Chapter 230 Failure to collect and give away land deeds
Cao Siwen suppressed his excitement, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "After the new well was dug deeper, the progress slowed down, and less than half of our manpower was waiting to be rotated. It is true. It's a bit wasteful, so we can send a few people to repair the walls of the old well tomorrow, but we can't start cleaning up the sediment at the bottom of the well until the new well is ready for use. However, once the water becomes turbid, the well water will be temporarily unedible."
Grandpa Qin said: "Okay, as long as it does not delay our water use, you can arrange the time for repairing the old well."
After that, he cautiously signed a contract with Cao Siwen to repair the old well, and generously gave a deposit of fifteen taels of silver... If you want to buy green bricks, you can't do it without giving a deposit.
"Thank you, Mr. Qin." Cao Siwen took the deposit, greeted the well-drilling team, cleaned up, and deposited the well-drilling team with Chai and Zhang's family, and happily returned to the town to stay.
The next day, he arrived before Chen time. After working in the new well, Cao Siwen took six masters from the well drilling team and went to the old well carrying empty baskets.
After tying the rope, I took the stuff and went down into the old well.
Cao Siwen and the others were very experienced. When they got out of the well, they saw that the moss on the well wall had been wiped away. They were shocked... The Qin family had gone down to the well to investigate!
“You all have to show your true skills and complete the work of repairing the old well. We must not let down the kindness of the Qin family. We have made a profit this time to dig and repair the well. The Qin family made a lot of money, and they also made three pieces of red cloth, which is a big profit!" Cao Siwen said with joy in his loud voice.
After hearing this, the people from the well-drilling team came to their senses... Although the Qin family did not trust them and went down to investigate, they obviously found nothing. Then they can continue to repair the old man's water according to the plan. On the grounds of a well, the tunnel entrance was sealed.
"Hey!" the people from the well-drilling team responded, knocking out the loose green bricks and putting them into the hanging empty baskets. After the green bricks were filled, they were transported to the ground.
Grandpa Qin brought Jiang Dalang and others here to watch them work.
Cao Siwen said: "Mr. Qin, these green bricks can still be used and will not be wasted... The soil on the well wall is loose, so we need to knock off the green bricks and solidify the well wall. Only then can we build the well wall again."
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
Grandpa Qin and the others still had work to do, so they left after a short time.
But Old Man Hu wandered over, squatting by the well like a supervisor, watching them work.
The well digging team wanted to kill him.
Cao Siwen glanced at them, and the well-drilling team members immediately stopped their anger and were polite to Old Man Hu... You bastards, just stare if you want, even if they see something is wrong, they will Can use cleaning up the sediment at the bottom of the well as an excuse to cover up the past.
But Old Man Hu is too qualified. Whenever the well-drilling team comes to repair the old well, he squats aside and watches. It is really unbearable.
Cao Siwen's cousin couldn't help but ask him: "Mr. Hu, have your soybeans been confiscated?"
During the autumn harvest, everyone in the village is busy harvesting soybeans and planting vegetables, but you are the only one doing nothing!
Old man Hu said quite confidently: "My son and grandson will collect it, but if it is not possible, I will also have my nephews and nephews of the same clan to help. I am old and can't do anything anymore, so I can only come to help Brother Qin's family. If I curry favor with Brother Qin, maybe my grandson can work in the Qin family’s workshop and earn two taels of silver a month!”
This old dog talks a lot of nonsense.
Cao Siwen's cousin stopped talking and just worked silently according to the plan.
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Within a few days, in late September, the villagers had finished harvesting soybeans. Unfortunately, except for Qin Jiang, Xu Qiao, Chai, and Zhang, the other families’ soybean yields were not high.
The worst thing is the Huang Laoer family. The Huang Lao'er family has always been the target of sacrifices by the Huang Lao's family. During the land grab, in order to win over the Huang family, the Huang Wu family gave the most barren wasteland to the Huang Lao'er family.
Huang Laoer's family of three worked hard in the wasteland for several months, and finally the yield per mu was: "a little more than a hundred pounds, and many pods are empty, but There are still five acres of grain tax to pay..."
When it comes to grain tax, the Huang family is worried.
Huang Luoguo said: "It is difficult to cultivate wasteland, and we settled down too late. In order to catch up with the weather for sowing seeds, more than a dozen of our Huang families have only cultivated three or four acres of land, but they have not cultivated enough five acres. The grain tax on these five acres of land How do I pay? "
Disasters in the Wei Dynasty continued, and the war was still going on in the south, so the court was very short of food. Although the victims were resettled, the food tax was not exempted.
At the end of this year, the victims who have settled down will have to pay the grain tax on five acres of land. If they fail to pay, it will be a serious crime!
“We have to hand over the grain, keep the grain to eat until next year’s harvest, and buy cotton-padded jackets, quilts, and firewood for the winter...” Huang Luo Guo kept counting, and the more he counted, the more worried he became.
"...How about we go to Village Chief Qin and ask his family to borrow money for the winter?" Huang Duogui's wife suddenly suggested.
As soon as these words came out, the rest of the Huang family seemed to be grasping at straws and said one after another: "Yes, go to the Qin family to borrow money. The Qin family is kind-hearted and will definitely not watch us freeze to death and starve to death!"< br>
“Stop, you are not allowed to go !" Huang Laoer shouted urgently, pointed at them and said: "It's the Qin family's business that they have money, but we can't come to borrow money all at once, otherwise we will be suspected of being forced by the crowd!"
"Then what do you think we should do? This Can't survive the winter? Are you waiting to die?" Huang Duogui's wife looked at him sideways and said, "Your wife is a factory worker. She can earn two taels of silver a month. She has money to buy cotton-padded jackets for the winter, but we don't have two taels. For wages, don’t borrow money, this How are you going to survive the winter?”
Huang Duogui’s wife rolled her eyes and made another suggestion: “How about your wife give up the work and let us Huang family women take turns to work in the workshop?”
This?
Huang Laoer was shocked and said angrily: "You think the Qin family's workshop is run by my family, and you can let my family have the final say?"
He yelled at Huang Duogui again: "Duogui, don't always hide in Let your wife take the lead in the future, I warn you, keep an eye on your wife. If she doesn’t look good, I, the new patriarch, will give your family a life, and your family will find another place to live!”
You actually want to leave the clan! ?
Huang Duogui no longer dared to hide behind the woman, and hurriedly came out and said: "Captain, don't be angry, this woman is ignorant, I will drag her away and give her a good beating!"
After saying that, he quickly grabbed his wife and ran away.
Huang Laoer looked at the other Huang family members and warned: "I am now the new patriarch of the Huang family. I will find a way to solve the problem of the Huang family's winter. But if anyone dares to go to the Qin family to cry for money and force them to borrow money, I will I will do whatever I say to get rid of my family!”
This?
Huang Laoer suddenly became tough, and some of the Huang family members who wanted to borrow money did not dare to clamor.
Xue Dong’s family just came back and watched a play. He put down the curtains of the car and said: "This Huang Laoer family has helped them... Let’s go to the Qin family."
"Hey." Xue Feng drove to the Qin's workshop in the west of the village.
When passing by the dilapidated house where the secret recipe powder was made, I heard Huang Yanglong's voice cursing at his mother.
Dong Xue’s family laughed when they heard this... It was Qin and Jiang who had the ability to torment Huang Yanglong so much, but they kept Huang Yanglong from falling out with them and coming to do hard work every day.
Just as he was smiling, a figure rushed out, the car curtain was lifted, and Huang Yanglong's roar came: "You still know how to come back? It's just a matter of building a warehouse and you have been dawdling for so many days. You are such a waste!" ”
Xue Dong’s family is all furious. This brat doesn’t care if he doesn’t call him uncle, but he scolds him as soon as they meet. He was useless: "If it weren't for Brother Zheng's face, I guarantee that you would not be able to leave Dongming Mansion."
Haha, Huang Yanglong didn't give any face at all, and asked in an angry tone: "Who chose the land to build the warehouse? It’s okay, did you win the argument? Don’t say you didn’t win the argument, otherwise I will look down on you!”
(End of this chapter)