Seeing that Zhang Juntou had no reaction, or that the reaction was not what he wanted, Xu Changshou repeated: "My mother-in-law is dead!"
Zhang Juntou frowned and looked over: "How many people are still alive in your family?"
Xu Changshou was probably frightened by the soldier's indifference and murmured: "My mother-in-law is dead. I can't eat well or sleep well these days. I..."
Zhang Jun slapped his head on the table: "Is there anyone at home who is out of breath? If you don't tell me, I won't keep the account book!"
Only then did Xu Changshou howl: "I'm telling you! Tell me, I just miss my mother-in-law... there are four people at home!"
Zhang Juntou motioned to the clerk next to him to start writing it down on the paper: "What is your name, how old you are, male or female, please tell me in detail! And the number of acres of land, find five people to testify for you!"
"Five people? Isn't it enough if someone can testify?" Xu Changshou was stunned. He only found Genbao's wife, who else did he need to find?
Zhang Juntou annoys him the most: "If there is no one to testify, just stand aside. Next one! Hurry up, are you so dilly-dallying that you can't walk with a puff of air between your legs?"
The next family is a stranded refugee, and we are now asking outsiders to start registration.
This household is simple, just a couple and two children, write down their names, ages, and previous addresses.
Xu Changshou was pushed to the side. His mind began to spin rapidly, and his eyes also looked at the group of people in the Xu family. Among the five people to testify, who should he look for?
Genbao's wife was hiding behind the crowd and was also listening. She was angry just now when she saw her man's coward, his mouth moving like a cow chewing grass while cursing.
While Yaozu's wife was standing with her, when she heard that her father-in-law wanted to testify, she quickly ran out from behind with Genbao's wife in hand: "Come on, come on! Genbao and the others are willing to testify."
Genbao's daughter-in-law stood in front of the crowd before she could regain her senses. She was a daughter-in-law who only knew how to be a quarrel. Her feet softened before she opened her mouth in front of others. However, thinking of her agreement with Xu Changshou, she still had to bite the bullet and said: "I, I prove it!"
When Zhang Jun saw Xu Changshou again, he looked over with a black face: "I said you can't understand human language? Five people, five! Do you have five heads or five butts!"
Genbao's daughter-in-law was moved. There were not only five people in her family, but she said it was as if there was no one in her family. She shouted to several members of her family: "Genbao! Mother, eldest brother, and sister-in-law, all come here!"
Xu Yaozu also pulled Xu Genbao out: "Here, please help me by saying a word. We are all one family. Don't let outsiders laugh at us."
This matter is really simple. The local people who were born and raised have been wandering around these fields for decades. Everyone knows which piece of land belongs to whose family, with just one sentence.
So Xu Gen, without thinking much, came over with his wife and children to help identify him.
When Xu Changshou saw that there were enough people, he immediately showed a flattering smile to Zhang Juntou: "Zhang Shichang, my family now has four people. In the past, there were more people, eight people in the family, and more land, so we can have enough food..."
When he saw Zhang Juntou knocking on the table again, he quickly said: "My land is beside the ditch, called Shuikou Tian, Huitouwan..."
He just announced two names, and Xu Genyou, who was just saying a few words, changed his expression.
Behind him, Xu Genbao, his mother Liu, and sister-in-law Tian all looked puzzled.
Neither of these two fields belongs to Xu Changshou's family. One is owned by the village chief Xu Maoping, and the other is owned by Xu Changgeng.
Needless to say, the land owned by the village chief's family is fertile farmland. Now that he has not returned from Yuzhou Prefecture, he only said that he would plant the land first.
It is difficult for people in the mountains to buy more land, and it is even more difficult to have good paddy fields.
Although Mr. Chang Geng's family sold things in exchange for money for medical treatment, the best piece of land was not sold.
Dazhu said that there are two brothers in the family. He fell and injured himself and already wiped out the family's wealth. No matter what, he must leave a good piece of land for his younger brother.
I can't cure my disease even with the extra three taels of silver. If I sell my land casually, Xiaoman won't even have food rations in the future.
Even if he dies, he will drag Xiaoman down, and he will not rest in peace even in the underworld.
So the family even sold Xiaomannai's paste for dyeing cloth, but kept the land.
This is something everyone knows. Now that they are on the mountain, they will definitely plant it.
Now Xu Changshou mentioned two pieces of land, that is, he wanted to take the opportunity to defraud the land deeds.
Xu Genyou reminded: "Master Changshou, you must have remembered it wrong! This field..."
"This field is mine now, Gen You, just nod your head to prove it!" Xu Yaozu immediately interrupted him.
Xu Genyou shook his head: "You can't do this. If Uncle Maoping and the others come back..."
Xu Changshou interrupted him again: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you want to farm, I will farm all my land for you from now on."
Zhang Juntou had already noticed something was wrong at this time: "Xu Changshou, do you want to play with me?"
Xu Changshou and his son quickly said: "No, Zhang Shichang, this guy remembered wrongly. The land belongs to my family. If you don't believe me, ask my nephew and wife."
Xu Changshou looked at Mrs. Liu, gritted his teeth and said: "My nephew and wife, your eldest son has a bad memory, you, an older person, should remember it!
Let me make it clear that those fields are mine. Zhang Shichang is a foreigner and does not know the twists and turns of our place. "
Mrs. Liu knew in her heart that her eldest son was right, those fields did not belong to Xu Changshou.
But the words "I want to farm all the land for you" and "Zhang Shichang is a foreigner" made her hesitate. Even if she helped the village chief, she was still farming other people's land. If the village chief came back, she would have to return it.
Moreover, Zhang Shichang was a foreigner and left after registering. He had to offend the Xu family for nothing.
As for Chang Gengbo’s land...
When she hesitated, Genbao's wife had already grabbed her man and said, "Genbao can testify, and I know it, because the land next to Shuikou Field belongs to my family."
This sentence made the eldest brother Xu Genyou even more confused. Whenever he added a piece of land to his family, it would obviously belong to someone else's family.
Xu Genbao saw his wife winking at him and blinking her eyes. He immediately understood and echoed: "Yes! Yes! Yes! That's what happened in those places. My wife and I can both testify."
Xu Yaozu patted Xu Genyou on the shoulder: "Look, Genbao remembers it, why are you still talking nonsense!"
The eldest brother Xu Genyou already knew what his younger brother wanted to do, and he almost lost his temper: he was helping Xu Yaozu take those fields as his own, and get a bone for himself.
Those fields belong to people from Xujia Village, and they might come back. If word spreads about occupying other people's fields, how will they have the dignity to live in this world in the future.
At this time, several other Xu family members had begun to whisper and looked at each other in a wrong way.
Xu Genyou was blushing, and regardless of what others thought, he yelled: "Genbao, don't break your conscience, and do things with dignity. Master Chang Geng and the others are still on the mountain."
Mrs. Liu also pointed at her daughter-in-law and was trembling with anger: "You have all these things in your mind. I really regret marrying a lazy person like you. You ruined a family, ruined three generations, and brought up my son." And you want to lead my grandson astray."
When Genbao saw that his eldest brother and mother were scolding him for losing his conscience, he immediately dared not speak out.
But his wife was anxious. Seeing that her plan failed, she sat down on the ground and began to cry loudly: "Why are you pretending to be serious? Since I married into your Xu family, I have not had enough to eat or keep warm every day.
We can support a family of ten people on that little land, and we all rely on my Genbao’s skills to make money.
Every time we cook some meat and put it on the table, the whole family eats it. The three of us are like starving ghosts. I have to fight for it even though I’m pregnant. It’s like I’m taking an advantage by eating a few more bites.
Now my son Lei also wants to grow taller. When will this day end? "
