Rebirth of the backing and eating mountains

The village chief's house is in the middle of the South Village. It is a courtyard house with three fronts and three perimeters plus two side rooms. The yard is not small and flat.Three generations of his family lived in the same courtyard.Speaking of which, the village chief's name is An Mingxi, and he is almost forty this year.There is a father and a brother.My grandfather is 22 this year. He welcomed his husband from the neighboring village in the early years, and gave them a grandson last year.My brother is 15 years old this year. He had a coming-of-age ceremony two days ago, and his life went smoothly.

It was a young husband who opened the door. After asking who it was, he hurriedly let him into the main room, brought water, and went to call the village chief.

An Mingxi didn't take too long to come. When he entered the door, seeing that it was the two of them, he forced a smile, went straight to the main seat and sat down.

An Xuan took out the document, handed it over, and said: "Village Chief, this is the document for my family's settlement. This document was handed over to the village. You can take a look. As for the Song family brothers, we will go to the town in two days to pay for it. They re-documented."

An Mingxi took a look at it and nodded.An Xuan said again: "There is one more thing that needs the help of the village chief." An Mingxi raised his eyebrows and said, "What else is there?" An Xuan said: "When my father passed away, he stayed in Qingshan for us. The house deed and title deed of the village. On that day, Dad bought 40 mu of first-class land, 40 mu of second-class land, 20 mu of second-class land, a total of [-] mu and a barren hill behind the house. These fields have been rented by the villagers all these years. , the family has not collected rent. Now that our family has moved back, the field affairs will naturally change. I want the village head to help find someone who rents land in the village, and we can discuss it.”

An Mingxi had no objection to this.Immediately said: "This is what it should be. The Anshan people rented out the land back then, and the land is still yours. Even if you want to take it back, you can't say anything about it. I know who these tenants are, and I will look for them later. They, let them go to your house in the afternoon, what do you think?"

An Xuan hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, the village chief. Although I have never stood in our village, but speaking of seniority, I should still call you brother. We have just arrived in the past two days, and many things have to be arranged carefully. I'm too busy. When everything is settled, I will definitely invite brother Ming Xi and the elders of the village to sit at home, and then brother, you must show respect."

No matter what the country people say, they are simple and simple.An Xuan managed to appease An Mingxi with a few words, and the sullenness in his heart was swept away, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's easy to say, easy to say, since you call me brother, I agree to this matter."

An Xuan hurriedly thanked him again.For the rest of the time, several people chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.Seeing that it was late, An Xuan got up to say goodbye.An Mingxi personally sent the person to the door.

An Xuan and An Rubao were about to leave, when a brother walked in from the door.She is of medium build, with a well-rounded appearance, and is very beautiful.It's just that in An Rubao's view, the whole person is a bit feminine.When the brother saw someone at the door, he stood sideways and looked up just in time to see An Rubao, a romantic young man, his face turned red and his eyes became straight.

An Rubao didn't pay any attention, and said goodbye to An Mingxi with his father.The brother stared straight at his back disappearing, then jumped in front of An Mingxi and asked, "Father, whose family is this young man? Why haven't I seen him before?" , this brother is An Mingxi's just-adult brother An Shao.

An Mingxi glanced at him, saw that his face was blushing, he didn't know what was going on, and sighed inwardly.Speaking of which, his brother's marriage had caused him and his husband to worry too much.The little brothers here basically started to arrange marriages when they were eleven or twelve years old.But this elder brother of his family was arrogant and indulgent since he was a child, and his heart was higher than that of Moling (Moling is the highest mountain in Qingshan Village). The father and son in the village looked down upon him, and there were many marriage proposals in neighboring villages and even towns who refused. up.As a result, they are all adults and haven't discussed marriage yet.Everyone in the village and outside the village said that An Mingxi's elder brother was a phoenix and wanted to live in a phoenix tree. In the past two years, fewer and fewer marriage proposals were made.An Shao didn't care about it, he insisted on finding someone he liked.

An Ruxi got a headache when he thought about it, and frowned, "They're new here. That young man is the grandson of An Shan, and also the quasi-lang official of the Song family's brother, named An Rubao."

An Shao jumped up in shock, and said loudly: "What?! Is he going to meet that young man from early Song Dynasty?!?" An Mingxi coughed, glared at him, turned around and said, "He is , it is already a certainty. You stay away from him."

An Shao snorted coldly at his father's back, the handsome young man just now appeared in his mind, and his face blushed again.Thinking that such an excellent young master was actually a quasi-langguan in the early Song Dynasty, he was unwilling to reconcile and went back to the house.

An Xuan led An Rubao back home, Qin Feng and Song Chu had almost organized the backyard.As for the room allocation, An Xuan and Qin Feng lead An Ruyu to live in the east room of the main house, while An Rubao lives in the west room.The Song family brothers live in the West Wing for the time being.An Ruyu was very dissatisfied with this assignment, and held on to Song Yi's hand.In the past two days, Song Yi played well with him, and he wanted to live with Song Yi.Qin Feng told him helplessly that he couldn't do it, so he lay down on the ground and acted foolishly, and was beaten twice by Qin Feng to settle down.

The lunch was made by Qin Feng and Song Chu together.There are only green vegetables in the house, and I randomly fried two plates to serve with rice.

In the afternoon, several families came to Anxuan's house one after another, saying that the village chief asked Rang to come.An Xuan knew it was about the fields, so he took them to the hall in the front yard. After waiting for a while, the village chief also came, and everyone sat down to discuss the fields.

An Xuan spoke first, and said to these families: "I think the village chief has already told you why everyone is here. I don't go around in circles. When my father was here, there were [-] mu of land in the village, all of which were rented. Planting for several families here. My father is kind, and I have never collected rent from you in the past few years. But now that our family has moved back to Qingshan Village, the land can no longer be the same as before."

A young man in his thirties asked urgently, "Are you going to take back the land? Then we will have no land."

An Xuan smiled at him and said: "Don't worry, I know it's not easy to be here. The family has a lot of people and little land to rent other people's land. However, our family also needs to eat. However, my family has a small population and is not very I know how to farm land, but I am afraid that it will not be good to take it back. The family discussed it and decided to rent out the land. You are old tenants, so I will ask you if you still want to rent. If you only rent again, you will have to pay rent in the future child."

Suddenly I heard an aunt in the crowd say: "What? Pay the rent? How can it be done?" The voice was sharp and harsh.An Rubao looked over and saw that he was a middle-aged husband. The village head introduced him just now, and he belonged to the tenant An Qing's family.

An Xuan was very puzzled by his words, and asked: "This land is ours. Why can't you rent it and pay the rent?" An Qing's family said loudly: "We have planted so many lands here In [-], we never paid the rent. Besides, when the land came to us, it was all useless and low-grade land. It is only through our family’s careful management that it has become a good land now, which is no longer comparable to the previous land. Oh, now you take it back when you say it, and pay the rent when you say it, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world?!"

An Mingxi coughed from the side, and said coldly: "You manage the land well to produce more food. If you rent other people's land, you should hand it over to them for rent. You haven't paid for it for many years, it's because of An Shan's heart." Shan. Why, I heard from An Qing’s family that this land belongs to your family? You must have a conscience.”

An Qing's family wanted to speak, but An Qing grabbed her.An Qing is a middle-aged man with a honest face, and he said to An Xuan: "Man Anshan has not charged rent from us for many years. We are grateful, and we have no intention of occupying your land. My husband has a quick temper and didn't say anything. Clearly. Our family has a large population. We rented [-] acres of land from your family at the beginning, and we have supported our family by farming these years. But although Anshan people do not accept our rent, they still have to pay taxes. One mu of land averages half Well, [-] acres will cost ten acres. After a year, the food is removed, and the rest is really pitiful. Now that you have to pay the rent, my husband is in a hurry. He said nonsense, please don't take it to heart. superior."

An Qing's family wanted to talk, but was glared at by his own man, and immediately shut up.The other families on the side were also silent, presumably they were all thinking in a normal way.An Rubao frowned, An Xuan also sighed, and said to everyone: "I know everyone's difficulties, but you also need to understand our difficulties. Our rent is not much, only [-]%."

Before An Xuan finished speaking, An Qing's family immediately shouted: "Thirty percent?! Why don't you go and grab it!"

Before An Xuan could speak, the village head said angrily: "An Qing's family, what are you talking about. Thirty percent is already the minimum. If you don't believe me, go ask other renters in the village, at least forty percent!" The Qing family said: "Thirty percent, we won't do it. You are still letting people live like this?!" An Xuan said in a deep voice: "I said, if you don't want to rent, you can cancel the rent. If you think it's more than thirty percent, Just don't rent, no one will force you. Okay, do other people have any opinions?"

Anxuan's [-] mu of land was rented by seven households, except for Anqing's family, and five of the other six households hesitated when they heard Anxuan's question.Only An Ming Lu's family said without hesitation: "It is right to collect rent, we have no objection." An Xuan nodded, glanced at the others, and said to An Rubao: "Go and get everyone's lease agreement. "

An Rubao responded, went to the backyard to ask Qin Feng for the lease of the seven families, and handed it to Anxuan in the front yard.An Xuan picked out the one from Anming Lu's house and put it aside, and said to the rest of the family: "This is your lease. If you think the rent is too much, you can take back your lease. From now on, we will take back this land." , has nothing to do with you."

The six families hesitated for a while, but finally did not move.During the period, An Qing's family was still acting violently, and An Qing secretly kicked him, so be honest.

An Xuan held a still lease, smiled, and said: "It seems that you all want to renew the lease. Then it's settled, the land will be leased to you, and the rent will be [-]%. Rubao, go get a pen , let’s redraw the lease agreement, and the village head just happens to be a witness here.”

An Rubao took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that he had prepared earlier, and spread them out.An Xuan read, he wrote, and quickly wrote six copies, all six copies were the same.The above clearly states the tenants, the area of ​​the leased land, the time limit for the leased land, and the percentage of the rent.Only the one on Anming Road was reached, and Anxuan added another one. The Anming Road family rented and planted [-] acres of land, and the Anxuan family would pay the land tax in the future.

The other six families were dumbfounded, and their faces were a little ugly.In particular, An Qing's family is about to turn their backs again.An Minglu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It can't be done. You only charge [-]% of the rent, which is already less. How can you still pay the land tax for us. You have a large family, and you also need to eat,"

An Xuan looked at the faces of the rest of the people coldly, and said to An Minglu: "It's okay, my family is like a treasure, but I was selected as a scholar last year. According to Jinglu, the land under his name does not need to pay taxes. Your twenty acres are under his name."

An Qing's family hurriedly said: "Then let's get over ours?"

An Xuan sneered, and said: "To tell you the truth, even if the hundred mu of land is under the name of Rubao, there is no need to pay taxes. But, I have the final say whether you want it or not. What, you guys Do you think it’s unfair? Hmph, even though we used to live in Yuxing City, we still know a thing or two about renting and farming land. Most of the rent in the village is [-]%, and the land tax has to be paid by yourself. This is a common practice. Because My father missed his hometown a lot during his lifetime. I originally wanted everyone to pay [-]% of the rent, and we paid the land tax. Firstly, it is not easy for the villagers, and secondly, he should fulfill his father’s wish. But I didn’t expect that the folks that my father missed most were [-]% of the rent. He doesn’t even want to hand over his family to his family, and even wants to occupy his field! Ask yourselves, has my father ever treated you poorly? For so many years, the fields have been let you grow for nothing, without asking for half a cent of your food. You Is this how to repay him?! An Minglu knows how to repay such a person, we will naturally help such a person."

The six families looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to say a word.For many years, he has planted a field that is not his own, but he does not need to pay rent. Over time, he really regards the land as his own.An Xuan's family returned to the village, which they did not expect.They also know that it is necessary and inevitable to pay the rent, but the greed in their hearts cannot be suppressed, as if their things are about to be taken away by others, they always feel a little bit unwilling and wronged.But he forgot that the land belonged to others, and how to deal with it has always been decided by others.

After all, it's all selfish.

The village chief watched An Xuan send the family away, and returned to the main room. Fang smiled and said, "An Xuan, you boy is bad enough. You just wanted to try the family from the beginning. If you want to say, your father's eyes It's all good. It's just that people are subject to change, and there's nothing to do about it. Well, this matter has been resolved, and I should go back."

An Xuan and An Rubao hurriedly sent him out, An Xuan said: "There are a lot of things at home these days, after this time, we must treat Brother Ming Xi well."

The village head said with a smile: "It's easy to say," and went away with his hands behind his back.

An Xuan and An Rubao closed the door and let out a long breath.The field matter is settled, and the next step is to tidy up the whole yard, and go to the back mountain to have a look, there are still some mountains and forests there, to see how to deal with it.

This busy has been busy for three whole days.Early in the morning of the fourth day, the family got into the carriage and went to the town with the villagers.