Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 107 Chapter [-]

Hou Zhang was taken aback when she saw it, and quickly took Hou Wenbin over, apologizing repeatedly: "Ang, look, this kid is so ignorant, he messed up your face!"

After finishing speaking, he reprimanded Hou Wenbin: "Oh? Why are you scribbling? Look at the uncle's face!"

Looking in the mirror from the Four Emperors, he laughed and said, "Haha! Your boy is going to give me the ink punishment! Haha!"

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, don't scare the child." Bao Yixian quickly found a towel to wipe the face of Cong Sihuang, "Don't talk nonsense, such words are unlucky!"

"Oh, yes, yes! Hurry up and pooh!" Hou Zhang also said, "It's the criminals (prisoners) who paint their faces with ink. Pooh!"

At this time, the door was knocked again, and Lele Li stretched his neck and shouted: "Ang, Mr. Gong Jia, why are you paying the lotus again? Didn't you just pay the millet last month?"

"Ang, isn't it autumn? The Japanese have dried up the smoke, so hurry up and open the door." Xi Baihao became the head of the regiment and the leader of the armor, and seemed to be more stubborn than before.

Hearing that it was Xie Howling, after wiping his face from the Four Emperors, he politely gave Xie Howl to the main hall.

When Hou Zhang saw that Xie Howao was coming, he picked up the child and wanted to leave, and happened to bump into Xie Howao.

Hou Zhangshi didn't want to talk to Xiebahao at first, but Xiebahao rushed forward to talk to him: "Oh, big sister, the child is so big and grows so fast. Come and let the uncle hug him!"

Before Hou Zhang could agree, Xie Howao had already hugged Hou Wenbin.

Hou Zhang was afraid of scaring the child, so she didn't tear it any more.

Xie Howao took Hou Wenbin into his arms and coaxed him, "Ah? Look who I am? Come on, I'll find you a piece of candy!" He said and took it out of his pocket.

Hou Wenbin looked at Xiebaihao, without any sign of fear, his eyes were fixed on the tuft of hair on Xiebaihao's face.

Suddenly, Hou Wenbin stretched out his hand to grab the hair, and kept yelling: "Hi-fart-! Hiccup-fart-!"

Xi Niehao was dragged into screaming: "Hey! It hurts! It hurts!..."

Bao Yixian hurried over to smooth things over: "Oh, hurry up, let go quickly! Okay, baby!"

Hou Zhang also wanted to quickly bring the child over, but Hou Wenbin's hand still didn't let go of the tuft of hair.

With great difficulty, several adults managed to separate Hou Wenbin's little hand, saving the tuft of howling hair.

At this time, Hou Wenbin hiccupped and then farted.

He kept saying, "Hi-fart-! Hiccup-fart-!"

Xie Howao clutched the lock of hair, and said half-jokingly: "Uh--little ancestor, you are amazing, I'm afraid of you! Almost pulled out my creepy hair!"

He said this casually, but Hou Wenbin laughed.

Both Hou Zhangshi and Bao Yixian felt very strange, they looked at each other and didn't think much about it.

Bao Yixian escorted Mrs. Hou Zhang out of the gate.

"Oh, people say that the new official took office three fires, have you burned the fire? This is a lot of money and hard labor, the whole Daxigouchuan has made you a lot of trouble. Going to build roads and build bunkers, There are more than 200 people, right? If all these people are gone, there will not be enough manpower for Harvest Harvest!" Cong Sihuang was a little dissatisfied with Xiebahao.

Xie Howao made a helpless expression and said, "Mr. Cong, you should know my difficulties. This Japanese is so hardworking, oh..."

"Work hard and obey the law!"

"That's right, haha, you're an educated person with a good brain. These young people in their twenties to 23 have to work hard for three months a year. That work, let me tell you, is not done by humans. Yeah. I don’t care if I’m full with sorghum rice porridge. I have to bring my own pickles. I work all day and live in a shack at night. This is not a good life!"

"Ang, you know it's an errand that harms everyone, so why do you pay it back and go so hard to greet people?"

"I can't say hello. I am the head of the regiment, and the donkey dung ball has a smooth surface. In front of the Japanese, I am a third grandson! If there are not enough people, I will be punished."

"How much will it cost this time?"

"Ah, this time, it's a tobacco payment, 15 taels per mu of land, and 5 yuan for tobacco tax!"

"We didn't grow big tobacco in the courtyard of our family, so why pay tobacco tax?" Cong Sihuang stood up and walked around on the ground.

Xi Niehao also hurriedly stood up and followed him, saying as he walked: "Oh, that guy Yoshikawa Xiaozuka, when he made 'open smile' for the Volunteer Army, didn't he say that every household is one acre, whether you plant it or not. You have to pay the dry cigarette tax according to this. You see, in Daxigouchuan, you have a lot of tenants in this compound. If you don’t support my job, I have to give this head to the Japanese. !"

"It's unreasonable! If you don't grow opium, you have to pay the tobacco dry! Pay the tobacco tax!" said the four emperors angrily.

"Ah, in fact, after paying the dried tobacco and the tobacco tax, the public grain and land tax for that one mu will be exempted, and it will not be a loss if you calculate it carefully. Think about it, this year is still a good year, and there is a lot of land for growing tobacco. , The land for planting millet has been squeezed out. The total output of millet is still the same as last year, which is not enough to eat, and the price has suddenly risen. Now ten catties of millet can be exchanged for one or two dried cigarettes, which is a good deal. The big tobacco growers It’s all two shade lands, if you want to grow millet, you can get six to seven hundred catties. But for big smoke, you can get forty taels of smoke and it’s not bad!”

"Hey! You, even if you have a small abacus in your heart. If you don't think about it, how many people will starve to death and freeze to death this year!" said from the fourth emperor back to his seat.

"Ang, Mr. Cong, I'm too poor and afraid. I can't count it. I can't care about so many people anymore, I can only care about the present (things in front of me)." Xie Zaihao also sat down down.

"Oh, okay, I'm not going to make things difficult for you, I know you are better than three stutterers." Cong Sihuang said, knocking on the back of the chair with his hand and said, "How should I pay, the dry tobacco tax will not be owed Yours. Mingli’s family... see if you can take care of it. It’s not easy for his family this year. Wenwu has been killed. Mingli has no news. If you can pay less, pay as little as you can! Just think about it, don’t be ashamed force them. What do you think?"

"Ah?! Middle, middle!" Xie howled.

After talking about Chuhe, he looked at Xie Howling from the Four Emperors, which meant that it was time to see off the guests.

But Xie Howao didn't intend to leave.

He suddenly leaned closer and whispered to the Fourth Emperor: "Do you have two housekeepers in your family, one named Tian Diange and the other named Ji Fengxuan. People have been watching them, saying that they have something to do with the Volunteer Army. You have to Think about it, huh?!"

The Fourth Emperor stared at Xibaihao with strange eyes for a while, and said, "Ang? Why don't I know?"

Xie Howao also stared at the Fourth Emperor, and said, "Brother, trust me! I won't let you suffer!" His eyes were more sincere than ever.

After Xibaihao finished speaking, he got up and went out.

Looking at Xie Howao's back, he had a premonition from the Four Emperors that a big trouble was coming.

That night, the Fourth Emperor always felt uneasy, so he came to Bao Yixian's room and said, "Oh, call Tian Diange and Ji Fengxuan, I want to have a chat with them."

But Bao Yixian said: "Oh, what a coincidence, both of them have asked for leave, and went back to their hometown to harvest the autumn harvest."

Hearing from the Four Emperors, it felt a bit too coincidental, so he went to sleep on the kang without asking any more questions.

(End of this chapter)