Peasant girls seek happiness

Chapter 26 Second Resumption of Land
Cursing in his heart, Cheng Er came back cheerfully, holding up a few documents in his hand: "Father, look quickly!"

As soon as he entered the room, he found that everyone in the family was there. He waved his hand casually: "Go, go, the children should go back to sleep quickly."

Cheng Liu was at the door, looking sharply at the document in the second brother's hand, and stretched out his hand to grab it, but Cheng Er pushed him: "You go back to the house too! I want to see the little brat when his hair is all grown?"

The old lady glared at him: "Have you been drinking? You reek of alcohol. After drinking some horse urine, there is no one in your mouth."

Cheng Er giggled, "Mom, this is a matter for the adults in the family, not to mention that children don't need to know, even Yunguang's mother, I didn't intend to let her listen."

The meaning is so obvious, his wife doesn't need to listen to it, so his sister-in-law and younger siblings don't need to listen either.

The fourth aunt, Fan Shi, didn't like to talk. She stood up and talked to the old lady, and then she took her daughter back. Niu Shi was a little unhappy, "Is there any important matter in the family that you keep from us. Could it be that we are not the Cheng family?"

Cheng Er explained: "I'm not hiding it from you, but it's not the time to tell you yet."

Cheng San said to Niu: "You are the only one who has a lot to do." Didn't the sisters-in-law and younger siblings say nothing?
Niu quietly twisted his waist, "You are waiting to go back to the house."

Mrs. Yang was making clothes in the house, and she didn't care when she saw that everyone in the east room had dispersed, only Cheng Er and the brothers were left.

No matter what, you will always know, not a short while away.

Chu Qi didn't care about that, her Juren father wasn't there, and there was no one in their room in the East House, so she didn't want them to be the last to know about anything.

I don't know if it is sold.

She was thin and light-footed, so she just walked to the door of the east room and stood listening to what was said inside.

After Yang found out, she wanted to call her, but she was afraid of disturbing the people in the East Room, so she had to let Chu Yi go, "Bring your sister back."

When Chu Qi heard the footsteps, she turned her head and saw her sister, and made a "shh" gesture towards her. On the first day of Chu, she couldn't help but lighten her footsteps, and stood a little far away from her and stretched out her hand to pull her.

Chu Qi was dragged back with one step and three turns.

As soon as she entered, she closed the door and said to Yang, "Mother, do you know what Second Uncle is holding?"

Yang said angrily: "No matter what you take, you can't eavesdrop."

Chu Qi yelled: "Mother, the point is not this, the point is in the hands of the second uncle, it is the document that transfers the land to my father's name."

Yang didn't understand.

Chu Qi explained to her: "Second uncle said that if you win Juren, you can be exempted from land tax, so several families put their land in my father's house, and give our family money every year, and they are exempt from tax."

Yun Hui opened his mouth slightly, "This is a good thing... right!"

Knowing that he is still young and there are many elders in his family, Chu Qi reminded him: "It doesn't matter what is good or bad. If the people who invest in the land are bad people, and the land is stolen or cheated, it will damage Daddy's reputation."

Yun Hui deserved to be well-bred, she thought it through this reminder: "Should the second uncle get our father's consent for this matter? It doesn't matter if there is a small amount of land, if there is too much, plus our own, the court will collect a lot less tax. If all the people in the country are like this..."

He let out a "hissy" breath, "This...why hasn't Dad come back?"

Yang couldn't think so far, what does the court's affairs have to do with their little people?

But her son's words reminded her, she put down her needle and thread after thinking about it, "I'll go and have a look."

Don't really accept everything, it will affect your husband's reputation.

At this time, the old man was holding the paperwork and looking at each of them carefully, his face was full of joy, "My son is finally promising, even if I go underground, I can have an account with my ancestors."

The old lady wanted to remind him that this is the paperwork from your second son, not your eldest son.

But the paperwork has already been signed, and we only need to wait for Cheng Da to come back to transfer the ownership. Along with the paperwork, there is also the bank note that Cheng Er took out.

One piece adds up to 200 taels.

Chu Qi followed Mrs. Yang into the east room, and saw the old lady clutching her chest and asked, "So much money? All of it was given to the land? This... you don't mean to give away all the land under your elder brother's name... Then our family..."

Cheng Er shook his head: "Mother, don't you worry about my work? When did I make a mistake? Don't worry, here is not only the money for land investment, but also the money for exempting from corvee."

The imperial court stipulated that one Juren would have [-] mu of land, and [-] people would be exempted from corvee.

Except for his family's [-] mu of land and a few quotas for his family, he sold everything else.

The old lady asked the old man worriedly: "Is this possible? It won't cause trouble for the boss, right?"

She complained about her second son: "You should wait for your elder brother to come back. If you don't talk about land tax, just say that this is exempt from corvee, and how much should be distributed to relatives. How can we sell them all? What will relatives think of us?"

Cheng Er said with a smile: "Mother, I won't cause trouble. Everyone does this. This is allowed by the court." He paused and looked at his sister-in-law: "Father doesn't have any relatives. Who will the rest of our relatives give to? It's better to sell them together. If you feel that there are gossips among relatives, it's better to give them something to stop them from talking."

Chu Qi curled her lips slightly when she heard that, the imperial court gave preferential treatment to Juren, but they didn't let you take advantage of the loopholes.

Yang originally wanted to remind her parents, but seeing that Cheng Er didn't leave any seams and sold them all, it was useless for her to hold her breath.

"Father, mother, I'm afraid that Da Lang will not agree to this matter. He always said that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way..."

Before she finished speaking, Cheng Er became a little unhappy: "Sister-in-law is blaming me? I picked up these, and I will tell my elder brother. If my elder brother really refuses to admit it, I will sell my family and return it to others."

This is what it says...

Chu Qi squinted his eyes slightly and leaned forward to look, his face gradually darkening, "Second Uncle, have you been cheated by someone? It says that if our family is not exempted from taxes due to reasons, not only will we have to return their land, but we will also have to pay compensation?"

Chu Qi looked at him suspiciously: "Second Uncle, you couldn't be the one to join forces with them, right? I believe you are not such a person, but this contract..."

The old man didn't care about this at all, the boss didn't agree, just pressure him to agree, that's a filial person.

Hearing what his granddaughter said now, he explained it to her, and also to Mrs. Yang, "That's what it means, anyway, we can't violate this contract."

But he still said to Cheng Er: "You should wait for your elder brother to come back, and he should decide which one should be picked up and which one should not be picked up."

Cheng Er was a little aggrieved: "You two elders said before, let the eldest brother concentrate on studying, and I will take care of the family affairs, and now you are saying this again!"

"Furthermore, I'm not thinking that our family doesn't have much to give away, and it will offend people if we don't give it to anyone. I'll take care of this offending thing, so as not to make big brother embarrassing when he comes back."

That's nice to say!
Good guys and bad guys let him do it.

Mrs. Yang can't say anything more. Could it be that we don't recognize what you picked up, and you pay others liquidated damages yourself?

Holding my breath, I didn't sleep well at night.

Chu Qi knew that this was wrong, but it was really not her turn to talk at home, she could say those few words in a pinch, the old lady didn't scold her, it was because she had recovered from her illness for a few days.

Maybe the old lady also understood, and called Mrs. Yang into the room early in the morning, "I know what the second child did, so stop in your heart..."

"Mother, I..."

The old lady waved her hand: "Needless to say, I wouldn't be happy if this happened to me! But, think about how the second child has been handling the family affairs these years, so don't bother with him. My father and I scolded him last night, and he is not allowed to make his own decisions..."

It's a done deal, you have to look at the meaning of it.

Yang nodded: "Mother, I understand."

The old lady looked relieved: "I know you are a magnanimous and good boy! These years, my mother has angered you and treated you badly. Don't take it to heart, my mother is also doing it for the good of the boss!"

Yang stood up in panic: "Mother, there is no daughter-in-law."

"It's fine if you don't have one." The old lady said again, "Chuqi, you still have to teach her more. She treats her second uncle... If outsiders see it, it will not be good for her reputation! If the hat of unfilial piety is taken off, will she marry a good family in the future?"

Yang is also very sad: "Chu Qi is not sensible, don't worry, mother, I will discipline him more in the future."

　Ask for support, please collect, ask for recommendation tickets!The specific number of discounts for juren in the overhead text is made up, please don't take it seriously.In addition, this chapter is a foreshadowing...

　　


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