After becoming the villain's eldest sister, I take charge of the whole family

We had a brief exchange.

Xie Linghe had a preliminary understanding of this family.

Li Ergou was from a nearby village. He lost his parents when he was young and voluntarily sold himself to the Wu family. Since he was used to doing farm work since he was a child, he was allowed to stay on the farm. Later, he met Yunniang who had fled here. She was the only one left alive in her family.

Li Ergou fell in love with Yunniang at first sight. Coincidentally, Yunniang also had a good impression of him. After informing the master, they got married.

after marriage.

They had two sons and one daughter in total.

Although the family of five lived in poverty and were still slaves, at least they had food to eat and were very satisfied.

But who knows.

The young master of the Wu family drowned on the farm.

The Wu family was furious and beat Wu Ergou with fifty sticks, leaving him almost unable to hold on.

When he recovered, he found that the manor had been sold by the Wu family, and his family's indentures had also been sold.

Xie Linghe looked at the family.

The eldest brother, Li Changsheng, is fifteen years old this year. He is very tall and has a mature face. He looks like an adult man.

The second child, Li Changping, is thirteen years old this year and is also very tall.

My youngest daughter, Li Huahua, is three years old this year. She has a big head and a small body, like a big-headed doll.

Li Ergou's cheeks were sunken, as if a gust of wind was about to break his bones.

Yunniang was also as thin as a piece of paper.

opposite.

Being stared at by her expressionless face, Li Ergou's heart was pounding.

Xie Linghe said calmly, "Take me to see the fields."

Hear the words.

Li Ergou breathed a sigh of relief and bent down to lead the way: "Okay."

Xie Linghe frowned as he saw her humbly bending over. "No need to bend over. Just stand up and talk to me."

Li Ergou was stunned.

Xie Linghe didn't look at him and walked straight forward.

Li Ergou came back to his senses and hurried to catch up. He subconsciously wanted to bend down, but then he straightened his back and said, "Boss, we have a total of fifty acres of land on our farm. I'll take you to see the best land first..."

Behind.

Yunniang, her mother and her two children watched them leave.

Yunniang's eyes flashed with relief: It seems that the new owner has a kind personality, which is really great...

……

Here.

Xie Linghe looked at the vast and lush fields and nodded sincerely.

As expected, Qian Yaren had not lied to her. The land of this farm was all connected and planted with rice, making it easy to manage.

but……

She said, "Li Er, did your family grow all this?"

With fifty acres of land, their family only has three laborers at most.

At this point, she couldn't help but complain: Sure enough, the agent's words are deceiving, he said there are five veterans, but this is it?

"No."

Li Ergou quickly waved his hand: "Only the top-quality fields here are cultivated by my two sons and me. The other medium-quality and low-quality fields are all rented out."

Xie Linghe raised an eyebrow: "Lease?!"

Li Ergou quickly bent down and said, "Master, please forgive me. I am just following the custom of previous years."

"It's not your fault."

Xie Linghe waved his hand: "Tell me in detail, what are the traditions of previous years?"

"The farm was short of manpower, so the Wu family previously rented out the medium- and low-quality farmland to nearby tenant farmers, collecting 60% of the rent."

Sixty percent?

“How much grain can be harvested per acre?”

"One acre of medium-quality land produces about 200 kilograms of grain, and one acre of inferior land produces about 150 kilograms of grain."

Xie Linghe began to calculate.

Ten mu of medium-quality land produces 2,000 kilograms of grain a year, and twenty-five mu of inferior land produces 3,750 kilograms of grain a year.

Tenant farmers accounted for 40%.

That is two thousand three hundred kilograms of grain.

What Zhuangzi had left for himself was 3,450 kilograms of grain.

This does not include the fifteen acres of high-quality farmland.

One acre of high-quality land produces 270 kilograms of grain, which means 4,050 kilograms of grain a year.

Add them all.

It's just over 6,500 kilograms of grain.

among them.

He also had to pay various miscellaneous taxes, as well as food rations for Li Ergou's family, and only had a few taels of silver left in a year.

Money is not easy to earn~

opposite.

Seeing Xie Linghe fall silent after asking about the rent, Li Ergou assumed she thought it was too low. After a moment's hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Boss, the tenants' families rely on farming for a living. 60% of the rent is already high. If you raise it any further, I'm afraid those tenants won't be able to survive..."

Xie Linghe was stunned for a moment when he heard these words unexpectedly.

Done.

Li Ergou regretted it.

I am just a slave, but I am so bold as to speak to my master like this.

Xie Linghe: "You are right."

He changed the subject and pointed to the nearby mountains: "I've seen enough of the land. Take me for a walk in the mountains."

Hear the words.

Li Ergou breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to continue the previous topic. He hurriedly led the way: "Boss, this mountain is called Wild Orange Mountain. It's densely packed with wild orange trees. In a few months, when the oranges are ripe, the fragrance will waft all the way to the farm."

Xie Linghe looked over.

It is indeed spectacular, with densely packed orange trees.

Each one of them has green fruits on it, and it will take several months for them to mature.

She asked, "Will you sell the oranges here?"

Li Ergou waved his hands hurriedly: "These oranges are sour and bitter, no one is buying them."

Hear this.

Xie Linghe became even more curious.

How sour can it be?

How bitter can it be?

immediately.

A light bulb went off in her head: since she was improving rice, why couldn't she try improving orange trees as well?

Compared to food.

Fruit must have been more expensive in ancient times.

If she doesn't make use of this precious land, she won't be able to sleep well at night.

Strolled around for a while.

She secretly asked the system: "Xiao Xi, what time is it now?"

The system replied: "Replying to the host, 10:30 am."

Xie Linghe muttered to himself, "It's time to go home." Then, he said to Li Ergou, "Let's go down the mountain."

Li Ergou: “Yes.”

When we returned to the farm, Yunniang immediately came to greet us: "Master, what do you want for lunch?"

"Need not!"

Xie Linghe waved his hand: "I won't stay for dinner."

Hear the words.

Yunniang stood there awkwardly, looking at Li Ergou.

Xie Linghe said, "Li Ergou."

Li Ergou quickly responded: "I'm here."

Xie Linghe took out a piece of silver from his waist and placed it on the table: "Use this money to buy some food."

See this.

Li Ergou opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "Boss, this..."

"I don't want to see you guys starving next time I come over."

Xie Linghe's face was cold: "Work hard, I won't treat you unfairly."

Done.

He stood up and walked out.

Behind.

Li Ergou and Yunniang stared at her departing back in a daze.

for a long time.

Li Ergou knelt down in the direction where Xie Linghe left and kowtowed silently.

Yunniang also knelt down and kowtowed.

At this time.

Two male voices sounded one after another:

"Dad, Mom, what are you doing?"

"Where's the boss?"

Li Ergou stood up, picked up the silver, and showed his family a sincere smile: "The boss has rewarded us with silver. From now on, we don't have to go hungry anymore."

Yunniang wiped her tears and said, "The boss is a good man."

This year was particularly difficult. The village's stored grain was flooded and could not be eaten. The few taels of silver they had saved had long been spent.

This month, we changed to eating one meal a day, and it was mainly wild vegetables.

The boss must have seen through it, so he gave the money.

opposite.

Li Changsheng and Li Changping also looked surprised.

Li Huahua didn't understand anything and just laughed along with her parents and brothers.

Happiness is actually very simple.