Chapter 3019 Benhuo 1

Old man Yuan was walking in the field dragging a bamboo basket, and from time to time he bent down to pick up an ear of rice. Even though he could only bend once after walking about ten steps, there were not many ears of rice he could pick up.

Who doesn’t do a rough inspection when collecting rice?

Therefore, there are not many ears of rice left in a piece of land for scavengers to pick up.

Bending down, straightening up, bending down again, and straightening up again, he probably felt tired, so he just kept arching his back, so that the ups and downs of bending down and straightening up were not too big, he felt less uncomfortable, and he could save some money.

strength.

After he finished picking one field, he went to another field. Someone was harvesting nearby, so he walked over and talked to the people, chatting by the way.

"Uncle Yuan, how many have you picked up today?"

"Not much," Old Man Yuan found a place to sit on the ridge of the field, letting people look at the rice ears in his bamboo basket, and sighed: "The days are hard, but everyone harvests them very cleanly."

The owner, who was harvesting, said loudly while cutting the rice: "Didn't the third and fourth boys go to Mr. Fang's house to cut the rice?"

Old man Yuan said gloomily: "I went, but there were so many people going this year, so I made twelve cash a day."

"That's a little less."

"Fortunately, three meals are included, so the family can save a lot of food."

Old man Yuan was even more unhappy, "Mr. Fang's family has invited many people this year, and we will finish the work in just a few more days."

Someone comforted him, "After harvesting the rice, we still have to plant wheat. We can always find work."

The sun was getting stronger, and the owner of the harvest also decided to take a rest. The people in the nearby fields also stopped moving, dropped their sickles, took water and dry food, and came over, chatting and eating while taking a rest.

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"Fortunately, the harvest this year is not bad, but where did Mr. Fang invite so many people? I think many of them are not from our area."

"Oh, you don't know, don't you know? When the Yamen raided their homes before, those families lost their land and their servants were nowhere to be found, so they had to find day laborers?"

"If a servant is copied, isn't he still a servant?"

"I heard that the newly arrived county magistrate released many of his servants. Instead of selling them, he released them as good citizens. Each of them was given two or three acres of land."

"We don't have enough land ourselves, so why should we give it to the servants?" Someone asked Old Man Yuan as an example, "Isn't it true that Uncle Yuan's family is short of land?"

Old man Yuan quickly waved his hand and said: "My family has been allocated land. Alas, our family is not doing well. We sold a lot of land for medical treatment, so we can't make ends meet."

"So you still can't get sick."

"I heard someone say that there is a medical office built over there in Beihai County, and treatment is free of charge."

"Yes, yes, I've heard that too. I've also heard people say that the prefecture city and our county will also be built in the future. It will be free for lower-level households to see a doctor and medicine, while for middle-level households, there will be no charge for medical treatment."

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true. That's what Zhao Laosan, who works at the village chief's house, said."

"Beihai County, is that far away? Why is the medical office built there? We can still go there if it is built in the prefecture city. Where is Beihai County?"

"We still need to go to Zhoucheng, right? I heard that the medical office not far from Zhoucheng is the wife of the magistrate of Beihai County. She must be biased towards her husband."

"I heard people say that Beihai County is very different now. There are fewer people there and there are more jobs to be done. In the past, it only cost 20 yuan a day, and you could find work at any time."

Old man Yuan couldn't help but pay attention, "Is it true or false?"

"Of course it's true," the man said, "This news came from Li Zheng's house, how can it be false? And if you settle there, you can still get land."

Old Man Yuan swallowed his saliva and asked, "Can the past land that has already been divided be divided?"

"Okay, as long as the landless people can transfer their household registration."

Old man Yuan began to think.

"Oh, Uncle Yuan, you can ask the third and fourth sons of your family to give it a try. The land under their two names has been sold, right? I just happened to go over and have a look. If the land can be divided, your family will make a lot of money.

Are you still afraid that you won’t be able to support yourself in the future?”

"It's so easy to say, but it's not easy to do. Apart from other things, if I go to Beihai County, can we still see each other at home in the future? Do you know where Beihai County is?"

Most of the people here really don't know. The furthest they have ever been is Zhoucheng. Most of them have been to the county seat, Beihai County, which is further away, and they have only heard of it.

Old man Yuan dragged his bamboo basket home after sunset. He went out at sunrise and after a busy day, only one-third of the rice ears in the bamboo basket were filled.

He placed the bamboo basket under the eaves. The eldest daughter-in-law came over and took a look. Without saying anything, she took out the rice ears and hung them in the yard to dry. Then she turned around and went into the kitchen to continue her work.

Old man Yuan asked: "Where are the third and fourth children?"

The person in the kitchen responded, "I don't know. I came back a long time ago and I don't know where I went."

Old man Yuan frowned and was about to speak when his two sons came back from outside laughing and joking. Both of them were wet and carrying two pieces of wet clothes in their hands. He knew at a glance that they had gone to the river to take a bath.

The clothes were also washed.

Old man Yuan took a look at the clothes hanging in the yard and realized that there were no clothes on them. Apparently the old man's family and the second family's family had not washed their clothes.

Old man Yuan sighed and made up his mind. After his two sons finished drying their clothes, he said, "Come with me. I have something to tell you."

People in the kitchen probably heard the sound of chopping vegetables getting a little louder.

Yuan Sanlang and Yuan Silang didn't care and followed their father out to talk.

But they couldn't help but be surprised, "Going to Beihai County?"

"Yes," Old Man Yuan said: "If you move trees, they will die and people will live. Our family has no choice but to move them now. In March and April this year, the food at home will not be able to be transported. This year, after the taxes are paid, we still have to pay them back."

The grain I borrowed from your uncle and your uncle's family before has become even less. If this continues, it will become more and more difficult every year..."

Yuan Sanlang and Yuan Silang looked very ugly, and interrupted him: "Dad, the land that my family sold to me and my fourth son was to treat my mother's illness. The eldest brother and the second brother also have to give a share, so we can't sell it to us.

and drive us out of the land.”

"It's not about driving them out," Old Yuan looked at the two of them with sad and helpless eyes and said, "If you two leave, I will definitely give you food and money. Everything in the house will be divided. Your eldest and second brothers will take advantage of the fields.

I’ll give you some more stuff.”

"I don't agree!" Yuan Silang frowned and shouted: "It's just a division of the family. It doesn't matter if the eldest brother has more land, but we can't live without it, right? It was agreed at the beginning that the land will be sold to us, but the land of the eldest brother and the second brother will be sold.

We also have a share in the land."

"I can't survive," Old Man Yuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pat them, and said sadly and angrily: "If we divide the remaining fields, it would be better not to divide the family. With just those two acres of land, you can support yourself.

Can I marry a wife and still serve in the army?"

"When I ask you to go to Beihai County, I don't mean that your family will be divided immediately," he said in a gentle tone: "You go and take a look first. If you can divide the land, the family will be divided. If you can't divide the land, you can divide the family first.

Whether you work part-time or go home during the New Year and holidays, what should be yours is still yours."

? ?See you at 7 p.m.

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