It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 283

Jiang Fu smiled broadly, "It's not a problem. The village chief knew that what Miss Fu did was not right, so he decided to cancel the slavery in our village. He contacted the county magistrate, and everyone just needs to pay one ounce of silver to redeem themselves."

Excluding Jiang Fu's family of four, who had moved out of Dongshan Village, there were still thirty-three people in Dongshan Village. Thirty-three taels of silver was still a huge sum, and Uncle Jiang Fu would feel uneasy asking him to pay even a few more seconds.

Jiang Yan rushed back into the house and took out two pieces of silver and a dozen copper coins from the earthenware jar hidden under the kang. After adding up to one or two taels, he solemnly handed them to Aunt Yu Qian.

From this moment on, she was a free woman worth seventeen copper coins.

Uncle Jiang Fu and Aunt Yu Qian also wanted to convey this good news to other people in the village. After Jiang Yan sent them for a distance, he returned to the yard and took a long breath, and then his shoulders slumped.

Jiang Ying, who was lying on the courtyard wall, asked in confusion, "Why are you sighing? You should be happy about such a good thing."

Jiang Yan raised her head with a hint of melancholy. "I just suddenly realized that I've become a poor man with no money left. I'm so stressed. When can I save enough money to have a full meal every day and eat meat every day?"

Jiang Ying kept silent.

In the past, Jiang Yan would occasionally mutter to herself that she wanted to eat meat, but she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, who doesn't crave meat?

But no one expected that Jiang Yan's goal was so high. There were probably only a few families in the whole Rongcheng County who could afford to have meat every meal.

The pressure is really enormous.

Jiang Ying climbed down the wall and ran back into the house. She grabbed Li Hao and asked quietly, "Grandma, after the three of us pay the bills, how long will it take for us to save enough to eat meat?"

Li Hao stopped what he was doing and glanced at him: "What's the matter, are you craving meat? Life will be tough from the second half of the year until next year's wheat harvest, so we have to save our money and not waste it."

But thinking about Jiang Ying's mourning period and not being able to drink the chicken soup Jiang Yan gave her last time, Li Hao felt a little distressed and softened his tone, saying, "Just bear with it for a while. Later, let your grandfather accompany you to the fields to dig out field mice."

Jiang Fa is old and can't go up the mountain to hunt for Jiang Ying, but he can still wander around the fields and look for mouse holes.

Jiang Ying's saliva quickly formed at the thought of the taste of meat, but she refused the old man's company. "I'll ask Jiang Yan to go with me. She said she's figured out how to catch pheasants and rabbits."

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After Jiang Fu's retelling, Jiang Wang rubbed his face vigorously with both hands. "How much money have you two paid?"

“No advance payment.”

Jiang Wang didn't believe it: "Didn't they say Jiang Yan's yellow book has been taken back?"

Jiang Fu said with some shame, "She just gave the money to us. We only managed to scrape together a little over three taels, enough for Jiang Yan alone. The others' yellow registrations will have to be processed the next day."

When Jiang Wang heard that Jiang Yan had returned the money to the couple, he nodded in agreement and then asked Jiang Xing, who was sitting beside him, "Uncle, what do you think?"

Although the remaining thirty-two taels was a lot, it could be taken out if all the families in the village pooled their money together. However… when he took out such a large sum of money all at once, he felt uneasy and his feet were dizzy.

Jiang Xing pondered for a long time and asked, "Jiang Fu, we have been in the village for so long, and it's not the first day that the village chief found out that we were enslaved by his niece. Why is he suddenly kind-hearted and allows us to leave the village?

Could it be that he's short on cash after lending out the grain and wants to swindle some money from us to spend, then have his niece and the county magistrate return it to us in a few days?"

Well, Jiang Fu hadn't considered this issue. The main thing was, "Uncle, there are so many of them. They can ask us to pay tribute or just rob us..."

Jiang Xing shook his head: "That's different. They don't know how much money we have, so they can't steal so much."

Jiang Fu couldn't explain it for the time being and could only worry with everyone else.

After a long time, Jiang Wang made the final decision: "Everyone should do it voluntarily. Those who are willing to renounce their citizenship can let Jiang Fu help them. Those who have concerns can wait."