What a cheating husband

People say that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. This old saying is true.

Miao Ren Cuian germinated in a solid state within a few days of birth, and it was good to hide at home. After the autumn harvest, she went to the dam to enjoy the shade, but was ridiculed by three aunts and six wives.

Miao Rencui is not a good opponent, he quarreled with others but lost all of them, once the opponent failed to win the quarrel, he immediately moved out of the family rules to ridicule Miao Rencui.

After being wronged outside, he would naturally lose his temper with Boss Chen when he returned home. After a few days of unsettled life at home, he began to get nervous again.

Grandpa Chen and grandma didn't dare to speak out, Boss Chen had a bad temper and was useless, even Chen Ping was scolded twice by his mother, let alone Chen Qing and his brother and sister.

Although she no longer dared to hit Chen Bi in secret, but her words were sarcasm and mean-spirited.Since Chen Qing suffered a secret loss last time, she has become calmer and more rational in dealing with things. The one who hastily challenged her was herself, so she had to endure it, thinking that what her auntie said was on deaf ears.

Chen Bi is at home every day, and has developed the ability to filter automatically since he was a child. The brother and sister did not say a word.

"The autumn harvest is over, you should hurry up and find a job, don't waste food at home!" The aunt was still thinking about Chen Qing's promise to go to Liang's landlord's house to do a part-time job.

"I know," Chen Qing agreed with a sullen face.

The wheat hanging in the yard has been husked and put into the barn, and a small part of it is left for the family to eat, and the rest has to be sent to the town for money.

The rice is hanging on the dam jointly built by the village.When Landlord Liang's family came to collect the rent, part of it had to be handed over, and the rest after deducting taxes was their own food.

Mr. Chen's family has 6 mu of paddy fields, and they rented out 3 mu of paddy fields from Landlord Liang's house.Half of the harvest from the 3 mu of land has to be handed over as rent, and the rest can be exchanged for money.

This landlord Liang can be said to be the largest landlord in Qingping Town. Even if there are a few small landlords in ten miles and eight townships, they can't catch up with Landlord Liang's family.

In the countryside, if you have a land of more than a hundred acres, you can be called a landlord, and those who rent his land have to be called landlords in a proper manner.

However, no one can tell how many fields the landlord Liang's family has. All they know is that most of the nearby villages with surplus labor have rented the Liang family's land.Moreover, those who want to rent out his family's land have to ask someone to ask for a relationship, otherwise the land will not be their own turn to rent out.

This field is the source of food for the farmers. If they don’t harvest food, they will have nothing to eat, especially if the family has a large population.Most landlords have to collect 6% of the rent, and the remaining [-]% is enough for food. Naturally, there is no surplus food to exchange for money.And just like this, farmers have to rent, there is no way, there are still children waiting for food at home, wouldn’t they starve to death if they don’t rent land?

People who have land also share tenants. As long as there is plenty of labor, who doesn't want to harvest more food?Even if 4% is a little less, if you keep it as rations, can't the output of the family be exchanged for money?

Landlord Liang's family only charges 5% of the rent, which is why many families want to rent his land. Don't underestimate the [-]% of the grain, it is a lot of money whether it is exchanged for money or food.All the expenses in the farmhouse are copper coins, and the copper coins exchanged for an acre of land are enough to cover the family with coarse clothes and eat as food, which is enough to feed and drink the whole family for a month.

The most important thing is that the fields of Landlord Liang's family, whether paddy fields or dry fields, are high-quality fields, and a small number of medium-sized fields can produce high yields as long as they are well-served.

Therefore, the peasant households in the ten miles and eight townships were all polite when they met the Liang family, and so was Chen Qing, who rented the land with his servants, and Chen Qing was able to have a few words with the head of the Liang family.Although the principal is an employee of Liang's parents, he is a very important figure in the eyes of the tenants.

Country people don't buy servants like people in the city, so in the eyes of farmers, Li San has become a long-term laborer of Liang's landlord's family. In fact, Li San and Wei Liang are both domestic servants bought by Liang's family.On weekdays, the doorkeeper does some heavy work, and when collecting rent, he will accompany the master to transport grain and keep accounts.

Li San was also a spirited person, so Liang Zixian asked him to be the master during the busy farming season. He was in charge of keeping accounts and collecting grain on weekdays.

Therefore, the farmers were eager to please Li San, Chen Qing was praised by Li San because of his good service in the field, but he could also say a few words to the head of the Liang family.

This time, Liang Zixian led Li San to Chenjiagou to collect the rent. Whenever there is no manpower in the autumn harvest, the whole family will inevitably be mobilized. The brothers will be divided into several roads and gathered in various villages before transporting them to the town to sell together. .

Chen Qing discussed work with Li Laosan, and then loaded the grain with the day laborers hired by the Liang family.The food is packed in big bags made of hemp rope. A sealed sack weighs a hundred catties, and it is a bit difficult for Chen Qing to carry it. Fortunately, he has grown a lot this year, otherwise no one will help him if he wants to carry the sack The number one is really not good.

After filling the ox cart, Chen Qing entered the city with the grain transport team.Their team only had 4 people besides the boss and Li San. If it wasn't for the lack of manpower, Li San wouldn't dare to recruit Chen Qing to work.

Chen Qing took a closer look at Dong's family. Liang Zixian had a simple and honest face, which was no different from mud legs. At most, he was dressed better, and his body was not as strong as a farmer's, but his frame was big enough and he was tall enough. It's because there is no shortage of food at home, and they look good no matter their height or complexion.

"You are 15 this year, right? Your body is still strong, but your head is a little short. When I was your age, I was half a head taller than you." Fine air.

"A farmer has a good body and bones, it doesn't matter if he is tall or not" Chen Qing silently complained in his heart, it would be good for his little brother to grow so tall, if he didn't eat so hard, he begged his father to drink it when he was a child Young goat milk is probably as short and short as those little brothers in the village.

"It's true, but you have to take care of yourself, you are still a little thinner." Li San pinched Chen Qing's shoulder and said with concern.

Thanks to the fact that none of these short-term workers were from Chenjiagou, otherwise Li San's behavior would be completely molesting brother!Naturally, Chen Qing would not look for trouble and say that he is a brother's business, otherwise the job he got would be lost.

It’s not that younger brothers can’t come out to do part-time jobs, the younger brothers in the village are half men’s envoys, and there are not a few people who come out to work in slack, but no one will hire younger brothers for heavy work, and the wages of younger brothers and men are different.

When they arrived in the town, Chen Qing helped unload the grain to the warehouse, soaked it, weighed it and stacked it neatly against the wall.Landlord Liang and the storekeeper of the grain shop calculated the catty and silver, and led the crowd back to Chenjiagou, and made another trip to collect all the rent in Chenjiagou.

Li San ordered everyone to wait for his boss at the entrance of the next village at Maoshi tomorrow, and the five of them thanked the boss and went home to rest.

Chen Qing walked back and forth to Qingping Town twice, and did heavy work again. Naturally, he was tired. After dinner, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep before it got dark.

For 10 consecutive days, one village was harvested every day. Finally, the principal notified that all the rents had been collected. Chen Qingcai lamented that the Landlord Liang's family had a lot of land. Just the rent collected for ten days alone could guess that there were more than 400 mu of land. It is said that there are still many farmers who pay the money directly.

If Chen Qing knew that there were more than this group of rent collectors, it might not be as simple as clicking their tongues.

Paying rent with silver is more cost-effective than paying grain, so most wealthy families pay silver, and only those with no cash to pay, like the uncle’s family, hand over 5% of the production.

Chen Qing received a total of five taels of silver, that is, 500 Wen, which is considered a good job anywhere.Landlord Liang's family was really generous, but unfortunately Chen Qing didn't dare to covet the money and gave it all to the auntie, but the auntie was so happy that she asked Chen Qingduo to inquire, if Landlord Liang's family hired short-term workers again, they must grab it Previous.

Before Chen Qing could take a rest after finishing his part-time job, he had to be busy transporting his surplus grain to the town to exchange for money. Fortunately, all the grain sellers were sold out, and the ox cart was free.Chen Qing borrowed a car and worked with Chen Boss to transport the grain to the town.

One year's harvest after deducting land tax, small tax and other miscellaneous taxes is only sold for 10 taels of silver. According to modern calculations, one copper plate = one yuan, and 10 taels of silver is 1 yuan.Farmers worked hard all year round to get enough food and clothing. On this condition, they had to provide a scholar. Without Chen Qing's brothers and sisters to subsidize the family, this day is really impossible.

(Custom: The land tax is about 56% of the output per mu. The male tax is male: 120 to 14 years old pay 20 cash per year, women and younger brothers pay half of the tax. Children aged [-] to [-] pay [-] cash per year Wen. To catch up with the military service, you need to pay the head tax when you buy a head. In addition, each household needs to pay the household tax, which is silk, cotton, hemp, and Ge, and the tax is based on the regional output.)

(Household tax is a heavy tax. Most of the brothers in poor farming families live together under the name of the elderly in order to avoid the household tax. Military service is also assigned on a household basis, with one male per household. For example, Mr. Chen’s family pays 7 tax per year for 460 people Wen, 6 mu of paddy fields and 10 mu of dry land paid a total of one tael or six qian, and the household tax was 2 tael, totaling 4 tael and 60 wen.)

Miao Rencui felt sorry for Miao Rencui as soon as he got the money, he took out one tael to repay the debt.However, there is only one son like this, so you have to hold on to him first.

As soon as Chen Ping saw that his family was rich, he immediately asked Ah Niang to buy clothes and add some pen and ink.Miao Rencui couldn't beat him, so he had to give him 50 Wen to spend carefully.He also went to the town to tear a piece of cotton cloth for his son to make a gown.

Most peasants wear short shirts for the convenience of work.Scholars and students have to wear long gowns to show their temperament, Miao Rencui will not be wronged no matter how much money he spends, dear son, if he can't afford brocade, this cotton cloth is still affordable.

Chen Bi pouted, watching her aunt happily making clothes for her son. For so many years, the aunt didn't even pull a piece of linen for the siblings.

"Come on, it's not that we can't afford to wear it, but it's just that we are afraid of attracting thieves' attention. Linen clothes are also cool to wear in summer." Chen Qing thought to himself, this is much more expensive than cotton cloth in modern times. It's a modern thing, only occasionally a flash of inspiration brings back memories, but I don't think deeply about it, lest I think too much and I can't live a good life.

Seeing that autumn was about to pass, the weather suddenly turned cold after the first frost, Chen Qing brothers and sisters had already put on two layers of clothes, and they had to change into jackets in Lidong.Chen Bi has been growing up these few years, and his clothes are changed every year. A Niang's clothes were all torn off before she was alive, and she had to splice a pair of sleeves and trousers.

Chen Qing wanted to tear a piece of cotton cloth for Abi to make new clothes, but she couldn't get her aunt's consent, and spending money from her own money would cause trouble, so she had to make her younger sister wear the old clothes that were patched.