Chapter 175 176 The House Was Destroyed and the Land Was Occupied

Li Yu looked at the ruined Qingshui Town and said to Zhou Jia: "I don't know how many people are still in the village. How are those left behind?"

Zhou Jia led Li Yu into the car, "Let's go! We'll find out when we go back and take a look. Alas! We still have to find time to dispose of the properties and land here."

When they arrived at Xishan Village, everyone saw that the rice in the rice fields along the way was already heading. Ruyi pointed to the Zhou family's field and shouted: "Master, our field has also been planted with millet. I don't know who planted it."

Zhou Jia nodded, "Maybe they are tenants who fled the famine and returned to the village. We will find out after we go back to the village and ask."

When they reached the entrance of the village, several people saw that the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village had returned to its former leafy appearance. There were no old people sitting under the banyan tree enjoying the cool air and chatting.

Xiaoyu looked at the big banyan tree with some sadness, "Ruyi, look, it can withstand the natural disaster and even grows new branches."

Ruyi patted Xiaoyu and comforted her, "Aren't we all fine?"

Everyone entered the village and found that the village was deserted, and some houses had collapsed. When the group arrived at the door of Zhou's house in Dongshan Village, they were stunned when they looked at the house that was destroyed by fire.

"What the hell, it's so abominable," Ruyi clenched her fists with red eyes, remembering the things in the cellar, "Master, I'm afraid the things in the cellar are no longer usable. I'll go down and take a look."

Li Yu held Zhou Jia's hand and comforted her silently. Zhou Jia nodded with red eyes, watching Ruyi leading Tiezhu and others towards the ruins. Mr. Qian comforted Zhou Jia and said, "Sir, these are all external things. As long as As long as people are good, it will work.”

Zhou Jia said sadly: "This house was left to me by my grandfather."

"Ah! Are these Mr. Zhou and the girl from the Li family?" Li Yu turned around and saw that it was Shopkeeper Liu running over from the side road. Li Yu and Zhou Jia greeted him and said, "That's right, Shopkeeper Liu, you OK?"

Shopkeeper Liu happily raised his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, I didn't expect that we would see each other again. Where did you and the Chen family escape to? Are they okay? Mr. Zhou, you see, your family was also attacked by those bandits. When the fire is over, come and sit at my house."

Zhou Jia grabbed Shopkeeper Liu and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, Village Chief Chen, they are all very good. Now they have settled down in Fengming Town, Tongzhou. We have to rush to Qingchuan. We stopped by Qingshui Town to have a look. I want to express my gratitude to you." Let me ask you, who is cultivating my family's fields in the village?"

"Didn't your land be sold? The rice in the field was planted by the long-term workers hired by that family." Shopkeeper Liu looked at Li Yu, "And Miss Li, please tell your uncle that her mother and The third brother was killed by the bandits, and the two children have been exiled to no one knows where. His second brother’s leg is lame, and he returned to the village with his wife and daughter only a few years ago and is living in the old house!”

Zhou Jia said angrily: "My family's land was sold? Why didn't I know, the land deed is still in my hand, how could it be sold?"

"Let me tell you! You and Miss Li are both capable people. How could you sell your land to escape famine? But that person holds the title deeds of these lands and is unwilling to give the land to the tenants who came back. Those households The people planted the land of Miss Li’s aunt’s house and the land of Miss Li’s house. There was no harvest last year, but it seems that we should be able to make ends meet this year.”

Zhou Jia looked at Shopkeeper Liu and said, "Then do you know where that person came from?"

Shopkeeper Liu recalled: "It is said that it was a family named Hu in Qingshan County. At the beginning of spring last year, a fierce steward came with people. We don't know exactly what happened."

"You are so bold that you dare to seize property. Shopkeeper Liu, do you know where his family manager lives?"

Shopkeeper Liu shook his head, "Maybe he lives in Qingshan County! They come to visit every now and then. Last year, they brought people to harvest the millet when they were harvesting it."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and said with a smile: "Don't be angry. Someone is helping Bai Gan with his work. Isn't that a good thing? Besides, there are still some days left before the grain is harvested. Can't it be done when we come to harvest the grain?"

Mr. Qian nodded and said with a smile: "Sir, Madam is right. After you take office, it will be just right to send people back to harvest."

Shopkeeper Liu heard Mr. Qian address Mr. Zhou Jia and looked at Mr. Qian with joy, "Sir, has Mr. Zhou become an official?"

Mr. Qian smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Yes! My lord is a Jinshi Jinshi and is about to go to Qingchuan County to take up a post."

Shopkeeper Liu was overjoyed after hearing this. Mr. Zhou came out of Dongshan Village anyway, and now Master Jinshi has given him an official position. Now those bullies will have someone to rely on if they dare to come to the village and act tyrannically.

"Mr. Zhou's surnamed Hu is just a bully. Now that you are an official of the court, do you still need to be afraid of him? You go and take office first, and then you can come back to collect the grain. Don't worry, even if you and Li If the girl can't come back in time, I will help find out his home address."

Zhou Jia cupped his hands and thanked him: "If we are delayed by something, please trouble Shopkeeper Liu."

While they were talking, two tenants who cultivated the wasteland of Li Mei's family and two tenants who cultivated the fields of Li Yu's family also came after hearing the news. When they saw Li Yu, they bowed and apologized: "Miss Li, I did this without your permission. Plant your fields and we will replenish the rent to you.”

Although Li Yu was a little angry, these people lived in his house and cultivated the fields without his permission. On second thought, the house became deserted as no one lived in it for a long time, and the fields became deserted without people cultivating them.

Seeing Li Yu's silence, those families begged: "Miss Li, don't worry. When I returned to the village in the spring last year, I found out that Mr. Zhou's family's land had been sold. They really had no way of living, so they shamelessly planted your family's fields." and your aunt’s farm, we will reimburse you for all the rent.”

Li Yu sighed and said: "What you did is indeed inappropriate, but thinking that everyone has escaped, I will not pursue you. You can just farm the fields! You can also live in the house. This year's field rent No need for it, next year it will be the same as 46, you six and I will collect the rent, I will pay the taxes, you go and write a contract with Mr. Qian."

The four families were overjoyed after hearing this and kept bowing, "Thank you Miss Li for your kindness, you gave us a way to survive!"

Mr. Qian took the overjoyed people to the car and wrote the contract. Ruyi, Tie Zhu and others walked out of the ruins and said to Zhou Jia: "Master, the things in the cellar have been emptied. I don't know if they are bandits." Still a disaster victim.”

Zhou Jia waved his hand, "Forget it, they are all external things, if they are gone, they are gone!"

Li Yu rented the fields to those two families, and they also lived in the house. He no longer wanted to go back and take a look, so he said to Zhou Jia: "We'd better rush to Qingchuan to take office first. We'll just come back to harvest the millet during the time we have to go back and forth."

Everyone tied up their cars, said goodbye to the arriving villagers, and headed towards Qingchuan County.