Huang Shunde supported his mother and took the whole family to the threshing floor, but the old father did not want to be a thief and chose to stay at home alone to watch the door.

Parents, brother, sister-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, himself and his wife, plus a nephew over 12 years old, there are just nine people in the family. If another child grows to be 12 years old, it will meet Zhao Han's standard for forced separation.

This is also where Huang Shunde is dissatisfied, forcing others to divide the family and property, which is not in line with Confucian concepts and moral customs.

Alas, the situation is stronger than people, and if you don't follow the thief, you will be finished.

Even if Zhao Han doesn't do it, those tenants in the past are estimated to be able to bully them to death!

There were already many villagers sitting in the threshing floor, all of whom were ordered to watch the play. Village, village, slowly passed, each time the audience was hundreds of people, no matter how much they were, they couldn't hear what the actors said.

Huang Shunde's family came to the threshing floor and did not receive any good faces.

In the past, these cheap tenants had already rushed over and shouted "Huang Xianggong", nodding and saying hello to him.

Huang Shunde would rather pay more taxes to the government as before, at least to live a decent life.

His eldest brother, Huang Shungong, thinks it's better now.

Homesteaders, although they do not receive a share of the land, are also the beneficiaries. Pay less land endowment, no fire consumption, no miscellaneous stalls, no Ding service money, and you can keep a few more stones of grain at home!

If it weren't for his father and younger brother to stop him, Huang Shungong would have taken refuge in Zhao Han a long time ago, and he worked the most hard in farming for the whole family.

The complexity of reality is here, the same family, a mother and brothers, the elder brother is willing to support Zhao Han, but the younger brother hates Zhao Han from the bottom of his heart.

In the middle of the threshing floor, there is a makeshift stage, around which the whole village sits.

Huang Shunde's family came a little late, so they could only sit in the back. He actually didn't have the heart to watch the play, but because the village chief said that what was the benefit, he brought the whole family.

Wait a little longer, and the more people gather, the more and more people gather.

Finally, Chen Maosheng stepped onto the stage and said, "Fathers and fellow villagers, I am Chen Maosheng, the deputy mayor of the town, is this year's harvest good?" ”

"Good!"

Men, women, and children shouted one after another, with happy smiles on their faces, and they had never been so happy now.

Chen Maosheng said again: "Mr. Zhao, Mayor Zhao, I still think you are too bitter. Spread it evenly, there are less than two acres of land per person, and this family has one more acre! What does that mean? For example, if there are five people in your family and less than ten acres of land, then Mr. Zhao will give you another acre! ”

"Good!"

"Bodhisattva bless Mr. Zhao!"

"Master Zhao is a good person!"

"Master Zhao has a long life!"

“……”

In the midst of the jubilation, many peasants knelt down directly, although Zhao Han was not present at the moment.

With the agricultural production efficiency of the Ming Dynasty, the best fields in the south could feed one person with one acre of land. Further down the level, two or three acres, three or four acres of land can support one person. The drylands in the north are much weaker, yielding half or less than those in the south.

The above data has a premise: the government collects land taxes normally, does not arbitrarily apportion, does not levy fire consumption indiscriminately, and does not indiscriminately apportionment of military labor.

Counting those barren mountainous areas, the total area of cultivated land in Wuxing Town is about 20,000 mu, and the average per capita land is less than five acres (not counting children under the age of 12).

Moreover, Zhao Han himself also occupies 10,000 mu, resulting in less than 2.5 mu of cultivated land per capita.

Chen Maosheng waited for everyone to be quiet, and continued: "Someone is about to say that the one who has the least land is not the landlord who fought at the beginning. Why is it that this time, those who contribute can't catch it, and those who don't contribute have an acre. ”

Many peasants nodded secretly, they thought so, but the villagers were not easy to say.

Chen Maosheng said with a smile: "This time, the farmers who have an extra acre of land, you have to make a good contribution." We have more than 500 soldiers, and our shoes are worn fast during drills, and now there are straw poles everywhere, so you have to make straw shoes for our soldiers! During the exercise, one person from each of you will come out and take turns to wash and sew the soldiers! In addition, Mr. Zhao plans to open a nursing home to help the orphans, widows and disabled people in the village, and you have to take turns to carry water, firewood, and sweep the floor for the orphanage. Is that good? ”

"Good!"

In exchange for an acre of land, it must be worth doing these things.

The farmers who were not able to allocate additional land were also a little more balanced.

Chen Maosheng also announced: "Mr. Zhao also said that he has just arrived this year and is really friends with everyone. He thought that everyone worked very hard, and the rent of all the tenant land was reduced by half again! If you have already paid the rent, you can go and take the rent home tomorrow. ”

The audience was a sensation and danced.

Because much of the land allocated to the villagers was not enough for the family to eat, they had to work on Zhao Han's fields. It was lowered by one and a half percent before, and now it is reduced by half percent again, which is equivalent to only eighty percent of last year's land rent.

"Treacherous!" Huang Shunde muttered.

Huang Shungong asked his younger brother, "What did you say?" ”

"Nothing." Huang Shunde immediately shut up.

It does not directly reduce the rent by two percent, but reduces it by one and a half percent after spring ploughing, and then halves it after paying the rent, which is nothing more than continuing to show favor to all farmers.

Among them, there is also a letter.

The rent that has been collected is like meat in the mouth, so it can be refunded to the tenants, and Zhao Han's personal credit is simply bursting!

Huang Shunde thought to himself: Such a treacherous person is used to bewitching the people, and he is afraid that he will cause a big mess. Why hasn't the government come to clean it up? They are all faint officials and mediocre officials! If you don't come to suppress the thief again, in a few days, I will be a real thief.

Then I thought: If it makes a bigger fuss, and then I will be recruited, can I mix up an official and a half-job?

Whatever, let's make a big fuss first!

Huang Shunde's mind was full of thoughts, and the drama began to be performed on the stage.

In order to make the people at the bottom more immersive, Zhao Han's adaptation of "The White-Haired Girl" does not have any literary lyrics. During the rehearsal, the illiterate actors were also asked to revise the lines and dialogues into the local dialect.

The story is set in Huangjia Town-

Yang Bailao lost his wife at an early age, and only had one daughter. Often taken care of by neighbor Yang Dachun's mother and son, the two families live in harmony, young boys and girls fall in love, and agree to get married after the autumn harvest next year.

The bully landlord Huang Shiren intended to occupy Xi'er, and forced Yang Bailao to repay his debts within the year with heavy rents and high profits. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Yang Bailao was unable to repay his debts, was forced to sell his daughter, and committed suicide in pain. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xi'er was robbed to Huang's house and was humiliated and tortured. Then, Yang Dachun's mother and son were expelled.

The male protagonist Yang Dachun, when his mother was expelled, died of illness and sleeping in the open air. He was rescued by a Mr. Zhao, who heard about Huang Shiren's bad deeds and agreed to help him rescue Xi'er.

Xi'er was pregnant and was let go by the kind-hearted maid of the Huang family, and gave birth to a baby and died on the way. Hiding in the mountains, a green silk turned into white hair, and because of stealing the tribute in the temple, she was regarded as a white-haired fairy by the villagers.

Mr. Zhao came back with Yang Dachun, suppressed Huang Shiren, and divided the land to the people of Huangjia Town. Hearing the rumors of the white-haired fairy girl, Yang Dachun went into the mountains to look for many days, and a lover finally became a family.

On the stage.

Xiaocui plays Xi'er, Chen Maosheng plays Yang Dachun, Fei Chun plays Huang Shiren in disguise, and Fei Ruhe plays the house slave who doesn't speak throughout the whole process. The rest of the actors are all civil servants in the town office, as well as the maids and daughters-in-law in Zhao Han's mansion.

The villagers were very surprised to see the drama for the first time.

I don't say anything about the few lyrics, the dialogue is still in the local dialect, and the dress is also very ordinary, not a costume on a serious stage.

In addition, the story takes place in Huangjia Town, and Huang Shiren is also Master Huang, and the sense of substitution is simply full.

Huang Shunde's wife can watch it vigorously, but he himself is full of disdain, thinking that this kind of drama is not on the stage, and the lines and singing lyrics are vulgar.

Gradually, Huang Shunde became frightened, because the surrounding villagers were restless.

On the night of Yang Bailao's Chinese New Year's Eve, he was forced by Old Master Huang to sell his daughter, and he couldn't figure out and committed suicide directly. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xi'er was snatched away again, and she was beaten and insulted.

On the stage, several door panels are erected, which can be regarded as Master Huang's bedroom.

Because of her resistance, Xi'er was first beaten outside the house, and then dragged inside and raped.

The villagers couldn't see the situation behind the door panel, and only heard Xi'er crying bitterly. Close to the stage, you can even hear the sound of clothes tearing.

"Kill the yellow pickpocket!"

Finally, some villagers couldn't hold back, and other villagers also roared.

Then he rushed up and several people, and Fei Chun, who played Huang Shiren, grabbed a burst of punches and kicks to rescue poor Xi'er.

"Good!"

Seeing Xi'er rescued, countless villagers cheered.

Chen Maosheng hurriedly led people to stop it, and kept explaining that this was acting, so that the villagers should not take it seriously.

The unlucky Fei Chun was beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he had to continue to stay on stage to act.

The next plot is also extremely depressing.

Yang Dachun was expelled, and his mother died tragically halfway. Xi'er escaped, but the child died, and her white hair was like a madman, and she was like a wild ghost wandering in the mountains.

Finally, Mr. Zhao came back with Yang Dachun!

Mr. Zhao outwitted Master Huang and led the tenants to rebel. The hero and heroine reunited, and under the auspices of Mr. Zhao, they became husband and wife.

The long-term repression was released, and the villagers stood up and cheered, and the cheers came one after another.

Although he did not perform in Shanghuang Village today, Huang Mi was still invited to watch the play.

He didn't finish reading it at all, so he quietly hid by the threshing floor, covering his mouth and crying silently. Although his experience is only slightly similar to "The White-Haired Girl", he feels that he is playing himself, and his childhood sweetheart also died tragically in the Huang family.

I don't know when, the newlywed wife came behind him and cried with Huang Mi without saying a word.

On the stage, the performance of "The White-Haired Girl" has ended, and the next link is the grievance conference.

Jiang Dashan was the first to come to the stage: "I am a foreigner, and I am more bitter than many of you, Huang Lao...... Huang Zundao specializes in bullying people with foreign surnames. My ancestors also had land, and they were all occupied by Huang Zundao's ancestors. People with foreign surnames pay the heaviest rent, the benefits are not visible, and all the bad things are stained. Carrying grain is a chore, bring your own food, and take the grain to the county seat. Corrupt officials always find fault and deliberately spill out the grain, saying that the grain I put on is not full, and the shortage has to be made up by our own grain. ”

"The Huang family's ancestral hall, ancestral house, and canal, if they need to be repaired, I will have a share every time. No wages, no rations, and if you don't do a good job, you will be beaten. More than 10 years ago, when there was a great drought, Huang Zundao sent domestic slaves to demand rent and snatched away my family's grain, and my father, my brother and sister-in-law were all starved to death......"

As he spoke, Jiang Dashan began to cry, unable to continue to speak at all.

Chen Maosheng asked him to step down and asked: "Who else wants to complain, come up and open up and say, we are all hard-working people, don't hold back in your heart and feel uncomfortable." ”

"I'll tell you!"

This time it wasn't childcare, an old farmer rushed to the stage and began to tell his miserable story.

Huang Shunde was shocked when he heard this, and at the same time became silent. He studied hard since he was a child, and then his family grew in population and his life gradually became poor. And he himself had no hope of taking the imperial examination, and began to learn to farm in his twenties, and did not care much about the lives of the villagers.

Until this moment, Huang Shunde did not know that his cousin had done so many bad things.

Should such a big landlord be killed to divide the land?

Huang Shunde's thinking became confused, he was a scholar, and he didn't suffer much, and he still retained a trace of the pursuit of a scholar in his heart.

"Mother, uncle really did so many bad things?" Huang Shunde asked in a low voice.

Huang Mu sighed: "Alas, everyone is dead, don't ask more." ”

That's true.

Huang Shunde didn't know what to say, so he stood there stunned, listening to the villagers come to the stage one by one to complain.

(Thank you for the past smoke, shake up, and two finger patterns don't know how to describe the ID of the friend of the alliance leader.) Thank you also for your tips! ）