Tang Qing shook his head in silence again, and Tang Shi couldn't help frowning.
In fact, they don't necessarily have to buy the land owned by the landlord, but Tangjia Village and the surrounding land are owned by the landlord. If they bought other land, I'm afraid they have to walk a long way every day to get to the land, which is too troublesome. some.
In the evening, Tang Nian and Tang Ji came back. The two returned Li Yuan, who was in a coma, back to Li's house.
Li Yuan wanted to sell the stone. Although they were extremely angry, they had to do it now. After all, Tang Yue was their relative, and they couldn't watch Tang Yue lose her husband.
How could Tang Shi not know the thoughts of Big Brother Tang and Second Brother Tang? He felt that it was nothing. Even if Li Yuan was alive, he would still be living uselessly. For Li Yuan, it would be better to die.
During dinner, Tang Qing talked about the fields again, and the Tang family's atmosphere suddenly became solemn. He had money in his hand but couldn't buy suitable land. Will the whole family drink the northwest wind next year
Tang Shi was pulling the noodles in the bowl, and his mind was spinning at a high speed. Who would spend a lot of money at this juncture to buy all the land in the vicinity of the landlord
"You don't have to worry too much, the landlord has changed, we can still rent the land." Tang Qing said with a dry smoke. Although renting land is not free, it may be enough to support a family.
Tang Shi did not agree with it very much. If he kept renting land, he could only grow the crops that the landlord asked them to grow, then his idea would not be realized.
But he didn't have a good way at the moment, so he could only go back to the bedroom after the meal in silence, and by the way brought a bowl of plain noodles for Li Shao to eat.
Li Shao slept in the afternoon and almost recovered from his illness. He hadn't eaten for a day and a night. When he saw the noodles in Tang Shi's hand, he couldn't help swallowing, but he still stubbornly turned his head away.
Tang Shi laughed in his heart, put the noodles directly on the head of the bed, and left the bedroom without saying a word. Just as he stepped out, Li Shao's hoarse voice came from behind him: "How is my father?"
Tang Shi turned around and smiled harmlessly, "It's not dead."
Li Shao stared at him with eyes that were not much smaller than his, and clenched the quilt tightly with both hands, "You caused my father's birth qualification to be deprived?"
Tang Shi's black gem-like eyes gave him a deep look, "I don't think I have the ability to interfere with the county school's decision. You won't scold me for this, right?"
Li Shao pursed his lips, "Are you serious?"
Tang Shi didn't answer him, but smiled, "It's getting cold, eat it while it's hot. If you're worried about your father, you can go back and visit tomorrow."
Li Shao suddenly lay down and covered his head with a quilt, as if that way he could feel safe, and he could cry recklessly in this small dark space. He bit his lower lip tightly with his teeth and covered his mouth with his hand, forcing himself not to make a sound. Then, when he heard the sound of the door being closed, he thought Tang Shi had left, so he let himself cry.
He didn't know why he was crying. He had endured it well before, but why couldn't he now
After crying for a while, he wiped his tears with his small hands and felt bored, so he stuck out his head to breathe in the air, but he never expected that as soon as he stretched out his head, he would see Tang Shi sitting on the edge of the kang, Li Shao was obviously stunned. He was startled and stunned there, with two teardrops hanging on his little face. He was handsome, so it seemed that he was pitiful and cute.
Tang Shi picked up the noodles and handed them to him, "It's not hot now, it's just right to eat."
Li Shao was ashamed to death, but he thought that Tang Shi had seen him so embarrassed, and eating a bowl of noodles was nothing, so he prepared to take the bowl and eat it by himself.
Tang Shi saw that he couldn't hold the bowl with one hand at all, and said, "I'll take it, you can eat it." He put the chopsticks in Li Shao's hands, held the bowl with both hands, and smiled softly.
Li Shao was holding the chopsticks, and for some reason, his nose suddenly became sore again. He tried hard to hold back his tears, buried his head and started to eat, but while eating, he couldn't help but start to cry.
The more and more tears fell, he couldn't finish it at all, and for a while he felt that Tang Shi was so embarrassed and annoyed when he saw it, and the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt.
Tang Shi was amused. When I saw this child for the first time, the child had a lot of things in his heart. The second time I saw him, the boy kept his head down. This time it was good, I was scolding him and crying again, and finally looked like a child.
"Okay, the noodles are already cold, so don't eat them." Tang Shi brought the bowl back, "Sleep well tonight."
Li Shao lowered his head and said nothing, and Tang Shi didn't care, he walked out of the bedroom with a bowl in his hand.
After he left, Li Shao raised his head, his eyes were blank.
The next day, Tang Shi went to the county seat as usual to go to school. After school, Yuan Yong asked him not to come during Qingming. Tang Shi agreed, and then asked him: "Teacher, the disciple wants to ask Senior Brother Chen if the land in the village can still be planted? "
Yuan Yong took him to find Chen Jiangui. Chen Jiangui happened to be free, and when he saw the teacher and the little junior brother come over to greet him, "Teacher, junior brother, finished today's class?"
Yuan Yong nodded and said with a smile: "Jianghui, Shishi came here mainly to ask about the land. This is related to the lives of the common people next year, so it can't be delayed."
Of course Chen Jiangui understood this truth, he sighed, "Teacher, it's not a disciple who doesn't care about the common people, there is really no way to solve this problem."
Yuan Yong frowned, "This land can't be planted, there must be other land that can be planted, right?"
"The disciple has not thought of a good method yet." Chen Jiangui looked guilty, but he really had no choice. After all, other lands were also made by others. Is it possible to open up wasteland
Tang Shi asked at this time: "Senior brother, I heard that Landlord Qian sold the land in our village and several surrounding villages, can I know who the new landlord is? The landowner's land, but he still doesn't know who he is."
The state of Daqi stipulates that land purchases and sales must generally be registered with the government, not to mention such large-scale land purchases. Chen Jiangui naturally agreed after listening to Tang Shi's words, and immediately sent someone to investigate.
After a while, the yamen took over the booklet, because the incident happened very close, so he could find it quickly, and Chen Jiangui saw it at once. He pointed to the three words on the pamphlet and said to Tang Shi, "The new landlord's name is Geng Cailiang."
Geng Cailiang? He had never heard of this name, "Senior brother, is this Geng Cailiang the landlord of Nanfeng County?"
Chen Jiangui had never heard of the name, so he went to look for the household registration register and found it very quickly. This Geng Cailiang also settled in Nanfeng County a few days ago, and then he bought a large piece of land from the money landlord. .
The more Tang Shi thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. This Geng Cailiang was very strange.
"Thank you, Senior Brother, I'll tell Dad when I get home."
Chen Jiangui patted his head, "Why are you polite to senior brother?"
After hearing about this, Tang Shi went back to Tangjia Village. Since the landowners had changed, he didn't need to stop the wheat seedlings from growing.
Who knew that before he got to the door of the house, he heard the miserable cries of Tang Aniu's family next door. Tang Shi listened carefully to understand that it turned out that the new landlord was unwilling to rent the land to their home, and said that if he wanted to rent it, he would only The worst land to rent. Not only Tang Aniu's family, but also the village chief and several others.
The more Tang Shi thought about it, the more strange it became. He couldn't help but walk quickly towards Tang's house. When passing by Zhao Jin's house, he took a ghostly look at the closed door of his house. It seemed that the door of Zhao's house had not been opened a few days ago. . He spread his spiritual power to Hong Zhong's house, and sure enough, Hong Zhong was not there either.
However, their presence or absence has nothing to do with them.
When he entered the house, he found that everyone in the family was full of joy. Tang Qing and the others saw him coming back, so they told him: "Stone, this time, this landlord Geng is really a good person!"
"Father, what do you say?" Tang Shi felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong.
"Landlord Geng not only gave our family the best few acres of land in the village, but also said that he only charged our family two sub-rents!"
The ground rent can be agreed upon by both parties, as long as it does not exceed the maximum value stipulated by the imperial court. Generally speaking, the ground rent is about five cents, and the money landlord once rented six cents. Two sub-rents, it can be said, are too few.
There will be no pie in the sky. The best land only charges two cents. This is not a landlord but a philanthropist, right
"Dad, the lease has been signed?" Tang Shi asked with a solemn face.
Seeing him like this, the Tang family couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Tang Qing looked at Tang Shi, "Stone, Dad knows what you want to say, but, with black and white, can you be deceived?"
Tang Shi also knew this reasoning, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart, and always felt that the Geng Landlord was suspicious.
Forget it, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Just let Dad and the others be happy. "Father, when I came back, I found that the wheat seedlings in the field seemed to show signs of surviving. You don't have to worry about the harvest this year."
When the Tang family heard it, they were even more happy. When Tang Shi waited for them to come over happily, they said, "Father, isn't there a piece of wasteland at the foot of the back mountain? Can you use it for me?"
"Stone, what do you want to do with this land? You can't grow anything." Tang Ji asked.
Tang Shi smiled shyly, "Second brother, didn't I help Master Zheng raise flowers before? I also want to raise some flowers for fun."
Although planting flowers was a bit unprofessional in the eyes of Tang Qing and the others, but the land was deserted, and it was okay to plant flowers for the stones, so Tang Qing waved his hand in agreement.
Today is the Cold Food Festival, and Tang Shi also ate a few cold noodle buns in the evening, and then climbed onto the kang.
Li Shao returned to Li Village today under the escort of the Tang family's eldest brother. At night, Tang Feng and Tang Song huddled together with Tang Shi again.
As he fell asleep, Tang Shi was suddenly awakened by a strong smell of blood.