The land distribution registration work of the Yan family village finally made progress. Once the clan fell..,
People were willing to come to the registration office one after another after the floating wealth was divided. Finally, it did not delay the autumn harvest.
Lin Daiyu was so busy that her feet did not touch the ground for a few days. These days..,
She fell asleep as soon as she returned to her residence..,
She did not even dream. She no longer tossed and turned in bed. Lin Ruoshan teased her that she dozed off on the table and even talked in her sleep. "Name!"
But in a few days..,
The land distribution work encountered a problem again.
In a village..,
There were always fertile fields and poor fields.
Everyone fought for the fertile fields. Barren fields were avoided like the plague.
But it was impossible for everyone to be given fertile fields. And the land distribution arranged by the rebel army..,
In order to make it easier for the farmers to farm, it was all connected pieces of land.
Although the rebel army tried their best to allocate..,
There were still a few farmers who sat unhappily at the entrance of the land registration office for several days because they were given the poor fields in the east of the village. They complained that it was unfair.
There was nothing they could do. After Lin Daiyu reported it..,
The rebel army was in charge of coordinating the land distribution..,
They quickly made adjustments again.
On this day..,
Yan Goudan walked to the registration office unhappily. Ever since he had been given the middle fields and a few low-grade poor fields, he had been giving the rebel army's land registration scholars a bad look.
"What are you doing calling me?" He sat down,
His feet were spread apart,
He was careless,
It involved the dissatisfaction of the land,
This young farmer with a scabby head had a violent temper to begin with,
Even to a beauty like Lin Daiyu..,
He did not give her any face at all.
"Your subsidy." Lin Daiyu gestured for him to take away an oiled paper bag on the table.
"What subsidy?" Yan Goudan weighed it,
It was heavy. He opened the oiled paper bag and found a copper coin inside. He immediately stared straight at it and held the copper coin in his hand. "This, this is for me?"
"Three mu of the land you were assigned is the low-grade poor fields in the east of the village, right?"
Yan Goudan hurriedly nodded. "How can I plant that?"
"In that case, this is your allowance. There were poor and rich fields. Not everyone could get what they wanted. Although we try our best to divide the good fields first, and the bad ones less. However, there would always be a portion of the spoiled fields that would be distributed to the villagers. However, the volunteer army was here to save the people from suffering. They could not let the villagers suffer any losses. Therefore, the Revolutionary Army has decided to compensate you according to the number of mu of land you have. Every year during the autumn harvest season, they would be given a subsidy of 500 copper coins per mu of land. Your family has been allocated two mu of low-grade farmland, so you'll be compensated accordingly. "
"In addition, the cattle and farming tools will be provided by the volunteer army. The three families shared two cows. He didn't want a single cent, and he wouldn't take it back. If they broke their farming tools or killed their cows, they would have to report it to the Revolutionary Army. We need to calculate the losses and redistribute them. "
Yan Goudan wasn't good at math since he was young. He could only count from one to one hundred when he was eight years old. With money, he counted with his fingers. Five strings of money could buy a calf. Now, cows and farm tools were free, and there was even a yearly subsidy.
Now, he only hated that his family didn't get a few mu of low-grade farmland! He suddenly jumped up. The simple table shook slightly from his jump. He patted his chest again. "There's no time for the precious cows. How can I break them? Don't worry, Bodhisattva Soldiers! "
Lin Daiyu smiled. "Bodhisattva Soldiers?"
Yan Goudan touched his head in embarrassment. "Hehe, it's what some poor brothers who don't have any land shouted after they were allocated the land. I … I … "He mumbled for a while, then his black face turned red. He rubbed his head, hugged the oiled paper bag, and ran away with a silly smile.
Lin Daiyu shook her head. She was stimulated by the pure joy of his smile. Because she had participated in exposing the clan, her mood had been low for the past few days after witnessing the tragedy. But now, she felt a little better.
Zhang Yilang had just returned from his shift. He gently shook off the rice that had gotten on his body when he helped the farmers harvest. The tall and slender young warrior with sharp eyes saw her sitting on the chair in a daze.
"Why is Mr. Lin so depressed for no reason? Why don't you go out for a walk? It's the autumn harvest season now. Our previous work delayed the harvest. Us brothers and sisters are helping the villagers harvest. It's a good season outside. The fields are golden and the sky is blue and clean. "
After so many years, Lin Daiyu still had the habit of being a young lady of a big family. She wasn't used to spending too much time with other men, and she was even less used to revealing her thoughts to men. But Zhang Yilang had helped her a lot in her work and had always been loyal to his duty. She also saw that he was younger than her by a year, so she gradually relaxed and was willing to talk more about her thoughts outside of work. She shook her head slightly, leaned against the back of the chair, and pinched the bridge of her nose. She sighed. "I've been feeling incredulous these past few days. I thought my maternal family was cruel enough. It's foul enough. Although I came up with half of the idea a few days ago when we were doing the inventory, those clan rules and family rules inadvertently stepped on the threshold of the ancestral hall will have one leg chopped off. In my heart, I really … How can people be so cruel? "
But Zhang Yilang smiled. He said to her, "Mr. Lin, the clan rules in the countryside are sometimes cruel to the extent that good people like you can't understand. When I was young, one of my playmates was caught and buried alive because he stole a piece of cake that was offered to the ancestors. "
Lin Daiyu immediately felt a chill run down her spine as she stared at him. But Zhang Yilang didn't seem to be joking at all. "These extremely unreasonable clan rules are actually just a black whip that hangs high up in the sky. They say that those who violate the clan rules will be punished, but in reality, those who don't submit to the clan rules will be punished. Most of the Yan clansmen who couldn't afford to pay for the ancestral hall were killed. But why did Yan Saburo die so tragically? Because he was stubborn. I heard from the villagers that he was the same as Yan Nan. He didn't pay the ancestral hall's tax for a day or two. "
When he was studying under Mr. Shou in the Revolutionary Army, he didn't understand why these landlords could be so cruel to their own clansmen.
Mr. Shou told him about some of the extremely cruel acts that the rulers of many villages showed. For example, when the farmers were starving and dug out a few melons from their fields to eat, they would call this action of the starving farmers a rebellion and punish them with capital punishment such as gouging out their eyes, burying them alive, and sinking them into the river.
The seemingly unreasonable and unreasonable rules were actually just to maintain their own rule in the village. They set the hierarchy and used it to intimidate the farmers. With such a cruel excuse, they could freely persecute those who resisted and kill those who were not "obedient" to them.
Lin Daiyu was silent for a moment. With her intelligence, she could understand everything with just a little bit. Inadvertently, she thought of the shocking murder case in Jiaxing that she read about in South Xunan's tabloid.
At that moment, she understood Rakshasa's intention.
"No wonder, no wonder … If you want to break the clan rules, you have to break the rules of etiquette first …"
She put her finger on her lips and bit it. Suddenly, she was happy. Her mind was clear.
Zhang Yilang looked at her affectionate eyes and felt relieved for a moment. He was also happy. His sharp eyes softened.
Suddenly, a weak female voice came from outside the door. "Let go of me! Let go of me! "
Another exasperated voice said, "You … Ouch! I asked you to come here to distribute the land and money, and you hit me! You're so beautiful, but you're so unreasonable! "
Zhang Yilang and Lin Daiyu, who was immersed in her thoughts, were shocked.
Bang! Someone bumped into the simple wooden door. She didn't care about this sudden bump and stumbled. She still wanted to rush out of the registration office, but she was immediately pulled back by a blue silk cloth.
Blue Silk saw that Lin Daiyu was looking at him. His face turned red and he stuttered, "It's … it's Commander Li who asked me to come and visit you. I … I saw this girl sneaking around at the entrance of the village, so I brought her back … "
Lin Daiyu stared at the person in his hand. Who else could it be? It turned out to be the Yan Village's legitimate daughter whom she had met several times.
Zhang Yilang walked over and took the person in his hand. Blue Silk glanced at Zhang Yilang. His face turned red and then white. He said embarrassedly, "Commander, wait for my reply. Sir, I'll go back first."
Yan Furong also saw clearly who the young girl sitting in the room was.
She froze. The overly vigorous struggle stopped.
She acted as if she was facing a formidable enemy. She first shrank back, but then, as if she was reacting, she immediately tidied up her hair and tried her best to maintain a graceful bearing. She assumed that she possessed the reserved and arrogant demeanor of a young lady from a prominent family. She leisurely walked through the door and gracefully bowed.
"My daughter, Yan Furong. Mr. Xiaoxiang, you should have met before … "
"You deserve four acres of prime land. Twenty taels of floating wealth. "Lin Daiyu didn't even need to flip through the book. She knew the number in her heart and directly said it.
Yan Furong was stunned for a moment. She thought this was some new torture trick. Even though she was scared, she still gritted her teeth and tried to maintain her dignity in front of this humiliation. "My daughter, Yan Furong. Minister Yan is my Yan …"
"I recognize you. You're a native of Yan Village. Female, sixteen years old this year. As an adult, you can get four acres of prime land and twenty taels of floating wealth … "
"A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated. If you want to kill me, then kill me!"
Lin Daiyu finally stopped for a moment. She was a bit surprised and looked at her in amusement.
"Why should I kill you?"
Yan Furong finally found an opportunity. She gritted her teeth and said softly, "My father, Minister Yan, is the most famous villager in this area. My family has always been famous. You seized my family. As a child, I shouldn't drag out an ignoble existence. After my uncle died, I crossed the line without permission. It's even more unbearable. Now that I'm dying here, I can go to the Yellow Springs and report to my parents. "
"There's no need."
This time, the one who spoke wasn't the extremely beautiful and solemn "Mr. Xiaoxiang". Instead, it was the "short-haired thief" youth beside her.
"Your parents and brothers all have blood debts. Although you come from such a family and are supported by the blood and sweat of the poor. However, you don't have a blood debt. "
"The rebel army only wants to let all the farmers in the world have their own land. As long as you don't obstruct our goal, then, including you, you should also have your own land. In fact, if it wasn't for your uncle and father's blood debt, they would have gotten their own share of the land. We're only against your family as aristocrats, not your family as ordinary people. Therefore, not only will we not kill you, we'll even give you land. Floating wealth. "
Yan Furong suddenly looked up.
.....
In the end, when Yan Furong came out of the thatched cottage, she was still feeling slightly dizzy.
She held the land distribution certificate and a small bag of twenty taels of silver in her hand. She looked at the golden rice fields in the village in the distance, as well as the farmers who were fighting to harvest the grain and the "short-haired thief" who helped the farmers to harvest the grain. She felt like she was falling into a cloud of smoke.
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