When Chen Yu came back, a formation was set up in his yard.
The long bench was full of people, and Zheng Yue'e placed a table and a chair at the front. On the table were a box containing the deed and an account book.
"Hello, Second Grandma."
"Hello, second aunt."
Seeing Chen Yu and others, they all stood up, and the greetings came one after another. Chen Yu sat on the chair with a smile: "Everyone, please sit down. I originally wanted to invite everyone over, but I was busy with family matters.
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Su Shaoli moved a small bench and sat next to it.
After all these people sat down, Chen Yu added: "Last year, I tested whether corn seeds would work, and the effect was pretty good. This year, every household has taken back their land for cultivation, so there is one more choice. It is also my way of repaying everyone."
The kindness of the past is over."
Su Shaoli lowered his eyes, grandma was trying to silence these people, I learned.
"Whoever comes to the house in a while will bring the deed. Let's destroy the two deeds together and forget about it." Chen Yu looked around and found an inconspicuous person sitting at the back.
Su Yiju from his hometown.
This man rarely showed up. Su Yuantai and Suboda didn't come today, and even Su Deyan didn't come. Instead, he came.
Chen Yu whispered a few words to Zheng Yuee.
Zheng Yue'e opened the box containing the deed and compared it with the account book: "Su Changwang, three acres of land by the river and two acres of land south of the village, one deed."
After his name was called, Su Changwang stood up and handed the deed to Zheng Yuee's hand.
After checking it, Zheng Yue'e handed over the account book: "Please put your thumbprint here."
"Why do you need to press fingerprints? I can't read." Su Changwang said nervously.
Zheng Yue'e smiled: "Brother Changwang, our land can be rented for one year or several years. After pressing fingerprints, we will clear the accounts for both parties. Don't worry. If you are illiterate, ask someone who is literate to come over and take a look. No.
urgent."
Su Changwang shook his head in embarrassment: "Okay, I trust the second aunt."
After pressing his fingerprints, Zheng Yue'e tore up the deed in front of him. Su Changwang felt strange and did not leave. Instead, he went back to where he was sitting and sat down again.
Chen Yu was silent, and no one said anything. There was only the sound of Zheng Yue'e calling the names and tearing up the deed.
"Su Changlin." Zheng Yue'e called the name.
Su Changlin came over with the deed and walked up to Chen Yu: "Second Grandma, our house was sold for three years."
"It's okay. You just need to get the land back and return the remaining two years' rent money." Chen Yu said cheerfully.
Su Changlin's face turned red: "Second Grandma, let your family farm this land for another two years. The family has spent money on renting the land and cannot make up the money."
"That's it." Chen Yu thought for a while and asked: "Does Chang Lin want to farm? If he wants to farm, he will make money after spending the money. Just write an IOU to your second aunt and look back in autumn.
No interest will be charged for repayment.”
Su Changlin wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. With so many people looking at him, he didn't know what to do. He stuttered for a long time and stamped his feet: "This won't work, we don't plant. Second Grandma, what else will your family do?"
Can I plant it for two years?"
It would make a man in his thirties cry.
Chen Yu nodded: "Okay, you have collected the deed. Whenever you want to farm, just come and tell me."
Su Changlin felt relieved and quickly stuffed the deed into his arms. He was afraid that Chen Yu would change his mind again, but he didn't leave and went back to his seat to sit down.
These people could hear it clearly. Anyone who was not angry with Su Yuantai wanted to go to Su Yuantai to settle the score. They were all fine, but they had to jump up and down to make a fuss. After all, not all of them had sold their land for three years like Su Changlin.
"Second Grandma, can I sell my house for another two years?" someone asked.
Chen Yu shook his head: "No, the land is fragmented and difficult to manage, and there aren't that many people in the family working in the fields."
The refusal was swift, and the implication was that there was no chance of doing any part-time work anymore.
There are more and more people with different thoughts.
At this time, Liang Ziqian's carriage arrived at the door of Su's house. The carriage behind it was much larger than Liang Ziqian's carriage. Guards with swords rode tall horses slowly towards the Su's house. The battle could make Sujiazhuang
Everyone was stunned, men, women, old and young followed at a distance.
The book boy was carrying a gift, and the coachman came to call the door.
Su Shaoli ran quickly to open the door and ran back to Chen Yu and said, "Grandma, the county magistrate is here, and he has brought several people with him."
This shocked the villagers.
The Su family didn't care, but how many people in Sujiazhuang could meet the county magistrate casually? In their eyes, the county magistrate was a senior official. The county magistrate was at the door and they couldn't go out. Suddenly everyone was confused.
stood up.
Chen Yu went to the door. When the door opened, Su Ziqian stepped forward and held his hand: "Mrs. Su, the imperial envoy insists on coming to the door immediately. Ziqian doesn't care about etiquette, Haihan."
"I don't dare, please hurry up." Chen Yu said.
Su Ziqian shook his head and lowered his voice to remind Chen Yu: "No, we must quickly set up an incense table and receive the order."
Chen Yu felt a little numb now, and whispered: "Let the villagers go back first, the family is dealing with something, I will arrange to go down to receive the order, is that possible?"
"Okay." Su Ziqian asked Chen Yu to make arrangements, then turned back to the carriage door and whispered a few words through the curtain.
Here, all the villagers slipped out of the yard and were stunned when they saw the guards riding tall horses.
Su Yiju was also in the crowd. He walked not far away and stopped, looking at the door of Su's house.
Everyone in the Su family hurriedly opened up and set up an incense table at the gate. Except for Li Xiuying, who couldn't get out of bed during her confinement, everyone came to the gate. Chen Yu stood at the front, with several sons behind him. Behind the son was the grandson, and behind the grandson were the sons.
The wives and girls fell to their knees in large numbers.
The curtain of the carriage was raised, and the man in purple robe and jade belt got out of the carriage. He first looked at the door of the Su family and the kneeling people. With a hint of admiration in his eyes, he walked to the incense table holding the imperial edict with a bright yellow embroidered dragon.
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Su Ziqian and the guards all knelt down. The people behind him turned around and ran away timidly. After thinking about it, they ran back and stood on tiptoes to look over. There were no people in the remote village whose families lasted for several generations.
I've seen what this is for.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: The Su Chen family in Sujiazhuang, Qingniu County, donated grain to grow corn. The merit is now and the benefit will be in the future. It should be commended... He is specially named the Lord of the Pearl Township, with three crowns of pearls and emeralds, and red alum.
Great shirt, dark blue silk silk, gold embroidered peacock jacket, gold embroidered magpie and wen Xia Pei. Two horses, two saddles, an annual salary of forty taels, and 40 dendrobiums of rice to show the emperor's favor. I admire this."
This voice was so powerful that it struck everyone's heart like a bell, even Chen Yu himself was stunned.
The person who read out the imperial edict was about sixty years old. He closed the edict and looked at Chen Yu, and reminded him loudly: "Mr. Mingzhu Township, why don't you quickly accept the edict and express your gratitude?"
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor." Chen Yu quickly kowtowed to express gratitude, regardless of whether the etiquette was correct or not. The Su family also kowtowed to express gratitude.
Among the onlookers, Su Yuantai fell to the ground with his feet weak, wishing he could hit him to death. Who had he offended?
Note: The titles and rewards here are all fictitious. The information is compiled with reference to Du Niang, so don’t take it too seriously.