The landlord arriving with his children to collect rent was a novelty for the tenants.
Da Lang was in charge of weighing and reporting numbers, while Second Lang took the contract given by their father to verify the figures, and then circled them on the newly written ledger to signify that the collection from this family was complete.
Sanlang and Si Niang helped arrange the family's baskets, waiting for Ah Wang to pour the grain handed over by the tenants into their baskets, and then carried them to the cart.
As for Liu Ji, the head of the family didn't need to work, sitting atop the shaft of the horse-drawn cart, sipping the coarse tea politely offered by the tenants, appreciating the bright blue sky and white clouds, while keeping a sharp eye on the grain being handed over; whenever he spotted a stray weed, he would lecture for fifteen minutes.
