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Chapter 325 Labor

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    In December, Li Jingwen¡¯s family started planting potatoes with great fanfare. Except for the vermicelli maker, everyone in the family joined the potato planting army, even the guards of the county government were no exception.

    The tenants of Hewanshu were also busy planting potatoes under the guidance of Li Jiagui. He not only learned theoretical knowledge from Li Jingwen, but also practiced it for a year. Instructing the tenants was a piece of cake for him. He just left early and came back late to help.  Not being busy at home, Ms. Lu would be even busier.

    Li Jingwen¡¯s family had finished planting potatoes, but Lu¡¯s had not yet finished planting. Liu was afraid of missing the season, so she had to send two people over to help.

    After the potatoes were planted, the court began water conservancy construction, and the Yamen also began to collect labor: as in previous years, every adult man was drafted once. Qingzhou has lots of water, and there are many natural rivers. The labor is usually dredged.  This year is no exception. All laborers in Qingzhou Prefecture are responsible for dredging prescribed rivers on a county basis.

    Dredging the river is a hard job. Although the salary is relatively high and the food is good, in this cold winter, the wind by the river wants to blow off a layer of skin on people's faces.  When you step in, it doesn't reach your calves. It's better to have high rain boots, otherwise, the wet and cold mud will get into the shoes, making your whole body tremble with coldness. Moreover, it is easy to step on but difficult to lift up.

    Therefore, as long as people with slightly better conditions would rather hire someone to replace them at a high price than suffer such a crime, Li Jiahua has never escaped. No matter which time he served as a labor force, the first thing the Li family thought of was him. It became a habit.  Naturally, no one has ever thought it was unreasonable to do so. Even he himself believed that hard labor was his business. At this time, he would naturally prepare his luggage and wait for Li Zheng's call.

    This year, their family has been exempted from hard labor, so the matter of hard labor has nothing to do with them. There is only one male in Li Jiagui's family who can go and pay. He is now the manager of Li Jingwen's family and has a lot of work on his hands.  In addition, Mrs. Lu had a child at home and a large group of ducks, pigs and sheep to take care of. She really couldn't leave, so she paid half the money and let others go.

    In the old house of the Li family, Li Lianzhong was not yet sixty years old, and he was also within the scope of labor service. He had money in his hand, so he could just hand it over, but they were reluctant to part with the few taels of silver, so they immediately approached Li Jiahua.  , let him do the labor service instead of his father, and the reason is very good: he was the one who went to the labor force in previous years.

    Li Jiahua laughed at their shamelessness: "Have you forgotten that our families have been separated now?"

    "After the family is separated, you are also our son. It is what a son should do to share the worries of his parents." Wu said arrogantly.

    "I left the family with a pure life. You still have two sons who have acquired the family property. It's really not my turn to share your worries." Li Jiahua laughed at himself. He didn't think of him when the family property was divided. Now he has to work hard.  They thought that he was their son. It seemed that in their hearts, he was just a working tool.

    No, it's worse than working tools. Even if a sickle or hoe breaks, they will take it to the blacksmith shop to repair it. But he, when he was sick, he just let him endure it and never thought of hiring a doctor to help him.  Look, once the leg was broken and it needed money for treatment, it was immediately discarded by them.

    "Both of them have gone to Qingniu Town to work. They don't have time, and they have never served as laborers. They will definitely not be able to bear the burden of carrying river mud. Unlike you, you are already used to it, and you won't suffer too much if you go there.  "Wu said matter-of-factly.

    "I didn't expect that the emperor exempted my family from labor, but you would impose your own on me. It seems that I really have a long working life, and even the emperor's words don't count." Li Jiahua shook his head.

    "You can let me do the labor service. Give me the money to buy the labor service. The family is divided. I have to support my wife and children. I can't do the hard work for you like before."

    "Why should we ask you for money?" Li Lianzhong opened his eyes wide in surprise. He expected that Li Jiahua would refuse to work, but he did not expect that he would ask them for money.

    "I didn't ask you to come to me. You can go to anyone. But if you want me to go, you have to give me money. We are two families now, and we naturally have to settle our accounts clearly." Li Jiahua said coldly, he is not  He had to worry about the few taels of silver. It was just that the family was separated, and they still wanted him to do hard labor. He really couldn't swallow that sigh of relief.

    "Your family is so rich, but you still rely on these few taels of silver?" Wu looked at him in disbelief.

    "No matter how much money my family has, it has nothing to do with you. If I work for you on my behalf, you will naturally have to pay money." Li Jiahua said lightly, but in his heart he wondered if he was too weak to be punished even after receiving the title.  Bully?

    "Li Jiahua, your father is over fifty years old, do you really have the heart to let him go?"Choosing among the mud?  Aren't you afraid that he will be tired or cold?  "

    "Since I was thirteen years old, I have gone to the river with everyone to pick mud every year. Have you ever thought that I would be tired or cold?" Li Jiahua recalled that he was not yet thirteen years old when he went to do labor service, and his body was still small.  He was not tall enough and had not had enough to eat all year round, so he was dark and thin. He wore a pair of straw sandals, stepped on the biting mud, carried two heavy baskets of mud, and staggered forward with gritted teeth.

    Fortunately, the uncles in the same group took pity on his young age and did not compact the mud when filling the basket, and they helped him intentionally or unintentionally. He successfully survived the hard work, but he also became seriously ill after returning.  .

    What made him sad was that no one took pity on him when he was sick. His parents thought he was useless and persuaded him to get sick when he came back. Feeding him was a waste of food. His brothers also laughed at him, saying that he was just a farmer, what the hell?  I don¡¯t have any skills, and I can¡¯t even bear the hard work. It¡¯s better to die early and be released early, so as not to drag others down.

    It can be said that it is a miracle that he is alive today: when he was a child, his body was not strong. He would get cold once or twice every spring, and each time he would have a high fever and feel weak. However, his parents not only refused to hire a doctor for him, but also  They would let him rest. As usual, he dragged his sick body to the fields to plow and plant seeds every day. He was busy all day long. When plowing the fields, he had to soak in water all day long. When he lay in bed at night, his whole body ached.  , but never fell down.

    The most serious illness occurred when he was thirteen years old when he returned from hard labor. He had a high fever for several days and lay in bed for a few days. He was so rejected by his family that he doubted his life. He walked to the river and wanted to  When he jumped down and finished his life, his uncle saw him and pulled him into the house and gave him a lesson. Then he made him a bowl of ginger soup and pulled him back from the gate of hell.

    "Besides, I didn't ask dad to go alone. Doesn't he have two sons who have divided the family property? Don't you know that whoever owns the family property will have the support of the elderly?" Li Jiahua said with a sneer.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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