After rebirth, I became the stupid son of the Hou family

While everyone was talking to each other, they came to the village of Afu's family unknowingly.

This village doesn't look too big. Except for two houses with high gates and blue bricks and tiled roofs, the rest of the houses are simple and even dilapidated.

Ah Fu led a group of them towards his home.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard a man's voice coming from the yard:

"I give you three days to pay me all the rent you owe us, plus the two bushels of wheat you owe us in the summer. If you don't pay us again, don't blame us for taking action ourselves. When the time comes, Not only will we take back all the five acres of land we rented to you, but we will also take away every grain of rent you owe."

He saw two men, an old man and a young man, standing in front of him. One of them, the old man, begged him:

"Manager Ma, I beg you to do a good job. Please tell your boss and ask for a favor. This year's harvest is indeed not good. I want to hand it all over. My whole family will have to drink the northwest wind this year." Go. When the harvest is ready next year, I will make up for all the rent you owe your employer."

Manager Ma came forward, holding the account book in his hand, walked up to the man, pointed at his nose and said:

"Wang Laoliu, you are deliberately trying to antagonize me, right? I also work for my boss. The five acres of land I rented to you starting last year were as agreed before. One acre of land was worth four dou. The rent has begun to be collected. You should have paid twenty bushels of rent to your employer this season, but up to now, not counting the two bushels of wheat you owed in the summer, you have only paid thirteen bushels of rice in rent. Then you The seven bushels of rice you still owe, plus the two bushels of wheat from the summer, total you still owe us nine bushels of rent. I advise you to pay the rent as soon as possible, otherwise I won’t speak to you like this when I come back. .”

Wang Laoliu stepped forward, bowed to Manager Ma and begged:

"Master in charge, please just leave some food for us. My wife is sick in bed all year round, and my daughter-in-law has a grandson who is less than one year old. We, father and son, are sweating so hard that we have been exhausted for a year. , I can’t even earn back the food rations for the whole family. I’m not telling lies. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you. I only have some rations left at home. If I pay all the rent, the whole family will starve to death. Please take care of you. Go back and put in a good word for me in front of my boss, and when the harvest is ready next year, I will make up for it for you."

Manager Ma pointed his finger at Wang Laoliu's head and said to him with a fierce face:

"You old and immortal Wang Laoliu, can't you hear what I'm talking to you about? All tenants should be like you. They refuse to pay the rent. I can't collect the rent. Are you successful? You want to destroy my job. Whether you starve to death or not has nothing to do with me. It is only natural to rent our land and pay the rent. Stop crying for me here. I will not accept your behavior. I will limit you to three days. , you must make up the remaining rent for me, otherwise don’t blame me for doing it myself, brothers, let’s go.”

After saying that, he closed the account book, turned around, took the four or five big men around him and left.

When he turned around, he saw a person blocking his way.

He looked up and saw a scholar?Standing in front of him, he immediately cursed:

"You are blind, are you blocking my way? Don't you want to live anymore?"

Jiang Chen said to the person in front of him

"I think you are the blind one. You are blocking my way. Let me ask you, you just said that they owe you rent. What standard do you charge for the rent?"

When the rent collector saw that Jiang Chen not only dared to scold him, but also dared to ask him about rent collection, he said to Jiang Chen with a fierce look on his face:

"Where did you come from? How dare you interfere in our affairs? Come on, teach him a lesson first."

At this time, many villagers had crowded outside the door to watch the fun.Because of the drought this year, rice production has been greatly reduced, but the owner has not given any relief to the villagers.Therefore, it is particularly difficult to collect rent this year.Every household is in this situation. If all the food is paid for rent, the villagers will face starvation in the future.So I want to postpone it, hoping that the owner can give some relief.

Ah Fu's father and eldest brother were always honest. When the rent collector came, they paid most of the rent. They thought that they would go through the winter soon and not leave any food rations. They would really starve to death.Then there was a scene that Jiang Chen saw when he came over.

Those big men just wanted to come over and attack Jiang Chen.

Liu Huaian, who was behind Jiang Chen, scolded him. He pointed at Jiang Chen and said to those people:

"He is the young master of the Hou Mansion. You dare to attack him. Go and call me for your boss. Let's discuss this matter carefully and see how to solve it."

Manager Ma came over and gave them a cruel smile:

"You stinky boy who ran away from nowhere, you are not afraid of the strong wind flashing your tongue. Do you know who our boss is? You just want to see our boss. Just because you are so young, you still want to see our boss. You are really blind. I'm a bitch-eyed, but you should return it to the Young Master of the Hou Mansion. Even if you are the prince, I won't be afraid."

As soon as Jiang Chen heard what he said, he became interested, and then said to the man:

"You're just a rent collector, you're just talking so loudly. I'd like to hear who your employer is."

The man curled his mouth and said to Jiang Chen:

"I'm afraid I'll scare you to death if I tell you. The hundreds of acres of land here are the property of the then Prime Minister Hu. Even you unscrupulous people dare to farm the land without paying rent to the Prime Minister. I think you The living thing is impatient.”

At this time, a villager said at the door:

"We tenants, none of us are thinking about white crops. This year has caught up with the drought. The rice production has dropped drastically. We just want you to tell your boss and see if we can continue to produce the same amount of rice per acre as before." According to the rent of three dou, starting from last year, every mu of land has been increased to four dou. In this year, it is not enough to pay the rent for all the output of each mu of land. Everyone is raising a family. , You can't work hard and work in the fields for a year, and in the end you can't even eat. You also left us a bite to eat, you can't cut off our way of living. Let's talk about it. "

The villagers were originally afraid to speak out about their sufferings, but when someone finally stopped talking about it, they all said loudly:

"Yes, we also have to support our family. Four buckets of rice for one acre of land is really too much. We ask for a reduction in the rent."

Jiang Chen pointed at everyone and said to Manager Ma:

"Have you heard their cry? The villagers are also human beings. It's not that they don't pay, but they pay too much and they can't afford it. If they all starve to death, I'll see who will plant the land for you next year. They The requirements are already very low. If you encounter special circumstances, you must be treated specially. You go back to your master and tell him about the situation of the villagers. I believe that the Prime Minister does not want to force everyone to death."

Ah Fu walked up to him and said angrily:

"You are blind and you dare to scold our young man."

At this time, Wang Laoliu and his eldest son saw Ah Fu coming back with a few people. He was afraid that Ah Fu would be beaten by the renters, so he quickly stood in front of Ah Fu and said:

"Uncle, my son is not sensible, please don't be like him."

The man looked Afu up and down and said:

"This little cripple is the little son you sold. I heard you were working as a slave in a wealthy family. What's the matter? Did you come back and give me money?"

Ah Fu quickly walked a few steps, came to his father and said:

"Dad, what's going on? Is he bullying you?"

When Ah Fu's father saw that his son was back, he pulled him aside and cried with tears:

"This uncle is here to collect rent, but the harvest this year is not good. If I pay all the rent, all of us will starve to death."

At this time, Jiang Chen said to the rent collector: