I can't buy canvas, so I can only use thatch.

"Dad, won't there be any water leaks in the house in the future?" Feng Xia raised her head and asked.

Xu Fugui said yes, Feng Xia pursed her lips and let go of his legs, "It's not fun at all." ”

Jiazhen smiled bitterly, "Fengxia, do you like rain leaking in the house?" ”

Feng Xia nodded, "Yes, I think it's very fun to leak rain in the house, and it can rain in the house, if the rain can't flow out, I can take a bath in the house." ”

Xu Fugui rubbed her head, the child's thoughts were really wild.

"Fengxia, Jiazhen, it's time to eat." Mother Xu shouted in the stove room.

Their diet has returned to normal levels, and they can't eat any meat, and it's good to have a little oil.

Fortunately, every once in a while, I will steam a bowl of egg custard, or steam a few salted duck eggs, or scramble a plate of eggs, otherwise my mouth will soon fade out.

It's better to celebrate the New Year, and you can eat all-you-can-eat meat.

"Fugui, you're going to sell lo-mei tomorrow?" Mother Xu asked.

Xu Fugui took a bite of the sweet potato and said vaguely: "Tomorrow, I will go to the county seat to go shopping, and see if the business is good first, if it is easy to do, cook the lo-mei tomorrow afternoon, and sell it the day after tomorrow." ”

After eating, when Xu Fugui was about to go to the field, Sun Daotang and Chen Yunsheng came to the courtyard together.

"Fugui, Master Long asked each family to send one person to the threshing floor, he has something to say, let's call you to go with him."

Hearing this, Xu Fugui turned around and glanced at Jiazhen, nodded, and walked side by side with them.

"What is Master Long going to say again?"

Sun Daotang smoked a dry cigarette, spit out a puff of cyan smoke, and said lightly: "What else can I say, let us farm the land well, let him eat, drink and enjoy." ”

"Or whoever upsets him and wants to take back the field."

Xu Fugui turned his head and asked Chen Yunsheng again, "Aren't you planting your own land at home, why do you want to go with us?" ”

Chen Yunsheng replied: "Idle is also idle, go and have a good time, if Long Er collects a little bit of land rent, I will also rent two acres, this world is not peaceful, I have to put a lot of food at home." ”

Sun Daotang sighed and scolded: "Who said it's not, the people above come to collect food every three or five days, special mother, where did we get so much food for them, and starved us to death." ”

"It's really going to push us into a hurry, just take the family to hide in the mountains."

Chen Yunsheng nodded in agreement, "This dog's world is simply not lived." ”

Their family farms their own land, they also raise a buffalo, and they have the skill of killing pigs, and the conditions are quite good in the countryside.

But Rao is like this, and he is also overwhelmed by the excesses and miscellaneous taxes above.

He couldn't imagine what the other tenants in the village should do, it was not enough to pay one to Ryuuji, but also to the people above and the people in the army.

The three of them met other people in the village on the way, and they walked towards the threshing floor together with a curse.

When I came to the threshing floor, there were a lot of people standing here, these croppers facing the loess with their backs to the sky, one by one, leaning around, their faces were always sad, and they sighed from time to time.

After a while, Ryuuji, who was dressed in a black silk robe and a black landlord's hat, walked slowly in front of everyone, followed by his two retinues.

"Folks, I'm sorry for you to come and take a trip." Long Er grinned, his tone was kind, and the golden front teeth were very conspicuous, which made Xu Fugui want to knock this golden tooth down.

In the face of Ryuuji's enthusiasm, everyone did not speak, with a little disgust in their eyes.

Long Er sat on the Taishi's chair, took the steaming celadon teacup from the entourage, took a sip first, and then said slowly: "Call everyone here today, just one thing, this year's land rent has become June Fourth." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then you look at me and I look at you, and I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart.

Someone dared to ask: "Dare to ask Master Long, is it you six and we are four, or we are six and you die." ”

Ryuuji said with a smile: "Of course it's me six and you four." ”

Everyone immediately gasped, frowned and couldn't speak.

This is a 10% increase in land rent!

directly asked for their lives, the food at home was not enough to eat, and Long Er had to loot a layer again, this is not bullying honest people!

Ryuuji looked at them playfully, "What, does anyone think it's inappropriate?" Let's talk about it. ”

Sun Daotang said boldly: "Master Long, give us a way to live, sixty percent of the grain, and the rest will have to pay military rations and tax grains, we will be starved to death." ”

What does it matter to me that you starve to death?

This thought flashed through Ryuuji's heart, the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly dissipated, and he said indifferently: "You can not rent my land." ”

Sun Daotang was stunned for a moment, sighed dejectedly, and didn't dare to speak again.

What can he do if he doesn't farm, if he doesn't farm, within a few months, their family will all starve to death.

In the countryside, there is no way to survive except farming.

Now that Ryuji has increased his rent, his way of farming will be blocked.

Sun Daotang spoke out to everyone, they were dissatisfied with Long Er's rent increase, and they didn't want to farm for him, but they had to plant for him.

After planting some food, if you don't plant it, the family will really starve to death.

Xu Fugui shrank in the crowd and didn't speak, in his previous life, Long Er had not raised the rent.

He guessed that Long Er was desperate to collect money because his family was stolen by him, so he made the move to increase the rent.

Ryuuji glanced at everyone, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile again, "Now that everyone knows, let's go back, I hope you all have a good harvest this year." ”

Everyone sighed and left in groups, cursing Ryuuji in their mouths.

"Fifth brother, do you still want to rent the land of the second dragon family?" Xu Fugui made a joke, but he couldn't laugh either.

Ryuuji's knife cut off a piece of meat from all the tenants in the village.

Fortunately, he doesn't live on the grain produced in the field now, otherwise such a big family would have died of sorrow just by eating every day.

Chen Yunsheng shook his head and cursed: "Plant a fart, an eggless thing, sixty percent of the grain, why didn't he just grab it, Fugui, why did you lose the family property to him in the first place?" ”

Xu Fugui sneered and didn't speak, and there was some pity in the eyes of others looking at him.

"Fugui, you have so many family members, just rely on you and Fugui to farm, can you support the family?" Someone asked.

Xu Fugui shook his head in silence, "Let's take one step at a time, the living can't let urine suffocate to death." ”

The people in the village didn't know how profitable the lo-mei business was, and when they saw that they lived in thatched houses, they used to have sweet potatoes and potatoes every day, and they took it for granted that their family was having a hard time.

"Alas, this bastard Ryuuji." Everyone couldn't help but curse again.

"Fortunately, I have a field at home." Chen Yunsheng muttered.

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