Qiao Laosan has an amiable and wrinkled face and looks completely harmless.
But everyone in the village will know that this Qiao Laosan is not a good person, and has done many bad things after following the Zhang family.
The old Li family at the west end of the village could not afford to pay the rent a few years ago. Qiao Laosan and his men forcibly kidnapped the daughter of the old Li family and reportedly sold her to Yicui Pavilion in the county town.
In short, there is a saying circulating in the village: "I would rather have the King of Hell come to my door than Qiao San."
"Hey, I mean, why are there magpies chirping when I wake up in the morning? It turns out it's Mr. Qiao who comes to the door. There are few visitors."
Fang Xiaoyue welcomed Qiao Laosan into the door with a smile.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Qiao Laosan said his intention: "Shangui, every family is in a recession this year, and Mr. Zhang's family has no surplus food. Do you think we should clear out the accounts at the beginning of the year first?
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Fang Xiaoyue thought about it and remembered that she did borrow some grain from Landlord Zhang at the beginning of the year, but the agreement was that it would be repaid together with the rent after the autumn harvest.
Thinking of this, he smiled and made the agreement.
And Qiao Laosan chuckled: "Master Zhang is also a kind person, and he can't bear to see you suffer. He said before he came here that the interest does not need to be repaid, only the principal will be repaid. In addition, the fields will be taken back after the autumn harvest. This year's rent will be paid back."
I’ll give it to you.”
Qiao Laosan's words are definitely a trump card for the tenants in the village.
Don't look at what he says nicely, such as no interest, rent-free and so on.
But if we really do this, the tenant family will probably starve to death.
The most important thing here is to take back the fields!
Tenants do not have their own land and can only rent a field from the landlord's family. Once the land cannot be rented, there will be no output and the whole family will starve to death.
Therefore, when those tenants in the past heard this, they were all trembling with fear, and immediately knelt down to Qiao Laosan and begged for forgiveness.
But what Qiao Laosan never expected was that Cui Shangui didn't know what kind of evil medicine he had taken. After hearing what he said, he happily agreed, took out a bag of grain from the back room, and took the food in his hand.
The IOU was collected!
When Qiao Laosan left Cui Shangui's house and returned to Landlord Zhang's yard, he was a little confused. What had happened to him?
Not to mention how Qiao Laosan explained to Landlord Zhang after he returned, Fang Xiaoyue just settled the debt and felt refreshed, as if a major event had been settled.
In fact, this is not Fang Xiaoyue's feeling, but the feeling Cui Shangui's body brings to him.
This is not surprising. In Cui Shangui's memory, the debts owed by Landlord Zhang's family weighed on him for a long time, making him feel uncomfortable sleeping at night.
It's fine now, the debt has been settled.
Although the fields will be taken back after the autumn harvest.
But Fang Xiaoyue was not worried at all.
Isn’t it nice to eat meat every day? After another five months, you can almost dig clay pots, and then go directly to the county town to start a new chapter.
Not to mention that after Qiao Laosan returned, he was scolded by Landlord Zhang. It was just that during the following period, Fang Xiaoyue did not even go to Xiaomu Mountain, except for occasionally going out to find some seasonings.
No way, a whole 500-jin wild boar, excluding the bones, has at least more than 300 kilograms of meat, which is enough to eat for a long time.
As for food, it is enough to exchange it for meat once a week.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Fang Xiaoyue didn't even think about selling meat or anything.
However, before a week was up, trouble still came.
The sun had just set and the sky was getting dark. Fang Xiaoyue and her daughter Cui Xiaoying were sitting in the main room enjoying a sumptuous dinner.
As a result, I heard someone knocking hard on the courtyard door, and the bang-bang-bang sound was as if the entire wooden door was about to be smashed down.
It sounds extremely unpleasant.
"Don't knock, knock the ghost, who is it?!"
Fang Xiaoyue walked over with some dissatisfaction and shouted.
In fact, through Zhu Hengheng, he had already smelled four people standing outside the courtyard gate, one of whom was Qiao Laosan. He could never forget the smell.
The remaining three were covered in sweat and smelled like they hadn't showered in several days.
During this month, Fang Xiaoyue ate meat every day, practiced boxing and meditated every day, and did not waste any time. Therefore, although the integration of her soul and body was very slow in this plane, this month passed
, but his body is already close to the peak of human beings!
Under a physical condition that is close to the peak of human beings, Fang Xiaoyue is able to dominate the countryside with Xingyiquan alone, not to mention anything else.
Just think about it and you will know how terrifying it is that a great master who has practiced boxing all his life is still in the same state as when he was young and at his peak!
As soon as the courtyard door was opened, Fang Xiaoyue immediately took a step back to avoid Qiao Laosan's flying slap.
That's right, Qiao Laosan came here very aggressively this time. As soon as the courtyard door opened, he slapped Fang Xiaoyue in the face, trying to knock Fang Xiaoyue's momentum away immediately.
But what he didn't expect was that the other party actually avoided it.
But this made him even more angry.
"I wonder what Mr. Qiao wants to do when he comes here this time."
Fang Xiaoyue opened her mouth, and a mouthful of meaty burps came out, which made Qiao Laosan and the others feel a little bit envious while feeling disgusted.
I am so!
This mud-legged guy actually burps after eating meat! This is simply unjust!
"Cui Shangui! You are in big trouble!"
Qiao Laosan took the lead and shouted sternly.
In the past, when farmers heard this, they would immediately tremble with fright, and then ask fearfully what happened.
But Fang Xiaoyue's expression didn't change at all, and she raised her eyebrows, signaling Qiao Laosan to hurry up and say, don't delay eating meat.
Well, the reason why he is like this now is because he thought of a problem.
Although the main mission does not allow you to do some things in advance, such as digging clay pots, harming Huo Zhishan, etc.
But this does not mean that if others offend you, you cannot retaliate.
To be honest, Fang Xiaoyue's hands are really itchy after squatting in the yard every day eating meat, practicing boxing, and meditating.
"This is Ding Yamen from the township office!"
Seeing that he could not scare Cui Shangui, Qiao Laosan turned red and was embarrassed to continue, so he simply introduced the patron he had invited.
Obviously, the thin man wearing the uniform of a former government official was the so-called Ding Yamen. Behind him were two young men holding whistle sticks. Although they were both a bit ugly, they were not ordinary farmers who dared to ignore them.
It can be said that this township office is actually one of the new dynasty systems established by provincial governors, military governors, and provincial chairmen in order to consolidate power within their own spheres of influence after the fall of the previous dynasty.