Chapter 9： Forced into a desperate situation (please collect and read)

Chapter 9: Forced into a desperate situation (Please collect and read)

Spring passes and autumn comes.

In the blink of an eye.

Another year has passed.

During the spring plowing period of the 23rd year of Qing'an, Li Tong finally relented and rented three acres of riverside land outside Qingshan County to Wei Tu and his wife.

However, Li Tong did not relax at all when it came to rent. Like other tenants, they had to pay 60% of the grain they harvested from the fields.

Fortunately, the Li family's rent includes the land tax levied by the government. Unlike other wealthy families, the tenants have to pay the land tax.

In other words.

Wei Tu planted three acres of land, and apart from the 60% he paid as rent, the remaining 40% was his own.

In addition, while planting wheat, you can also plant some soybeans in the gaps between wheat seedlings.

This is another revenue increase.

In the first half of the month when the wheat was ripe, the master Li Yaozu took his servant Wei Tu into Fucheng and handed over his eldest son Li Xingye to the Fuxue Academy.

“The government’s teachings are really nothing. It will take more than ten days for the wheat to ripen. If you insist on handing over the repairs at this point, it’s obvious that you want to make more money..."

On the way, Li Yaozu rode on a horse and was led by Wei Tu towards Fucheng. As he walked, he looked back at the mule cart carrying grain behind him, and then complained that this year's harvest was delivered too early, causing him to lose money in vain.

Wei Tu remained silent, listening to Li Yaozu sighing and talking to himself.

Per year.

Before harvesting grain.

After harvesting grain.

Grain prices are two prices.

  It seems that they have paid the same amount of money, but because the price of food varies, Fuxue Academy can make a lot of money by reselling it at this time.

Wei Tu has heard about these dirty things in government studies from Li Yaozu not ten times, but eight times, and he has long been familiar with them.

“In another half month, after the grain is harvested, the lack of money will be enough.”

“All that’s left is to convince Li Yaozu and Li Tongshi to redeem the deed.”

Wei Tu thought to himself.

It was almost as planned. After more than a year of frugality, the money he had on hand was not much different from the ten taels of silver he needed to redeem himself.

Now, all that is needed is to persuade Li Yaozu and Li Tongshi to agree to his redemption, return the body deed to him, and be willing to write a letter to prove it.

However-

Just when Wei Tu was thinking about how to redeem his body deed, Li Yaozu, the master who complained about Wanfu's teaching instructions, suddenly started talking to him.

"Wei Tu, you are tall and strong, why don't you stay with Xingye and be a boy?"

“Protect him.”

“As a father, I can feel more at ease.”

Li Yaozu tightened the reins, prompting Wei Tu in front of the horse to stop, then glanced condescendingly at Wei Tu, touched the goatee under his chin, and said with a twinkle in his eyes.

“The eldest young master is being attended by someone. I went there to grab a seat. If it spoils the eldest young master’s mood for studying, it will not be good.” Wei Tu hesitated for a moment, then found a suitable reason and excused himself.

“In more than half a year, it will be the county’s children’s examination.”

Wei Tu added another sentence.

The time difference between the civil and military examinations in the county is about half a month. The civil examinations come first and the military examinations follow, so he knows the time of the child examinations clearly.

"That's right, we can't miss Xingye's study." Li Yaozu hesitated for a while, nodded heavily, and did not mention the matter again.

but.

Li Yaozu did not mention it again.

But Wei Tu kept this in mind.

“Li Yaozu wanted to get rid of me while Qiu was busy. What was his intention?”

After finishing the work, and on the way to Li's house in Qingshan County, Wei Tu kept thinking about the reason for this incident.

Master Li Yaozu is a difficult person to get along with. This is the consensus of all the servants of Li House.

This also shows in disguise that Li Yaozu is shrewd and cannot be fooled.

He could think that changing the entourage would affect the eldest young master Li Xingye's study problem. Could it be that Li Yaozu didn't think of this?

This is impossible!

Back to Li's house.

Wei Tu found Caixia, who was a maid, and told Caixia his confusion, and then asked Caixia for her opinion.

Caixia and he were from the same batch of servants who entered Li's house, and they had always had a good relationship.

The news that his marriage to Xinghua was tolerated by Li Tongshi was also informed by Caixia through Chunlan. "In my opinion, it may be that I have the idea of ​​Sister Xinghua..."

Caixia pulled Wei Tu to the corner of the corridor, found a position where no one could see her, and whispered her judgment.

“Grandma is not very happy lately. A few nights ago, I heard the master and grandma arguing, saying that the master was having an affair with the tenant farmers’ aunts..."

"The master has sent you away. No one is taking care of the land you rented, so Sister Xinghua is at his mercy."

Caixia said word for word.

“What an insidious thought…”

After hearing Caixia's words, Wei Tu's face suddenly darkened, and he wished he could cut Li Yaozu into pieces and cut him into pieces in front of his face.

before.

He has heard that some tenant farmers would offer their aunts to sleep with them in order to rent good land from their landlords.

But I never thought that this seemingly "friendly" Li Zhai was also full of these calculations.

Let him become the eldest young master's attendant, I'm afraid it is not Li Yaozu's real idea. Using this matter to force him to submit, offering apricot flowers is his real purpose.

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The grain that has been cultivated for a year has been wasted in the fields.

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There is no way to rent such good land next year.

As for why Li Yaozu didn't directly force Xinghua, who had never married before, to comply, he could guess the general reason.

Firstly, it was because Li Tong was strict in running the family and was a little jealous. He did not allow Li Yaozu to take concubines and attacked the maids around him.

Even Caixia, the eldest maid, is still innocent after having been the maid of the first-in-law for so long.

Both of them are also due to family tradition. Rumors that Li Yaozu, an elder, likes to play with maids cannot be spread within the Li residence. This will ruin his reputation.

Li Yaozu himself didn’t want this to happen.

Three.

To play with the maid.

It is a difficult matter whether to give a title or not.

By forcing the tenant farmer's mother-in-law to submit, there will be no worries.

It

“I know this.”

“Thanks, Caixia.”

After a moment, Wei Tu slowly loosened his clenched fists, bowed to Caixia, thanked her, and said.

"It's no big deal." Caixia smiled, "When I was punished by my aunt, Sister Xinghua secretly gave me food. I always remember this kindness."

…

Go back to the main room.

After feeding the half-big black horse, Wei Tu did the health-preserving exercises several times to warm up his body.

“With my current strength, even if it’s not a sure thing, it’s not that far off to achieve martial arts fame.”

“I’ll go directly to Ms. Li Tong and talk about redeeming myself. With her intelligence, she won’t stop me.”

Wei Tu thought.

A real dragon cannot be raised in shallow water.

He believed that Li Tongshi should understand the troubles that would arise if a martial artist with "rebellious" intentions was left at home.

“If it doesn’t work out…”

“Li Tong is unwise…”

There was a hint of ruthlessness in Wei Tu's eyes.

Have a sharp knife in mind and a murderous intention.

With his current strength, it would not be difficult to slaughter the entire Li family.

Of course, he would not do this because he was thinking about Li Zhai's favor for his survival, but he would still escape from Li Zhai and become a bandit.

He's had enough of being submissive.

Two roads.

Either redeem yourself and take part in martial arts, or fall into the trap of a bandit and become a swordsman!

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(End of this chapter)