Qin Yao sent Mr. Ding's wife home. The class at the clan school had just finished, so she picked up the children and the five of them returned home together.
"Mother, what are you holding?" Si Niang came up curiously and poked the box on Qin Yao's knee with her little finger. She thought it was some kind of pastry, so she lowered her head and sniffed it with the tip of her nose.
Qin Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She lifted up her little face and pinched her chubby cheeks. "Didn't you have enough for lunch today? You look so greedy."
Si Niang's face was pinched by A Niang, and she said in a hushed voice: "It smells very good~"
Qin Yao thought to herself, this is a land deed, how could it not be great?
He took out the osmanthus candy he bought from the county town from behind his back. The remaining three brothers, Dalang and Sanlang, also gathered around him and took a piece each. Sanlang even put a piece into his sister's mouth which was being pinched. "Hehe." He laughed foolishly.
Seeing Qin Yao pinching Si Niang's face, he thought it was fun and wanted to pinch it too, but Da Lang slapped his hand away, "You are not careful, don't pinch it randomly."
Saburo: “Oh.”
The sweet candy melted in her mouth, and a rich sweet osmanthus fragrance lingered around her nose. Si Niang finally realized that it was the candy that smelled good, not the box.
Qin Yao reluctantly let go of her daughter's slippery little face, opened the box that the children were curious about, took out the land deed and the land deed, pointed outside, and said, "See that empty land?"
The four brothers and sisters immediately leaned out to look. Erlang turned around and asked, "Is it the one with the banner?"
Qin Yao smiled and nodded, saying, "From now on, it will belong to our family."
The four siblings were startled, looked at each other, and then stretched their heads out to look again in disbelief. Then they all turned back to look at Qin Yao and asked excitedly in unison: "Is it true?"
"What do you think?" Qin Yao shook the land deed in her hand. "Here, let me teach you how to recognize land deeds and land deeds. Even though they look the same, there are big differences in the details."
“Also, do you know what to do after buying the land?”
Erlang was most curious about this and asked, "Isn't it over after buying the land and paying the money?"
Qin Yao nodded, "It's not over yet. There are still many procedures to go through. Otherwise, how will the government know that the land has been transferred from the original owner to yours? When we rent out the land in the future, how will we prove it to the tenant?"
Qin Yao experienced all these procedures and tricks today, and now it is a good opportunity to explain them to the four brothers and sisters.
Of course, the main purpose was to explain it to Dalang and Erlang. The twins, the boy and girl, were staring at the osmanthus candy, their minds already wandering.
The two were too young, and Qin Yao didn't expect them to remember all this at once, and didn't care whether they took it seriously or not.
But Dalang and Erlang must listen carefully and learn more about the procedures so that if something happens in the future, they will know what to do and will not panic.
Whenever it came to serious questions, Qin Yao would never tell the four brothers and sisters that they would know the answers when they grew up, and she would always answer every question.
So much so that even now, while other children were still playing in the mud and laughing in the fields, the four brothers and sisters already knew how many temporary workers they needed to hire for their family's land, how much wages they would have to pay, how much grain could be produced per acre of land, and how much grain tax they would have to pay.
After paying the Ding tax, Dalang found an opportunity to ask the teacher whether women needed to pay the Ding tax so that the four brothers and sisters could share their pocket money.
When he learned that girls were not counted as members of the population and did not need to pay the poll tax, Dalang asked Erlang to set aside Si Niang's pocket money separately in the future to avoid having to use his sister's.
Also, because Dalang took the initiative to ask questions to the teacher this time, he, who had always had no sense of presence, would now always receive special care from the teacher in class - he would stand up and answer questions.
For Dalang, this is really a sweet torture.
By the way, Liu Ji was so shocked that he couldn't sleep all night when there was suddenly a farm in his house.
Throughout the entire night, two voices were fighting in his mind.
One said: "Now that my family has farms, why should I study hard to get a good degree? I can just lie back and eat my meals!"
The other said: You are stupid, that land was bought by the evil woman, it is not your own.
One said: "But isn't the land still registered in your name? You are the head of the household, and the government only recognizes you."
Another said: The evil woman has long wanted to be a widow, you'd better be careful!
The eerie scene of Qin Yao slashing with a knife and dropping the bandit's head to the ground appeared before his eyes, and Liu Ji suddenly sat up from the ground with a start.
Gong Liangliao, who was sleeping in the bed, was woken up by the noise and snorted in dissatisfaction. Liu Ji quickly held his breath and dared not make any sound until he heard the light snoring of the person sleeping soundly on the bed. Then he slowly exhaled the breath he had been holding.
You must take the imperial examination to gain fame.
Now the family doesn't have ten acres of land, it has one hundred acres! I don't know how much tax I have to pay every year.
If taxes and corvee labor could be reduced or exempted, it would be good for him and the family.
If the family is well off, the evil woman will surely be happy.
When she is happy, a little bit of oil appears between her fingers, and doesn't he also enjoy it?
After figuring it out, Liu Ji felt refreshed and was about to have a good sleep so that he could accompany Qin Yao to the county town to change his household registration information tomorrow with full energy.
"Three."
A call suddenly came from the bed, and Gong Liangliao patted the edge of the bed.
At dinner, Qin Yao took out a few glasses of wine and toasted him to celebrate the new land at home.
The farmer's homemade wine was not very strong but rather sweet. He was so greedy that he couldn't help but drink half a pot more.
At this moment, the alcohol has passed through my internal organs and needs to be eliminated urgently.
Liu Ji sighed, resigned himself to his fate and got up from the ground. He carried the old man on his back and took him to the toilet to deal with the major issues in his life.
After a while of struggling, the master and disciple returned to the house and settled Gong Liangliao down. Liu Ji then lay down again, closed his eyes, and fell asleep instantly.
Gong Liangliao raised the corners of his mouth, listening to the faint sounds of birds coming from the mountains and forests outside the house, and felt a little emotional for a moment.
He fought for his entire life, experienced glory and desolation, and finally got caught up in a power struggle and ended up with both legs disabled. Unexpectedly, at the last moment of his life, he actually accepted a disciple and slept peacefully in this peaceful little mountain village.
Gong Liangliao silently exclaimed "How strange!" for a moment, then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Before daybreak, there was the sound of Awang getting up early and busying himself in the yard. It was like the punctual alarm clock at home. Liu Ji and Erlang also woke up soon, put on their clothes, and went to the main room with their books.
The two kings glanced at each other, neither of them willing to admit defeat. They snorted at each other, found a corner, lit a candle, and began to read silently.
When the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen, noises were heard again in Qin Yao's bedroom and the children's room.
The second group of early risers got up. Hurrying was their daily rhythm. Every morning Sanlang and Si Niang seemed to be fighting. One moment they appeared in the toilet, and the next they suddenly squatted beside the water tank.
Qin Yao was always yawning, with a sloppy hairstyle, and her eyes were hardly open. Her hands were tying the hair of the twins very quickly.
If Liu Ji hadn't been afraid of being beaten, he would have wanted to give Qin Yao a sincere suggestion - with our family's current financial resources, we can actually buy a maid to comb her hair.
She doesn't have to be very pretty, just a little more delicate, considerate and sweet-mouthed. (End of this chapter)
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