Chapter 1005

Hami's eyes lit up: "Miss, can you rent it to my father? My father is very good at farming. He will harvest more beans than others."

Jiang Chan rubbed Hami's head: "your father can't grow so much alone. I'm going to rent it to a few more people."

"Yes, it's a big land. It's bigger than the whole village." Amy nodded, not knowing what land leasing meant.

In the evening, John came to pick up hammy and Amy. Hammy's eyes twinkled when he saw him, and Amy couldn't hide his words; "Dad, Miss said today that she was going to rent the land near the manor to others."

John slipped under his feet. "Miss, really? How much land?"

Amy drew a semicircle on her chest with both hands: "so many!"

Hammy: "Miss said, it's about 150 mu."

John touched his head: "so many, our family can't grow it."

Hammy: "the young lady said to find more people to plant. The young lady also asked how many people rent more than a year if others rent land."

John: "it's seven tenths for those who are harsh, and half for those who are kind. If they fail to pay the rent last year, they have to compensate the farmers for their losses."

"I'm also hesitating whether to rent land. If it's not good to catch up with last year, I will owe more to farmers. It's not good to become serfs at that time."

Once you become a serf, it is difficult to get rid of this status again. John has also heard that some people have to work for the farm just because they can't pay off their debts to the farmer.

"The young lady is kind-hearted and won't take so many rents." hammy frowned, which he didn't think about, but no matter what, serfs don't have freedom and people come freely.

"I'll go back and discuss it with your mother and see what she thinks." John couldn't make up his mind. He'd better go home and discuss it well.

John's dinner is boiled beans and white bread brought back by hammy and Amy. Before such days, they didn't dare to think about it. Before, everyone could only eat black bread, and white bread had to be sold in the town.

Ruini tore off a corner of the bread and dipped it in the soup of boiled beans: "what's the matter? You're all upset when you come back?"

In this month, because Jiang cicada secretly complemented Hami and Amy brothers, Ruini's family had a better life. At least there were two less mouths to eat at home.

Her face was also ruddy, not as waxy as before. The youngest child also grew a lot of meat and no longer looked thin.

John copied Hami and Amy's words, and Ruiming dropped the bread in his hand: "such a good thing must be promised!"

"But if Miss, she wants a lot of rent?" John is still a little worried. If the rent is too expensive, what if their family finally becomes serfs?

"Miss Renshan, I'm sure she won't accept a lot of rent." Ruini changed her little son in her arms, patted him gently, and analyzed Jiang Chan's character with John.

"We are so poor here. Why did the young lady choose Hami and Amy to feed the horses? Isn't it that the young lady wants to take care of us? Look at the bread Hami usually brings back and the young lady gave a cloth the day before yesterday. All these show that the young lady is kind-hearted."

"Besides, we don't rent as soon as we ask. If you think the rent is too expensive, we can not rent, and asking won't offend others. But if the rent is reasonable, our family's life will be much better."

I have to say, compared with simple and honest John, Ruini is still very smart.

"Yes, I'll go and ask tomorrow." John is also a decisive person. Indeed, as Ruini said, asking doesn't offend anyone. Of course, if he took half the rent, he would rent it.

The next day, Jiang Chan welcomed the uneasy John. Ruini had to take care of her children at home, otherwise she would come by herself.

After hearing John's intention, Jiang Chan smiled: "I charge 30% rent here."

John stared: "how much? 30% rent? Great!"

The simple and honest man's eyes are going to smile. If he collects 30% rent, he will work hard and hurry up. He can save a lot of food at home in a year. With this in mind, John immediately made up his mind and did it!

Jiang Chan led John around the manor. Looking at the vast land in front of him, John gulped his saliva, and his eyes were full of bright light.

"Miss, I want to rent five mu of land. Can I choose which piece of land?" John asked this question after evaluating his ability.

"Spread out from the location of the manor. The first one to rent must be near the manor." Jiang Chan looked at the ground conditions: "the fields here are almost the same, and I can't say which one is the best."

"I'll choose this one." John looked around and finally chose a field closest to the manor. Jiang Chan refused to comment and signed a contract with John in duplicate. John went back with this contract.

If he rented the land of ginger cicada for a long time, he had planned to move his home near the manor. This is also convenient for the two children to go back and forth. If Ruini can find another job to make a living in the manor, John's pace of going home has accelerated a bit.

A hundred and fifty acres of land is a lot, but it's really divided quickly. John went back to the village and said that in less than three days, Jiang Chan's land was rented by the villagers in the village.

John rented up to five acres of land, and the others were two and three acres. They dare not rent too much at a time. If this is a trap, they will only work for a year in vain, but if they become serfs, they will lose their personal freedom.

There is an upsurge of reclamation near the manor. These lands have been deserted for so many years. It is not a simple project to clean them up.

Jiang Chan also promised,