"Yes, yes, we are happy!" The old man kept nodding his head, and tears immediately flowed down the gully into his wide-open mouth. Mmm, so sweet!
"Dad!" The strong woman took advantage of the old man's happiness and bravely crossed over to her husband. She raised her head and said directly to the old man: "Dad, what we want to do is to take advantage of the good harvest this year and sell part of the grain to the officials! "
"Didn't we say that the price of grain is high this year, so it is more cost-effective to sell it to grain merchants!" After hearing what his wife said, the man on the side interrupted unhappily: "A bucket can be sold for several cents more!"
The strong woman on the side heard her husband's strong words, and the courage she had just mustered was suppressed in an instant. Wiping the unconscious tears on her face, the strong woman did not dare to say any more words.
The old man knew that his daughter-in-law was not unreasonable, and what she said must be true. However, his daughter-in-law was often stubborn. Then the old man slapped the strong man on the head with his backhand, causing the strong man to run away with his head in his arms.
After all, it's my father. Even though he is old, his strength is still the same as before.
"You look bad!" After dealing with his unsatisfactory son, the old man turned his head and said gently to his daughter-in-law: "Son, don't say anything, don't worry about that fool! Dad is here, how dare you yell at me? Look at me. Get rid of him."
The strong man who dodged to the side scratched his head and whispered weakly: "I didn't yell!"
Before he finished speaking, the father gave him a fierce look, and the strong man did not dare to speak anymore.
With her father's support, the woman immediately stiffened up and said slowly: "Dad! That's it. The lord said that the king set a minimum price of 12 cents per dou. This move was partly to stabilize the food supply. The price is too high to prevent us from suffering a loss. Secondly, after many years of war, the imperial court’s granary is indeed short of food.”
The old man nodded when he heard this and said: "I also know that the current king is a good king that is rare in a thousand years. It stands to reason that we should repay the kindness, but that silly boy said that the price at the grain merchant will be higher. .”
The old man said thoughtfully: "Although this year's harvest is good, we still have a lot of debts from previous years. If we sell the grain to the officials, I'm afraid there won't be much money left after paying off the debts! The old woman also said I need to buy some clothes for my grandchildren!"
"Look! I've already said that it's better to give it to the grain dealer who charges the higher price!" After hearing his father's negative words, the man suddenly became more energetic.
However, the woman ignored her husband and continued to talk to her father: "Dad, you don't know! The master who divided the fields said: Your Majesty knows that the price of grain harvested by the government may not be comparable. A group of grain merchants don't want poor people like us to suffer losses, so if we don't sell a grain to the officials, it will be recorded. As long as we reach a certain amount, we can get a title. After winning the title, we can join the army or serve as officials. It’s all possible!”
"Ah? There is such a good thing?" The old man was shocked when he heard this. It was a title. He could not even think of something, and he could be arranged as an official. My God, my family is going to be prosperous. !
Suddenly the old man looked at his son with a cold look - he didn't tell the old man such an important thing! If I miss this, my breasts will be broken off!
This idiot knows how to work, why did I get such a thing!
For a moment, the old man's hand slapped his son hard on the back of the head.
After venting his anger, the old man calmed down again and asked his daughter-in-law: "How much grain do you need to sell to get a title? If it's too much, I'm afraid..."
Although he was so worried, the old man's heart had already focused on the word "title". The old man who was used to the world knew the difference between having a title and not having a title.
Although the masters with titles now have to pay for their jobs, but if nothing else, the iron rice bowl and public position alone are enough to make countless people drool, coupled with the various hidden benefits of becoming a knight!
The old man had secretly vowed to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity even if it was harsher and meant that his family would have to work hard for ten years! He understood that by obtaining the title earlier before others could react, he would be able to fundamentally change his family's life, and that such an opportunity might be canceled at any time as the treasury becomes fuller.
"Dad, that lord has carefully calculated it for us. If the harvest is as good as this year, we will sell half of the grain that we plan to sell to the officials, and we can get a share in six to seven years at most. The title is mine." The woman obviously understood that her father was moved, and was calculating the pros and cons! Then he revealed all his trump cards.
I saw the old man’s brows frowning even more tightly!
"How can there be such a bumper harvest every year? The newly opened acres of fields in the north will have to pay taxes starting next year! It's said to be six or seven years, but it won't stop even in eighty or nine years!" The man looked strangely aside. He said: "What's more, even if it only takes six or seven years, who can say accurately what will happen in six or seven years? If the officials' words don't count..."
"When the king divided the land this year, you said that nothing good would happen, and asked you to open more acres of land. You also said that it was for others, and you had to persuade me to open these acres of land on the north slope. What happened now? Really? If we had opened a few more acres of land, life would have been easier this year!" After hearing her husband's strange words, the woman was so angry that she immediately started to settle old scores. m.
The strong man who knew he was in the wrong did not dare to say any more words.
But obviously, the angry woman will not easily let go of her weak husband: "Besides, next year's harvest will not be as good as this year's, why can't you open a few more acres of land? The dog will be a young man next year. By then, If we open a few more acres, are we afraid that we won’t be able to get this year’s income?”
"What you said is simple. If we open a few more acres of land, where will our family get so much labor? This will exhaust us to death!" The strong man said weakly from the side.
The old man who was still thinking was furious after hearing his son's useless words, and kicked him hard again. The strong man saw his father's big foot kicking him, but he didn't dare to To hide, he could only take this kick firmly.
"What's wrong with suffering a little? It's all for yourself and your children! Why are you still unwilling? I and your mother both cultivated dozens of acres of land, and that's how you grew up. Why, wouldn't it be possible if it were you?" The old man became more and more angry as he thought about it, and kicked the strong man on the buttocks again.
The woman quickly stopped the furious father. Although the woman was a bit rude, she still felt sorry for her husband.
After being kicked hard twice, the elderly man was obviously a little exhausted. Under the persuasion of his daughter-in-law, he got off the slope and sat down again. Looking at his son huddled aside, he pondered for a while.
Finally, the old man seemed to have made up his mind, waved to his son and daughter-in-law, and said: "Select the seeds, pay the public grain and taxes, keep enough food for the family, and save five or six buckets for emergencies, and the rest Take them all and sell them to the officials!"
"Dad, this..." The two people sitting around obviously didn't expect that their father would be so decisive.
The old man ignored the two people's surprise and confusion, waved his hand and continued: "I don't understand the twists and turns, but since the king came to the throne, our family has gone from not having enough to eat to having enough to eat, and now even The fact that there is still a surplus tells the old man a truth: if you follow the king, you will not suffer any loss!"
Some people died, but not completely...
