There was a quarrel in the yard. Some of the people talking outside the yard rushed into the Lu family's yard, while others stood outside and watched.

Seeing that Aunt Ma was making a fuss and insisted on letting Grandma Chen lend food to her family, Mrs. Qiu couldn't stand it and went over to pull Aunt Ma away.

"Okay, what's the fuss about? The Chen family doesn't even have a strong labor force. How can they lend food to your family?"

Grandma Chen was not angry, she just sighed: "Don't make any noise, everyone. Life will be difficult for anyone who pays this royal ration. It's just a waste of time."

"Am I the one who wants to make a quarrel?" Aunt Ma turned to Mrs. Qiu and started crying, "There are about ten people in our family, and we only have three acres of land. How can we get food? Otherwise, sister-in-law, please discuss this with Brother Lu.

Let’s discuss it. Your family has a lot of land. Lend us some grain. We will definitely pay it back when you harvest it next year.”

Mrs. Qiu was so angry that she pushed her away: "My family has no food."

Even if they have it, her family won't borrow it. She has never seen such a shameless person.

"Younger's family, what are you making a fuss about?"

Seeing that his sister-in-law was being unreasonable and pestering Qiu to borrow food, Ma Boss turned red to his neck and shouted at Lu Lao Er who was behind the crowd, "Boss, you're dead and I don't care about you anymore."

daughter in law."

Ma Laoer hid behind the crowd and said nothing. He felt that his wife's trouble was not wrong.

Their family has a large population and eats a lot. In addition to the grain from shopkeeper Li plus the tax paid, the grain harvested from the three acres of land is replaced by brown rice, which lasts until the beginning of spring.

Now if their family pays the royal rations, they may not be able to survive this winter.

The Lu family has more land and money, and the food at home is better than the others. It is better to borrow some grain from the Lu family and hand over the imperial grain first.

"What's wrong with me?"

When Aunt Ma saw her man shrinking into the crowd, she jumped even higher and rushed towards Boss Ma, "Boss Ma, you have no conscience, who am I borrowing food for? It's not because I don't have food at home."

Did you borrow it? Don’t you know if there is food at home? You can’t sell your baby without borrowing food, right? If you want to sell it, you have to sell your Malanhua first, and sell it in exchange for food.”

Ma Lanhua, who was standing with Lu Xiaoqing, turned pale when she heard this.

She was helpless and hid behind Lu Xiaoqing, as if this way the second aunt couldn't see her and wouldn't sell her.

"fart."

Mr. Ma was trembling with anger. Naturally, his eldest brother could not quarrel with his sister-in-law. Seeing Aunt Ma rushing towards him, he hurriedly dodged and hid behind Zhang San, "You crazy bitch, I won't tell you, my second son...Old man

Second, you are dead and your ears are stuffed with donkey hair? Does your wife care?"

Seeing that Mr. Ma was so arrogant and looking for him everywhere, Ma Laoer hurriedly slipped out of the crowd and ran outside the yard.

"alright."

Zhang San was forced to helplessly stop Aunt Ma, "What nonsense are you talking about? If I don't have food to pay you, I will sell the land. Why should I lend you food? Can't you see how much food Brother Lu Quan has? He has the most land.

, you only get so little grain, and if you hand over the royal grain and your family doesn’t have enough food to eat, then you lend the grain to your family, and then they sell their sons and daughters?”

People who were a little moved by Aunt Ma's words also fell silent. Yes, the Lu family has a lot of grain, but the Lu family also has a lot of land. With thirty kilograms of grain per acre, the Lu family's harvest this year is not enough to pay.

This is royal food, let alone lending it to big guys.

"I didn't say that I had to ask the Lu family to borrow it. Isn't this... is it because the family really has no food?"

Aunt Ma squatted on the ground wiping her tears and cried, "There is no food at home. After collecting the food, I went to the town to exchange it for brown rice. There were so many people in my family that my family was not even willing to exchange it for old rice. When the new food came down, even

We were not even willing to give our children a full meal, and the family was drinking very little every day. We also thought that after we bought land and built a house, our life would be better. Who knew that we had just paid the royal rations and had to pay them again? This is not what our family wants.

His life?"

Although Aunt Ma made a scene, her words really got into the hearts of everyone.

When the grain harvest comes in the autumn, almost most families in the village take the new grain to town and exchange it for brown rice. Those whose lives are a little better also exchange it for old grain, just to have a few more full meals.

Now they have to pay the imperial grain, and those who have no food at home have to buy it. If they buy grain now, it will not be the price they sold it to the grain store at the beginning.

This happened over and over again, and I don’t know how much food I lost.

Seeing that Aunt Ma finally stopped making trouble, Zhang San finally lost some of his anger: "Everyone, please stop making noises. Didn't Muramasa say that we would go to a meeting after lunch? It's not just our family or two who are without food. We will see when the time comes.

What do you guys say?"

"Yes, it's not that our family has to pay the imperial rations. If we do, everyone must pay. I don't believe that every family can still have rations."

"That's right, it's better to go back. It's too shameful to make noises in the Lu family's yard. You can't force us to death. Let's all go back and discuss things first."

"Let's go, let's go. Didn't Muramasa say that we still need to provide labor to pick river workers? We can't rely on this imperial food, and river workers also have to be picked. Who in your family will do it?"

Everyone was talking and left the Lu family's yard in twos and threes.

Zhang San was the last one to leave. Before leaving, he patted Lu Quan on the shoulder and the two discussed a few words in low voices.

He and Lu both knew that the imperial rations had to be exchanged, and Muramasa brought the messenger here today to remind them.

At that time, if everyone really makes a fuss about not having enough food to pay, those poor men will definitely take action on Xiao Xinzhuang first.

Who said they were newcomers?

They are different from other villagers in the village.

The people on Zhuangzi own their own land. No matter whether the land is good or bad, at least they still have a harvest and they don't have to buy grain and pay taxes.

Unlike these new households, the grain that Shopkeeper Li collected for them, and the grain that was collected for the Lu family, had already been replaced by coarse grains. If they want to buy new grains, they still don’t know.

How much money is needed.

Even if you have some money at home, how will you survive next year if you buy food?

After lunch, several heads of households in Xiaoxinzhuang hurried to Cunzhengzhuangzi, which was two miles away.

Li CanGuan came over secretly and said, "Xiaosi, shall we go and listen too?"

Lu Xiaoli slapped Li Canguan on the arm and said, "Where are you going? Xiaosi is just sick and can't go out to enjoy the cold wind."

"Ferocious bitch." Li Cangun muttered in a low voice, turned around and ran out, shouting as he ran, "Lu Xiaosi, you bitch, you just listen to your sister all day long, if you don't go, Dongzhi and I will

go."

Upon hearing the sound, Mrs. Qiu hurriedly came out of the kitchen and warned: "Xiaosi, you are not allowed to go. Muramasa Village is more than two miles away from us. It is freezing cold today. You must not let the cold wind blow."

"Mom, I understand, I won't go."

Lu Xiaosi is not worried about this year's imperial ration. Their family has money and food, and the most they can do is pay another portion.

It's just that life is better for you guys, but now you have to pay an extra portion of the royal ration, and your family's financial resources are completely empty.

It was really hard work for more than half a year, and once again we were back before liberation!
Chapter completed!