Chapter 294 Brown Rice Rising
"As expected of the clan leader, you really have a solution."
"If I had known earlier, I should have listened to you and trusted that beast Jiang Guangyi. He brought us so much harm. It is you, the clan leader, who is really capable."
"Village Chief, from now on, if you say go left, I will never go right."
"......"
Nice words came out as if they were free.
Jiang Shoujia didn't take it to heart.
After giving the advice, he went back to continue his sleep. As for Jiang Fubao, he and his grandmother went out to the shop.
Along the way.
Jiang Fubao saw that many farmlands were soaked by rain.
It's just about depth and shallowness.
The closer you get to town, the less damage you'll suffer.
It was not until she entered the town that she realized that the hail and rain had not caused any harm to the people in the city.
These people deserve to eat and drink.
The drainage in the city is much better than in the village, and the terrain is high.
There was no flooding at all.
"Mom, you're finally here. Is it hailing and raining in the village? Pingmei and I were both scared last night. Are you okay? Did the brown rice get soaked by the rain?"
Jiang Eryong had been waiting in the backyard for a long time.
Hear the lowing of your own cows.
He hurried out to greet them.
He didn't forget to ask his mother.
"Uncle, the hail is so big. The fields in the village are flooded. Those people are crying so hard. Jiang Sanniu's family was also beaten. And, our brown rice was not soaked by the rain. It's fine. Uncle, how is the town?"
The chatterbox Jiang Fubao snatched the words from Ah Nai's mouth.
Answering the second uncle.
"Well done! These people deserve to be beaten severely." Jiang Eryong didn't even ask why they were beaten.
Because he knew that his niece was almost killed by Jiang Sanniu.
He holds a grudge.
He will never forget this incident in his life.
The town was not affected.
They covered the well when it rained last night.
The tables and chairs were brought into the house.
When I got up, there was almost no water on the ground.
Except it was a little wet and slippery.
At this time, the benefits of bluestone flooring are reflected.
No matter how you step on them, your shoes won't get dirty.
Business is going on as usual.
There are few guests today.
Many of the guests bought a lot of land and rented it to tenant farmers.
I guess they all went out of town to check.
When I go back again.
Jiang Fubao discovered that the water in the fields had disappeared.
There were quite a few people inside, barefoot, bending over to pick ears of corn.
From the old to the young, almost the entire family went out.
Some people stood on the bridge and watched.
If you look closely, you can see that they are all families harvesting in advance.
Since Jiang Fubao didn't come home, she skipped over to listen to the gossip.
This is her greatest hobby.
"Tsk tsk, look at how ferocious they are. They didn't listen to the chief at the beginning, and now they regret it. It's too late. Did you see it this afternoon? When the water was drained, the fields were so barren that not a single stalk of brown rice was good. The ears of rice were smashed to pieces and covered with mud.
These people were fighting over things. Someone called the tribe leader, but he didn't want to intervene. I think it would be better if he didn't intervene. It would be better if he killed them all. Our village is troubled by these rats all the time. Otherwise, our village is poor. How can we become rich with them around?"
"I arrived earlier than you. The village chief taught them the drainage method. Otherwise, the crops would have been soaked for at least three days, and everyone's brains would have been eaten by dogs.
I don't have the ability, and I don't listen to smart people. At first, I thought that the clan leader's family must have some ability to open a shop in the town, so the second time he asked, I stood on the left. Now think about it, it was really God who helped me. "
"What you said is nothing. Ma Chunxia and Wang Taohua are even quicker to side with each other. Wang Taohua's family is right next to mine. Her family was so poor before. Ever since she married into the Zhang family, she has been eating meat almost every day. My grandchildren have become spoiled. Anyway, I want to marry into the Zhang family in the future. I will listen to whatever the clan leader says. I also want to live a life like Wang Taohua."
"......"
These people are good at chatting.
They didn't notice that there was a little girl eavesdropping behind them.
Jiang Fubao listened for a full quarter of an hour.
Just go home for dinner.
The people in the fields seemed tireless, picking from afternoon to night, and from night to dawn.
When Jiang Fubao got up and stretched in the yard.
She then saw the villagers returning home one by one, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs.
"Grandma, did they do it all night?"
Jiang Fubao was shocked.
"In order to harvest, we worked all night and half a day. They just didn't get anywhere. They would probably go home to sleep for a while and then go back to the fields again."
Zhang Jinlan got up early and went to the field to look around for a while.
So understand it clearly.
"Oh, okay." Jiang Fubao put down his outstretched arms and picked up the bowl to eat breakfast.
Three full days.
The grain in the fields was finally picked clean.
Fortunately, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up.
It didn't rain for three days.
Unfortunately, except for the first day when the sun came out.
The next two days were cloudy.
The brown rice that was collected was washed clean of mud and spread in the yards of each household, but it never dried up.
Many people are horrified to discover that half of their brown rice is moldy.
That’s not all.
There are some signs of budding.
They were so anxious that they were at a loss.
If you can't even eat this, how can you sell it?
The bad news kept coming.
The government notified us that we had to pay grain taxes.
In this dynasty, grain taxes were collected personally by officials.
The chief official in charge of Lianshan Town was named Zhu. On the morning of the fourth day, he rode to Jiangjia Village on horseback.
Inform Jiang Shoujia that the grain will be harvested in three days.
Moreover, it verified what Jiang Shoujia said to the villagers: this year's tax has been increased to 40% and cannot be offset with cash.
And every family must send one person to repair the river embankment.
There is a big river at the junction of Yingnan Prefecture and Ruling Prefecture, which is comparable to a river.
The two governments each sent half of their staff to carry out the repairs.
Anyone who does not want to go must pay a fine of two taels of silver.
This news was like a thunderclap.
This year's crops have been completely destroyed.
Now, not only do you have to pay taxes when you buy food, you also have to pay fines.
How do we get by?
In the evening, Jiang Fubao returned home in his second brother's arms. Before he got off the ox cart, he found a group of people kneeling on the ground at the door of his house.
"Chief, please save us. We have to pay taxes. What should we do?"
"In the grain store in town, the price of brown rice has risen to fifty cents a piece. How can we afford it? Even so, we had to fight for it. I got punched twice and didn't get anything. It was all sold out in the morning."
"Village head, please lend us your ox cart, and we will go to the next town to buy brown rice. We also need silver. I will sign a promissory note with you. Please lend us two taels of silver, no, three taels of silver. I promise to pay you back within five years."
"Chief, we have no money at home. My son just got married and we don't have a penny to spend." Widow Liu cried the most bitterly.
She regretted so much that she didn't harvest the crops earlier, which resulted in the destruction of grain. Her son blamed her and stopped talking to her.
He also claimed...