Shennong Pharmaceutical Field

Chapter 54 Yang Haifu's Early Inaugural Speech
After uncle Yao Runzhi's teasing reminder, Yao Tiantian immediately felt her stomach growling in protest. Following her stomach's unwilling "gurgle" and "gurgle", Yao Tiantian tipped her nose in good time. The aroma of food mixed with buckwheat and wild vegetables came from the ground.

Along with the aroma of the food, Fifth Grandma also came over with a strong voice of concern and blame, "This sweet girl, I don't remember that I didn't eat, you don't remember, grandma still feels distressed, if such a beautiful girl is hungry and sick But how come."

Uncle's reminder with a smile that doesn't show the mountains and no dew, and Grandma Wu's ordinary babble of scolding. Hearing Yao Tiantian's ears, my heart was inexplicably sour, and tears almost fell down. This is the feeling of having relatives. It just feels like home. She, Yao Tiantian, is no longer alone, and no longer has to grit her teeth to make food by herself even if her stomach hurts from hunger.

Yao Tiantian suppressed the tears that almost gushed out of her eyes by looking up at the slanting sun, and then, like a little bad wolf, cheered and pounced on the buckwheat vegetable dumpling and steaming hot water that Grandma Fifth was holding in her hand. Steaming porridge "Hey, grandma is the best. With grandma here, I will never be hungry."

"Hehe, grandma's sweet girl, the little mouth is sweet, come, come, come, come and eat at the dining table in the house. After you finish eating, grandma will accompany you to the ancestral hall to watch the fun." Fifth grandma said with a smile He said, carrying the food and walking to the dining room of the main house.

Yao Tiantian devoured the food with love, and after a while, she ate a whole bowl. She stretched her waist in satisfaction, and said in a coquettish tone like a girl in her teens "Grandma, can we go to the ancestral hall to watch the excitement now?"

"Okay, okay" the fifth grandma smiled dotingly, and dried the washed wild vegetables, then lifted up the front of her clothes and wiped the water drops on her hands, jokingly said, "Let's go right away, right away, grandma knows We sweet girls are very curious, if we don’t watch this excitement, we will sleep for a whole day if we get angry.”

"Grandma!" It's really hard to lift which pot can't be turned on. Yao Tiantian finally hypnotized the embarrassing thing she had forgotten, and was brought up so abruptly by the fifth grandma. She twisted her body embarrassedly and pulled her legs up. Just ran outside the house.

Hearing the footsteps of the fifth grandmother chasing after her, Yao Tiantian slowly slowed down, because she didn't know where the ancestral hall was, and she couldn't find it by running around.

Fifth Grandma guessed what Yao Tiantian was thinking, and knew that this little girl was shy, so she stopped teasing her after she hurried up, and the two talked and laughed all the way, and went straight to the old ancestral hall in Yangjiatun.

The convener of Yang Haifu said that the meeting was held in the old ancestral hall. In fact, it was held in an open space outside the old ancestral hall. The old ancestral hall in Yangjiatun is not opened whenever anyone wants. It must be during festivals or when important events happen , It can only be opened by the patriarch and the elders.On weekdays, everyone is called together in the open space outside the old ancestral hall. An earthen platform is piled up in the center of the open space, so that it is convenient for the speaker to stand high, so that everyone can see and hear clearly.

When Yao Tiantian arrived, Yang Haifu was standing on a high earthen platform and was spitting and giving a speech, "...You guys heard what I said earlier, right? I've already sent people to buy food, It is guaranteed to be delivered within three days, and it can be eaten for at least half a month, so you don’t have to worry. Let me tell you about our next step in Yangjiatun.”

Yang Haifu spoke like a driver of the patriarch of Yangjiatun, talking about the next step, Yang Haifu deliberately paused, cleared his throat, and waited until the surrounding villagers calmed down, he continued, "Now we have no rations in Yangjiatun. Land, of course, this can not be blamed on the old patriarch, he also thinks of the villagers, and does not want the young and strong laborers in our village to be taken away. But since we have no ration land, everyone has to eat again, I, Yang Haifu, as the Yangjiatun people, and I have the trust of my uncle and the young and old, I have the responsibility to find a way for everyone to survive. Our Yangjiatun has no ration land, but there are not many big families around us, and they have more than enough land to grow. come."

Hearing the key part, everyone in Yangjiatun couldn't hold back anymore, and started talking among themselves:
"Hai Fu is right. We can't always wait for people to deliver food to our door. Who can always help us? We have to think of a long-term solution."

"Yeah, yeah, Brother Haifu has put a lot of thought into us this time, and he usually seems to be a fool, but it turned out that he was wrong."

"Hmph, he's worried, the real dog has no good intentions to grab the mouse, and grabs the silver from Mr. Yao abruptly. If the silver is in the hands of Mr. Yao, it will definitely come in handy. If it falls into his hands, it might be wasted." How much, everyone will take a good look at it."

"Second Lord is wrong. Yao Runzhi's surname is not Yang. If he wants to be the patriarch of our Yangjiatun so much, he has to show some sincerity! See what happened after he took our barren hill? Isn't that right? An embroidered pillow that only talks about it, it looks good, but it's useless!"

"Xiaodouzi's words are reasonable. The big guys were all there that day. Yao Runzhi himself agreed. The money goes to Brother Haifu, and the barren mountain belongs to him. After three months, we will see each other again. Now Brother Haifu is actively supporting the big guys. Think of a way, but there is no movement at the village school."

"Yang Haifu think of a way? Hearing his tone, he doesn't want everyone to be tenant farmers for those big households, right? If the weather goes well, it's okay to work hard for a year, pay the poll tax, and then pay the rent of the big households. You can feed the whole family. But what about a famine year like last year? In addition to poll tax and rent, what do we have to pay?"

"That's right, that's right, if we meet someone like Huang Buren who is rich and unkind, aren't we waiting to be forced to death?"

"You two are telling the truth. Let's listen to Yang Haifu's plan first. Whatever happens, you have to have your own backbone. If you can't listen to the wind or the rain, you will be fooled by others."

"That's right, that's right. We have to weigh carefully and listen to the opinions of our uncles. They have eaten more salt than we have traveled."

Listening to the various discussions below, the expression on Yang Haifu's face changed again and again. In the end, he couldn't help it anymore, and gave Yang Laitou a look of immediate stop.

Yang Laitou understood, he swung his arms round, and knocked hard on the broken gong in his hand. As soon as the deafening noise fell and everyone grinned and frowned, Yang Laitou said loudly, "Quiet, quiet!"

Being disturbed by Yang Laitou, everyone temporarily stopped discussing and raised their heads slightly, waiting for Yang Haifu to tell the way he pointed out for the villagers of Yangjiatun.

Seeing that the effect he wanted had been achieved, Yang Haifu didn't dare to take it anymore, he said again with a smile on his face, "I know, all the young and old are worried about the future of our Yangjiatun, and they are all worried that if we rent and plant those If they charge an extra layer of rent for the fields of the big households, everyone will have a hard time. However, what I want to say is that not all big households in the world are cruel and heartless. People like Huang Buren are a minority. I Yang Haifu is very knowledgeable and will not lead everyone into a fire pit."

"Then who is the benevolent and righteous family you found? Don't be a fool." Someone in the silent crowd yelled, which aroused a burst of discussion among everyone.

"That's a good question!" Yang Haifu remained calm, raised his voice to the maximum, and said with a confident smile, "Our Yangjiatun should not die, so I found Zhou Dahu, who is kind and generous. Listen to Zhou Dahu. Speaking of our misfortune in Yangjiatun, I am very sorry for everyone, he is willing to rent his best land to us, and only charge us [-]% of the rent for the first three years, do you agree?"

"it is good!"

"Zhou Dashan is benevolent and righteous!"

"Hai Fu found a good employer for us."

Although Yang Haifu's suggestion was to ask everyone to rent other people's land and be a rootless tenant farmer, he wisely chose Zhou Dahu, who has a reputation for benevolence and righteousness in this area, and talked about the fact that he only charged [-]% of the rent in the first three years. Good conditions, since this, most of the worries in the hearts of the people in Yangjiatun have been reduced, and everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Just changed to a big family for a week and everyone was satisfied so quickly?About this week, Yao Tiantian, a big family member, once overheard the old village chief's evaluation of him.Although he has a reputation for being kind and charitable, he has also made an idea of ​​the land of Yangjiatun, but he is not as strong as Huang Buren's backer, and he is not as fast as him.

Now that Yangjiatun has just lost its land, this big family of Zhou found him so quickly, and offered such generous terms, did he really sympathize with everyone in Yangjiatun?Is it to add to his reputation of benevolence?Or is there some other conspiracy?
It's not that she, Yao Tiantian, is used to staying in the modern workplace, and she brought over the habit of being suspicious of everything, deliberately trying to treat him with a villain's heart, it is really "timely" for him to appear. !Yao Tiantian was anxious, and was about to ask to clarify, but someone questioned her first.

"Although Zhou Dahu has a reputation for benevolence, it is not a small amount for the entire Yangjiatun to exempt [-]% of the rent for the first three years. I wonder what conditions you agreed to him?"

It was the calm voice of the old village head. He was not confused by the generous terms offered by Zhou Dahu, and directly asked the questions behind the deal.

Although the old village head or the old patriarch resigned because he sold the ration land in the village, the villagers all knew why he sold the land. Not only did they not have any resentment towards him, but they respected him more than before. As soon as the exit was made, the cheering people immediately fell silent, waiting for Yang Haifu to give a reasonable explanation.

(End of this chapter)