Chapter 253 The Glory of Liangjia Village
At a command from County Magistrate Lu, a team of yamen runners were left behind to help, with Liang Lizheng taking the lead, and the purchase of sweet potatoes and potatoes began in full swing.
Liang Lizheng went to each family's home in person, weighed 200 kilograms from each family and kept them, and sold the rest.
He prepared a deed and had people sign, seal, and put their fingerprints on it to guarantee that they would not keep it privately.
"You all should be more capable. Don't think you are so smart. If anyone hides something, please let me know. Don't blame me for being rude. You can't stay in Liangjia Village anymore. It will be useless to beg me when the time comes."
"Give it all out! Ten cents a pound is a lot of money, and you should be content. Besides, there's still next year. If anything goes wrong and affects the village's chances of getting a plaque, I'll smash the house of whoever is responsible."
Liang Lizheng worked tirelessly to collect the money from every household, and no one dared to hide anything.
Even if someone had some thoughts about it, they were too scared to do it.
Although everyone knew after calming down that if they sold it on the market it would definitely fetch more than ten cents per pound, the plaque would definitely be gone, which meant the glory was gone.
And forget about the three-year tax exemption benefit.
When I think about it this way, the headman is right, honor is even more precious!
Make more money next year! Plant more next year!
Everyone asked each other questions, and the whole village was filled with joy.
"How much did your family sell?"
"My family only sold over 3,000 kilograms, not much."
"Alas, it's more than my family, and my family only weighs over 2,000 kilograms. I regret it so much!"
"Don't say that, that's not a small amount!"
"That's true, haha."
When talking about Xu Zhichun, the village head, Qi Tianzhuer and her aunt's families, everyone was envious.
Xu Zhichun has a total of about 67 acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the yield per acre is higher than others, estimated to be around 2,900 kilograms.
In addition to the money left for seeds and the money secretly left for Master Qin's family, a total profit of 1,960 taels was made.
After settling the bill with Shopkeeper Tang for tomatoes, strawberries, and extra ice jelly, she was paid a total of two hundred and seventy taels. Adding the profit from her recent stall sales, her family fortune now totaled a total of more than twenty-three thousand taels.
Not to mention the 300-acre farm.
This time, Liang Lizheng's family and Zhu'er's aunt's family each earned more than 500 taels of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Liang Lizheng and his wife were so happy that they gave money to everyone in the family. The first, second and third wives each received a huge sum of 20 taels for pocket money, and the grandchildren also received 2 taels each. Xiaoman was the eldest grandson, so he received 2 taels more. The whole family was filled with joy.
Aunt Zhu'er and Qi Tian were also very happy.
They were making a decent amount of money these days, but they had never seen a five-hundred-tael note before. Holding the thin, fluttering piece of paper in their hands, the two grinned and carefully examined it, unable to get enough of looking at and touching it.
Five hundred taels, including other income, it’s almost a thousand taels, right?
I never dared to think about it before, not even in my dreams.
Now it becomes a reality!
"We're going to build a big house, too, with big bricks and tiles. We're going to dig a well in the yard, too!"
"Yeah, let's make it like Zhichun's house and yard. We don't want it to be so big, but we want it to look like that. And, the furniture should be similar too."
"Okay, okay, hehe!"
Yang Xiaoan and Yang Ming, father and son, were thrilled, and Zeng Xiaojuan was both shocked and delighted. Qiao'er didn't quite understand, but since everyone in the family was happy, she was also delighted.
They listened to the advice and although they didn't have much land, they planted everything they could, leaving no corner untouched, even leaving no space in front or behind the yard.
Hard work pays off. Now I have earned more than 67.3 taels of silver. If nothing else, it is definitely enough to build a new house.
It can also be equipped with very nice furniture.
Every household in the village made a fortune, and the least they earned was about twenty taels.
I made twenty taels of silver just from the produce from such a small piece of land, which I never dared to imagine before.
Isn't this what everyone talks about when they meet?
Every household felt regretful, but when they got the money, it was heavy and they were happy again.
Chunfen's family also earned more than 30 taels, and they were originally very happy. But when Xu thought about the several hundred taels earned by the headman's family and Aunt Zhu'er's family, Xu felt unbalanced again.
"She said she treated Chunfen like a sister, but what good did she bring to our family? Why did she only let the village head's family and Aunt Zhu'er's family plant more and didn't tell our family? In the end, it seems she just despises our Chunfen for being a fool and doesn't care about her at all."
Chunfen was forced to stay at home, feeling listless every day. Upon hearing this, he looked up at Xu and said, "Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law Zhichun asked me to go home and plant more sweet potatoes. It was you who said that we didn't have enough land to plant many, and we also had to plant soybeans."
Xu was furious and said, "Nonsense! That's not true! When did you say that?"
Chunfen was startled and said aggrievedly: "I clearly remember it, I did say that."
Mrs. Xu couldn't hold back her anger and slapped her. "What do you mean? You're trying to say something that didn't happen. You're just trying to be mean and piss me off, right? Even if you can piss me off, we're not family! You remember? Ha, what can you possibly remember with your attitude?"
"I--"
"Okay, okay, Chunfen, stop talking now, don't make your sister-in-law angry, be good."
When Chunfen's mother saw this, she quickly tried to smooth things over.
Chunfen always listened to her mother, so when she heard her mother say that, she just said "oh" and shut up. But she felt very wronged, lowered her head and looked listless, feeling very uncomfortable.
Xu was even more furious and insisted on explaining things to Chunfen: "It was clearly you who misremembered it, yet you feel wronged? Who are you trying to show off to?"
Chunfen looked up at her, opened his mouth, turned around and walked away in anger.
Mrs. Xu was still angry, so Chunfen's mother tried to comfort her.
"She's a simpleton, stubborn girl. Don't pay any attention to her. Don't be angry. I'll ask her to apologize to you later."
Uncle Liang Da and Uncle Liang Er also sold more than 30 taels of silver and were very upset.
How did they know this thing was really so valuable?
Because this was something Xu Zhichun had obtained, they subconsciously resisted it, as if resistance would prove that Xu Zhichun was useless.
Therefore, they didn't plant seriously, didn't plant much, and didn't manage the crops after planting, as if managing them would be like bowing to Xu Zhichun.
I didn't expect that I would regret it so much when I sold it!
Zhang cursed and told everyone in the village that Xu Zhichun didn't take care of her family and planted more crops, so she planted less.
With the exception of a few, everyone else couldn't help but roll their eyes. "Are you three years old? How do you expect others to take care of you? Isn't it your own decision whether to plant and how much to plant? Can anyone force you to plant if you don't want to?"
Even when the village head and the Qi Tian family bought the land, they did not do it secretly. Everyone in the village knew about it, and the village head even asked everyone to open up more wasteland.
Some people just laughed it off, while others were tempted and tried to open up one or two acres, and are now making money!
Can anyone be blamed for this?
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