Allure of a Country Maiden

Shen Chengyao and Shen Chengzu returned to their house with this result. Mrs. Lu burst into tears, and then without even looking at Shen Chengzu, she pulled Jier and went to the third room.

"Third sister-in-law, don't you think this is too much to deceive others? In the past, I just clung to the big house. Now I am trying to find a way to take back the ten taels of silver I received after the separation of the family in disguise. If the big house really no one can If you can't get any money, just ask the old man to go. They obviously have everything, so why do they always want to exploit their brothers!" Thinking of everything in these years, Mrs. Lu shed more tears.

When she gave birth to Jie'er, she had a difficult labor. After giving birth, the doctor told her to take medicine for a few months to recuperate her body before she could have a chance to conceive again. Mrs. Shen Zhuang was reluctant to spend some money to buy medicine for her. After conditioning her body, her belly has not moved at all in the past few years. Recently, because the separation family had ten taels of silver on hand, she went to see the doctor. Now she is taking care of herself. She has only taken twenty taels of silver after taking this medicine for one month. She will have to take it for another two months. She has spent a few taels of her ten taels at home, and Shen Chengzu only works at the blacksmith shop for only 500 taels a month, which is still a lot compared to other jobs. How could their family have enough money to spare? Dafang and his family are simply vampires! You can drain someone dry in one go!

Mrs. Liu also felt bad. Every time she did not share in the good deeds, it was always her family who had to bear hardships and contribute money and effort. They were not immune to the separation, so that was it. They only wanted to take care of her children. This was It was also the reason why she felt cold. "She's the one who cares. You don't obey her, and you always say that you are unfilial. You are making trouble and want to go to the government. We still want to lose face. What can we do?"

Xiao'er also looked down on Dafang's family in her heart. She really couldn't get used to it any more. Once it became a habit, she would always be irresponsible and try every means to plot against her own family. That would be asking for trouble.

"Father, mother, if it is true that I have to go to labor force, then if the other brothers don't have the money to contribute, my family will be wiped out, and I won't hesitate. But it's not the case now. It's the uncle and the first cousin who don't want to go. , and they didn’t want to take out so much money, so they plotted against us, and I and grandma also helped them. This kind of behavior is inherently wrong, how can we get used to it? This has become a habit, will it be finished in the future? I didn’t distinguish it before We don't care about the family, we just do what we can, but now that we are two families, we can't solve things as we did before we separated, not to mention that the uncle who runs a grocery store in the town really can't even get 40 taels. Really? Last time I made two pieces of cloth for each of my family members. Including the two sets of clothes for me and grandma, it cost more than twenty taels. The clothes worn by the uncle and his family were made of better materials than the ones I made last time. How many clothes do they change in a year, but I have never seen them wear the same clothes when they come back, what does this mean?"

"They have money but don't want to take it out!" Jingrui replied with a fist.

Everyone else fell silent.

"So this time our two families can only contribute five taels at most, and we don't care about the others." Jing Hao nodded secretly and made up his mind.

"But we have already agreed." Shen Chengyao and Shen Chengzu looked at each other. Just now when Shen Zhuang made a fuss about going to the government to sue them, they agreed.

"If this happens again next time, just let her milk go to the government!" Lu said angrily.

Xiaoer thought of a way so that they wouldn't have to pay a single coin tomorrow. She told her the way she thought of. Except for the two brothers Shen Chengyao who remained silent, everyone else agreed.

There is a big banyan tree in the center of Lianxi Village. Under the tree are two stone tables, several stone chairs, and several rows of stone benches. During the off-season, many village elders and their grandchildren chat and play here.

Every time the village chief wants to summon the villagers, he goes to the big banyan tree and beats gongs and drums. When the villagers hear the gongs and drums, they know that the village chief wants to summon everyone.

In about a quarter of an hour, every household in the village had people coming, and the village chief told them about the taxes and labor they would have to pay.

After hearing this, the villagers all began to discuss the matter. Some people complained that taxes were high and their families always had insufficient food to eat. Families with more boys asked if only one of them could do the labor service.

"Dafu, if you don't exchange half of the grain for money and gamble with it, your family may not be able to finish all the grain next year." A villager laughed.

"Fuck you, it's none of your business if I go gambling, mind your own business." Li Dafu is well-known in the village as a good gambler. He once lost dozens of acres of his family's land to a few acres, but he still didn't regret it and lost the bet. He drank alcohol and took it out on his wife when he was drunk. Villagers often saw his wife being beaten until her eyes were black and her face was swollen.

"Those who don't want to do hard labor, only twenty taels per person." The villagers sighed after hearing this. This was too much money. In previous years, it was only five taels, but why did it suddenly become twenty taels. It would be great if I could earn twenty taels a month by working outside.

The village chief beat the gongs and drums again to calm everyone down, "Okay, let's stop talking. The taxes have been very low in the past two years. As for the labor service, it has been like this every year. They are dredging water conservancy channels and The court is also doing the road construction for the benefit of the people. Once these are done, it will be convenient for us. One month has passed quickly. Now quickly discuss who will serve as a labor force. Come to my place to queue up to sign up later. Do you want to go? I have to hand over the money tomorrow at the latest."

"One more thing. Shen Chengyao's family bought the wasteland at the head of the village. Now they want to hire someone to open up the wasteland. One acre of land is fifty cents, and the grass roots and stones in the land are required to be cleaned up and plowed. Whose family Those who are interested can also submit their names when they sign up for labor service later."

The people in the village exploded after hearing this.

"One acre of land is fifty cents, is this true?"

"Did Mr. Shen's family make a fortune? When did they buy the wasteland? Why didn't you hear any news about it before?"

"Hire someone to work? Fifty cents per acre? When the work is done, you won't be unable to pay the wages, right?"

Jingrui went up and stood next to the village chief. This was what everyone had agreed upon last night. Shen Chengyao had to order bricks and tiles early this morning, so Jingrui had to deal with hiring people. Although Jingrui was only an eight-year-old child, in modern times Many eight-year-old children are extremely calm when participating in TV programs or international competitions. Nowadays, there are many things at home, and Shen Chengyao is too busy alone, and some things are not suitable for women to come forward. Let Jingrui come forward and ask people to do work in public. It is also a good opportunity to practice his communication and eloquence.

Jingrui has been selling things and discussing business cooperation with Xiaoer these days, and his knowledge has long been different from before, and the calm and calm conversation and behavior shown by his sister have already penetrated into his heart. He has long been secretly studying seriously, and now he secretly Suppressing his nervousness, he calmly walked to the village chief and told the story that his family had discussed last night. At the end, he said that his family would first leave five taels of silver with the village chief for safekeeping and use it to pay wages. Let everyone not worry about their families not being able to afford wages.

Mrs. Liu took advantage of the situation and took out five taels of silver and handed it to the village chief. Seeing that Mr. Liu had actually spent five taels of silver, everyone rushed up to sign up. People who were usually close to Mr. Liu and Shen Chengyao had already gone up to sign up.

After Mrs. Liu took out five taels of silver, she took out another thirty taels and handed it to the village chief. "Twenty taels of the thirty taels of the village chief's money are the silver that the head of the family paid for not going to do labor service, and the remaining ten taels are from my family." It’s for the child’s father.”

"I also have ten taels here, which I paid for the child's father, so that the child's father does not have to do hard labor."

The crowd started talking again.

"Didn't Shen Rengui's family already split up? Didn't he live with his eldest son? Why did the two sons who split up still have to pay money? What did the other sons do?"

"Shen Chengguang and his son can go to work, why should Shen and his son go to work?"

"Isn't Shen Chengguang running a grocery store in the town? Why can't he even pay for the labor service with his father, and his two younger brothers have to pay for it?"

"Shen Chengyao probably made a fortune, but why didn't he get it all out?"

"How can Shen Chengyao's small amount of money compare with Shen Chengguang..."

"Shen Chengguang's family are still scholars, and they actually asked the old man to serve in the army. Fortunately, Shen Rengui has two good sons, otherwise he would have lost his old bones!"

Mr. Shen and Shen Chengguang in the crowd turned dark when they heard what the villagers said. Shen Chengguang hurriedly pushed through the crowd and came to the village chief. "Village chief, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, how can I let my father go to work as a labor force? My brothers and sisters don't know the situation either. This is the money that Jing Wen and I paid for the labor service." Shen Chengguang said heartbrokenly. Take out fifty taels of silver notes.

"Mr. Shen, who in your family is going to serve?"

"Of course Chengguang and Wen'er"