Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 49 Land Rent [-]

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"Father, mother, the second sister is like mother, so am I like father?" Hong'er, who had been quietly listening to his parents and sister discussing things, suddenly asked.

"Haha, yes, Hong'er is a man, just like a father!" Ke Hanxue laughed.

Ke Hanxue is a man of action, she has something on her mind, and she has no intention of going to town with Ke Shuisheng again.

Before yesterday, Ke Hanxue would still be worried that Dasha would come to make trouble, but seeing how angry he was but did not dare to speak out yesterday, Ke Hanxue guessed that he should not have any more troubles, so she put her heart into it and put all her heart into it. in nine acres

After breakfast, Ke Shuisheng drove away in an ox cart, and Ke Zhong took Ke Hanxue to the sweet potato field, because Tongsuo Niang was also in the sweet potato field.

"Chun'er Niang, why are you here too?" Tongsuo Niang asked in surprise when she saw Ke Zhongshi.

Tongsuo Niang knew that Ke Zhong's health had never been very good, and Ke Shuisheng was a man who would love his wife, so she only let Ke Zhong feed the silkworms at home and take care of the children, and she was never willing to let her go to the field to bask in the sun. , but what is going on today?

"Mother Tongsuo, I have business with you!" Ke Zhong said with a smile, and greeted Tongsuo's father and Tongsuo from a distance.

Ke Hanxue also greeted several people, and walked with Ke Zhongshi to the sweet potato field of Tongsuo's house.

"I can't talk about it at night if I have something to do. Why do you need to come to the field in person? You can take it with your body?" Tongsuo Niang scolded Ke Zhongshi worriedly.

"Tongsuo Niang, it's strange to say that my body seems to be getting better these days, and it's not a problem." Ke Zhong only said that her family was about to change luck, so even her body got better.

"Chun'er Niang, what is the big deal that has to be found in the field?" Tongsuo Niang put down her hoe, and pulled Ke Zhong to sit down by the edge of the field.

"Tongsuo Niang, I..." Ke Zhongshi was thinking about how to say this.

"Auntie, my father and mother want to rent your few acres of sweet potato land!" Ke Hanxue saw that her mother was in a dilemma, so she spoke for her.

"What? You want to rent this sweet potato field? Don't your family already have more than four acres of land?" Tongsuo Niang asked in astonishment.

Tongsuo Niang's voice was louder, so Tongsuo's father and Tongsuo who were not far away also listened to her words, thinking that something happened to the Ke family, they hurriedly came to Tiankan with concern.

"Mother Chun, did something happen at home?" Father Tongsuo asked, he and Shuisheng are like brothers, and they have been neighbors for many years, if something really happens to the Ke family, he can't stand by and watch.

Ke Zhong's eyes flickered, and he said eagerly, "Father Tongsuo, my family is fine, we...just want...to rent your land to grow rice!"

"Your family really wants to grow rice?"

When Tongsuo's father first heard that Ke Shuisheng bought a cow, he guessed that he might be planning to grow rice, so he bought the cow to plow the land. After all, he only got two acres of mulberry land when he divided the family, which was not enough to support the family.

"Uncle, Auntie, Brother Tongsuo, our family plans to grow rice, so my father and mother want to rent your land to plant together. My parents said that the sweet potatoes on our four acres of land will be given to you guys." One year's rent, I will send these sweet potatoes to your home after I dig them out, is that okay?" Ke Hanxue asked.

"Chun Erniang, what are you kidding? You want to rent our land to grow rice, even if you rent it, anyway, we usually don't have much time to take care of this sweet potato field. But you said that the sweet potatoes on your several acres We can't agree to it as rent!" Father Tongsuo immediately stopped him when he heard Ke Hanxue's words.

"That's right, Miss Chun, how can we take advantage of you like this? If you really want to rent our land, you can go to the village chief and ask, and you can do whatever you want."

Tongsuo Niang is also an upright person. Leaving aside the friendship between the two families, the Ke family is the most difficult family in the village. If she really took the sweet potatoes from their four acres of land, she would not be slobbered by the villagers. submerged?
"Father Tongsuo, are you really willing to rent the land to us?" Ke Zhong thought they would at least discuss it before renting the land to him, but they didn't expect them to agree so easily.

"Chun Er Niang, we have been neighbors for so many years, and we don't want to say anything else. Shuisheng has to pull a cart and doesn't have time to dig sweet potatoes. Do you think this will work?" Father Tongsuo said: "Our family's The sweet potatoes are almost finished digging, and Tongsuo and I don’t need to go to the mulberry field these days. We will help you dig these sweet potatoes. When the time comes, the village chief says how much sweet potatoes our land can exchange, and you can exchange as many sweet potatoes for me. Bar."

"Is this... okay?" Ke Zhong hesitated, feeling sorry for herself.

"If there's anything wrong, it's settled like this!" Tongsuo Niang said, "Chun Er Niang, we'll go to the village chief after lunch."

"Uncle, Auntie, Brother Tongsuo, thank you so much!" Ke Hanxue thanked them. Their kindness moved Ke Hanxue, who had seen the coldness of the world in his previous life.

Just after lunch, Tongsuo Niang came and asked Ke Zhong to go to the village chief's house together.

In less than half an hour, Ke Zhong came back.

"Mother, what did the village chief say?" Ke Hanxue asked eagerly as soon as she saw Ke Zhongshi entering the house.

"The village head said that it is enough to pay the rent of two acres of sweet potatoes." Ke Zhong replied with a sad face.

"Mother, do you think there are too few sweet potatoes in the two acres of land?" Ke Hanxue asked, in fact, she also felt that there were too few sweet potatoes in the two acres of land.

"That's not it!" Ke Zhong sighed: "Their family used to have five acres of sweet potatoes, but now they only got two acres of sweet potatoes, which is not enough for your big brother Tongsuo's family."

"Mother, don't think too much about it now. After the sweet potatoes are dug up, we'll pack a few more baskets of sweet potatoes for Brother Tongsuo and the others." Ke Hanxue persuaded her mother, not wanting her to be too worried.

Sometimes when this person is too preoccupied, his physical problems will continue.

"we can only do this."

In the blink of an eye, another four or five days passed. Because of the help of Tongsuo's family, all four acres of sweet potatoes were dug up. During this period, Ke Hanxue also carried a hoe to the field to help. Hong'er also went to the field to help break the sweet potato mash.

Under Ke Zhongshi and Ke Hanxue's hard work, Tongsuo's father reluctantly agreed to take away the sweet potatoes from the three-acre field, which also made Ke Zhongshi feel better.

After digging the sweet potatoes, the next step is to dig the ground. This is a big project. Ke Hanxue is going to ask his parents to go to the village to ask some people to help.

Just when Ke Hanxue wanted to speak to his parents, Ke Hanxue's grandmother came.

When Zhong Wang heard that his daughter and son-in-law had rented land to grow rice, without saying a word, he sent his son, grandson, seven or eight people to Shuihe Village early in the morning with hoes on their shoulders.

(End of this chapter)