Great Yan Dynasty

Seeing that all the people in the city were looking at him, Li Guimin spoke slowly.

Lijia Village is located in Huangtu Township, Bai Township, Qing'an City. There are more than 200 people in the village. It is a small village in Huangtu Township. Due to its small population, it is often bullied by other villages, especially Huangjia Village, who often bullies Li Village.

Huangcun is the largest village in the township. The village head is also the head of Huangtu Township. There are nearly 2000 people, almost all of whom are surnamed Huang. They are the overlord of the village in this area.

In the nearby villages, no matter who mentioned Huangjia Village, they were full of grief and indignation, wishing to enter Huangjia Village,

When planting in spring, all villages will go to the town to pay money, and then line up to pump water from the water tank of the reservoir.

But the people in Huangjia Village not only did not line up, but also asked other villages to stand aside. If any villagers disagreed, they would beat them.

After the people of Huang village pump water into the canal, if the water leaks into the fields of other villages, the people of Huang village will rush to the other's fields or homes aggressively, demanding compensation.

If you don't pay two copper coins, they will confiscate your farming tools. If you dare to do something, hundreds of young and middle-aged people in Huangjia Village will all come to beat you with hoes.

Although the other villages all have the same surname and belong to the same clan, the difference in the number of people is too great, and they dare not conflict with them at all.

This is nothing, and the more abominable thing is yet to come.

When the melons and fruits were ripe, some people from Huang Village went directly to pick the melons, fruits and vegetables grown in other villages, as if they were their own, eating the ripe ones, and trampling on the unripe ones to rot.

There are even those who directly rush into the homes of other villages to grab chickens, ducks and geese. If they don't give them, they will beat people.

Also, if you accidentally cross the road of Huangjia Village, you will be dragged by them to lose money, and you will not be able to walk away without a copper coin.

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A lot of words were said later, all of which were about Huangjiacun being domineering, arrogant and unreasonable.

Even if someone sued the town, it would be useless, and the town officials had nothing to do about this kind of thing. According to Da Yan's law, these crimes were fined, plus a few days of imprisonment.

As soon as the Huangcun people come out, they will take revenge on the high-ranking officials.

Decades ago, a family sued Qing'an City. Those people were punished, but after they were released, they killed that family completely, and there was no further news from them.

In short, if someone is bullied, no one dares to do anything for fear of being retaliated.

Li Zheng listened slowly, and he understood a little bit. This is like the ancient rural clan and clan in the previous life. It is like this in many places, and it has become a folk custom.

Even if the new country was not long ago, there are many people like this, and even some remote villages have the phenomenon of robbing people.

This kind of clan village means that if you have a large number of people in your village, you will have greater power and more people, so you will have the right to speak. There will often be wars in the villages, but they are equal in strength. This kind of difference is nearly 10 times, unless You have a backer, otherwise, you will only be bullied.

After introducing the situation, Li Guimin began to talk again.

A few years ago, people in Huang Village were pumping water from the reservoir, and it leaked into Li Sangen's field. No one was found at the scene, and a few hooligans from Huang Village rushed to the house to ask for money.

Baojin didn't dare to provoke these people, so he quickly gave two copper coins.

Those gangsters, after receiving the money, saw that Baojin's daughter was pretty, so they molested her and wanted to rape her.

Baojin was the only daughter, and he was usually reluctant to scold her, but when he saw gangsters molesting her, he got into a fight with them.

But two fists are no match for four hands, and when Li Sangen came back from the fields, he led Li Village people to kill him, and only then did he beat away a few local ruffians from Huangjia Village.

But at this time, Baojin's leg was broken, and even the money given by the Li family was taken away.

After the village chief Huang found out about this, he only paid Li Sangen a few coppers, and told the villagers of Li village not to make trouble, otherwise they will bear the consequences.

from now on!Li Baojin's legs were still limping.

After Li Guimin finished speaking, everyone in the city looked unhappy.How could a place in the countryside be so arrogant and unreasonable?

It wasn't until after a while that everyone continued to eat and drink to drive away the unhappiness.

"Donghua met her grandmother, her uncle and aunt..."

Li Baojin's daughter stood up, she was a girl in long-sleeved sackcloth, she bowed to Liu Shi, Su Shi and others one by one.

After Mrs. Liu came back, except for the time when she just listened to Li Guimin's speech, her smiling face never stopped. When she saw her granddaughter Xingli, she smiled and called her to her side, and gave her a jade bracelet.

"Thank you grandma, Donghua." Li Donghua bowed happily again, this jade bracelet is beautiful and tight, she has never had such a precious thing.

The surrounding Li Village people looked at it with wide eyes, envious in their hearts, the old man in the city is rich, this jade bracelet is precious at first glance, maybe it is worth more than the whole village.

After listening to Li Guimin's words, Li Fugui stood up and walked to the eldest son's table with his cousin, father and daughter.

Whether it's lame or Huangcun has to give an explanation, he has to rely on himself as the eldest son.

After introducing each other, the woman blushed and called cousin.

Li Zheng took a look at her. She should be about the same age as him, and her face is also youthful and beautiful, but she is a little malnourished and has white spots everywhere. She should look better after raising her up.

How old was she a few years ago?How dare the local gangsters in Huangcun do this?
Thinking of this, he looked unhappy and rolled his eyes at the white-faced warrior.

Zhu Ba understood immediately, put down his chopsticks, and ran to Liu's table.

Liu Jingwei has also been listening to Li Guimin's talk, and now his face is flushed, and the place under his jurisdiction has become like this.

Seeing Zhu Ba coming, he got up and said a few words to him,
"Master Liu is in trouble"

The two chatted for a few words before returning to their respective seats.

Li Baojin and Li Donghua, father and daughter, heard the conversation between the two, and looked at each other blankly. Could it be that Mr. Liu is the guardian?
If a guard is determined to deal with the village, he can still handle it.

Li Zheng glanced at Li Baojin. His calf bone was broken. To him, this was a minor injury and he didn't need a health pill.

With a wave of his hand, two green lights were shot into the body of the father and daughter, and the two of them moved for a while, and there was a feeling of soothing itching in the injured place.

"Baojin, put down your walking stick and have a look"

After seeing Li Fugui, he quickly supported Li Baojin and helped him hold the walking stick.

Li Baojin, father and daughter, felt a flash of light, and then felt comfortable in many places on his body, and his calf was also shifting. After hearing his cousin's words, he slowly put his right leg down.

My right leg, which usually hurts when I land on the ground, doesn't hurt at all now.Li Baojin walked a few quick steps excitedly, and finally ran around the dining table.

Excited and incoherent, every time I walk to a table, I say "I'm ready...already ready"

The people in Li Village couldn't believe it either, they stopped drinking and all ran over to watch him.

Seeing that he really didn't feel uncomfortable, they all asked him how he was doing. Li Baojin himself was in a daze. He didn't know what was going on, so he said a few words.

After hearing this, the people of Li Village felt incredible. They made up their minds that they must also find the young master tomorrow and ask him to take a look at their bodies.

After running around, Li Baojin took his daughter and wanted to kowtow to Li Zheng, but this was his junior, and it was unlucky to kowtow to him, and it would shorten his life.

After struggling for a while, the father and daughter bent over together, then happily went back to eat and drink.

The meal didn't end until midnight, and everyone dispersed. The servant girls and villagers were clearing up the dishes. The Liu family and the Li family went to rest in the Li family's old house, and the Yin family went to the Li family's house.

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From Li Zheng's point of view, Huangtu Township has beautiful mountains and clear waters and a beautiful environment. If others look at it, it looks like poor mountains and rivers.

What a poor way, it is simply too poor to get rid of the pot, the villagers only have some poultry in their homes, and they are usually reluctant to eat them, they are all used for laying eggs.

After the eggs are laid, they will pick some to keep for hatching, and the others will be taken to the town to sell some copper coins and return for some daily necessities.

And the fields in the village are not owned by the village, but by the big landlords in the town. They are all tenants, and the food they grow is not enough for themselves. wait.

What's more, I can grow some fruits and vegetables, but I don't want to eat them, so I will pick them up and sell them in towns dozens of miles away, so as to subsidize my family.

All in all, it is all kinds of poverty, the main income is that little land, if the harvest is good, you will be full, and if the harvest is not good, you will be hungry.

To have a good harvest, among other things, the most basic thing is not to let the land dry out, otherwise I will be hungry for half a year, so I often fight because of this.

Furthermore, there are some sideline jobs, such as raising some chickens and ducks, or weaving some bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets.

Some villagers are lucky and will be recruited by the powerful landlords in the town to do some short-term labor, but these are barely enough to make ends meet, and they can't afford clothes. Brother, the younger brother wore it for the younger sister.

Furthermore, if someone in the family is favored by a rich man and recruited to be a servant girl, not to mention how good life is, at least the family will not starve to death.

The luckiest thing is that the daughter is born beautiful, and if she is adopted by the rich as a family member, then she will be able to achieve a well-off life.

The most typical one is Mrs. Li, who will bring people back every few years and give some money, so that Mr. Li becomes a typical example in the village. He has no worries about food and drink, and his son has a strange disease, and he still has money to call a carriage. , called a Taoist priest, if you are an ordinary person, you can run to the city by yourself.

There is also Li Sangen's family, who used to have no worries about eating and drinking, but a few years ago, Li Sangen was too old to walk, and Li Baojin was also lame, so he didn't go to Li Fugui's house, and the money was robbed a few years ago , The past few years have been tight.

The other villagers, although they are often supported by the two families, are often hungry. Now that the old man in the city is back, they are all very happy and killed all the poultry.

The next morning, most of the maids and servants of the Li family went home to visit relatives.

Nearby Dengcun, Dingcun, Yangcun, etc. They heard from others last night that after their son and daughter came back, they waited at the entrance of the village before dawn this morning.

The other relatives and villagers in the village have also gone to the ground, and they are all waiting for these servant girls who came back from the city to please them.