Reborn as a landlord!I can

In the quiet night, there was a rustling sound in the dark bamboo forest, and the dark sky was filled with clouds, covering the pale moon.Occasionally, a bird looking for food flies by, leaving a clear cry and flying towards the hazy distant mountains.

The cool breeze blew by, subtle voices came out in the dark night, and a blurry shadow moved in the distance.

"Dad, do we have to come out at night?" Li Manping was speechless. Anyone who was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night would be unhappy if they were woken up to work.He carefully walked down the stone steps in the dark and complained softly.

Li Yixing walked beside his daughter and looked at her feet carefully, "Your brother-in-law said that people are sleeping soundly at this time and are not easily awakened. Even if they hear any movement, they will subconsciously ignore it."

I went, but even if I heard some noise in the middle of the night, I didn't dare to get up and check.Li Manping covered her mouth and yawned loudly, "Dad, I actually move very fast, it only takes one second." She looked pitifully at Li Yixing and nodded affirmatively.

Li Yixing looked at the hunched shadow with his eyes widened in fascination, and asked strangely, "What do you think we do when we get up in the middle of the night? You move so fast, what do you want to do?"

Li Manping was surprised, "Aren't we going to the granary to clean up?" She didn't dare to say it too clearly, so she could only vaguely focus on it.

Li Yixing led her around his yard and toward the bamboo forest at the back. "Your uncle said that the things in here are more important. He wants you to put them away first and take care of them."

Walking in the cool and quiet bamboo forest with soft fallen leaves under her feet, and listening to the rustling of bamboo leaves, Li Manping was even scared to sleep. Goosebumps stood up all over her body. She hurriedly grabbed the hem of Li Yixing's clothes and said in a trembling voice, "Dad, I'm a little scared."

Li Yixing took her hand, put it in his coat pocket, and walked deep into the bamboo forest. "What are you afraid of? Don't be afraid. Dad is here." He paused and explained: "You can't come here during the day. There are children playing in the bamboo forest during the day. It’s hard to keep a secret with multiple eyes. Don’t be afraid at night. Don’t worry, your uncle will be guarding you at the entrance of the forest.”

Li Manping was confused. Is she afraid of people? No!What she was afraid of was unspeakable.After all, she is living proof.

Walking to the center of the bamboo forest, Li Yixing struck a match and lit the lantern in his left hand, then placed it on a big stone. Through the yellowish candlelight, he could see a pile of stones of different sizes scattered in the center of the bamboo forest.

Li Manping watched Li Yixing select a stone about the same size as her and forcefully move it to the side. The stone moved away, revealing a small stone slab underneath.He used his hands to scrape away the fallen leaves and soil around the stone slab, then lifted up a corner of the stone slab with great effort and moved it away. The hole revealed was only half a meter wide, enough for a person to fall down vertically.

Li Manping went over and took a look. Below was a pothole about two meters deep and two meters wide.After breathing for a while, Li Yixing jumped down while holding on to his side, took the lantern and put it on the ground. He squatted at the bottom of the pit and groped around on the side. He saw him pulling open a wooden board, and there was another narrow entrance behind it.No one can get in if you stand it upright~

Looking at the dark surroundings, Li Manping felt a little weak. She sat carefully at the entrance of the hole and slid down tentatively. She slipped out and fell to the bottom of the pit. It didn't hurt.Using the light, she looked around. The pit was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, like a pot-bellied bottle with a high neck and a narrow mouth.

I waited at the bottom of the pit for a quarter of an hour for the air to change. Sure enough, Li Yixing crawled in front with a lantern, and Li Manping followed behind.After crawling for about 50 meters, we emerged from the narrow passage and found a small square space 2 meters high and 3 meters wide.

The entrance to the passage is in the corner of the small room, and there are eight long wooden boxes in the corner.Li Manping measured it with her eyes. It was about one meter long, fifty centimeters high, and about the same width.Finding no lock, she opened one, which contained books. She was not interested in it and closed it.Open the second one, it's a beautiful brocade silk that I won't be able to wear in the next few decades, let alone have no interest in it, so I close it.The third one is to close the porcelain that you can’t appreciate.The fourth box was opened, and it was rolled up drawing paper. When I unfolded it, I saw mountains, water, and boats. It had a good artistic conception. Unfortunately, I didn’t recognize the signature, so I closed it.

Li Yixing ignored her, wiped the dirt from his face, walked to a wall, pressed a raised stone with his hand, and pressed down hard with the left side.Change to another wall, press down hard on the right side, change another wall, and continue to press hard in the middle.

Li Manping was stunned for a moment, her eyes getting wider and wider. She thought the bulge was for lighting tools, but... in the midst of the clicking sound, there were three small rooms of about the same size.This time there were more wooden boxes in the small rooms, 12 in each room.

This was not over yet. After opening the three small rooms, Li Yixing waited for the air to circulate, then went in and performed the same operation again. After a few more clicks, three new small rooms appeared.There are more wooden boxes in each small room, a total of 20.

This is like a matryoshka doll. There are wooden boxes of similar size in a room of similar size, but the number of wooden boxes is different.The total number of wooden boxes in all rooms is 104.

Opening all the wooden boxes, except for the five wooden boxes containing gold bars and silver ingots, gold and silver heads, jades and gems, the remaining wooden boxes contained calligraphy and painting by ancient celebrities, well-preserved originals, ancient books, paper and ink, and porcelain ornaments from the previous dynasty. , exquisitely embroidered Chinese clothes, brightly colored, delicate and soft silks and satins.

Li Manping looked at the boxes of various treasures with a very sad expression. She couldn't use or wear any of them.It will take 30 years for these treasures to see the light of day again. By the time she can wear them and use them, she will be old, maybe a fat middle-aged woman.

Out of sight, out of mind, put it away, put it all away.She walked with a rustling expression on her face.Li Manping comforted herself, it doesn't matter if she loses it in the future, at least I once had it.

Li Yixing followed her and watched her walk into a room, touch a box, and the box disappeared. She touched it again, and the box disappeared again.It's really amazing.Li Manping was walking in front, while he was watching this unforgettable scene.

After collecting the wooden box, Li Manping looked at her father and asked with her eyes if there was anything left.

Li Yixing rolled his eyes at her. These treasures had been collected and hidden by generations of people.The Li family is not that rich, and they can't do bad business. They have saved their fortune bit by bit.

The two exited the room, and Li Yixing closed the wooden door again. Li Manping glanced at the wooden door and asked, "Dad, what kind of wood is this door made of? It looks good."

"I heard from your grandpa that it seems to be nanmu and ebony. Your grandpa's grandpa asked someone to make it specially. It is to be used as a basement door. The wood is too poor." Li Yixing stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door, then came closer to smell it, and said You can smell a fresh fragrance.

Li Manping followed suit and leaned over to smell it. The tip of her nose was pressed against the wooden door. "Then let me put these doors away together. They are also valuable wood. It just so happens that there is nothing underneath." The doors are retracted into the space.

The two of them carefully climbed through the alleyway and stood at the bottom of the cave.Li Yixing stepped on the lantern and placed it at the entrance of the hole. He then lifted Li Manping up and climbed out of the hole quickly.

Cover the stone slab, press the stone back on, sweep around with your feet, grab a few handfuls of bamboo leaves from the surrounding area and scatter them.When the wind blows, no trace will be visible tomorrow.

She blew out the lantern and walked out of the bamboo forest. As soon as she reached the entrance of the bamboo forest, a shadow flashed out from the side. Li Manping was so frightened that she trembled all over and almost screamed.

"Third brother, are you okay?" Li Yilong asked in a low voice. Without waiting for the answer, he added, "Go back quickly. I was almost carried away by the mosquitoes in the mountains. It's already October, why aren't the mountain mosquitoes still dead?" ." After saying this, he still scratched his face.

"Fourth brother, you can take Nan Miao to the granary for a walk at noon tomorrow. Remember to bring a cloth bag with food for cover. When you come out, Miao Nan will walk behind you." Li Yixing arranged tomorrow's work. "My eldest brother and I will go to Laogui Mountain to chop dead wood early in the morning." Zhi, after you collect the land that the villagers bought from Dayang this afternoon, hurry up and take it slowly up the mountain, remember to avoid people."

Climbing up the stone steps and standing up, "Laogui Mountain was bought by our family. Villagers generally won't go there, but what if something happens." Li Yixing warned in advance, "Take things slowly, and no matter how cautious you are, you can't be too careful."

Li Yilong gently opened the door and nodded in agreement, "I will be careful.

Li Manping didn't care what her father and brother-in-law were discussing late at night. After washing herself, she quickly went to bed and went to sleep. It was already past one in the morning and she was so sleepy.

She slept until nine in the morning. Maybe her father and mother had said that her mother didn't come to wake her up this morning.After finishing everything, I asked my mother-in-law and found out that my uncle and aunt were waiting for the villagers in the front yard.

When I ran to the front yard, I saw a long line of villagers. It seemed that there were more people than the rent payment yesterday. Seemingly sensing her doubts, the little cousin standing aside explained, "There are two villages nearby, and ours." Some people in the village are related, and after hearing about this, they also wanted to buy land from our family." The young boy shrugged: "The village chief came forward to talk to my uncle, and finally my uncle agreed."

"Here, this is your land deed. Take a closer look to see if it is 100 acres of land." The uncle sat behind the table with a piece of deed paper under his hand. After confirming that the amount of land was correct, he pushed it on the aunt's table. He immediately took out the red paper and neatly wrapped it up, tied it tightly, bundled fifty silver dollars into it, tied it up and put it into the bag next to him.There was a tied cloth bag next to it, and it looked like a lot of land had been sold.

Li Manping and her little cousin stood together and watched with gusto.Some used silver coins, some used small yellow croakers, and some exchanged them for jewelry. I don’t know where they got it.Jewelry needs to be appraised. It depends on the size. If the jewelry is of good quality, it can be exchanged for more than ten or twenty silver dollars.

No one thinks there is a problem with this. Nowadays, legal currency is commonly used outside, that is, gold yuan coupons.But that thing was hard for farmers to use, and it was unreliable. To buy a match, you would need a bundle of French currency, which could be called silver money.

Everyone uses silver dollars in private. One tael of silver bullion can be exchanged for 2 silver dollars, and one tael of gold can basically be exchanged for 80 silver dollars. Sometimes it can be a few more, and of course it can be a few less.Affected by the chaotic situation outside.

The Li family is generous and will buy rice when there are many people in the village. Villagers can exchange 25 kilograms of new rice for one silver dollar, while old grain costs 30 kilograms.The villagers have saved a lot of money over the years, and the village is too far away from the county seat, so the villagers can't go there even once a year. Every year, they wait for the Li family to collect rent and buy back some necessary items, such as coarse salt, matches, etc.

At noon, Li Yilong only had a few deeds left in his hand. Seeing that no one was coming, he stood up and prepared to leave, but was stopped by the village chief.

"Longzi, look, you only have a few days left, or" the village chief rubbed his hands, licked his lips and smiled, "sell it to me together."

Li Yilong hid the smile in his eyes and pretended to refuse, "It's not that I didn't give it to you, village chief. I gave the rest to you. If other people make trouble with me, I can't explain it."

The village chief waved his hand, "Don't worry, the remaining land I bought will be distributed to everyone, but..." The village chief paused for a moment and continued: "You don't have much land left, and the villagers have already bought the land. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to farm on rented land if I own the land in the future, and you probably won’t be willing to farm it on your own, so just give me the discount.”

"Well, uncle, you're right, we really can't grow any land." Li Yilong carefully looked at the remaining land deeds in his hand and said hesitantly: "I still have 183 acres of top-grade land and 28 acres of middle-grade land. If the field is worth 4 yuan, then I will give it to you, the village chief."

The village chief was very pleasantly surprised. He lowered his head and fiddled with the abacus, muttering something like, "Three and four are twelve, eight and four are 32, and one and four are four." The answer came out after a few clicks of the abacus beads. The village chief looked at it. Li Yilong asked, "I'll give you 732 yuan, right?" After saying that, he took out 5 gold bars and 6 bundled silver coins from the table and counted 32 of them and handed them to Li Yilong.

Li Yilong took it and said goodbye to the village chief without counting the amount. The couple carried the silver coins in their backpacks and took the two children who were watching the excitement home.

Li Manping walked to her aunt's back pocket, stretched her head and looked inside, wow, that's a lot of money!It's a pity that it's not my own.