Chapter 82: Selling the Land out of Compulsion

In the eyes of the villagers, Shen Qing's sale of land was just the Liu family bullying others by relying on the power of Captain Sun!

Shen Qing sold all his land at once in order to prevent himself from being bullied repeatedly in the future - if he offended the Liu family and was targeted by Captain Sun, they might come up with some way to force him in the future.

Alas, how miserable it is. As the old saying goes, the people should not fight against the officials. It is indeed so.

The Jiang family was not fighting with officials, but had a falling out with a bully who took advantage of his power. As a result, they were forced to sell their land and became homeless.

Shen Qing had no choice. After all, if he continued to fight, his family would probably be destroyed. Now at least he had a skill to make money, and the whole family should be able to survive without relying on the fields.

It’s just that farmers only feel at ease when they have land. Without land, they are just like rootless duckweed...

The other members of the Jiang family were filled with indignation!

He was about to rush forward, but Jiang Yang stopped him.

They shouted in confusion: "Dad? That's too much!"

"Second uncle, eldest sister-in-law is so good to us. Now she is being bullied, are we just going to ignore her?"

"Yeah, our Jiang family isn't extinct! How could we allow a captain to bully us like this?"

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Jiang Ying hurriedly explained, "My eldest sister-in-law's family even sold out the wheat that was about to be harvested. I guess they really don't want to farm anymore. She's selling the land on her own initiative. Let's not cause trouble for her!"

"Sister-in-law, you can sell it if you want, but there's no need to rush. Just wait a little longer and you can get an extra two taels of silver." Jiang Dalang calculated with a distressed look on his face.

If we sell more acres together, we will definitely have to give a lower price, but selling it to the Liu family is four and a half taels cheaper!

Two taels of silver are so hard to earn. You can buy a lot of things with them. If you wait a little longer, you might find a buyer who offers a higher price.

Jiang Ying was thinking that the fields were still valuable now, but after the flood, these fields would probably be worthless, just like when their ancestors came here to open up wasteland!

She really wanted to sell all the land at home, but she didn't have such a good opportunity as her elder sister-in-law. No matter whether she sold it to villagers or other good families, it would be a scam. If only God could give her someone like Captain Sun from the Liu family... Stop, now she has to control these young people in her family and don't ruin Shen Qing's good deeds!

"Didn't you hear your sister-in-law say the land can't wait? Selling it to someone else will definitely delay corn planting. Who wouldn't feel bad if the fields were left idle for a season?"

The other juniors were silent.

Jiang Dalang said angrily, "That's perfect. If the crops fail to grow, I can sell them to the Liu family. I don't feel bad about delaying their corn planting at all!"

Jiang Ying: If a flood comes, you will just regret why you stopped the Liu family from growing corn.

She looked up at her father.

Mr. Jiang frowned, looked at his second son with stern eyes, and said in a low voice, but with a sense of pressure: "Nonsense! You don't need to say anything more about what your sister-in-law has decided;

If she needs your help, it won't be too late for you to rush over."

Jiang Dalang closed his mouth unwillingly and looked into the yard through the doorway.

In the yard, Shen Qing had already agreed on the delivery date and additional matters with Captain Sun.

The land deed must be given while paying silver within three days. If the deed is not paid within three days, the owner has the right to sell it to someone else.

Captain Sun waved his hand decisively and said, "Come over tomorrow, in less than three days. I'll give you the silver and the land deed, and we'll have no more disputes from now on!"

Adding the three taels of silver from the Liu family, it was a full seven or eight taels cheaper! If he missed this opportunity, he would miss it, so how could he let it go?

As for the three taels from the Liu family, he personally made two trips for the Liu family's affairs, so it should not be too much as a reward for his hard work.

Without his face, how could the Jiang family pay three taels of silver as compensation; without him, the Liu family would not be able to pay the silver, so all of this is what he deserves!

The three members of the Liu family were dumbfounded.

They originally wanted to buy an acre of land and pay an additional 1 or 2 taels of silver, but how come it suddenly became 17 acres of land and 3 acres of land?

Liu Sheng stepped forward and shouted, "Brother-in-law?"

Captain Sun said proudly, "I'll go back and get the silver."

Sixty-five taels of silver was a lot, but after all these years as a constable and then a captain, how could he not have accumulated some money? After taking things in, sixty-five taels was only half of his net worth.

Old Man Liu and Old Lady Liu looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

Liu Sheng's eyes lit up!

He was busy praising: "Oh, brother-in-law, you are so kind. How can we be so embarrassed to do this?"

Mrs. Liu quickly stepped forward, pulled her son by the arm, and said with a flattering smile, "Your brother-in-law is rich, so this little bit is nothing."

Oh my God, twenty acres of land just became the Liu family's? Lao Wu's daughter was not born in vain!

Old Man Liu couldn't help laughing, "It's still useful to think of a man. If her four older sisters were half as capable as her, our family would have had hundreds of acres of fertile land long ago."

The first four daughters were born in vain. They only made a little money from being sold, but there was no benefit at all from the rest.

Liu Sheng's face was full of smiles, and he changed his words and said, "Yes, you are worthy of being my fifth sister. A good sister can make a better brother. Mother, when the fifth sister comes back, you can kill her and make her some egg custard. When she was a child, she always loved to snatch my egg custard to eat. This time, give her a good bowl.

She's eating alone, so I'll give it to her!"

Mrs. Liu felt sorry for the eggs and wanted to use duck eggs, but then she thought of the fields and said, "Okay, I'll make her three eggs to nourish her and make her happy, so she won't be accused of favoritism."

Let my daughter know that she also has her as her daughter in her heart.

Captain Sun didn't have time to listen to what the three Liu family members said. He waved his hand at his subordinates and said, "Let's go back to the city."

The three members of the Liu family looked at the Jiang family with eyes that seemed to want to skin them alive and tear their bones apart, and shouted "wait for them" as they quickly followed them and ran away as if there were jackals, tigers and leopards chasing them from behind.

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Before leaving, the villagers looked at Shen Qing's family with sympathy in their eyes, then shook their heads and dispersed with sighs.

The other members of the Jiang family wanted to step forward to persuade them, but were stopped by Mr. Jiang Er, and in the end only he and Jiang Ying were left.

The three of them continued walking along the dirt road they had taken last time. When they reached an open area in the fields, where no one was around, Second Master Jiang finally spoke, "Have you been planning to sell the land to Liu and Sun for a long time?"

Shen Qing shook his head: “It’s not that I’m prepared, I just thought about it;

If they come here to ask for money under the pretext of something, just convert the land into silver and give it to them. That would at least be a large income, right?

But this also requires them to be greedy and shameless, otherwise no matter how much I want to sell it to them, I can't do it."

If they had any dignity, they wouldn't come asking for compensation. If they weren't greedy, they wouldn't buy all her land in one go just because she lowered the price.

This is exactly what Mr. Jiang Ying, the second master of the Jiang family, thought.

Jiang Ying was a little worried. "To outsiders, selling all your land might seem like a last resort. We don't expect to sell our land, but what excuse can we use to stop farming?"