When Yan Laosi got home, he squatted under the eaves of his house and started smoking old cigarettes. His wife called him several times, but he ignored him. His wife walked out of the house again, but found that Yan Laosi was crying silently. Seeing his man crying, the woman's house suddenly panicked and asked repeatedly, "What's wrong with Laosi?"

Yan Laosi still didn't say a word, but his eyes couldn't stop.

It is said that men will not cry easily, but they have not yet reached the sad place. Yan Laosi is a famous tough guy in Yan Family Town. If he hadn't really touched the sad place, how could he cry?

Looking at the man squatting there with empty hands, the woman asked, "Old Fourth, has Tian Ren finished the clearance?"

Speaking of paying rent, it just touched Yan Laosi's sadness. He threw the old cigarette pipe and hugged his head with both hands and howled.

The reason why Yan Laosi was sad was that the rent interest rate increased again this year, and it also increased a lot. In the morning, half of the truck of wheat he pushed away only settled the profits he borrowed in previous years. The capital of borrowing in previous years, the two dou of wheat he borrowed from the Yan family when he was in trouble this year, and the land rent for this year were not paid.

Just take away the remaining wheat at home, which is only enough to pay the rent for the land.

In other words, after paying the land rent, Yan Laosi's fourth earned nothing after half a year. If the family of five wants to survive, they have to borrow food from the Yan family, and then enter a vicious cycle of higher principal and higher interest and less repaid. Although Yan Laosi has only been in a private school for half a year, the account can still be calculated clearly.

The days are dark now, and Yan Laosi can't see hope at all.

Yan Laosi even wanted to rub a straw rope and just hang it on the pear tree in his yard. When will this hard day be, and he will be relieved by kicking his feet. But when he thought of the three children who were hungry in the house, the youngest one was even half a year old, Yan Laosi was unable to make up his mind. He left, what should the three children do?

"Fourth brother, are you talking? Have you cleared the rent?" The woman was also a little anxious.

When asked anxiously, Yan Laosi said in tears: "Wife, why don't we just give Erya a lecture?"

In rural areas, there are many people who give their daughters a child bride to other families because they are not accepted and have insufficient food rations. Because they are sold, it is impossible for a child bride to have a status when they are in the husband's family. They are usually used as animals. Therefore, even if they are miserable, they will definitely not send their daughters to be a child bride if they are desperate.

"What, Lao Si, what did you say just now? You are going to make Er Ya Dian? You are so heartless. You are still a man. You are still a seven-foot man. I will beat you to death..." The woman became anxious and rushed up and tear Yan Lao Si. But after a few beats, the couple hugged each other and started crying.

Such scenes are not uncommon in Yanjia Town, Longkou County, southern Anhui and even in the entire China.

When wars occur, the most common people will always suffer, because they have a weak family and shallow roots and almost have the ability to resist any risks. A group of chaotic soldiers crossing the border, raising rent and raising interest rates or raising forced levies can make them lose their money. If they encounter man-made disasters like the Yellow River breaks down or the Changsha fire, they can only wait to die with their eyes closed.

However, Yan Laosi's family was still lucky. Just as the couple was hugging their heads and cried, bursts of gongs suddenly came from the street. Yan Laosi wiped away the tears from his cheeks and turned his head to see a large group of people walking on the street holding signs. A young man was shouting with a loud voice, because the voices were noisy and he couldn't hear them clearly.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?" The woman was a little nervous. Could it be that she was going to recruit soldiers again?

Two years ago, last year, the National Government came to the town to recruit soldiers. First, the third tribe was drawn, and then the second tribe was drawn. This time, it was to be recruited again, and maybe even the single tribe was drawn. Thinking of this, the woman subconsciously grabbed Yan Laosi's sleeve, as if Yan Laosi was really going to be arrested.

Yan Laosi's face was full of confusion, so he naturally couldn't answer.

But someone answered for him. A 16 or 17-year-old boy ran over and shouted, "Fourth brother, there is something good."

"Good thing?" Yan Laosi raised his thin face with tears and asked blankly, "What good thing can we have?"

"Reduce rent and interest, the government will reduce rent and interest," the young man ran back and replied, "In the future, the profits must not exceed one cent, and the land rent shall not exceed 30%. The loans borrowed in previous years and the rents after the clearance must be calculated again. Fourth brother, according to the current algorithm, the Yan family will have to find you a lot of money."

"What are you saying? The Yan family has to ask me for money?" Yan Laosi became more and more confused.

But the boy stopped saying anything and ran home to report the news as if he was flying.

The group of people holding signs got closer and closer, and the Yan couple could hear it clearly.

"Friends, fellow villagers, we are the working group of Yanjia Town sent by the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Longkou County. This time we will not only implement the policy of reducing rents and interest rates, but also elect to establish district governments, farmers' associations and women's rescue associations. From now on, you will be the owners of Yanjia Town."

"Friends, if you have any questions, you can go to the ancestral hall outside the town. We have someone here to answer you. How much land rent you paid in previous years and how much profit you paid in excess in the past year, there are dedicated people to calculate it clearly for you, and there will be dedicated people to ask for repayment from Yan's family. We are the people's government, so you don't have to have any worries at all."

Yin Shangwen held a loudspeaker made of cardboard and shouted loudly as he walked.

The Communist Party responded quickly and its efficiency was far better than that of the National Government. When the messenger from the Third War Zone was still on the way, the Southeast Bureau quickly sent a working group to Longkou County after receiving Shu Tongwen's report. The group took Yin Shangwen as the group leader and planned to serve as the county party secretary of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Longkou County. Yin Shangwen is also an acquaintance of Xu Shijiu.

When Gao Shenxing fled from the Mufu Mountain with Xu Shijiu on his back, he fled to the Yangtze River under the pursuit of Ohara Chongmei Special Forces. When he was about to surrender, Yin Shangwen happened to save the two of them. At the guerrilla base, Gao Shenxing, Xu Shijiu, Yin Shangwen, He Keqi, Hu Zhijing and others also had some contact.

So Xu Shijiu easily accepted Yin Shangwen, and the Longkou County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government was quickly formed.

The first thing that happened after the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Longkou County was to mobilize the masses and implement the policy of reducing rents and interest rates. Yin Shangwen selected the first stop to Yanjia Town not only because Yanjia Town is the largest town in Longkou County, but also because Yanjia is the leading gentry in Longkou County, and can be said to be the weather vane for the gentry and local tyrants in the county.

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The news soon spread throughout Yanjia Town, and the Yanjia was also alarmed.

"Old Master, the old master is not good." The housekeeper Yan Qifei rushed into the backyard as if he was watering a pot of orchids in the yard and shouted, "Old Master, something is wrong."

"Xiao Qi, don't panic, say it slowly if you have anything to do." Old Master Yan put down the kettle and sat down on the Grand Master's chair.

Yan Qi gasped for a moment before saying, "Old Master, what kind of anti-Japanese democratic government has been established in Longkou County, which is different from the previous National Government. He also sent a working group to Yanjia Town. It is nothing to send a working group. What's hateful is that it is necessary to implement rent reduction and interest rate reduction, which is very unfavorable to our Yan family.

"Reduce rent and interest rates?" Mr. Yan said, "Tell me, what's this thing?"

Yan Qi told the working group about the rent reduction and interest reduction policy promoted by the working group. Mr. Yan's face immediately calmed down. If the working group's rent reduction and interest reduction policy was really necessary, then their Yan family would have to bleed a lot this time and lose half of their property. That would be just a conservative estimate, and they might have to lose all their money.

Because in previous years, the Yan family borrowed five cents of profits. If they counted one cent of profits again, each piece of ocean would have to be re-finished to the borrower for 4 cents of eight cents every year. For example, Yan Laosi borrowed ten cents of oceans and borrowed five years. Then, now, Yan Laosi doesn’t have to pay back the money from the Yan family, and the Yan family has to be re-finished to him, and the total number of fourteen is to be found.

There is also tenant rent. In the past, it was always collected at 50%, but now it must not exceed 30%. Then you have to find tenant rents of 20% per year. The hundreds of families in Yanjia Town are mostly tenants of the Yanjia family. This number is amazing to summarize. At least half of the Yanjia’s granary is empty.

But none of these are the most deadly.

The most serious thing is to force redemption mortgage,

The Yan family did not have this situation from the beginning, but the family business accumulated after several generations of bleak management.

How to manage it? It is not glorious. Whenever there is a famine, the villagers will borrow money from Yan's family when they are out of trouble. They have to pay the debts, and they have to pay interest. The villagers' families are already weak, so they basically don't expect to pay back the debts. In the end, the interest cannot be paid, so they can only sell the mortgaged fields.

It is precisely through this accumulation that the Yan family has accumulated its current home business for decades.
Chapter completed!