feels dilapidated because it has been neglected for a long time.

This house originally belonged to a squire named Liu. When Jin Qi went south in the second year of Fuchang, Liu squire fled to Zhou Dynasty with his family.

The Cai family took the opportunity to take over the house and the surrounding 700 mu of land.

This is the pursuit of wealth and danger. Fleeing in the event of military chaos is naturally the safest choice. However, most of the property of the ancients was real estate such as fertile land and mansions. At most, fleeing can take away a little floating wealth, and the loss is not insignificant.

If you stay, your life may be in danger, and you may also encounter other risks, such as Cai Wei being taken captive.

However, once the cooperation with the new power system is reached, the rewards are quite generous.

After all, after the gentry of the former dynasty who controlled the land fled in large numbers, the area was full of fertile farmland and houses without owners.

The Cai family took a gamble and won.

As a result, he became a rich family in Tongshan from a rich family.

Due to the lack of ventilation for a long time, there was a musty smell in the courtyard. After turning around roughly, Chen Chu and Cai Kun sat under a ginkgo tree in front of the courtyard that they couldn't hug.

"Second Brother Cai, will this house be shared with me as well?"

"Xiang has nothing to do with you, but it needs to be calculated separately."

Cai Er, who had already taught Chen Chu to climb the pole, hurriedly said.

"Second brother Cai's houses are in a row, and he still cares about what he wants to do with me." Chen Chu said with a smile.

Cai Er didn't answer, took out a volume of booklet from his arms and handed it over, and said with a smile, "This is the household booklet of Luliuxu tenants, brother, let's have a look first."

Chen Chu picked it up and took a rough look.

This Luliuxu has 730 mu of registered land and 31 tenant households, with a total of 120 households.

It only records information such as men and women, head of household, etc., but there is no mention of key age information.

Chen Chu was not in a hurry to discuss the issue of renting a son with Cai Er, but casually talked about the opera arrangement of "Journey to the West: The Legend of Shi'er".

About half an hour later, Yang Zhen and Yao Sanbian who were scattered in the village came over here.

Chen Chu apologized, avoided Cai Er and went up to him.

"Brother Chu, there are not many strong laborers in this village, mostly young and old. I just talked to an old man. According to him, there are more than 120 people in the village, and there are only more than 30 young people in the village."

Chen noticed this when he first entered the village.

All the old and young in the village were disheveled and ragged. When they saw a few people entering the village, they either quickly hid in the low and dilapidated houses, or stood dumbly by the roadside with their hands down and their heads bowed, not daring to look at them.

For fear of disturbing the 'nobles'.

The scope of Chen Chu's activities was limited to two points and one line between Qifengling and the county seat, and he never went deep into the village.

Before, he felt that the fugitives were miserable enough.

But when you come to this beautiful-sounding 'Luliuxu', you don't know what abject poverty is.

Yao Sanbian on the side also said: "Brother Chu, I just looked at it. Although the land is good, but there was a flood last summer, the place should have been flooded. Not only the ditches are silted up, but also many fertile fields are hardened and need to be planted. Great efforts to rectify”

Grandma, no wonder Cai San is so active in recommending Luliuxu.

Chen Chu looked back, and Cai Wei, who was sitting in the carriage in the distance and was proudly swinging a pair of long legs, felt it, raised his chin at him, and cast a wink.
After initially collecting information, Chen Chu sat back under the ginkgo tree.

Although there are many problems, Chen Chu still intends to settle down.

Farming season waits for no one, and the land on the mountain is too barren.

"Second Brother Cai, let's talk about Renzi."

Seeing that the two of them were about to discuss key issues, Cai Wei threw up her hands and jumped off the shaft.
Seeing her twisting her waist and walking over, the cat sitting in the distance couldn't help frowning, and muttered in a low voice: "Men have to force their way to talk about some things, and I have never seen such a shameless woman!"

Here, Chen Chu has given two plans.

"You can pay your government's land rent at the market price, offset by the Juyang purple melon produced by my family, and deduct the land rent from the purchase price.

Or, use half of the output from Zhuangzi as rent, and your government will only take dividends."

Cai Er thought he heard it wrong. The second plan was "half" of Zhuangzi's output, not half.

Half is 5%
At this time, the rents of the tenants are "four in the morning and six in the evening" as usual, and the average is the five-transaction rent produced by the field.

This little brother Chen can actually say 'Half Cheng'?Do you want Bilian?
Without waiting to think about it, Cai Er wanted to choose the first plan, but Cai Hua turned her eyes charmingly, but preemptively said: "Let's count according to the share that Mr. Chen said!"

Cai Er raised his head in astonishment, and looked at his sister puzzled.

Cai Wei winked at him.
The backyard of Caiwei Pavilion.

The second floor of Ningyu Pavilion.

"In order to save Li Lang from his homeland, who would have expected to win the top prize in the imperial list, the top prize, and wear a red robe"

Yunong sat in front of the bronze mirror, holding Qingdai in one hand and raising her eyebrows in the mirror, and with the other hand, she squeezed a candied fruit from the plate on the table and threw it into her mouth from time to time.

Xiaozui was very busy.

Even though she was eating and humming a ditty, Yu Nong sang this ditty well with her crisp and sweet voice.

'squeak~'

The door slammed softly, and Qin's mother walked into the room.

Seeing Yunong's heartless appearance, he couldn't help saying: "Daughter, why are you not in a hurry! Yesterday the third lady called me over to ask each other, and my mother covered it up for you once, but sooner or later it will be revealed. "

Yesterday, as soon as Chen Chu left, Qin's mother came to visit Yunong. As a senior industry insider, she could tell at a glance that Yunong was not broken.

Unable to ask, Yunong hesitated.

Afterwards, Mother Qin was called over by Cai San. Mother Qin knew that Miss San was very concerned about this matter, so she helped Yunong cover it up for a while.

Just say 'Daughter just broke the melon, resting in the room'

But Qin's mother knew that this matter was like a fire wrapped in paper, and it would not last for a long time.

Yunong, who was drawing her eyebrows, was not worried at all, and immediately dropped the candied fruit in her hand, sucked the candied fruit juice stained on her fingers, then took out a neatly folded note from the dressing table, and opened it to her mother, "here Look, mom, the young master said not to worry me, nothing will happen."

Qin's mother became even angrier, and scolded: "Stupid girl who has no heart! Your slave is in the hands of the third lady, but not in the hands of the young master. What he says will be of great use!"

Yunong was obviously not convinced, but for a moment she couldn't think of a reason to refute, and after a long time, she said firmly: "Mom, from yesterday to now, the third lady hasn't come to trouble me, and I don't even need to practice piano or dance. Yes. The young master must have said something to the third lady!"

"Oh!" Qin's mother patted her thigh angrily, "That's because my mother covered it up for you yesterday. If the third lady knows the truth, do you think she will spare you!"

Yunong couldn't find a reason anymore, so he could only look at Qin's mother and smiled flatteringly, "Thank you mother for taking care of Yunong over the years."

"Hey~" Mother Qin sighed, sat down slowly at the side, and said, "Daughter, mother wanted to raise you for another year or so, but now she can't take care of you anymore. Now that you have entered Yanliu Xing , it will happen sooner or later, my mother didn’t bother to teach you these things in the past, so you should read more about it yourself.”

Qin's mother handed over a booklet as she spoke, and Yu Nong was a little sad by what she said, so she subconsciously took it.

Opening it casually, it turned out to be a picture book. On the first page, two villains were drawn, embracing each other in a strange posture.
Looking at it again, Yunong suddenly understood what it was, and couldn't help but let go of it in shock.

Qin's mother bent down to pick it up, and was about to elaborate when the maid Cuiyuan hurried in from the door.

"Girl, come over and pass the word that the third lady is here to pick you up from the city with Uncle Zhang."

"Huh? What are you doing out of town?"

As soon as she heard that she was going out of the city and had to meet the third lady, Yunong immediately became nervous.

She is really afraid of Cai San who is smiling all day long.

"Oh!" Cui Yuan slapped her head and said, "It is said that the girl is going to see Mr. Chen, so that you can get dressed."

"Chuckles."

Qin's mother and Cui Yuan looked at Yunong who was laughing inexplicably, with confused faces.

But seeing Yunong grab a handful of candied fruit and put it in the purse embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, she hurried out.

But halfway through, Yu Nong suddenly turned back and walked back to the copper wash, holding a handful of water in both hands, and lowered her head to wash off the half-applied fragrance makeup.

"Miss, what are you washing up for? The third lady told you to do your makeup well!" Cui Yuan said urgently.

Yunong raised her wet oval face and smiled triumphantly, "Young Master said, I am beautiful, and Young Master also said that I look better without makeup. Haha~"

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