I am Fugui

Chapter 70 Rent Increase
Unable to buy canvas, we had to make do with thatch.

"Father, will there be no leaks in the house from now on?" Feng Xia raised her head and asked.

Xu Fugui said yes, Fengxia curled her lips and let go of his legs, "It's not fun at all."

Jiazhen couldn't help but smile, "Fengxia, do you like rain leaking in the house?"

Fengxia nodded, "That's right, I think it's very fun to leak rain in the house, and it can rain in the house, as long as the rain doesn't flow out, I can take a bath inside the house."

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

"Fengxia, Jiazhen, it's time to eat." Mother Xu called from the kitchen.

Their eating has returned to the normal level, and they can't eat any meat. Usually, a little bit of oil is not bad.

Fortunately, every now and then I would steam a bowl of custard, or steam a few salted duck eggs, or scramble a plate of eggs, otherwise my mouth would almost fade out.

It's still a good Chinese New Year, and you can eat all you can with meat.

"Fugui, are you 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 town first to see if the business is good. If it is good, I will cook the lo mei tomorrow afternoon and sell it the day after tomorrow."

After dinner, when Xu Fugui was about to go for a walk in the field, Sun Daotang and Chen Yunsheng came to the yard together.

"Fugui, Master Long asked each family to send someone to the threshing ground. He has something to say, so we'll ask you to go with him."

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

"What is Master Long going to say again?"

Sun Daotang smoked a dry cigarette, exhaled a puff of blue smoke, and said lightly: "What else can we say, let us cultivate the land well, let him eat, drink and enjoy."

"Or whoever makes him unhappy will take back the field."

Xu Fugui turned his head and asked Chen Yunsheng again, "Don't you plant your own land, why do you want to go with us?"

Chen Yunsheng replied: "If you are idle, you are also idle. Let's join in the fun. If Long Ershao collects some land rent, I will also rent two acres. This world is not peaceful, so I have to grow more food at home."

Sun Daotang sighed, and scolded: "Who says it's not the case? The people above come to collect food every three to five times. Damn, where do we get so much food for them? Just let us starve to death."

"It's really going to push us into a hurry. Let's just take the family and run to the mountains to hide."

Chen Yunsheng nodded in agreement, "This shitty world makes it hard for people to live."

Their family grows their own land and raises a buffalo. He also has the skill of butchering pigs, and the conditions are quite good in the countryside.

But even so, he was also overwhelmed by the exorbitant taxes from above.

He couldn't imagine what the other tenants in the village should do. It wasn't enough to pay Long Er, and they had to give a share to the people above and to the army.

The three met other people in the village on the road, and they walked towards the threshing ground cursing together.

When I came to the threshing ground, there were many people standing here in the dark. These farmers, facing the loess and their backs to the sky, were all hunched over, with sad faces all the time, and sighed from time to time.

After a while, Long Er, who was wearing a black silk gown and a black landlord hat, walked slowly in front of the crowd, followed by his two attendants.

"Fellow folks, please come and take a walk." Long Er grinned and said in a kind tone, the golden front teeth were very conspicuous, so Xu Fugui wanted to knock out this golden tooth.

Facing Long Er's enthusiasm, everyone did not speak, and there was a little disgust in their eyes.

Long Er sat on the grand teacher's chair, took the steaming celadon teacup from his entourage, took a sip, and then said slowly: "I called everyone here today, just one thing, this year's land rent has become June [-]th." .”

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

Someone bravely asked: "Dare to ask Master Long, is it you six us four, or us six you die."

Long Er said with a smile: "Of course I am six and you are four."

Everyone gasped, frowning and speechless.

This is a [-]% increase in land rent!
It directly killed them, the food at home was not enough to eat, and Long Er wanted to search another floor, isn't this bullying honest people!

Long Er looked at them jokingly, "Why, does anyone think it's wrong? Can you talk about it."

Sun Daotang boldly said: "Master Long, give us a way to survive, [-]% of the grain, and the rest has to pay military grain and tax grain, we will starve to death."

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

This thought flashed in Long Er's mind, the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared, and he said indifferently: "You don't need to rent my land."

Sun Daotang was stunned for a moment, sighed dejectedly, and dared not speak any more.

What can he do if he doesn't cultivate the land? If he doesn't cultivate the land, his family will starve to death within a few months.

In the countryside, apart from farming, there is no other way of life.

Now that Long Er has increased the rent, the way of farming will be blocked.

Sun Daotang expressed the aspirations of everyone, they were dissatisfied with Long Er's rent increase, and they didn't want to plant land for him, but they had to.

After planting, there is still some food. If not, the family will really starve to death.

Xu Fugui huddled in the crowd and did not speak. In his previous life, Long Er had never raised the rent.

He speculated that Long Er had raised the rent because he had stolen his property and was eager to make money.

Long Er glanced at the crowd, and smiled 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 Long Er continuously.

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

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

It's a good thing that he doesn't rely on the grain produced in the field to live now, otherwise such a big family would have to worry about him to death just by eating every day.

Chen Yunsheng shook his head and cursed: "Planting a fart, a piece of shit, [-]% of the food, why didn't he just grab it, Fugui, why did you lose your family property to him in the first place?"

Xu Fugui sneered, but did not speak, and others looked at him with pity.

"Fugui, you have so many family members, relying on you and Fugui to farm the land, can you support your family?" someone asked.

Xu Fugui shook his head in silence, "Let's take one step at a time, a living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine."

People in the village don't know how profitable the lo-mei business is. Seeing that they live in thatched houses, and they used to eat sweet potatoes every day, they take it for granted that their family's life is very difficult.

"Oh, this bastard dragon two." Everyone couldn't help cursing again.

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

(End of this chapter)