Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 164

There was a quarrel in the yard, and some people talking outside the yard poured into the Lu family's yard, and some stood outside the yard and watched.

Seeing that Second Aunt Ma was making a fuss about asking Grandma Chen to lend food to her family, Mrs. Qiu couldn't stand it anymore and went over to pull Second Aunt Ma away.

"Okay, why are you arguing, the Chen family doesn't even have a strong labor force, how can his family have food to lend to your family?"

Grandma Chen was not angry, but only sighed: "Everyone, don't argue, everyone will have a hard time after paying this royal ration, so let's hurry up."

"Is it me who wants to quarrel?" Second Aunt Ma turned her head to Qiu Shi and began to cry, "Our family has about ten people and only three acres of land. How can we pay for food? Or, sister-in-law, you can discuss it with Big Brother Lu. Discuss, your family has a lot of land, and your family will lend us some grain, and we will pay back the grain next year."

Qiu was so angry that he pushed her away: "My family has no food."

Even if there is, her family doesn't borrow it, Shengmi is kind to Michou, she has never seen such a shameless person.

"Second brother, what are you doing?"

Boss Ma saw that his brother-in-law was unreasonable and pestered Qiu to borrow food. With a rough face flushed to the neck, he yelled at the second brother Lu who was behind the crowd, "Second brother, you are dead, and I don't care about you!" daughter in law."

Ma Laoer huddled behind the crowd and didn't say a word. He felt that his wife's trouble was not wrong.

Their family has a large population and eats a lot. The grain harvested from the three acres of land, except for the grain from shopkeeper Li plus the tax, the rest of the grain can only be pasted until the beginning of spring if it is replaced by brown rice.

Now if their family paid the imperial rations, they might not be able to survive this winter.

The Lu family has more land and money, and the food at home is better than that of the big guys, so it's better to borrow some food from the Lu family and hand over the imperial food first.

"What's wrong with me?"

Second Aunt Ma saw her man shrunk into the crowd, jumped up even higher, and rushed towards Boss Ma, "Boss Ma, you have no conscience, who am I borrowing food for? It's not because there is no food at home. Did you borrow it? Don’t you know if there is any food at home? If you don’t borrow food, you can’t sell your baby, right? If you want to sell it, you have to sell your Malan flower first, and sell it for food.”

Ma Lanhua, who was originally standing with Lu Xiaoqing, turned pale when she heard the words.

She dodged behind Lu Xiaoqing helplessly, as if the second aunt would not be able to see her and would not sell her.

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Mr. Ma was trembling with anger. Naturally, as an elder brother, he couldn't get entangled with his sister-in-law. Seeing Aunt Ma rushing over, he hurriedly dodged and hid behind Zhang San, "You crazy woman, I won't tell you, second... old Two, you're dead, and your ears are stuffed with donkey hair? Does your wife care?"

Ma Lao Er saw that Ma Lao was looking for him everywhere, so he quickly slipped out of the crowd and ran out of the yard.

"All right."

Zhang San was forced to stop Aunt Ma helplessly, "What nonsense are you talking about? You sell the land if you don't pay the grain. Why should people lend you grain? Can't you see how much grain Lu Quan's family has? He has the most land , I got so little food, and my family has nothing to eat after paying the imperial food, so I lend the food to your family, and then they sell their children and daughters?"

The people who were a little moved by what Second Aunt Ma said fell silent, yes, the Lu family has a lot of food, but the Lu family also has a lot of land.Thirty catties of grain per mu, the Lu family's harvest this year is not enough to pay the royal grain, let alone lend it to the big guys.

"I didn't say I had to ask the Lu family to borrow it. Isn't it...there is no food at home."

Second Aunt Ma squatted on the ground wiping her tears and began to cry, "There is no food at home. After collecting the food, I went to the town to exchange for brown rice. There are so many people in my family that I am not even willing to exchange for old rice. When the new food comes, even We are not willing to feed our children after a full meal, and the family drinks water every day. We also thought about buying land and building a house, and this life should be easier. Who knew that we had to pay the imperial rations just now? life?"

Although Second Aunt Ma had a lot of trouble, what she said really went into everyone's heart.

After the autumn harvest, almost most of the people in the village exchanged the new grain for brown rice in the town, and those who had a better life also exchanged it for the old grain, in order to have a few more full meals.

Now they have to pay the imperial grain, and those who have no grain at home have to buy it. If they buy grain now, it is not the price they sold to the grain store.

This went back and forth, and I didn't know how much food was lost in it.

Seeing that Second Aunt Ma finally stopped making trouble, Zhang San finally calmed down his anger: "Everyone, stop arguing. Didn't the villager say that he had lunch and went to a meeting? It's not our family or two who have no food. We'll see when the time comes." What do you guys say?"

"That's right, it's not that our family has to pay the royal rations. If we do, everyone must pay. I don't believe that our family can still have rations."

"That's right, let's go back. It's too disrespectful to be arguing in the Lu family's courtyard. We can't be driven to death. We all go back and discuss it."

"Let's go, let's go. Didn't the villager say that he still needs to pay for the labor to pick the river workers? The emperor's food can't be saved, and the river workers have to be picked. Who will go to your family?"

Everyone was talking, and left the Lu family's courtyard in twos and threes.

Zhang San was the last one to leave, and before leaving, he patted Lu Quan on the shoulder, and the two discussed in a low voice.

Both he and Lu knew that the imperial rations had to be handed over, and today the village is bringing the messenger here to remind them.

At that time, if everyone is really arguing that there is no food to pay, those bad guys will definitely take Xiao Xinzhuang first.

Who told them they were newcomers?

They are different from other Zhuangzi in the village.

People in Zhuangzi own their own land, no matter how good the land is, at least they still have a harvest, so they don't have to buy grain and pay taxes.

Unlike new households like them, the grain that shopkeeper Li collected for them, and the grain that was collected for the Lu family in exchange for grain, these grains have long been replaced by coarse grains. If you want to buy new grains, you don’t know yet. How much money is needed.

Even if the family has some money and can buy food, how will they live next year?
After lunch, the heads of several households in Xiaoxinzhuang hurried to Zhengzhuangzi, a village two miles away.

Li Canguan sneaked over and said, "Xiao Si, let's go and listen too?"

Lu Xiaoli slapped Li Canguan's arm: "What are you going to do, Xiao Si's illness is just right, so I can't go out to blow cold wind."

"The vicious woman." Li Canguan muttered in a low voice, turned and ran outside, shouting as he ran, "Lu Xiaosi, you bitch, you just listen to your sister all day long, if you don't go, Dongzhi and I will be together." go."

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Qiu came out of the kitchen and warned: "Little Si, you are not allowed to go. The village is more than two miles away from us. It is freezing cold, so you must not blow the cold wind."

"Mom, I know, I won't go."

Lu Xiaosi wasn't worried about this year's imperial rations. Their family had money and food, so the most they could do was pay another share.

It's just that the big guy's life is better, and now he has to pay an extra royal ration, and his family is empty.

It was really hard work for half a year, and once I returned to before liberation!

(End of this chapter)