Xingnong pulled Chu Tiankuo and ran for dozens of meters before stopping.
Chu Tiankuo looked down at the cold little hand that was holding his big hand.
Xing Nong then realized that she had not let go, so she let go: "I will never dare to walk back to the village with you again."
Chu Tiankuo put his hands behind his back and clenched his fists. The cold feeling in his palms was gradually melted by the warmth. He whispered, "How could it be."
Xing Nong didn't hear clearly: "What?"
"I said it." Chu Tiankuo's gaze fell on the other end of the village road.
Xingnong looked over and saw Songbai driving a horse-drawn carriage towards him, with several mule carts behind him.
Xingnong also saw Zhang Zheng walking beside the convoy.
Zhang Zheng saw Xing Nong from afar and waved happily: "Sister Shen."
Zhang Zheng quickly ran up to the two of them and said happily, "Sister Shen, Brother Chu, my grandfather is waiting for you at the reception building. My family's carriage is behind us, let's go!"
Chu Tiankuo looked at Xingnong and said, "Going into the city?"
It just so happened that he helped her solve the Yao family’s problem.
He knew that Yao Zhengxian, the eldest son of the Yao family, was escorting a batch of high-yield grain seeds into Beijing at this moment. The ships carrying the grain would arrive in Futai County around noon and would dock in Futai County to replenish supplies.
Xing Nong nodded: "Okay."
She had originally planned to go to the city to deal with the Yao family's problems, and the autumn harvest was approaching. She had drawn several farm tools but had not yet had time to take them to the city to find someone to make them.
Songbai stopped the carriage in front of the two men.
Chu Tiankuo said to Li Yong who was behind Songbai: "The county magistrate is over there. You should follow his instructions."
"Okay." Li Yong responded.
Songbai came to pick up Chu Tiankuo, and Li Yong was responsible for leading the team to deliver grain seeds.
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On the other side, Ren Zilin was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic women in the village. He shouted, "The high-yield grain is on the way. Don't worry! Listen to me. The government is encouraging people to reclaim wasteland. The wasteland will be exempted from taxes for three years, and high-yield grain will be given as gifts. Now, the wasteland only costs one tael per mu, and the first to reclaim will get it. It doesn't matter if you don't have enough money to buy it. You can go to the government to register the wasteland you reclaim and pay the money within three years!"
Reclaiming wasteland and giving away high-yield grain seeds, only one tael of silver per mu, and the payment can be made within three years. This is the preferential treatment Chu Tiankuo specially gave to those poor people. Only in this way can those poor people have at least one or two mu of land, and their lives will not be so difficult.
The women in the village were furious when they heard this: "I don't have to pay taxes for three years if I reclaim wasteland and grow crops? And I get free high-yield crops? I can pay the full amount of money for the wasteland within three years, sir, is this true?"
"One ounce per mu, free high-yield grain seeds, and tax exemption? Sir, is this true? Really? How can such a good thing happen?!"
... ...
Everyone asked questions one after another.
Most of the villagers in Taohua Village do not have any land at home, and they all rent land from the landlord Sun. Now they hear that there is no tax on reclaiming wasteland, and they will receive one tael of silver per acre, which can be paid off within three years. How can they not be excited
This means that all the food grown in the first three years is yours!
Besides, everyone could still afford one or two taels of silver. After all, not long ago, every family earned more than one tael of silver as wedding money!
If this is true, then everyone can buy two or three acres of wasteland now, and then owe two or three acres, and in the future, everyone will have five or six acres of land!
After a few years of cultivation, the fields will become fertile land. Will they still worry about having no food to eat
Ren Zilin said in a clear voice: "Of course it's true! The government will post a notice tomorrow to tell you in advance that it is because Miss Shen has made a great contribution to the court this time that Taohua Village has been given special treatment. Look, high-yield grain seeds are here! Everyone, hurry up and exchange them and open up wasteland!"
The villagers looked over and saw several mule carts carrying bags of grain seeds slowly approaching.
The village chief's wife hurriedly said, "Thank you, sir. You are really a great and upright person! Please come to my house for dinner some other day! I will kill a chicken!"
The other women also said, "Yes, yes, sir, wait until we finish clearing the wasteland, then come and have dinner, I will buy some meat..."
"… "
Then everyone rushed back and notified everyone to quickly reclaim the land and obtain high-yield grain seeds.
After all, there aren't many wastelands around...
Finally, there was no one around Ren Zilin.
He wanted to settle the score with those two inhumane people, and then he happened to see Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo getting on the carriage one after another.
Songbai made a quick U-turn and the carriage sped away!
Ren Zilin: “…”
Ah~
That damn Chu Tiankuo!
She abandoned him again and ran away!
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county seat
Gu Ping and Zhou Jinjin returned home dejected.
Zhou Yingying saw it and asked, "Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Ping sighed: "I wanted to find a good marriage for you, but that family is eyeing the blessing and dragon energy bestowed by the emperor!"
Then she began to complain: "Tell me, is your aunt out of her mind? She won't agree to such a good marriage? The Yao family of the Caoyun! The Yao family is rich enough to rival a country! Xing Qing must have been extremely lucky to be chosen by such a family! Why won't your aunt agree!"
It's impossible for her to succeed alone and bring prosperity to the whole family!
As soon as Gu Ping and Zhou Jinjin returned to the city, they went to the Shen Mansion to find Yao and said that Gu did not agree to the marriage and they were willing to marry into the Yao family.
But Yao said that the Yao family only wanted Shen Xingqing. They didn't want to marry a girl from any family, but a blessing bestowed by the emperor. They wanted to use the dragon's energy to protect their bodies, so they had to marry Shen Xingqing.
What a pity!
Zhou Yingying was shocked when she heard this. The Yao family, a wealthy family in the grain transport industry
She asked anxiously: "Mother, what is the Yao family? Can you explain it more clearly?!"
Zhou Jinjin's mother, He, was also shocked. She asked her son anxiously, "Jinjin, what's going on? Why don't you agree to marry into the Caoyun Yao family?"
The two of them hurried back to Taohua Village because Yao came to their house, and no one in the family knew about it.
So the two of them told them the whole story.
Hearing this, He's mind raced, and soon she thought of something, and said hastily, "A Ping, you said that the Yao family is looking at the blessing bestowed by the emperor, and they want to use the dragon's energy to protect their bodies?"
Gu Ping nodded: "That's right! The Yao family is not picky. There are many girls who want to marry into a family like the Yao family! But not all girls have such good luck! To receive a reward from the emperor!"
How could Xingnong think of saving oil lamps? I never even thought of lighting an oil lamp every night!
He: "In addition to the imperial memorial archway, did the emperor also give a jade ruyi as a reward?"
Zhou Yingying's eyes lit up: "Mother, isn't the Jade Ruyi a blessing bestowed by the Emperor? If I have the Jade Ruyi, won't I have dragon energy? Go to my aunt's house and get the Jade Ruyi for me, then I will have the blessing and dragon energy bestowed by the Emperor, won't I?"
He looked at her granddaughter with satisfaction.
My granddaughter is really smart.
This daughter-in-law has been trained by herself for so many years but is still not smart enough.
But it’s much better now. When I first got married, I brought a lot of bags back to my parents’ home, but now I don’t bring anything back.
Under her training, every time I go back to my parents' home over the years, I have finally learned to only take back some worthless things available in the city, and then come back with a lot of bags!
Zhou Jinjin's eyes lit up: "Yes!"
Gu Ping frowned: "Your aunt won't give you this jade ruyi, right? Who would give something bestowed by the emperor to others? You can't just give this to others casually, right?"
Zhou Yingying secretly cursed her mother for being stupid: "Mom, you can lend it to them! When I get married and Mr. Yao's health improves, can't I just return it to them?"
Zhou Jinjin and He nodded: "Yes!"
Zhou Yingying's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I'll go borrow it right away!"
I'm not asking them to give it to me, so it's okay to lend it to me, right? !
Zhou Jinjin reminded his wife: "Go and tell the Yao family first that we can get the Jade Ruyi. Don't forget that they will be going to Beijing early tomorrow morning. It will be almost dark when you come back from Taohua Village to borrow the Jade Ruyi."
“Yes, yes, yes…”
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