Chapter 11

After the banquet, there is no doubt that Luo's brothers and sisters, after buying houses and land, have once again become the central topic of chenjiacun's discussion.

However, this is not a bad thing for Luo Qiuyun. After all, most people in the village have a good impression of them through this banquet.

In addition, the old village head and the Wang family recommended and introduced them together. The Luo brothers and sisters also made friends with many families, which is a good start.

Since then, after staying at home for a few days, Luo Qiuyun has been thinking about Luo Tianli's going to school, so he chose a good day to go to the town again.

When I get up in the morning, I wake up the two little ones by the way, because Luo Qiuyun plans to take them to see the situation in the town, especially Luo Tianli, who will go to school in the town in the future. It's no harm to get familiar with the environment in advance.

After a little breakfast, Luo Qiuyun started to set out. When they reached the town on foot, it was almost two quarters of an hour later.

Although they had just entered the city, they didn't leave much earlier because they had to leave.

Seeing this, Luo Qiuyun didn't care. He led the two little ones along the street to see the flowers. It was an hour later to walk all the streets and alleys in the town.

"Sister, I'm hungry." Luo Tianli pointed to his disheartened stomach with embarrassment, but he was still clamoring desperately.

"If you're hungry, you'll find something to eat. I'm sorry." Luo Qiuyun said, immediately took two people to a wonton shop to sit down.

"Shopkeeper, three copies of wonton." Just heard Luo Tianli shout hungry, Luo Qiuyun at this time also feel hungry.

"Yes, sir, just a moment, please." The owner of the wonton shop said, quickly grabbed a few wontons and put them into the pot. After a while, the three bowls of wontons were ready. He brought them one by one to Luo Qiuyun and said, "my guest, take your time." He began to greet other new guests.

Luo Qiuyun three people looked at the hot wonton, each picked up chopsticks and spoons, and began to eat slowly.

"It's delicious, sister." Luo Tianli praised while eating.

Next to Luo Tianxiang see him eat fast, in the heart faint some anxious, then to Luo Qiuyun way: "mother, hot!"

When Luo Tianxiang talks, he looks very pitiful. Luo Qiuyun knows that he pretends on purpose. He can't help laughing. He replies: "who makes you so anxious? Take your time. Don't worry about your little uncle."

"Wait, mother." Luo Tianxiang got Luo Qiuyun's response and made a request again.

"Wait for you, wait for you, don't worry." Luo Qiuyun slowly eats what he has in his bowl and occasionally takes care of Luo Tianxiang. Here, he finds that Luo Tianli has eaten a bowl of wonton and belt soup together.

"Still hungry?" Luo Qiuyun asked.

Luo Tianli nodded embarrassed.

"Go and order another bowl." Luo Qiuyun said.

Luo Tianli immediately shakes his head, probably because he knows that Luo Qiuyun doesn't have much money left after buying a house and land, and he doesn't want to spend it.

"If you're hungry, you'll eat. I'm not short of a few pennies. That's all my savings. I can support you both, too. What's the matter?" Luo Qiuyun says, no matter what Luo Tianli thinks, he shouts the owner of the wonton shop to add another bowl of wonton.

"Elder sister, when I grow up to be a senior official, I will support you later." Luo Tianli suddenly said seriously.

Luo Qiuyun smiles, ignores him and continues to eat his own wonton.

Before long, he saw the owner of the wonton shop put the newly cooked wonton in front of Luo Tianli, "my guest, please use it slowly." After that, he went far again.

Luo Tianli ate the newly cooked wonton in silence, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

When they came out of the yuntun store, Luo Qiuyun went to a store to buy four treasures of the study. He chose two common brushes for Luo Tianli, and bought a lot of Xuan paper, an inkstone and a bottle of ink.

After that, Luo Qiuyun went to the cloth shop again and pulled a lot of good cotton cloth for everyone in the family. He planned to make some new clothes, of which Luo Tianli was the most important. After all, he had to go to school.

The two expenses cost several taels of silver. Luo Tianli is distressed. However, Luo Qiuyun thinks that it is necessary.

Originally, Luo Qiuyun planned to take advantage of this trip to the city to pay a visit to the master by the way, but because he didn't prepare a gift, he didn't go.

When she bought what she was supposed to buy, she led two small oxen back to the village.

It is said that most of the people who came from the village to buy a house were from Chen Village, but most of them fled to Chen village.

In other words, the reason for this situation is that the Chen family members in Chenjia village are not very xenophobic, otherwise they would not have accepted so many foreigners to settle in the village.

Uncle Wang said that it has been nearly 50 years since he moved to Chenjia village. At the beginning, he bought a house and a few fields with his savings. He also bought an ox cart. From then on, he started the business of ox cart into the city, and it has been more than 40 years."No wonder the driving is so steady!" Luo Qiuyun sighs, and gradually puts down her doubts. After all, no matter how stupid a person is, he has done the same thing for decades. This is also a reason to drive an ox cart.

Unconsciously, the ox cart has arrived at the entrance of the village. Luo Qiuyun takes Luo Tianxiang down and pays Uncle Wang for the ride. Then he and Luo Tianli move things into the house together.

Just after these, Luo Qiuyun didn't cook when it was still early. She planned to take a rest and work again. As a result, there was a knock on the door.

"Here, who is it?" Luo Tianli was the first to go out and asked as he opened the door.

Luo Qiuyun is also curious about who will come at this time. What she first guessed was Wang's family. However, to her surprise, this time, it was the old village head who came to the house in person.

"Village head, how can you come here when you have time?" Luo Tianli opened the door and was surprised to see the visitor, then asked.

"Ah, Tianli, I'll come to discuss something with your sister." The village head knew that Luo Qiuyun was in charge of the Luo family, so he didn't hide his intention.

"What's the matter? Come in and sit down Luo Tianli says, invite a person into main hall, Luo Qiuyun also comes out here to greet.

"Village head, what happened?" Luo Qiuyun also asked curiously.

"No, it's OK. I just want to come and ask you what your land is going to do?" The village head then said, "I guess your sister and brother should not have time to go to the fields, so they have the cheek to come and ask if you intend to rent the land to the people in our village?"

Luo Qiuyun nodded and said, "yes, I don't know who the village head asked? If I want to rent the land, I will only rent it to honest people. Otherwise, we will not be able to get it back, and our brothers and sisters will be in a dilemma. "

"Don't worry about that. I can guarantee that the tenants are honest people." Do you remember my elder cousin Chen Chengqi

"The carpenter for my family?" When I talk to the village head, I think he is very thin.

"That's him." The old village head then told Luo Qiuyun the details. It turns out that there are so many sons and daughters in old Chen's family that it costs a lot of money to get married. Last year, the third and fourth year of his family got married by borrowing money. The family has been living beyond its means. With more people and less land, life is getting more and more difficult.

Because he took part in the renovation of Luo Qiuyun's house last time, he knew that although the Luo family had money, they were not as black hearted as those unscrupulous landlords outside, so he temporarily wanted to find Luo Qiuyun to rent some fields to grow, so that he could repay some foreign debts when he had a harvest.

However, his family did not have much friendship with the Luo family, so at the beginning, Chen Laosi did not dare to come to the door rashly, so he asked the old village head to come to inquire about the news and see if it was OK. If they could, they would not be afraid of being rejected.

You know, Luo Qiuyun bought the land with the help of the old village head. With this kindness, Chen Laosi felt that there was no better way for the old village head to come forward, so he had the cheek to ask him for help.

When the old village head learned about Chen Laosi's intention, he thought about it for a while. He thought that there were a lot of fields in the Luo family, and Luo Qiuyun's brothers and sisters agreed to have a try.

After understanding the whole story, Luo Qiuyun thinks that the old village head's words are reasonable. He really is not suitable for farming, so he agrees to rent all the paddy fields to the old village head. Anyway, with his guarantee, she doesn't have to worry about the land rent problem, and she can help the villagers gain some good reputation. Why not?

Luo Qiuyun already has a preliminary plan in mind for those dry lands in the back mountain, so he doesn't rent them out together, and the old village head is hard to demand.

With Luo Qiuyun's consent, the old village head asked about the rent. Generally, the tenant farmers turned in 50% to 60% of the harvest to rent the land.

"50% to 60%? Is that going to be a bit too much! " Luo Qiuyun thought about it and felt sorry for it, so he told the old village head, "my family only takes 30% rent."

"30%? So Then you will lose money. " The old village head seemed to be incredulous. He tried several times and saw that Luo Qiuyun still insisted on it.

"Well, they've made a lot of money this time. Ha ha." The old village head said with a smile.

Luo Qiuyun also smiles and tells the old village head that the tenants have made a profit, but she has other ideas in her heart. She thinks that what she has made may not be her own!

You know, from the beginning to the end, Luo Qiuyun didn't want to make a lot of money from the rented paddy fields. She was very shameless for exploiting her neighbors.

Besides, the 30% rent is enough for their family for several years. Although the tenant farmers take 70%, they still have to pay taxes to the imperial court. Besides, they don't earn much if they take into account their own labor costs.

Luo Qiuyun knows that, in fact, the old village head's idea is different from his own. That's because they all count their labor as too cheap. They never thought that this is also a kind of cost.