After the corn and sweet potatoes were harvested, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the only remaining peppers in the vegetable field began to turn red.

Within a few days of harvesting the peppers, the colder the weather becomes, and there is even a possibility of hoarfrost. Wang Qi and others in Shangshui Village have been waiting for a long time, seeing that the weather is getting colder day by day, and the Chinese cabbage planted in the field has grown white and fat, they are worried that the cabbage will be frozen in the ground, and they have long wanted to take the vegetables back and sell them in the vegetable market, but Zhao Yan has not allowed them, and Wang Qi and other tenants are about to go crazy, in their opinion, except for the white radish that grows in the ground, there is no vegetable that can withstand the hoarfrost.

It is also the above idea, this morning Wang Qi just got out of bed, he heard someone outside shouting "frost", as a result, this voice woke up the whole Zhuangzi people, one after another men rushed out with pants, a group of people cried wolf howl to the ground, the cabbage in the vegetable field is their biggest harvest in half a year, if all frozen in the ground, then they will have to go out this winter to escape the famine to ask for food.

Wang Qi looked at the hoarfrost on the road while running, it was already late autumn, the weather was already very cold, although it was the first time it was frosty, but it was very large, although the frost on the ground had melted, but the hoarfrost on the weeds on both sides of the road still had a layer of white flowers, which made Wang Qi's heart sink, such a big hoarfrost. The Chinese cabbage in the ground is so tender, I am afraid that under this freeze, the vegetable leaves will become soft, and the vegetable leaves will be soft, and no matter how good the vegetables are, they will not be able to sell at a price.

Not only did Wang Qi notice that the hoarfrost was very big this time, but some other tenants also noticed that some people's measurements were small, and when they saw such a big hoarfrost, their noses were sour at that time, and their tears of anxiety came down. Especially when I think of the elderly and children at home. If you really go to ask for food in such a cold weather, I'm afraid that at least a few of the family will die on the way.

Thinking of the consequences of the cabbage harvest, Wang Qi and the others were even more windy, and they ran desperately to the vegetable field. Pray to God as you go. I hope that my own Chinese cabbage will never be fine. Even if it is frozen, it is best to only freeze the outside, as long as the cabbage sum inside is not bad. Then these Chinese cabbages can still be sold.

The vegetable field was originally next to Sheung Shui Village, so after a while, Wang Qi and they ran to the vegetable field, but when they saw the Chinese cabbage in front of them, they all stopped in shock, only to see that although the Chinese cabbage in the field was covered with hoarfrost, it was still standing there, without the slightest sign of softening.

Wang Qi is the head of the village, at this time naturally to play the role of the head of the village, I saw him line up everyone and stepped forward, reached out and touched one of the cabbages, the result is that the cabbage leaves are crisp and hard, and now it is not frozen, so this is definitely not frozen, in other words, the Chinese cabbage has not been damaged by the white frost at all.

At first, Wang Qi was still a little incredulous, but he then touched the other cabbages, but now that these cabbages were fine, he laughed excitedly and said: "Haha~, let's go back to sleep, our dishes have not been frozen at all!" ”

Wang Qi's voice finally woke everyone up, and immediately some people ran forward in disbelief and touched the cabbage, and now it was not frozen, so they shouted excitedly, and many people cried with joy, and now they finally didn't have to drag their families out to ask for food.

"Yo! Everyone came early, so since we're here, let's get started! At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind, and as a result, Wang Qi and the others turned around, and it turned out that Zhao Yan, the king of the county, also came with a few subordinates.

"King Jun, what are you going to do?" Wang Qi hadn't reacted from the ups and downs at this time, and instinctively asked when he heard Zhao Yan's words.

"What else can you do, don't you want to harvest the cabbage for a long time, it was already frosty yesterday, and the cabbage just took it back today, otherwise if it gets a little colder, these cabbages won't be able to bear it!" Zhao Yan said angrily, these days he is also annoyed by Wang Qi and these people, the cabbage must wait until after the first frost to be delicious, but Wang Qi and these people don't listen at all, they go to his house every day to beg for it, and after today, he can finally clean his ears.

Wang Qigang didn't react when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and after a while, he said with a look of surprise: "Thank you Junwang, the villain will let people prepare things to collect cabbage!" ”

After Wang Qi finished speaking, he turned around and announced Zhao Yan's order loudly to the tenants behind him, but these tenants were also happy and almost jumped up, and then everyone began to run towards Zhuangzi, after all, they didn't have tools in their hands, and the whole family also needed to go into battle together to collect vegetables, plus some people didn't even have all the clothes on now, so they naturally had to go back.

After a while, the people who collected the vegetables rushed back, the men followed the women and children behind the carts, and even some old people came with crutches, all of their faces were beaming, it seemed that after hearing the good news that Zhao Yan finally agreed to receive the vegetables, they came without even eating breakfast.

After these men and women from Shangshuizhuang came in a mess, they did not go directly to the ground, but were brought by Wang Qi to Zhao Yan and saluted, which was the tenants to express their gratitude to the owner's family, and then these tenants began to go to the fields of each family to collect vegetables, among which the women used firewood knives to chop down the cabbage, and the children and the elderly carried the vegetables to the car, and then the man of the head of the family pushed the cart to transport it to the house, so it seems that the scene is a bit chaotic, but in fact, the division of labor is clear.

The vegetables are being collected here, Cao Ying also brought people here, and there are also Lao Fu and a group of people carrying the table, just on the side of the ground, which made Zhao Yan stunned, just wanted to ask, but saw Cao Ying take the initiative to explain: "Lao Fu They are going to collect rent, sixty percent of the vegetable land is from our palace, and when the tenants finish harvesting their own forty percent, they will start to collect vegetables for our palace." ”

"Six...... Sixty percent? Zhao Yan was also taken aback when he heard the proportion of this rent, and then asked in disbelief, "Is this rent a bit high, can the tenants still support the family if they pay sixty percent of the rest?" ”

"The income of vegetable land is relatively high, so we set such a high rent, the rent of ordinary fields is only three to fifty percent, and the worse the field, the lower the proportion of rent, for example, those dry fields we rent to Sheung Shui Zhuang are the lowest fields, and only three percent of the rent can be collected, and the remaining seventy percent are tenants, how is it not enough for them to support their families?" Cao Ying said again, and was still a little dissatisfied at the end, as if she felt that it was a bit of a loss to harvest 30% of the rent from the dry land.

"You don't feel sorry for this, the output of those dry fields is only enough for the tenants to eat for three or four months, and the rest depends on the income of these vegetable fields, and now we have collected sixty percent at once, this proportion is too high, it is better to drop a little, it can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, you, the medical saint Niangniang, will not even have this bit of sympathy, right?" Zhao Yan glanced at Cao Ying and said, there is still a gap between the two in terms of thinking, for example, in terms of sympathy for the toiling masses, Cao Ying will show the indifference of a feudal aristocrat from time to time, of course, this is not to say that Cao Ying is not kind, but she has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

Cao Ying also saw Zhao Yan's dissatisfaction, but she didn't get angry, but said with a smile: "Of course it's good that the county king wants to do good deeds, but the rent can't be raised and lowered casually, for example, the rent of this vegetable field, the surrounding people are set at sixty percent, if our family drops, then what about other people's families?" At that time, although we will fall behind the tenants, those landlords will poke our backbones behind their backs. ”

"This ......" Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this, he really didn't expect this before, speaking of which, he is also a member of the landlord class, if he lowers the rent at will, he will definitely be regarded as a traitor by the landlord class, and he will not want to mix in this circle in the future.

Seeing Zhao Yan's speechless appearance, Cao Ying covered her mouth and chuckled, and then leaned into Zhao Yan's ear and whispered: "Why is the king of the county so confused, although the rent is expressly stipulated to be dead, but when it is collected, he can do some tricks, for example, today I asked Lao Fu to collect rent on the ground, in fact, it is only a rough collection, and those tenants only need to pull back only half of the cabbage, he will not care." ”

Zhao Yan also patted his head when he heard this, and secretly scolded himself for being so confused, he even forgot the trick of selling dog meat with a sheep's head, but then he smiled at Cao Ying and teased: "This is a little strange, how can the lady be so kind today?" ”

"Hmph, with such a kind-hearted husband as the king of the county, the concubine can't think about it, not to mention that the tenants suffered a disaster today, and they should have some savings in their hands, otherwise they won't have the strength to grow food for our palace next year!" Perhaps dissatisfied with Zhao Yan's ridicule, Cao Ying finally deliberately said viciously, in fact, the land leased by the palace to Shangshuizhuang did not have much harvest, not to mention that the palace did not live on that land at all.

Zhao Yan laughed when he heard this, he knew that Cao Ying was a good-natured woman, coupled with his own influence, she also began to pay attention to the lives of the tenants, so she would do such a thing, but she usually refused to admit it.

Just between Zhao Yan and Cao Ying talking, those tenants had already finished harvesting their own cabbage, and then began to collect vegetables for the palace, because there were too many cabbages and too much moisture, so they didn't need to be weighed at all, but directly loaded a car and sent it to the palace, and Lao Fu kept accounts with several housekeepers for future inquiries.

Looking at Lao Fu, who was busy coming and going, Zhao Yan sighed in his heart, if it wasn't for Cao Ying's reminder, he really didn't know that his loyal old housekeeper still had such a deep background. (To be continued......)

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