Chapter 33: Changes in Southern Hunan (5)
Early the next morning, a carriage from Yufu drove out of the side door, and Qing Rang looked at the sky outside the car window that was not yet completely bright, and he would not know whether it would be sunny or cloudy until the sun came out.
"Miss, you didn't sleep all night last night, why did you work hard for this Yu family, and people didn't appreciate it."
"Jin Niang, I'm not for the Yu family, I'm for myself." Yesterday, she took advantage of everyone's lives in the lobby, the origin of the second aunt, the Yichan of the eldest lady, and the eldest young master of the eighteenth aunt, but why didn't she also be choked by the door of her life, Yu Zichen subdued her with the word freedom, everything she did was not for the Yu family or for Nanxiang, but for the freedom he promised to give.
"But miss, you have some burns on your body, don't you worry?"
"I wasn't so expensive when I was in Linsu, and after today, it will be much easier in the future, so I just have a good rest."
"Where is this going?"
"In the western suburbs outside the city, there are the most scattered farmers in farmland, and if that land is recovered, it will be easier for the next ones."
At this time, wooden fences had already been erected in the western suburbs, and some farmers themselves began to pick up hoes to protect the land, and not a single one took a nap even in the early morning.
Qingrang's carriage was stopped outside Lanxi Village in the western suburbs, and the casual guards explained their intentions, and the peasants guarding the guard were unwilling to get out of the way with their hoes and deaths, so Qingrang opened the car curtain, "If you want your wife and children to live well, go find someone who can speak, I can't rob you alone." ”
The village chief of Lanxi Village is an old man who is over the age of old, and he got out of the car to salute, and the old man only said that if he came to collect the land, he would go back, and the men of Lanxi did not beat women.
The sun had risen, it was a sunny day, Qing Rang bypassed the old man and walked straight into the village, the man who guarded him forgot to obstruct him, and Jin Niang followed closely behind, afraid that someone would accidentally hurt her young lady.
Qingrang walked in the field, looked around, and the people in the village heard the news and rushed over, and more and more people circled Qingrang.
A child picked up the dirt on the ground and threw it at Qingrang, Qingrang left a piece of mud on his skirt, the child's mother pulled the child back in her arms, but without a trace of apology, Qingrang took out the handkerchief in his sleeve and walked to the child, and took the child's hand, "My skirt is dirty and clean, but if the child's hands are dirty, I am afraid it will be difficult to wash it clean." ”
The child's mother blushed slightly, and Qing Rang took a deep breath, "If even a child hates me, then you really hate me, but I don't blame you, I only pity you, you look at what a good field, but now, have you taken care of it with your heart, can any of you guarantee that there will be a good harvest in the coming year?" ”
"We used to be busy mining, and it is normal for us to be negligent, so we will take care of it seriously from now on!" Someone in the crowd said.
"What would you think if I went to the mines now?"
"The young aunt thinks that mining is to pick up stones, how can it be so easy!" The ridicule continued.
"I'll give it to you the same way, as you are now, you think you grow crops to raise weeds!"
Everyone was silent, they knew that their ancestors had made a living from mining, and only the weak who had no strength to mine would farm at home, because they did not pay attention to the fields in Nanxiang had always been not valued, and now there were few people in a village who were good at farming.
"We can't farm, but even if we can't harvest a bumper harvest, it will be enough for the family's rations, if the Yu family doesn't give us land rent, then what should we do?"
"Rations? Have you forgotten that in the past, the Yu family was exempt from half of the rent for each strong man who mined, and you could pay all the rent with your hands? After receiving your land, our Yu family will hire you to farm the land as we used to hire you to mine, and you can receive wages as before. ”
Everyone began to whisper, "It won't be to trick us into handing over the land first, who knows if you will pay the wages in the future, the iron mine is gone, and your Yu family is no longer safe." ”
"Your mind is spinning pretty fast, what's your name?"
The young man was originally standing behind everyone, and the family was afraid that the young aunt would protect him and prevent him from coming forward, but he opened the crowd and walked to the front, with the momentum of a good man doing things, "My name is Tietou." ”
"I remember your name, my name is Duanmu Qingrang, you also know my name now, if the people of Nanxiang do not receive wages for the Yu family in the future, you will go to the Yu Mansion to find me, and I will give you an explanation."
"You are a woman's family, and you are still a young aunt, if the young marshal takes a wife in the future, even if you are willing to pay the salary, I am afraid that you will not have the right to speak!" Tietou admires the young aunt in his heart, after all, it takes courage to come here alone, if what she says is true, it is good for them, but she is a young aunt after all.
"There are a lot of wagons from outside the village, a lot of grain, and a lot of boxes!" Someone shouted as they ran.
Everyone looked at Qing Rang, but Qing Rang also twisted his eyebrows and didn't know why.