The tenants had never seen the landlord who brought his children over to collect rent, so it was quite a novelty.
Dalang was responsible for weighing and reporting the amount. Erlang took the deed given by his father to check the amount, and put a circle on the newly written bill to indicate that the family had completed the collection.
Sanlang and Siniang helped arrange their own baskets, and waited for Awang to pour the grain handed over by the tenants into their own baskets and carry it to the car.
As for Liu Ji, the elder didn't have to work. He was sitting on the carriage shaft, drinking the coarse tea brought by the tenants and admiring the blue sky and white clouds today. He would lecture on weeds for a quarter of an hour.
By the way, accepting the bucket and a half of wheat handed over by the tenants in order to calm down the trouble is like being possessed by Zhou Peipi, who can peel off every layer.
The four corners of the mouths of brother and sister Awang and Dalang twitched at the same time. You look at me and I look at you. What else can you do? Keep working hard.
Although Liu Ji is so excessive, there are many people who are more excessive than him.
In addition to the ten acres of wheat in the village, part-time workers were also found to harvest it, and after deducting taxes, we got three thousand catties of wheat.
There were only three days of school vacation. After experiencing the joy of collecting rent with Dad, the Dalang brothers and sisters went back to the school to attend classes.
“You can laugh if you want, the little girl is so angry and ugly.”
Subsequent matters such as sales, sales, taxes, etc. were all handled by Liu Ji alone.
Looking up, he saw Liu Ji still standing in front of him, looking at him expectantly, and smiled at him, "Well done."
Liu Ji clicked his tongue twice, no longer humiliating himself, and chose to shut up.
There were small wild flowers blooming on the roadside. Si Niang pointed at the flowers and shouted: "Dad, I want them, please pick them for me!"
There are more than two thousand kilograms of wheat left, which I keep for my own use.
Siniang covered her mouth and snickered, but did not answer. She continued to treat her father's head as a vase and let her artistic imagination run wild.
For this batch of rapeseed, Liu Jicheng asked Liu Zhong, who often purchased rapeseed in the county, to help find an oil pressing factory.
Seeing the shiny silver nuggets in the tray will put anyone in a good mood.
Liu Ji was not annoyed and asked jokingly: "Isn't it beautiful?"
Liu Ji was so angry that his fourth mother winked, look at what your father is capable of, is he awesome?
Siniang snorted and didn't want to pay attention to him.
Si Niang was very satisfied after playing all the way. She stopped making trouble and said she would go home soon and pick a handful of the most beautiful wild flowers for her to decorate her room.
The tax this year is still one-fifteenth. After subtracting the required taxes, there are still 2,520 kilograms of rapeseed and 7,317 kilograms of wheat left.
Looking up, Qin Yao had already stood up with a charcoal pen and notebook, looking like she was about to go out.
Five thousand kilograms of wheat were also sold. The price of wheat this year has stabilized. However, due to the shortage of pasta caused by the famine in the first half of last year, the price of wheat this year is twice as high as in previous years, with shells costing six cents per kilogram.
Mr. Liu, who could be sent away with half a bushel of rice and a cup of tea, was considered a good man in the eyes of the tenants.
It seems that professional things have to be done by professional people. It's time to hire a general manager to liberate ourselves.
When people find trouble, they always increase the rent by 10% to 10%.
After all, it was the end of the year, and this was the only time for him to find some innocuous little trouble.
Si Niang crossed her arms and said with joy, "I just like A Niang the most!"
After all the accounts and money were prepared, Liu Ji brought these things to the main room and handed them to Qin Yao with a smile.
"Okay!" Liu Ji agreed readily. He immediately stopped the carriage, walked to the roadside, picked a large handful of grass and flowers for his daughter, put them on her lap, got on the carriage shaft, and continued driving.
Liu Ji didn't know when he came up behind Siniang, and when she wasn't prepared, he pinched the bulging little face.
Have a night's rest and continue setting off early the next morning to bring all the food home. Thirty acres of land were used to grow rapeseed. In the spring harvest, 2,700 kilograms of rapeseed were harvested.
While the little guy didn't react, he lifted her up and put her on the carriage shaft.
When the father and daughter returned, the bullock cart on Awang's side was also full and ready to go. The two carts alternated and were busy until evening, finally collecting the grain handed over by the tenants in Dingjiazhuang.
Qin Yao picked up the account book and looked through it. There was nothing wrong with it, so she put it down again, picked up the thirty-five taels of silver, and put it in her pocket.
When Liu Ji came, Qin Yao was planning what kind of general manager to find with a homemade charcoal pen.
As a result, there was no sound.
However, when she was approaching the door of the tenant's house, Liu Ji stopped her and plucked off the messy flowers on her head, leaving only one flower pinned to her left ear, pretending to be a villain like herself.
Moreover, he had just allowed them to borrow oxen for spring plowing. The extra one and a half buckets handed over would be regarded as paying the rent of the oxen in advance.
Five thousand catties of wheat were sold and received 30 taels of silver.
There is another family near Jinshi Town. The five father and son took over his house and then returned home at night.
Liu Ji pretended to be humble and lowered his eyes, expecting more praise to come to him.
The grain tax collected by the government does not include rapeseed, so the tax on rapeseed must be converted into cash and paid.
But when I turned around and thought back to the way my dad winked just now, I couldn't help but want to laugh.
Qin Yao is also very busy these days. Spring harvest and spring planting are two important things for farmers. There are many workers in the factory asking for leave, and the production line needs to be adjusted. She and Yun Niang are too busy to touch the ground. It took two days for the situation to stabilize slightly. I had time to go home and be lazy at noon.
Since we have a warehouse for grain at home, we are not in a hurry to sell it. We will wait until the autumn harvest to see how it goes.
The family has plenty of food and does not panic when encountering difficulties.
Compared with another family nearby who came with thugs to collect rent, he pales into insignificance.
Adding the two sides together, there are more than 5,000 kilograms of wheat. After shelling, it can meet the needs of a family of seven for a year, and there is still a lot of surplus.
Liu Ji said sourly: "Isn't my father treating you badly? My mother-in-law never leaves your side. How can she let you put her head in a vase?"
A pound of rapeseed sells for two cents. If you sell them all at once, after deducting taxes and road losses, you get 5 taels of silver.
"Madam, here are the rents and account books collected from this spring's harvest. The total is thirty-five taels of silver and two thousand three hundred and seventeen catties of wheat. Please take a look."
Thinking of this, the last traces of resentment in the tenants' hearts disappeared.
Qin Yao doesn't like this kind of busyness. It feels like it's more laborious than leading a team out to collect supplies in her previous life.
Farmers depend on the weather. They may not know that the weather will be unfavorable in the coming year and the output of the fields will be reduced, so it is definitely a good idea to save more food.
Then he jumped on it, flicked his riding whip, and drove the carriage filled with wheat to the farm. He dumped the grain in the small yard for the time being, and then returned with the empty carriage.
Suddenly, a small hand appeared beside his ear, picking small purple-white wild flowers and placing them on his head one by one.
Things are not over yet.
Seventy acres of prime farmland, yielding 7,840 jins of wheat.
Liu Ji felt anxious and hurriedly called out: "Madam!"
Qin Yao turned around: "What are you doing?"
"Don't you have anything to say?" Liu Ji reminded him with his peach blossom eyes blinking.
Chapter end
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