Chapter 385: The Man Has Disappeared

The two Zhuangzi bought by Zhulan are adjacent to each other. The journey between the two Zhuangzi takes half an hour, and the Zhuangzi's affairs can be dealt with in one day.

Zhulan didn't want the original owner of Zhuangzi to tell the tenant that Zhuangzi had sold. When Zhulan arrived, Zhuangzi's adults were all working in the field.

Zhulan brought a lot of sweets and pastries. She avoided the woman and found the children playing around. Five five- and six-year-old children were playing under the tree.

Zhulan signaled Zhou Boss and Zhou Laoer not to follow, there were too many men, the children would be afraid, Zhulan only took Liu Ya and walked over with candies.

The five children are very cautious. The children understand everything at the age of five or six, and they have an impression of Zhulan.

The five children were pushing and shoving, and the tallest little boy stepped forward timidly, "Is there something wrong?"

Zhulan smiled, "I like this Zhuangzi very much, so I want to buy it."

The five children were terrified, and wanted to run home to tell their family members. Zhulan reassured, "Don't worry, I will still rent out the village even if I bought it, but you need to answer a few questions for me."

The five children glanced at each other, and the older boy clenched his fists, as if to cheer himself up, "Say."

Zhulan found a rock and sat down, asked Liu Ya to distribute sugar and pastries to the children, and beckoned the children to sit down. After the children sat down, Zhulan asked, "There is a tenant leader in Zhuangzi. Is the person in charge of your tenants treating you well?"

Several children were stunned for a moment, and some younger ones hesitated to speak.

Zhulan smiled, "You said it's all right."

The older boy pursed his lips in silence for a while,

Only then did he say, "If he's not good, will you change him?"

"It's natural."

The boy made up his mind and said, "The Li family is not good. Every time the Li family helps the landlord to collect rent, they will collect more grain, and the extra grain will be sent to their own family, and they have to please their family on weekdays. If they don't please him Speaking ill of the steward, the owner of the villa rarely comes because the steward is in charge, and the steward took the benefits of the Li family, so parents dare not speak up and can only bear with it."

Dad said, it's useless to tell the owner of the farm, there are many tenants, they don't need to plant, and the owner of the farm has no shortage of tenants who rent the land.

Zhulan looked at the little boy. In ancient times, five or six years old were indeed precocious, but this child was well-adjusted. Looking at the adult from the child, the adult's education is also good, "Who is there in your family?"

The boy was a little wary, "Why do you ask this?"

Zhulan smiled and didn't need to ask, a few women ran over from a distance, they should be the mothers of these children.

Zhulan stood up, and the five children hid behind the women. Zhulan looked at the mother of the talking boy. Although the clothes were old, they were very clean. Among the five children, the boy was also the cleanest.

Zhulan said, "I bought this village. Go home and call all the heads of the households. By the way, the land will still be rented to you. You don't have to be nervous."

The women breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they continued to lease the land.

Zhulan went back to the courtyard of the Zhuangzi. She looked at it in a hurry last time, but this time she looked carefully. When she turned around and returned to the front yard, all the tenants on the Zhuangzi had arrived.

There are 20 tenant tenants in the Zhuangzi of 200 mu, and the land rented by each family varies from 20 mu to 5 mu.

The men who are the heads of twenty tenant households, the older ones are in their fifties or sixties, and the younger ones are in their thirties.

Those in their thirties are basically separated from their families and live by renting fields alone.

With the arrival of bamboo orchids, we learned a lot about tenants in ancient times. Some tenants have been there for generations, some rented land and became tenants because the family was poor, and some were fleeing refugees.

Zhulan saw that standing at the front was the head of the tenant. When she was visiting the house just now, she asked Zhou Laoer and Steward Ding to ask the nearby farmers. She didn't fully believe what the child said.

Zhulan signaled Zhou Laoer to come forward, and this matter was handed over to Zhou Laoer, and it was Zhou Laoer who dealt with the tenants afterwards.

Zhou Lao Er suppressed the excitement in his heart, and imitated his father, "This Zhuangzi has changed its surname, and the land will still be rented to you, but the person in charge will change. In the future, the Wang family will be responsible for collecting the rent. You can still rent the land, but I won’t explain why you changed to the Li family.”

Zhulan looked at Zhou Lao Er, she gave Zhou Lao Er the responsibility, but did not tell Zhou Lao Er how to deal with the Li family, Zhou Lao Er was indeed the worst in the family, the whole village was dissatisfied with the Li family, and the Li family rented a field to live It won't be much easier, without the dreaded identity, I will definitely return it to the Li family when I was angry in the past.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Laoer forced the Li family to leave by himself, and he also gained a reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

When Li Tianhu came, he knew that the new owner had inquired about him, so he knew that his job was gone, and he knew that Zhuangzi was going to sell, so he was ready, stepped forward and said, "I have saved some money in my hand, and I want to buy it later." There is no need to rent the land for farming.”

Zhou Lao Er smiled, "Okay."

Zhou Er Er paused and continued, "Then let's talk about the new rent of four or six cents."

Li tenant was stunned, and the other tenants cheered happily.

Zhulan watched Zhou Erer re-sign the contract, Zhuangzi also took care of everything, and went door to door, Zhulan was quite satisfied with Zhou Laoer's ability to handle affairs.

When I went to another village in the afternoon, Zhulan was left alone, and the tenants of the other village remained unchanged.

Zhuangzi and the shop were all arranged, and Zhulan asked Zhou Laoer to buy a lot of vegetables, mainly peppers, pumpkins, winter melons that could be stored, and bought some fruits back, such as longan and oranges.

Jinzhou has seafood, but they are all dried seafood, and Zhulan also bought a lot.

There are four more carriages ready to set off, and the carriages are basically full of food.

Zhulan only had four hundred taels of silver left in her hand.

The boat going back to the city didn't go with the wind, and it would stop from time to time. Zhulan was a little impatient, she wanted to go home earlier, she missed Zhou Shuren, and she didn't know how Zhou Shuren was at home.

Along the way, she could write a letter back, but she couldn't receive a letter from Zhou Shuren, who told her to hurry!

At noon, the boat docked again. Zhou Laoer couldn't stay on the boat anymore, so he got off the boat after asking about the dock for two hours.

Zhulan didn't get off the boat and stood on the deck watching the bustling port, because the Chinese New Year was coming and the port was full of people.

Zhulan suddenly narrowed her eyes and leaned forward, frightening Boss Zhou.

Boss Zhou hurriedly stopped him, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Zhulan just wanted to see the person clearly, but Boss Zhou blocked it, and after pushing away, Boss Zhou was gone.