Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 37

It's the end of April, and there is still no rain. The coarse grains prepared by Du Yu's family are enough for everyone to eat for half a year.

The vegetables they planted, because they watered them themselves, have a good emergence rate, but they are not as good as in previous years.

Depending on the situation, the wheat in the field is about to fail. Although it is a cold-resistant crop, in the spring, it did not absorb enough water, and the grains produced were not as big as in previous years.

"That's hard!" The veterans all sighed, the harvest is not good, and many people are going to starve.

Even though the wheat is not good, it has to be taken back. A little less is better than nothing.

Du Yu also went to the field to pick wheat ears, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. There are also salted eggs at home, but there are no duck eggs. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Du Yu wears a straw hat to avoid peeling in the sun. During the harvest season, you can still joke around.

As for their family's [-]-odd mu of land, one mu of land can only harvest seventy or eighty catties now, which is still an average, and only a few mu of high-quality fields are like this.Once again, I feel sorry for the low yield. If it were not for the drought, the first-class fields could produce about [-] catties. Of course, this is wheat, but if it was rice, there would still be a harvest of about [-] catties.

Now with the drought, there is only such a small harvest, it is simply that this has to be handed over to the government.

"We have to hand it over to the county government?" Du Yu really felt that it was not worth it. The whole family had been busy for more than half a year, and they also fertilized and carried water, but it turned out that they all had to hand it over?So, they have been working for the public for free for half a year?
What kind of broken rules are these.Is there no policy of benefiting the people with reduction or exemption?Seeing that there is going to be a disaster, do you still have to pay according to the previous income?

In the past, the family could still keep half of the grain, but now, the harvest has been reduced by half. The imperial court has to give it, and each family can only bear the loss.

do not give?You are joking, the servants in other people’s yamen don’t eat dry food. If you resist, they can take the food from your house, and you yourself will be thrown into prison because of it.

I'm not going to tell you anything here.With iron chains on your body, the head of the family will be caught for you, leaving your family with no way out.

What Du Yu's family discussed was that, looking at the weather and the situation, food is getting more expensive every day, so their family should use money to pay for it.Fortunately, the payment here will not become higher because of the price of food. This is the only comforting place.

So the money originally planned to be reserved for Du Youde's marriage was used to pay the public tax.Anyway, the food was left behind.

"Food is the most important thing at any time. When the money comes to a critical moment, we can't eat it. If we keep the food, it won't go bad." Qi said.

Because of this, the Dragon Boat Festival was not as good as in previous years, and after the Dragon Boat Festival, Du Youzhong was fired by his boss!
This is simply a bolt from the blue. You must know that everyone is not panicking now because Du Youzhong still has an errand, and he also has two taels of silver every month. He was fired!
This is undoubtedly the same as the sky is falling! "Youzhong, what the hell is going on here? Haven't you been doing well? Why did you fire you? Didn't you talk to your boss? Can't we talk good things?" Qi anxiously circle around.

Mr. Du hurriedly reprimanded: "Boss came back in a hurry. You didn't ask him if he was hungry, but you caught him and asked him. Could it be that he was happy to be fired? He also felt uncomfortable, so you can't say something. melodious?"

"You think I'm willing to do this. There are so many people in the family who have to rely on his monthly silver. All of a sudden, the income of the family is gone, and there is a severe drought. How will we live in the future? You say, you can only read, we What will the family do in the future?" Mrs. Qi wished she could cry, the natural disaster has not yet passed, and the man-made disaster has come again.

Du Youxian hurriedly said: "Mom, we can make money selling tofu here."

"You're only a little older? Go away!" Mrs. Qi asked Du Youzhong, "Please tell me clearly, why should your boss fire you? You have worked hard without credit. If you do this, he is dishonest!"

Everything is not going well this year, so good things like the eldest son will be gone, and this is the most important time.

Du Youzhong smiled wryly and said: "The owner wants to go back to his hometown. The shop has already been taken away by someone else, and he is using his own tent. None of us stayed."

"Your boss is doing a good job, why do you want to go back to your hometown, damn it, isn't this harmful?" Qi said after hearing this.

Mr. Du listened to the shame, and said: "Boss, he didn't think about it. We will come back when we come back. Aren't we all fully prepared? We will talk about the future. What are you talking about, boss? Can you go back to work?"

At any rate, the Qi family calmed down a little, knowing that he was just scolding Potian, and the eldest son would not come back from his errand, so he changed his employer directly.Of course, it is better to use your own tent.

But when he thought of losing those two taels of silver in the future, Qi's heart was bleeding, the money on hand became less and less as he got older, and after paying the miscellaneous taxes this time, there would not be much left.In addition, the villagers knew that Youzhong had no errands in the town and came back, so they had to laugh at them.

"My father is capable, even if he doesn't work as an accountant, he can make a lot of money in the future!" Du Yu can't see that everyone is like the sky falling. His father has contributed to everyone for so many years, so what's the matter with taking a break now?

Her father was in the town all the year round, and he and his sisters could only get together for a few days all year round. Now that he was back, Du Yu felt very good, and she could spend more time with her father!
Du Youzhong was very happy and said to everyone, "It's good to be dismissed now. This year's severe drought has prevented rice from being planted, and the number of cloth shops buying cloth is much less than in previous years. The income is not as good as in previous years. The boss is If the store is not sold out, the people in the store will also be laid off. It is better to come back like this now than to be kicked out. Mother, don't worry, I am the eldest son, and I will set a good example for everyone, and I will not let you and Dad suffers."

Qi said: "Okay, mother won't say anything, but I was scared at first. Boss, you have some food first. Our family has more food than other families. As for the future, we will wait a little longer." Discuss slowly, I don't believe it, God is going to destroy us!"

Du Youde and Du Youquan also felt that the elder brother came back as soon as he came back, and they didn't mean that the elder brother had no errands at all, and what to do at home in the future.

At worst, it's better to farm. Does it depend on the elder brother every time?The eldest brother also has sons and daughters. It has been hard enough for so many years.

Du Youzhong sent back all his belongings, and he said to Mrs. Hu, "The food in the town's grain store has increased by [-]%, and I think it will increase even more. Is our family's food prepared enough?"

While pinching her husband's shoulders, Hu said, "I can eat for more than half a year, and I will keep the wheat harvested this time, and pay the tax with the money. I will save a little this year, so I don't have to worry about it. Don't worry about it." , I still have some private money here, let's take it out, and we will definitely not let everyone go hungry."

Du Youzhong was very relieved that his wife was sensible. If he married a wife, it would be unreasonable. He really didn't know what to do.

He still knows everything about his wife, so Mrs. Hu knew that the family who took over her husband's cloth shop was actually the Qin family!
Is there any relationship between the Qin family and Liu'er?Mrs. Hu asked her own question.It can't be that little girl's fault, but she can't get involved in the outside affairs, not to mention, she is just a servant, how can she control the affairs of the master's family?

But if it's really Du Liu who wants to get rid of her uncle's errand, this girl is really black-hearted.

Du Youzhong shook his head, "The owner saw that there was going to be a natural disaster here, and the store would definitely not be able to continue operating, so he immediately thought about selling it. As for who to sell it to, of course he will give it to whoever bids best. The Qin family won the store. , it’s for opening a grain store, so I don’t care about that.”

The location of their cloth shop is very good. Now that the grain harvest is poor, if they randomly transfer grain from outside to sell, it is a guaranteed profit, and the Qin family will naturally not let it go.

As for that girl Liu Er, she still doesn't have the ability to play tricks on her.Even if she accidentally saved the young master over there once, it wouldn't affect the Qin family's business.

"I guess it's the same. If she can really get her hands on it, she'll be a genius. Youzhong, you can just rest at home these few days, and nothing will happen."

Du Youzhong said with a smile: "I'm such an old man, I'm still afraid that others will laugh at me. It's nothing, a big man, I can't handle such things, so I'm still a man?

Besides, your man, I wasn't driven back because I did something wrong. Maybe, with my hard work, I will go to take a test and come back. "Du Youzhong followed his father to read the most books, better than the younger brothers at the bottom. Mr. Du also wanted to focus on training him in the past, although he later became a accountant for the family's livelihood. But the books he has read But it won't be lost.

"Fuck you, if you can pass the exam, I can't wait for it, I also want to be addicted to being a scholar girl." At this time, how can the family have money to pay him for the exam? What the husband said is nothing more than to reassure him. .

People in this village have long mouths, so if they know about their husband, they will definitely gossip for a while.

"No way, now everyone is worried that there is no food to eat, and they still gossip about my father?" Du Yu thinks that it is something that only those who are full will do, and now even eating is a problem , Gossiping about other people, isn't that nonsense?
But Du Erlang said: "As long as there is a mouth, there will be gossips. They must say that my father is unlucky."

"They will say it, but we won't say it too? Didn't someone carry water here? We said it, and they spread it?" Du Yu said.

Du Dalang said to his younger siblings: "Our father doesn't care about this, it's fine." He felt that his burden was a bit heavy, after all, he was the eldest son.

Afterwards, the people in Yangliu Village gradually knew that there was nothing wrong with Du Youzhong Town, and many people still asked why, some knew it from them, and some guessed it.

Of course, there are some people who say it badly, but no one dares to say it in front of their Du family. After all, the Qi family's combat effectiveness is very good. Besides, Du Youzhong's situation is an accident, not because he did something wrong and was kicked out. of.

Some people thought that Mr. Du's family was very unlucky. During the Chinese New Year, a reconciled aunt came back, and Du Youzhong, who is the most capable now, has no errands.People's luck, it's really hard to say.

(End of this chapter)