Chapter 3: The Miserable Life of a Sharecropper

There is no element of thinking, the eldest brother is called the big dog, and the second brother is called the second dog, just take it down.

Fortunately, he grew up in the countryside and is still familiar with crops, so he still has some hope for playing agriculture.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and sucked on the skinny granary.

In terms of the baby's palate, it tastes good, with a bit of grassy smell.

.......

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

There is an extra kid running all over the ground in the village.

Unlike other children, this child is very well-behaved, not only is he not naughty, but he will also help the family do some work within his ability.

When I'm free, I don't cry or make trouble, I like to sit in a daze.

In this regard, Li Feng expressed his helplessness.

Not to mention the small arms and legs, he is also severely malnourished, and he can't even carry a hoe, so what can he do if he is not in a daze.

In three years, he finally figured out what the situation was like in the novice village where he was born.

Niutou Village, Futian Town, is a small village located in the remote mountainous area of Daqianguo, with 82 households, more than 420 people, and 793 acres of cultivated land.

And 50 percent of these fields belong to the family of Li Chang Zhang Shoutian, and 10 percent belong to the prince of Xiucai.

Fortunately, Master Wang opened a private school by himself, and he would buy wild things from Orion and sell them, so he didn't exploit ordinary villagers so ruthlessly.

Zhang Shoutian is different, he is completely dependent on tenants to support him, a proper big landlord.

As a poor peasant at the bottom, his father Li Erniu did not have the courage and strength to fight local tyrants and divide the land, he only had two acres of thin land in the north of the village, and he also worked part-time as a tenant of Zhang Shoutian's family.

Of course, this part-time job can also be omitted, the law of the dynasty is allowed, but how to say it, more income is more life, and almost no one in this village gives up.

"Oh no, no, the big dog of the Erniu family fell down the mountain."

"Hurry up and save people."

"Erniu, your boss fell from the mountain and is out of breath."

"Go and find Li Erniu."

The noise came from the foot of the mountain behind the village, and listening to the panicked shouts of the villagers, Li Feng sighed in his heart, spread his calves and rushed out.

When I arrived, I saw the bloody child in my mother's arms - my brother Li Dagou.

"My son, my son, why are you so disobedient, I told you not to go to the mountains to catch knowledge, but you just didn't listen, and now you were taken away by the mountain god."

The mother cried to death, and the father, who was belated, saw this scene, and the hoe on his shoulder slipped silently.

A few days later, there was a small lonely grave halfway up the mountainside, and life returned to normal.

In a sense, the death of the big dog is a good thing for Li Feng.

The food of the big dog was divided equally between Ergou and Li Feng, and the clothes were changed to smaller and worn on them......

At the age of five, Li Feng, whose food and clothing had been improved, was finally able to carry a trumpet hoe to work in the field with his father.

In order to eat more meat, he was not allowed to go to the mountains, so he could only take his brother to secretly go to the river to fish and dig some sweet grass roots in the field, but unfortunately the method was not in place and the harvest was very little.

Fortunately, he has a lively mind, a sweet mouth and a sycophant, and when he is lucky, he can pick up some pig's head meat and pig water that were thrown away by the chief or Mr. Wang's family.

When he was six years old, he didn't need to be taught by adults, he already knew how to make fertilizer, and if he sowed seeds, he could export them, and gradually became known as a prodigy, praised by the villagers.

Li Erniu was overjoyed when he saw this, spent all his family's savings, sent him to the only private school in the village, and became classmates with the daughter of the prince of Xiucai.

Li Feng had a sweet mouth and coaxed her to be happy every day, but he didn't pay attention to the cold gaze of Zhang Bucai, the son of the elder.

Unfortunately, there is a lack of staple foods, and the fundamental problem is still not solved.

This year, her mother Lotus became pregnant again, bringing Li Feng a lovely sister.

In the evening, in the parents' room next door, the sound of fierce quarrels sounded again.

There is a small hole in the wall through which you can see everything that is happening inside.

"Boss, please, don't throw it away, let's just be tired and tired, she is also your own flesh and blood."

The woman begged bitterly, but the man ignored it: "No, I can't listen to you this time, this child will lose money when he grows up, it is better to raise the second and third dogs better." โ€

"But, but he's a piece of meat that fell off my body, and I can't bear it." The woman wailed and cried.

"You think I'm willing, but our family can't afford to support so many mouths."

"Mine is evenly given to her, I eat less, can't I use less?"

"No, you still have to work with me to support your family."

The man broke free from the woman's pull, snatched the baby, and ran out of the house without looking back.

The woman chased after her, but was slapped in the face, fell to the ground, and sobbed constantly.

Li Feng, who was secretly watching all this, hesitated for a long time, and finally didn't have the courage to get up to stop his father's behavior.

Li Feng has already figured out that the so-called copies of the other world are mostly the real world, and the various feelings are not at all different from the real main plane.

It's been five years, and the number of meals that can be eaten is only a handful, and the feeling of being cold and hungry is uncomfortable.

At this moment, he had to admit that he was selfish.

Yes, even if the parents get up early every day and work tirelessly, the rewards they get can only barely sustain their current life.

The parents don't die, the second dog and the third dog can be a little fuller, that's all.

And the chief Zhang Shoutian is not a philanthropist, as a tenant Li Erniu, he has to hand over 7% of the income every year to rent his field.

Note that this 7% is calculated according to the income of the year of the most abundant harvest, which is a fixed amount.

Therefore, in the harvest year, there is indeed some leftover, but the year is not good, and you have to use your two acres of thin land to fill it.

If you can't pay it, you have to sell your sons and daughters.

What's more, I also went to a private school.

In this era, knowledge is simply something that rich people play with.

Li Erniu's ambition is both helpless and ridiculous in Li Feng's opinion.

The next morning, my father came back from outside with a body of dew, and my mother got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for the family

Life is back to normal, as if nothing happened.

When he was seven years old, Li Feng won the first place in the private school in his annual examination.

Master Wang showed an approving gaze, thinking that the son was teachable.

Although the family is still tight, Li Erniu and his wife

Unexpectedly, a few days later, a rare storm hit the entire village, and many livestock froze to death.

Li Erniu and the other two old cattle also died.

In order to quell the rebellion, the imperial court had to collect stamp duty, and the mother howled and cried again, and even her eyes were swollen from crying.

"The cow is dead, how can you live now, God, open your eyes."

Luckily, the cow froze to death while in the care of the third family.