He turned his gaze to the village head and the farmer, his expression encouraging and firm.
The farmer didn't stop the peasant woman anymore, he smiled bitterly and said, "You will suffer if you follow me. I have been a coward all my life. How can I let your wife come forward at this time?" He turned and knelt down and kowtowed three times.
His eyes were red and his voice was mute, "Let the girl make the decision."
This kind of kowtow is really hard to guard against. It has become a habit in the bones. To correct it, you have to take your time. She sighed and had to help him up again. She said warmly, "Don't be afraid. I will definitely protect you today. Follow me." Come."
The people around him followed silently, and a group of people walked toward the grain drying field.
"It's bad! The boss, those untouchables actually dared to go to the girl to complain, and now everyone is gathered together!"
Ms. Cao hurriedly opened the curtain and yelled at Cao Youxin, who was still sleeping.
"Master! Wake up, wake up, if you don't get up, you're going to rebel."
Cao Youxin was sleeping soundly, but the thunderous explosion made him jump up and ask, "What did you say?"
Mrs. Cao cried and cried all over the place.
He was surprised, "The girl went to the fields? She stayed there for a long time?"
What is a noble girl going to see in the fields, watching clay legs planting rice seedlings?
"Where is the time to care about this now? If you don't go, I'm afraid something will really happen."
As soon as Cao Youxin put on his shoes and socks, he said slowly and leisurely, "What are you afraid of? I have been the owner of this manor for twenty years. She is just a girl who ran away with someone. Go get the account book."
Picking his teeth, Shi Shiran walked to the fields.
I was shocked for a moment by the sight in front of me.
All the farmers were not working in the fields, but gathered in groups in the grain drying field, cooking meat and roasting white flour cakes to eat.
His mind was full of questions, and he wanted to ask where the food came from.
But before that, he wanted to see what the fuss was about.
This kind of favor method was too shallow. He sneered. She was indeed a girl from a noble family, but she naively thought that she could win people's hearts in this way.
During the years of disaster, these untouchables did not go to the big households in the city to give out porridge and food. But who would really be grateful? These untouchables would only dislike the fact that the porridge was too thin and the food was too little.
Some dealers noticed Cao Youxin's arrival. They passed the news to each other and exchanged glances. The lively scene soon cooled down.
"The meat here is cooked. Come and share."
Xie Miaoxuan ignored Cao Youxin and gave the meat to the farmer who was waiting with lotus leaves rolled into bowls.
Cao Youxin watched from the side for a while, and when he saw that she didn't think he existed at all, he walked up to her with a smile on his face.
"Girl." He cupped his hands and pointed to the food piled on the ground that had not yet been cooked. "You can just let the younger one do this kind of thing. Let the younger one distribute the food. I'm used to this job." Okay, the sun is very hot now, so why don’t you go back to the courtyard to rest first.”
Xie Miaoxuan opened the hand he extended with a spoon, "Cao Zhuzhuangtou came just in time. I was just going to ask you, have you brought your account books?"
"Bring it, bring it."
"Bring it here."
Xie Miaoxuan handed over the task of dividing the meat to Daniel, and opened the account book to check it out.
The accounts are smooth and well done, that is, the surplus is either negative or just breaks even.
Xie Miaoxuan flicked the corner of the page and curled his lips, "Cao Zhuangtou, these accounts are really neat."
Cao Youxin smiled and agreed. This is what I should do.
The half smile on Xie Miaoxuan's lips looked like a naughty child who was overjoyed.
"However, I am also a little curious. Why is it that among the dozens of manors near the suburbs of Beijing, my Xie family estate has the most difficult life? However, my Xie family estate has the second largest amount of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing. The annual output is so How low?”
"The girl doesn't know something. You haven't seen the actual situation of other manors in the suburbs of Beijing. This kind of hearsay is not credible. This amount cannot be more accurate. I am also familiar with the owners of the manors near the suburbs of Beijing. If you don't believe it, , I can call all the village leaders around me to come over and explain it in detail, everyone is like this."
He dragged the nearest banker to him and said, "Tell me! Did you talk nonsense with the girl and instigate her?"
A fierce light shot out from his eyes, and the farmer who was pulled away shivered in fright, and the meat he had just obtained fell to the ground with a clatter.
"It's not me, it's not me."
Cao Youxin threw away the collar he was holding, and the farmer quickly picked up the meat on the ground with great care, patted the dust on it, hid aside and ate it hungrily, as if he was afraid that someone would compete with him for food next moment.
Xie Miaoxuan's eyes dimmed and he remained calm.
"Who is slandering me and standing up to confront me?" Cao Youxin looked around, and wherever his stern eyes swept, everyone lowered their heads.
"Look, girl, they are all talking nonsense. You believed the rumors and ruined my innocence."
Xie Miaoxuan watched him act, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he interrupted his show of force, "Okay, I remember I told you this morning that I don't like watching big dramas."
She patted her hands twice and said, "Bring the things up."
"yes!"
A dozen vigorous men, each carrying two large sacks on his shoulders, walked through the crowd and walked to the center of the field. About twenty bags of one hundred kilograms of grain were smashed to the ground with a dull bang, "Girl, these are the subordinates who are here." The grain found in the cellar, there are nearly a thousand sacks like this in the cellar. And there are more than ten cellars like this."
Cao Youxin looked at the sack and carefully identified it, and then suddenly realized that these grains were all the grains he had moved from the main courtyard to the cellar, so...the grains she distributed to everyone...
It's all his!
Xie Miaoxuan looked at his green eyes that were starting to glow, threw the account book to the ground, walked over, opened the mouth of the grain bag with a dagger, grabbed a handful of rice, and said in a cold voice, "These are all new rice. Cao Youxin, tell me where this Wandan grain comes from!"
The new rice is harvested from the geographical point of view and does not last more than a year. Calculated based on the yield of one acre of land, even if it is only eighty kilograms, after deducting the loss and the part kept by the farmer for himself, there is just about ten thousand days left.
After thinking for a while, Xie Miaoxuan had the answer in his mind.
Why is it all new rice and no old rice? He should have sold all the old rice. Before the troubled times came, this was the last good year. Food was not in such short supply as in later generations. The selling price now depends on If the market moves, you should wait for a good price to make a move. There is no time to make a move now.
Tell her to catch the current one.
"Why!"
Cao Youxin's face darkened when he saw Xinmi, and he could hardly hide the fierce look in his eyes when he looked at Xie Miaoxuan.
She actually secretly asked people to explore and search the manor!
He turned his eyes a few times, and finally suppressed the evil fire in his heart, and said, "I was born and raised here since I was a child, and the three elders in the village have watched me grow up, and they are somewhat popular." Qing, this year's grain is not easy to sell, and they have nowhere to store it. Knowing that I have land here to store grain, they begged me to store it for a while, and I also asked the girl not to treat the grain as her own."
