peasant girl allure

Chapter 53
Shen Chengyao and Shen Chengzu returned to their house with this result, Lu Shi cried directly, then without even looking at Shen Chengzu, he pulled Jie'er and went to the third room.

"Third sister-in-law, don't you think this is deceiving people too much? It's fine to stick to the big house before, but now the ten taels of silver that were distributed after the division of the family are also trying to find a way. They want to go back in disguise. If the big house is really no one can I can't get any money, so I just want the old man to go, they obviously have everything, why do they always want to squeeze their brothers!" Lu Shi remembered everything in these years, and the tears flowed even more fiercely.

When she gave birth to Jie'er, she had a difficult labor. After giving birth, the doctor said that she had to prescribe medicine for a few months. Only when her body recuperated would she have a chance to conceive again. Shen Zhuang was reluctant to spend a little money to buy medicine for her. Regulating her body, her stomach has not moved at all in the past few years.Recently, because the branch had ten taels of silver in her hand, she went to the doctor to have a look. Now she is recuperating her body. After taking this medicine for a month, she used up two taels of silver, and she will have to take it for another two months. The ten taels at home have been spent a few taels, and Shen Chengzu's work in the blacksmith shop is only five hundred yuan a month, which is quite a lot compared to other jobs.How could their family have more than ten taels? The Dafang family is simply a vampire!It can drain people dry in one go!
Mrs. Liu also felt uncomfortable. Every time a good thing happened, she didn't have her own share. It was always the two of them who had endured hardships and contributed money and energy. Even if the family was separated, it would not be spared. That's all. It is also the reason for her faint heart. "Her grandma, you don't obey her, and you always say you are unfilial, and you want to go to the government. We still have face, what can we do?"

Xiao'er also looked down on Da Fang's family in her heart, she really couldn't get used to it anymore, she got used to it, and she would always be irresponsible in the future, trying to plot against her own family, and that would be asking for trouble.

"Father, mother, if it is really the father who has to go to labor, then if the other brothers don't have any money to pay, my family will pay all the money, and I'm fine with it, but it's not right now, it's the uncle and the eldest brother who don't want to go , and didn’t want to spend so much money to plot against us, and grandpa and grandma also helped them. This kind of behavior is wrong in the first place. How can I get used to it? Family, we don’t care about it, we do what we can, but now we are two families, we can’t solve things like we did when we didn’t separate, not to mention that my uncle runs a grocery store in the town and really can’t even get 40 taels Is it? Last time I tore two pieces of cloth for each member of the family, plus the two clothes of my grandfather and grandma, it cost more than 20 taels. The clothes worn by the uncle’s family were better than the last time I tore them. How many clothes are changed in a year, and I have never seen them wear heavy clothes when they come back, what does this mean?"

"They have money but don't want to give it out!" Jing Rui clenched his fists and replied.

Everyone else was silent.

"So this time our two families can only pay five taels at most, and don't care about the rest." Jing Hao nodded secretly and made up his mind.

"But we have already agreed." Shen Chengyao and Shen Chengzu glanced at each other, when Shen Zhuang-shi made a noise to go to the government to sue them, they agreed.

"If it happens again next time, you can just let her grandma go to the government!" Shi Lu said angrily.

Xiao'er thought of a way, tomorrow they don't need to pay a copper coin, she said the way she thought of.Except for the two brothers Shen Chengyao who didn't make a sound, everyone else agreed.

There is a big banyan tree in the center of Lianxi Village. Under the tree are two stone tables, a few stone chairs, and rows of stone benches. During the slack season, many old people in the village bring their grandchildren to chat and play here.

Every time the village chief wants to summon the villagers, he goes to the big banyan tree to beat the gongs and drums. When the villagers hear the sound of the gongs and drums, they know that the village chief has something to call everyone.

About a quarter of an hour, every household in the village came, and the village chief told about the tax payment and labor service.

After hearing this, the villagers started discussing in a hurry. Some people disliked the high taxes, and the family was always hungry, and some families with many males asked if they could only go to one person for labor.

"Dafu, if you don't exchange half of the grain for silver and gamble, your family may not be able to eat up all the grain next year." A villager laughed.

"I'll fuck you, it's none of your business for me to gamble, mind your own business." Li Dafu is a well-known gambler in the village. He once lost dozens of acres of land in his family, and he didn't know how to repent and lost the bet. He just drank, and when he was drunk, he liked to take out his anger on his wife. Villagers often saw his wife being beaten with blue eyes and swollen face.

"Those who don't want to go to labor, 20 taels a person." The villagers sighed for a while. It was too much money. It was only 20 taels in previous years, so why did it suddenly become 20 taels.It would be great if I could earn [-] taels a month to work outside.

The village head beat the gongs and drums again to calm everyone down, "Okay, everyone, don't talk anymore, the tax has been very low in the past two years, and as for the hard labor, it has been like this every year, and the job is to dredge water conservancy channels and For the road construction, the imperial court is also for the benefit of the people. It is convenient for us to finish these things. One month will soon pass. Now hurry up and discuss who will go to labor service, and come to me to queue up for registration later, whether or not to go The money must be handed over tomorrow at the latest."

"There is one more thing. Shen Chengyao's family bought the wasteland at the head of the village. Now they want to hire someone to open up the wasteland. The land is [-] yuan per mu. The requirement is to clean up the grass roots in the field, clean up the stones, and plow them again. Whose family Those who are interested can also report their names by the way when they sign up for labor service later."

The people in the village burst into flames when they heard this.

"Fifty Wen per mu of land, is that true?"

"Mr. Shen's family has made a fortune? When did you buy the wasteland? Why didn't you hear anything about it before?"

"Hire someone to work? Fifty cents per mu? You won't be able to afford the wages when the work is done?"

Jingrui went up and stood next to the village chief. This was agreed by everyone last night. Shen Chengyao had to order bricks and tiles early this morning. Let Jingrui talk about hiring people. Although Jingrui is only an eight-year-old child, in modern times Many eight-year-old children can be very calm when they participate in TV programs or international competitions.There are so many things at home now that Shen Chengyao can't handle it all by himself, and some things are not suitable for women to come forward. Let Jing Rui come forward and hire people to work in public, which is also a good opportunity to exercise his communication and eloquence skills.

These days, Jingrui is selling things and discussing business cooperation with Xiaoer. His knowledge is different from before, and his sister's calm and calm manners have long been deeply rooted in his heart. He has secretly studied it seriously. Now he secretly Suppressing his nervousness, he walked calmly to the side of the village head, and said what the family had discussed last night. Finally, he said that his family would first put five taels of silver with the village head for safekeeping, and use it to pay wages. Let everyone not have to worry about their family not being able to afford wages.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Liu took out five taels of silver and handed it to the village chief.Seeing that Mrs. Liu really took out five taels of silver, everyone rushed to sign up, and people who usually have good friends with Mrs. Liu and Shen Chengyao had already gone up to sign up.

After Liu took out five taels of silver, he took out another 30 taels and handed it to the village head, "The village chief said that 30 taels of the 20 taels are the money that my head of the family pays for not going to work, and the other [-] taels are the money that my family pays for the children. Grandpa came out."

"I also have ten taels here, and I paid for the child's father, so that the child's father does not have to do hard labor."

The crowd started talking again.

"Isn't Shen Rengui's family already separated? Didn't he live with his elder son? Why do the two separated sons have to pay the money? What are the other sons doing?"

"Shen Chengguang and his son can go to hard labor, why should Shen Er grow old?"

"Didn't Shen Chengguang open a grocery store in the town? Why didn't he even pay for his father's labor labor, and asked his two younger brothers to pay for it?"

"Shen Chengyao probably got rich, but why didn't he get all of it out?"

"How can Shen Chengyao's little money compare with Shen Chengguang..."

"Shen Chengguang's family is still a scholar, and they actually let the old man serve in the military. Fortunately, Shen Rengui has two good sons, otherwise the old bones would be gone!"

Old Master Shen and Shen Chengguang in the crowd turned dark when they heard what the villagers said.Shen Chengguang hurriedly squeezed the crowd away and came in front of the village head, "Village head, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, how can I let my father go to labor, and my brothers and sisters don't know the situation. This is the money for me and Jing Wen to work in labor." Shen Chengguang heartbroken Take out 50 taels of silver bills.

"Mr. Shen, who is going to serve in your family?"

"Of course it's Chengguang and Wen'er"

(End of this chapter)