Chapter 176 Refugee Representative Zhou Jiuwa

"What good is there in lying to you?"

"Even if there is no food, do you think our Zhao Jiayu will be short of food?"

"Do I need to lie to you?"

"The harvest will be ready in three or four months, and then we will definitely hold a grand ceremony to celebrate the birth of this auspicious sign!"

"The Patriarch has only lied to you for a few months? Ask yourselves, is there anything worth lying to someone like the Patriarch?"

Seeing that they didn't believe him, Zhou Jiuwa sneered with disdain.

He has been growing crops all his life and roughly knows how sweet potatoes grow into crops.

Therefore, he firmly believed in it.

Cut a sweet potato into dozens of pieces and plant them.

Not to mention that it can grow as big as the seeds brought by the master of the family, even if it is only half of that, the yield is enough to drive people crazy.

He calculated that if he used half the size of the seeds, he could harvest two to three hundred dan of seeds.

Although it is far from reaching a thousand dan.

But it is still difficult for other grains to achieve.

Of course Zhou Jiuwa didn’t know that there is more than one sweet potato growing under a sweet potato plant.

Otherwise, how could it be considered a good omen?
Under such a high-pressure policy, the Qing Dynasty of Blue Star achieved prosperity by relying on sweet potatoes. You know, those sweet potato seeds are not comparable to the ones brought by Sun Xing.

When the other refugees heard Zhou Jiuwa's words, they nodded thoughtfully.

indeed!

Although they have little experience, they are not stupid.

Other families might make big promises, but the head of the Zhao family has no need to do so.

You know, all the refugees are now relying on the Zhao family's food to survive.

Although the Zhao family said that the grain was not given to them for free, but was borrowed from them and would be returned after the grain was grown.

Of course, you don’t have to pay it off all at once. You can use 10% of the harvest from every acre of land to repay the debt.

Repaid within five years.

Is it too much?

That sounds like a lot.

But to them, this little bit of food is nothing.

wrong!

It should be said that this one percent is nothing.

Not to mention that this 10% is for them to pay back their debts, even if they earn 10% or 20% more, they are willing to farm the land.

Other family owners who rent out 70% of their children are considered to be great philanthropists.

Can you imagine that after renting 20 acres of land, the remaining food can only allow the family to barely avoid starvation, and even then it has to be wild vegetables with thin porridge.

Thirty percent!

Unthinkable.

"Mr. Zhou, you said that the master really only takes 30% of our food. That won't change, right?"

"Yes! Mr. Zhou, will the owner raise the rent after we open up the land?"

"Actually, the increase is reasonable. The host family also needs to eat!"

Old Zhou is now the only one among all the refugees who can have a say in the master's house. He has been busy these days and has no time to deal with them. Now that they have finally caught him, they will naturally question him.

It can be said that in their hearts, Zhou Jiuwa is now the representative of refugees.

"I know what you're thinking!"

"Just keep your heart to yourself!"

"Since the master has said so, the 30% rent cannot be changed, otherwise he would not have said so!"

"Why are you lying to us?"

"To win us over?"

"Is there anything about us that is worth being won over?"

"What did the master do with us?"

"Use you to cultivate the land?"

"With Master Rabbit here, do you think the master can use the little food you have? We can't even finish the meat every day!"

"To be used as blood food for demons?"

"Haha, do you think if I put you in front of Master Rabbit, would he dare to eat you?"

After hearing what they said, Zhou Jiuwa started to criticize them without any hesitation. He was also worried at first.

But after seeing the sweet potatoes, he realized that he was overthinking.

Blood food?
Just look at these two monsters, Zhao Jiayu. There is no need to talk about Mr. Lu. Not to mention him, even refugees nowadays would not accuse Mr. Lu of cannibalism.
It can be said that the host family now has the highest status in Zhao Jiayu. The second one is not the worshippers such as Lord Bao and Granny Cui, but Mr. Lu.

Mr. Rabbit?

They had never seen such a cowardly monster.

When he saw the head of the family, he wanted to lie on the ground and serve as a bench for the family.

Do you dare to eat people?

Zhou Jiuwa's words left them speechless.

indeed!

If the patriarch really wanted to, would they have room to resist? Was there any need to lie to them? Not to mention them, given Zhao Jiayu's current treatment, even if he was asked to die tomorrow, there would be countless people rushing to come.

They were just lucky and were chosen by the Zhao family.

"hehe!"
.
"Ha ha!"

Everyone smiled awkwardly.

I have to say that it was indeed their luck, otherwise the whole family would have been thrown away somewhere and eaten by stray dogs.

What about now? I can eat meat every now and then, and have two full meals a day. Most importantly, I feel like a human being now.

No dirt on the body, no lice on the head, just fresh and clean.

Mr. Zhou, have your children all gone to school?

Someone asked curiously.

Just now they saw Zhou Jiuwa’s four grandsons following the school team.

Nowadays, the most attractive thing about Zhao Jiayu is the time after school every day.

Not only the children, but even the adults would wait on the road that the students had to take after school, looking with envy at the children who were dressed neatly and uniformly and reciting poems aloud.

Adults are envious.

The children are even more envious.

Unfortunately, the school is not accepting external students recently.

Originally they thought that learning was out of their reach, after all, outsiders were not allowed to enter family and clan schools.

Compared to Bao Ye and his friends, these refugees were actually just tenants of the Zhao family and could not be considered as their own family members at all.

Everyone is the same and can only watch with envy.

What about now? The four children of the Zhou family have all entered the school, which gives them hope.

It’s not that the school doesn’t want to accept students, but that the standards are not met.

"Yes, it's in. Mr. Lu just agreed to it personally!" Zhou Jiuwa nodded.

Now that his four grandsons have entered school, he would be willing to die.

What about the father of four children? Seeing the envy in the eyes of the villagers, they all held their heads high and couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.

"Mr. Zhou, what are the requirements for admission to this school?"

Someone asked curiously.

They also want their children to go to school.

It's a pity that I never had the chance.

"Oh, parents should just let all their children go to school!" someone in the crowd sighed.

"Haha, now that you say that, would you send your child to school at that time? Would you dare to be taught by a demon?"

"When the class first started, you were the easiest to enter the school. Why didn't you go to the head of the family at that time?"

"Aren't you still worried?"

"It's the same for me. I don't realize what I missed until it's too late."

Zhou Jiuwa said.

It goes without saying that when the school was first opened, as long as they were willing, they could join the school by telling the head of the family.

pity!

None of them dared.

Since you missed it, there's no point in saying anything.

Let's follow the current rules.

(End of this chapter)