The work of picking tea is hard, especially the tea farmers in the Xiao family's tea field, their work is even harder. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info rises with the sun in the early morning and cannot stop until the sun goes down, because you have to hurry up to pick new tea. In order to speed up efficiency, except for a quarter of an hour's rest at noon, tea farmers almost always pick new tea in the field.

Two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and no rest at other times, no small talk, and no laziness. This day lasts for six or seven hours, which can almost make life tired. When did Chu Heng Churui do such a drudgery, waiting for the sun to go down and stop working, these two people were almost so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, especially looking at the meals prepared by the tea garden for the tea farmers, their whole faces were even more wrinkled.

A plate of pickles, two nests, this kind of food that the local dogs raised by the cook refuse to touch, but for the tea farmers, it is the only thing to make a living every day. Looking at the two yellowed brown rice nests in their hands, the eyebrows of the two sons were condensed to the extreme, and they didn't say that they were disgusting when they looked at it.

It's just that the eldest sister on the side actually looked at it a few times, and then stuffed it into her mouth without changing her face, watching the eldest sister silently put the nest head made of brown rice into her mouth one after another, and the two also swallowed the words of complaint, and broke a small piece and put it in her mouth.

Outside the mouth, it was exactly as they guessed, bitter, astringent, and had a strange taste, and it was not something that could be eaten at all. But the surrounding tea farmers have long been accustomed to this bitter food, and they can only accompany them.

One bite after another, biting hard, swallowing, and finally swallowing.

The spring tea harvest is very busy, and in order to harvest more spring tea as soon as possible, tea farmers can only live in simple houses built for them in the tea plantation. As the tea farmer arrived at the temporary place of residence, looking at the simple workshop made of a few bricks and wood, Chu Heng Chu Rui and even Hanwha were instantly dumbfounded.

They are all pampered sons, and they have never suffered since they were young, even if they go south this time, sometimes they don't have time to stay in the head and can only live outside temporarily, and the environment is not much better than here.

In the small workshop, at least forty or fifty people were squeezed at a glance, and the room was not only very stuffy, but even overflowed with an indescribable stench.

When he saw all this in front of him, the rich man's brother was completely stupid.

I was stunned there, looking at the tea farmer's clothes that had been tired for a day, and I didn't change my bath or wash it, I took off my shoes and socks and climbed and lay down on the kang, even though they had already made up their minds to die. At this moment, no one has the courage to step forward and squeeze together with these tea farmers.

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, looking at the tea farmers who were piled up on the kang like squeezing sacks, Chu Rui said, "Third brother, let's sleep here tonight?" ”

"Looks like so." Ying Hui's words brought a little collapse, Xiao Chuheng felt that this time he went south, he actually did all the things that the merry boy couldn't do. Unable to accept being squeezed on a bed with these men who exuded a sour smell, and glanced at the tea farmers who fell down and snored directly, Chu Heng had a headache and said, "I'm starting to worry about the eldest sister." ”

"What is the third brother worried about the eldest sister doing?"

"In such a place, the eldest sister is alone at night, but she can stand it."

The dignified eldest lady of the Xiao family, the current head of the Xiao family, has to squeeze into a kang head like a pile of hemp, how can Xiao Chuheng not worry. Worrying is inevitable, but compared to worrying about the eldest sister, Chu Rui feels that it is more appropriate to worry about himself more.

I couldn't stand the sourness and sweat in the house, listening to the snoring sound one after another, Chu Rui said: "Third brother, although I am also worried about the eldest sister, but I still feel that it is more appropriate to consider our situation first than worrying about the eldest sister." ”

After all, the situation in the eldest sister's place, no matter how bad it is, it will not be worse than them.

Being able to stay here for a long time, even for a moment is courage, Xiao Churui, who has already held on to the extreme, and can't bear it for a moment, turned his head to look at Han Hua, and wanted to ask this Han Gongzi what should happen in such a situation. Unexpectedly, this gaze had just moved to Hanwha, and before he could even say anything about the question, Hanwha had already said with a straight expression.

"I suddenly remembered that there was one more thing, so I went to do it first, and I won't accompany the two sons here."

After speaking, his face did not change his color and his heart did not beat, and the person turned around and walked directly towards the outside of the house.

Saying that he wanted to do something, it was obvious that he couldn't stand the choking smell in the house, and even Hanwha couldn't bear it, how could the two of them have the ability to stay any longer. looked at each other at the moment, then nodded, and the two people who exchanged glances escaped directly from the workshop without looking back.

waited for the three of them to come out of the workshop, and spit out the putrid stench that was choking in their lungs, and after inhaling and exhaling several times, they felt that they were alive again. Just as he was complaining that the workshop was like this, how could there be people living in that kind of place, Chu Heng saw that the eldest sister also came out of the women's workshop.

It seems that the sour and rotten smell in the workshop, Rao is the eldest sister who did not change her face before the collapse of Mount Tai, and she couldn't control it. After seeing the eldest sister's obviously wrong look, Chu Rui opened his mouth and smiled: "This big night, the black light is blinding, the eldest sister is not resting in the house, how can she run out." ”

The words of ridicule, coupled with the smile on it, are on the right side of what he has just experienced, the look on Chu Rui's face makes people angry. At that moment, he glared and slapped his eye knife fiercely, Xiao Chu said, "I can't sleep, come out for a walk." ”

"I can't sleep, that eldest sister, you still think you can fall asleep? Eldest sister, are you really not afraid of the five poisons? ”

I thought that the eldest sister ran out of the house because she couldn't stand the smell of the house, but who knew that people just said faintly that they couldn't sleep, and they didn't seem to be deliberately trying to save face. Such an amazing ability instantly impressed Chu Rui, and this look of surprise should have been exchanged for Xiao Chu's disdain.

"I can't crush me with your five poisonous things at home, and you feel the smell of the tea garden workshop, I can make me kneel." She has climbed to the top step by step from the bottom with her own strength, and she has not suffered any hardships, and this little hardship can't suppress her.

The eldest sister has always been domineering, and she has a toughness that is not inferior to that of men, and the more clumsy and brave she is, it is indeed enough to impress many men. It's just that where they stayed just now, the two sons of the Xiao family always felt that Rao was their own sister, and they were afraid that they couldn't stand the torture inside, and after hearing the eldest sister's disdain, they only heard Chu Rui muttering in a low voice.

"That's because the eldest sister hasn't been to our room, and if she does, the eldest sister won't be able to move out upright."

"What?" This was said very little, Xiao Chu didn't hear it clearly, and frowned at the moment. But in exchange for Chu Rui's annoying look of "I didn't say anything", and just as he was about to ask again, Chu Heng asked first.

"Eldest sister, why are you outside?"

There is not even a person in this tea garden after the night, it is really not a suitable place to wander out late at night, and the eldest sister is really worrying when she is outside. was also worried in his heart, Xiao Chuheng was busy asking, and after asking, Xiao Chuxuan replied: "It's not that I said it, I feel bored in my heart and can't sleep." ”

"Stuffy? Eldest sister, you're sure you're not angry. Chu Rui was glared at again, and after glaring, Xiao Chu said: "Of course, in addition to being stuffy, it is more angry." ”

"Gas? The eldest sister is angry with the bear master of this branch? Chu Heng asked.

"Naturally, it was him, I thought it was just a black-skinned mouse with a black heart and liver secretly eating oil, but I didn't expect it to be a disgusting thing with a black heart and liver. The tea farmers in this tea field, you look at what kind of life they are living here, it is better to say that it is better to be pigs and dogs. What is the daily food, and the place to rest at night, is this something that can be done by man? It's only 600 wen a month, and the silver spent by the tea farmers in the entire tea garden in one day is not enough for you, the third young master of the Xiao family, to go to the flower shop to drink flower wine for three days. The people below are like this, but the one who has a rotten heart and liver has enriched his belt, it is so disgusting that people are angry when they think about it. ”

Listening to the eldest sister mentioning the flowing silver when he drank flower wine, Xiao Chuheng was a little unbearable, and smiled dryly, but he didn't know how to respond. It was Hanwha, seeing that Xiao Chusu angrily mentioned the bear who had fattened his trouser belt, and he thought about it a little bit, and looked at Xiao Chusu, Hanwha said.

"It's only 600 wen a month, and it's such a heavy work, and this kind of food and accommodation is indeed inhumane. By the way, Miss Xiao, I remember that this tea field is the property of the Xiao family, and the wages of this tea farmer should be issued by the Xiao family. I don't know how much the bear owner has reported to the Xiao family every month to these tea farmers? ”

"Five taels." Humming a cold smile, the two brothers immediately exclaimed: "What? Five taels? ”

They knew that there was a greedy black mouse hidden in this Jiangnan Yuanzhou, and the purpose of the eldest sister's trip was for this black-skinned and black-hearted greedy mouse, but they never thought that this mouse's heart would be so greedy.

Five taels of silver.

The salary he reported for the tea farmers in a month was five taels of silver.

The salary of the Xiao family in Kyoto is only thirty taels a month, and he actually reported five taels of wages for the tea farmers in one go. If the five taels of wages are earned by the tea farmers, they can bear it, after all, the work of picking tea is really tiring. But the life of the tea farmers was miserable, and the so-called five taels of wages this month finally arrived in their hands for only 600 wen, as for the rest.

I'm afraid it's all in someone's pocket.

Covet.

There is no reason not to be greedy for this person, but it is rare in the world to be so greedy as the bear master. After listening to the eldest sister's sneer, he then made a rough calculation, and after calculating, Xiao Chuheng's complexion changed instantly.

"One person reported five taels, I see that there are three or four hundred tea farmers in this tea field, except for those girls who are not paid wages, this month our Xiao family will have to pay three or four hundred people to the tea garden. And most of this silver is not in the pockets of tea farmers, but the bear master of the branch, and the bear master of this branch is really greedy for good money. ”

"Just that frightens you? Hmph, our bear master is greedy, but it's not just a thousand taels of silver. ”

"Eldest sister, what do you mean by this? Isn't there anything else to do? "It's amazing to have thousands of taels this month, but looking at the sneer on the eldest sister's face, obviously these thousands of taels are quite small for Master Xiong.

With a sarcastic sneer, Xiao Chu said: "This is five taels of silver every month, of which about one or two are in the waistband of Tang's shopkeeper's nephew. But that's just it, how can it satisfy his greedy heart. In addition to the monthly salary of the tea farmer, he is also greedy for a lot of others. ”

"What else?"

"This tea farmer's ordinary food, the tea farmer's resting residence, which one does not need to touch the silver, which one is not the silver approved by our Xiao family. This sum is a lot of money, do you think that the meal we eat tonight, how many silver taels can our bear master collect from it? Besides......"

"Say anything more?" The more he spoke, the more angry people became, and the words he asked at the moment were also anxious, and Xiao Chuxuan said after the urgent inquiry.

"Besides, this Yuanzhou tea garden is far away from Kyoto, and the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, who has the heart to manage this place. Therefore, if this Xiao Family Tea Garden wants me to say, it is better to call it the Xiong Family Tea Garden. Kyoto only sent people a few times a year, collected the tea and left, and sent a brainless greedy bastard, the tea garden is just want to care, I don't have the ability to ask. No one cares and no one asks, everything is his decision, if you are the king of the mountain in this tea garden, will you put the fat in front of you, and don't take advantage of the situation to bite a few bites? ”

In the words of rhetorical inquiry, the corners of the hooked lips and the sneer brought out by the words made people sink directly. The suppressed eyes were dark, and after thinking slightly, Chu Heng said, "Eldest sister, what do you mean?" The bear master of this branch may not know that he has blackmailed the silver taels of our Xiao family, and he will stretch out his hand and sell the tea produced in this tea field to his family, making a business without capital. ”

"Looking at it today, do you think that the bear master can't do such a stealing thing?"

can force tea farmers to this part, but it is just a transaction without capital, how dare you not do it.

What a cunning scoundrel.

If they hadn't entered the tea field at the behest of the eldest sister, I'm afraid they would never have known that Master Xiong was such a heartless villain, and this tea farmer who had worked for the tea field all his life was now on a dead end.

The roots of his teeth itched with hatred, and the fact that the bear master of this branch really made Chu Rui feel disgusted, anger surged up, and his face showed a little ill will. With a wicked smile, I don't know what kind of thoughts moved in my ink eyes, and Chu Rui said.

"I'm already evil, I didn't expect this bear master's heart to be even worse than mine, to be able to do so many shameless things, and to push everything cleanly, and to push all the shameless things on the eldest sister who is far away in Kyoto. I said, eldest sister, as far as the tea farmer mentions you, the hatred is very it, you have been cursed this year. ”

Cursing, as far as the hatred in the old peasant's eyes when he mentioned himself, this curse is probably a matter of three days and two ends. was cursed for no reason, Xiao Chu's heart was also stuffy, but he was helpless, but it was Chu Rui, and he said with evil intentions after the words.

"This bear master is really making people think about it, the more they feel angry, eldest sister, do you say that I will simply burn this tea field and the house of the bear master with a fire? I want to see if the blood that comes out of the person who is so angry that he spits out all the essence when he wakes up is also black. ”

Thinking about it, people were eager to try, and immediately asked Xiao Chusu to stretch out his hand and pinch his face, and shouted: "What to burn, you are stupid, this tea field is our family's industry, and even the house where the bear master lives is also our Xiao family, even the eldest sister's things dare to burn, you kid doesn't want to live." ”

"Eldest sister hurts, light, didn't I forget!"

This pinch is too heavy, worried that Chu Rui's grief will shock others, Chu Heng kindly persuaded and then asked, "Eldest sister, what should we do next?" We can't let this bastard surnamed Xiong slander our Xiao family like this. ”

"Of course, you can't ask people to continue to be monkeys." Because of Chu Heng's persuasion, Xiao Chuxuan let go of his hand and said, "What next?" Let's continue to stay for another day, as for the one surnamed Xiong, I think Xiangzhu should also enter the house. I don't have to worry about Xiang Zhu's errands, I'm afraid that I should also hear another set of rhetoric from Master Xiong. ”