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When the villagers said the word "good thing" from the mouth of the clan elder, they didn't believe it at all.
For so many years, these clan elders have only been tyrannizing over the villagers, and have never done anything beneficial to the villagers.
The third master was not surprised when he saw that no villagers agreed, and continued: "I went to Jiumuxi two days ago and found that the fields there were a little dry and lacked water, so I decided to lead a canal from the river in the north to Jiu Mu West, in this way, people whose families own land in Jiu Mu West can benefit from it together, don’t you think this is a good thing?”
"Third Master, you called us all here to dig ditches?" a villager shouted from under the wooden platform.
The third master sitting on the wooden platform said with a smile: "This is something that will benefit the whole village. Don't you want to dig a canal leading to Jiumu West?"
"But our family has no farmland at all in Jiumuxi, and who doesn't know that Jiumuxi is your family's farmland? Even if we dig a canal, we won't be able to use it!" the villagers below shouted.
"nonsense!"
The third master's face sank, he stood up from his seat, walked to the edge of the wooden platform, looked at the villagers below, and said: "The farmers' association has divided the fields, and Jiumuxi is no longer my family's land. Zheng Third boy, is the land your family has been assigned to be located in Jiumu West?"
Under the wooden platform stood a skinny little man covered in patches.
I saw him saying with a grimace: "The land is divided, but you still have to pay the rent!"
"Wherever you go to farm without paying land rent, there will be no place in the entire Ming Dynasty where you will be allowed to farm without paying land rent." The third master retorted.
"But the land rent is too much!" Zheng Sanzi muttered in a low voice below.
The sound was not loud, and the third master on the wooden platform did not hear it.
The third master withdrew his gaze from Zheng San, looked down at the villagers under the wooden platform and said: "Although digging canals to the west of Jiumu will not benefit all the villagers in Zhengjia Village, today you have helped nine acres of people in our family." The villagers of Xitian will help you again next time, which is a good thing for everyone."
"Alright, let's all go home, pick up the guys, and go dig ditches in Jiumu West."
Photographed by the majesty of the clan elders, the villagers who did not dare to resist left reluctantly, while there were also villagers who lingered and stayed under the wooden platform.
When the third master saw these villagers who refused to leave, he said unhappily: "Everyone else has gone home to prepare tools, why don't you leave?"
"Third Master, our land is thirteen dou in the south of the village. Even if we dig canals in the west of the village, we won't be able to use it!" one of the villagers complained.
The third master's face sank when he heard this and said: "Didn't you hear what I just said? Fortunately, you are still a descendant of the Zheng family. Don't you know that you can't be so selfish? Besides, I also said that this time Dig canals in Jiumu West, and next time we will dig canals in other places. Sooner or later it will be Thirteen Dou's turn. Why are you anxious? Maybe it will be your turn next time,"
"Third Master, please be merciful. There have been severe droughts in the past two years, and the seedlings in the fields are dying. If I go to Jiumuxi to dig ditches, the seedlings in the field at home will have to watch them dry up. The whole family depends on this little thing in the ground to survive." The villagers cried to the elders on the wooden platform about the difficulties at home.
The third master said with a dark face: "You mean I forced your whole family to death?"
"No, no, I don't mean that. I just hope that the third master can be merciful and allow me to stay and water the seedlings in the field at home." The villager knelt down and begged.
Hearing this, the third master smiled slightly and said in a warm tone: "It's not that I don't want you to stay, but the Farmers Association doesn't allow you to just care about your own family. If you want to blame, just blame the Tiger Flag. They asked Zheng A farmers' association has been established in our village. Actually, I don't want you to dig ditches in Jiumu West, but I can only obey the orders of the farmers' association."
"Please Third Master, please take pity on me and let me go back!" The villagers knelt down and kowtowed and begged.
Seeing this, the third master's face turned serious and he said: "I have already said that it is the request of the Farmers' Association to let you dig ditches in Jiumu West. I don't care, Zheng Scaruan."
"Young one is here." The strong man standing not far away stepped forward.
The third master said to him: "If these untouchables dare to mess around here again and disobey the farmers' association's orders not to dig ditches in Jiumu West, their legs will be broken immediately."
"Don't worry, Third Master, I will definitely handle the matter smoothly." Zheng Scaru agreed.
When he turned around, he looked at the people under the wooden platform who refused to leave, and said with a ferocious smile: "I don't have the bodhisattva heart of the third master. If you don't go to Jiumuxi to dig canals, don't blame me. I’m not polite to you anymore.”
Zheng Scaran is a well-known scoundrel in Zhengjia Village. Taking advantage of his status as a thug in his hometown, he often bullies men and dominates women. He is hated by everyone in the village.
Now his identity has changed and he has become a peasant soldier of the peasant association.
Many villagers under the wooden platform were afraid of Zheng Scar's power and reluctantly chose to leave.
Soon a large area was cleared under the wooden platform.
"Why don't you leave? Do you think I won't dare to break your legs because you are a woman?" Zheng Scaru looked at a woman under the wooden platform fiercely.
All the surrounding villagers had almost left, but this woman had not left yet.
"Third Master." The woman knelt down facing the Third Master on the wooden platform and begged: "I beg you, please consider your friendship with the same clan and save my family from the errand of digging canals in Jiumu West!"
Seeing this, the third master on the wooden platform said quickly: "Get up, get up, it's really hard for you as a woman to dig canals. So, I allow you not to dig canals in Jiumu West."
"Thank you, Third Master, thank you, Third Master." The woman kowtowed gratefully.
Just listen to the third master say again: "Don't be too busy to thank me. Going to Jiumuxi to dig canals is a task assigned by the Farmers' Association. Everyone else has gone. It's hard to explain to others that your family won't go. However, I want to Your man is ill in bed and allows you to take out four hundred dollars and pay for your job of digging ditches."
"Four hundred dollars?" The woman looked bitter.
The man in the family was bedridden and needed medicine every day. The little savings the family had had long ago been replaced by good medicine to treat the disease. The family was already destitute and could not afford so much money.
The third master's face darkened and he said, "You're not even willing to pay, are you?"
"The man in my family is bedridden and he drinks soup and medicine every day. He has sold everything that can be sold at home, and he really can't come up with money! Please be kind to the third master!" The woman begged with a look of sorrow on her face.
Zheng Scaru jumped down from the wooden platform, walked up to the woman, and said condescendingly: "The third master has given you a chance, and if you don't cherish it, then go back home and wait to dig a ditch in Jiumu West." .”
"Please, Third Master, please be merciful. Please Third Master, please be merciful." The woman kept kowtowing to the Third Master on the wooden platform.
She knew that the third master was the one who could make the decision.
