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Seeing that the woman was kowtowing and not leaving, Zheng Scaran's face darkened and he cursed: "Get out of here, get out of here, if you continue to struggle here, I will break your legs right now and let you accompany that damn man of yours." To keep company.”
The woman who was pleading choked in her mouth and looked at Zheng Scaru in panic.
Zheng Scaru was a thug in her family. She often broke other people's legs in the past. As a woman, she was naturally frightened.
"That's all." The third master who came down from the wooden platform came over and said with his hands behind his back, "Your family is also pitiful. Let's do this. You don't have to pay for it."
"Thank you, old master, thank you, old master." The woman kowtowed to him excitedly.
Zheng Scaru, who was next to him, said: "Third Master, you take too good care of their family. Even those who are in trouble in the village don't know about their family. If other families know that their family doesn't need anyone to dig canals in Jiumu West, I'm afraid it will be a problem." unwilling."
The woman suddenly became nervous.
"Nonsense. Since I have promised, master, there is no way I can go back on my word. If anyone is unconvinced, just ask them to come to me." The third master glared at Zheng Scar.
The woman relaxed after hearing this.
Zheng Scaran turned to the woman and said, "It means that the third master has a kind heart and doesn't want to see a poor person like you. Otherwise, you would have to dig ditches in Jiumu West today."
"Thank you, old master, thank you, old master, for kowtowing to you." The woman touched her head to the ground and kowtowed to the third master again and again.
The third master waved his hand and said: "Get up! It's cold on the ground. We can't force your family to death just to dig a ditch. Okay, go back. Remember to send Erya to my yard. Today's matter is over." "
The woman kneeling on the ground was stunned when she heard this.
"Didn't you hear what the Third Master said?" Zheng Scaruan said, "Go home and dress up your Erya, and hurry up and send her to the Third Master's yard."
The woman hurriedly crawled to the feet of the third master and begged: "This can't be done. My second Ya is still young and can't serve others. Please let the old master let Er Ya go!"
"It's such a good thing to serve the third master. No one else would have this chance. It's your blessing that the third master can like your second daughter. Don't be shameless!" Zheng Scar's words were threatening. said.
The woman held one of the third master's feet with her hands and said in a tearful voice: "Erya is really still young. I beg you, master of the tribe, to be merciful. Because she is still young, please let her go!"
"You are such an unreasonable woman." The third master's face sank. "I have given you opportunities again and again, but you have repeatedly refused and prevaricated. If you are not willing, then dig ditches."
After saying that, he took his feet out of the woman's hands and turned around to leave.
"Master, you can't do this!" The woman collapsed on the ground with tears in her eyes.
The daughter of the family is about to reach the age of hairpin. How can she be willing to leave her daughter in the hands of a half-buried old man like the third master?
Zheng Scaru bent down and looked at the woman on the ground, and said: "You old lady, you don't know anything. It's a good thing to send your daughter to the third master's yard. You don't have to dig ditches, and your daughter can live a good life." , a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, it’s better than selling your daughter to a brothel one day to treat your man’s illness! Just think about it here! "
Zheng Scaran also left.
The woman collapsed on the ground and burst into tears.
The life of the people in Zhengjia Village is difficult. The poor people will sympathize with her, but they can't help her. The only people who can help her are the clan leader and a few clan elders.
But these people will not help the poor for no reason.
The third master made a big fanfare and asked the villagers to dig canals for him in Jiumuxi. As the villagers dispersed, the news about the third master quickly spread throughout the village.
Although the third master is in the name of the farmers' association, everyone knows that almost all the land in Jiumu West belongs to the third master's family.
The villagers hate the Third Master, but they hate the Peasant Association even more.
Although he knew that the name of the Farmers' Association was borrowed from the Third Master, without the name of the Farmers' Association, the Third Master would not get any money even if he asked people to dig ditches, and at least he would have to take care of a meal at noon.
Now that we have the name of the Farmers' Association, even this meal is gone.
The villagers don't think too much, they just think that because of the farmers' association, the clan elders have more excuses to bully them.
The villagers hated him, but they didn't dare to resist. They could only go home and take the tools to dig ditches in the land of the old man of the Jiumu Xigei tribe.
"Is the patriarch here?"
The fifth master's words came from outside the yard.
"The little one will take you there."
Soon the servant's voice came over.
The servants brought the fifth master into the hall where guests were entertained, and served him a cup of hot tea before leaving.
Not long after, the patriarch of Zhengjia Village came outside the hall where the fifth master was entertained, opened the door and walked in.
"The fifth uncle is here!" The patriarch greeted the fifth master in the room with a smile on his face after entering.
The fifth master put down the tea cup in his hand and said happily: "Have you heard about the third brother summoning the villagers this morning?"
"I heard a little bit." The clan leader nodded lightly.
The Fifth Master happily clapped his thighs and said: "Lao San is so smart. He used the guise of the farmers' association to ask the villagers to dig ditches for his house. He even saved the lunch he used to have. Calculate the savings. I’m short of money!”
"The same goes for my third uncle. It's just a meal. The villagers can eat as much as they want. Why are they so reluctant to part with this little money?" the patriarch said as if complaining.
After hearing this, the fifth master shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate this meal. There are many villagers who dug the ditch. Even if you only drink a bowl of porridge, at the current price of food, That would cost nearly one tael of silver, and the digging of the canal could not be completed in one day. For someone like Lao San to divert a canal from the river to Jiumu West, it would take less than two months to dig it all. In total, it would be too much. Less money."
"I heard Uncle Wu calculate it like this today. It really costs a lot of money." The clan leader was too lazy to argue over a few taels of silver, so he just followed his words.
The fifth master picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of tea, and then said: "Do you think I can learn from the third master and ask the villagers to dig a canal for the land at home?"
"Fifth Uncle, do you need to dig ditches on your land? That's good water for irrigating the fields, not far from the river bank." The patriarch looked at the Fifth Master speechlessly.
The other party wants to stand up for any advantage.
"Isn't there still a lot of dry land? The rain has been bad in the past two years, and there is no harvest in the dry land. If we dig ditches and divert water there, we can have a good harvest next year." The fifth master said.
Seeing that he really wanted to dig canals, the patriarch directly advised him: "Uncle San just sent the strong laborers in the village to dig canals in Jiuxi. There are no laborers available in the village. Even if Uncle Wu wants to give him land, Even if we dig ditches here, we have to wait for Third Uncle to finish the work first."
"You don't need to wait for the third child." The fifth master said, "I have long been optimistic that the third child only allows one person per household, but most people in the village have more than one person in the family and more than one worker. It can be used by those who do not have The villagers who went to dig canals for Lao San dug canals for me."
A good calculation.
