Chapter 14 The Slave Bully
It wasn't until Zuo Zhan had finished asking all the questions he wanted to ask that Dong Li had time to ask him a small question or two, and only then did he know that they had really found something in that Jinyuan.
Speaking of those things, Zuo Zhan's face was a little red suspiciously, and he unnaturally revealed: "It's all something that is hard to say, you are a girl, don't inquire." ”
Could it be that there is no secret that cannot be told? Dong Li's curiosity was suddenly hung by Lao Gao, who wanted to get some inside information, but Zuo Zhan had a pair of beautiful ears and refused to tell her anything, but asked her to appreciate the shy charm of a beautiful man.
Ink ran over with a lot of ears of wheat and chased a fifty-year-old farmer behind him, don't look at Ink is a girl, running so fast, the old man behind was stunned that he couldn't catch up with her, tired and panting.
"What's going on?" Zuo Zhan frowned, and took a few steps forward to help the old man who almost fell: "Old man, what's going on?" ”
As a result, the old man grabbed him by the clothes: "You are in the same group as her, aren't you?" Pay me for my wheat! I was too excited for a while, but I didn't see that Zuo Zhan was wearing an official robe.
Dong Li's helpless eyes looked at the panting ink on the side, what is it to get some ears of wheat in your own field, wouldn't it be good if you made it clear to others, what kind of strength are you running? Look at the old man who is tired!
Ink stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, she was used to it, when she was young, she ran to the field to steal other people's wheat and was discovered, isn't it crazy? I couldn't turn the corner for a while, and suddenly I heard the scolding and subconsciously ran away with my skirt in my pocket.
Zuo Zhan looked at the old man with cracked hands on the backs of his hands, but he couldn't help but have a sour nose: "Don't worry, old man, we will definitely compensate for the harm to your wheat." ”
Dong Li was embarrassed to get up, and walked over a few steps: "This old man is also a tenant of Zhuangzi, right?" Ink, come over and apologize to the old man, make things clear, and look at the good things you see as a dead girl! ”
The old man had already seen clearly at this time that these people in front of him were all wearing luxurious clothes, and the gold and silver on the heads of the female dolls were even more flashing, even if they were dull, they understood that this was a person from a rich family, and they couldn't help but be a little worried, these rich people wanted to deal with him A poor man is easier than stepping on an ant, and suddenly let go of his hand in panic: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the little old man didn't mean it, but he was angry when he saw the wheat being trampled on......"
"Old man, it has nothing to do with you." Dongli is extremely respectful of these old people, and when he sees them, he can't help but think of his parents in his previous life, who are also geographically planed, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, providing for the life of the family, for the children to go to school and grow up, the body is thin and thin, and the dark face is full of traces left by wind and frost.
Ink has been very respectful at this time: "Old man, it's me who is wrong, I can't compensate you." This land is rented by the tenants of the Mo family, we are from the Mo family, thinking about picking some ears of wheat and burning it to eat, then I want to be scolded by you, I ran away in a panic! ”
"So it's the owner?" The old man was even more surprised, and he quickly wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but was stopped by Zuo Zhan: "What are you doing?" Get up! It's our fault. ”
We? Dong Liang was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Zuo Zhan, when did she become a family with this guy?
Dan Zhu was so angry that he pointed to the nose of the ink and said: "You said that you are a dead eye, there are so many wheat here, why do you have to pick it in one place?" Have a grudge against the old man, you? ”
Shui Mo stared at his toes embarrassedly, and a pair of small feet moved around on the ground: "That's not it, just count the wheat there grows well!" Of course I picked it from there. ”
When the old man heard this, he actually laughed, and looked quite proud: "No wonder this girl, if you want to talk about this kind of land, no one in ten miles and eight towns can compare to me!" Thanks to the benevolence of the proprietor and the small amount of rent, I took care of the crops and land, and the year's ration was gone. ”
Dong Liang smiled slightly, Bai faced them with a precious thing, the ink went to other people's fields to pick such a lot, no wonder people were chasing after them: "Old man, don't worry, these wheat, just think we bought it, we can't make you bear the loss in vain." ”
Danzhu immediately took out the money and handed it to the old man, and the old man quickly shook his head and retreated: "That's not good, the rent collected by the owner is lower than that of others, we are already envious of many people, and there are people who want to find a relationship every year, and these wheat seeds should be a little bit of a heart." ”
No matter what several people said, the old man refused to take the money.
In the end, Dong Li looked at the full ears of wheat in the ink, and suddenly had a thought: "Is the old man very good at farming?" This wheat grows well! Much better than anyone else's home. ”
The old man's face suddenly lit up: "This serving place is like serving a child, you have to be careful, it's not that I said, many people have planted for a lifetime, but they don't know how to farm at all." ”
Dong Li picked up an ear of wheat and looked at it, peeling out a few chubby grains of wheat: "It's really good, old man, can I discuss something with you?" ”
The old man was immediately flattered: "If you have something to say, just give it a direct order!" ”
Zuo Zhan looked at her curiously, what is there to discuss between a young lady and an old farmer?
"That's right, my brother is going to study farming, but he doesn't know anything about it, and the old man is very experienced, if he wants, will he give him a special hand? If you are willing, the Mo family will give you monthly silver according to the rules of the family. "I'm glad to have found such a veteran, it's a rarity.
"Give the money back?" Where is the old man unwilling, nodding again and again: "I am naturally willing, when will it start?" In a few days, we will open the sickle and harvest the wheat, and we will start after harvesting the wheat? ”
Studying farming? Zuo Zhan raised his eyebrows in interest, is this true? Mo Youran looks like a son-in-law, can he really swoop down and soak in the farmland?
"Don't be in such a hurry." Dong Liang smiled, and he was in a good mood: "When the wheat is harvested and the land is leveled, he will naturally come to you." As for these ears of wheat," Dong Li looked at the ears of wheat picked by ink, and shook his head with a wry smile: "In this way, I will be in charge of this year's rent, and I will reduce it by one percent for your family." "With a small calculation in her heart, she will not lose money in exchange for an experienced land worker!
"Ichisei?" The old man was really surprised, "The Mo family collects fifty percent of the rent, which is already very low, and if it is reduced by one percent, wouldn't it be forty?" Most of the food is homemade? ”
Zuo Zhan's eyes softened, what Dong Liang said might be just a pretext, but the rent reduction really reduced the burden for the old man, but when his eyes touched Dong Li's face, he couldn't help but be stunned.
How did she look bad and in a very unhappy mood.
The rent of the Mo family is obviously forty percent, and the area south of the Yangtze River is fifty percent good, but it is rich over there, and fifty percent of the rent is not too much, but it is different here.
Xu obviously said that the local rent has always been forty percent, and the income reported by Zheng Steward every year is also forty percent, but this old man said that it was fifty percent, this old man who has never met is from a poor background at first glance, so naturally there is no need to lie to her, where is the rent of one percent that comes out?
"Miss, are you alright?" Danzhu looked at her face worriedly, "Have you been out of the sun for a long time?" Let's go back quickly, although it's not particularly sunny, but the weather is very hot. ”
Mo Youran finally ran back, and the pigeon in his hand was already dying: "Look at me I picked up a pigeon, but it seems to be dying." ”
(The pigeon wept in his heart, and if you hadn't beaten me, I wouldn't have died.) )
Looking at the snow-white and cute appearance of the pigeon, Dong Li couldn't help but take it and stroked the smooth feathers: "How can it be like this?" Is there a way to revive it? ”
"Sister, it's not dead yet." Mo leisurely reminded him, was he careless, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the beautiful pigeon was out of breath and out of breath, and it was about to die.
"It's good to keep it up for a while." The old farmer is quite experienced, and after looking at it for a few times, he made up his mind, and then looked at Mo Youran with blazing eyes: "This is the eldest young master?" Hello young master, when do you plan to start researching farming? ”
Farming? Mo Youran was stunned, when did he say that he was going to farm?
Dong Liang choked, the old man was still an impatient, looking at his brother's inexplicable look, Dong Li, who was holding the pigeon, could only shake his head helplessly: "Doesn't my brother want to study farming?" This old man farms the land for this. As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up, in exchange for a proud smile from the old man: "I can just add some knowledge to you, I am very optimistic about this old man!" ”
A good farmer? Mo Youran suddenly became interested: "Then dare to be kind, how about we start after harvesting the wheat in a few days?" ”
The old man is naturally eager, and he smiled and agreed, this is good, he can still get paid when he is old, and the life of the family will be much better in the future, Miss also said that she wants to be free of rent, and this year the family has a bumper harvest, and you can take a mother-in-law home for the younger son.
The old man here squinted his eyes and thought about it, and over there he pulled Mo Youran and whispered to him about the abnormality of the rent, and Mo Youran's face suddenly became ugly.