Old man Qi walked around to the back and took a look. The bones of both hands were still buried in the wall and he couldn't see clearly, but he could vaguely see a small piece of gray cloth-like material on the wrist bones.
He made a 'hiss' sound and felt the hairs on his back stand up.
"This is definitely an unjust death." And he died so tragically, how much resentment must he have after his death?
Gao Dayou also nodded with deep understanding: "This corpse should be that of a woman. She is young. I can't tell anything else. I need my father to come and take a look. I have already asked someone to call him."
When looking at corpses, Old Man Qi did not let Qi Bao'er come in with him, but asked her to walk around to see if she would find anything.
Just like Piaozai can occasionally come out during the day, maybe the owner of this corpse can too.
But unfortunately, Qi Bao'er slipped around for a long time and didn't see anything. However, when she ran to the foot of the mountain, she met a stupid rabbit and carried it back, so it was not without gain.
By the time we arrived at the broken house, Doctor Gao had already been here for a while and had already done a preliminary inspection.
"I can't tell you the specifics. I can only tell a few things. She was a woman between fifteen and twenty years old. She had given birth to a child. As for how she died, I can't tell."
After speaking, he glared at his son, he is a doctor, not a doctor.
Old man Qi said to Gao Dayou: "Let people stay here and don't touch any place here before the government officials come, and don't let people get close to see it."
If the villagers see this, how can they live in peace of mind?
"Uncle Lu, don't worry, the people in our security team are all strict-mouthed."
"Um."
Old Qi didn't look good when he came out. When he saw Qi Bao'er waiting outside, he just reluctantly raised the corner of his mouth.
Qi Bao'er didn't say anything, just let him lead her towards the village.
Doctor Gao also followed, "Old Qitou, I think it's useless to report this matter to the official."
Just now, old man Qi had asked Erniu to take two people into the city to report to the official.
"How to say?"
Doctor Gao came closer and said, "The children don't understand, so I don't believe that you old man didn't see it, but what else can we do besides admitting it?"
Is it possible that we can still challenge the government and arrange a place to settle down?
Old man Qi let out a long sigh and nodded heavily.
"But this is a murder case. It's their business to ignore it. If we find out, we can't pretend we didn't see it."
Doctor Gao also sighed after hearing this, and said nothing again.
In the evening, Qi Kang'an and Er Niu came back together, accompanied by two government officials and a middle-aged man wearing a long gown.
The two yamen officials were acquaintances, one was the head of the criminal yamen who sent them here yesterday, and the other was the young man who also sent them here yesterday.
Xinli Zhengqi Kaishan accompanied the government officials and the others to the village and then went to the broken house. Qi Kangan did not go together, but separated at the entrance of the village. He went home directly.
Mrs. Tian was adding firewood to steam steamed buns. She heard footsteps and raised her eyes. When she saw the eldest son coming back, she hurriedly asked, "How are things going?"
Qi Kang'an, who had an ugly face at first, immediately grinned with big white teeth and said, "The government has already recorded your mother, and the documents are also at Master Kaishan. The land surrounding our village is not small, and there are many fields.
Also, mother, we receive relief food, calculated on a per capita basis, one pound of corn per person per day."
Mrs. Tian was so happy that she clasped her hands and bowed to the sky several times, "God bless me, God bless me."
Not only do I have a place to live, but I also receive relief food. Oh, it’s really,,,
One pound per person, grind it into powder, and add some wild vegetables from the mountain to add to it, so you don't have to worry about anyone starving to death.
Qi Kang'an reached out and took out a steamed bun from the steamed drawer next to it, "Mom, let's prepare some more dishes for tonight. The head of the Xing Yamen is also here. I guess he will eat at our house tonight."
Although she didn’t understand what Xing Yatou was doing in their village at this time, Mrs. Tian didn’t ask, “Okay, I’ll go to Guaguai’s place to get another piece of meat. Sanlang and the others dug a lot of potatoes at the foot of the back mountain.
Come and eat some meat."
"become."
In the end, the first few people in the Xing Yamen did not eat the meal. After the three people dug out the complete skeleton, they hurriedly left with the skeleton.
Instead, Qi Kaishan brought the crying old man to share the meal.
"There are about 500 acres of fertile farmland in total, more than 100 acres near the river bank, and the rest is in Dongbo, Houshan. The medium farmland has more than 2,000 acres. There is not much water in the lower-grade farmland. Master Cao said that we can also open up other wasteland.
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Old man Qi: "Should the land be divided or purchased?" This is very important.
It is probably impossible to divide it directly, and the imperial court is too generous, but if it is bought, not many in their village can afford it.
Qi Kaishan glanced at the old man Qi, and his meaning was clear: ‘Why are you so embarrassed?’.
"Of course I want to buy it, but the court also takes into account that we can't afford it now, so we can rent it for the time being, but it can only be rented for a maximum of three years."
Qi Kaishan didn't need anyone else to ask, so he continued: "Buy first, and let those with money buy first. If there is anything left after buying, use it to rent.
Because the village has been abandoned for almost five years, and part of the farmland can no longer be considered fertile, the court has given it grace. Whether it is purchased or rented, it will be tax-free for three years starting from next year.
After three years, the renter will be taxed double."
Everyone at the table fell silent. Tian Rui from Qilin Country said: Good and middle-grade fields are both 20%, and inferior fields are 10%.
An acre of fertile land can only yield three to four hundred kilograms. If it were doubled, how much would be left?
However, being tax-free for three years is really a great blessing.
But there is a more important issue. None of them have seen the fields yet, and no one knows the specific situation. However, according to Qi Kaishan, the court still divides the fields in their village according to the grade level of five years ago.
, rather than re-surveying and then re-grading.
This is very detrimental to them. Who knows what has become of the fields that have not been taken care of for five years?
Perhaps the lower-grade fields have become wasteland, and the good fields have become inferior fields if they are not properly repaired.
Qi Kaishan sighed and said: "What I mean is, there is no rush whether to buy it or not. It's still early for spring plowing, so let's make arrangements for where to live first."
Old man Qi: "Yes, is there anything to say about building a house?"
“It’s pretty much the same as we used to.” Most of the decision-making power still lies with the village.
"That's good." This is good news, at least they all have experience in this.
There is basically nothing to talk about. As for the skeleton, there are a bunch of women and children next to the dinner table. Neither Qi Kaishan nor Old Man Qi intends to talk about it now.
However, after the old man Qi sent the old man and Qi Kaishan back to the mountain after dinner, he went directly back to the house. It was obvious that he was not prepared to talk about this matter with the rest of the family at all.
There are four simple beds set up in the master bedroom. How simple are they? The four legs are four stones of about the same size, and then a wooden board is laid on top, and hay is spread on the wooden board, and a straw mat is spread on the hay.
, done.
Now they can make do with anything. Besides, this is much better than sleeping in the snow on the road.
Qi Kang'an was lying on the bed in front of the window and had fallen into a deep sleep, but he didn't seem to be sleeping peacefully. His brows were wrinkled and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.