The matter in dispute between landlord and his tenant was too trifling to be brought into court.
地主和佃户之间的这件争端，事情太小，不值得打官司。The way he talked turkey with the tenants showed he was quite mature and was able to manage things for his father.
他和佃户谈话是正正经经的，说明他很成熟，足以为他父亲掌管事务。But the company can be a harsh overlord to its crofters.
但是公司对其佃户和工人可以作威作福，苛刻异常。In feudal land law, the commission of a felony by a tenant caused his land to pass to his lord.
在采邑的土地法律中，佃户的严重犯罪行为可导致其保有的土地转利到地主名下。All these words written in the book, all words spoken by our tenant, gazed at me strangely with enigmatic smile.
书上写着这许多字，佃户说了这许多话，却都笑吟吟的睁着怪眼睛看着我。Ever since the Ching dynasty, Ma revealed, his family had been poor tenants, renting land and never having any of their own.
马臭子讲到他们家自清朝以来祖祖辈辈都是贫苦的佃户，全靠租种地主的土地过日子，自家不曾有过一分地。Many peasants fell into debt and were forced to become either hired laborers or rent-paying tenants of the land-owning classes.
许多农民因此身负重债而被迫成为了地主阶层的长工或佃户。Joseph remained to hector over tenants and labourers; and because it was his vocation to be where he had plenty of wickedness to reprove.
约瑟夫继续威吓着佃户与那些干活的，因为呆在一个有好多事他可以骂个没完的地方，就是他的职业。The author made a detailed description on the operation and economic lives of both the landlords and their renters in Suchou then.
作者对清末与民初的江南苏州地区地主租栈的运作以及地主与佃户的经济生活作了细致描述。