Chapter 1038: Creating Something from Nothing 7
Feng Shuanzhu spoke to this point with tears streaming down his face, having lost even the strength to speak. Finally, he allowed himself to tear off a small piece of white steamed bun with his trembling hands and took a bite, then drank a mouthful of water passed to him by Feng’s second aunt.
Feng Qingxue frowned, "I remember our Feng Family is basically poor peasants, not even average peasants."
Feng Shuanzhu nodded, "That’s right, even though my family had some land, the number of people in our family at the time was high and the harvests were poor. It wasn’t enough to last a season, so we still had to rent land or do labor for others to make ends meet, which is why we were classified as poor peasants."
"Then who did you rent the land from? Isn’t it said that there are no landlords in Caohu Brigade?" Lu Jiang asked.
Feng Shuanzhu replied, "The land in Caohu Village is barren. When it comes time to harvest, one may not even get as many seeds as were planted, like the crops in the fields this year—a large patch died. The year starts with empty fields; fifty pounds of wheat seeds planted will definitely yield less than fifty pounds. As a result, many people don’t rent land in Caohu Village but in other villages instead."
After a pause, Feng Shuanzhu said to Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue, "You are officers from the army, seldom returning home. Don’t get involved in these murky affairs, lest people start paying attention to your father’s social class."
Compared to him, a fake landlord, the real landlord Lu Zhiyuan was much more dangerous.
"Don’t worry, we know what to do," Lu Jiang said, then turned to Feng Qingxue, "Qingxue, do you have paper with you? Take it out so Second Uncle can write down an appeal."
"I’ve got it, got it, it’s in the bag." Even if she hadn’t, she would have claimed she had, and indeed, she always kept paper and a pen in her shoulder bag.
Lu Jiang rummaged through the canvas shoulder bag and found paper and a pen, and indeed, the pen was a fountain pen.