Spring passes and autumn comes. In the blink of an eye. Another year has passed. During the spring plowing period of the 23rd year of Qing'an, Li Tong finally relented and rented three acres of riverside land outside Qingshan County to Wei Tu and his wife. However, in terms of rent, Li Tong did not relent at all. Like other tenants, he had to hand over 60% of the grain harvested from the fields. Fortunately, the Li family's rent includes the land tax levied by the government. Unlike other wealthy families, the tenants have to pay the land tax. In other words. Wei Tu planted three acres of land, and apart from the 60% he paid as rent, the remaining 40% was his own. In addition, while planting wheat, you can also plant some soybeans in the gaps between wheat seedlings. This is also another revenue boost.
Half a month before the wheat was ripe, the master Li Yaozu took his servant Wei Tu into Fucheng and paid his eldest son Li Xingye to study at the Fuxue Academy. "The teachings of the government are really nothing. It will take more than ten days for the wheat to be ripe. If you insist on handing it over to repair at this point, it is obvious that you want to make more money..." On the way, Li Yaozu rode on a horse and was led by Wei Tu towards Fucheng. As he walked, he looked back at the mule cart carrying grain behind him, and then complained that this year's harvest was delivered too early, causing him to lose money in vain. Wei Tu remained silent, quietly listening to Li Yaozu sighing and talking to himself. Per year. Before harvesting grain. After harvesting grain. The price of food is two prices. It seems that they have paid the same training, but because the price of food varies, Fuxue Academy can make a lot of money by reselling it at this time. Wei Tu had heard about these dirty things in Fu Xue from Li Yaozu not less than ten times, but eight times, and he was already familiar with them. "In another half month, after the food is harvested, we will have enough money." "All that's left is to convince Li Yaozu and Li Tongshi to redeem the deed." Wei Tu thought to himself. It was almost as planned. After more than a year of frugality, the money he had was not much different from the twelve taels of silver he needed to redeem himself. Now, all that is needed is to persuade Li Yaozu and Li Tongshi to agree to his redemption, return the body deed to him, and be willing to write a letter to prove it. However-- Just when Wei Tu was thinking about how to redeem his body deed, Li Yaozu, the master who had complained about the imperial edict, suddenly started talking to him. "Wei Tu, you are tall and strong, why don't you stay with Xingye and be a servant?" "Protect him."
"As a father, I can feel more at ease." Li Yaozu tightened the reins, prompting Wei Tu in front of the horse to stop, then glanced condescendingly at Wei Tu, touched the goatee under his chin, and said with a twinkle in his eyes. "There is someone waiting on the young master. I went there to grab a seat. If it spoils the young master's mood for studying, it will not be good." Wei Tu was startled for a moment, then found a suitable reason and excused himself. "In more than half a year, it will be the county's children's examination." Wei Tu added another sentence. The time difference between the civil and military examinations in the county is about half a month. The civil examinations come first and the martial arts examinations follow, so he knows the time of the child examinations clearly. "That's right, we can't miss Xingye's studies." Li Yaozu hesitated for a while, nodded heavily, and did not mention the matter again. but. Li Yaozu did not mention it again. But Wei Tu kept this in mind. "Li Yaozu wanted to get rid of me while Qiu was busy. What was his intention?" After handing over Shu Xiu, on the way to Li's house in Qingshan County, Wei Tu kept thinking about the reason for this incident. The master Li Yaozu is a difficult person to get along with, which is the consensus of all the servants of Li House. And this also shows in disguise that Li Yaozu is shrewd and not easy to fool. He could imagine that changing his entourage would affect the eldest young master Li Xingye’s studies. Could it be that Li Yaozu didn’t think of this? This is impossible! Return to Li's house. Wei Tu found Caixia, who was a maid, and told Caixia his confusion, and then asked Caixia for her opinion. Caixia and he were from the same batch of servants who entered Li's house, and they had always had a good relationship. The news that his marriage to Xinghua was tolerated by Li Tongshi was also informed by Caixia through Chunlan. "It seems to me that the master may have had the idea of Sister Xinghua..." Caixia pulled Wei Tu to the corner of the corridor, found a position where no one could see her, and whispered her judgment. "Grandma is not very happy recently. A few nights ago, I heard the master and grandma arguing, saying that the master was having an affair with the aunts of the tenant farmers..." "Master, let me go. There is no one to take care of the fields you rented. Sister Xinghua is just at his mercy." Caixia said word by word. "What an insidious thought..." After listening to Caixia's words, Wei Tu's face suddenly darkened, and he wished he could cut Li Yaozu into pieces and cut him into pieces in front of his face. before.
He had heard that some tenants would offer their mothers-in-law to sleep with them in order to rent good land from their landlords. But I never thought that this seemingly "kind" Li Zhai was also full of these calculations. Letting him become the eldest young master's attendant was probably not Li Yaozu's true intention. Using this matter to force him to submit, offering apricot flowers was his real purpose. Don't give in. The food that has been cultivated for a year is wasted in the fields. Don't give in. I still want to rent such good land next year, but there is no way. As for why Li Yaozu didn't directly force Xinghua, who had never married before, to comply, he could guess the general reason. First, it was because Li Tong was strict in running the family and was a little jealous. He forbade Li Yaozu from taking concubines and attacked the maids around him. Even Caixia, the eldest maid, is still innocent after having been the maid of the first-in-law for so long. Both of them are also due to family tradition. Rumors that Li Yaozu, the great master, likes to play with maids cannot be spread within the Li residence. This will ruin his reputation. Li Yaozu himself didn't want this to happen. Three. Playing with the maid. Whether to give a title or not is a difficult question. And by forcing the tenant farmer's mother-in-law to submit, there would be no worries. The untouchables in the countryside do not have the feudal etiquette of "death or death is a small matter, but misconduct is a big matter". As long as the matter is not known to others, it can be easily dismissed. "I know this." "Thanks, Caixia." After a while, Wei Tu slowly loosened his clenched fists, bowed to Caixia, thanked her, and said. "It's no big deal." Caixia smiled, "When I was punished by my aunt, Sister Xinghua secretly gave me food. I always remember this kindness." … Return to the main room. After feeding the half-big black horse, Wei Tu did the health-preserving exercises several times to warm up his body. "With my current martial arts skills, even if it's not a sure thing, I'm not far off from achieving martial arts fame." "Go directly to Mrs. Li Tong and talk about redemption. With her intelligence, she shouldn't be able to stop me." Wei Tu thought. True dragons cannot be raised in shallow water.
He believed that Li Tongshi should understand the troubles that would arise if a martial artist with "rebellious" intentions was left at home. "If it doesn't work..." "Li Tong is unwise..." There was a hint of cruelty in Wei Tu's eyes. He has a sharp knife in his heart and a murderous intention. With his current strength, it would not be difficult to slaughter the entire Li family. Of course, he would not do this because he was thinking about Li Zhai's favor for his survival, but he would still escape from Li Zhai and become a bandit. He's had enough of being submissive. Two roads. Either redeem yourself and take part in martial arts, or fall into the trap of a bandit and become a swordsman! ps: Please leave a message and comment a lot.