Chapter 67: A Bunch of Paper Tigers
"Donkey milk?" Zhang Tieniu was very surprised, "Is your sister's body and bones so bad?" ”
That little girl has a ruddy complexion, full of energy, she has become a child's head, and she is still playing so slippery, can this body be called bad?
"Why isn't it bad, I always cough at night." Li Qingyou didn't want to explain too much, "Do you know who has it?" ”
Zhang Tieniu doesn't know, who is full of food and has nothing to do to observe whether other people's donkeys have a little donkey foal?
But he can inquire, Qingshan County is so big, there is nothing he can't inquire about.
In addition to the donkey milk, Li Qingyou also asked him if he knew the broker who bought the land, and she wanted to sell the six acres of land left by the old couple and buy a little donkey foal.
She can't afford an adult donkey, even if she sells the land, but the foal can be raised and can be stretched.
These days because of the lack of donkeys can delay a lot of things, used to grind beans in the middle of the night, in the morning after the pot can be sold, now can only grind beans during the day, noon can be sold.
Don't look at the difference in the morning, half a day's work can be a lot of things, in the past, you can buy tofu in the morning, lunch and evening, now you can only save it for dinner, if you want to eat this bite, you can only go elsewhere to buy.
"This is not good, if you sell the land, you will have to take the silver yourself to pay taxes this year, you can think about it." Zhang Tieniu was a little disapproving.
At the end of the year, the Li family collects rent money according to 37, and the Li family collects 30 percent, which is not only paid to the taxes of the government, but also has some rations left.
Especially now that the two sisters are concerned, the girls have a small amount of food, which is almost enough for them to eat for half a year.
Li Qingyou also sighed, if there is another way, she doesn't want to sell the land, who makes her poor and generous, if she asked for the one hundred taels of gold at the beginning, why worry about a few pieces of silver now?
"After thinking about it, it's more important to buy a donkey." Li Qingyou said: "You also know the situation of our family, we can't always be like this, we still have to have a donkey." ”
It just now happens that spring has just begun, and it is about to be time to plant the land, otherwise when people plant the land, they will have to wait for the last autumn to finish the grain before selling.
"That's it, I won't have time tomorrow, I'll find someone to go later, how to sell it then, how much silver to sell, you can talk about it." Zhang Tieniu's movements were fast, and he found a broker not long after going out.
There are several types of brokers, some specialize in taking people to buy and sell land, some buy and sell livestock, and some buy and sell people, which is commonly known as human teeth.
In this era, human trafficking was legal, otherwise where would the eunuchs and landlords go to buy people?
The broker's surname is Feng, his name is Feng Er, Li Qingyou took the title deed to show him, and went out of the city after talking about the commission.
The Li family's land is near Lijiazhuang in the east of the city, although this is the land that Li Laohan bought with the money he earned, but in the eyes of the Li family, it is the Li family, and they resolutely disagree with Li Qingyou to sell the land.
Li Qingyou felt funny, "I can't sell this land or not, and it's your turn to take care of it, the title deed is in my hands, even if I don't sell it or plant it for you, what kind of heart do you have to?" ”
"That's not going to work, you are the Li family who let you plant, or you will return the land." It was the sixth uncle who spoke, that is, the father of Li Da Bald and Li Er's leprosy.
This is really an enemy who is very angry when they meet.
It's been almost three months since the last time we met, and Li Er's leper is still lying on the kang, and Lang Zhong said that he broke two ribs, and he can't do heavy work after he takes it.
If the farmer can't do heavy work, it is equivalent to being a waster.
The sixth uncle also proposed to let Li Qingyou compensate them for the medical silver, Li Qingyou sneered, "There is a wrongdoer, there is a debtor, whoever kicks you go to go." ”
The sixth uncle naturally didn't dare to go to the man in the brocade robe, and the man really came to estimate that this family was not enough for him to kick, but he also inquired, and the man in the brocade robe never showed up again after that day.
That's why he dared to threaten Li Qingyou.
"If we don't look for him, we will look for you, and if you don't take out the money today, you won't want to leave." Compared with the last time he was in the county, the sixth uncle is very confident this time, this is the territory of the Li family.
Li Qingyou was not afraid, "Let me take the silver?" Okay. ”
Before the sixth uncle's smile after being surprised was revealed, he heard Li Qingyou say again: "Then let's go to the yamen, as long as the county master says that I should compensate you for the silver, I will compensate, otherwise, there is no way." ”
"That's right, or go to the yamen." Unexpectedly, the broker Feng Er spoke, "Brother Tie Niu also said, if there is anything to do, just look for him." ”
Before he came, Zhang Tieniu had asked him to take care of him, and he could be regarded as "going south and north to see the world", but there was no place in Qingshan County that he had not been to, and he was naturally fearless in the face of a few countrymen at this moment.
As soon as he heard that he was going to the yamen, the sixth uncle was instigated again, and then he remembered that there was a kid in the yamen that day who stood up to help Li Qingyou, but he didn't expect this girl to be quite capable, one or two, and recruited some of them who they couldn't afford to provoke.
The people of the Li family retreated, and Li Qingyou didn't take them seriously, they were just a bunch of paper tigers, but the tenants who rented their land gave her a lot of headaches.
This family is so pathetic.
The widowed mother took her son and daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law was about to give birth with a big belly.
People eat soft and not hard, Li Qingyou is not afraid of being arrogant, he is afraid of being soft, especially the elderly widow and daughter-in-law who are about to give birth have to kneel down for her, which is really unbearable.
"Don't, I can't stand it, you guys get up quickly." Li Qingyou was so frightened that he hid aside, not daring to accept their big gifts, and beckoned the only man in their family, the widow's son, to quickly help the two of them up.
"If the land is taken back, our family will starve to death, the girl will do well, let us plant, so that we can wait for the last autumn to get grain......" The widow's mother cried a handful of snot, and the daughter-in-law on the side also wiped her tears.
The son's eyes were also red, "Our seeds are ready, if we said that we could rent other people's land a year ago, now we are going to plant the land......"
Speaking of which, Li Qingyou is a bit of a loss, although she is the landlord, she can take back the land when she wants, but she has to give people some time to rent other land, right?
Normally, this matter is discussed before the year, so that no one will delay anyone.
"Or wait until after the fall." Feng Er also persuaded him, "Tell them to grow for a year, and you can still pay taxes for a year and get some rations." ”
So far, what else can Li Qingyou do except agree?
Bidding farewell to the family, on the way back, Li Qingyou said to Feng Er a little embarrassedly: "Trouble you to run for nothing." ”
"It's nothing, I'm friends with Brother Tie Niu, with his words, I'm not afraid to run a few more times...... We're also considered to know each other, and you can talk about something in the future. Feng Er was also a scene person, and his words were very open.
But Li Qingyou's heart was not open at all......