Refa is King

Chapter 10 The way to clean up the old man

"Mom, go to sleep, don't wait any longer." Bao Bushu hugged his younger sister, watching his old lady sitting in the darkness, he could vaguely see her shadow.

"Go to bed first." Bao Bushu's old lady had no way to deal with the dispute between her son and her husband, because he was just an ordinary peasant woman.

Early the next morning, Bao Bushu saw that his mother was about to leave, so he said, "Mother, where are you going?"

"I'm going to the Wang's house to weed. It was agreed yesterday." Bao Bushu's old lady said.

"Well, don't go tomorrow." Bao Bushu said, there are some things that have not been settled, Bao Bushu is hard to say, and people in this world value promises, and they must do what they promise.

"Okay." Bao Bushu's old lady took a pancake with miscellaneous grains and went out. She said it was miscellaneous grains, but in fact, most of them are wild vegetables. It's full of catties, and it won't miss a tiny bit.Others can't do it, they don't care about anything at all, and some of them use less weight.

Bao Bushu went out with his younger sister. Bao Bushu had two thousand coins in his hand and 20 taels of silver, all of which were given by the master after the beating.

Bao Bushu pondered for a while, according to his father's character, he might sell his younger sister at any time, so Bao Bushu was going to do one thing, which was to buy land, put it under his own name, and then hand it over to him. It’s not that Bao Bushu never thought about buying it for his mother, but as the head of the household, Bao Bao has the right to dispose of the property under his mother’s name, so he had to keep it on his own head.

Bao Ermei is in Bao Bushu's arms, looking around with big eyes. There are many people in the city, as well as carriages, mule carts, etc. Obviously, Bao Ermei is the first time in the city, the first time she sees such a many people.

Bao Bushu asked the passers-by on the side of the road, and came to the dental shop. The dental shop means an intermediary, but in this society, the dental shops are all related households. In fact, it is the same as the world of Bao Bushu in the previous life. It doesn't matter, what you want to do is very difficult. If you don't understand this today and that tomorrow, hehe, I will check you every day.

"Sir, do you want to buy land?" The people in the tooth shop were very discerning. They saw that Bao Bushu didn't neglect Bao Bushu because of his junior grade, because Bao Bushu was wearing the clothes of a servant of the Yang family.

The servants in the Yang Mansion are also divided into several classes, the lowest ones are coolies, the next ones are technical workers, masons, carpenters, and then there are servants who serve the master in each courtyard.

Bao Bushu is a first-class servant, just lower than the housekeeper. Of course, there are several classes of housekeepers. The biggest one is the big housekeeper, who can take care of everything. There are also those who manage the accounts, the worst is the one who manages the tenants, collecting rent is the hardest part, and as the rent collector of the Yang Mansion, it can't ruin the reputation, anyway, Bao Bushu knows that the Yang Mansion has been interrupted for a few years The legs of two rent-collecting housekeepers, scholars in this era can do any dirty things in private, but they can't show it, this is face.

"Is there any land in the courtyard of the Bao family?" Bao Bushu asked directly, he didn't even look at the tea on the table, so he should be more careful outside.

"I don't know what kind of land you want to buy, sir? The first-class paddy field costs three taels of silver per mu, the second-class paddy field costs one mu of silver per mu, the mountain field costs five hundred yuan per mu, and the mountain land costs three hundred yuan per mu." .

When Bao Bushu heard the offer, he said, "When the paddy fields are high, how many years will it take to earn back three taels of silver?"

"Sir, it can't be calculated like this. The first-class paddy fields don't bother you, just pour water from the river. The second-class paddy fields need to carry water. When there is a drought, I don't know how much work it takes to get in. The mountain fields depend on the sky for their food. "The clerk of the tooth shop heard this and said immediately.

"Then you didn't say the water was rising?" Bao Bushu was not a child, so he immediately replied.

"Sir, let's say that, if you pay in silver, we can give you a little less, but if you pay in copper, there is no less." The guy said in a low voice.

"Silver, 20 taels of silver and nine acres of first-class paddy fields, if it works, I'll change to another." Bao Bushu said.

"Sir, you are too cruel. Otherwise, there are six acres of paddy fields connected together, and a mountainous land with more than 200 mulberry trees and 20 taels of silver." The guy bargained.

"You think I'm a fool. Two hundred mulberry trees only grow a year. I might as well grow potatoes." Bao Bushu immediately said angrily, then stood up and was about to leave.

"Sir, we can still discuss, do you want to spare you a piece of forest land?" The clerk of this dental shop knows the difference between silver and copper coins. , the copper wire is used, so even if it does not make money, the price difference between the silver and the copper wire is a big one. One tael of silver is two hundred Wen, and 1000 taels of silver is four thousand Wen.

"Forget it." Bao Bushu shook his head and hugged Bao Ermei before leaving.

"Wait, I'll spare you another calf." Seeing that the [-] wen was about to run away, the clerk gritted his teeth and said, one must know that this calf costs seven or eight hundred wen.

"Add an ox cart, any old one will do." Bao Bushu said immediately.

"Okay." The tooth dealer heard this, but he didn't take it seriously. Bankrupt farmers can't take away any rags. Bawen.

After the business was negotiated, the clerk took out the contract and looked at the package book. It was a white contract, that is, a contract signed in private. After signing, he took it to the yamen and exchanged it for a red contract.

The yamen was not in any trouble, and even took a look at Bao Bushu. Bao Bushu took out twenty coins and asked a servant from the yamen to accept the land with him. Don't underestimate this inconspicuous twenty coins. He went to the hospital directly to find the security chief, and Bao Bushu accepted a few paddy fields, a piece of mulberry field, a piece of woodland, and a calf.

"Aren't you a book?" Seeing the name on the contract, the security chief asked.

"Yes, Uncle." Bao Bushu also belonged to the Bao family, but the more he was like this, the more he had to figure it out.

"That's good, that's good, I thought this good land would be cheaper for others." Bao Zhang, who was also an elder of the Bao family, said when he heard this.

"Uncle will come to my house at night and be a guarantor." Bao Bushu invited.

"Okay, I'll definitely come." The security chief nodded and said, this security chief is also a shrewd person, looking at the name on the paperwork, not the name of the bread, not the name of the old man, he immediately knew why, and then looked at the food. Bao Ermei, who was eating pastry, nodded.

Bao Bushu invited the patriarch and several elders of his own family to come to the house for dinner at night. Although Bao Bushu can't deal with Father Bao, it is still very easy to leave some property for his mother and younger sister.

Bao Bushu directly bought a large piece of pork belly and a jar of wine. As for the food, he didn't need it, he had it at home.

After returning home, Bao Bushu began to stew meat. The rare thing in the farm is big meat. The meat was cut into large slices, thick as fingernails, then added potatoes, and stewed in a big pot.

Bao Ermei's belly has not been loosened all day today, sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, sweet cakes, seeing that it is getting dark, Bao Bushu put them in the house for the night for the old lady and younger sister.

Lock up the chickens in the yard, clean them up, and use some wooden pier as stools in the yard.

"No book." Bao Zhang, patriarch and several elders all came.

"Patriarch, uncle, grandpa, uncle, second master..." Bao Bushu greeted quickly.

The whole yard could smell the smell of meat, so these people just sat on the wooden pier, and Bao Bushu said, "Elders, I invite you here today because I will follow the young master to Qingyun Academy next month... .”

"Qingyun Academy!" Uncle Baochang stood up in shock.

"Uncle knows Qingyun Academy?" Bao Bushu asked.

"I know, I know." Uncle Baochang didn't say much, but just nodded repeatedly.

"My father's personality is known to all elders. In the past two or three years, I have given my father no less than one thousand renminbi, and there are many other things. But when I came home yesterday, I saw that the house is still like this. I can't take care of it, but I always have to take care of my mother and younger sister. I invite all elders to come to me, just to invite all elders to be a witness. The land under my name cannot be taken away by my father. Also, I invite all elders Take care of my little mother and sister." Bao Bushu said.

"No problem, no book, if your father dares to mess around, I'll break his legs." Uncle Baochang immediately expressed his opinion.

The patriarch also nodded: "That's the reason. If you don't agree, you are no longer the Bao family, and your father can't sell your land. Yes, yes, you should buy land and land."

What the rest of the elders could say, both the Baochang and the patriarch spoke.

"Then thank you elders." Bao Bushu stood up and bowed deeply to the elders.

"Eh?" Papa Bao came in, saw so many people, thought he had made a mistake, took a step back and found out that they were acquaintances.

"Evil, don't come in yet!" Uncle Bao Zhang saw Father Bao, and immediately stood up to drink.

"Uncle..." Father Bao was bewildered.

"Let me tell you, from today on, you should work hard at home. If you go to gamble again, I will immediately ask you to serve in corvée." The security chief has this right, and it is not scary to say this.

Corvée is actually not that terrible, as long as there is no war, but corvee work is all assigned by the government, it is hard work, and you have to bring your own dry food. If you are asked to dig canals or repair roads for a day, that is easy , If you are asked to dig the gutter, or carry the dead, or repair the city wall, that would be unlucky, let alone mining ice in the winter, people will not be frozen to death, but your hands and feet are rotten from the cold, you still have to do it .

"Sit down, don't tell me you bought Baosan's world today, and you will take good care of a few acres of land at home in the future, and don't run around, or I, the patriarch, will ask for the clan rules." The patriarch of the Bao family also knows about Qingyun Academy. If you don't talk about it, Bao Bushu will go with Young Master Yang, that is promising, and Bao Bushu understands what he said, don't look at Father Bao and no one cares about him, but if Bao Zhang wants to punish anyone, then he will punish you to death If you want to die, it includes what the yamen does, and when you come to the place, you also look for the security chief.

As for the patriarch, if he wants to hit you, it's very simple. It's not just that one person hits you, the elders can hit you.

"Here, Baozhang, patriarch..." Bao Bushu's old lady came back, and she was a little scared when she saw her husband standing aside and being reprimanded by the patriarch.

"Mother, you go in first." Bao Bushu hurriedly took his mother in, Bao Bushu saw that his mother was also carrying a bag of wild vegetables, so he rolled up the hem of his clothes and held an egg tightly in his hand.

Bao Bushu brought up the dishes in a wooden basin, and the elders, grandpas, and second masters were also teaching Father Bao a lesson.

"Elders, I will rely on everyone to take care of my mother and younger sister in the future." Bao Bushu saw that his father's eyes were about to get angry, and he felt helpless. Without the pressure of these elders, his father might ruin the family at any time up.

　PS: Where did Piao Piao go?
　　
　
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