She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 132: Trapped

"Manager Qi, from today on, when I am not in the field, Erlang and Sanlang will handle the affairs. If you have any questions, just ask them."

Manager Qi looked at the proud brothers from the second house and nodded, "Yes, Madam Ying."

Liu Yingyue pointed at the old farmhand who was following Manager Qi and said to the Qin brothers, "Erlang, Sanlang, you two should follow Lao Shuantou to the fields first and get familiar with the route. I won't go because I'm tired."

She waved to Hongzhu, indicating that Hongzhu should move the stool from the carriage for her to sit on.

The Qin brothers had long wanted to show off their skills, and immediately said, "Sister-in-law, you take a rest, and leave the rest to us brothers."

The two men called the old farmhand and went forward.

Manager Qi glanced at the two brothers walking away and asked Liu Yingyue, "Madam Ying, should I get busy too?"

"Wait a moment, I have something else to tell you." Liu Yingyue said.

Manager Qi immediately stood up straight with a serious expression, "Madam Ying, please give me your instructions."

Liu Yingyue said, "Manager Qi, don't worry. The real owners and managers of this farm are still me and Dalangjun. It's just that I haven't been feeling well these days, maybe I have a heat stroke, so I need to rest for a few days before I ask Erlang and Sanlang to come and help me. If there is anything special, please arrange for Lao Shuantou to tell me immediately."

The implication is that the two brothers from the second house are only temporary and can be driven away at any time.

Manager Qi was delighted, "I understand, Madam Ying."

When the Qin family acquired the manor, Qin Dalang and his family were very kind to each other. Not only did they continue to employ the people hired by the Gao family, they also increased their monthly salary by 100 yuan per person.

This made everyone very happy, but Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang came along and started to make comments, saying that the previous manager was too old and could not be used, and that it would be better to ask them two brothers to be the manager.

One of these “too old” managers is Manager Qi. He is only 53 years old this year, so how can he be considered old?
The person in charge of the fields used to be a relative of the Gao family. He is already 65 years old, but he is still the manager!

After the Gao family left, he was promoted from deputy steward to full steward. He finally had the chance to realize his ambitions, but the two brothers from the second branch of the Qin family began to dislike him.

Although Qin Dalang did not pay attention to the suggestions of Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang later, Manager Qi took note of the matter.

Today, when Manager Qi saw Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang following Liu Yingyue to the fields, he was furious.

Fortunately, Liu Yingyue said that these two people were only temporary, so he felt relieved.

Liu Yingyue rested for a while, drank the herbal tea brought by Hong Zhudai, and then went back in the carriage.
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In the following days, the two brothers of the Qin family regarded themselves as the managers of the fields and went to the fields as long as it was not raining.

He ordered the farmhands around.

And they also withheld their tea money.

Liu Yingyue said that the weather was hot, and each person was given five cents for tea every day.

But the Qin brothers said that the herbal tea they drank was picked from the tea garden on the farm, not bought, so why should they pay five cents per person a day for tea?
Twenty farmhands, each paid five cents a day, which makes a total of one hundred cents.

Manager Qi argued with the two Qin brothers, but they said that all the previous rules had to be cancelled and they had the final say in everything.

The farmhands were furious.

After the two brothers left, several farmhands went to find Manager Qi to seek justice.

"Uncle Qi, when we helped the Gao family before, they never deducted money for tea like this, right?"

"Yes, although the tea money given by the Gao family is only two cents, it can be received for a month."

"Is it because the village head thought that we gave too much and stopped giving us any more?"

The Gao family gives money for hot tea, which is only available during the hottest month.

But Liu Yingyue only gave them three months' leave, and five cents a day. Manager Qi thought of Liu Yingyue's instructions that day, and said in a deep voice, "You continue to work, and Madam Ying will handle everything."

"But Miss Ying hasn't come to the fields for several days." The farmhands sighed.

"Madam Ying is still the best. The two brothers from the second branch of the Qin family are such bastards."

Manager Qi looked at everyone and said, "The fields belong to Lady Ying and Da Lang. The two brothers from the second branch of the Qin family are just helping out. If there is anything, I will tell Lady Ying. You guys go and do the work first. If you delay the harvest, how can you justify the monthly salary increase that Lady Ying and Da Lang gave you?"

It has been two months since the Qin family took over the Gao family's farm.

In the past two months, everyone has received increased wages.

Moreover, each person had a set of uniform clothes and shoes and socks. Madam Ying said that they could be seen from a long distance that they were the Qin family's farmhands.

This saves another huge amount of expenses.

The farmhands were grateful to Liu Yingyue and Qin Yiran. Although they had complaints about Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang, they still went back to work.

After Manager Qi sent everyone away, he quietly returned to the manor and reported the situation on the manor to Liu Yingyue.

Liu Yingyue sneered secretly, very good, the two brothers from the second house started to make trouble.

But she was not prepared to make up the deducted tea money now.

"Manager Qi, I have to investigate this matter. You should calm everyone down first. After the rice is harvested, I will handle any problems together. It is more important to take care of the crops in the fields for the next few days."

As he spoke, he ordered Hongzhu to bring some anti-heat medicine and hand it to Manager Qi.

"This is a heatstroke prevention medicine. Take it back and share it with everyone. You can boil it and drink it as tea."

Although he didn't get any money for the tea, he got some medicine to reduce the heat, so Manager Qi felt a little relieved.

He took it in his hand, nodded, and went back.

The farmhands in the fields stopped making trouble and complaining after receiving the heat-reducing medicine.
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Time passes day by day,
In the blink of an eye, it was time to harvest the rice.

Rice in Lingnan matures earlier than rice in Jianghuai, and is harvested in large quantities at the end of July.

It is not easy to harvest three hundred acres of land.

Twenty farmhands alone are far from enough.

Manager Qi consulted with the Qin brothers, "Qin Erlang, according to the practice of previous years, we need to hire more temporary workers."

But Qin Erlang counted on his fingers and said, "It's only three hundred acres of land, and you have twenty people. No, including you, the manager Qi, there are twenty-one people. How can you not be busy? Do you want to be lazy? If you want to be lazy, don't do it!"

Manager Qi's face turned red with anger. "Qin Erlang, I have been in charge of this piece of land for more than ten years. The people in these villages all know what kind of person I am. The Gao family also knows!"

"This is the Qin family's land now, not the Gao family's! If you miss the Gao family so much, why don't you go and work for them?" Qin Sanlang snorted coldly.

"Why aren't you going to work? Manager Qi!" Qin Erlang waved impatiently at Manager Qi.

Manager Qi looked up at the sky, stamped his feet, and walked away.

At the end of the day, the farmhands came to see Manager Qi in the shed beside the field to report on how much they had accomplished that day.

When they heard that Qin Erlang was not going to hire temporary workers, someone immediately shouted anxiously, "Manager Qi, according to the dates in previous years, every time the rice is harvested, there will be strong winds and heavy rains. If we don't finish harvesting before the heavy rain comes, this batch of rice will be ruined!"

(End of this chapter)