0p0 Chapter 121 Distributing Money
Chapter 121 Distributing Money
Lin Chuyi said loudly to everyone, "The purpose of calling everyone here today is very simple, that is, to distribute rent and pepper seeds according to the land lease contract. I can understand your eagerness, and I can assure you that I will not give you less than a penny you deserve."
"Everyone who has a contract, please take it out and line up in the order you came. We will start distributing money right away. Don't make noise or crowd."
Standing opposite Lin Chuyi were the heads of various families. Some of them had grandchildren as old as Lin Chuyi. They felt somewhat uncomfortable being commanded by a junior like her, and stood there without moving.
They didn't move, but some people did. Those who had been to Lin Chu's family for dinner had already started to line up consciously. Seeing this, others stopped making trouble and started to line up honestly.
Seeing that these people were quite obedient, Lin Chuyi continued, "Don't rush to plant the seeds after you get them. Go back and inform the strong laborers in your families who are responsible for farming to gather at the open space in the center of the village at this time tomorrow morning."
"At that time, someone will teach you how to plant peppers, and what to pay attention to after planting peppers. You must come, otherwise you will be fined if the harvest is not good in the end."
"Row."
"understood."
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After hearing their response, Lin Chuyi felt relieved. At this time, the head of the village had already asked people to prepare everything.
Two meters to the left front of the team, there was a square table with a large sack placed upright on it.
Next to the sack was an abacus with some paint peeling off, which was donated by the village head so that Lin Chuyi could count money.
Under the abacus was the stack of contracts that the headman had shown her in the morning.
Lin Chuyi came to the table and stood still. He took out a box of ink and a seal from his arms and motioned the person at the front of the line to come forward.
The first person who came forward was Liu Dewang, a farmer in his forties. Lin Chuyi took the contract he handed over, found Liu Dewang's contract in the stack of contracts, took it out, and placed it next to the other contract.
Lin Chuyi looked up at the other person and said, "I need to confirm the name and the amount of land I'm going to rent out with you to avoid any mistakes. Don't think I'm disrespecting you by calling you by your name."
Lin Chuyi's voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating, ensuring that everyone present could hear it. She just saw that several old men wanted to show off, but failed.
If these uncles took the money and then accused her of disrespecting her by calling their elders by their names, she would be very disgusted, so she might as well take the initiative and nip any disgusting things in the bud.
Liu Dewang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "No, no, there's no need to be respectful or disrespectful, just call me whatever you want."
"Okay, I'll start. Name: Liu Dewang. For rent: three acres of low-quality farmland."
"Yes, yes, yes, both are correct."
"it is good."
Lin Chuyi stretched out his hand and fiddled with the abacus twice, calculated the land rental amount and labor costs, and then spoke after confirming that it was consistent with the contract.
"The rent for one mu of inferior land for half a year is 200 wen, and three mu of land is 600 wen. The labor cost is 50 wen a month, so it is 300 wen for half a year, a total of 900 wen."
The villagers had already calculated the money at home, and Liu Dewang was no exception. After confirming that Lin Chuyi's offer matched the amount he had in mind, Liu Dewang nodded.
Upon seeing this, Lin Chuyi opened the ink box and moved it towards the other party along with the two contracts. He tapped the payment amount on the two contracts with his finger, signaling the other party to put his fingerprint on it.
After Liu Dewang pressed his fingerprints, Lin Chuyi opened the sack and took out 18 strings of copper coins and handed them to the other party in front of everyone.
While Liu Dewang was counting the money, Lin Chuyi stamped two contracts with her own seal, keeping one for herself and giving the other to Liu Erzhu who was standing next to her.
"Uncle Erzhu, one acre of land requires two or two kinds of seeds. The contract states that there are three acres of land, and the total amount is six taels of pepper seeds."
"understood."
Liu Erzhu agreed, inserted the scale pan into the sack full of pepper seeds, scooped out the pepper seeds, and then used the weight on the scale bar to adjust the position to confirm the weight.
When the weight line reaches the six-liang position, it stops moving. After both ends are balanced, the scale bar is lowered, and the pepper seeds in the scale pan are poured into the gap in the oil paper bag folded by Sun. The opening is folded and handed over to Liu Dewang together with the contract.
Liu Dewang pocketed the money with the hem of his clothes, happily took the paper bag and the contract, moved to another square table, continued counting the money, and after confirming that the amount was correct, he could leave.
If you count the money on the spot, any problems can be solved in time to avoid confusion later.
After the first proof, the people behind came forward consciously to follow the process.
Lin Wuyou and Lin Cheng watched the whole process of how Lin Chuyi handled things efficiently, their eyes full of admiration. After becoming familiar with the process, they also applied to join in and help.
Lin Chuyi agreed and asked the siblings to help count the money. With the help of the siblings, the distribution process was much faster.
Lin Chuyi is responsible for checking the contents of the contract and stamping it, as well as calculating and reporting the rental amount and seed weight.
Lin Cheng prepared the corresponding amount of silver or copper coins based on the amount reported by Lin Chuyi, and Lin Wuyou was responsible for checking whether the amount given by Lin Cheng was correct.
The seeds were handed over to Liu Erzhu and his wife. Liu Erzhu was responsible for weighing the pepper seeds, and Sun was responsible for packaging.
After the entire assembly line was formed, it took only one and a half hours to complete the assignment of all contracts.
During this period, several people chose to change the content of the contract and rent out a few more acres of land. Some people also climbed over the wall and wanted to join in out of envy, but they were all rejected by Lin Chuyi.
We agreed at the beginning that I would have five days to consider the matter. No one will be accepted after that time. Now I naturally cannot go back on my word. The same goes for contracts. Once you sign a contract, you must abide by it. Otherwise, what’s the difference between it and a waste paper?
There were also a few ruffians who wanted to take the opportunity to stir up trouble, but Lin Chuyi did not ask the head of the village to step in, she took action herself.
Since you don't listen to reason and want to take the opportunity to cause trouble, Lin Chuyi doesn't mind using them to establish her authority and let them know that things are different now, so that people won't think she is easy to bully and take advantage of her.
The result is self-evident. Those hooligans were beaten black and blue and ran away in shame.
After this episode, no one dared to make trouble. Everyone obediently took the money and seeds and left the headman's house.
The villagers who were standing outside the yard watching the fun, saw their head of the family coming out, and they no longer had the energy to join in the fun, so they followed their family home to count their money.
As time passed, there were fewer and fewer people queuing in the yard, and most of the people outside the yard had also left.