During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Chapter 86
Before Shan Xing could feel envious, his attention was diverted, "Early this morning, these people came to the village. Someone informed the village chief. Not long after, the village chief called Grandpa away. I didn't hear them clearly. What to say, but I vaguely heard that it seemed to be related to the school."

Shan Xing turned his back to the villagers, his face a little more nervous, "I heard they are here to reclaim the land."

Jiang Miao blinked, "Didn't the clan have a rule that the land in the village can only be sold to people in the village and not to outsiders? Why are these people coming here to collect land?"

Shan Xing didn't know much, except that the matter was serious, otherwise the village chief wouldn't have called the whole village here.

Luo Tingye was worried that Jiang Miao was exhausted, "I'm afraid something will happen here soon, so why don't we go back first."

"But I want to stay here and see. Do you know what they are doing here?"

After staying in the hospital all day, she was so idle that she almost got moldy. It was hard to find any excitement when she came back here, and she hadn't had enough of it yet.

Luo Tingye said in the voice of only two people: "These people are from the pawn shop in Baimaguan Town. Someone mortgaged the twenty acres of land belonging to the school in your village for 50 taels of silver, and the other party still doesn't pay back. , so people came to collect the land.”

"The school has always held Uncle Wu in charge. Could it be that he did it?"

Jiang Miao's voice was filled with disbelief, "How could he do such a thing? The land of the school is the foundation of the Jiang family."

At this time, Jiang Qian pushed aside the crowd and limped over, his voice a little aggrieved, "Ah Miao, you came back after a long time, but why didn't you say hello to big brother, making it difficult for me to find you?" ."

Jiang Miao's movements froze, and she quickly showed a flattering smile, and subconsciously held Jiang Qian's arm, "Aren't I afraid of disturbing my elder brother's study? Brother, don't be angry, I have brought you delicious food." "

Jiang Qian was unmoved and angry in his heart. His sister only saw Luo Tingye and not herself. They were obviously the closest people to her.

Jiang Qian decided not to forgive her.

"Oh, brother, it's not that I don't want to look for you. I came out when I heard the noise. Do you know? Uncle Jiang has mortgaged the land in the school. Now that people are coming to take over the land, what do you think we should do?"

Jiang Qian forgot his anger for a moment, thinking that Uncle Jiang Wu's greatest courage was just to secretly buy exam papers, but he did not expect that he had mortgaged the foundation of the Jiang family.

No wonder before the exam, he vowed to the villagers that he would cultivate a second scholar.

Presumably, you plan to spend money on it?

It's a pity that he didn't find the right person.

The person who sold the test papers to Uncle Jiang Wu was not a teacher of the county school at all, but a liar. As for the test papers, they were also from the previous two years. As we all know, the county school exams are different every year, and they are different from the questions in previous years’ exams. There is a big discrepancy. If not for this, not a single student in Hewan Village would fail the exam.

The leader is nicknamed Chengzhou Papi, and he is considered a number one figure in Baimaguan Town. He is involved in many things that are inconvenient for the government to do. The one he cooperates with most often is the pawn shop.

Although he is also a gangster, he is different from gangsters with a very bad reputation like Lai Da Lai Er. He has his own way of doing things.

I saw him holding two walnuts in his left hand, dragging a purple clay pot in his right hand, and taking a few sips from time to time. He looked a little more refined than a street gangster and a little more gangster than a scholar, a bit nondescript.

"Village Chief Jiang, I have made it very clear. We are also entrusted by others. You should hand over the land quickly to avoid causing any trouble later. I blame the brothers for being so aggressive."

Seeing that Zhou Bapi was out of luck, Village Chief Jiang was also mentally and physically exhausted. He looked at Uncle Nine as if asking for help.

Uncle Jiu said helplessly: "The land in the school is the foundation of our Jiang family, and we can't give it to you." Zhou Papi rolled his eyes, as if he had expected it, "Since you are unwilling to hand over the land, then You have to pay double compensation according to the rules in the contract.”

"How much is the double compensation?" someone from the clan asked.

Zhou Papi raised the corner of his mouth, "It's not much, just 100 taels. You won't be able to get it, right? This is already the lowest price. If it is true that according to the contract, you need to compensate for the breach of contract, the reason why we are now I’m still willing to talk to you, but I don’t want to make the relationship too tense.”

The people behind him were all tall and thick, and they all had weapons in their hands. If they really took action, the entire village might not be able to match these people.

When the people of the village heard this, they were furious and wanted to take away the land for the school, which was no less than demolishing their ancestral hall.

The atmosphere was stagnant, and the two sides did not speak for a while.

Jiang Qian pushed through the crowd and walked to the front. He frowned and asked, "Mr. Zhou, this matter happened suddenly. I wonder if you can give us time to think about it."

"who are you?"

Village Chief Jiang's eyes lit up, as if he saw hope, "He is Jiang Qian, the scholar of this village."

Zhou Bapi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his attitude became much more respectful.

Village Chief Jiang thought there was something going on.

Zhou Papi handed the purple clay pot and walnuts to the person behind him, and hugged his fists, "I heard that Jiang Xiucai has a sister who used to deliver phlome to hotels and restaurants. Is this true?"

"The person selling phlome is not my sister, but a friend of mine. My sister just helped deliver it."

Zhou Papi didn't really want to find out who the rice seller was, he just wanted to see Jiang Miao.

In the past few months, she had made a lot of money in Baimaguan Town, and Zhou Papi had already heard about it.

Jiang Qian saw his eyes light up when he mentioned his sister, and he couldn't help but be a little more wary, "Let's talk about what happened this time."

Zhou Papi reacted, coughed slightly, and assumed the aggressive posture before, "There are only two ways before you now, either hand over the land, or take 100 taels of silver."

"A Qian." Village Chief Jiang looked at Jiang Qian for help.

The dignified village chief actually asked the younger generation when something happened. Uncle Jiu felt that the Jiang family was really going to end.

Jiang Qian pondered for a moment and said to Village Chief Jiang: "I wonder what Uncle Wu did with the silver he obtained from mortgaging the fields? How much is left now? The rest can only be collected by each household."

"Why should we be asked to pay? Our lives are already so miserable, why are we still asked to pay?"

"That's right, the money is not in our hands, why should we pay it back? The land is mortgaged by Jiang Wu, so if we need to raise the money, their family should come together."

"That's right, we won't pay."

(End of this chapter)