What a cheating husband

Chapter 174 Remediation of tenants

After staying in Liang Ji for an hour, Chen Qing invited Liu Hengshan to go to the tea house to taste tea.

It was still the same tea house a few years ago, but this time the waiter didn't dare to stop a few distinguished guests, but opened a box to wait on the side.

Chen Qing didn't know much about tea, so he invited Uncle Liu to give a lecture.

When Liu Hengshan found out, he couldn't help but smile wryly, "You can make things difficult for me. I've drank a lot of good tea, but it's really inappropriate for me to tell you about the tea. We are all from the countryside, even in the county. After staying for many years, he is still an out-and-out layman.”

Chen Qing also knew this truth, but he couldn't bother Shopkeeper Wan with this matter, could he?When he was in a dilemma, the young man listened to it, rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't we ask our shopkeeper to help explain it?"

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, and he quickly handed it to the waiter half a tael, Yin Yang said, "Then please tell us the shopkeeper."

"It's easy to say, it's just to explain famous tea, and the cost of this tea is not small..." The little boy hinted in embarrassment.

Chen Qing understood the boy's intentions, and responded with a smile, "It's natural to talk about real tea. You can invite the shopkeeper to come. Let's talk about ten kinds first."

After hearing this, the boy's eyes lit up, and he ran to ask the shopkeeper to come forward with full promise.

Such distinguished guests could not be neglected, the shopkeeper straightened out his robes before he dared to show up, and when the tea was served, he took out the full copy of his staff to discuss the tea scriptures with Uncle Liu.

What Chen Qing and Liang Duoduo heard was confused, but fortunately Liu Bo still had some qualifications, so he had already learned all ten famous teas by listening more and talking less.

After explaining for an hour, the shopkeeper said it was hearty, while Liang Duoduo drank a stomach full of tea and ran straight to the latrine.

"The shopkeeper, thank you, explained in such detail that I have to ask for advice tomorrow." Chen Qing handed over two taels of silver as a thank you gift, but the shopkeeper was so happy that he didn't dare to accept it.

"Since that's the case, it's better to just talk about one or two kinds of tea every day, and it's better than swallowing the jujube and forgetting it." The shopkeeper is sincerely considering for Chen Qing, and it can be seen from the surface that they don't know much about tea. Gaining knowledge, this is why I came here to ask for advice.

"Thank you for the advice, shopkeeper." Chen Qing got up and cupped his hands, and waited for others to exit the box, then rubbed his swollen stomach and complained, "I can't taste the taste after drinking, and my tongue feels numb and astringent..."

Liang Duoduo returned to his seat at the right time, wrinkled his face and complained, "Auntie, when we taste these teas one by one, I guess I won't even be able to eat dinner."

Liu Hengshan poured a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Haste makes waste, and the future will last forever. If you don't, just listen to the shopkeeper's advice and only taste two kinds at a time, so you can differentiate the taste."

Chen Qing nodded, ignoring Liang Duoduo's grimace and replied, "That's the reason. When you marry into the provincial capital, you will have to serve people with tea. Learn more and save yourself embarrassment."

Liu Hengshan echoed, "I heard that the women in the provincial capital also have occasional gatherings. This tea tasting must not be ignored. The tricks in it are not something that a girl from a small family can understand. If you can learn the classics of tea thoroughly, let alone in In the provincial capital, even if you enter Beijing, no one dares to look down on you."

Liang Duoduo sticks out his tongue ghostly, bites the bullet and takes a small sip of tea, finally pursing his mouth and crying bitterly.

"Next time, don't worry about ordering some pastries, so as not to hurt your stomach on an empty stomach." Liu Hengshan took the opportunity to drink some good tea, and joked with the two of them with a smile on his face.

"It's so expensive at this point, let's go to a pastry shop outside to buy it." Liang Duoduo winked playfully on the stick.

Chen Qing thought to himself that the tuition fee is not cheap, and it is cakes and tea, and it costs 15 taels for this meal alone. If you come to drink every day in the future, you have to throw a hundred and 80 taels for a bunch of repairs?

But looking at Liang Duoduo's inexperienced appearance, he felt that the money was spent unjustly.The girl's family should open their eyes more, otherwise if they marry in the provincial capital, not to mention being looked down upon by others, even themselves will feel inferior.

If it weren't for the poor people who couldn't even afford tea, even Chen Bi would have to be pulled over to make up for it.

With the intention of raising a poor son and a rich daughter, Chen Qing dragged Liang Duoduo to drink tea every now and then, and even got acquainted with the shopkeeper after coming and going.

The shopkeeper recruited a regular customer to the shop, and occasionally gave him a piece of silver as a reward. He spared no effort to teach Liang Duoduo the knowledge of tea ceremony, and even taught him all kinds of pastries.

Chen Qing can taste the taste after drinking it a few times, before Liang Duoduo learns it thoroughly, he will get used to it first.

Uncle Liu who accompanied him during the period was replaced by Treasurer Wan, and the nonsense between the two of them gave Chen Qing a little more knowledge.

In the early spring of this year, Chen Qing really didn't have much free time. He watched the wheat seedlings grow up in the field, so he had to learn about tea tasting every now and then.

When there are crops in the fields, the farmers have more expectations in their hearts. Coupled with the wild vegetables emerging from the fields, the days are going smoothly.

With the hope of the autumn harvest, the tenants’ hearts were no longer tied to each other. As soon as more tenants came to borrow grain, the Liang family began to collect statistics on the rent.

It's okay not to check, but after checking, the three brothers were so angry that they didn't pull out all the wheat seedlings in the field to understand their anger!

Liang Baida was also annoyed when he learned that there were many fertile fields that were uncultivated but densely grown with crops, "These gangsters!"

"Are you saying that you don't know who planted it? Let's hire more labor for the autumn harvest and harvest them all. Let's see if they dare to be foolish!" Liang Ziping took a sip of herbal tea and put down the tea bowl heavily.

"No, at that time they will definitely say that the Liang family is bullying others and trying to seize the harvest in the field." Liang Zixian shook his head and vetoed.

"It's a trivial matter to sue the officials. I'm afraid that Tian Duo won't be able to take care of it, and most of them will be taken away privately, and the gangsters will take advantage of it for nothing." Liang Zizhuang rubbed his wrist.He had just started fighting with one of the tenants under his command, but when he got home, he was the first to lose his breath.

"Hmph~ When you came to borrow food, why didn't you say that your family didn't take over the land of the Liang family? These unscrupulous people really don't remember their kindness." Song asked Brother Yang to take him back to the house, lest the man get angry and scare the baby again .

"If you ask me, this matter is easy to handle..." Chen Qing put down the teapot, wiped off the tea stains, and put a cloth towel on his shoulders, a move without anger.

Naturally, when dealing with scoundrels, we can no longer think about reasoning with them. After the whole family discussed it, they each took people out, and hired ten or eight laborers to pick up troublesome villages and rectify them.

The village that was picked up first, even grouped together to deny it.Liang Zixian yelled in a deep voice, "No one is farming, right? That's easy to say... After all, it's my own field. It's up to the Lord to burn or burn it, Li San! Take someone to circle the field and burn it down." , it is vacant for about one year, and the right is to be raised!"

Li San got the order, and quickly ordered the laborers to cut the crops on the field, circle the isolation zone, and hold a torch in his hand as a gesture to point out, "Master, then I will burn the waste~"

Liang Zixian waved his hand, looked sternly at the restless villagers, and ordered, "Burn!"

The villagers were a little bit impatient at this time. They originally planned to wait for a year to make up for last year's losses. They didn't expect that the Liang family would really dare to burn the fields. Promising nothing?

Originally, they were convinced that the Liang family would not give up their one-year rent, so they followed suit and made trouble, but seeing that the Liang family did not hesitate to hurt themselves and the enemy by a thousand, some people immediately backed down.

[-]% rent is better than no harvest. The grain seeds bought with borrowed money, if they are all burned, not to mention the waste of effort, even the money for the grain seeds will not be recovered.

The fire was small at the beginning, but after a while, thick smoke rose from the ground and burned the wheat seedlings in the distance. The farmer jumped out anxiously and shouted, "It can't be burned, we peasants can all point to the future of the field." Living, watching the crops have not grown yet, if they are burned, they will be punished by God!"

"Hmph~ You are not afraid of retribution, my Liang family is fine! Li San, pull out all the rice in the paddy field, it doesn't matter if you can't pull it out, use cattle to turn over the whole field, I want to see which one else is there Privately planted the fields of the Liang family!" Liang Zixian walked straight towards the paddy field under the guard of a group of laborers.

"I can't do it, Mr. Liang's family..." The old village chief stepped forward tremblingly, grabbing Liang Zixian's sleeve to discuss.

"Isn't there no one?" Liang Zixian looked down at the bent old village chief.

"Hey~ Which one of you has tenanted the land of Landlord Liang's family, please respond quickly, otherwise I will lose my old face and I will not be able to save the crops in the field!" The old village chief angrily reprimanded a group of juniors.

It was only at this time that the crowd came to their senses, and hurriedly confessed in twos and threes which field they had planted in a low voice.

Liang Zixian counted them one by one, and said with a sarcasm, "This rent is [-]%, are you sure you have to pay it? Just don't deny it at that time..."

"Don't dare, don't dare! Since you have planted it, you will naturally have to pay the rent according to the owner's wishes. How dare we tenants fight against you?" The old village head begged with a shy face.

"What I'm talking about is not that my Liang family is being unreasonable, but that the young people in your village are playing tricks. When the government collects taxes, it is against the government. Do you think so?" Liang Zixian put on airs, no There is no harming the way by taking advantage of the situation.

"Uh... You are a noble hand, you are all miserable people, if it is not for natural disasters to make life difficult, who would dare to fight against the government?" The old village chief said bitterly, he did not persuade, but everyone in the village If he is determined not to listen to persuasion, he has nothing to do with it.

"The tenants can't make a living, so they can't patch up the Liang family, right? If a good person does this, his family will be ruined and his family will perish. There is no need to let law-abiding citizens feel sorry for the robbers." Liang Zixian's words made all the villagers admonish Na na don't say anything.

In the end, Liang Zixian didn't want to break his face, so he went to the next village after counting the rent.

After burning a few pieces of crops from village to village, all the villages became honest.Within two days, the rest of the village obediently reported the fields they cultivated without waiting for the Liang family to come to their door.

Before going to Chenjiagou, Chen Qing took away the work in his hand and wanted to go together, Liang Zixian persuaded him a few words and let him go.

After all, it was her natal village, tearing her face was not good for Chen Qing, but Chen Qing insisted on helping her relatives, so Liang Zixian had nothing to say.

In particular, it was Uncle Chen Qing who took the lead in making trouble. Facing that shrew Miao Rencui, even Liang Zixian felt a little guilty, because he was really afraid of her crying.

The reason why Chen Qing insisted on going to this muddy water was not because his natal family was the one who caused the trouble, but because he still had something to discuss with Chen Ping, and Liu Daidi was about to give birth, so he wanted to rush to send him some tonics Tonic body.

Miao Rencui was wrong for thousands of mistakes, no matter how good Chen Ping is, he can't hold grudges against his little brother because of this, besides, Liu Daidi is pregnant with the seed of the old Chen family. The only bloodline can be regarded as repaying the living grace of parents.

When they arrived at Chenjiagou, Miao Rencui blocked the entrance of the village to prevent people from entering. Chen Qing didn't say anything else, and went directly to the paddy field of the uncle's house, pointing to the crops in the field and said, "It depends on how you choose whether to pull it out or not." , don’t cry at the end until the end, scolding me for losing my conscience.”

Miao Rencui pushed Chen Qing away and yelled angrily, "Chen Qing, how dare you! If you pull out the rice in my house today, even if I fight with you, I won't let you bully the old, weak, sick and disabled like this! Now your grandma is sick. , but it’s all about these little crops in exchange for medicine money!”

When Chen Qing heard that Grandma was seriously ill, she couldn't help frowning, but said in a stiff voice, "Even if you change the money, you won't buy medicine for Grandma, put away your little thoughts, Boss Chen, tell me, pull it out." Or not?"

Boss Chen stepped forward with a slight pause and said, "Alas~ [-]% is [-]%, don't listen to a woman talking nonsense."

Now Chen Qing doesn't even want to call him uncle, how can he have the face to fool around like a wife?

He had already lost his old face in front of his brothers, and now he said to his daughter-in-law lifelessly, "You are willing to be ashamed yourself and don't bring the whole family along with you! Let her play tricks here, and you don't need to know if you send me to the official again." meet me!"

Miao Rencui immediately sprawled on the ground, weeping and scolding the ancestors of the Chen family all over. The boss Chen shook his head and cursed inwardly, then turned back and went home. Looking at Xiao Suo's back, Chen Qing felt a little sad for him.

It's not only embarrassing for men to do this, it's even more incompetent!But who can we blame now?

Everyone in Mr. Chen died down, and the rest of the villagers would not be able to fight against Landlord Liang's family. They signed and signed the ledger one by one, and then dispersed sparsely. After watching the excitement, Chen Ping secretly smiled and said, "You deserve it!"

Miao Rencui caught sight of his son hiding behind the crowd, and rushed over to scold him, crying, "You little bastard! I don't even know how to say anything after being bullied. I have raised you for so many years for nothing!"

Chen Ping pushed A Niang away and yelled, "I have advised you not to wishful thinking, but you just didn't listen! Is it still on my head now? I don't think this land is the best, so I don't have to have a big belly to help you." Plow and sow at home!"

"He is a daughter-in-law who comes in, no matter how much work is done, it is his duty! When the family was separated, he himself promised to help plant the land, and he deserved it even if he died of exhaustion in the field!" Miao Rencui still hated Liu Daidi's separation. For one thing, he was short of breath at the moment, and naturally dared to say anything without restraint.

Hearing this, Chen Qing felt very uncomfortable. Pregnancy is already harder for my younger brother than a woman. He is about to give birth and he is busy making ends meet. If something goes wrong, it will be a serious matter for two lives.

When Miao Rencui said this, he naturally offended everyone. Even if a mother-in-law is dissatisfied with the separation of her daughter-in-law, she shouldn't abuse a pregnant man who is about to give birth like this. Damn, no one with any sympathy can tolerate it.

Usually living in a village, it's not easy to point fingers at other people's affairs, but now I can't help but make a few accusations aloud.

Miao Rencui's mad dog usually bites anyone she sees, and all the men are impatient to deal with her.

Chen Qing panicked, turned her head and said to Liang Zixian, "Since Mrs. Chen can't plant so many fields, I think next year we will take back the land and share it with other families, so that my wife will not die of exhaustion in the fields with her big belly."

Liang Zixian also had this plan, and immediately ordered Li San to take back Mr. Chen's land and look for new tenants after the autumn harvest.

This decision attracted applause from everyone, and Miao Rencui rushed towards Chen Qing with two lines of snot in his nose, vowing to die with him.

Liang Zixian motioned to Li San to push him away, and asked the village chief, "Can Chenjiagou tolerate this kind of bad woman running amok in the village?"

The village chief waved his hand and asked his nephew to push Miao Rencui to the ancestral hall, "If you are stubborn again, don't blame the clan to divorce Boss Chen's wife!"

Miao Rencui had just come to her senses at this point, and Ai Ai's promise would not dare to manipulate her pregnant husband, but the clan had long been quite dissatisfied with her words and deeds, and they could no longer let her mess around, "Go tell Boss Chen that the ancestral hall will be opened tomorrow. Clan rules deal with such bad women!"

After all, she is Chen Ping's own mother, so it's hard to see her being punished by the clan rules at this moment, so she begged the village chief to show some kindness.The village chief glanced at him sideways, "You are considered filial, but if this shrew doesn't teach me a lesson, she will ruin the face of me, Chenjiagou!"

Knowing that the village does not want to drive A Niang out of the village, Chen Ping is relieved.It happened that Chen Qing had something to discuss with him, so he agreed with Liang Zixian to meet at the entrance of the village, and went to Chen Ping's house with his things.

Chen Ping led the people back, and Liu Daidi happened to have dinner ready. Farmers eat twice a day, and this afternoon meal is considered the best meal of the day.

Chen Qing looked at a plate of wild vegetables, felt uncomfortable with two bowls of porridge, and hurriedly cut up the meat he brought and put it on the table, "Eat first, and it's not too late to talk after you finish eating."

Liu Daidi held her belly and smiled shyly, and invited, "It's all farm food, if you don't mind it, let's use some together."

Chen Qing looked at the two bowls of gruel, shook his head and said, "I didn't come here until after lunch, maybe I didn't have much prepared at home, you should eat it."

Chen Ping said nonchalantly, "Brother is not an outsider, our family only has two bowls of porridge, and if we share one bowl, both of us will be hungry."

Liu Daidi glared at him, and was too embarrassed to try to persuade him any further, so she just brought a bowl of water to Chen Qing, "I have nothing to entertain you, I have to trouble my elder brother to think about bringing some food..."

"You are inconvenient, so don't greet me, hurry up and eat while it's hot, so that the baby in your stomach won't be hungry again." Chen Qing took the broken bowl with a chipped mouth, didn't dislike it, and drank it in front of people.

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