Chapter 10: Little Potatoes
"Very good, the job of picking oranges for me should be very simple, I don't have to pay 30% as much, right?" Loulan's eyes rolled, and the nature of the profiteer appeared again.
"How's that going to work? We've signed it... This one... Okay, how can you just lower your pay? Jack immediately protested.
"Alright, I'm just talking, look at the scare of you." Although Loulan felt that something was wrong in his heart, he really couldn't find the problem, so he didn't continue to insist, after all, the workload on the farm has been increasing, and he also needs help.
After a hasty breakfast, Loulan and Jack split up and started their own reclamation again, if nothing else, he would be able to complete the reclamation and sow seeds before noon today.
Jack's workload has also increased today, he has to take care of the three reed chickens today, and at the same time he has to complete the work in the cornfield, and he is also a little in a hurry, but just when he has just fetched a bucket of water from the river and is about to go back to water the ground, a slightly shy voice suddenly sounded behind him:
"Excuse me, do you need to hire someone to farm here?"
Jack turned his head sharply when he heard this, and found a small man about his height standing behind him:
This little man has a round face, upright features, slightly curly hair, a red nose and cheeks that look very simple, although the figure is not tall, but the hands and feet are very thick, he wears a coarse cloth shirt, and holds a small black felt hat in his hand.
"Ahh It's a little potato, my old friend, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time! A panicked look flashed on Jack's face, and he glanced quickly in the direction of Loulan as he spoke.
"Jack, you scoundrel, why are you again?" As soon as the little man known as Little Potato saw Jack, he immediately glared angrily and said hatefully: "Who is your friend, you bad guy, what are you doing here?" ”
"What? Of course it's work, my dear old friend of Little Potato, tsk, I'm so sorry, you're late again this time. Jack smiled and said, "I... ”
Before Jack finished speaking, the little potato had already punched head-on, this little guy looked inconspicuous, but he didn't hesitate at all, and directly pounced on Jack and punched Jack head-on, making Jack's nose red on the spot.
"How dare you hit me? You stinky potato, are you crazy? Jack was caught off guard, and was suddenly beaten, and he was also furious, and immediately fought back on the spot, scuffling with the little potato.
"Jack, you scoundrel, I won't fall for you again this time!" Little Potato was scuffling with Jack and shouted angrily, "I'm going to kill you scoundrel, I can't do it, and you don't want to do it." ”
The body of this little potato is obviously stronger than Jack, and he is naturally not afraid of fighting, but Jack is not very weak, this guy's speed is very fast, although his strength is not as big as that of the small potato, but he is flexible and fast, although he has suffered a small loss at the beginning, and now he is not falling behind.
"Little potato, you crazy man, you don't have to say big things to threaten Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not afraid of you." Jack didn't show weakness, jumping up and down, and shouted loudly: "I have signed a contract with this farmer, you have no chance, you can only cooperate with me." ”
Jack, this guy, while dealing with the little potato, still wants to fool the little potato.
"Working with you? You dream! Little Potato laughed angrily when he heard this, and said coldly: "Since you have signed the contract, then I have no choice, this time I will simply kill you bad thing, and come to a hundred." ”
After the little potato finished speaking, he suddenly reached behind his waist, and took out a shiny scythe, and waved it at Jack in front of him, scaring Jack back again and again, also because of his flexible body, otherwise if he was given a few blows by this sickle, with his small body, it is estimated that he would lose half his life if he didn't die.
Seeing the little potato come to the real thing, Jack was obviously startled, he had done something sorry for the little potato before, although he also knew that the little potato had a grudge, but he didn't expect the little potato to hate him to such an extent, so the original intention of fooling the little potato to cooperate with him also flew to the clouds.
"I said little potato brother, let's have something to say, you calm down, okay?" Jack said as he busied himself dodging.
"Ahh I'm going to kill you scoundrel! Yes! Yes! Yes! Little Potato seemed to be completely out of control, and became like a madman, screaming and swinging his scythe like crazy and slashing at Jack.
Seeing the appearance of the little potato, where did Jack dare to continue to entangle, he immediately turned around and ran, and the little potato chased after him with a sickle, which frightened Jack into running and shouting loudly:
"Help! Help, Farmer! ”
Although Jack's cry for help was very loud, but at this time, Loulan was devoting himself to reclaiming the wasteland, where did he have the leisure to pay attention to the things on his side, Jack shouted a few times, and saw that there was no figure, so he simply ran towards the side where Loulan was.
Seeing that Jack wanted to escape, Little Potato was willing to give up, and he chased after him, and soon, the two came to the wasteland where Loulan was.
Loulan was working with a hoe at this time, and it wasn't until Jack got close that he realized that this guy was calling for help, and when he turned his head to look, he saw the little potato chasing Jack with a sickle, and he was startled.
"Stop me, who are you? Put the scythe down for me. Loulan shouted, someone is making trouble on his farm, this is not good.
"Little potato, did you hear me? This is the farmer here, why don't you put down your scythe. Jack said as if grasping at a life-saving straw as he continued to run for his life.
Little Potato was already a little crazy at this time, and he didn't seem to hear Loulan and Jack's words, and continued to scream "Ahhh
Loulan saw the little potato like this, and hurriedly rushed up, now his physical fitness has changed a lot, his strength and speed have increased greatly, this movement, he felt that the little potato's movements have become a lot slower, so it didn't take any effort at all, he grabbed the little potato's arm holding the sickle, and at the same time grabbed the collar of the little potato with the other hand, and lifted his whole person into the air.
Although the little potato is in the air, he is kicking his hands and feet around, and he continues to scream "ahhhhhh
With a slight force in her left hand, Lou Lan snatched the sickle of the little potato, and immediately threw it away, then threw the little potato on the ground, picked up the bucket beside her, and poured a bucket of water on her head.
Losing the sickle and being doused with this bucket of cold water, the little potato came back to his senses a little, he first looked at Loulan who had subdued him, and then at Jack who was panting on the side, and then suddenly his eyes turned red and he cried.
"What's going on? Why do you want to kill people and cry instead? Little Potato's strange reaction made Loulan confused, so she had to ask Jack, "What the hell is going on?" ”
Seeing the little potato crying, Jack was also a little dumbfounded, and when he heard Loulan ask him, he said hesitantly: "This... It's just a little misunderstanding, you... You better ask him, I have something to do, so I'll go first. ”
"A small misunderstanding? A small misunderstanding that he will hold a scythe and want to cut you? Do you think I'm a fool? Loulan's face sank when she heard this, and she said sharply.
"This... Actually, it's nothing, it's just a previous business dispute. Jack replied in a flickering voice.
"Business? It's a scam, right, I said Jack, you can't have lied to him, right? Lou Lan narrowed her eyes when she heard this, and asked coldly.
"How is it a lie? That's what you want me to do! We signed a contract. Jack blurted out.
"Contract? It's a contract again! Loulan nodded when she heard this, and said, "You tell me clearly, what's going on?" ”
Jack hesitated for a moment, then looked at the little potato who was sitting on the ground crying, and finally said:
"This... Here's the thing, when the previous farmer took over the farm, I signed a contract with the farmer to contract all the work on the farm and receive 25% of the harvest as a payment. ”
“25%? You're talking to me about 30%! Loulan said angrily when she heard this: "You liar, I knew you had a problem!" ”
"This... Don't worry! I was a little bit higher at the time, but you didn't bargain, and you can't blame me for this. Hearing this, Jack hurriedly said.
"Humph! Well, everything we said before is null and void, and I can only give you 20%. Lou Lan said viciously.
"Whatever you want, wait a minute, I think this 20% is enough to choke!" Jack said smugly.
"You go on to say, since it's a matter between you and the previous farmer, why is this related to this little guy again? By the way, who is he? Loulan continued to ask.
"His name is Little Potato, and he's a farmer." Jack replied, "I subcontracted some of the work to him and his people, so it has something to do with him." ”
"Subcontracting? You're still subcontracting, you... You second-class dealer! As the new farmer, Loulan is of course disgusted by Jack's speculative behavior: "How much did you make from it?" ”
"Actually, not much... This one... Probably... Jack was a little reluctant to say anything.
"He only gave me 5%, and he won't settle until the end of each year!" The little potato, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly said:
"He's a liar, he doesn't know how to farm at all, but when the last farmer was here, he signed a contract before me, and then transferred the work to me, and this handover made 20% of the harvest for nothing, and exploited our whole people for a whole hundred and fifty years."