At the gate of the county government office, Gui Wu and Mei Xiucai walked out.

Mei Xiucai was in a hurry and couldn't wait. He just nodded to Gui Wu and left in a hurry.

Gui Wu did not go home, but walked to Baiweixiang Main Store and found Gui Qiu who was checking the accounts: "The land deed has been transferred. I will go back tomorrow on Double Ninth birthday. Should I go back together?"

Gui Qiu said happily: "It's great to be so fast! I won't go back now. There are a few purchases tomorrow that I have to pay attention. I asked Dingxiang to prepare two boxes of vegetarian food, so I'll take it back to Chongyang."

Gui Wu nodded and agreed.

When Gui Qiu learned that Mei Xiucai transferred the ownership to Gui Wu was not the thirty acres she had thought before, but fifty acres, Gui Qiu was shocked: "It took less than half a month to export it, and Mei Xiucai's hands were so smelly!"

Gui Wu smiled but said nothing. Mei Xiucai was really unlucky. The first time he lost 200 taels, and the second time he was "robbed" outside the casino, there was no way, so he had to come back to find Gui Wu to borrow.

Because there were no other pledges, Mei Xiucai agreed to transfer the property if he wanted to get the money immediately.

As for the rules of buying land for "asking about the clan first and asking about the neighbors again", Mei Xiucai threw it behind his mind. Because it was Gui Wu who bought land in the yamen, he turned a blind eye to it.

Gui Wu did not mean "taking advantage of the situation to rob". The land of the country was nine taels per mu, and the land of four taels per mu, which was slightly higher than the current price. Forty-five acres of medium-field, ten acres of land, and fifty-five acres of land, a total of four hundred and forty-five taels of silver.

Because Mei Xiucai had already received 350 taels before, Gui Wu paid another 95 taels, and Gui Wu was responsible for the silver and trading tax for the establishment of the red contract.

Even Mei Xiucai felt sorry for Tiandi and wanted to remember Gui Wu's "kindness" in his heart.

In addition to being happy that he had more land, Gui Qiu was also happy that he could let go of his hands and "reward" Du Lizheng in the future.

*

Mujia Village, Du House.

Du Li was returning from Xiji Town with a gloomy face, and when he came back, he sat in the hall for luck.

When Li was worried about his son's schooling, he quickly served tea and asked in a low voice: "Master, but the talk was not going well? If it really doesn't work, it's fine. The county school has a tight homework and the seventh brother can't keep up. Otherwise, don't bother, and let him go to the Yuan family to go to school!"

Du Lizheng brought the tea and drank it all in one gulp. Fang breathed a long sigh and said, "I want to forget it, I'm afraid it won't work. The other party came for me. Humph, I really thought I was a soft persimmon and wanted to buy our family's 800 acres of land!"

The land on Duli Zheng’s open house is 800 acres.

The other party was very arrogant and disdained to talk to Du Lizheng, a rich man from the countryside, so he sent the butler to come forward and stopped the class in Du Qi County School.

I originally thought Du Li would come up immediately, but I didn't expect that this delay would last for more than half a month.

The other party was consciously swept his face, and the tone of the manager became even more and more generous.

The Du family is all in Zhongtian, and the price is 8 or 9 taels per mu per mu. But the manager didn't mention buying it, but asked Du Li to take over the field.

This "refuge" became a tenant under the name of the master's family. Du Lizheng was not crazy, so he naturally refused and ended up in disagreement.

The other party made a harsh statement, saying that Du Lizheng was ungrateful and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Du Li has been doing well for many years and hasn't encountered such a stick for a long time, so he naturally finds it funny.

This is Tongzhou and Zhili. If the powerful and powerful buy land, they will be robbed, and the people will be in chaos. I don’t know whose fool is the one who is in charge of the affairs, so they will rush around like this.

Du Lizheng was not afraid, but he was upset.

I settled in Tongzhou in my early years because it was in the northern part of the country, and there were many remote outsiders, so it was not eye-catching to settle down. Now Tongzhou is bustling.

Li was worried: "Master, what should the other party do if the other party is an official?"

The Du family talked in Mujia Village, but it was just Mujia Village.

Du Li frowned and said, "The other party just wants to buy land, but it may not be our family. The Lin family is also a big family, with six or seven hundred acres of land under its name, so it will just lead them to find the Lin family."

When Li heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.

The Lin family has no grudges and no grudges with their own family. Isn’t this too unkind? But thinking of the 800 acres of land in the Du family, Li immediately threw away the discomfort in his heart.

Du Li said it clearly, but he was also embarrassed.

The previous county magistrate was fed by the Du family, so it is naturally convenient for everyone to do things; the current county magistrate is new to last year, so how can I know who Du Zhong is?

Now, not only has the county magistrate changed, but the grain chief in Xiji has also changed.

Du Li could use the summer and autumn taxes to make things difficult for Gui family, and the superiors could also make things difficult for him. Therefore, Du Li was extremely careful and asked to arrange people to start collecting autumn taxes in the village temple at the first day of September.

"Is there any movement in the Gui family? Is there no excuse to look for Lao Qi to express my love?" Du Li said righteously.

Li snorted, "I didn't come, as I said, it's not a good person. I bewitched Lao Qi as a good friend, but I may not take Lao Qi to heart. Lao Qi didn't go to the village school today, so I just came to ask."

Du Lizheng picked up the corner of his mouth and said, "The Gui family claims to have reliance. I want to see when this reliance can be relied on."

A few days ago, I wrote to Nanjing that Du Lizheng received news that the imperial tombs would be built for several deceased imperial concubines, and that the imperial tombs would be drawn to work nearby in Zhili.

Didn’t the Gui family tremble with Gui Wu? Gui Wu still wanted to study and end up dreaming! Then, “drain the firewood from the cauldron” and try Gui Wu to build the imperial tomb. When you get there, there will be more places where you can do things. Then see how the Gui family will be arrogant in the future.

The Gui family was on the list of "tax arrears" and the yamen was spending some money, so they didn't believe that Gui Wu could not be sent to build the imperial tomb.

Du Li was smiling proudly, narrowing his eyes, wondering if he would also move on Qiu Tax.

*

Although Du Lizheng is not here, the village ancestral hall is there.

Paying autumn grain is a big deal. With the Gui family's "tax arrears" before, every family is afraid of making mistakes, so they ask people to keep an eye on it. In addition to paying the grain from their own families, they must also urge the family to pay it early.

The common people are most afraid of the government. Unless it is natural disasters and man-made disasters, few people dare to owe taxes. Those who really dare to do the government and fail to pay agricultural taxes are all big grain growers.

From the first day of September, the village ancestral hall began to collect agricultural taxes. Seven or eight days have passed, and many people have been paid intermittently.

If it were other villages, such as rogue families like Li Facai, they would have to delay paying. However, because Du Lizheng, the village in Mujia Village, had little friendship with each family, and forced two families to pass by due to tax arrears. The remaining households have gained a memory and paid the tax early every time they collect taxes.

This year is no exception. Today, most of the agricultural tax has been collected, and there are still several households who have not paid it. They also came to say hello, either drying the grain or not grinding the rice. This is the time of the past few days.

Even the Gui family paid the autumn tax as early as the first day of the New Year.

But there is one exception, the Lin family.

The Lin family pays it early every year, but this year there has been no movement.

When the news came to Du Lizheng, Du Lizheng frowned and said, "The Lin family has always been paid early. What does this mean this year? Is this going to open a mirror for the Gui family?"

In recent years, the Du family and the Lin family have been in the village, but in fact, there are differences between the two families.

When the Gui family sold land for three houses, "Donggui" relied on Du Li to take advantage of it, but no one else could buy it. In the end, the Lin family came forward to buy it.

It was the two months after Gui Wu returned to his hometown and went to visit the Lin family specifically, which made Du Lizheng's heart stung.

Now that someone is targeting his own land, Du Lizheng has already planned to push the Lin family to go east.

"Hmph, I don't know what's wrong, I deserve it!" Du Lizheng thought this way, and only joy was left for the Lin family's late payment of the agricultural tax.

*

The next day, Gui's parents' room.

Gui Chongyang opened his eyes and noticed something was placed beside the pillow. He rubbed his eyes and saw that it was a new set of clothes and a pair of new shoes. He was still confused. He thought that maybe it was because of the season change, so he didn't think much about it and changed it directly, but it just fit.

When he came out to wash up, Gui Chongyang thanked Mei.

Mei said, "There is nothing to give to you, so I prepared a set of clothes for you. The shoes were sewn by your cousin."

Gui Chongyang thanked Mei Duo again.

Mei Duo smiled and said, "Eat longevity noodles in the morning and make dumplings filled with mushrooms at night."

Hearing the three words "longevity noodles", Gui Chongyang remembered that today is Double Ninth Festival and his birthday. No wonder Mei's aunt and nephew prepared clothes and shoes for him. Because his birthday is the birthday of his mother, he has not celebrated his birthday so far, so he is a little unfamiliar.

After having a delicious meal of longevity noodles, Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba went to school.

*

Si Zheng (10 o'clock in the morning), Gui Wu entered Mujia Village in a carriage. When he was passing by the village ancestral hall, he heard the bustling and chaos in front of him.

Gui Wu called to stop the carriage and picked up the curtain to see it.

I saw a few old villagers with gloomy faces and blocking a few young and strong men, not knowing what to say.

After a while, Du Li was dark and brought a few gangs to arrive.
Chapter completed!