Because Xiao Churui was greedy for comfort, when the overseer just said that he could rest, he chose the most comfortable place to sit. www.biquge.info On the other hand, those tea farmers who have been working in the tea fields for a long time, how can they still have this picky leisure, as long as they can sit down and rest, the soil under them is a bit to step on casually.

Most tea farmers choose to sit anywhere, so there are not a few people sitting around them, and it is natural that no one will listen to what they are talking about. Now someone has come, and he should shut up and pretend to rest.

The one who walked towards them was an old man and a young tea farmer, the younger one was a girl, I am afraid that he was not ten years old, and as for the old one, I am afraid that he would be more than fifty years old just by looking at his age. However, the life of tea farmers is hard, and people also work hard, maybe the real age is not as old as looking outside, and it has to be a few years younger.

The two men walked towards them, carrying a basket of tea full of sprouts, and led the little girl to them, and the old farmer put the basket of tea in his hand in front of them.

This basket of tea, just looking at the little talk about thirty or forty pounds, looking at the tea basket in front of the beginning of the old farmer did not understand what the old farmer meant, people were still a little suspicious, the old farmer said: "This basket of tea for you a few." ”

As soon as the words came out, looking at the new tea that was placed in front of them, Xiao Chuxuan and the others were stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Old man, why do you want to give us this basket of tea?" ”

I don't know this move, I want to ask, and under suspicion, I looked at the old farmer and glanced at the tea they had just picked, and the old farmer said: "You can't pay this amount today." ”

"Can't pay the errand?" Xiao Chuxuan asked.

"yes." Nodding, he raised his hand and touched the girl's head, and the old farmer said: "We have a rule in this tea garden, there is a quota every day, if the number of baskets picked is not enough, you can't get half of it today." ”

Seeing the surprise on the faces of several people, the old farmer said, "Why, don't you know the rules of this tea field?" ”

"Then, we really didn't know that the tea field had this rule."

"And how did you get here?"

A few days ago, I heard on the street that the Xiao family tea garden has recently picked new tea, and it needs short-term tea farmers, because there is no silver tael at hand, so there is no way to come and try it."

"It turned out that he had fled here from a famine." Nodding his head and looking at the handsome people, although the old farmer didn't know a few words, he still had a bit of judgment in his eyes when he looked at them. Seeing the suspicion in the old farmer's heart, Xiao Chu hurriedly smiled and responded.

"My father is a private school teacher in my hometown, and we have studied for a few years, but our lives are not good, and we have to live here because of natural and man-made disasters. Although I have read the book for a few years, I have to fill my stomach after all, and I have no choice but to go here to get a short-term job, at least don't starve to death. ”

"So that's the case, we just guessed it, you four babies don't look like children from poor families, it turns out that the head of the family is in trouble, this is also fate, there is no way. But fortunately, the brothers and sisters are here, even if they are out, they also have a foil for each other. ”

"yes!" Nodding in response, Xiao Chu said: "By the way, old man, you just said that the Xiao family's tea garden has a fixed number of teas every day, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that in this Xiao family's tea garden, there are still hard rules? If this does not meet their requirements, we must not even pay them at all. ”

"I just don't give anything." After speaking, he sighed, his eyes flashed a little angry, and the old farmer said: "This Xiao family is dark, and one person has to pay twenty catties a day, if it doesn't reach this number, let alone the salary, maybe it will attract a scolding." ”

"A person needs twenty pounds a day, how long does it take to be busy." The tea is light, and there seems to be nothing to start with, and the small sprouts have to pick twenty catties a day, which is almost impossible for the two sons of the Xiao family.

Looking at the new sprouts sent by the old farmer, thinking about the sprouts that they could catch in a few handfuls in the basket, the two of them were suddenly silent. was silent, and couldn't imagine how to complete the twenty catties on this day, but Xiao Chuxuan was stunned, what he paid attention to was not the fixed number of twenty catties that day, but the last sentence of the old farmer.

"If you don't reach the number, you won't be paid, and you will scold at every turn, how can there be such a reason in this world."

"Whether there is such a reason in this world, I don't know the old man, but in the Xiao family's tea garden, this is the reason." In the past few years, they don't know how much hardship they have suffered, but it was not bad, and the Xiao family treated them as tea farmers kindly. But since five years ago, the whole world has begun to change, thinking about the past few years, the old farmer has not only anger in his eyes, but also a trace of helplessness about the injustice of the world.

After listening to the old farmer's words and seeing the helplessness of the world in his eyes, Xiao Chuxuan said: "The daily ration, if you can't finish it, you won't give silver, this rule is simply unreasonable." However, the harvest of this new tea is only a few days, and the Xiao family is also in a hurry to harvest all the new tea, so this number is set. If this number can be reached, the salary should not be low, but I don't know how much the salary on this day is. “

"Isn't the wage low? Hmph, where did you hear these nonsense on this girl. I don't know where this sentence provoked the old farmer, so he was angry at the moment, and glared at Xiao Chusu. That kind of anger was the anger that overflowed in his heart, which made Xiao Chu frown at the moment, and then said: "In the market before, I heard someone mention that the salary given by the Xiao family's tea field is not low, and he is also lenient with others. That's why our brothers and sisters still want to come here to get a job and earn some money to support themselves, but that's not the case. ”

"I don't know where you heard the rumors on this girl, but I believe that the salary given by the Xiao family is not low. Girl, let me tell you, this Xiao family is a place with a black heart, this day's salary, if the number is not enough, there is no silver, and it will be scolded. Even if you count enough, don't expect the Xiao family to give you an extra son, twenty yuan a day for one person, not much. ”

"Twenty wen a day?"

She thought that the head of this branch should be an extremely greedy person, but she never imagined that the wages of this day would be squeezed to only twenty yuan. Twenty dollars, what can you do? For the young master of the Xiao family, on weekdays, he goes to the Goolan Courtyard, drinks wine, eats and drinks, and at every turn it is dozens of taels of white silver flowing out. But for this Yuanzhou tea farmer, he only earns a mere 20 wen from working hard all day.

Twenty wen.

It's only 600 wen a month, and for a family of three or four, I'm afraid it's only enough to eat for a month.

She was suspicious, why there were so many teenage babies in this tea field, and now it seems that her father and mother were afraid that they would not be able to reach that number, so they brought the children at home, so as not to be busy all day, and in the end they couldn't even earn that mere twenty yuan.

That basket of thirty or forty pounds of sprouts, I am afraid that the tea farmers look at their few stupid and poor new tea, worried that they will not be able to pay at night, and they will be hungry if they don't get paid today, so they will get together some and help a little.

Those who will come to the Xiao family's tea field are all hard-working people, since they are all hard-working, they can help a little. I didn't know that this branch owner was so hateful, looking at the unfairness in the eyes of the old farmer, don't say Chu Heng Chu Rui, it is Hanwha, and his eyes have sunk.

With calm eyes, looking at the whole basket of new tea in front of him, Xiao Chushu said.

"Since this Xiao family is so hateful and has no heavenly reason, why do you still do these unreasonable errands in the Xiao family's tea field." Deducting wages to such a degree, she really wanted to dig up the heart and liver of the branch owner, and see what that heart and liver were made of, how could it be so black.

The Xiao family is unreasonable, so there is no need to stay in this kind of place, but after listening to Xiao Chu's angry words, the old farmer sighed and said, "In fact, before the Xiao family's tea field, it was not like this. ”

"Not before? What do you mean, old man? ”

"When the old man of the Xiao family was still alive before, Chatian was honest, it was very good, although he was tired, but the salary was reasonable. If you calculate it carefully, there are one, two, or three points in a month. Although they are not rich in these days, there is no problem with food and clothing, and a few families can send their sons and grandchildren to private schools to read some books and read and write. At the time, we joked that if they could get a reputation in the future, their family would be able to get out of the way, and they wouldn't have to do this tiring errand. But ......"

At first, I thought about the past days, although I was poor, but I was also reasonable, but this poor but simple day always came to an end. Originally, there was still a look of nostalgia, but then it turned directly into resentment, and the eyes that were sunk were full of pain and helplessness. Looking at the tea farmers sitting in the tea fields with an angry look, the old farmer said.

"Originally, life was okay, but since Master Xiao passed, the Xiao family has changed to a new owner, and the good days are over. The head of the Xiao family is the eldest daughter of Master Xiao, I never thought that a girl's heart could be so ruthless, and her conscience called the dog to eat it. ”

The new head of the Xiao family is a nightmare for the old farmers and even the tea farmers in the entire tea field, an existence that makes them hate to peel their skin and cramp.

The tea plantation in the Jiangnan Yuanzhou, Xiao Chusu has never been here, and she doesn't even know the situation here. But when the old farmer mentioned her, the hatred in his eyes was also true.

That kind of hatred that was deep in the bones pierced Xiao Chu's heart for a while, but it was Chu Heng and Chu Rui on the side, and the old farmer's direct insult to them couldn't bear it. Immediately, there was a little anger on his face, and Chu Rui said: "I said, why are you so immoral, the head of the Xiao family, who provoked you." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old farmer's angry eyes fell directly on Chu Rui, his lips were pursed, his eyes were cold, and after glancing at him fiercely, the old farmer said: "What do you know about this baby, you don't know anything, and you have the qualifications to defend the head of the Xiao family here." ”

The old farmer's hatred was not out of nowhere, there must be some reason they didn't know, and immediately glanced at Chu Rui and signaled him to stop talking to stimulate the old farmer. Xiao Chuxuan apologized for Chu Rui before saying: "Don't be angry with the old man, my brother is not sensible, don't be angry with him." However, why did the old man hate the head of the Xiao family so much, could it be that the head of the Xiao family did something inhumane? ”

"Inhumane? Hmph, our unspeakable days now are all thanks to the heartless Miss Xiao. ”

"What did the eldest lady of the Xiao family do these days?" Keep asking.

"Didn't I just say that although the life of this tea farmer was hard in the past, it was still enough to pay one or two or three cents of silver a month. But only from Master Xiao, the Xiao family is run by Miss Xiao, and our monthly wages have begun to be deducted. The first two years were fine, but one or two hundred less. The bear manager of the branch said that the tea business is not good now, so he has to shrink a little silver. We are not unreasonable, as long as we have a job to support our family, and we have one or two hundred dollars less a month, let him have less. Who knows...... Who knows......"

The voice was a lot older because of this, and the old farmer sighed and said: "Who knows that this salary will be less than a year a year, and the more harsher it is, the more it is, and in the end, we really can't live this day." ”

On the last strong silver, but the lower side kept deducting the silver two, the bear master of the tea shop also made a good calculation. If you don't go into the tea field in person, how can you know that the tea farmers have lived this kind of life in the past few years. Listening to the old farmer's words, his heart was sour, and when the old farmer said that he couldn't help but raise his hand to caress the hair of the little girl next to him, Xiao Chuxuan asked softly.

"Since this Xiao family is so harsh, then let's stop doing it, it's a big deal to change your livelihood, it's better than being squeezed here."

"A change of business? You think we don't want to change our livelihood, it's just that things are as simple as you think. ”

"If it weren't for this Xiao family, what else would you do?" Asking, Xiao Chuxuan didn't notice his inquiry, and there was a bit of bite in his words.

Nodding, the old farmer sighed: "This is where the head of the Xiao family has the most conscience, after she was in charge for two years, one year the head of the bear led people to the tea field, saying that he wanted to sign a contract with us, saying that the head of the Xiao family meant." Seeing that we have been helping in the Xiao family's tea garden for most of our lives, the eldest lady of the Xiao family plans to give us a wage increase and asks us to deposit according to the print. We were also stupid at the time, and after a few hasty glances, we felt that it was okay, and everyone pressed it. Who knew that the head of the Xiao family actually asked someone to add a few more words to the contract afterwards, and forcibly turned that contract into a cannibalistic death contract. Signed that contract, we are born as a member of the Xiao family, and death is a ghost of the Xiao family, and we can't go anywhere in this life. You say, such a poisonous trick was thought up by a person with a heart. “

Clapping his hands heavily, the resentment is self-evident.

"Besides, even if we don't have that contract, this Xiao family has a lot of money in Yuanzhou, if we escape from the Xiao family's tea garden, how can there be any place in Yuanzhou that dares to take us in? I'm afraid it's not far from starving to death, I'm an old man, there's nothing to worry about, but there are still many people in this tea garden, both old and young, all looking at these hundreds of Wen to buy rice to live, even if the life is really not human, we can only endure it. “

They have endured such days for three or four years, and they have endured more and more difficult year by year, but they have no choice but to lament that God is not long-sighted, why torture them like this.

The life of the tea farmer is in dire straits, but the person who really does evil is free. He collected gold and silver pots, but he put all these evil things on the head of the Xiao family who didn't know anything in Kyoto in the distance.

The bear master of this tea garden is indeed a calculating master.

The old peasant's blood weeping made people worry about their hearts, and even the anger in their hearts was dangerously uncontrollable. This kind of thing is indignant, if the bear master of the branch is here now, Xiao Churui will not be able to control his fists.

Constantly suppressing the anger rolling in their hearts, several people sat there with calm faces, and when the old farmer was talking about the bitterness of these years, the overseer began to mumble about starting work.

The overseer muttered at the top of his voice, and they could not continue to rest, so they moved up from the ground, and the old farmer said to them: "The work has started, you guys should hurry up, if you are slow to meet the overseer in a bad mood, he will take the opportunity to kick a few feet." ”

After speaking, he sighed, and then led his own girl to walk slowly towards the tea field.