Chapter 27 The long road ahead

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye, but the village is still immersed in the pain and sorrow of dead people and being plundered by refugees.

As expected, Li Jiyang's family escaped a disaster under the leadership of the wise Mr. Li.

The village chief finally played his role in these two days. He took a few people to go to each household to count the population, close the households, and...

Statistics for the upcoming autumn taxes.

"The refugees are plundering the territory. This is a man-made disaster. The only thing I can do is to go to the countryside in the past two days and ask for a favor from the superiors. The people who died this time will be exempted from the poll tax..."

Village Chief Chen's house was also ransacked, but his losses were not as great as those of Guo Xiangshen's house. Even so, he was seven or eight years older and showed signs of twilight.

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During these two days.

Chen Ku almost confirmed that his approach was fine.

They secretly attacked and killed the people behind the refugees. Sure enough, I heard that most of the refugees had dispersed in the past two days.

It was just a mob with no one organized, so of course this was the only outcome.

"I just don't know who is behind the two people I killed?"

Chen Ku had a vague guess behind his back.

It happened that during the autumn harvest and autumn taxes, refugees were organized to loot the harvests of the villagers in major towns.

The result of this is that the villagers have no food to pay taxes and have to sell their land...

If we only look at who it will benefit, of course it will be those who try every means to annex the land.

There is no clue or clue, so there is no need to think too much.

He was confident that he had handled the matter cleanly and destroyed all traces of the corpse so that no one would suspect him, but he still felt a faint sense of uneasiness.

"Phobia of lack of strength!"

Chen Ku looked at his palm and clenched his fist slightly.

A thousand kilograms of strength is still too weak in this world!

Diagram of changes in mind reflection.

Once again chewing on the conditions for achieving the second transformation.

Introduction to Huajin Martial Arts.

Beast-level evil spirit.

It seems that all needs can be solved at Yaowangtang.

"But I don't know, what kind of status do I need to achieve to be able to pass on the martial arts?"

With these in mind.

Suddenly, a donkey cart came outside the yard.

"Ah, it's Guo Wen, what are you..." My sister-in-law was cooking. When she saw the cart of grain brought by Squire Guo's son, she couldn't help but feel nervous about what to say.

Chen Ku walked out.

Guo Wen looked unhappy:

"My father asked me to bring it over and give it to your family. Just accept it and I'm leaving."

After that, he unloaded ten bags of millet, and then, without saying anything else, he asked someone to pull the front of the car and left without looking back.

The old mother also heard the commotion and looked at the ten sacks of grain placed in the yard. She looked at her son in astonishment and asked, "Son, what kind of regulations is this?"

When Chen Ku saw the special amount of ten bags of grain, he understood. After thinking about it, he smiled at his sister-in-law and his mother and said, "Didn't I save Squire Guo's family? He gave our family fifteen acres of land. This happens to be the autumn grain for fifteen acres of land. This Squire Guo is really considerate of me."

Chen's mother and sister-in-law looked at each other, dumbfounded.

Is this still the wealthy squire that everyone in the village is afraid of?

Why are you willing to do so much for their family?

Just because of the life-saving grace.

Or...

The two of them looked at Chen Ku, who was wearing a long gown, and vaguely seemed to understand something. However, the country woman's knowledge made the mother-in-law unclear.

"Anyway, take it, it's not a shame." Chen said with a wry smile, then turned around and carried the food to the side room.

Mother Chen watched her son finish his work easily and said hesitantly: "Son, when are you... planning to go to the city?"

Chen Ku could feel his mother's concern, worry and reluctance that he was about to go out. He was silent for a moment and said, "I see that our family has paid the autumn tax, so I can leave with peace of mind."

Mother Chen warned: "That will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. You have gone to the county town. Don't make it hard on yourself. Remember to visit your brother-in-law's house more often. Now that you are well, your brother-in-law may be able to like our family again." After all, we are a family, and I can help you with anything."

Chen Ku nodded, still remembering that this body had a sister in the city, but since she got married, she already had her own family. Although she helped a lot, sometimes they didn't want to cause more trouble.

In addition, his brother-in-law has a fast-shift status in the county. When his eldest brother was not in trouble, the two families interacted harmoniously.

But since his eldest brother's accident, his brother-in-law has often been squeezed and attacked by his colleagues, and he has long been dissatisfied with his family.

Therefore, my sister's support subsidies were actually given to her without telling her.

"I found out after entering the city."

Chen Ku dealt with my mother.

This time.

Outside the yard, there was another sound.

"Chen, is Brother Chen Ku at home?"

"Brother Chen Ku?"

The voice was hesitant and scared, but also familiar.

"This voice sounds like, Guo Fu, Guo Qiang?" The sister-in-law changed her color. She knew the quality of these two brothers in the village.

Chen Ku had no other reaction.

Although, he was also curious about what these two people were doing.

Go outside the yard.

But they saw that outside the yard were not only Guo Fu, Guo Qiang, but also two other people from the village.

Chen Ku listened to these two people who were obviously older than him call him "brother" and guessed their purpose:

"Is something wrong?"

He looked at the two people.

Guo Qiang, who was slapped by Li Jiyang, lowered his head, blushing, and seemed unable to speak.

On the contrary, Guo Fu, who was kicked by Chen Ku, lowered his head at this time, but spoke:

"My seventh master said that the five acres of land rented by our family at the east end of the village will be transferred to you. Is this true?"

Chen Ku was slightly enlightened and understood their intention.

He said calmly, "Indeed, Mr. Guo gave me 15 acres of land, of which 5 acres are the 5 acres you planted this year."

Guo Fu asked in a low voice, "Brother Chen Ku, our family has rented the 5 acres of land for more than ten years. We have experience in taking care of it and planting everything. So, we want to rent it from you again. We will not pay the rent according to the previous rent. We will pay the standard rent so that you will not suffer any loss. Is that okay?"

Mr. Guo has more than 100 acres of land in the village. Of course, he will not plant it himself. It is all contracted to tenants, including their children and nephews. Because of their kinship, they, as tenants, will pay less rent.

Their family planted the best land. The original rent was 7 dou of grain per acre, but because Mr. Guo was the seventh master of their family, he treated it as medium-quality land and only paid 5 dou of grain per acre.

Now he is willing to rent it to Chen Ku according to the standard rent. It is estimated that he is really reluctant to give up the 5 acres of land.

As he said, they have worked on these five mu of prime land for more than ten years. They know what to plant and will not starve to death even in disaster years.

As soon as Guo Fu opened his mouth, the other two villagers who followed him also said: "Yes, yes, we mean the same thing, so we came to ask, poor boy, can we rent this land to plant next year?"

The two villagers behind, one named Tian Shuhuai and the other named Sun Youhou, are both honest farmers. They have no relatives in the Guo family, so it is normal for them to rent the land. They came here to continue renting the land.

But these words said by several families.

It made Chen's mother and Xu Lan slightly dazed.

This, this is really a change.

When the eldest brother was here, it was better, but not so good. How come their family suddenly changed and became a big landlord in the village.

Chen Ku did not refuse the intentions of several people.

Smiling, he said, "Of course, if you want to continue renting, it's just what I want. I'm also worried about how my mother and sister-in-law can grow the extra ten acres of land. If you are interested, my family still has seven acres of land, which can also be rented to you."

The four looked at each other.

Guo Fu and Guo Qiang's eyes were red. They were ready to be ridiculed and return empty-handed, but they didn't expect that Chen Ku agreed so easily.

He was willing to continue renting out more fields.

Chen's mother and Xu Lan were anxious. It's not like she and her mother couldn't work, so why should they rent out all the land.

But Chen Ku stopped them.

So, half a day later, Chen Ku renewed the lease agreement with these people at the village chief, and finally rented out all the twenty acres of land in his family.

After returning home, Chen's mother was extremely puzzled, with tears in her eyes: "My children, our family has been farmers for generations, how can we not leave some land for ourselves?"

Chen Ku looked at them and said:

"From now on, mother, sister-in-law, you have to change your way of life, not working in the fields, just collecting rent, this kind of life is called a good life."

Sister-in-law said in a mosquito voice: "Then mother and I will not be the rich wives of the landlord's family..."

Chen Ku smiled and said: "What's the big deal, when I go to the city, I will take root in the city, bring all my family members over, and then, I will be a city person, and let Huzi go to school. Maybe my brother can see his son become the top scholar in the future."

The mother and sister-in-law were attracted by the beautiful picture described by Chen Ku.

City people, studying... and becoming the top scholar?

How dare the country people think of these things...

Chen Ku smiled and said nothing more.

In the next two days, he cherished the time in this home, and then watched the village chief come to the house to collect the autumn grain, and Chen Ku's last worry was gone.

So, on the morning of the third day.

He wore a long gown and finally walked out of this poor village and headed towards Baojiao County.

Looking forward, the road ahead is long and bright.