Rebirth of the beauty of the peasant girl

Chapter 241 Big Brawl in the Village

Liu Qingluo rested at home for another two days, and went down to the fields with Liu Heping twice. Seeing that the seedlings at home had been planted again, and the worry on her parents' faces disappeared, she was relieved.

When she was about to pack her things and return to Beijing, there was a commotion in the village.

At the beginning, it was just a few families quarreling with each other, then it developed into a fight with hands, and finally it turned into a large-scale brawl in the whole village.

Every day people continue to beat each other with things, and people are injured every day.

There was an endless stream of people coming to see Qingluo for treatment, which made her want to go to the academy to see her husband, but she couldn't find the time at all.

She also got to know her father and brother, and went to see it with her own eyes. She knew that the root cause of this incident was still the word "water".

Every spring, everyone rushes to plow and plant the seeds, and then hopes that God will rain more.

It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but this year's rain is more expensive than gold.

Not to mention the severe disasters in Huguang and Guangxi provinces that have left the pervert devastated, even Pingyang County, which has always had plenty of rain, has experienced a bit of drought this year.

This has led to a serious problem that the villagers found that the water was not enough after plowing the land.

Originally, there was a river in the village that surrounded the entire village, usually enough for drinking water and farmland water for the entire village.

But this year, there is little rain, and the water in the river is pitifully small.

In the beginning, two farms that were close to each other were irrigated at the same time, but because the river water was low, the one in the front felt that the irrigation was slow, so they directly blocked the water outlet of the next one!
Of course I won't do it next time!

The river water belongs to everyone, why should your house be filled with water to block mine?

So the two families quarreled, quarreling and fighting, and the beating was bloody.The two sides asked their own family members for help, which turned into a fight between the two families.

The commotion was so loud that the whole village knew about it.

I don’t know how it was spread, but it was said that the water in the river was not enough, if we didn’t fetch water in advance, the fields would be dry!

For farmers who depend on the sky for food, the harvest in the field can be related to their hunger next year!
So everyone began to panic and panic, scrambling to grab water and block the water.

In the end, it turned into a major event on the scale of the whole village...

Li Zheng was the most worried about such a big event in the village.But after persuading and persuading him, he found that he couldn't control it at all, and finally ran to the county government for help in a hurry.

As a result, when he came back, he encountered a group of people fighting, and was implicated and broke his head.

Liu Qingluo was talking about this with her family at home, when she saw Li Zheng rushing in with a bloody head...

Liu Heping was shocked: "Oh, Master Lizheng, what's wrong with you?"

Li Zheng smiled wryly: "It's hit again..."

Qingluo hurriedly fetched the medicine box, helped him treat the wound, and asked strangely: "Why, they are so courageous now that they dare to do something to you?"

"They didn't. Didn't I just come back from the county government? I saw the old Chen's family and the old Wu's family fighting, so I thought of going over to persuade them. Who knows, look..."

He pointed to his head and sighed.

Mrs. Du poured him a bowl of hot tea, "Have you gone to the county government office? What did the county master say?"

Liu Qingluo immediately pricked up her ears.

Ever since she had a fight with Lin Jinyu at the county government that day, she hasn't heard anything special.

In my heart, I was a little curious about Shen Yanzu's reaction after waking up.

Who knows that when this matter was mentioned, Li Zheng sighed and got angry: "It's better not to go! I didn't even see the county master when I went!"

Qing Luo was surprised: "You didn't even see me?"

It stands to reason that Lizheng asked to see the county magistrate about urgent matters in the village, and the county magistrate must see him.

"Yeah, I said it was a big emergency, but the gatekeeper kicked me out immediately. He said that the magistrate was not feeling well recently, and no one was there!"

Li Zheng sighed, "I don't know what's wrong. In the past, even if the county lord was sick, he would at least see us if there was something urgent... Sigh!"

Qingluo thought to herself, when he woke up, he found himself sleeping in a dirty and smelly prison cell, and there were other men sleeping on the concubine's bed, it would be strange if he was in a good mood!

The most important thing is that if he finds out that his correspondence with officials in Kyoto has been stolen, he may never sleep well again.

Life and wealth are at stake!
Does he still have the mood to care about the fights in a broken village?
Thinking of this, Qing Luo smiled and said: "Uncle Li Zheng, actually you don't need to ask the county master for this matter, I have an idea, maybe it will work."

"Niu Niu, do you really have an idea?" Li Zheng knew that she was famously smart, hope immediately rose in his heart when he heard this, and he said excitedly, "If this matter can be resolved, I will recommend it when I quit Li Zheng next year. You do it!"

Qingluo was taken aback, and quickly waved her hands: "I'm just seeing the big guy making a fuss about this all day long, and I'm a little anxious. Besides, my field is waiting to be watered, can I do my best?"

Liu Heping's ten-acre paddy field has been irrigated before this, and there are only a few acres of Haotian left, so he is not too anxious to get angry.

In the past two days, he listened to his daughter and did not randomly participate in this matter.

But I always miss it in my heart.Five acres of dry land can harvest a lot of sticks in autumn!
So what Qing Luo said was sincere.

Li Zheng didn't care whether she really didn't want to be Li Zheng, and kept begging her to speak up quickly.

Qingluo thought for a while and said seriously: "In the final analysis, everyone is worried about not having enough water, right?"

Li Zheng nodded: "Yes."

"Everyone blocks and grabs water at will, because they think the water is free, and whoever wants to use it can use it."

Li Zheng was puzzled and said, "The water in the river doesn't cost money..."

Qingluo nodded: "That's right, originally they didn't need money, it was to take care of them. But now they don't know what's good, so they just charge for it! Whoever wants to use water has to pay!"

Liu Heping and Du Shi also looked at each other in blank dismay: "Why do you charge for the water in the river?"

Li Zheng also shook his head: "Don't say whether they are willing to pay, but if they do, what is the standard for charging? One penny for a bucket of water? Then who would know if they bought two buckets more... also There aren't that many people watching..."

Qingluo smiled: "Uncle Lizheng, if you collect money by bucket by bucket, wouldn't it be a mess?"

"Then according to Niuniu, what do you mean?" Du Shi asked anxiously.

"It's very simple, the fee is based on the number of acres of land in the family!" Qingluo wrung her fingers and said, "For example, if my family has five acres of land that needs to be irrigated, then the fee will be paid according to the five acres of land."

Lizheng thought for a while, then nodded slowly: "This is much more convenient, and I have registered how many fields a family has."

"That's right!" Qing Luo clapped her hands and laughed, "Whoever pays the money can get water, and those who don't pay the money can just stay where it is cool!"

Lizheng thought about it for a while, then shook his head: "It's easy to charge this way, but it still doesn't solve the problem of water use? The simplest thing is, what do you do if you steal water in the middle of the night without paying?"

(End of this chapter)