The author's hometown is in the countryside, and he has been living in the countryside since he started working, so he has a special affection for the countryside. Today I will tell you a true legend about the landlord in our hometown.
In our traditional thinking, it seems that all landowners are as ruthless as Huang Shiren and live by loan sharking. In fact, this is not the case. Many of them also became prosperous through their own hard work.
Before liberation, the author's hometown once had such a landlord, Dong Xiaosi (this name is the landlord's nickname, which accompanied him throughout his life). Their family was a family of five who fled from Shandong to come to our Zhuangzi. An old man ( Dong Xiaosi) and his four sons were very poor when they arrived.
Because their family has a large labor force, including five grown men, everyone on the farm will think of them when they have work, so they work as part-time workers on our farm, and they can earn some living money from time to time.
One thing to mention here is that no matter who work in, the final salary is controlled by the old man Dong Xiao, and no one is allowed to move.
After n years of hard work, Dong Xiaosi's family finally bought land, managed their properties, became so-called landlords, and became well-off.
" But that's it. Dong Xiaosi still hasn't changed his past style. The whole family has a foreign cloth policy. Whoever goes out wears it. It is usually washed and hung there, and no one is allowed to move.
But the good times did not last long. The Democratic Party soon fell, and the next step was land reform.
Dong Xiaosi, who had not lived a good life for a few days, was suppressed. I won¡¯t tell you what happened next, but everyone can probably guess it.
I tell you this story just to say that not all landlords are vampires!
Note: The author¡¯s ancestors have always been tenant farmers, at least for the five generations that I know of! ;