172 Rent increase
After sending the two uncles and nephews away, the Liang family held an emergency family meeting.
Everyone in the main hall expressed their opinions, and generally agreed with this family affair. After all, Duoduo has been delayed to the marriageable age, and his reputation has been tarnished by adulterers, and it is difficult for anyone to come to the door to propose marriage if he misses this good family business.
After all, raising an old girl at home, not to mention that his own face is dull, just to say that he can be willing to be a son-in-law, except for Lai Han, he is a poor man who is useless.
But who is willing to give people a door upside down?
But if you agree with this family business, no one in the family dares to open this mouth first.
Liang Baida also has a lot of worries in his heart.
First, it is because Shao Zhikun is not from the main house, although he is the second son, he is under the name of the eldest lady. There is still a brother-in-law above, who is six years older than him, and has already taken over most of the family business, and is a veritable young owner.
And although the second son is loved by the lord and is very smart and clever, he still can't get rid of his concubine background. In addition to entering the examination, it is difficult for this Shao Er Gongzi to gain a firm foothold at home, and it is more appropriate to share half of the Thai property.
Fortunately, the main house died of illness a few years ago, and the second lady was able to straighten out, otherwise it would be even more difficult for the second son of Shao to have a bright future.
In fact, these are not the root of the Liang family's concerns, if Shao Zhikun is a decent person, even if he is not from the right background, it doesn't matter, but the bad is bad because his uncle's heart is not right.
As the old saying goes, a nephew is like an uncle, so Liu Cheng is a treacherous person at first glance, not to mention that he also borrowed Zijun's hand, causing Yan Ji pawnshop to close down.
"No poison, no husband, some means in the business field are inevitable, as long as he takes care of his family, the rest are harmless, and I think that Shao Zhikun is still loyal and duty, as long as he is far away from his maternal uncle in the future, he will not be affected by it" Liang Zijun squinted his eyes and analyzed.
"A raccoon dog" Chen Qing sneered secretly and glanced at the profiteer.
"Hey...... said this, if Liu Chengzhen and Ye are the same dog, it's okay, why don't you see how the master feels sorry for his daughter-in-law?" Liang Zijun squeezed his eyebrows and teased his daughter-in-law.
"Don't be ashamed, get away" Chen Qing's face was slightly confused, and he took Yuanyuan from his second sister-in-law's arms and went out to dodge.
"Hehe......" A good-natured laugh rang out in the main hall.
Liang Zijun got up thickly, dropped a sentence of "This matter is not in a hurry, let me go to inquire and discuss again" and ran out to chase his daughter-in-law.
Duoduo's marriage is not in a hurry, but the Liang family's mansion has returned to its former leisure and comfort.
The government raised a lot of grain seeds for the people two days ago, and although the price was slightly higher, it also solved the urgent need for spring ploughing.
Most of the grain brought by Liang Zijun was sold to the grain store in the town, and the remaining small part was sold to the outside world. All tenants who come to borrow seeds will buy them for less than the market price, and they still want to settle accounts after the autumn like in previous years without silver? Hmph~ They are embarrassed, the Liang family is not willing to be wronged anymore.
It is said that if you want to keep your family safe, the rules of those bad people in previous years should be changed.
Chen Qing has been busy raising seedlings and turning the ground these days, and he is as busy as a spinning top, and he has lost a lot of money, and he looks more like a strong farmer.
Chen Qing has nothing more to do than three acres of dry land plus half an acre of vegetable land, and he is not in a hurry to plough because of an accident at home. Now that it is empty, in order to catch up with spring ploughing, I can only get up early and work in the dark. Fortunately, there are more Liang Jia and Huzi this year, and it is because of this matter of turning the ground, without waiting for Chen Qing's orders, Li San and Wei Liang took the little husband to do it early.
When the next plant was about to be planted, Chen Qing was about to move the potato seedlings cultivated at home to the field with the soil chips on his trouser legs, when he saw that the potato seedlings that had been placed on the shelf and grew well were all crooked and indiscriminately inserted in the wooden basin.
With his hand, the fragile shoots either lost their heads or broke their stems...... Chen Qing's heart was on fire, and he yelled, "Liang Zijun!" Pick up the feather duster in the house and go to the culprit to settle accounts!
Liang Zijun was holding his son in the study to practice calligraphy, and he trembled when he heard it, so he poked the brush into his round nostrils, and took a step back with a weak heart, and said with a smile......, "What's wrong?"
"Are you embarrassed to ask? The potato seedlings in my pot ...... Poof~ You two can do it!" Chen Qing didn't wait to get angry, and was first amused by the two of them who were in a mess.
I saw the ink on Yuanyuan's head and face, and I also took a brush to draw the underworld on my father's face like a decent, and babbled to Chen Qing to ask for credit, "Dad...... Daddy......"
Chen Qing took a step forward, took the fat son and scolded with a smile, "It's dirty!" The characters are written on paper, but you can't draw them on your face."
Yuanyuan pouted and complained to Daddy with his chubby fingers, "Ahhh......h Daddy~" and pointed to his little tender face and gestured "Yayaya......"
Chen Qing raised his eyebrows and bared his teeth at Liang Zijun, who was looking up at the sky, "I asked you to teach your son, and you just tricked him like this?"
Liang Zijun smiled and scratched his cheeks, and snatched his son's lesson, "Dare to sue me for being black, right?
"Smack~" Chen Qing picked up the feather duster and slammed it on the table, glaring and saying, "Who knocked over my potato seedlings?"
The two of them trembled, and their big and small hands pointed at each other, "It's him!"
"Ah...... Daddy~"
"Stinky boy, who taught you to wronged Daddy?" Liang Zijun pinched his little hand and turned around and pointed at his little nose, and avenged his daughter-in-law who was pressing step by step, "It's really not a master~"
"How can a doll lie! Liang Zijun, you beg to be beaten!" Chen Qing slapped Liang Zijun's buttocks, and Liang Sanye, who was pumping, jumped three feet high with his son in his arms, and threw his son on his neck to run out of the study, shouting as he ran, "You also believe the words of the little baby! Is there any reason for heaven...... It's really not the master's doing~Oops~~"
"Where are you going!" Chen Qing chased after the two of them around the small yard, Yuanyuan rode on Daddy's neck as if he was playing a game, and his little hand grabbed Daddy's hair bun and babbled and laughed endlessly.
After beating and fighting, and the anger came out, Chen Qing took the two of them to the bathhouse to take a bath, and at the end, he pointed to Liang Zijun's nose and taught him, "Wash your clothes!" Come back and let me see that there are still ink stains, be careful of your skin!"
Liang Zijun cat was blowing bubbles in the bathtub, aggrieved clicks and clicks, and compromises silently.
Yuan Yuan also followed Daddy's example and spit out a circle of bubbles, popping up and giggling and stretching out his little fat hand to ask for a hug.
"Stinky boy! I don't learn well!" Chen Qing hugged his fat son, smoothed the hair on the top of his hair, dragged his little buttocks and patted it, "Let's go, go to the incense with Daddy"
"Hey!" Liang Zijun climbed out of the bathtub in frustration, wiped his body dry, and complained after his daughter-in-law, "Ye has to leave for Beijing at the end of spring, and you don't say that you are intimate with your master, you know that you are busy with the ground!"
Chen Qingbai glanced at him, and was busy drying his son in his hands, wrapping his small clothes, and applying balm on his little face and hands, "It's not that you won't come back, why are you so tired of being so big?"
"Isn't this reluctant to you~ Really don't you go with you?" Liang Zijun complained and lay on his daughter-in-law's back and coquettishly.
“…… Yuanyuan is still young, and I don't feel at ease if I leave it to my second sister-in-law, and besides, isn't there still a lot of work at home? It's only a few months, go early and ......return early," Chen Qing paused, patted Liang Zijun's arm and instructed, "Come back early when you're done, he can't keep you at home, and finally there is an excuse to get out, it's better than a family of three being tied up in Beijing by the prince, isn't it?"
"I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out before I go...... "Liang Zijun sighed, pinched his daughter-in-law's buttocks and muttered, "If you don't plough the good fields, what are you doing to make brute force?"
"Get out! There's no right shape! Teach your son badly" Chen Qing's backhand was an elbow, knocked Liang Zijun away, let him wail, and picked up his son to teach him a lesson: "Don't learn from your father when you grow up! Otherwise, I will have to beat you eight times a day!"
Yuan Yuan blinked his eyes ignorantly, and made a shy face at the smooth daddy, he should spank his ass if he didn't wear clothes!
The two of them were playing in the courtyard, and Chen Qing had to re-cultivate potato seedlings.
When Liang Jia couldn't wait to find it, Chen Qingcai reluctantly instructed, "Let's plant the seeds in the vegetable field first, and after the season, it's not too late to plant in the shed in autumn."
Liang Jia looked at the half-dead potato seedlings in confusion, and hesitated to say, "Brother Qing, why don't I help you get it?"
Liang Zijun squinted at him, grabbed his son's little hand and gestured towards the door.
Before Chen Qing could refuse, he saw Liang Jia walking out with his mouth aggrieved, and turned his head to the two of them who were in a mess and said, "When can you change your careful eyes!"
"What's wrong with my lord's love to hold grudges? I'm not watching at home, so as not to be dug into the corner again!" Liang Zijun said as he should have said, and said with a shy face, "My son is hungry"
"I think you're hungry!" Chen Qing rolled his eyes and appointed to get lunch for the two of them.
Because of the drought, people are dying of starvation, and there are really not many livestock left, but fortunately, no one dares to slaughter cattle, otherwise every household will have to plough the land by manpower at this moment.
The Liang family still passed away, because most of these flat-haired beasts survived intact except for those who were taken away by thieves. As soon as the hens held their nests in the spring, some villagers came to the door to beg to buy some chicken chicks.
They all live in a village, and they are naturally not ambiguous when they can take a hand, except for a nest of chickens left by their own family, and the other two nests are all sold to the people in the village.
At this time, he didn't care about eating eggs, but as soon as he saved enough eggs for a nest, Chen Qing took the hens to the nest and was busy until the end of spring, and then stopped selling chicken chicks.
The case has not been closed for a long time, and even if most of the perpetrators involved in the robbery are found, some people are still lucky enough to avoid being tracked. According to the statistics of Liang Zixian's four brothers from village to village, only more than ten households have clearly stated that they will renew their leases.
Most of the families who bought grain seeds from the government still held on to fifty percent of the rent, and some took the lead in making trouble, and some followed the trend and watched. According to statistics, a small number of people in their own division agreed to rent 60% of the land, and most of them were vague and planted first.
Liang Zixian has been dealing with these tenants for many years, and he is used to dealing with these things, and finally dropped a sentence "If you don't pay 60% during the autumn harvest, just wait for the government to collect the debts for the Liang family."
Miao Rencui was also one of the tenants who took the lead in protesting, and when the people were far away, they crossed their waists and shouted, "A thing that loses conscience! Just after the disaster year, he rushed to the door to pick up the skin, which provoked the old lady, not to mention the fifty percent rent, even one percent of the old lady will not give it to you!"
The fat second aunt has long been hungry and has become a thin second aunt now, and sarcastically mocked her, "What's the matter? You still dare to argue with the official? hum~"
Miao Rencui rolled her eyes and snorted and said, "Cut~ I didn't discuss this grain seed with the Liang family, I don't have any evidence, who knows which family planted it? The seeds sold by the government, we bought our own seeds, even if it is his family's field, on the day of the autumn harvest, the Liang family still dares to cut it privately?"
"That's right, as long as you collect it early before the autumn harvest and hide it, even if the government comes to the door, the Liang family can't bear you!"
Anyway, with Chen Lao taking the lead, it's really not good to end up, it's a big deal to hand over the rent of the Liang landlord's family to sixty percent, if you are lucky enough to rely on it for a year, won't the harvest in the field be in vain?
The Liang landlord has so many fields, and there are so many tenants in the nearby villages, how can the Liang family see it? After the autumn harvest, as long as they bite to death and do not grow it themselves, they will not dare to come to the door to search for it.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, a village is like this, the village follows suit, just after the disaster year, the family is not having a good time, and the Liang family has complained about the matter, and at this time they are all silent, wanting to plant privately.
After the autumn harvest, it is better to stock up on more food for the family to make up for last year's losses.