Chapter 16 The Crisis of the Whole Village

"That's not what you're talking about! If this rent price rises again, won't it cost us all our lives? "A lot of people are talking about it.

"The big guys are all pointing to this place to live!" Gradually, the crowd became noisy.

"Don't worry, everyone, it's not necessarily a matter of rent increase, right?" It was Li Daye who spoke, and the village chief also notified his family today, and if it was a rent increase, there was no need to notify his family, his family's land was his family's own.

"Yes, don't worry, everyone, won't you know what's going on when the village chief comes out?" The pillar came one step earlier than Aunt Zhao, and when he saw that everyone was sad, he comforted.

"Pillar, look at what you said in this cool air!" It was Yu's big mouth that made the noise.

"What I'm talking about is cool talk." When Zhuzi heard Yu's words, he was obviously stunned, he was kind.

"Oops! You are in the village, as if no one knows, your family is now following Yang Xiaotao, and life is good, of course you can't look down on these lands! Yu said with a poisonous tongue.

"How can you talk like that?" The pillar was already honest and didn't know how to speak, but when he was scolded by Yu Shi like this, he blushed angrily.

"Didn't I say that? Why is this Yang Xiaotao helping your family? Calling Brother Zhu Zi all day long, who knows what the relationship between the two of you is! "In fact, everyone knows that Yang Xiaotao recognized Aunt Zhao as her godmother and called Brother Zhuzi, which is also right, but as soon as Yu's words came out, it was easy for everyone to think of other places.

Yang Xiaotao came late, and there were many villagers crowded in front, but Yu didn't see her.

The villagers were originally simple Zhuang family, how could there be so many twists and turns, after listening to Yu's words, they all looked at the pillar curiously, the pillar was embarrassed by everyone, and could only stare at Yu angrily, but he couldn't speak, and his face was red in anger, and everyone thought that the pillar had acquiesced.

"I look at that, this Yang Xiaotao is a widow, and she doesn't know the inspection yet, I'm afraid it's a cover to recognize Aunt Zhao as a godmother!" Yu Shi looked at the pillar and didn't speak, and said even more.

"Really? I think you are bullying Brother Zhu is an honest man who can't speak. Yang Xiaotao saw this scene and said loudly.

Hearing the voice, the villagers noticed Yang Xiaotao behind them, and Yu was also obviously stunned!

"Yo! Yang Xiaotao, you still have a face, what I just said, the pillar didn't deny it! Yu shot back.

"You're talking nonsense!" The pillar himself was so angry that he couldn't speak, he was stupid, and he didn't know how to refute this Yu.

"I think Aunt Zhao is a godmother, everyone in the village knows it, as for why I help the Zhuzi family, do you want me to explain more?" Yang Xiaotao's gaze swept over the people present before she looked at Yu Shi mockingly.

When Yang Xiaotao had a hard time with her mother and mother in the past, she also helped Aunt Zhao's family, not that the villagers were bad-hearted, but everyone's family was not rich, so it was normal not to help, and Yang Xiaotao did not have a hard time with anyone because of this.

Everyone was embarrassed, and then they all looked at Yu, it was all the things that this mother-in-law picked out.

"Yu, leave some virtue for the Zhou family!" It was Yu's mother-in-law who spoke.

This was originally her old man and son, but her old man's sister was gone, and she took her son and grandson to the funeral, so she had to bring her daughter-in-law here.

This Yu is the successor, the daughter-in-law in front of her died of dystocia, and finally asked the Yu family back for her own son, for rural people, it was not easy to find a daughter-in-law, not to mention that she was married to be a stepmother, so their family had a bit of a posture to look at Yu's face.

"You old immortal, use you to teach me!" When Yu heard his mother-in-law reprimanding him, he immediately became unhappy.

"How can you talk to your mother-in-law like that?" Some people who don't like it say it.

"Phew! Do you need to take care of my family's affairs? Yu snorted hard at the speaker.

Yang Xiaotao saw this scene and only felt that this bad guy was a disaster for thousands of years, and this Zhou family married this Yu family, it must have been a lot of sins, from Yu's rich figure, and then looking at her mother-in-law, shriveled body, Yang Xiaotao has some sympathy for this Zhou family.

At this moment, the village chief finally came out, and everyone fell silent.

"Have you all arrived?" The village chief looked at the older villagers in front of him.

"Village chief, what's the matter, just hurry up, everyone is almost here!" Some people waited impatiently and anxiously.

"The village chief doesn't really want to raise the rent, does he?" There are also people who are worried about the rent increase, and they can't help but open their mouths.

"That's right, what's the matter with the village chief, just say it!"

There was a commotion in the crowd.

"Everyone, quiet! Be quiet! The village chief looked at the uneasy villagers in front of him and raised his voice.

Soon everyone shut up and quieted down, and the village chief still had to say what was going on.

"It's a matter of the field, but it's not a matter of raising the rent, don't worry!" As soon as the village chief said this, everyone instantly relaxed.

"Since the village chief is not about raising the rent, what is it?" Since it was not a rent increase, the tone of the questioner was obviously calm.

"Hey!" The village chief sighed and said, "Although it is not a rent increase, Wu Yuanwai's family is ready to sell the land and is ready to take back the land."

"What? Take the land back? Isn't this going for everyone's lives? The village chief's words made the villagers who were originally relieved instantly mention it again!

The crowd exploded in an instant, which worried them more than the rent increase.

"Be quiet!" The village chief had to raise his voice again, and waited for the crowd to be a little quieter before he said again, "The youngest son of Wu Yuanwai's family, he was on the list three months ago, and the position assigned by this party has already come down, so their family is going to move to another county seat together!" ”

The village chief swallowed his saliva and said, "Wu Yuanwai said that he didn't want any rent this year, he only took back all the land, then sold the land, and went to work with his son!" ”

"How's that going to work? If this land is sold, what will we do? Someone asked anxiously.

"Wu Yuanwai has a good heart, he also considered everyone's situation, and he said that if everyone wants to buy land, he can sell it to everyone cheaper." The village chief explained.

"But if we all bought the land, would we still need to rent it?" Someone else hung his head and said.

"So I called everyone over today to discuss this issue." After the village chief finished speaking, he glanced at Li Daye and Yang Xiaotao again.

Yang Xiaotao was stunned in her heart, this village chief wouldn't want her to buy land, although her family's life is already good in the village, buying these lands is actually a good idea, and now the purchase price is cheaper, she can rent it to everyone, but she just built a house, and she doesn't have much money left, so much land at once, I'm afraid that the silver in her hand is not enough.

"Great cause, your family's life in the village is good! Can you scrape together some money, buy some land, and if you can't grow it, you can rent it to the villagers in the village, right? The village chief opened his mouth and asked Li Daye first.

The villagers looked at Li Daye together, and a glimmer of hope ignited in their hearts.

"Village Chief! Not to mention that my family doesn't have so much silver, there is only one son left in my family, who is still a showman, who can't be lifted by his hands or shoulders, he is a scholar, buy so much land, and leave it to him in the future, he won't take care of it! Li Daye also understood what the village chief meant, but his family didn't have that much money, and he knew that there were hundreds of acres of land!

"Hey!" The village chief nodded helplessly, he couldn't come up with so much silver at home, so he called everyone to discuss together.

"What's that going on?" The villagers were also disappointed when they heard Li Daye's words.

The village chief didn't ask Yang Xiaotao again, after all, it is 500 acres of land, all of which are good land, if you are not in a hurry, 5,000 taels of silver is no problem.

Wu Yuanwai also said that if anyone in the village could buy it, he would sell it for 4,500 taels.

Four thousand five hundred taels, in the eyes of these people, they can't even think of it, if this Wu Yuanwai sells all the land to others, where do the people in their village want to rent land, they are all natives, where else can they find it! If you really want to make trouble, you have to move out of this village in the end.

"How many acres of land are there in the village?" Yang Xiaotao thought about it.

"Hey, five hundred acres, it's all good land!" The village chief replied.

"How many taels of silver!" Yang Xiaotao asked again.

"Originally, these lands could be sold for 5,000 taels, but Wu Yuanwai said that if someone in our village buys them, it will only cost 4,500 taels." As soon as the village chief spoke, everyone gasped.

Four thousand five hundred taels of silver, even if the whole village sells everything, I'm afraid they won't be able to make up a small half.

Yang Xiaotao was also taken aback, but she also thought of saving five hundred taels of silver directly, which was a big bargain, but four thousand five hundred taels of silver, Yang Xiaotao was a little discouraged, she thought of the small box where she put the silver, but there were still two hundred taels of silver, which was really a huge amount of money!

Before leaving, the village chief told everyone that Wu Yuanwai had given him a three-day time limit, and if no one in their village bought it after three days, he would come to collect the land.

Yang Xiaotao has been thinking about this all the way, five hundred acres of land, that is, rented out every year, and she is also lying down to collect cash! But with a huge sum of 4,500 taels, she is a little sluggish!

Aunt Zhao seemed to see Yang Xiaotao's thoughts, and not long after Yang Xiaotao arrived home, Aunt Zhao came over with a small wooden box.

Yang Xiaotao looked at Aunt Zhao curiously, Aunt Zhao smiled at her, lifted the corner of her clothes, took out a small key from her clothes, opened the lock of the small wooden box, and then opened the wooden box.

Yang Xiaotao was stunned, a box of broken silver, although not a lot, but how to look at it, there is also a two or three hundred taels of silver, Aunt Zhao has been saving this money for a long time, it was originally a quasi-Yang Xiaotao's house After the house was completed, she would find someone to repair her own house, and then build a new house and come out, fill in some things, and tell the pillar about the daughter-in-law.

"I saw your appearance just now, I thought about the five hundred acres of land, you take these first, if it's not enough, let's find a way!" Aunt Zhao looked at Yang Xiaotao with a dumbfounded look and said.

"Godmother, you're so good!" Yang Xiaotao leaned her little head on Aunt Zhao's arm and rubbed it.

"You, my mother-in-law said that you have a big heart, and now I understand!" Aunt Zhao looked at Yang Xiaotao, who was coquettish in front of her, and said with a smile.