The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 108

The next day, He Tao and Fu Shi went to Jinhuai Town again, first to Hu's house, to return the account books that were not from Daoxiang Village. Coincidentally, Gu Cheng and Chen Yun were also there.

Chen Yun received He Tao and Fu Shi like a hostess.

"Are you here to find Brother Hu in a hurry? You also know that Brother Hu is leaving soon, so my husband-in-law didn't want to delay for a moment these two days, and kept pulling him to discuss issues. He is still in the study. It won’t come out if you don’t argue and understand.”

He Tao sensitively felt that Chen Yun's attitude had changed 180 degrees compared to the last time. She was very enthusiastic when we first met. Although this time it was not rude, the indifference in her eyes could not be hidden. , seems reluctant to get involved with them.Although He Tao thought it was strange, she never thought about having anything to do with Chen Yun, so she handed over the account book to Chen Yun, asked her to hand it over to Hu Yiming, and left. They still had to meet the tenants of Daoxiang Village!
Although Daoxiang Village is called a village, it is not a real village. It is just the name given to the property by the Hu family. Naturally, there is no single household in the land boundary.However, it is surrounded by more than a dozen villages of different sizes. The three villages closest to the village road are Hedong Village, Hexi Village and Yaoqiao Village.

Because the nearby residents are all tenants of Daoxiang Village, He Tao and Fu Shi randomly found a family and revealed their identities—the new owners of Daoxiang Village.

The family's surname is Jin, and he doesn't know that he has changed his owner.Seeing that He Tao and Fu Shi didn't look like their masters at all, when the housekeeper and accountant of the Hu family came to collect the rent, they all wore good silk materials. The two people in front of them were dressed slightly better than them. It's just a little bit, it doesn't look like a rich man!

The boss of the Jin family immediately concluded that He Tao and Fu Shi were liars!

"Folks, come quickly, a scammer is coming to your door!"

The elder of the Jin family roared, the next door, next door next door, opposite, opposite next door, every household rushed out, and instantly surrounded He Tao and Fu Shi.

The corner of He Tao's mouth twitched—is this the legendary artificial alarm?All came out with a roar.

Fu Shi pulled He Tao behind his back, and put on a posture to meet the enemy. He looked majestic, but he was very uncertain in his heart. He was fine with one against ten, but he was destined to lose against one against one hundred. defeated.Fu Shi reflexively began to search for the best escape route, while not forgetting to observe whether someone in the crowd would suddenly attack.

"Folks, can you be quiet and listen to me!"

He Tao used the skill she had just learned—the lion's roar, and the noisy villagers who had been pointing at them fell silent. She took the opportunity to poke her head out from behind Fu Shi and said quickly, "Is there anyone among you who can read? We came here with the deed and land deed, you can find someone who can read and I will show you. We are really the new owners of Daoxiang Village!"

"I can read!" The eldest of the Jin family took a step forward, reaching out to He Tao.

"What's your name? Well, when your family signed the contract with the Hu family, whose name did you use?"

"My name is Jin Tie, and my name is on the deed!"

He Tao quickly flipped through the deed that he carried with him.The villages here are almost all with the same surname, and the men in Hedong Village are all surnamed Jin. She searched for a while, and found their family's deed before Jin Tie was about to lose patience.

"Look!" She held up the deed and land deed of the Jin family in the air for Jin Tie to see.She didn't dare to hand it over directly, what if she was robbed?
Jin Tie glanced quickly, his complexion changed immediately, his dark face flushed red, and he said helplessly, "Master, I'm sorry, it's me. ..."

Only then did He Tao realize that it was the clothes. This was the second time in three days. The last time Hu Yiming took Fu Shi as a coachman, and today they were taken as liars again.Sure enough, you can tell people by clothes!
But she can go back and think about this issue slowly. The most important thing right now is to solve the tenant's problem.

"It doesn't matter. Well, it's just right. We originally wanted to find someone to find all the tenants in your village. Now it saves half the effort!"

Seeing that He Tao didn't care about it, Jin Tie immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said loudly to the other villagers: "Folks, this is really our new owner. They have our deed and the land deed of Daoxiang Village in their hands."

The crowd that had been quiet became noisy again, and many people seemed to want to come forward to explain but did not dare.Seeing that they were embarrassed, He Tao took Fu Shi's hand and asked him to say a few words.

Fu Shi waved his hand and said, "Quiet!"

Fu Shi, who had been preparing for the battle, spoke with iron-blooded demeanor, and the two words were sonorous and forceful. The crowd became quiet again, and they seemed to be listening attentively. They looked somewhat similar to the recruits he had trained before.

"The people who rented Daoxiang Village, I mean those who signed the deed, all stepped forward. Those who signed the deed went to find other tenants who were not present. The others left first!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen people took a step forward to boast, old and young, without exception, all had a deep sense of humility on their faces.

Seeing them like this, He Tao felt pitiful, but it was just a fair deal, so how could he feel that he was inferior?Although the Liu family was very polite when they saw them, they didn't have this servility in their bones.He Tao was a little confused.However, she didn't have time to think about it, they still had to go to several villages, but they had to rush back to drink medicine and fumigate on time at night!

She said: "Don't be nervous, we are here to verify the content of the contract with you. I will come when I read the name. Jingui."

"I, it's me! Boss, I'm Jingui!" A middle-aged man stood up.

"Jingui, rent 25 mu of land. Pay grain rent, one stone per mu for wheat and one stone for rice every year. The lease was done four years ago in the winter, and it expires next fall, right?"

"Yes, Master." Jingui bowed and nodded.

"How many people are there in your family? Is it possible to rent [-] mu of land?" He Tao asked again.

Jingui panicked all of a sudden, and hastily explained: "Boss, although there are not many people in my family, we can plant them here. Please do me a favor and don't take the land back, otherwise our family will be forced to drink the northwest wind... "

Jingui wiped his tears with his sleeve as he spoke.

Seeing that, He Tao's heart softened, and he persuaded with kind words: "Uncle Jin, don't worry, I'm just asking, and I won't take the land back."

"Hey! Thank you, my boss!" Jingui hurriedly bowed down again to thank him.

"Your lease will expire next year, will you still rent next year?"

"Rent, rent!"

"Then let's sign the lease agreement in advance and sign it now, shall we?"

Jingui couldn't help but nodded: "Okay, okay, thank you, my boss, don't worry, I will definitely pay the rent on time."

Writing standing up is too difficult, and He Tao felt that he couldn't do it, so he turned to Jin Tie and asked, "Brother Jin Tie, can you lend me a stool and a table?"

"no problem!"

Jin Tie responded and hurriedly moved the table and chairs out, and wiped them with his sleeve after setting them up before inviting He Tao and Fu Shi to sit down.

He Tao smiled at him, took a piece of paper and copied it according to the previous contract, only changing the time of the contract, and then handed it to Jin Tie: "Brother Jin, you can read, read it to Uncle Jin."

"Hey!" Jin Tie hurriedly read to that Jingui, and Jingui nodded once after hearing a sentence. After he finished reading, Jingui pressed the big handprint without hesitation.

"Okay, next one!" He Tao received the contract to be processed in another box, and just as he was calling the next person, he found that Jingui was still standing beside him and didn't leave. He seemed to have something to say, so he asked: " Uncle Jin, do you have any questions?"

Jingui was so nervous that his forehead was sweating. After He Taodu, he was actually sick or something, so he bit the bullet and asked, "Is that still the usual practice?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Jin Tie, but also other villagers who were a dozen steps away from them all pricked up their ears.

He Tao looked at Fu Shi, she didn't quite understand, isn't it clearly written in the contract, everything is exactly the same as before!
Fu Shi raised his eyebrows to signal He Tao not to speak, and he asked Jin Tie: "Brother Jin, tell me, what is your old practice like?"

After Jin Tie explained it, He Tao finally understood that the so-called old rule was the benefit fee for the rent collector.

Although the contract stated that one stone of wheat was one stone of rice, but when they actually paid the rent, they had to hand over five buckets of wheat and five buckets of rice.

For whom?To the housekeeper and accountant who came to collect the rent, as their hard work!
The average yield per mu of an acre of land is two stones, or twenty dou. If calculated in this way, they pay [-]% of the rent, which is the same as that of Huang Dahu's family!
He Tao remembered that Hu Yiming had said that the old housekeeper and accountant of his family resigned when they heard that he was going to go to other places to take up a post.At that time, I just thought it was a bit strange, after all, I was a person who had served the Hu family for many years, so I couldn't wait for a few days, and I left everything to Hu Yiming, who was incomprehensible in common affairs, and didn't say that it started well and ended well, so there was such a reason!Those two guys must have quit their jobs so eagerly they were afraid of being exposed by buyers for years of trickery.

However, He Tao thought of another question. Jingui asked her and Fu Shi's old practice of hard work, which showed that these people still haven't figured out the situation. They probably thought they were the housekeepers and accountants of the new owner!

And He Tao guessed right. These villagers really thought they were sent by the new owner. You must know that people here have been renting the land of the Hu family for generations, but they have never seen the Hu family come here once. Will think the new owner will come.

Nima, when you go back, you must prepare two sets of jerseys for going out!

"Jin Tie, this is my man, his name is Fu Shi, look at the owner's name on the land deed!"

"Fu Shi!" Jin Tie opened his mouth wide.

Under Jin Tie's watchful eyes, Fu Shi stood up and said loudly to those with pricked ears: "I am your new owner! From now on, just pay the rent according to the provisions in the contract, and I won't ask you for a penny more. of!"

The villagers were taken aback for a moment, and after seeing Jin Tie nodding vigorously, they suddenly realized and shouted loudly.A few of them were so happy that they burst into tears and patted each other on the back, comforting and encouraging each other like brothers and sisters released from prison after being locked together for decades.

(End of this chapter)