All Hail Cousin Brother

Madam Zhang shouted, "Beating someone, someone coming..."

This voice made them stunned. Before anyone could respond, five or six guards rushed over from nowhere and knocked them to the ground.

The guards wore stylish clothes and wore a large knife around their waists. Seeing the majesty, a few of them were instantly terrified.

Zhou Yongchang knelt to the ground with a "thump": "Miss, Zhou Yongtian and the others are all peasants. They don't understand the rules of the house, and they didn't mean to cause trouble. I also asked the eldest lady to open up and spare them."

No matter how stupid he is, he understands that the eldest miss is going to take Yang's mother and kill him on the first day of being the housekeeper, but he has been the housekeeper of Xiao Zhouzhuang for many years, and it is not easy to handle it.

So, the eldest lady bypassed him and stabbed the person he brought directly.

They're all Zhuang Han who farms, how have they seen the world, even bluffing and scaring people, don't they just scare people stupid?

Yu Youyao ignored Zhou Yongchang and looked at the four Zhou Yongtian: "You four are making trouble in the mansion, but what are your dissatisfaction with Yu mansion?"

These words were serious, Zhou Yongtian shivered with fright, and quickly said: "No, no, no trouble, no dissatisfaction, we just, just..."

Yu Youyao held the teacup: "Just what?"

Zhou Yongtian opened his mouth, couldn't help but glanced at Zhou Yongchang who was beside him, then lowered his head, not daring to say more.

Yu Youyao waited for a while, but before he could hear his words, she said, "The Yu residence has always been generous and righteous to the tenants. In the past few years, the years have been good, the weather has been good, and the houses in Beijing have successively increased their rents by fifty cents. The old lady in our family’s mansion is kind to Buddha, so she only raised 20 cents. I heard that the weather is cold this year, and the crops on the farm are not growing well. I also discussed with Manager Zhou that the rent for this season will be per mu. Fifty wen less."

Zhou Yongtian's eyes widened suddenly, and even his breathing became short. It was fifty cents per mu, but each of them rented ten acres of land, which was eight hundred cents...

When Xia Tao heard this, she hurriedly said: "Miss, this is impossible, you are following the old lady, you have always been soft-hearted and righteous, don't be deceived by the people of Zhouzhuang, the slaves have inquired about the weather this year. It's getting colder, but the vegetables we buy outside every day in our house are big and juicy, and they also come from Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. But it must be that they are unusable, and if they are not treated well, they are not able to understand the farming work, and they are trying to fool the young lady."

Hearing this, Zhou Yongtian and the others became even more unnatural, and even more panicked in their hearts.

These peasants who live by farming, if the crops are not well served, it is a huge mistake.

That's why they heard the old lady in Tinglan Court say that the eldest lady wanted to find the fault of Zhou Guanshi because the crops were not growing well. They thought that what Zhou Guanshi had done in the village was discovered by the house, so they panicked and began to look for it. Zhou Guanshi got into trouble with his mother-in-law, and something went wrong as a result.

Yu Youyao frowned and waved his hand: "You are making troubles in the mansion today, ignoring the majesty and face of the master, and showing no respect and gratitude to the master. In the future, the four of you will not rent the fields in the mansion, Zhouzhuang. Since the peasant households are not good at taking care of the crops and causing the main family to suffer losses, they are still thinking of fooling the main family and reducing the rent. According to the rules of other families in Beijing, they will add 30 cents per mu. Once you have planted it, go to Director Zhou to register it, and the Yu Mansion will not force it, the ugly words are ahead, if you grow bad crops again, it will cost the mansion, and you don’t need to plant any more.”

Zhou Yongchang fell to the ground softly.

The eldest young lady's move to draw wages from the bottom of the pot is simply unprepared. If the eldest young lady does not take care of the vegetables just because of the green vegetables, she will let him go, and even the whole small Zhouzhuang will be in trouble.

However, the eldest lady showed her kindness and power, even eliminating and beating. She was sympathetic to the farmers and wanted to reduce the rent for one season, but the farmers did not know how to be grateful, and they were disrespectful to the master. If they can't raise their heads, other houses in Beijing will not rent land to them in the future.

Others in Xiao Zhouzhuang also resented him and Zhou Yongtian for angering the main family because the main family had increased their rent, causing them to suffer losses.

He is quite prestigious in Xiaozhouzhuang, but all of this is based on the fact that he can seek benefits for the farmers in Xiaozhouzhuang, so that they can have crops and food.

Once their interests are involved, the previous respect will turn into dissatisfaction.

There is no need for Yufu to do anything, and he is afraid that he will not be able to keep it as a steward.

What's more, in order to calm the anger of Yu Mansion, he will not hesitate to push him out to take the blame, and then choose a more suitable and more satisfactory steward.

Zhou Yongtian and several others were even more terrified. Tianmu was the lifeblood of the Zhuang households, and the Yufu did not let them rent the farmland, so how would they live?

One of them is "Plop" kneeling on the ground: "Miss Zhou, little Zhou Yongniu, Zhouzhuang has been farming for generations, and everyone is a good farmer. Master's..."

Xia Tao said angrily: "Still sophistry, why do other crops grow well, but the crops in our house are not good? You still want to fool Miss...

This made Zhou Yongniu feel ashamed: "Although the weather is a little colder this year, the young ones have built a grass hut and prepared a lot of thatch to deal with it, some precious fruits and vegetables, and a warm pit, as long as you do your best, green vegetables It can also be handled well.”

Yu Youyao lowered her head and drank tea, her slender eyebrows were lightly tucked, revealing a hint of incomprehensible coldness.

However, Zhou Yongniu continued to say: "Yes, it was the steward Zhou who made the little ones rut ​​the grass hut, saying that if the crops in Zhuangzi are good, the Yu mansion might have to increase the rent. For the past two years, the Zhuangzi in the mansion on the outskirts of Beijing, They all added rents one after another, so the younger ones listened to Zhou Steward's words. The younger ones didn't want to fool the master's family, but the family had a large population and great prospects, so they wanted to let the mother-in-law and children eat more meals. , I lost my head for a while, but there are still some green vegetables that grow very well, and they are sent to the house every time..."

When Yu Youyao heard this, she was furious and looked at Zhou Yongchang: "You, how dare you fool the master like this?"

Deceiving the top and the bottom, greedy for the master's money, this is backing the master. Although he is not a servant of the Yu family, he is also a servant who has signed a contract with the master. If the master cares about it, he will have to go to court. Eat the board and go to prison.

Zhou Yongchang's face turned pale with horror: "Miss, there's nothing you can do for a small one, yes, yes..."

His eyes widened and he looked around, looking at a group of majestic guards standing in the yard, a few sturdy women, and some maids, and he was even more astonished.