40. Rent collection
Which of the various courtyards is not the master who loves his daughter-in-law, he compares his heart to his heart, if he changes Zijun's daughter-in-law, he has to do rough work, even if Chen Qing is voluntary, Zijun has to trouble him when he comes back.
"Don't worry about the owner, Liang ...... Zijun knew about this, and he also said that he wanted my entourage to collect rent," Chen Qing stumbled and replied truthfully.
"Zijun agreed?" Liang Zixian frowned, Chen Qing is his brother-in-law after all, and he can't care about going to other people's courtyards, but he doesn't agree with it on his face.
"I am a worker in the Liang family, how can I have a reason to raise it? The owner doesn't have to mind, if you have a job, you just have to give an order," Chen Qing said without humility or arrogance.
"Okay, tomorrow morning, you and Wei Liang will accompany Zijun to collect rent, Zijun estimates that he will come back tomorrow morning at the latest, if he comes back late, you can wait in the courtyard" Liang Zixian thought of a compromise and arranged people into Liang Zijun's rent collection team.
"No, it's still according to the old rules, I'm also used to following the owner and Steward Li to do work, so I don't need to take special care of it" Chen Qing is upright, so he doesn't want to be with Liang Zijun.
Liang Zixian still wanted to persuade him again, but Brother Yang saw that Chen Qing's face had tensed, so he hurriedly grabbed Liang Zixian's arm and said, "Zixian, it's so decided, don't let Chen Qing do the heavy work then, take him out to breathe, if you don't allow it, I want to follow you out to collect rent."
Liang Zixian was persuaded by Brother Yang's left shake and flickering, so he had to reluctantly nod his head in agreement.
Chen Qing got the right words, he went home with confidence to prepare the utensils for tomorrow's trip, took a bath and lay down on the kang early in the morning to nourish his strength, he didn't listen to Brother Yang's words, he was really lazy and slippery. People must be self-aware, and they must always put their position right, otherwise taking the opportunity to be lazy will only make people look down on them, and it is not Chen Qing's temperament.
In the early morning of the day of rent collection, Liang Zijun went into the courtyard in a gray manner, took a shower without saying a word, changed into clean clothes, and then sat at the table for breakfast.
Chen Qing saw that his eyes were blue and black, and he didn't ask much, but he didn't see it. went into the kitchen and put down an extra bowl of noodles, and after the two sat down and ate, they silently got up and collected the dishes and chopsticks to the courtyard to clean.
Liang Zijun was already tired, so he got up early and hurried home, but Chen Qing not only didn't even say a greeting, let alone ask him what he was doing these days. I was angry in my heart, and my face was inevitably a little ugly. Chen Qing was silent, he held the shelf and refused to speak first.
After eating, Liang Zijun took the lead out of the yard, and the brothers in the courtyard were already ready to go, the old rules, Liang Zixian took Li San, accompanied by Wei Liang, and Liang Zizhuang and Liang Ziping went to pick up the short-term work by themselves.
The distribution that was originally accustomed to it now makes Chen Qing join in a bit subtle. I saw Chen Qing walking out of the courtyard and passing by Liang Zijun, standing silently behind Liang Zixian.
Li San raised his eyebrows, not daring to look at the third master's face as black as the bottom of a pot. quietly asked the owner, and after getting the order, he changed to a team with Liang Zizhuang.
Although Liang Zixian saw that the third brother's face was not good, he was only a little and the two were making trouble again. In a house, if it was not discussed in advance, Chen Qing would not be allowed to go out to work. didn't think much about it at the moment, but when Liang Zijun had acquiesced, he asked Li San to accompany Liang Zizhuang to collect rent.
Liang Zijun stared at the guy who lowered his head and was only willing to show him a bun, and his heart was blocked with bad breath, so he didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood.
Okay, good, good! Chen Qing, you are so good! Just let you go out to collect rent, you can go, and you dare to stand behind your cousin and hang him aside, a serious husband! This is obviously a slap in the face, how can a daughter-in-law go out to work instead of following her own husband, but going out with her cousin? The more Liang Zijun thought about it, the more angry he became, but it was not easy to have a seizure in front of his three elder brothers, but it made people laugh at him for having no way to make a wife.
Liang Zijun, who had a good face, was the first to go out, and the other brothers only played temper with the youngest brother, laughed at each other and went out after him, and didn't care about his rudeness.
Liang Ziping walked two steps quickly, glanced at Chen Qing secretly, and lowered his voice to call his cousin, "Big brother, it's not appropriate for Chen Qing to follow you to collect rent, how can you say that he is also in Zijun's house"
Liang Zi'an is not at home all the year round, Liang Zixian's lobby brother is even closer than his own brother, because when Liang Zi'an is not there, the brothers directly call Liang Zixian's eldest brother, Liang Zizhuang's second brother, anyway, each is called his own, as long as he knows his seniority.
Liang Zixian also frowned and thought about it carefully, "I don't think Zijun's face is good-looking, it is estimated that it is making trouble again, and it is too late to ask in detail in a hurry today, Chen Qing is a stubborn temper again, so as not to separate the two of them today, so as not to pinch them up again, and then rearrange when I come back in the evening and ask."
Liang Ziping looked back at Chen Qing, who was at the end, and also sighed secretly, and nodded, "It's okay to separate today, I don't know how they discussed, one is as angry as a toad, and the other is as stubborn as a donkey."
"What kind of analogy are you? It's hard to hear!" Liang Zixian sneered and slapped Liang Ziping on the shoulder.
Liang Ziping laughed twice, he was stupid, he hadn't studied for a few years, and he was familiar with the crop men on weekdays, so it was inevitable that this adjective would be a little vulgar.
Liang Zizhuang walked in front silently, and said silently, "Look at Zijun's face, don't you look like a toad?"
Liang Ziping and Li San secretly rubbed their laughter happily, Liang Zixian also grinned, watching his little brother turn over on the horse and whip him fiercely.
"Be careful!" Liang Ziping hurriedly stepped forward to pull the reins.
Liang Zijun stabilized the horse, glanced at Chen Qing fiercely, kicked the horse forward, and angrily threw Wei Liang in place and left first.
"Hehe, why are you stunned?" Li San glanced at Wei Liang in a soft voice.
The honest and honest Wei Liang rolled his eyes rarely, and said in a humble voice, "You chase me and see?
"Then you can go slowly, and when the third master arrives at the realm, I will give you a look," Li Sanliang sarcastically mocked Wei Liang.
Wei Liang glanced at the owner with great grievances, why didn't he have Li San's good life? Every time he went out to collect rent, he had to serve the third master, and he could always be found fault by the third master everywhere he wanted to be ahead.
"Let's go" Liang Zixian patted Wei Liang on the shoulder, if it weren't for Wei Liang's stability, he wouldn't have sent him to help his own turtle-haired young master.
Wei Liang trotted away to catch up with the third master who had long since disappeared, and had to collect the short-term workers hired by various villages halfway, which was extremely hard.
The brothers laughed, and each took the ox cart in the farmhouse to collect rent.
Chen Qing silently despised Liang Zijun's childish behavior, walked behind Liang Zixian, led the ox and planned to lead the way in front, but asked Liang Zixian to call him to the car to sit together.
Liang Zixian didn't want to ask questions about this brother and daughter-in-law, so the two of them hurried silently all the way. When I left the village, I went to the divided village to collect rent as usual.
The first to arrive at the entrance of the village had already gathered four day laborers and four ox carts. Everyone greeted each other and went into the village to collect rent, and Chen Qing, an old hired worker, was also greeted by everyone one by one. Knowing that Steward Li didn't follow the owner this time, he didn't talk much, but only notified each family once according to the instructions, and then weighed and loaded the rented money he had collected.
In each village, the Liang family's cattle were fostered in the hands of tenants, and the farmers used them to collect a small rent on weekdays, and when the rent was collected, they were brought out to transport grain.
Chen Qing used to take the harvest to calculate the silver money, and handed the collected silver to the owner. After finishing the calculation, I went to stare at it again, and finally helped to seal the grain to the car.
Liang Zixian originally wanted to stop Chen Qing and check the number and other light work, but now that he knows that Chen Qing is just a brother and Zijun's daughter-in-law, how can he still let him do heavy work?
This hundred-pound sack is also laborious to carry even if the master carries it, why do you say that Chen Qing's brother is so strong? I didn't know it before, but at this moment, when I saw Chen Qing gritting his teeth and carrying a bag of grain, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart.
A bag of grain is about 150-180 catties, most of them are 180 catties of large bags, and a few of the sewing pockets can only hold 150 catties of grain.
However, Liang Zixian intended to protect Chen Qing, but Chen Qing shook his head and had to work, sewing the bag with his hands and feet, and as soon as the person behind him lifted it, his bent knees barely straightened up, and he walked quickly to the side of the car carrying the sack.
Chen Qing insisted, and Liang Zixian was not easy to persuade again, so he had to command Chen Qing to do some labor-saving work, and take the opportunity to assign heavy work to other short-term workers.
Judging from the amount of grain collected and silver paid, the Liang family's land this year has increased compared with previous years, and nearly 100 acres of land in just one village belong to the Liang family, which is still not the largest village around.
On the same day, two villages were collected, and because there were many people who paid the silver, the grain was less, and the harvest was completed in one trip to one village. Even so, after a day of walking on the mountain road and doing heavy work, Chen Qing couldn't help but show fatigue when he returned to Liangjia Village.
On the return trip, there was an ox cart to travel, Chen Qing grabbed the job of driving the car, let the owner lean on the car and take a nap, while he squinted to identify the direction.
Rushing home, Wei Liang, who came back first, took the ox cart and rushed to feed it, while Chen Qing dragged his tired body home to wash his hands and cook. In fact, Chen Qing wanted to take a bath and sleep directly, but now it is not as good as before, he can eat when he goes home, and Liangjiacun is far away, and it takes an hour more than rushing back to Chenjiagou.
With Liang Zijun at home, Chen Qing didn't dare to fool around eating, so he made noodle soup, fried two more green vegetables, and fell asleep on the table when he entered the hall.
As soon as Liang Zijun came back, he was called into the courtyard by his second sister-in-law to eat, and it was like this every year in the past, not to mention that Chen Qing went to the farthest village with Liang Zixian, and he came back later, if he waited for Chen Qing to come back to cook, then Liang Zijun would not be hungry?
Shao Fengzhi, who took Liang Zijun as his son, immediately prepared food for his brother, and as soon as he came back, he arrested someone and went to the hospital to eat.
"It's not that I'm talking about you, how Chen Qing recruits is also your daughter-in-law, you just don't want to see him, you can't go to your cousin's to help, even if your own family is not in the way, you have to hinder outsiders from talking about it?" Shao Fengzhi waited for Liang Zijun to finish eating before he began to talk to him.
Liang Zijun's face darkened when he heard this, was that what he drove away? Obviously, Chen Qing himself was in a hurry to avoid himself. But how could he have the face to say this to his second sister-in-law, so he had to grit his teeth and impatiently agree: "Ming'er will let him work under me."
"Yo~ This temper has also reached my head!" Shao Fengzhi stretched out his index finger and poked Liang Zijun's forehead hard to teach a lesson, "Which courtyard's daughter-in-law works like Chen Qing?" It's hard to say anything if you are willing to do it yourself, but the daughter-in-law you recognize yourself doesn't take good care of it, so it doesn't make people feel cold, don't blame Chen Qing for screwing with you, if your second brother dares to treat me like this, I'll pack up my burden and go back to my parents' house!"
Liang Zijun grew up in the second brother's house, and he was also used to being coquettish with Shao Fengzhi, seeing that the second sister-in-law was angry, he was busy currying favor with a shy face, and he didn't get up and go back to his house until he was happy.