Chapter 1252: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Forty-Two) Family Destroyed and People Died

Wen Yi borrowed fifty taels of silver from Lu Yuan's wife's family in the town, and the loan sharking rate doubled every year. Wen Yi planned to work hard for the next year after getting the land, even if he had to live a hard life for another year, The foreign debt of one hundred taels must also be paid off. As long as we have land, there is always hope.

He came back and paid the money, took a chip from the clerk's hand, and returned home eagerly waiting for the next day. Tomorrow, the clerk would bring him the deed of the land assigned to him. The official fields in the village were all high-quality and good fields, covering thousands of acres. Wen Yi walked around and around those fields at night, longing for the piece of land that would truly belong to him.

Wen Cheng came home in the evening and stayed in Wen Yi's house for a while, but didn't say anything. He just sighed deeply and left again. There were seven people in Wen Cheng's family. Ten acres of land, but one hundred and forty taels of silver + pig + pig + island + novel + www + z + son became a high threshold. Wen Cheng originally wanted to borrow a loan shark, but his father stopped him. They will still have no land of their own and can only rent government land.

Wen Yi and the woman were so excited that they didn't fall asleep all night. They got up at dawn. The woman hugged her son, who was still sleeping soundly, and went to the entrance of the village with Wen Yi, waiting for the clerk to come with the deed.

Waiting until three o'clock in the morning, the clerk in the town, accompanied by two government servants, finally came staggering on a little barking donkey. When he saw Wen Yi, he smiled and took out a copy from his arms. He threw the deed to them casually, "This is your deed. Come with me. I will take you to your land and put the boundary sign. I'm done. There are still more than a dozen families to run away today!" "The clerk stretched himself and said lazily.

Looking at the clerk's somewhat swollen face and smelling the alcohol emanating from his body, Wen Yi thought to himself. This gentleman must not have slept well yesterday. Looking at the way he was riding on the donkey, he must not fall off and break it.

Although the clerk staggered, he never fell down. He walked through patches of green crops and led Wen Yi and his family forward. These were official fields that had been taken over by the people above two days ago. The white ash traces the mark, and each piece is very distinct, every time you walk through it. Wen Yi's heart felt like a cat clawing at him.

The sun gradually rose, and as he was about to leave this crop field, Wen Yi couldn't help but feel anxious. The village was already far away, so why hadn't he reached his own land yet? "Master, the thirty acres of land allocated to my family, Which piece is it?" he couldn't help but ask.

The clerk glanced sideways at him, "Why are you panic? The court will still lie to you. The county magistrate will also lie to you. He said it was thirty acres, it is thirty acres, and you won't be short of a penny."

"Yes, yes. I naturally believe in the county magistrate." Seeing that the clerk was angry, Wen Yi said hurriedly.

While speaking, the clerk had stopped.

Pointing to the front, he said: "Here. That's your land, thirty acres, just a little more. You two, hurry up and put in the boundary sign, we have to go to the next house!"

The two government officials responded, took a few boundary signs, and quickly rushed to that place. When they saw the place where the two government officials had inserted the boundary signs, Wen Yi's heart suddenly dropped. What about that large piece of land? What kind of fertile land is it? It is a wasteland with rocks everywhere. Let alone growing crops, even grass does not grow many roots.

"This, this is my land?" His hands and feet were trembling, and he looked at the clerk, "This is the land I bought for sixty taels of silver?"

"Of course, boy, these thirty acres of land will be yours from now on. Just wait and see." The clerk chuckled.

Wen Yi's legs became weak and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"No, no, no, I don't want it anymore. I don't want the land anymore. Give me your money back. I don't want the land anymore." Wen Yi said honestly. Behind him, the women were already crying in despair. They were all locals. People don't know that this land cannot be planted at all.

"Boy, you think the imperial government's plan is child's play. If you want it, you can take it. If you don't want it, don't take it. I tell you, if you take it, you can't retreat." The clerk sat on the back of the donkey, pointing his whip forward, majestically.

The two government officials rushed back quickly. The clerk glanced at the two crying peasants and said coldly: "Let's go."

Wen Yi collapsed on the ground. In order to buy this piece of land, he borrowed fifty taels of usury. At this time next year, he will have to pay back one hundred taels. But for this piece of land, let alone one hundred taels. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay even ten taels, but this is a usurious loan with a rolling donkey. One year it is one hundred taels, and in the second year, it becomes two hundred taels.

Amidst Wen Yi's cry, the woman rushed forward, grabbed the donkey's reins suddenly, pulled the donkey back with force, and screamed: "We don't want the fields anymore, give us back." Money comes.”

The clerk was unprepared, and because last night had been ridiculous for a long time, the donkey suddenly turned half a circle. He, who was already a little shaken, suddenly fell off the donkey, falling solidly, and it hurt. When he was called out, the two government servants hurriedly helped the clerk up, but they saw that there was a big red and shiny bump on the clerk's forehead.

The clerk stretched out his hand and touched it, and hissed in pain. When he saw the old woman in front of him who had caused him to fall, he stretched out a bone stick-like person towards him again. He suddenly felt angry and evil in his heart. Feeling brave, he raised his leg and walked over, "You crazy bitch, how dare you hit your master."

The woman fell down after receiving this kick. This kick actually knocked her unconscious. The year-old baby she was holding in her other hand flew away several meters away and fell heavily on the ground. On the ground, he just cried twice and then became silent.

A government servant ran over, took one look, and then took a breath of cold air. By coincidence, the little baby's head happened to be on a stone that was half buried in the soil, but the exposed part was not. It was a sharp triangular protrusion, and on the little baby's head, a large hole was bleeding. He stretched out his hand and touched the little baby's nose. The yamen servant jumped up and said, "Master, I'm out of breath. I'm dead!"

Wen Yi finally reacted at this time. When he saw the woman and child lying on the ground, he howled like a wild wolf and rushed over. He picked up the child with one hand and the woman with the other.

The clerk's face turned pale, and he climbed onto the donkey in a panic. "He fell to death on his own, but I have nothing to do with it." He hit the donkey on the buttocks with a whip and ran away with the two government servants.

There were cries everywhere in the village. Wen Yi's family was not the only one who was deceived. All the families who bought the land with money did not get the government land they had expected, which they had been renting and farming. Like Wen Yi, All they were given were wastelands where birds didn't poop. Let alone growing food, even if they planted grass, they might not be able to grow much.

Wen Cheng sighed and looked at Wen Yi, who was huddled in the room with his head in his hands. Wen Yi's woman was huddled in the corner of the room in a daze, holding her lifeless child in her arms. With long hair shawl, like an evil ghost, Wen Cheng thought several times to take the dead child from the woman's arms last time. Every time, the woman screamed strangely, kicked and hit, opened her mouth and bit. I can only give up.

"Ayi, what can we do now that things are like this? You and I can go out first and get a few thin boards. We can also build a thin wooden coffin so that the child can be buried in peace." Wen Cheng forced Wen Yi from the ground. Pull it up and drag it out.

"Let's go, I still have some boards at home. Come and get them with me, nail them up and bury the child!" Wen Cheng looked at the miserable state of this family and felt sad in his heart. At the same time, he felt lucky. Fortunately, his father did not allow it. Borrow usury yourself, otherwise there will be one more crying family in the village today.

Wen Yi followed Wen Cheng to his house in a daze. The two of them carried a few thin wooden boards. When they returned to Wen Yi's house, the woman and child were missing.

"Ayi, where is your woman?" Wen Cheng was shocked and shouted loudly.

Wen Yi seemed to wake up a little. He searched frantically throughout the room, but couldn't find a single piece of clothing. After coming out of the room, Wen Cheng walked to the well platform in the corner without anyone noticing, took a look, and suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe. It stopped, and below the well, there was a piece of black hair floating.

"Ayi!" he shouted loudly.

The woman and child were salvaged, but they had long since lost their breath. The woman still held the child tightly in her arms, unable to pry it away.

Wen Yi acted like a lunatic, holding a sheep's fork, and drove everyone out of the house, including Wen Cheng, and slammed the door.

"Ayi, Ayi, don't do this!" Wen Cheng shouted anxiously outside the house.

There was no echo in the room, only Wen Yi's wolf-like howling sound came from the room.

"Let's go, let's go first, let Ayi cry for a while, maybe it will be better. Let's come over to help him with the funeral of his mother-in-law and baby in the evening. How pitiful!" Wen Cheng's father said sadly. A wonderful home was gone in the blink of an eye.

The whole village felt like they were mourning for their heirs, and the despair of getting the land pushed their already poor life further into the abyss. Those who didn't get the land couldn't see any hope in the future. In the dark night, not a single light was on in the whole village. Wen Cheng left the house and was going to go to Wen Yi's place to have a look.

As soon as he stepped out of the house, a ball of fire flashed in front of his eyes. In the blink of an eye, the fire became bigger and brighter, almost illuminating the entire village. That was A Yi's home. Wen Cheng was shocked and ran towards Wen Yi's house.

Wen Yi's house was already in a sea of ​​fire.

"Ayi, Ayi!" Wen Cheng jumped and shouted outside the fire scene, but the answer to him was only the crackling sound of the fire. (To be continued...)