The Landlord And His Wife

Liu Changgeng stopped talking, everyone in the room was staring at Liu Changgui, waiting for him to speak. The whole family is surrounded by the middle, not the parents, even the elder brothers and younger brothers, and there is also a sense of shamelessness. After babbling for a long time, he stammered: "Outside... the middle fields outside are all five or six taels of silver and one tael, we just... At once…"

"There are six taels of silver per acre of land outside. Since the parents want to buy it, we can't sell it so high that people will poke the spine, only five taels of silver per acre of land!" Jia Shi rushed Said, because she saw Liu Changgui's signs of softening next to her, and after listening to him again, Jia was afraid that he would say a low price, and hurried to finish.

Five taels of silver per acre of medium-sized fields can only be said to be a real price, definitely not cheap, but in today's situation, Liu Laohan and Liu Gao's have both prepared in their hearts, this old man There are no parents at all in the three eyes, only money!

Liu Gao lowered his head and thought for a while, and whispered to the old man Liu.

Liu Changgeng and Liu Changshi didn't speak at all, they could see the expressions of their parents very clearly, their hearts were already cold, and they just wanted to pass this matter quickly, so as not to be laughed at. And today, relying on the conscience of the third child to find out, it seems unlikely.

Liu Gao asked Liu Hong in a low voice again, but Liu Hong did not lower her voice, but looked at Liu Changgui coldly: "Daddy, buy it."

He took out a large blue cloth handkerchief, opened it, and found a few pieces of silver in it.

Liu Gao opened it in front of everyone. Ma was at the door listening to the threshold. When he saw Liu Gao going to get the silver, he came in immediately. In order not to attract attention, He also rubbed against the wall and walked in, stretching his neck to see what was in the box.

Liu Gao's back turned to this side, but he seemed to have eyes behind his back and said: "Don't stretch your neck! , don't think of a betrothal gift. I'll give your sister as much as you want! If you still want to threaten me and your father with your life, just for the money, you can go as far as you can. It's a big deal, including the old bones of your father and I!"

Liu Changqi listened to these harsh words, clearly speaking for himself, and said embarrassingly: "Mother... Look at what you said..."

Liu Gao found out seven taels and a half of silver and handed it to the old man Liu. Take it from your father!"

Liu Changgui's face turned pale all of a sudden! Even Jia Shi was a little nervous, stood up, looked nervously at Liu Changgui, and then at Old Man Liu.

Liu Changgui hesitated for a long time and didn't go forward. Jia was in a hurry. As soon as he stretched out his hand and pushed him, Liu Changgui staggered two steps forward and reached out his hand subconsciously.

The silver in Liu old man's hand was not given to him, he only looked at him with a cold smile, that kind of smile was so strange, you could see a chill in his eyes! Liu Changgui knelt down as soon as his legs softened: "Father..."

His hands were still in a connected position, the old man Liu turned his hands over, and the silver fell into his hands, the old man Liu said slowly, almost word by word: "Take Take the money, this is the money you paid for the land."

Liu Changgui caught the money, but suddenly collapsed, crying and kowtow: "Father!"

The old man Liu has turned his face away and no longer looks at him: "I'm here today, let's make it clear, if anyone wants to sell the land, come to me and sell it, there will be no loss. If I sell it to someone else... Hmph, I can't spare him even if I fight for my life!"

Liu Gao said to Liu Changgui on the ground: "Take the money and go." He also turned his eyes away, and didn't want to look at him again.

Liu Changgui still wanted to kowtow, but Jia came over and pulled him up and shouted in a low voice, "Go! Why are you still looking at people's faces here!"

Liu Changshi moved his hand a few times, and really wanted to go up and slap her hard!

Jia finally pulled Liu Changgui away, Ma wanted to say something over there, but when she saw that her parents were clearly angry and that strangers should not enter, she did not touch the nail , tugged at the front of his clothes, coughed at Liu Changqi again, and went out first.

He wanted to step forward to persuade, but Liu Changgeng called out, "Mother."

Liu Gao waved his hand: "You all go, I'm tired from the trouble today, come back tomorrow if I have to discuss something, I can't hold it anymore."

He knew that the two old men were heartbroken, and now he may not be able to listen to too many people's persuasion. Chang Geng's sleeve signaled him to come out. After the whole family came out, Liu Changgeng told Liu Changshi a few more words, and then he picked up Liu Xu'er, and Mr. He picked up Senzi and went home.

It's time to say hello, and between brothers and sisters, whether to hold grudges or not to hold grudges.

But today is different. Obviously, this time the third child completely hurt the hearts of the two old people, and the old people feel uncomfortable, and others feel the same.

So when I returned home, the atmosphere was relatively depressed, Moriko could probably feel it, so he climbed on the kang and played with his stones honestly, looking up from time to time to see if the adults were What expression.

Liu Xuer went to the kitchen to cook. After a while, Mrs. He came over and asked her to do her own work. She was cooking, and Liu Xuer asked, "Mother, is Dad still uncomfortable? What do you say? "

He sighed and said, "What else can I say, it's already like this, I just need to find a way to plant the land, and the good land can't be tossed... I don't think they will discuss it tomorrow. I want to call your two brothers back first, I want to plant the land, and I also promised that the landowner Xia will also do the work."

Liu Xuer sighed after hearing this: "This year, it seems that the brothers will be treated as serious labor!"

He also sighed: "There's no way to do this." Then he cheered up and hurriedly cooked.

Sure enough, Liu Changgeng went there to discuss for a day the next day, and when he came back, he told Mr. He that if he wanted to call Liushu and Liulin back, the house would be turned over.

He asked what the discussion was, and Liu Changgeng said that Liu Changqi and Liu Changshi went to work for the Xia landlord’s house, while Liu Laohan and Liu Changgeng brought Liushu Liulin to work on their own land. In addition, Yuan Hao also asked two people to come to help, but he also has 20 acres of land, and he also needs to be plowed in spring, so he can only come over to help first.

"This is already very good." Liu Changgeng said.

He asked who he was, and Liu Changgeng said that Yuan Hao hired him to farm the land all the year round. Otherwise, how could he grow 20 acres of land by himself? ! He was stunned when he heard this, but this was better than when Liu Changgui was here!

A total of eight acres of land, even if two people help, this is not a light job. The main reason is that two people will be assigned to work for the landlord Xia this year.

However, the duty of a countryman is to cultivate the land, and he will never dislike too much land, so even if he uses the two boys Willow and Willow as labor, He did not say anything, and has already begun to prepare Dry food, dry nest, etc. After a few days, I will be so busy that I have no time to cook.

The food prepared for the people, and the food for the chickens and rabbits. When the catkins are at home alone, and they have to take care of Moriko, they will definitely be too busy. Prepare more chicken food and grass for rabbits.

After a day, Willow and Willow came back from the city. This time, they brought back two hundred pennies. It was brought back by Shicheng. It was the money sold in the shop. Liu Shu was quite happy, and told Liu Xuer that all the small animals with silk thread hooks had been sold in the past few days. All the more than 50 animals in total were sold, so there were more than 100 pennies. The other handkerchiefs were more than 200 pennies in total, and Shicheng asked him to get back an integer.

"Shicheng's idea is very good. Liulin and I go to the shop every day. Sure enough, people never buy a single one. Basically, they buy three or three." .

Liu Lin was babbling over there, talking about a very strange customer he met in the shop, and he said it with flamboyance.

Liu Changgeng and Mr. He were undoubtedly boosted by the two hundred pennies, and Mrs. He only regretted: "At that time, there were fewer hooks, really less! "

Liu Changgeng murmured: "I thought there was no hope, but it's okay to see it this way."

He said to himself: "Sleep later at night, do more..."

Liu Xuer saw that her father and mother, who had lost trust before, regained her confidence, she couldn't help but sighed with relief, and said with a smile: "Mother, don't talk about these things now, there are a lot of things to send. Yes, sell it slowly, the most important thing right now is to plant the land and plough in spring!"

Liu Changgeng nodded hurriedly: "Yes, this is important!"

Liu Shu and Liu Lin didn’t spend much money on their meals. They only spent more than 100 yuan in total, and they got back more than 180 yuan, which made He really a little angry. , After talking about a meal for the two of them, can the eldest boy grow taller by eating only vegetables? !

Liu Xuer said to Mrs He: "Mother, since it is the eldest brother who keeps the accounts, the eldest brother will record the first payment, and the money should be put there for him to use it for future purchases. "She still remembers that the rent from Shicheng hasn't been paid yet! Too busy to care now.

He nodded of course, but he just told Liushu that if he went to school, he could not bring this money, Liushu nodded naturally: "That's for sure."

The next month is almost a busy one. Liu Xuer couldn't help much, she could only boil water to cook at home and watch Moriko. Every day, my father, mother and brother came back after it was almost dark. The two brothers have only been called to work like this since this year, and it was indeed a bit unbearable. After ten days, Liu Lin fell ill, and then Liu Shu also became tired. .

No time.