Blessed woman in the farm gate

Chapter 45 Good Omens

Li Fuyue's memory of the Li family's previous New Years is not very clear, but what is certain is that it should not be like this year.

On New Year's Eve, Mrs. Liu took a group of adults and children to clean the inside and outside of the house. Even the pigsty where the pigs were raised before was washed with water several times, and some deodorants were added to it and dragged away. Once again, Li Fuyue felt that she was about to hang flowers in front of the pigsty.

And people like Li Shan did not go out to work, but stayed at home to help clean up. The old man Li took his sons to clear the grass in front of the door. A floor was laid in front of the door, and several people cleaned the door and walked in one by one. It was a bit of a grand feeling of a modern red carpet trip.

The young and old in the Li family paid great attention to pleasing the incoming eldest lady, which directly caused everyone to be nervous. This person, Li Fuyue, couldn't help thinking of the busyness of the superiors in the previous life when they were inspecting work. Expect.

And she wasn't idle.

In addition to helping out, Li Fuyue also doggedly pestered Li Yayue and the others in order to find information about the Luo family, which was the landlord's family to which the Li family was attached.

With her perseverance, she finally gained something.

It turns out that the Luo family is a well-known wealthy businessman's family in this area. In this world, agriculture is more important than businessmen, so it can't be considered a very noble family.

It's just that this family is really rich. Taking advantage of the austere policy decades ago, it acquired a lot of land, and thus became a farming and studying family. There are also a few outstanding descendants of this family, who have more or less won the reputation of scholars. , Only then did they gain a firm foothold in this land.

When the Luo family went out, they had to be complimented a few times, and they became rich and noble. In those lands that were annexed, because the Luo family alone could not manage it, they rented it out to other poor farmers who did not have land. This relationship is a legal relationship that has been documented in the government, and there is another type of relationship that is hereditary, and the Li family is one of the hereditary tenants.

Because the Luo family and the Li family have a very close relationship, as long as there is a thigh like the Luo family, no matter how poor the Li family is, they will not be so poor that they can't afford to eat. When the harvest is bad, compared with ordinary families in the village, this The advantages are also more obvious.

And in a peaceful year with a good harvest, it is unavoidable to be scolded a few times as a slave in private, and to help the master manage the Zhuangzi's fields, so there is no freedom to speak of.

The Li family helped the Luo family manage the forest land, which is not far from Liufeng Village, and there is nothing of value to be planted at the moment, so the Li family only went there for half a month. It doesn't matter if you turn it around once.

This also explains why the Li family is silent when other people's families are paying taxes.

That's because they don't have to deal directly with the government.

From the perspective of short-term effects, being a vassal farmer is beneficial first. You don’t have to pay heavy taxes, and you can be guaranteed if the year is not good. The management work is not complicated and difficult. For ordinary people, it is indeed a good deal.

It's just that in the long run, being a slave is never a good thing.It's okay to meet a host who is kind and kind, not to mention that if you meet a host with a bad temper, you will have to suffer.

Let’s talk about the future of the family. If you are a slave, without the consent of the master, you can’t even take the exam for fame. Otherwise, you will think that you have stolen the cultural knowledge of the master. Cancel.

As for the daughters of the vassal peasants, although the children born after marriage do not have to be slaves, there are regulations on who the daughters marry. Needless to say, those who have some money and titles, even if they are concubines, they will be talked about.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, it is very necessary to get rid of the slave status. Although it is not possible to get rid of it if you want to, but when the Li family prospers in the future, this low status will be removed sooner or later.

In the past few days, Li Fuyue has also been observing the Li family's attitude towards getting out of slavery. It can be seen that most of the Li family want to cancel this status.

Among them, Liu's is the most urgent.

Just from Liu's strong support for the eldest son Li Maocai's study, it can be seen that she has no intention of carrying this slavery and being imprisoned for the rest of her life. Looking at it violently, we can also see the disadvantages of Liu's private indoctrination of slavery to Li Meigui.

When New Year's Eve comes, the Li family has been completely renewed. After a whole day of cleaning, the Liu family and other main forces have completely lost their minds to spend on the New Year's Eve dinner, so the Li family's New Year's Eve dinner this year is not counted. What a luxury.

While the adults were discussing what to do when the eldest lady came, the New Year's Eve dinner ended so simply and quickly.

After the meal, Li Maocai and Li Yayue, as representatives of the older children in the family, led the children out of the house, met with the school-age children in the village, and played together. A lot of children took out some firecrackers to make fun of, and it was considered lively, and they did not live up to the good time.

Meanwhile, old man Li, Mrs. Zheng, Li Shan, Li Shu, Li Hai, Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Song were eating melon seeds and peanuts, and then discussing matters related to the second year of junior high school.

The men all drank some wine, and started talking nonsense while chatting, without any intention of discussing.

And the women are all sober-headed, but they are all friends with gaps in each other. Only when friends gather together, can they say something good, so the more they chat, the less interesting they become. There was a lot of excitement on the children's side, and finally each led their men back to the house.

As for Li Shu without a wife?

Alone in the main room, drinking sunflower seeds and peanuts to sober up, and finally wandering back to his room alone.

After Li Shu returned to the house, the old man Li poked his head out from the main room again, looking at the west wing on the other side. Once alcohol was on, people tend to be emotional, and the thoughts in their hearts gradually floated up again.

Old man Li thought that it was time to find another wife for the second child.

Although his temper is a bit stubborn, he is his own son anyway, and he is still alone in the New Year's Eve, so he looks pitiful.A few years from now, when several granddaughters get married, whether it's a meeting or a banquet, there must be a woman in the family. How can the rough-headed second child manage such delicate work?

Everyone has their own thoughts and their own calculations, the last day of the end of the year passed in the uninterrupted heavy snow, and the next day, which is the first day of the new year, after many days of gloom, the sky unexpectedly let up. Sunny, although the white snow is melting and the cold is heavy, but it can't beat the sun shining on the body and warming the heart.

It just so happens that the first day of the Lunar New Year is sunny, which means that this year is a good sign!

(End of this chapter)