Blessed little peasant girl

Chapter 16

Jin Meiyu, who was full of porridge, went back to the house and just closed the door when she remembered that there was still a pastry in her arms. She took it out and opened it to have a look. It was mung bean cake.

There were three yuan in total. Jin Meiyu rubbed her stomach and felt that she was not hungry, so she opened the door to summon her nephews.

"Cangcang Xiaogu Meat Meat Oil!"

Jin Manrou and Jin Manyou ran in first, and then saw the pastry in Jin Meiyu's hand.

"Little aunt, do you want to give us pastries?"

Jin Meiyu nodded, and passed the pastry forward.

"Give it to Mangu, let him share it with you."

okay!

Jin Manrou and Jin Manyou agreed happily, took the pastry and ran away.

Jin Meiyu closed the door again, thought for a while, and locked the door again.

Turning her head, Jin Meiyu opened the big mahogany box in the house.

This big mahogany box was given to her father Jin Liangshun when she married her mother. Jin Liangshun called his mother. Later, when Jin Meiyu was born, she lived with her parents until she was four years old. After she was five years old, she was given a small room. to her, and at the same time the mahogany box was moved to her house.

There are a lot of things in the mahogany box, including her annual lucky money, the longevity lock her father gave her, and some silk flower hair ropes. The largest area is a large stack of rice paper, pens and ink.

Pens, ink and rice paper were quite expensive, and Jin Liangshun was worried about giving them all to Jin Mancang, fearing that he would not know how to cherish misfortunes, so he put them all here with Jin Meiyu.

Jin Meiyu has to write thousands of characters many times in the study space every day, and she is too familiar with these things.

Count and pull out the paper, then the pen and ink stick.

She doesn't have an inkstone here, but it doesn't matter, you can grind the ink away with a stone.

There is a table in Jin Meiyu's room, so she spread the paper on the table.

Grinding the ink stick, dipped a brush in some ink, and made a good pose, then she asked the subsystem.

"Can you turn on a light for me?"

The small house where Jin Meiyu lived was isolated from the house of the old couple. It was not big, and it was just right for her five-year-old girl. Since she didn't plan to live there permanently, there were no windows in this house.

As long as the door is closed, the room is very dark.

The subsystem turned on a 'light' for her, only she can see it, and the effect is that the place where she looks directly is bright.

Holding her breath, Jin Meiyu began to silently write "Thousand Characters".

She is very familiar with the Thousand Characters, writing from memory is not a problem at all.

As for calligraphy.

It took 24 days to write, a full 24 days. Although it is still not a strong character, it is no problem at all to be neat.

It took Jin Meiyu about a quarter of an hour to write down the original thousand-character text silently.

After finishing writing, she waited for it to dry. During the drying time, she subconsciously checked it three times. After confirming that it was correct, she put it away again.

In Jin Meiyu's impression, Jin Mancang seems to be studying the Thousand Characters too, and it doesn't matter if the book is soaked, she can silently write a copy for him in case of emergency.

It's just that this thing obviously cannot be given to him directly.

Jin Meiyu thought for a while, folded the things, and then opened the door. After confirming that there was no one in the room, she quietly walked into the room where Jin Mancang and Jin Mangu lived, and then put the folded paper into Jin Mancang. I threw it on the table I used, and then ran away.

Jin Meiyu felt that what she had done was perfect, and she thought she had accomplished a great event, so she happily went to play with her little nephews.

Two days have passed in a flash, and the adult found out that Jin Mancang's book was soaked in water and can't be used. The boss Jin almost died of anger, and Jin Liangshun also felt a little dizzy. After a long time of luck, he asked Jin Mancang .

"What are you going to do? Does your master have any regulations?"

"Master fell ill and gave us a few days off."

Recently, I have been so busy with my uncle's family that I forgot about Jin Mancang's going to school. They adults leave early and return late every day, so they didn't see whether Jin Mangu went to school.

It's all right now, after two or three days passed, there was some relief over there, and when I turned around, I found that something like this had happened at home.

"Boss, you go to Master's tomorrow to see the situation and how to solve this matter."

It’s definitely not enough to just forget it like this. With so many books, it’s a lot of money just to buy them again.

And according to Jin Mancang, he was not the only one who suffered, so he must be compensated.

Boss Jin nodded in agreement, then gave his eldest son a hard look, and Jin Mancang, who had always been prudent, shrank his neck from the stare.

This is a matter of losing money, but unexpectedly, Boss Jin took Jin Mancang to the private school the next day, and got such a solution when he came back.

"You said, Master meant to let Mancang go to their house to copy books??"

Boss Jin nodded, and told Jin Liangshun what he had learned from his master.

It turned out that this group of problem students who entered the private school were the children of the boss of the Baihu Gang in the county and a few second-in-commands.

He refused to obey discipline at home, and several private school teachers in the county were angered several times. After the teachers in the county refused to accept him, he became a good teacher in the village.

The husband of Jin Mancang is a boy, and he is quite old. In the village, he only earns money to enlighten the children.

Because of the low income, many people in the nearby villages send their students to study, which can be regarded as a little famous.

Those problematic students were taken away after getting into trouble, Shu Xiu was not sent, and no one was there. The men in their village must not want to have anything to do with the group of people from the White Tiger Gang, so This dumb loss must be eaten.

Fortunately, the master is willing to take the books for the students to copy. Fortunately, these students who were affected by the disaster have also studied with him for a period of time. The handwriting is not very good, but neatness is no problem.

This is cheaper than buying a new set of books, so without much hesitation, Boss Jin nodded.

Otherwise, what else can we do?

This incident made Jin Liangshun angry again. Although he didn't say anything, he didn't say a word all day. The whole family was as quiet as a cicada, and his voice became quieter.

The whole family is afraid of Jin Liangshun, but Jin Meiyu is not.

After she finished her meal, she ran to Jin Liangshun's side, and asked her father to make a request.

"Daddy, do you know who Sister Yuanzi is going to marry?"

Jin Liangshun hugged his daughter on his lap and talked to her patiently.

"That's the child of your eighth brother's family, you can't call me sister."

Jin Liangshun reasoned with his daughter, Jin Meiyu nodded to show that she understood, and then continued to ask her father.

"Dad, do you know?"

Jin Liangshun shook his head, even though he usually trains his daughter-in-law, in fact, he rarely inquires about other people's affairs outside, and he is not the kind of person who loves to gossip, especially for weddings and funerals of the younger generation. There are too many juniors, and he can't take care of them.

"Daddy, let me tell you that Sister Yuanzi's fiancé's family asked Sister Yuanzi's family to give Sister Yuanzi a piece of land as a dowry."

Jin Liangshun's expression, which he didn't care about at first, froze for a moment.

"Dowry a field??"

Jin Meiyu nodded and talked to her father.

"Sister Yuanzi was crying. Sanya said that Sister Yuanzi might not be able to marry Huaizi."

"Why?" Jin Liangshun didn't understand after blurting out.

"Is the pagoda tree made of gold? You want a good girl to marry him with a piece of field? How much dowry will he give to ask for this?"

Jin Meiyu didn't understand either, so Zhao Xiaohua sat on the side and listened for a while, and finally broke in without holding back.

"That Huaizi heard that he could go hunting in the mountains at a young age, and that he would never return empty-handed every time he went up the mountain. Huaizi and his family had four brothers, Huaizi was the youngest, and they had to separate after they got married. They didn't have much land. Huaizi can hunt, so I heard that in the future when the family is divided, the fields will not be given to him.”

"How can I do that? If there is no land, wouldn't that be a hunter?" The imperial court has regulations. If there is no land, those who live by hunting must pay at least 50 taels of tax every year. [-]. Transaction tax.

And once the household registration is changed, it will be difficult to change it back in the future. Basically, there is no one who becomes a hunter.

This also explains why Huaizi's family wants Yuanzi to marry a field.

As long as there is a field under his name, he can still make a living by farming, and it is still possible to go up to the mountain to fight teeth.

However, when this idea hits the fiancee, it is a bit unreasonable.

"Then Huaizi's family is crazy. They don't want their child to be registered as a hunter, so why don't they just give him a piece of land? Whose girl can accompany a piece of land when she gets married?"

"Isn't that right? Isn't it just whimsical, the bride price was given to Erliang, and the backhand wanted to marry a piece of land as a dowry, why not kill them beautifully."

Seeing that her parents were chatting, Jin Meiyu interrupted, unwilling to be lonely.

"Daddy, Sister Yuanzi said she was going to reclaim wasteland, but she said that the reclaimed land is her own."

This time it was her mother who answered the call.

"Does that silly kid know what land reclamation is? So he went to land reclamation? One mu of land, a strong laborer can't get it out for a year, and those lands are very barren. I can't even hand it in!"

The imperial court stipulated that no tax should be paid for the wasteland opened up for three years, and after three years, it would be taxed as tribute land for three years.

The taxpayer of Gongtian is that if the main crops such as cereals and rice are less than 120 catties, they will be calculated as [-] catties, and [-]% of the tax will be paid, which is [-] catties.

Anything over [-] catties will have to pay [-]% tax.

They pay taxes normally. If the land is less than [-] catties per mu, it will be calculated as [-] catties, and they will pay [-]% of the tax, and if it exceeds [-] catties, they will also pay [-]% of the tax.

The advantage of opening up wasteland is that as long as it is opened, the village head will check and accept it. After confirming that it is correct, you can go to the county magistrate to apply for a land deed to prove that the land is yours without paying additional money.

Even so, few people go to open up wasteland.

On the one hand, there are no more wastelands in good locations, and strong labor is still needed to open up wasteland, which will not be finished in a while.

The second is the issue of tax payment. A piece of wasteland is likely to drag down a not very wealthy family.

So although this policy has always been in place, very few people actually implement it.

Jin Meiyu pouted, a little dissatisfied with what her mother said, because what she wanted to say to her father was right now.

"Daddy, I also want to open land!"

In an instant, the eyes of the family members came through, Zhao Xiaohua opened her mouth as if to scold, but Jin Liangshun stopped her with a glance.

Jin Liangshun didn't refute directly, he thought for a while, and then nodded.

"That's pretty good too. Girls belong to a family, and having land is a source of confidence. Our Meiyu is still young, and the land is barren, but after ten years of maintenance, the last time it is a medium-sized field. When the time comes when we have land as a dowry, our Meiyu must be The girl with the richest dowry in eight villages!"

Jin Liangshun's approval made Jin Meiyu very happy, and she was very happy to share her thoughts with her father.

"Sister Yuanzi cried so sadly, she was so pitiful, I just want a piece of field, so I won't cry so sad." The child's thoughts are wild, and Jin Liangshun doesn't know if he understands, but it doesn't matter , he has been persuaded.

"Then open a few fields for our beautiful jade. No matter how poor our beautiful jade is in the future, we can still collect rent and make money. How great it is."

Jin Liangshun agreed, but Zhao Xiaohua was in a hurry.

"The land reclamation is said to be open, I don't agree! Our family has no money, how can we pay taxes for the wasteland!"

It's just that Jin Liangshun is the patriarch of this family, and it's useless for Zhao Xiaohua to object.

In this family, no one can change Jin Liangshun's decision, except Jin Meiyu.

But Jin Meiyu basically wears a pair of trousers with Jin Liangshun.As long as it was Jin Liangshun's decision, Jin Meiyu would always support it with both hands, so the matter of opening up wasteland was such a simple decision.

The women in the family were a little worried, and the men were very open to it.

The second sister-in-law of Jin couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and kept writhing, and the second son of Jin looked at the dark roof and sighed.

"What do you want to do? Don't sleep?"

"Second brother, what do you think dad is thinking, how can we open up wasteland, our family has no money!"

Jin's second child let out a sigh of relief, unlike Mrs. Jin's second wife who was anxious, he was very calm.

"What's the matter? It's really not good. Let's go outside to find some work. You just worry about it."

"Why am I worrying blindly, whose girl you say is getting married..."

"Okay!" The second sister-in-law of Jin was startled, and Jin's second son softened his tone and talked to her. "Our old Jin's family seldom has daughters. My father said that for three generations, Meiyu is the only girl who needs to be taken care of. She is much more precious than a son. You have given birth to four children, and you are not a daughter. I didn't even see the shadow. If you envy Meiyu and you have a daughter, my father will be very happy, and you can do whatever you want by then."

The second sister-in-law of Jin was choked by the second son of Jin, and she was speechless for a long time.

Although the second sister-in-law of Jin had a smooth life before she got married, the treatment of boys and girls is still different.

Before there was Jin Meiyu, she was the only one in Zhaojia Village. Although she did a lot of work, she was well fed and clothed, and she didn't have to do some tiring work. It was a good day.

But the traditional concept is like that. There are very few children who grow up in such an environment who are not patriarchal.

It has been so many years, and everyone in the village is used to it, but Mrs. Jin still feels that Jin Liangshun's behavior seems to be sick.

Of course, she didn't dare to say these words directly, and even in order to please her father-in-law, she didn't dare to treat her sister-in-law sloppily at all, which was better than she treated her own son.

But no matter how good it is, she can't understand why a married woman wants to marry the land as a dowry!

(End of this chapter)