Chapter 299 Wine
Chapter 299 Wine
Wu Shan was choked by his question, his eyes widened with confusion, "Why?"
"You just said she wouldn't without even thinking about it. How can you be so sure?"
"You really want to hear it?"
"Ok!"
"If I really tell you, won't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Don't you know who I am?"
"Hehe, I don't understand who you are. But we two drank today, and what I said was just drunken talk. When we go out of this door and see the sun tomorrow, all the words I said today will be urinated out along with our urine." Wu Shan was happy alone.
"Sure, I'll listen to you."
"Okay, then I'll start with your family. Dacheng, we grew up together, and you've really changed. When did you become so afraid of women? But in your family, you're the only one who still has some flesh and blood. You think about your wife and love her, but does she think about you? She's turned you upside down and has you under her thumb. Look at the village, which family isn't ruled by the men?"
"Yeah. What you said makes sense." Wen Dacheng had the leisure to respond.
"You are the one who loves him, so let's not say more. Let's talk about Youtian. When he was young, he was honest, simple and obedient. He was too obedient, but he didn't listen to you. He only listened to your wife! Such a good child was taught to want everything for himself. Now he looks honest, but I don't know how many schemes he has in his heart. Do you think I am right?"
Wen Dacheng once again said "hmm" neither lightly nor heavily.
Wu Shan added, "Speaking of your second son, is his personality like yours? Not at all! He used to look down on us peasants every time he came back from town because he was a student and called himself a scholar. Do you think we can't keep an eye on him? It's just that he doesn't bother anyone, so the villagers don't care. You said he was also born a peasant, and he used to dig for food in the fields, so why does he look down on us peasants! People say that a prime minister can hold a big boat in his stomach. If your son becomes the prime minister of Daliang one day, he must be open-minded!"
This time Wen Dacheng didn't say anything, just sat there motionless.
As a father, he knows the second son's temperament better. The second son has read so many books, but it seems that he is getting worse and worse. Sometimes he is not as good as his eldest brother. Now, he finally has his day.
Now that he has become a scholar, not only can his family be exempted from the tax on fifty acres of land, but if the second son doesn't want to work in the fields in the future, he can become a teacher and at least he won't starve.
Wen Dacheng thought.
"Speaking of Wuyan, you, as a father, can clearly see how Wuyan and Gu lived at home before they were separated. You just asked me why they didn't put the family land under the name of the second son, because your third son is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others."
"When they were building their house, you didn't go because you didn't have a good relationship with them. They treated people very well. And then there was the burning of charcoal in winter. Regardless of whether your family participated in it, I want to ask you, if you had the recipe, would you share it with the whole village for the benefit of the whole village?"
Wu Shan didn't seem to want to wait for his reply, and said to himself, "If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to give it away. There are so many children and grandchildren at home, who doesn't need to open their mouths to eat? I also want to build a big house with three courtyards for these bastards."
When Wen Dacheng heard him say this, he felt inexplicably relieved.
"Our Niutoushan Village is not rich, but we all know how to be grateful. We will always remember Wuyan's kindness in teaching us how to make charcoal last year. This year, your family is willing to donate 20 acres of land to the village, and the villagers will also remember it." Wu Shan said again.
"I thought you didn't think much of this share." Wen Dacheng said as he picked up the wine bowl in front of him and handed it towards Wu Shan.
Wu Shan also picked up his own wine bowl and muttered, "Why do I look down on you? If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard. With so many mouths in my family, how can I not take advantage of an old man like you?"
"Okay, I'll trouble you to help arrange this matter. You also need to make it clear to everyone that as long as I, Wen Dacheng, am still alive, the villagers' fields will always belong to the villagers. We should sign the perpetual tenancy agreement. This way, the villagers can save half a stone of grain tax per acre of land." Wen Dacheng sighed.
Wen Dacheng understood this benefit, and Wu Shan understood it even better.
After the two men finished talking about the serious business, they started chatting about random things.
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On the other side, Gu Qingqing came out of the village chief's house, but did not rush back, but walked quickly towards Geng Chunhua's house.
When she arrived at her house, she saw that the door was still open, so she knew that she had not yet gone to bed. When she entered the yard, she saw that the light in the kitchen was on.
"Why are we eating at this time?" Gu Qingqing walked into the yard and spoke.
"Hey, the voice I heard sounded like Qingqing, but Qingqing is here? Come in quickly, we are having dinner." As Geng Chunhua spoke, someone had already come out of the kitchen and looked at the dark shadow in the yard.
"It's me. Why are you guys eating so late today?" Gu Qingqing said as she arrived at the kitchen door.
"Hello, Brother Li." Gu Qingqing greeted Li Yu.
"Well, now that you're here, have you eaten? Do you want to eat something more at my house?" Li Yu said with a smile.
"Aunt." The three children in the family were well-educated, and when they saw Gu Qingqing, they hurriedly called for her.
Gu Qingqing smiled at the children and waved to Geng Chunhua who was about to get a bowl, "Sister-in-law, no need, I've eaten before."
"Have you really eaten it?" Geng Chunhua asked.
"I really ate it." Gu Qingqing replied.
"Hey, then I'm welcome."
The kitchen at home was not very big, and it was a bit cramped for their family of five to squeeze in, so Geng Chunhua picked up a small stool and placed it at the door of the kitchen.
"I was in a hurry to finish the remaining work in the fields today. I will have a good rest at home tomorrow, so I came back late. What's the matter that brought you here so late?" Geng Chunhua asked.
Gu Qingqing sat down and said with a smile, "I am not greedy for your persimmon seedlings. I want to come and see when they can be moved, and add a touch of green to my yard."
Geng Chunhua had just picked up the bowl, but she put it down again. She stood up and said, "What do I think? I've been busy with the farm work lately, so I delayed your work. Come on, I'll go and pour two buckets of water over there, so that I can come and transplant it tomorrow morning."
"No hurry, no hurry. Eat quickly. It's still not too late to water it after you finish eating. It can't run away." Gu Qingqing had to stand up and block people at the door just after she sat down.
"Okay, then wait until I finish eating before watering the plants."
When Gu Qingqing came out, she told the children at home that she would go back early and wait for Geng Chunhua to finish her meal. They helped loosen the soil over there and poured a bucket of water before saying goodbye to Geng Chunhua and going back.
"It's so dark and you live outside the village. Come on, I'll take the oil lamp to take you there." Geng Chunhua said.
Gu Qingqing wanted to refuse, but seeing the pitch-black darkness outside the oil lamp, she had no choice but to thank him.
The two of them walked together towards the outside of the village.
When they were almost at the entrance of the village, Geng Chunhua looked at an oil lamp not far away and said to Gu Qingqing beside her, "Could it be that your child is here to pick you up?"
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