The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

 Chapter 1017 Test of Favor (2)

Before he was forced to be greedy for food, he used to raise chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, etc., and he would underreport the quantity. This kind of thing is very common for every big family. As long as he can turn in the quantity specified by the superior at the end of the year, he can keep the excess. In this way, plus the money from Tanmo's grain sales, Zhao Dafu's money in ten years was much more than the one thousand taels that Mo Yan estimated.

Looking at the Zhao family who were kneeling below in panic, waiting for her to come down, their expressions gradually softened: "You guys should get up first."

 The Zhao family looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to stand up first.

Mo Yan looked at Mrs. Meng and several children who were swaying around, and pretended to be angry: "What, do you want to use this method to force this county to spare you?"

"I don't dare," the Zhao family said in fear. They hurriedly got up from the ground and stood cautiously on the edge, not daring to look up at Mo Yan.

Mo Yan ignored the Zhao family, frowning as if he had encountered something difficult to solve, and unconsciously tapped the table with his index finger, making a clear "duk-duk" sound, one after another, as if it was knocking on the hearts of the Zhao family. , all of them were worried, and their expressions couldn't help but reveal a bit of anxiety.

After a long time, when the Zhao family was about to lose their support, Mo Yan looked at Zhao Dafu and suddenly asked: "Those fifty households of tenants are unanimous in threatening you. Someone must be taking the lead. Do you know who the leader is?"

Zhao Dafu was stunned. He obviously did not expect that Mo Yan would not deal with them at the first time, but ask about the tenants. He immediately cheered up and said cautiously: "The person in charge is Chen Xue, the nephew of the head of Chenjia Village. Because he has the village chief as his backer, and his actions can benefit other tenants, those tenants follow his wishes and threaten the slaves."

 Speaking of this, Zhao Dafu's face was full of shame. Although he was initially threatened by the tenants of Chenjiacun, but later Zhuangzi took it back to the court, he clearly had the opportunity to expose this matter, but he did not have the courage to speak out. On the one hand, he was worried that the court would settle old scores and punish their family; on the other hand, he was also greedy and could not bear to part with the dozens of taels of silver he earned every year, so he fell deeper and deeper into trouble.

This time there was a bumper rice harvest, and the yield was unprecedentedly high. The tenants followed the same example and asked him to cover for them again, and he agreed. If the new master hadn't arrived unexpectedly and caught him off guard, he wouldn't have known when he would stop.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt grateful to Mo Yanlai. Although the money he had squandered had made the family's life much easier, his heart had always been hanging in the air over the years. Now that he had confessed everything, even if he was about to be punished, he But the whole person relaxed, and his heart felt clearer than ever before.

The change in Zhao Dafu's expression caught Mo Yan's eyes. She nodded secretly and continued to ask: "How is Chen Xue? If he doesn't rent land for them to plant in the coming year, will he gather other people to come and make trouble?"

“Chen Xue is a bit gangster, but he is a very upright person. He just won’t rent land for them to farm. He will definitely bring people over to ask for an explanation. I can’t be sure whether there will be a big fuss.”

Although it was Chen Xue who came up with the idea and threatened Zhao Dafu himself, the main reason lies with Zhao Dafu himself. He has also been taking advantage of him for so many years. Therefore, in front of Mo Yan, he cannot speak out against Chen Xue's conscience in any case. Bad words.

Mo Yan pondered for a moment and looked at Zhao Dafu with a stern look: "I don't have to care about the things you did in the past, but whether you can stay or not depends on your own ability."

Zhao Dafu couldn't believe his ears when he heard it. The rest of the Zhao family also looked at Mo Yan in disbelief, with hope in their eyes.

 (End of this chapter)