The Big Landlord

Tang Qing shook his head in silence again, and Tang Shi couldn't help frowning.

In fact, they don't necessarily have to buy land owned by the rich landlord. It's just that Tangjia Village and the nearby land belong to the rich landlord. If they bought other land, they would have to walk a long way every day to get to the land, which would be too troublesome. some.

At night, Tang Nian and Tang Ji came back. They sent the unconscious Li Yuan back to Li's house and came back.

Li Yuan wanted to sell Shitou. Although they were extremely angry, they had to do so now. After all, Tangyue was their relative, and they couldn't just watch Tangyue lose her husband, just because they had wronged Shitou.

How could Tang shi not know what big brother Tang and second brother Tang were thinking?He thought it was nothing, even if Li Yao was alive, he was still living in a useless way, which would be worse than death for Li Yuan.

During dinner, Tang Qing talked about the field again, and the atmosphere of the Tang family suddenly became serious. There was money in hand but there was no way to buy a suitable land. Will the whole family have to drink northwest wind next year?

Tang shi was picking up the noodles in the bowl, his mind running at high speed, who would spend a lot of money to buy all the nearby land owned by the rich landlord at this juncture?

"You don't have to worry too much. If the landlord has changed, we can still rent the land again." Tang Qing said, smoking a pipe.Although renting land is not free, it may be enough to support a family.

Tang Shi didn't agree very much. If he kept renting the land, he could only grow the crops that the landlord asked them to grow, then his idea would not be realized.

But he has no good solution at the moment, so he can only finish his meal in silence and go back to his bedroom, and by the way, he brought a bowl of plain noodles to Li Shao.

Li Shao took a nap in the afternoon and almost recovered from his illness. He hadn't eaten for a day and a night. Seeing the noodles in Tang Shi's hand, he couldn't help swallowing, but he still stubbornly turned his little head away.

Tang Shi laughed heartily, put the noodles on the bedside, and left the bedroom without saying a word.The moment he stepped out, Li Shao's hoarse voice came from behind: "How is my father?"

Tang Shi turned around and smiled harmlessly, "He's not dead yet."

Li Shao stared at him with eyes not much younger than him, and tightly clenched the quilt with both hands, "It was you who caused my parental eligibility to be deprived?"

Tang Shi's black jewel-like eyes took a deep look at him, "I don't think I have the ability to interfere with the county school's decision. You wouldn't scold me just because of this, would you?"

Li Shao pursed his lips, "Are you serious?"

Tang Shi didn't answer him, but smiled, "The noodles are getting cold, eat while it's hot. If you're worried about your father, you can go back and visit him tomorrow."

Li Shao suddenly lay down and covered his head with the quilt, as if he could feel safe in this way, and he could cry wantonly in this small dark space.He bit his lower lip tightly with his teeth, covered his mouth with his hand, and forced himself not to make a sound.Then, when he heard the sound of the door being closed, he thought Tang shi had left, so he let himself cry.

He didn't know why he was crying. He clearly endured it before, but why couldn't he bear it now?

After crying for a while, he wiped his tears with his small hands. Feeling bored, he poked his head out to breathe air, but he never expected that as soon as he stretched out his head, he would see Tang Shi sitting on the edge of the kang. Startled, he stood there stunned, there were still two teardrops hanging on his little face, he was handsome, from this point of view, he was pitiful and cute.

Tang Shi picked up the noodles and handed them to him, "It's not hot now, it's just right to eat."

Li Shao was terribly ashamed, but thinking that Tang Shi had seen him in such a state of embarrassment, and eating a bowl of noodles was nothing, so he prepared to take the bowl and eat it by himself.

Tang Shi saw that he couldn't hold the bowl with one hand at all, so he said, "I'll take it, you can eat it." He stuffed the chopsticks into Li Shao's hands, held the bowl with both hands, and smiled softly.

Li Shao held the chopsticks, and for some reason, his nose suddenly became sore again. He tried his best to hold back the tears, buried his head and began to eat, but as he ate, he couldn't help crying again.

Tears fell more and more, and he couldn't finish wiping them off. For a moment, he felt that Tang Shi was extremely ashamed and annoyed when he saw it, and the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt.

Tang shi was amused.When seeing this child for the first time, this child had a lot of things in his heart.The second time I saw him, the child had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and kept his head down.This time it was good, scolding him and crying again, finally he looked like a child.

"Okay, the noodles are already cold, so let's not eat." Tang Shi returned the bowl, "Sleep well tonight."

Li Shao lowered his head and said nothing, Tang Shi didn't care, and went out of the bedroom with the bowl.

After he left, Li Shao raised his head, with blank eyes.

The next day, Tang Shi went to the county town to go to school as usual, and after school Yuan Yong asked him not to come over during the Qingming Festival, Tang Shi agreed, and then asked him: "Teacher, I want to ask Senior Brother Chen if the land in the village can still be planted? "

Yuan Yong took him to find Chen Jiangui, and Chen Jiangui happened to be free. When he saw the teacher and his younger brother, he stood up to greet him, "Teacher, younger brother, are you done with today's lesson?"

Yuan Yong nodded and said with a smile: "Jiangui, Shitou came here mainly to ask about the land, which is related to the lives of ordinary people next year, so we can't delay it."

Of course Chen Jiangui understood this truth, he sighed, "Teacher, it's not that disciples don't care about the common people, it's that the superiors can't solve this problem."

Yuan Yong frowned, "This land can't be planted, there must be other land that can be planted?"

"I haven't thought of a good method yet." Chen Jiangui looked guilty, but he really had no choice. After all, other lands were also made by others. Could it be possible to open up wasteland?

Tang Shi asked at this time: "Brother, I heard that Landlord Qian sold the land in our village and several surrounding villages. May I know who the new landlord is? Landlord Qian broke the contract before, and Dad now wants to rent a new one. The landlord's land species, but I don't know who he is."

According to Daqi State regulations, land transactions must generally be registered with the government, let alone such large-scale land transactions.After listening to Tang shi's words, Chen Jiangui naturally agreed, and immediately sent someone to investigate.

After a while, the yamen servant brought over the booklet, because the incident happened close by, and he was able to find it quickly, so Chen Jiangui saw it right away.Pointing to the three words on the booklet, he said to Tang Shi: "The new landlord's name is Geng Cailiang."

Geng Cailiang?He had never heard of this name before, "Brother, is this Geng Cailiang the landlord of Nanfeng County?"

Chen Jiangui had never heard of this name before, so he went to look for the household registration book, and found it quickly. This Geng Cailiang also settled in Nanfeng County a few days ago, and then bought a large piece of land from the landlord Qian .

The more Tang Shi thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. This Geng Cailiang was very strange.

"Thank you brother, I will tell Father when I get home."

Chen Jiangui patted his head, "Why are you being polite with senior brother?"

After inquiring about this matter, Tang Shi returned to Tangjia Village. Since the landlord had changed, he didn't need to stop the wheat seedlings from growing.

Unexpectedly, before he reached the door of the house, he heard the miserable crying of Tang Aniu's family next door. Tang Shi listened carefully and realized that the new landlord was unwilling to rent the land to their family, and said that if he wanted to rent it, he could only rent it. Can rent the few worst pieces of land.Not only Tang A Niu's family, but also the village head and several other families.

The more Tang Shi thought about it, the more strange he felt. He couldn't help but walk quickly towards the Tang family. When he passed by Zhao Jin's house, he glanced at the closed door of his house. It seemed that the door of Zhao's house had never been opened a few days ago. up.He spread his mental power to Hong Zhong's house, and sure enough, Hong Zhong was not there.

However, whether they are present or not has nothing to do with him.

After entering the house, he found that everyone in the house was full of joy. Tang Qing and the others saw him coming back, so they told him: "Shitou, this Landlord Geng is really a good man this time!"

"Father, what do you say?" Tang Shi felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong.

"Landlord Geng not only gave our family the best several mu of land in the village to plant, but also said that we would only charge us two cents for the rent!"

The land rent can be agreed by both parties, as long as it does not exceed the maximum value set by the court. Generally speaking, the land rent is about five cents, and the rich landlord once rented six cents.Two sub-rents, so to speak, are too little.

There is no pie in the sky. The best land only charges two cents of rent. This is not a landlord but a philanthropist, right?

"Father, has the lease been signed?" Tang Shisu asked with a small face.

Seeing him like this, the Tang family couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Tang Qing looked at Tang Shi, "Shitou, Dad knows what you want to say, but how can people be deceived by this black and white writing?"

Tang Shi also knew this reasoning, but he still felt a little uncomfortable, and always felt that this Landlord Geng was suspicious.

Forget it, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it, just let Dad and the others be more happy, "Dad, when I came back, I found that the wheat seedlings in the field seemed to be alive, so don't worry about harvesting this year."

After hearing this, Tang's family became even happier. Tang Shi waited for them to get excited before he said, "Father, don't we still have a piece of wasteland at the foot of the back mountain? Can you use it for me?"

"Stone, what do you want this land for? Nothing can be grown." Tang Ji asked.

Tang Shi smiled shyly, "Second brother, didn't I help Mr. Zheng raise flowers before? I also want to raise some flowers for fun."

Although growing flowers was not a proper job in Tang Qing's eyes, the land was deserted, and it was fine to plant flowers on stones, so Tang Qing agreed with a wave of his hand.

Today is the Cold Food Festival, so Tang Shi ate a few cold noodle buns at night, and then climbed onto the kang.

Li Shao went back to Li's Village today under the escort of the eldest brother of the Tang family. At night, Tang Feng and Tang Song crowded together with Tang Shi again.

Falling asleep, Tang Shi was suddenly awakened by a strong smell of blood.