Chapter 231 Rumors and Determination

"Is your second brother old enough now?

Now the government is implementing a new marriage law, which stipulates that the marriage age for men and women will be raised by two years.

Don’t make a mistake, or the town will definitely not register you.”

When it comes to themselves, these farmers don't care about marriage laws or not.
They only knew that after a wedding banquet was held in the village and the villagers had a witness, they could sleep on the same kang and give birth to a baby openly.
They don't care about anything else!

However, in front of He Yuzhu, who was obviously a staff member of the State Council, they did not dare to tell him what they were thinking.
They all nodded.
"Old enough, old enough. To be honest with you, my child is not only old enough, but also a lot older. It was all because our family was poor before.

If there is a girl at home, maybe we can exchange her for a kiss or something.

But there is no girl in the family, only three sons.

These years have been very worrying for me.”

Seeing the old man recalling the past, others also felt the same way, so He Yuzhu smiled and comforted him.
"Isn't it better now?

Now every household has its own land, and life will surely get better and better.
In the future, not only will the second son be able to find a wife, but the third son will also be able to find one. Even a local tycoon would not change this life."

Then the old man smiled.
"Yes, yes, it's Da Xia now. When we ordinary people are in charge, our lives will definitely get better and better.

Who wants to be rich these days?
There is a wealthy man in our village named Liu. Since the New Year, villagers have come to his house to spit at him every day.
Some time ago, his concubines couldn't stand him anymore and wanted to divorce him. He disagreed, so his concubines directly called the town hall and divorced him immediately.

Mr. Liu doesn't even dare to go out now, who cares about him now? "

When the old man mentioned the village's rich man Liu, several villagers in the same village immediately started cursing in indignation.
"If you ask me, Liu Bapi deserves it.
In the past, when we borrowed grain and paid rent, this old guy would take in large amounts and take out small amounts.
He has married several concubines over the years, but we tenants are miserable. Not only are we penniless, but our children have no clothes to wear.

My family has several kids who don't even have a pair of pants.
Every winter, I can’t get off the kang.”

After the old man finished speaking, the uncles and aunts nearby felt the same way. Many of them even thought of their own deceased children and secretly wiped away their tears.

He kept cursing those local rich people, saying that they were lacking in virtue and would not die a good death.

He Yuzhu could only comfort her,
"My dear uncles, the past is the past, and now everything is fine.
This year's harvest is so good, and I can sell so much food for sure. I can buy some cloth to make new clothes for my children.

Not only this year, but every year in the future, so that children can run all over the mountains and fields in winter. "

"Comrade, you are right.
Let's farm well for two years, then make new clothes, repair the pigpen and raise pigs. After selling the pigs, we can repair the house and have a good future. "

"Hahaha"

……

He Yuzhu would go to the grain station with his comrades before dawn every day and return to the courtyard after dark. He would help here and there and was so busy every day that the days passed very quickly.

By the time the number of people paying their grain taxes gradually decreased, it was already mid-to-late September.

On this day, He Yuzhu was collecting grains as usual while chatting with uncles and aunts.
At this time, someone asked in a worried voice,

"Comrade, when we came to the town to pay our taxes this morning, I heard someone say that the bald guy would be back soon. Is that true?
If this old guy really comes back, he will have to take back the land that the State Council allocated to us! What should we do? "

"Yes, yes, we heard that too.
Some people even said that the stone lions in Tiananmen Square were crying and that the bell and drum towers were smoking, and that this was a sign from heaven.

It is said that the bald man wants to fight back, is this true? "

He Yuzhu had been running back and forth between the grain station and the courtyard during this period, getting up early and going to bed late, and he really didn't notice what was happening on the streets of Beiping.

Today was the first time he heard people mention it.
But think about it, it is already September 9th, the Americans have landed at Incheon Port and have established a firm foothold.

It is not surprising that those hidden spies, gangsters and rich people who have been suppressed would actively spread such rumors.
After all, the father is here.

Seeing hope, they naturally wanted to make some move.

By next month, when Goryeo, which was originally fighting against Silla and was about to unify the peninsula, was completely defeated, they will definitely become even more arrogant.

But these are all later stories. Looking at the worried people in front of him, He Yuzhu smiled and said,

"Dear uncles and aunts, there is no such thing.
We live right next to the Drum Tower, but I've never heard the neighbors say anything like the lions at Tiananmen Square are crying.
As for the smoke coming out of the bell and drum tower, that is even more ridiculous. It is all nonsense and fabricated.

You can't believe it.

Don't lose your composure and give the bad guys an opportunity to take advantage of you."

When He Yuzhu said that he lived near the Drum Tower and had never heard of stone lions shedding tears or smoke coming out of the Drum Tower, the people present all breathed a sigh of relief.

Then someone started laughing.
"That's what I said, there's no such thing.

I heard that the State Council released a report on the war achievements, which said that the millions of troops of the Bald were no match for our People's Liberation Army.
Not long after that, he had gathered several million troops and was able to fight back to Peking.

It must be a magic trick.

Moreover, Beiping is now the capital of Daxia, much more important than the bald man's Nanjing.

How could that damn bald guy come back to bully us again! "

"Yes, yes. I also heard about the battle report you mentioned from the village party secretary.

The bald guy couldn't beat us despite his huge advantage. Now he has fled to the island. There are only a few people on the island. He has no hope at all.
Everyone relax.

If there really comes a day like that, we will do whatever the Executive Yuan tells us to do.
Even if we pick up guns and join the army to fight, we can't just sit there and watch the bald guys take back the land we have seized.
That doesn’t make sense, everyone will say, right? "

"Yes, yes, yes, I don't want our eldest son to be like before, without clothes to wear, and to go around the mountains and fields naked every day to dig wild vegetables.

If anyone dares to ask me to return the land, I will pick up my sword and gun and fight them to the death.
If you want the land, you have to step over the corpses of my family first."

(End of this chapter)