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Li Ruyi sighed.

"Uncle, I have no other choice."

She began to play the victim, and the source of the conflict was directly pointed at the Li clan.

"You don't know, when my father was alive, the clan claimed all my family's land as clan property in the name of having a scholar in the clan help my father exempt from land tax. Later, when my father passed away, the six acres of land in our family became three acres."

"Later, my mother also fell ill. We couldn't afford medicine at that time, so my eldest sister went to the clan leader to beg for mercy. The clan leader gave us ten taels of silver and took away one acre of our family's land."

There is a lot of land around Pingfang County, and the land price is not expensive, but one acre of land also costs twenty taels of silver. Just because of Li Dagui's act at the beginning, his family's four acres of land were exchanged for these ten taels of silver.

"Now the remaining fields in the family are all clan property. Once mother is gone, my younger brother will be the one who makes the decisions in the family. Zhuzi is young and naive, and is easy to fool. His future marriage is also in the hands of the clan leader, and we don't want to offend the clan members too much, so we came up with the idea of ​​dividing the family."

"Without destruction, there is no construction. New households are always treated with some privileges. If we can open up a few acres of land, the three of us sisters will work hard for a few years until we get married, and we can also leave something for Zhuzi!"

"Otherwise, the little money we saved throughout the year will be cheated away by others. When we get married, how will Zhuzi live?"

Li Ruyi's deep siblings were filled with her, and there was no sign of the ferocity of beating Li Zhuzi in the morning.

After hearing this, the village head fell silent for a moment.

Because it is close to Pingfang County, Sanjia Village is a large village with more than 300 households and several thousand people. The main surnames are Li, Sun and Han.

The Li clan leader is the most useless one, who is both a rich man and a poor man. The village head has heard about this before, but he can do nothing about it.

People at that time were uncivilized and most of them were extremely stupid, but there were always some who were naturally intelligent and could see through the world without experiencing too much.

Patriarch Li can deceive most people, but he cannot deceive everyone.

Those who see through things don't say anything because they know that speaking out is useless and will only bring disaster to themselves!

In today's world, clan etiquette and laws are more important than anything else, and sometimes even the law of the king has to take a back seat.

The head of the Li family is the backbone of the Li clan.

The village head couldn't control him either.

Those who suffer losses cannot speak out their grievances, while those who take advantage put on a condescending and benevolent face.

The head of the village was too controlling, and people accused him of interfering in the affairs of other people's clans. Sometimes, those who suffered losses or took advantage of them would also scold him together.

After being scolded so many times, he could only turn a blind eye to it and pretend nothing happened.

Anyway, the people that the Li clan leader can take action against are all members of the Li family, so the affairs in the village are generally stable.

The head of the village frowned and thought for a while but could not find a good solution. If the children of Li Dagui's family did not break free from the shackles of the clan, their future would be difficult indeed.

But establishing a female household is not a good idea. The head of the village cannot make the decision for Li Ruyi, so he can only explain the key points.

"It's not easy to establish a female household. Every year, you have to spend five taels of silver to redeem the labor. If you don't have this money, your property will be confiscated. If your property is not enough, you will be arrested!"

Li Ruyi was of course confident that she could earn the money, but at this moment, she would not tell the head of the village that.

"I have also inquired about this. If a household has not paid taxes for less than a year, we will not be collecting taxes until next autumn. If we save up some food, we should be able to get by."

"In the second year, our own land will also generate revenue, and our lives will be a little easier."

"My eldest sister will be fourteen next year, and I will be twelve too. It's only a matter of time before we get married. It will be tight in the next two years. Once we have cleared the land and Zhuzi has grown up and won't be so easy to fool, we can find him a wife and life will get better!"

The head of the village knew exactly how much land each household had. Now that Sun was gone, they lost a medicine jar. The income from the two acres of land for four children could really allow them to save some. If they added the income from the extra acre of land next year, five taels of silver would not be a sky-high price.

Just thinking about these things, the village head had to consider more.

"Your idea is good, but there are too many disadvantages. What if your clan leader wants to take these two acres of land back as well?"

Although the head of the village has some bias in his mind, he still has to take all the negative factors into consideration.

Li Ruyi also answered fluently.

"It doesn't matter. If he wants it, he has to give us money. This money will definitely be enough to redeem two years of labor. We can use these two years to open up new land. If we open up more land, we will be able to get through this period."

"If he wants to take it by force without any name or status, that would be even better!"

"Since he won't leave us any chance to survive, we sisters will hang ourselves at the gate of the county government office with a rope, and we will drag him down with us on our way to the underworld!"

The head of the village was shocked by her words.

"What nonsense! Hanged at the gate of the county government?"

Was that to seduce the Li clan leader? He was the first one to be held accountable at that time!

As a village head, he can't even take care of such things in the village, and he even let the children go to the county government to make a fuss. Does he also want to follow the patriarch of the Li family to the underworld?

His tone suddenly became serious.

"If you think so, I can't do it for you!"

Li Ruyi immediately laughed and spoke softly.

"Uncle, I was just furious! If the clan leader really doesn't want to give us any money and just wants our land, then let him take it!"

"I'll borrow some money from my relatives and neighbors, and work harder. I'm sure I'll be able to scrape together enough money for a year's redemption. I'll be fine after this period of time!"

"By then, my sisters and I will not only take care of the crops, but also reclaim the land every day. I can also get some things to sell to the county. This is how I got the money for my mother's medicine in previous years."

The head of the village was not very happy after hearing her detailed story.

He looked at Li Ruyi with some resentment, as if the words about going to the county government office to be hanged were a warning to him.

If he doesn't do this, will she run to the county government gate and hang herself when the clan leader demands the land, dragging him down with her! ?

After all, he was just an ordinary citizen, and was elected as the village head because he could read and write.

In addition, the patriarch of the Sun family is his uncle, which gave him this opportunity.

But he is not a bad person by nature, and he has never thought about how to cover up these things by committing crimes.

The village head listened to Li Ruyi's endless plan and sighed deeply.

"As long as you have a plan, you will still have to live your own lives in the future. The village can't help you much."

Li Ruyi smiled suddenly, revealing a row of small white teeth, her eyes sparkling.

"Row!"

"Then cousin, let's go to the county now while the weather is cool!"

After hearing this, the village head had no choice but to go down to the fields.

Seeing that he still needed to change his clothes, Li Ruyi ran out to help the headman's wife with the work.

When the head of the village came out, he saw a little girl who looked like garlic sprouts, huddled together with her wife, one pouring water while the other washed vegetables.

He held a multi-grain steamed bread in his hand and called Li Ruyi while eating.

"Let's go!"

Li Ruyi agreed with a smile, poured the water into the wooden basin where the headman's wife was washing vegetables, and said goodbye to her.

"Aunt, I'm going to the county first!"

The headman's wife smiled and waved her hand.

"Okay, come to my house when you have time."

Li Ruyi readily agreed.

The old man and the young boy left home early and met some villagers on their way out of the village. When they asked them, the headman said that he was taking Li Ruyi to cancel the Sun family's household registration.

The two of them quickly left the village and walked half a mile before Li Ruyi began to speak.

"Uncle, is the process of establishing a daughter's household complicated? Can it be completed today?"

When the head of the village heard that Li Ruyi wanted to get the job done in one day, he was speechless.

"How can it be that easy! Just the cancellation of the household registration will take half a month, and you can go today? Who do you think you are? The daughter of the county magistrate?"

Li Ruyi looked at him with a smile. Although he didn't say anything, he got a cold look from the head of the village again!