Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 110 Forced Trading
The old man Luo was in a good mood, he pulled Luo Baisu and Fang Shi to talk non-stop, expressing his happiness from the bottom of his heart that Luo Baisu's life is getting better and better.Only Yao Shi was a little restless, looking outside from time to time.

Luo Tian knew that Yao shi was waiting for Luo Baihan!

At noon, Luo Baihan was still nowhere to be seen, and Yao couldn't help cursing anymore: "He has no conscience, you have raised him for so many years, and you forget your mother when you have a wife. , I don’t know how to come to pay New Year’s greetings to his old lady.”

Yao shi wept very sadly, obviously his heart was broken by Luo Baihan.

After scolding Luo Baihan, Mrs. Yao scolded old man Luo again: "It's you, an old man who insisted on getting Bai Han separated. Now it's all right, Bai Han is being controlled by that tigress to death, even his own mother I don’t even care about it. What was I born to do with such a son!”

Luo Tian looked at Yao Shi's age, crying until tears and nose flowed, very embarrassed, he didn't know what to say.Crying a beautiful woman can also make people feel a little affectionate. An old woman like Yao's crying will not only make people not have cute thoughts, but will only make people stay away.

"Grandma, Second Uncle lives in the town, this road is not easy to travel, it's normal for him to come later." Luo Tian hardly tried to persuade him.She didn't want to spend the first day of the new year in Yao's weeping and cursing, that would be too tragic.

Old man Luo heard this, and shouted at Yao Shi: "Why are you crying for the New Year's Eve?! You're so old, it's better for a child to understand."

Yao shi just blamed old man Luo for letting Luo Baihan separate the family, causing her son, who had worked so hard to raise for more than ten years, to be taken away by others within a few days.

Old man Luo was so angry that veins popped out of his forehead, if it wasn't for preventing Luo Baisu's family from being here, he might have quarreled with Yao Shi.

Luo Baisu sat for half a day, feeling rather embarrassed, got up and said: "Father, mother, we are afraid that someone will come at home, so we will go back first."

There are still many elders in the village, so Luo Baisu still has to go to pay New Year's greetings to others, but old man Luo doesn't want to keep them, just let them have free time, come and walk around more often.

When Luo Tiandu went out, he clearly saw that the corners of old man Luo's eyes were also red.

well!What's the name of this New Year's Eve!After Luo Tiandu followed Luo Baisu and Fang Shi out of the courtyard door, he let out a deep breath.

The whole family was not in a good mood, and went back to the homes of some elders in the village after paying homage.

Lu Fang also said: "Your grandma has been so smart all her life, she never thought she would end up like this..." She thought of herself and Luo Baisu from what happened to old man Luo and Yao today, and she never gave birth to a son Well, after the two girls left the door, she and Luo Bai were left to stay at home, maybe it was such a bleak evening scene.

There were not two lively days in the first lunar month. On the sixth day of the lunar new year, news of the empress dowager's death came from Shangjing.The only thing that is fortunate is that although the emperor is extremely filial today, he has not followed the example of Emperor Cheng'an and kept the country filial piety for three years. He still followed the ancestral system and issued an imperial edict. If you don’t have fun during the year, you are forbidden to marry and marry for a hundred days. The common people wear plain clothes for 27 days.

The county government put up a list and posted notices on the same day, warning the people that during the period of national filial piety, gongs, drums and other sound instruments are not allowed in folk operas, weddings, funerals and funerals.

Fang changed into plain clothes for the whole family, and the villagers usually wear plain clothes, so there is no need to rush to make plain clothes again at this time.

Because it was the period of national filial piety, and the imperial court issued another decree, the first month of this year was exceptionally quiet, and none of the dragon and lion dancers who wandered the streets went to the countryside to discuss business.There was a lot less fun, and the doors were closed due to the heavy snow, so every household could only close their doors to celebrate the New Year. I was really bored, so I went to the neighbors to go around and gossip.

It seems that this year is doomed to be an uneasy year. The national filial piety has not passed, the people are still wearing plain clothes, and the whole country is still immersed in the grief of the death of the empress dowager. There is news that many houses in the south are backlogged due to heavy snow It collapsed, and many people froze to death. Now many people have started to visit relatives here one after another. When the spring begins, I am afraid that there will be more refugees.

Luo Baisu was hastily called back to the county before the first month even passed to discuss the disaster in the south.

So Fang cleaned the snow off the roof more diligently, for fear that the snow would accumulate so much that it would crush the roof of his house.

When the first month was over, there were indeed many refugees coming to Huaxi Mansion. Jinyong County was just south of Huaxi Mansion, and it was the first to bear the brunt.When there are too many refugees, it is easy to cause chaos. Those people lose their homes, dragging their families along, in order not to starve to death in order to get a bite to eat. Petty theft is not bad. If you are really hungry, you dare to kill and set fire .

County magistrate Tang had no choice but to build a greenhouse outside the city, gather the refugees together, and put up a post saying that if the land exceeds [-] mu and the adult population of the family is less than four, one refugee will be taken in for every six mu Go back and resettle, or buy or hire workers, and discuss it yourself.

Although there are only two adults in Luo Tiandu's family, Fang's family and Luo Baisu's, they have more than 20 acres of land. In addition, in order to save land taxes, Fang's natal family also hung dozens of acres of their own land in Luo Baisu. Under Su's name, now counting, Luo Baisu's family's land actually exceeds forty acres, and their family actually wants to bring four people back.

Luo Tian suddenly felt dizzy.

They haven't escaped poverty yet!The county magistrate began to rob the rich and help the poor.

Having said that, all the posts were posted in the county, and Luo Baisu was working in the county government, so even if Fang didn't like it, he had to pick a good day to go to the county to lead someone.

When Uncle Gu heard that she was going to bring someone back, he said, "When do you plan to go? When you go, ask me to follow you."

Fang immediately agreed.Uncle Gu has been the housekeeper for the Gu family all his life, so he naturally has his own way of judging people. She has no choice but to choose people. She always hopes to pick a few honest and hardworking people. If you come back slippery, that's the real trouble.Knowing that Luo Baisu was not at home, the house was full of old and weak women and children, so he had to be more cautious.

Even Luo Tian heard that Uncle Fang's family was going to the county to buy a long-term worker, so he also clamored to go.

Fang said: "What are you going to do? There are refugees outside, dirty and messy, and you are young, what if you accidentally get sick?"

Luo Tiandu then took out a small cloth, covered his mouth and nose, and said in a muffled voice, "This way I won't be afraid."

Fang Shi had nothing to do with her, so he had to agree, and Luo Mingdu saw the younger sister go, and wanted to go too, but Fang Shi and Luo Tiandu jointly stopped her.

So the Fang family picked a sunny day, took Gu Bo and Luo Tiandu, drove their own ox cart, and headed all the way to Jinyong County.

There were also a few other families in the village with more fields in the same company. Everyone was reluctant, but the government issued an order, and no one had the guts to go against the government.

A group of people set off before dawn and arrived in the county at noon.Now everyone in the yamen is busy with how to resettle the refugees, no one is idle, and Luo Baisu was not in the yamen at that time.

Luo Tiandu and the others went to register first, and then an officer led them to the shed area outside the city where refugees were resettled.It is called the shed area, which is a row of small sheds temporarily built with a few wooden boards. It is not warm enough, and it can somewhat shelter from the wind and rain.

It was full of people, all unkempt, or squatting or sitting in the mud, and some people even put a sack on it and slept on it regardless of the wetness of the ground.

Luo Tiandu saw a woman, wearing an unlined garment, holding a broken pottery bowl, drinking from the rainwater under the eaves, coughing while drinking.

The scene was tragic.

The few villagers who came with Luo Tiandu originally complained a lot because the county forced them to send refugees to their homes, but after seeing such a miserable scene, their dissatisfaction became much less.Looking at these refugees, no matter how hard-hearted they are, they can't bear it.

Although their family is not well-off, at least they have a warm house that can shelter them from the wind and rain. They don't eat carefully, but they can eat soup, vegetables and gruel.

Compared with these refugees, their lives can be called happy.

The guard who brought them over called a middle-aged woman over and said to them: "This is Mrs. Liu, who is responsible for the business and resettlement of the refugees here. You can buy or hire workers, and you can go to Mrs. Liu to discuss it." .”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Luo Tiandu and the others to answer, they left in a hurry. It's the time when there are a lot of things in the yamen, and there is no time to be lazy.

Granny Liu led them to the shanty town and asked, "Are you hiring or buying?"

Everyone else was at a loss, only Gu Bo said in a very experienced way: "How do you care about buying and hiring?"

Granny Liu quickly said: "If you want to hire a worker, you can negotiate the price yourself, just come to me to register, and if you want to buy, it's the same, but you still need to sign a document with me, and pay a few cents and taxes."

It was only then that Luo Tiandu found out that people who bought and sold people had to pay taxes. It happened that someone nearby brought two ragged refugees over. They signed a document with Mrs. Liu, paid the taxes, and took them away.

Luo Tiandu had sharp eyes and saw the [-] words written on the document.

Eight hundred words!

A dime is not enough, these people can only be slaves in other people's homes for the rest of their lives, and even their children and grandchildren can only be slaves.

Luo Tian couldn't get used to it, this was the first time she had seen people being bought and sold with her own eyes, and she couldn't tell what it was like.

A large part of the people here actually have fields and land, but these days, the land is not so easy to grow, and they all rely on God to reward them for food. The ground is mixed with other miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables, and if you can barely make ends meet, it is considered a good land. If there is a disaster year, even the house will be gone, the family will be frozen in the cold wind, and many people who have no land At this time, it is even more difficult to plant the land of the tenant landlord's family.The land can no longer be planted, and there is no place to nest, so I have to drag my family and my family to seek a living elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)