Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 230 Rent Payment (Part Two)
The successive visits of Empress Changsun and Li Chengqian did not affect the householders drying wheat.As soon as the wheat was fully dried on the wheat field, farmers pushed their carts to the door to pay the rent.The back door to the granary of the Jin Mansion was wide open, and the threshold had been pulled down. A dozen or so Liang Duozi who surrounded the city with mats opened their mouths wide open, just waiting for the new wheat to pour in.

Since it was the first time to collect rent, Yang Ying paid special attention to it, and ordered her servants to clean up the granary in the midst of her busy schedule.Uncle Chen, Han Wu, and Wen Zongchang all changed into brand new clothes. Before dawn, they opened their posture at the back door. A dozen servants from the mansion were dressed in bunts. A bit like the dark society of later generations.

"Is this necessary?" Jin Yu pointed to the vicious servants at the gate.This was Yang Ying's first rent collection since she became the mistress. The poor little girl didn't sleep well all night, so she dragged Jin Yu up early in the morning and hid him in a corner to watch the rent collection.

"Uncle Chen said that this is a rule left over from the past. We are afraid that someone will steal the food. It is not aimed at our own farmers, so we just follow it." Yang Ying explained softly to Jin Yu.

"Oh, then keep watching." Jin Yu yawned and said.

A large shed was set up at the door, the tables, chairs and benches were neatly arranged, baskets of steamed buns were placed under the shed, the cauldron outside the shed was steaming hot, the pig bones inside were already rotten, and the copper coins The big Youxingzi keeps changing its shape with the boiling soup.The aroma of the soup is overflowing, and many farmers can't stop sniffing and wiping their saliva.

Chen Rui was in high spirits at this moment, and shouted at the farmer who had already been waiting at the door: "Everyone line up the cars! Madam told me, eat first, and eat after eating! According to Madam's order, today and tomorrow, steamed bun broth Don't worry, my own mother-in-law and baby can bring you bastards!"

Seeing Steward Chen's majestic appearance, the farmers laughed, and consciously arranged the cars in the order of first come, first come, and went to the shed to have breakfast.

Jin Yu turned his face and glanced at Yang Ying, "My lady is really good at being a human being, and Uncle Chen has spoken good things for you."

Yang Yingnen blushed, looked around to see if there was no one around, and raised her toes to smell Jin Yu's cheeks, which was an apology for her behavior of abandoning her husband to gain fame.

Steward Chen yelled for a while, feeling unsatisfied, and said again: "Years ago, the young master asked everyone to plant wheat, and some men were not happy. Have you tasted the sweetness now? Now that Chang'an City is busy harvesting wheat, who wouldn't do it this year?" If you are willing to grow wheat, the young master will never force you!"

The farmers laughed, pointing out that those who were not happy at the beginning were ridiculed, and they didn't take it seriously, and promised that they would listen to the arrangement of the master's family in the coming year.On the other hand, Jin Yu gave a thumbs up secretly. This housekeeper is supposed to beat him like this at the right time. Who would say no to similar things in the future?
The tenants were not polite in eating, and soon someone finished eating, and the rent collection officially started.Since there is no accounting room, Wen Zongchang came here to make a cameo.The farmers all knew Wen Zongchang's identity, and their children were counting on Wen Zongchang's success as the teacher, so the farmers respected Wen Zongchang very much.

There is no bargaining and haggling as imagined, and there is no such thing as the landlord using the big live oak to pit the tenants, and there is no incident of crying and crying.Steward Chen first called out the number of the farmer, and then the farmer reported their harvest by themselves, and then paid the rent. Steward Chen reported the number, Wen Zongchang took it down and nodded, and the family was over.The farmers who didn't have their turn all gathered together lively, chatting with each other, joking with each other, happily talking about this year's good harvest, and telling the story of the ruthless exploitation of the poor tenant farmers by the evil feudal landlords.

"It's that simple?" Jin Yu still couldn't believe his eyes. That's not how it was written in textbooks, and that's not how it was shown in movies and TV dramas. How can there be any class antagonism on the smiling faces of farmers?What about the white-haired girl?

"It's that simple, how difficult does my husband think?" Yang Ying glanced at Jin Yu. She had experienced this kind of scene when she was a child, and she also watched it secretly, but she was not in charge of the situation at that time.

"Don't cry, don't make trouble, don't hang yourself, it's boring! What's the point? Go back to the house for dinner." Jin Yu shook his head disappointedly. Since there is no white-haired girl, he, the landlord, should also leave the stage with regret, so he pulled Yang Ying I'm going to go back.

"Your Majesty, how can you expect your own farmers to make trouble?" Yang Ying patted Jin Yu lightly, and obediently followed Jin Yu back to the house for dinner.

"The meat tastes quite delicious. I'll send some to Taoist Master Qingxiazi later, hehe." Jin Yu sniffled and said maliciously.

"Husband, just do it badly, and be careful that Taoist Qingxiazi draws a circle to curse you." Yang Ying frowned, thinking about the bones in the cauldron made her stomach feel a little nauseous.

"Hey, Daoist Qingxiazi doesn't dislike it. The one he ate last time was delicious, haha!" Jin Yu wanted to laugh when he thought of Qingxiazi's eating last time, teasing people is really one of the great joys in life.

"That husband can't let my mother eat, what a pitiful little girl." Yang Ying felt a little distressed when she thought of that girl, and said to Jin Yu.

"My husband didn't want to play tricks on my wife. It's because Qingxiazi loves my lady so much that I blame Daoist Qingxiazi for letting her eat. It's not my husband's fault." Jin Yu defended himself.

"Then what should Daoist Qingxiazi let you eat again this time?" Yang Ying said while watching Jin Yu.

Jin Yu spread his hands, and said helplessly: "I just want to stop teasing Qingxiazi for my husband. Is this finally over?"

"It's more or less the same." Yang Ying took Jin Yu's arm, and put her face on Jin Yu's arm, looking like a little bird clinging to others.

"My husband promised Taoist Qingxiazi to go to the mountain once in two days. Then you should pay more attention to some maids and see if those maids have wronged her." Jin Yu recalled the agreement with Qingxiazi, and followed Yang Ying said.

"Yeah." Yang Ying nodded in response. It's too late for such a cute girl, so Yang Ying won't let people wrong her.Although Yang Ying is 14 years old now, she has always been looking forward to becoming a mother. Now that she has a baby to love, she will not refuse. "My husband is also concerned about family affairs. How many times have I told him that it's time for our family to find an accountant."

"Isn't this busy all the time, and I forget it when I'm busy." Jin Yu suddenly remembered this son's matter. Recently, the eldest grandson and empress made such a fuss, and this matter was really forgotten by him.

"Then this time, my husband will take care of me."

"Success, just be careful for your husband." Jin Yu nodded in response.Housekeeper and cashier are both important positions in the family. It is really not easy to find a suitable one, but we can't let Wen Zongchang continue to work part-time, right?

After dinner, Jinyu was so bored, it was not his turn to intervene in the rent collection, so it was not appropriate to go out to find friends.Now that everyone is busy, it seems too rude to visit at this time. Of course, the Empress Changsun does not count, and even if it does, Jin Yu dare not say so?
After turning around and still having nothing to do, Jin Yu gave the lion a bath again. Just when he was so bored that he wanted to go to the house to reveal the roof tiles, Yang Ying assigned Jin Yu a job - to seal the warehouse.

Looking at the seal and paste in his hands, Jin Yu was very depressed. How could this kind of physical work be done by the head of the family? "It's good to let the servants do these jobs, why let the husband do it?"

"That can't be done!" Yang Ying shook her head, and said seriously: "The Patriarch is the one who started the sacrifice, and the patriarch needs to come forward to finish the sacrifice. This is called having a beginning and an end."

"It's really a lot of attention, and there is no wheat at home, and the flour will be peeled off in a few days, so why don't you just take off your pants and give up after putting the seal on—isn't it superfluous?" Jin Yu shook his head, a little hard to understand the rules of these years.

"Husband just can't talk well." Yang Ying's background and the education she received made her unable to accept Jin Yu's vulgarity, so she slapped Jin Yu as a warning, "The new grain is too angry, eat Keyang Qi , it will not be unsealed until the twelfth lunar month.”

"You also believe the theory of fooling melon seeds." Jin Yu pinched Yang Yingxiu's nose and expressed his own opinion: "The more you believe in the food, the better it tastes. The saying that the lady heard is just an excuse that has been handed down in the past That's all."

"That doesn't work either. Didn't my husband say that you do as the Romans do? We also want to do the same, so that we can make meat buns and let others gossip." Yang Ying was very firm this time, but she didn't agree to eat the new amount.

Jin Yu is helpless, women are not scary, but they are afraid of their brains. "Then listen to the lady."

"Husband, make the paste firmer, don't let the wind and rain blow it away." Hearing Jin Yu's compromise, Yang Ying showed a smile, and handed the paste in Jin Yu's hand.

On the way to the granary, Jin Yu was still thinking about what a good man is, if he listens to his wife, call him a good man, can he be included in the ranks of good men?
To say that this granary is only full of two, Jin Yu brushed a thick layer of paste on it in boredom, and then pasted the seal into a "^_^" shape, and then clapped his hands, yes, he is very satisfied, haha .

Jin Yu had just finished washing his hands when Qing Xiazi arrived, still dressed in that sloppy dress, wearing a blue Taoist robe in the summer, and the sun was so poisonous, there was no sweat on his face.

"Boy, did you forget what you promised to Pindao?" Qing Xiazi sat down on the stone bench, grabbed Jin Yu's shaved ice and dried it in one breath, and even hiccupped.

"Boy, I still need to put a seal on it. What about the day after tomorrow?" Jin Yu said helplessly, pointing to the paste basin and the seal next to him.Compared with Yang Ying's persistence, Qingxiazi's habit of using bowls indiscriminately made Jin Yu even more helpless. It seemed that he could only change another bowl.

"Success!" Qingxiazi said contentedly, "Pindao wants to have a discussion with you, boy, how about bringing Mistress?"

"No!" Jin Yu firmly refused.

"This can be done."

"This is really not good."

"Don't think about it anymore?"

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(End of this chapter)