Scholar and old attack

When Xu Shuizhou finished speaking, he was greatly relieved and at the same time a little lonely.

Jiang Jingyuan was a little sluggish, he had always thought that Xu Shuizhou had a heart for "Jiang Jingyuan", but he didn't expect that there were so many misunderstandings in the middle.

Xu Shuizhou was lonely for a while, and then summoned up his courage to say, "However, Brother Jing Yuan, you have changed a lot since you woke up, and you have become different from before. I want to spend some time with you again. If, if that When you still don't accept me, let's cancel the engagement, okay?"

Jiang Jingyuan stared blankly at Xu Shuizhou, those clear eyes and firm eyes made him unable to refuse, this was the first person who confessed to him in the past and present life, after hesitating for a long time, Jiang Jingyuan still He nodded heavily.

The smile on Xu Shuizhou's face was a smile from the heart, and the two little dimples were flushed, looking intoxicating.

Jiang Jingyuan finally couldn't hold back, and rubbed Xu Shuizhou's head, "Next, I will accept your wishes, and I also hope that when we get married, we will be happy with each other."

"Yeah." Xu Shuizhou didn't avoid Jiang Jingyuan's contact, but enjoyed it a little.

"I'll take back half of the money on the table. After all, without your idea, I wouldn't be able to earn so much money. I'll take the dowry and dowry back first." Xu Shuizhou felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned the dowry.

He didn't know what happened just now, but when he heard his aunt say that he was short of money, his head went hot and he dug out the dowry his father left him.

"Ah."

Jiang Jingyuan's heart also loosened, feeling that the shackles that were pressing on him were suddenly released.

After recovering, seeing the money left on the table, Jiang Jingyuan smiled helplessly, was he being taken care of by someone?

Chen Xiuxiu kept paying attention to the movement inside the house outside the house, fearing that the two would fight, but in the end it was quiet all the time, and Xu Shuizhou came out with a happy face, which made her a little confused.

"Mother, you take the money and keep it first, and then help me find a talkative aunt to talk about it later." Jiang Jingyuan handed over the more than 100 taels of silver that Xu Shuizhou left on the table to Chen Xiuxiu, and whispered in her ear A few words.

Chen Xiuxiu's expression was strange, "Son, it's not good for you to do this. If you let the people know, they don't know how to ridicule you."

Jiang Jingyuan sneered, "Mother, in the past, my father treated the clan members with all his heart and soul, but after his father passed away, how did the Jiang family members treat our mother and son? When Jiang Yuancai came to force mother, how could anyone in the clan speak for us? , and now I still want to get benefits from me, but there is no door."

Over the past few days, Jiang Jingyuan has more or less inquired about the news of the village. He has seen how Jiang's father treats the clan. As a result, the clansmen who have been favored by Jiang's father over the years have not helped Chen Xiuxiu at all. What about mother and son?

It's really good, Sheng Mi's kindness against Mi's hatred is really vividly performed by these people.

"But your reputation..."

After all these years, Chen Xiuxiu has long seen the filth of the Jiang family, and she has long been chilled by them. She doesn't care about it, but she is afraid of delaying her son's reputation.

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Jingyuan's expression was flat, "They were the ones who were sorry for us first, and some gossip didn't threaten our reputation."

Jiang Jingyuan had already made a plan in his heart. If the clan wanted to deal with him with gossip, he would use his own way to deal with him.

Sure enough, every household in the countryside has no secrets at all.

Chen Xiuxiu went out for a while, and in the evening, many people came to visit with gifts.

Jiang Jingyuan received them one by one.

"Jiang Jingyuan" was originally a scholar. Although he was not a farmer like his father, he was still able to exempt [-] acres of tax. The family had no money to buy land, and no manpower to plant the extra land.

The [-] mu of tax-free land is still on the shelf, so why not use it.

This is what Jiang Jingyuan suddenly remembered when he was looking at the law, and it can be regarded as taking advantage of a loophole in the law.

But now all the people in the house came to pitch their fields, and the villagers put their fields under Jiang Jingyuan's name, so that they would not have to pay taxes. The original Jiang Yuanmao did the same.

It's just that he is impartial and doesn't take any money, but Jiang Jingyuan doesn't have such a heart. Five taels of silver per mu of land is permanent. As long as Jiang Jingyuan is alive, the land will not have to pay taxes.

Five taels of silver is a lot, but compared to the tax revenue, it seems a bit insignificant. Some villagers think that the Jiang family and those who don't pay taxes have become prosperous, so how can they not be jealous.

Those who have money directly invested three to five acres, and those who have no money just partnered with several companies. In short, the Jiang family's yard was extremely lively.

Jiang Jingyuan also upholds a fair attitude, as long as he gives money, he will write the lease on the spot.

Originally, the field was invested in his name, and this field belonged to Jiang Jingyuan. This is only in name, so Jiang Jingyuan still needs to write a permanent lease agreement and lease it to the person who invested in the field.

Chen Xiuxiu reminded Jiang Jingyuan while collecting the money, Jiang Jingyuan was also very helpless, he hardly knew these fellow villagers, and the villagers were chattering away, and couldn't ask the point for a long time.

If it wasn't for Chen Xiuxiu's help, he would still have to work hard to write a lease.

Jiang Jingyuan's work is booming, but the Jiang family can't sit still.

No matter what, this Jiang Jingyuan is also a member of their Jiang family. Although most of the people in the village are also offshoots of the Jiang family, they are not as close as the clansmen.

The clansmen were not stupid, and quickly gathered together to think about countermeasures.

"Clan elder, you just say something, if we don't go to Jiang Jingyuan's house, we won't get any benefit."

The clansmen gathered in the home of a charismatic clan elder, all of them were extremely anxious.

The clan elder gave the clansman in front of him a cold look. The pale man shook his head slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I want to go with you, but I won't go."

"Why."

The clansmen immediately scratched their heads in anxiety. With such a good opportunity, as long as the clan elder stepped forward, Jiang Jingyuan would not obediently offer up the land, just like Jiang Yuanmao did back then.

Those who received Jiang Yuanmao's favor back then now have no worries about food and clothing at home. If they get another share, they won't have to work hard for the rest of their lives.

Now it's all good for outsiders, but they, the clansmen, have not benefited at all.

"Hmph." The clan elder snorted coldly while leaning on his crutches, and the noisy clan members immediately silenced themselves.

"Let me ask you, how have you ever helped Jiang's mother and son in these years? You all treat him like a fool, easy to bully."

The clan elder shook his head, with a look of disappointment on his face. Although his voice was deep, it was heard clearly in the ears of every clansman.

Some clan members were taken aback, some clan members turned slightly red, and some clan members looked disdainful.

"So what, after all, it's our Jiang family's people, Jiang's things, there's no reason to be cheap to outsiders." Some jealous clansmen don't care about kindness and dedication. He only thinks that Jiang Jingyuan's things are not equal to theirs. home stuff.

"Oh." The clan elder glanced at this person, and said lightly, "Then you are willing to give your family's land to Jing Yuan's family for free."

When the man heard this, he was like a cat whose fur had exploded. He immediately stood up reluctantly, "Of course I don't want to. Why should I give my land to them?"

"Then why did Jing Yuan give your land tax exemption for nothing?"

The clan elder's words immediately silenced this person, and also blocked the mouths of those who had the same idea.

"Then our Jiang family has sheltered their mother and child for so many years, and we are not so heartless as human beings."

Soon someone came up with excuses, and they could find thousands of reasons for benefiting them. In short, Jiang Jingyuan didn't give them tax-free land, just like a sinner through the ages.

"A few days ago, I heard that the clansmen went to persecute Mrs. Xiu, so that she almost stabbed her with a knife. Why, am I wrong?"

The clan elder looked at the clansman disappointedly, his already old body looked even more rickety, he was so old that his teeth were about to fall out, his hair was all white, and he was alive in a few days, but his heart Not old yet.

Right and wrong can still be seen clearly.

Soon the clansmen were speechless, because they were the ones who bullied Jiang Jingyuan's mother and son, they were the ones who persecuted Jiang Jingyuan's mother and son, and they were the ones who asked others to hand over what they had in their hands.

No one would have the face to come to the door and say these things.

"It's Jiang Yuancai who killed a thousand swords. If it wasn't for him, how could we have such a bad relationship with Mrs. Xiu."

But how can people look for reasons on themselves? Of course, mistakes are the faults of others. Soon they found a vent, and that was Jiang Yuancai.

The clansmen began to curse at Jiang Yuancai, and even ran to Jiang Yuancai's house for some good things, dragged him out and beat him up. In short, without Jiang Yuancai, the relationship between Jiang Jingyuan and them would not be broken.

The [-] mu of paddy fields will not be easy for outsiders.

The clan elder looked at this group of "stubborn" clansmen, and was even more disappointed. Leaning on crutches, hunched over his body, he slowly crawled into the house like a turtle.

Troubles come out of poor mountains and bad waters.

In the past, Jiang Jingyuan didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, because in his heart, farmers were honest and honest, but looking at the Jiang Yuancai who was beaten beyond recognition, Jiang Jingyuan understood that there were scoundrels and troublemakers among farmers. .

"Jing Yuan, we have cleaned up Jiang Yuancai, so you can let us go to the fields. Everything is Jiang Yuanmao's fault and has nothing to do with us."

Jiang Jingyuan laughed when he heard that the clansmen were busy separating themselves from Jiang Yuancai.

The cold smile made all the people gathered in Jiang's yard feel horrified.