Chapter 181 Tenants

The more Zhang Juexia listened, the more he felt that he had been careless after all. Why didn't he think of inquiring about the Qian family's situation?

But she changed her mind and realized that with her current abilities, she might not be able to find out anything at all.

While Zhang Juexia was stunned, he heard Ye Beixiu's loud call from outside, "We're here."

With the help of Ye Beixiu, Zhang Juexia got off the carriage nimbly.

Zhang Wei and Liu Qiang led the way.

Zhang Wei looked at the large piece of land in front of him and couldn't help but click his tongue, "Fortunately, you two were decisive at the beginning. Look, how well the two pieces of land are connected."

The tenants must have been notified and were standing aside waiting. When they saw them coming, they hurried forward a few steps.

An old man in front, who must be the elder among them, took the lead in bowing and said, "The official is here."

Zhang Wei said "hmm" and introduced them, "Your new landlord and his wife, just pay the rent to them from now on."

As he said that, he pulled Ye Beixiu forward.

These people called out to Ye Beixiu, "Boss, Madam."

This was the first time Ye Beixiu faced such a thing, and his Adam's apple rolled with nervousness. Zhang Juexia gave him an encouraging look, and he took a step forward and accepted the greetings from the tenants.

After introducing each other, Ye Beixiu told them that the rent would remain the same as before and they could cultivate the land as they pleased.

Everyone was overjoyed and called Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia good people.

Zhang Wei waved his hand and dismissed everyone, "I've already met the new owner. Your owner doesn't have any requirements on how to cultivate this land. Anyway, if we harvest more grain, you will get more harvest.

Come back here in two hours and sign the contract with your boss. You are in such a hurry that you haven’t been kicked out yet.”

After the tenants left, Zhang Wei instructed Ye Beixiu to find a scholar and asked him to help write a few deeds. He then waited for the tenants to sign the deeds according to the time.

Zhang Wei and Liu Qiang accompanied Ye Beixiu to sign the contract, and then went to do their own things.

Accompanied by the tenants, Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu looked at the situation on the land before preparing to go home.

Ye Beixiu was in a good mood, "My wife, the feeling of being a landlord is so good, but I don't know how the harvest of this land will be."

Zhang Juexia was also thinking about this in his head. "None of us have ever farmed, and we don't know the character of these tenants. What if we harvest 500 kilograms of grain, but they lie and report 300 kilograms? In the end, we will be the ones who suffer."

"That's easy. We also planted crops this year. I just took a look around and found that the geology is good in areas not near the mountains. The crops they harvested there are only more than ours, not less."

Ye Beixiu's words put Zhang Juexia at ease. "Anyway, we signed a one-year contract with them. If they don't behave, we can just replace them."

"Well, listen to my wife."

When he got home, Ye Beixiu's clothes were all wet. Zhang Juexia boiled some hot water and asked him to wash and change into dry clothes.

The two of them sat on the kang and started thinking about the embroidery.

Liu Hong had already peeped out of his house several times, hoping that his former tenants would come and tell him who had bought his land.

Although it was the money that saved his life, he hated this man even more in his heart.

He felt that the person who bought the land was taking advantage of someone else's misfortune.

When he got tired of waiting, the man came.

This man was called Liu Shunzi, a relative of Liu Hong. He had been renting land from Liu Hong's family for farming. When he suddenly heard that the owner had changed, he felt uncomfortable.

When Liu Hong saw Liu Shunzi, he asked, "Have you seen that person?"

"Yes."

Liu Hong waited for Liu Shunzi to speak, but Liu Shunzi just sat there and said nothing.

Liu Hong glared at him and said, "How can you be so tactless? Speak!"

Liu Shunzi extended his hand flatteringly, "Uncle, your family is rich and powerful, but your nephew can't do that!

If my new employer knew I was here, and if he stopped me from farming, my whole family would be left with nothing."

Liu Hong was so angry that his teeth ached. He tossed and turned for a long time, then took out two copper coins and put them on the table. "Your uncle has suffered this disaster, and life is getting worse and worse."

Liu Shunzi looked at the two copper coins and almost vomited blood. He stood up and was about to leave. "Since uncle doesn't need me, then my nephew has things to do."

Mrs. Liu came in from outside and stopped Liu Shunzi, "Shunzi, your uncle and aunt have never treated you unfairly before. Your two sisters-in-law have prepared the meal, so you should eat before you leave!"

Liu Shunzi pretended to be embarrassed, "Aunt, please don't embarrass me. You don't know, the new boss came to lecture us today, but he was accompanied by officials. You know that Liu Qiang, he's the cousin of Mr. Li, and he was polite to my new boss."

"How does this have anything to do with the police?"

Liu Hong tilted his head to look at Mrs. Liu, "Didn't you say you sold the land to a traveling merchant?"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly defended herself, "That man did say he was a businessman and didn't have much spare money, so he wanted to buy a piece of land for his retirement."

"You didn't ask about this person's background."

"Master, you are imprisoned in the prison, and you will not be released until you pay the money.

And the families of your friends come to our house every day, so I don’t have the time to ask about this.

At the beginning, I was only thinking about rescuing you from prison as soon as possible."

"You prodigal bitch, I'm locked up in jail, so I can stay there. Those people can make trouble if they want, but why are you running around trying to sell the land?"

Mrs. Liu's eyes were red with grievance. Seeing her like this, Liu Hong scolded her again, "Spendthrift woman, who are you crying for on New Year's Day? This family is made for you to ruin."

Liu Shunzi didn't come to watch the old couple fight. He was already impatient. "Uncle, aunt, I have things to do. I'll go back first."

Liu Hong reached out and grabbed him, then turned around and yelled at Mrs. Liu, "Go get two taels of silver for Shunzi."

Mrs. Liu stood there without moving. Only when Liu Hong raised his hand did she reluctantly go out.

She gave the silver to Liu Hong with a dark face. After Liu Hong took it, he glared at her and then gave the silver to Liu Shunzi. "It's just a woman's opinion. Shunzi, don't argue with your aunt."

Liu Shunzi took the silver and took out the deed from his pocket, "Uncle, look, your nephew is sincere to you."

After Liu Hong took it, he quickly looked at the signature below, "Ye Beixiu? Why does this name sound so familiar?"

Mrs. Liu couldn't believe it and snatched the deed from Liu Hong's hand. "Is it really him?"

Liu Hong looked at Mrs. Liu and asked, "Do you know him?"

Mrs. Liu shook her head guiltily. She didn't know what went wrong. How come Ye Beixiu bought her land?

She wondered if there was someone with the same name. There must be someone with the same name, otherwise such a coincidence wouldn't happen.