Chapter Seventy-Five: Shedding Slavery
"It's none of our business! He invited us. We are serious businessmen, and the yamen has recorded them. Let's go, we don't do this unclear deal. The tooth woman ran away, and the two big men also hurriedly followed.
Liang Sanhai shrunk his nose and hid behind Jiang's family, and the three of them were almost killed by Liang Hezhen's eyes.
Jiang Shi was also flustered, swallowed his saliva and said with a stalk on his neck: "You don't have to look at us like this, we are doing this for your own good." The ugly things she did have been spread all over the place, do you really not care about the face of the Liang family at all? β
"Oops, that's bad luck! This...... This wrong, this matter really has nothing to do with us! Let us go, it's really none of our business! β
The sound of Ya Pozi's shouting sounded outside the house again, and Jiang's heart sank, how could he feel that something was not quite right?
Montessori was even more panicked, stretching his neck to see who had stopped the tooth woman outside.
Ya Pozi and the two big men she brought were forced back, and the Jiang family looked at it and was stunned: "The village chief, the patriarch...... YβWhy are you here? Isn't it going to be a collective road building today? β
The village chief looked impatient, this Liang family really refused to stop for a day. The patriarch looked at Liang Hezhen: "Hezhen, what's going on?" Who is trafficking and who is trafficking? β
Liang Hezhen shot a knife eye at Ya Pozi, Ya Pozi felt that she was really more wronged than Dou E, Liang Hezhen walked up to her and said: "I know best about this matter." β
Ya Pozi swore that she would never touch this business again!
"I ...... Oh, this really has nothing to do with me, it was he who came to invite me early in the morning, saying that the family was short of money and wanted to sell the girl he bought before. said that there were records in the government to check the purchase of the girl before, and she also had a deed of sale in her hand, which was legal. I...... Where would I have thought that there are still variables here! β
The village chief and the patriarch looked at Liang Sanhai together, and Liang Sanhai hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.
The village chief glanced at Jiang again: "Variables? What variables? Who is the deed of sale now? Who is selling? β
Ya Pozi let it go, and all the fifteen and fifteen were all said.
When Jiang Shi saw this situation, he simply broke the jar and broke it: "I advocated selling Su Yunran!" She was bought back by our Liang family, so what's the problem with selling her now? β
The village chief's gaze looked at the Jiang family with some disdain: "Even if she was bought back by the Liang family, it would be too much to sell a woman to Fireworks Willow Lane." β
The patriarch completely understood what was going on: "If I'm not mistaken, Hezhen's daughter-in-law was bought by Erhai and his wife, right?" This has nothing to do with anyone else. Besides, you don't even have her deed, how can you call the shots and resell her? It's nonsense! β
The patriarch's momentum is more than that of the village chief, and the village chief is naturally not willing to lag behind and also reprimands the Jiang family with a straight face: "The laws of our dynasty strictly prohibit human trafficking, and the light is twenty rods, one year of service, and three thousand miles of exile." Unless she is voluntary, but is she voluntary? Second, you don't have her deed on hand, and even if you do, the owner of the girl on the deed is not you, and you are still not qualified to buy and sell at will! β
In ancient times, although there were provisions prohibiting human trafficking, the first was that the person was voluntarily sold, and the second was that he or she had to be at least 10 years old. Snatching or deceiving a person is a crime, and even if they are under the age of 10, they will be punished as a crime.
But the actual situation is that few are sold voluntarily, and most of them are sold by their relatives, and they have no choice but to accept their fate.
Jiang Shi let it go, ready to be unreasonable to the end: "Why is she unwilling? How do you know she's unwilling? She herself is a person who is used to going out of the wall, and she wants to go by herself. β
Liang Hezhen clenched his fists, if it weren't for this relationship, no matter what age she was, she just wanted to kick her away.
"Who said I wanted to? I'm afraid it's grandma, are you willing to do it yourself? Jiang's lotus, right? Su Yunran's voice was unhurried, and no one noticed when she 'woke up'.
Ya Po is a spirit, this Liang Hezhen's eyes are scary enough, why is this little girl's eyes so sharp?
Ya Pozi knows a lot about current affairs, and immediately talked about the deed of sale that Jiang showed her.
The people brought by the village chief and the patriarch all laughed, and the old face of the Jiang family was about to fall to the ground, and they looked at Su Yunran angrily and lost their minds, and rushed directly towards Su Yunran to choke her neck.
Liang Hezhen pulled Su Yunran behind him, and Jiang Shi threw himself into the air and hit Liang Hezhen's body.
Liang Hezhen unceremoniously pushed the Jiang family away from him, and took out a deed of sale from his arms: "Village chief, patriarch, please be a witness today, I want to take off my mother's slave registration and enter my Liang family's household registration." β
The village chief and the patriarch glanced at each other, once they sold their bodies, they became slaves, and in addition to the master's grace, they also needed to pay a fee in the government, which was not cheap, so few masters would be willing to give the people they bought out of slavery.
The Liang family is a farmer, and it is a good family, and only after getting rid of the slave Su Yunran can he be regarded as truly regaining his free body.
Su Yunran actually didn't understand the rules here, she only knew that she was sold by her family, and thought it was just a contract, but she didn't expect that it was also about household registration.
And the household registration is related to what this person can and can't do, Su Yunran realized at this moment that he was still naΓ―ve before. In ancient times, if you wanted to live alone, it was not enough to rely on your own skills.
Liang Hezhen saw that her expression was a little sluggish, and she was probably a little surprised that they had revealed that the Jiang family did not mention the household registration in their plan.
"Don't be afraid, no one can despise you in the future." He held Su Yunran's hand tightly, and his promise was gentle but also loud.
Su Yunran turned his head and smiled, Jiang felt that Liang Hezhen was probably crazy. Why did a woman who bought it help her get out of her citizenship? Getting rid of slavery is equivalent to giving her an equal status, and in the future, she can be separated from her.
Jiang Shi wanted to open his mouth to refute, but Montessori quickly grabbed her. The current situation is already unfavorable for them, so don't provoke the anger of the people anymore.
The village chief and the patriarch glanced at each other, and the village chief spoke: "You have made up your mind?" If something happens in the future, she can decide her own way out, are you sure you want to do this? β
The village chief's words were quite tactful, and Su Yunran also understood the meaning. Liang Hezhen nodded firmly: "I have made up my mind, and I am determined to take off my slavery and return her to freedom." β
The village chief nodded: "Okay, then I'll go and write you a certificate, and you can go to the yamen to do it yourself!" β
Liang Hezhen arched his hand and said: "I'm tired." β
Jiang Shi was a little stunned, today's incident made her still dizzy. It's obviously an ironclad thing, why did the peak loop turn into a slave for Su Yunran?
Why does it become so evil every time I deal with Su Yunran?
After the others dispersed, Jiang Shi sat on the ground with a dull expression. There was nothing, and the deposit of five taels given by Ya Pozi was also taken back, and she only gained a notoriety for nothing.
"Zhen'er, Xiao Ran, are you all right?" Fu Mianniang and Liang Erhai have been waiting at home for a long time. They all know this play today, but they still have to cooperate with acting.
Su Yunran shook his head: "I'm fine, how dare I really drink their water!" β
Su Yunran remembered a question: "Didn't you send your eldest aunt to the town?" What about people? β
Liang Hezhen chuckled: "The carriage broke down halfway, so I had to let her go to town by herself." β
Su Yunran was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. Needless to say, the carriage was not broken sooner or later, but it was broken in the middle of the road, which can only show that it was all done by Liang Hezhen.
"Father, mother, then without further ado, let's go to the village chief's house and then go to the town to do something." Liang Hezhen didn't want anything to go wrong, so he gave Su Yun a slave as soon as possible, so as not to make the Jiang family a demon again.
The two were holding hands and were heading to the village chief's house, when Su Yunran stopped passing by a piece of sand by the river: "Xianggong, can there be a master in this sandy land?" β
Liang Hezhen shook his head: "There shouldn't be!" This sandy land near the river cannot grow crops, and if you occupy this sandy land, you will have to increase all kinds of taxes, and no one will do this kind of loss-making business. β
Su Yunran thought for a while: "Xianggong, although this place is low-lying, it has good drainage. This sandy soil has a loose structure, good thermal conductivity, strong permeability, large temperature difference and low water content, which is conducive to the coloring and ripening of berries, and the fruit quality is good. β
She said a lot of Liang Hezhen didn't quite understand, but looking at her appearance, she seemed to be very interested in this sandy land: "Lady, you can't grow any crops in this sandy land, why are you so interested here?" β
Su Yunran took him around the sandy land, and the area of this sandy land was not small, and it was perfect for planting grapes.
Of course, sandy land also has disadvantages, sandy soil organic bottom, need to be fertilized more. Moreover, the water and fertilizer retention of sandy land is relatively poor, so great attention should be paid to irrigation and fertilization.
Liang Hezhen remembered what she said before, and finally understood her intention: "The lady really wants to plant a grapevine-grape garden and use it to make wine?" β
Su Yunran nodded: "Most of the wine in my court is rice wine and sorghum wine, but you see that there is a shortage of food now, where is the surplus grain used to make wine?" If my wine can be made, maybe it will even make a national sensation! β
Liang Hezhen chuckled: "Although your wine is sweet and delicious, for men, they still prefer the mellow and strong of rice wine." β
Su Yunran nodded, this was undeniable, so she didn't think that wine could replace rice wine. But it will definitely become an upstart, or at least a gust of wind.
Liang Hezhen didn't deny her idea, but the area of this sandy land is not small, and if she fails, she will have to die.
Su Yunran squatted down and carefully observed the soil of the sand again, which she had noticed before. But she hadn't thought about growing grapes on a large scale before, and it was risky.
But as the old saying goes, with risk comes opportunity, so how can you know if it's a risk or an opportunity if you don't gamble?