Chapter 13

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"How much does it cost to rent the land?" Shen Yuntang asked them.

Uncle Lin hesitated for a long time without saying anything, until the woman working in the field next to him shouted, "Fifty cents a year."

"Fifty cents? The crops from this piece of land can be sold for at least seven or eight taels of silver, and you're just giving me fifty cents?" Shen Yuntang was angry that they had deceived Cheng Yeran and rented the land at such a low price.

"The seven or eight taels of silver were earned by our family working in the fields. He can get fifty cents just by lying in bed, and it's all because he has a good father. People like us who come from other places don't even have our own land, and we have to give him money every year, otherwise we would starve to death." Uncle Lin said angrily.

"But the rent for this land is not usually this price." Shen Yuntang was so angry that he wanted to argue with them, but his fighting ability in an argument was low, and he could only reason with others, which would only put him at a disadvantage.

It was Cheng Yeran who protected the angry kid behind him and let him fight against others.

Cheng Yeran asked them: "Have you paid this year's money?"

Lin Bo thought he wanted money now, and said unhappily: "Every year we give you money after we collect and sell the grain. If you ask for money now, won't that kill us?"

"Have we signed a written agreement?" Cheng Yeran asked him again.

"I can't even write, how can I sign a document?" Uncle Lin looked at him defensively. He always felt that he was going to cheat him, but he couldn't figure out how he was going to do it.

"First, I didn't sign a receipt, and second, I didn't collect any money. What right do you have to say that I rented the land to you? I won't rent it this year." Cheng Yeran raised his hand and slammed them, "Don't stand on my land. Go over there."

"Not renting it anymore?" Uncle Lin immediately said anxiously, "You want to kill our whole family! What are we going to eat and drink?"

"But if we rent it to you, we will have no food to eat." Shen Yuntang angrily poked his head out from behind Cheng Yeran and tried to reason with him.

Cheng Yeran pushed his head back and said, "Why bother talking to him so much? I don't give a shit about the life and death of their family."

"How can you be so vicious! Are you so happy to see our whole family die?" Lin Bo's wife sat on the ground and shouted, asking everyone to judge the matter. After she shouted like this, many people came over to watch the fun.

"Don't push me too far. If you don't rent me the land, I will pull out all the crops you planted!" Uncle Lin's son pointed at Cheng Yeran and threatened, "I don't believe you're watching over the fields day and night."

"Okay, since everyone is here, I will inform everyone," Cheng Yeran pointed at Lin Bo's family and said, "If their family takes away my food, I will take away the food of the whole village. Don't blame me, blame their family. If I can't survive, no one else can. I mean what I say."

He has played villains before and he understands human nature too well. At such times, people will not blame the villain who did bad things, but will blame the person who made the villain crazy.

Sure enough, after he said this, the surrounding villagers became restless. Several men went over to grab Lin Bo and said, "Why did you mess with him? He just smashed the window of Erzhu's house the day before yesterday. Be careful or he will burn your house down."

"His cousin is the village chief. Be careful or he'll kick your family out."

"That's all his family has. Forget it. Why don't you rent some from someone else? If you plant all the crops, they won't be able to survive."

"He finally changed and stopped being lazy. Don't force him. You are so old now, don't be mean to a child."

After all, the Lin family is an outsider family and was originally the lowest class in the village. They bullied Cheng Yeran in the past because he was a lazy man.

But things are different now. Cheng Yeran smashed the windows of Erzhu's house and gained a foothold in the village. In addition, all the villagers stood on Cheng Yeran's side. The Lin family was scared away by the onlookers, and they dared not to provoke Cheng Yeran in the future. They even dared not pass by Cheng Yeran's land, for fear that others would misunderstand that they wanted to pull up Cheng's wheat and get beaten by the villagers.

When the Lin family left, Shen Yuntang saw Uncle Lin beating his son all the way back.

Once again, she felt how good it was to marry this man. The last time she had this feeling was at Erzhu's doorstep.

When the village chief learned that Cheng Yeran had come to farm, he was extremely happy and praised him for finally cheering up. He even lent them his cow to plow the fields. Seeing that Cheng Yeran didn't know how to use it, he carefully taught him.

Cheng Yeran had never experienced plowing the fields with oxen. He had never even had close contact with a live cow before. This was different from digging by himself and was very fun.

You probably can't experience the scenic spots without spending 100 or 200 yuan. He plowed the fields very actively. Many villagers around couldn't help but stop and watch. They praised him for being different after marrying a husband. They also praised Shen Yuntang for bringing good luck to her husband, saying that he was capable of getting lazy people to work.

Shen Yuntang felt quite accomplished, but he was afraid that others would see what he was thinking, so he concentrated on his work and was never idle for a moment.

Their land was not very big to begin with, and with the help of the cow, the two of them plowed the land in just two days.

It rained on the third day, so they didn't go to the fields and made quilts together at home.

Originally, Shen Yuntang told him not to interfere, but he insisted on coming over and said that the quilt was for the two of them to cover themselves with, so of course they had to do it together.

Shen Yuntang had no choice but to agree. In fact, Shen Yuntang often felt that Cheng Yeran was like a big boy who loved to act like a spoiled child. However, Cheng Yeran was so much taller than him, and always gave people a sense of oppression when standing next to him. He was also very strong. He never slacked off when plowing the land, and would stand up for him when others bullied him. He had a boyish side and a manly side, which made him hard to understand.

The two of them cut the cloth they bought and spread it on the bed. Shen Yuntang taught him how to sew the cotton into the quilt.

Cheng Yeran was stunned: "I thought it was just like sewing a pillow. First, sew a cloth bag-like quilt cover, and then stuff all the cotton into it and it's done."

"If you do that, the cotton will clumped up in the quilt instead of being evenly spread out like this." Shen Yuntang explained to him carefully. He always did these things with his mother before, but he never expected that he would do them with his husband after getting married.

When he was reborn, he was always overwhelmed by everything in his previous life.

The wind

He was troubled. After arriving at Cheng Yeran's house, he would compare Cheng Yeran with Xia Xiaowu, but gradually he stopped comparing them. There was nothing Xia Xiaowu could compare to Cheng Yeran.