Republic of China, you are not with the Red Police base, right?

Chapter 4 Rent Collection in Advance
Draft, Qi Rui cursed and looked around.

This is the top of the mountain, and he didn't see any water source along the way. After thinking about it, he unbuttoned his trouser pocket, took out the thing and pointed it at his watch.

"Damn it, quickly put it away for me, or I will pee on you to death."

Silence, the watch does not respond.

With all his might, Qi Rui let go of the water pipe, and the yellow liquid gushed out, and he was about to pee on it.

"Rogue, you stinking hooligan, please remember to my mother, you owe my mother all the unfulfilled resentment points, and you will have to pay it back sooner or later." A voice suddenly came from my mind.

Before dark, Qi Rui drove the base car back to the village and walked all the way to the top of the mountain. After seeing his own house, he hid the base car on the back of the mountain.

After all, he just came here, as for why he became the son of his parents directly, Qi Rui still doesn't know the reason, but he knows that things like red police and base vehicles are very important for his mother and younger sister. It can also be a little cumbersome to explain.

Therefore, it is better not to let the other party know first, and then talk about it later when you can't hide it.

After picking up the small animal that was killed today, Qi Rui quickly went down the mountain.

The mountain road was not easy to walk, and there were more than a dozen rabbits on his back, which made Qi Rui go down very slowly.

Of course, there are also factors in Qi Rui's long-term malnutrition that lead to poor health.

Before he got home, Qi Rui saw a few big men standing in front of his house from a distance.

After thinking for a while, he hid the animal in his hand first, and then walked quickly towards home.

"It's okay if you don't have money to pay. I can't pay the job when I go back." Before the person arrived, he heard a voice from inside.

"Housekeeper, please do me a favor. I'll go back and talk to my boss for help. In the coming year, even if my family doesn't eat or drink, I will make up for it," said the old woman's voice.

"Hmph," said another big man's voice, "you're pretty good at drawing cakes, old ladies. In this world, who the hell can guarantee that they can live to the next year? You give me a call."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Qi Rui unconsciously quickened his pace.

He was a little worried that his mother and sister would be bullied.

But no matter how fast he is, he can't catch up with others at home.

As he was walking quickly, he heard a clanging sound coming from the house.

"I beg you, this is the only ration left for the three of us. If you take this away, how can we live?" Immediately afterwards, the mother's cry came from the house.

Qi Rui ran up, took three steps in parallel, and quickly arrived at his door.

At this moment, there was an old man standing at the door of his house, wearing a round hat and brocade, he was not an ordinary fellow at first glance.

Inside the room, four big men were rummaging through things in the room.

And the mother was kneeling at the feet of the old man in the round hat, pressing half a bag of grain with her body.

Qi Rui rushed over, instinctively wanting to help his mother up.

The mother didn't care, she hugged the food in front of her tightly and cried, "Housekeeper, please do me a favor, this is the only ration my family has, and I was counting on this food to survive before autumn."

"Come here," the round hat beckoned to the person who was flipping through the things, "you come and drag this crazy woman away from me."

Seeing this, Qi Rui stood up and looked at the old man in the round hat, "In broad daylight, you rob other people's food, do you still have the king's law in your eyes?"

"Wang Fa?" The round-hat butler squinted at Qi Rui, "Your boy is not small, and his brain is not bright. Who doesn't know that in this area, my master is Wang Fa, and what he says is heaven."

"Your master?" Qi Rui was gagged and didn't know how to respond.

I haven't figured out the situation at home yet, who is the so-called master, and he doesn't know what the situation is in this place.

In this case, the truth will be revealed as soon as you talk about it, and the mother may also find out that this is not her past son.

Since it is wrong to say it, it is better not to say it.

After thinking about it, he leaned into his mother's ear, "Mother, don't be afraid, give him this little food, and my son will figure out a way to eat."

"Know current affairs," the official with the round hat showed admiring eyes.

"I can't, I can't," my mother was still holding on to the food, "if I give it to them, what else can we do, we will starve to death."

After finishing speaking, Mother knelt and moved to the butler's feet, and hugged the butler's legs with both hands, "Steward Liu, please do me a favor, go back and discuss with the owner, I will pay the land rent after the autumn harvest, as long as you give me another two months' grace. "

"Hmph," the butler kicked the mother away, "I'll forgive you, who will forgive me?"

Supporting his old lady, Qi Rui stared at the housekeeper.

When you don't know anything, the best way is to stay still and deal with the ever-changing.

It's easy to fight, but the trouble after the fight?

After all, this is someone else's territory. Judging from what happened today, it is still an unreasonable place.

Based on the principle of being cautious, Qi Rui decided not to cause trouble first.

After thinking about it, he still asked his old lady, "Mother, what's going on?"

"I don't know," my mother knelt on the ground, and before she could speak, she began to choke up, "In the past years, the owner only came to collect rent in autumn, and this year I don't know what's wrong. In the summer, the corn in the field Before they come down, the boss will collect the land rent for the coming year, and give them all the food, so how can our mother live."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of mother, son find a way," Qi Rui patted mother on the shoulder to comfort him.

Then, he stood up, "Is this the housekeeper? If we don't rent your land next year, won't we not have to pay the land rent for the next year?"

Startled for a moment, the housekeeper rolled his eyes at Qi Rui, "Your idea is so beautiful, you can rent the land if you want, and don't rent it if you don't want to? Let me tell you the truth, other people's houses are still handed over after the harvest, and you I can't do it at home, this time the housekeeper is here, I must collect the land rent from your house."

At this moment, the big man brought by the butler had already carried the food on his back.

Turning his head to take a look, the housekeeper turned and left.

"Old Qi's family, housekeeper, I might as well tell you a way. Isn't there a girl in your family who is in her teens this year?"

Throwing down these words, the butler led the people away in strides.

"Yes, where's my little sister?"

It was only then that Qi Rui remembered that he hadn't seen his sister yet after returning home.

Wiping her tears, the old lady said, "It's really impossible, so I can only send your sister out and stay at our house, and we can't support her." As she spoke, the mother walked to the side of the straw and picked it up. , showing the figure of the little girl inside.

At this moment, she was curled up into a ball and shivering, like a frightened and helpless little rabbit.

Inexplicably distressed, Qi Rui ran over and hugged the younger sister in his arms, "Don't be afraid, younger sister. As long as your brother is here, no one can hurt you. Don't be afraid, younger sister."

To comfort the family, Qi Rui went out again and brought back the animals he had brought back to his old lady.

There is nothing to do, the food is gone, so I have to eat meat to satisfy my hunger.

Seeing so much meat, the old lady's eyes lit up immediately, she quickly took it away, and immediately went to deal with it.

The depression of running out of food is swept away, and the meat can be full, even if there is no food, what are you afraid of?

During the meal, Qi Rui realized a problem.

Today the housekeeper seems to have said a few words, "I will forgive you, who will forgive me? To tell you the truth, other people's houses are still paid after the harvest, but yours is not good. This time the housekeeper is here, I must give you The land rent of the house has been collected.”

"Mother, did our family offend someone?" After asking, Qi Rui took a bite.

(End of this chapter)