Chapter 5: Driving people behind closed doors
Yu Qiuyu was disgusted by her tone, and without saying a word, she took out a dry firewood and threw it against the wall - the dry firewood was easy to break, and the strength she used was not small, only to hear a loud click, and the dry firewood was smashed alive!
"Y-What are you trying to do?" Li Jin took a step back with a smile, and couldn't help but think of Yu Qiuyu's merciless smash not long ago, and his eyes were a little flustered: "No matter how I say it, it's your elder, you little girl, how dare you talk like this?" β
"What's wrong with what I'm talking about?" Yu Qiuyu sneered, and pointed at Li Jin with an uneven fracture: "You take one step further, I have to use this thing to spoil your face!" β
"You!"
Li Jin was so angry that his chest kept rising and falling, and in the end he was still a little worried, stomped his feet fiercely, and fled with his things in his arms.
"Really, you have to say a few words about yin and yang to be comfortable." Yu Qiuyu rolled her eyes, and was about to go inside, but a few villagers came from afar, and when she saw her standing at the door with dry firewood, she came over with some courtesy: "Xiao Qiuyu, how is your brother's injury recovering?" β
Yu Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were a little suspicious.
Yesterday, the people from the government came and gave them one hundred and fifty taels of silver, which is a lot of silver, but if it is liquidated and the foreign debts are repaid, there will not be much left.
Maybe it was because Yu Qiuyu's suspicious gaze was too obvious, and the villagers also noticed something, and laughed twice: "Xiao Qiuyu, don't get me wrong, we are not here to rob your family's things, or I heard that your brother has a few acres of tax-free land under his name, but your family's land has been divided not long ago......"
Yu Qiuyu only then reacted, the ancient taxes were heavy, and one acre of land had to pay a lot of taxes, after Yu Yifan was rehabilitated, he did have a few more acres of tax-free land under his name, and his family's land was divided not long ago...... But the tax-free field must not let others take advantage of it!
"Since your land is gone, why don't you take us a little favor and let us put on a name, which is good for everyone." The villagers led by him smiled and said flatteringly.
Yu Qiuyu pretended to hesitate, and finally said: "Then you wait here, I'll ask my brother, he is seriously ill and hasn't recovered yet, and it's easy to get depressed when there are many people, so I'll just ask alone,"
Naturally, the villagers praised it one after another.
Yu Qiuyu ran into the yard with dry firewood, closed the courtyard door, and entered the kitchen, not ready to ask her brother's opinion at all.
Yu Yifan is a person, smart is smart, but his temperament is too soft, and he is easy to suffer, these villagers not only did not lend a helping hand when their family was down, but even a few took advantage of the fire to rob, obviously there was no debt dispute, but they still relied on the orphans and weak daughters of the Yu family, and they moved a lot of things from his house, and now they come to ask for help, Yu Yifan naturally will not leave any mercy-
In this way, his temperament is actually more soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and he shouldn't want it, but he will definitely not stumble on people in secret.
Yu Qiuyu didn't think so.
She didn't want to put the name of the tax-free field on the line, and she wanted to accept the gifts from the villagersβthey owed it in the first place!
It's just that this matter must not be discussed with Yu Yifan...... I can only cut it first and then play it.
Yu Qiuyu was busy in the kitchen for a while, estimating that the time was almost up, went to the yard and opened the door, and looked at the people outside: "My brother disagrees." β
Those villagers naturally knew what they had done, but no one was willing to let go of such a good thing, and no one spoke for a while, and finally Yu Qiuyu pretended to sigh and said, "But I look at him like that, it seems that there is still room for a few more persuasions...... Why don't you give me something, and I'll persuade you a few more words, and I'll tell you when I have a letter. β
The villagers were still a little hesitant, but Yu Qiuyu was crisp and crisp, and made a gesture to close the door: "If it doesn't work, then forget it." β
"Don't, don't!" The villagers stuffed things into her arms, and their flesh hurt very much: "Xiao Qiuyu, then it's troublesome for you, your brother is stubborn, you can persuade him a few more words." β
Yu Qiuyu smiled and took the things away and sent them away, but looked at the pile of snacks and fruits on the stove, and was a little worried.
Her brother, if she knew that she had received something from others, she would have to be angry, no, his temperament is really too easy to lose, and he must have a good fight with him in the future!
Yu Qiuyu made up her mind and decided to discuss this matter with Yu Yifan in a few days, but what she didn't expect was that this problem was miraculously solved-
A few days later, in the early morning, there was a dull sound of horses' hooves outside the small courtyard, Yu Qiuyu went to open the door, and it turned out to be someone from the official mansion outside: "Is Mr. Yu there?" β
"My brother is still recuperating inside, just tell me if you have anything."
Yu Qiuyu's words and deeds were generous, although her behavior was not very appropriate, but under her indifferent attitude, the people in the government did not feel that there was anything wrong, but continued: "The prefect heard that although Mr. Yu has a few acres of tax-free land under his name, the Yu family does not have much land.
Yu Qiuyu felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart!
I really brought a pillow when I was sleepy!
Where does food come from? Come from the land, although she has thousands of ways to make money, but in this underdeveloped countryside, the most important thing is naturally the land!
She gave the messenger a few taels of silver as a reward, and rushed into Yu Yifan's bedside with an excited face. He only wore a white middle coat, his body looked a little thin, and he was holding a book in his hand.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Qiuyu briefly said the matter, and hugged his arm a little uncomfortably: "Brother, I know, according to your character, you are not very willing to accept their things, but repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?" It's all they owe us, just take this thing, or cheapen them......"
Yu Yifan sighed, reached out and touched her head, and said softly: "That's it, when I get better, let's go and see the tax-free fields that have been divided." β
"Speaking of which, I have an idea." Yu Qiuyu said seriously: "Brother, you are not in good health, and I am too young, why don't you invite some people to plant the tax-free fields?" β
"Qiu Yu, have you counted?" Yu Yifan sighed and said: "The government gave us a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver, if we want to exchange foreign debts, there will probably be less than twenty taels left, although I am in high school, but it will take a while to be appointed to the official position, we have to leave something to live, right?" β
"This is also ......" Yu Qiuyu touched his chin, a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he proposed: "I still have an idea!" β
"You say."
"Let people come and farm for us, and the grain we get ......" Yu Qiuyu squinted his eyes and calculated: "Seven or three points." β
"This ......"