Tong's mother smiled slightly and said to her, "...... This is the eldest lady of the Gu family. ”

The peasant woman was startled and nervous. She had a bamboo basket on her arm, and in it was fresh maize.

She stepped forward a few steps forward and kowtowed to Gu Jinchao, and whispered: "I am a peasant woman from Lingbi Township, and I rent the land of the owner...... she thought for a while, and said again, "Zhao Zhuangtou does not receive fifty percent of the rent, but seventy percent of the rent." The proprietor should be considerate of us...... "The peasant woman said with tears in her eyes, "There is a lot of rain this year, and the harvest of the sticks is not good. My family has four daughters, all of them are so hungry that I have to sell one to be a child daughter-in-law, begging the owner not to raise the rent anymore......"

After listening to the peasant woman's words, Tong's mother changed her face, and whispered to Jin Chao: "Zhao Zhuangtou is really excessive, fifty percent of the rent is too much, and he even collects seventy percent, he simply doesn't want these people to live!" ”

The peasant woman continued: "I was originally from Liu Shuigouzi, and I heard that the owner of the Gu family was kind to people, so I came here with the owner. In the past few years, I can't save anything, and I went in with silver for nothing...... There are many people who come to Lingbi's family, and now they all regret it, if the owner raises the rent again, it will really not be able to live. ”

Tong's mother asked her again: "How many villages are nearby?" Is it the realm of the Luo family? ”

The peasant woman nodded, "We can't leave, the nearby is all the Luo family's land, and they are all rented ......."

After hearing the words of this peasant woman, Jin Chao was already very angry in his heart, walked back with a calm face, got into the carriage and told his mother-in-law to go back to the grange. Tong's mother told her on the way: "The Luo family was originally an imperial businessman, but then he didn't become a businessman, and he still has money in his hand." Treating people is the most harsh, Mrs. dislikes the style of the Luo family very much, and instructed the following stewards that the rent of the grange cannot exceed fifty percent, and Zhao Zhuang receives seventy percent, and he must have swallowed two percent. ”

It was the Luo family that Xu Jingyi married later.

Jin Chao couldn't help but be glad that he came once, seeing that they saw their dodging appearance, I am afraid that before they came, Zhao Zhuangtou had coerced and lured them to say hello, and they were not allowed to say this to themselves. It's just the younger brother of his mother's nurse, and he can be so majestic. also used his mother's reputation to recruit these people, and when he came, he treated the people below like this, which is too much.

After she returned to the Grange, the sun gradually became hot again, and Zhao Zhuangtou asked someone to send sour plum soup. Jin Chao didn't say anything, after lunch, Zhao Zhuangtou went out with something, she found two mothers-in-law in the grange to question, they were all secretive, and there were problems when they heard it.

Jin Chao knew that they were embarrassed and let them go first. She was alone and thought about things to the ginkgo tree outside the window.

Mother has always been indecisive in doing things, but she doesn't want to keep this Zhao Zhuangtou, how can she do good things if she treats others harshly like this!

She was thinking about it when Zev walked in and said, "...... There was a farmer outside who said he wanted to see the housekeeper from the Gu family. ”

Jin Chao thought for a while and said, "Please invite him in, Mother Tong will come and talk to him." "She is not in the way of men and women, and it is not good to face him.

She sat at the back of the main hall and watched, the man wearing a yellow kudzu shirt with a belt around his waist. The straw sandals on his feet were not clean, so he refused to enter the main hall, and Tong's mother could only go out to talk to him. The man smiled wryly, took out a handful of copper and returned it to Tong's mother: "...... The younger one is Qin Er, and the mother-in-law is not sensible, how can she take the money of the owner. The owner should ask us something, I have already told her! ”

Tong's mother smiled slightly and said, "But it's not for nothing, we bought her basket of maize." ”

The man was even more embarrassed, waved his hand and said, "...... A stick is only worth a few dollars, and you give two coppers a lot! What's more, if you give it to the owner, you can take it if you want it, and you can't say how much money you pay! ”

Jin Chao watched inside, but felt that this person was rare to be honest and loyal. The family is poor like that, and they are still so simple. She thought about it, beckoned Caifu over, and asked her to tell Tong's mother.

After listening to the order, Tong's mother asked the man: "You collect the money, I naturally have something to ask you." The fruit trees planted at the head of Zhaozhuang are on the hillside, and when we go out to see it today, the fields on the flat land have not been flooded, how can the fruit trees on the hillside be rotten roots...... What's going on? ”

The man hesitated for a long time after hearing this, looked at the people around him who were not Zhao Zhuangtou, and whispered quickly: "Secretly tell the owner, those fruit seedlings are alive and well, but they have already been poached!" I heard that Zhao Zhuangtou transported the seedlings to the Zhuangzi of the Luo family next to him overnight, saying that they were sold! ”

After he finished speaking, he seemed very uneasy, and hurriedly took his leave, and carried a pair of baskets next to him to leave. Tong's mother asked someone to help him get a bag of thick meat pies, Qin Er put it off for a long time, and finally took it with a red face.

Tong's mother came back and said to Jin Chao. Jin Chao smiled when he heard this: "I'm afraid there are a lot of such people under my mother's hands, relying on my ignorance and wanting to fool me......" She came to the Grange, and Zhao Zhuang was riveting and wanted to make a fortune, and she didn't have the slightest fear, just as she was an eldest lady who didn't know anything about the world.

She thought for a while and said to Tong's mother: "Call the nursing home sent by my grandmother in, we always have to make an example." ”

Tong's mother smiled and went to call someone.

Cheng Shi went out for an hour, and he looked around to get a sense of the situation. He has also seen a lot with Ji Yao, how to inquire about what to see, he is much faster than Gu Jinchao and his party. When he came back to talk to Ji Yao, he was reading Dong Sibai's "Rongtai Anthology", and when he heard Cheng Shi coming back, he didn't raise his eyelids.

Cheng Shi told him about the situation of the Grange in Lingbi, "...... The slave said that Zhao Zhuangtou was so strange, it turned out that he had already colluded with the Luo family! The head of the Zhuang on the Luo family's side has told him, and when he gets the things of Lingbi, the grange, he will also recommend him to the Luo family, at least the salary is twice as high as that of his Gu family. Zhao Zhuangtou was very tempted, and the fruit seedlings of more than ten acres were almost sent to the Luo family for no money. ”

Guillaut just said, "...... Got it. ”

Cheng Shi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, he listened to many things about this Zhao Zhuangtou, and he really sighed that there are such ungrateful white-eyed wolves in the world! The Gu family was so good to him, he even ruined the reputation of the Gu family, and now he still wants to go to the Luo family to do things! The eldest lady of the Gu family doesn't understand farming at first glance, how can she know these things! It's not that the villain Zhao Zhuangtou has the upper hand!

Thinking about it, he was uncomfortable, but the second young master didn't want to help at all!

Cheng Shi walked around the room for a while, only to feel a sigh of relief in his heart. Now that Gu Jinchao has come to the Grange, Mrs. Tai is distressed, and she also asked the mother-in-law to follow. A few days ago, he followed Ji Yao to the grange, it was just the two of them, the head of the village knew that they didn't understand anything, they had suffered a lot of secret losses, and in the end, the second young master finally governed the group of people well, and everyone lost a lot of weight.

…… Why didn't he feel sorry for Miss Cousin!

Ji Yao looked at him like that, smiled and said, "I also understand, but it's not good to help or not." If you want to help, tell Miss Cousin yourself, don't bother me. "It's wrong to help or not to help, then he has to do what is in his own interest.

After Ji Yao finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to read, Cheng Shi thought for a long time. It's really not good for him to act like this, but not only is Zhao Zhuangtou proud if he doesn't help, but I'm afraid that Mrs. Tai won't spare the second young master when he goes back...... He gritted his teeth in the end and went to Gu Jinchao's side.

……

Zhao Zhuangtou came back from the Grange on the Luo family's side and discussed with them about the persimmon forest in the west. He wanted to sell it to the Luo family for ten yuan, and the persimmon forest was still full of persimmons, which was equivalent to giving it away for nothing. Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuangtou snorted lightly again, looking at the appearance of the eldest lady Gu, I'm afraid he won't be able to get any silver. It is still appropriate to take refuge in the Luo family, no matter what the Luo family says, it turns out that they are also imperial merchants.

Who knew that not long after entering the door, before he had time to drink a sip of water, the personal girl next to the eldest lady came to invite him.

…… I guess I want to ask something. Zhao Zhuangtou straightened his clothes and followed.

Gu Jinchao was making tea, passing a stream of water, pouring a purple sand teapot, the second time was clear tea, and she made a cup for Zhao Zhuangtou.

Zhao Zhuangtou didn't even sit down, let alone drink the tea made by Jin Chao himself, and said honestly: "The eldest lady tortures the slave, how can this be done!" ”

Jin Chao smiled and said: "You have worked hard for the Gu family for so many years, but it's just a cup of tea, what's the matter." ”

Zhao Zhuangtou took the teacup at this time.

Jin Chao said slowly: "I went out for a walk today, there is too much rain this year, and the harvest of maize is probably not as good as in previous years." In previous years, when it was bad, it was too bad to collect two hundred quintals. This year, let's harvest 70% of the rent, and then plant a batch of saplings for the extra grain, and then plant jujube trees. ”

Zhao Zhuangtou was shocked when he heard this, this eldest lady looked thin and white, and she was very soft. I can't imagine that she is still ruthless, but she wants to collect seventy percent of the rent, how can she get a commission in it, if he raises another twenty percent and increases the rent to the ninth floor, then the people who rent the land in Lingbi will definitely run out.

Cheng Shi came from Ji Yao, and just happened to hear that there was no handle everywhere in this farm, so he stood outside the window and listened. It's also staggering to hear this...... also said that Zhao Zhuang's head was black, and their cousin was not much better!

Jin Chao looked up and saw that Zhao Zhuangtou didn't speak, so he smiled and said: "I was thinking like this, I just saw a peasant woman, so I mentioned to her, how about adding two percent of the rent." Zhao Zhuangtou guessed, what did the peasant woman say to me? ”RS

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