Chapter 257: Worried About Backlash

Su Qingliu walked behind her and rubbed her forehead: "You look so tired, I can't help you.

"Sister, you have helped me a lot. I used to be so busy that I couldn't take care of Xiaobao. Now you take good care of him for me. I used to be worried when I left, and I was not at ease outside. I felt guilty when I came back to see Xiaobao looking unhappy. Now he has you and Yaya with him, and he doesn't know how happy he is all day."

"I can't help you with anything else, and Xiaobao is very well behaved. He is easy to take care of."

Su Qingmei smiled. Her Xiaobao is very sensible and considerate.

Recalling what Su Qingliu asked Xiang Shang to bring to Wei Fuchang just now, she thought about it and asked: "Sister, did you bring anything for Wei Fuchang? "

Su Qingliu paused.

After a long while, he hummed: "He is a man, and there is no woman to take care of him. Now there are many cloths at home. I thought no one would help him make these, so I helped him sew two spring clothes. He is a great benefactor to me and Yaya. Without him, I can't see you. "

Su Qingmei thought for a while and said: "I heard Siyuan say before that he told Siyuan that if you don't mind, he wants to marry you..."

"I didn't agree."

"Why?"

"I'm married and have a child..."

"He is also married and has children."

"But his wife and children are gone, he has nothing to worry about, and now he is alone..."

"Sister..." Su Qingmei pulled her over, "Yaya is not a burden to you. If others dislike Yaya, let Yaya follow me in the future. "

Su Qingliu shook her head: "He didn't dislike Yaya, I just..."

Su Qing'an sighed when she saw her hesitation and struggle.

Her sister Su Qingliu was a traditional woman of this era. She followed Wei Fuchang to escape. According to the people at that time, they had lost their innocence and seemed to be a couple.

Before going to Xingeng Village, Wei Fuchang also told Su Qingliu that he would marry her as long as she was willing.

But Su Qingliu obviously felt that she was not worthy of him.

Su Qing'an sighed secretly.

She could see that Wei Fuchang was not a farmer like them. But he didn't want to say what his specific origins were, and Su Qing'an didn't want to ask.

As long as they confirmed that he was harmless, it would be fine.

As for whether he was willing to stay in the mountains, it was up to him.

But Su Qingliu was her sister.

She couldn't just ignore it.

Forget it, she couldn't say anything about the relationship between men and women, so let them get along and see. Maybe they will change their minds after a while.

Just like Bai Shu and Xiu'er, they are now seen in pairs in the village.

Two days later, 28 village chiefs gathered in the town.

Su Qing'an reserved a place at the end of the street of shops in the market town to build a The office center is used as a place for daily office, activities and rest for the village chiefs.

This time everyone gathered here, and Su Qing'an wanted to mobilize before the opening.

When entering the market town, everyone saw a team of dozens of people building barracks on the gentle slope.

At first glance, they were from the military, so everyone just watched from a distance and did not dare to get close.

After learning that they were sent by Ma Mingwen to protect the market town and the villages, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now they feel more at ease living here.

They all smiled and went up to greet them, thinking that they would send people to help build houses after returning.

Waiting to sit Together, before the meeting, they were still talking about this matter, saying that they would go back to each village to mobilize labor to help.

Su Qingmei didn't care about this matter.

After everyone sat down, Su Qingmei told everyone that Pei Nian and Ma Mingwen each asked for 10% of the grain, and everyone started to talk about it.

Su Qingmei looked at everyone below and organized some words in her mind.

Originally, the village had to plant whatever they wanted, but now they had to set aside 20%. She was afraid that someone would resist, so Su Qingmei had prepared some words before.

But before she could speak, everyone nodded and accepted it.

"We didn't pay the land deed money, which means that the land still belongs to others. It is right to pay grain taxes for planting grain, and it is also right to pay to the court, and it is also right to pay to Lord Ma and Lord Pei. Lord Pei has not collected other taxes from us, which is already very good. And Lord Ma has sent people to protect us."

"That's right."

"It's right."

"It's not much, just 20%. In the past, we only got 40% to 50% of the grain we planted for the landlords. "

Su Qing'an breathed a sigh of relief.

She glanced down, worried that they were just talking, afraid that it would be difficult for them to get over this hurdle.

After all, no one had ever collected anything from the mountains before, and they didn't have any land, so they drifted to the mountains and lived off the mountains. Now they are being collected as soon as they planted grain.

"Lord Pei said that the village chiefs should allocate land according to the household list and population in the village. Those who don't want to pay grain will not be given land, just as before. "

The village chiefs nodded one after another. This is a good idea.

If you don't want to pay grain, just don't plant grain. It's the same as before.

If you want land, pay grain. You can only get what you give.

It's just right.

Su Qing'an and others stopped talking and said, "Lord Ma and Lord Pei said that we will only collect taxes once a year..."

"Once a year?"

"Then how many times do you plan to collect taxes a year? "

"If we collect more taxes, I'm afraid no one will farm, and there will be no shortage of food in the mountains..."

Although the voice was whispered, Su Qingmei had good hearing.

After the loud discussions died down, Su Qingmei said, "You two adults only collect taxes once a year, but we don't necessarily only farm once a year on a piece of land."

"Don't farm more than once a year?"

"How many times can we plant?"

"The rice has just been planted. We can't plant vegetables after planting grain."

Zhaizhu Zhong listened calmly. Sure enough, the president still stood on the side of Baijia Village. Such an important matter was only discussed with him.

He curled his lips happily.

He looked proud.

Muwa Village Lord Bai Kun knew his nature.

He looked at Su Qingmei and then at Bai Shu, nudged him with his elbow, and signaled to him with his eyes, what's going on?

Bai Zhong just raised his eyebrows and ignored him.

Bai Kun was so angry that he gritted his teeth. This old man was hiding something good again.

As for Su Qingmei, the rice had just been planted, and she wanted to wait and see the harvest.

But seeing the reactions of the village leaders, the village leaders were relatively conscious. They were afraid that the villagers would rebound and ruin the grain for her, Lord Pei and godfather, so they spoke up.

"After the rice is harvested in autumn, we will arrange wheat planting and achieve two crops per field. If the two adults need more grain, they will use money to buy it from us."

Everyone started talking as soon as they heard it, and the voices were much louder than before.

Su Qingmei didn't care. She just thought that she had bought grain seeds from Manager Li before, and Pei Nian and Ma Mingwen took 20% of it. I don't know how much she can sell to him.

If we can have two crops a year, we can also give him some.

And the villagers will have enough food with an extra season of grain income.

When everyone heard that a field can achieve two crops a year, they were immediately relieved. Now they can collect 20% more. The extra grain can also be sold for money.

Everyone smiled.

"President, can we really have two crops a year?"