Disastrous year!Before the whole family is wiped out, a little blessing falls from the sky!

Lotus dropped the bowl and chopsticks and ran to open the courtyard door.

Several villagers came in and asked, "Is Third Uncle at home?"

"Yes, I just finished eating!" He Hua responded and led a few people in. Just as he was about to close the door, someone shouted from a distance, "Don't close the door, wait for me."

After a while, eight or nine villagers actually gathered in the yard, each of them grinning sillyly at Mr. Tai, looking embarrassed that they had something to say.

Mr. Tai San is an old man, and there is nothing he can't guess. He laughed and cursed, "A dog's belly can't save two taels of soy sauce! Are you all thinking about the money for corn seeds? Humph, I really can't wait for a day, I'm missing this point I can’t even sleep for money!”

The villagers scratched the backs of their heads, becoming more and more embarrassed.

Someone responded, "Uncle, everyone has been busy for a year and finally planted those big golden corn stalks. Now that we can't get any money, we feel like weeds are growing..."

"Yes, Third Uncle. We don't know how much money will be left after deducting the fine for the corvee. I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so I simply asked Uncle Six. It would make me more confident to have an idea!" Another person also helped.

Third Master Tai grabbed the pipe and pot, stood up and said, "Let's go to your uncle's house. Remember, all the heads of the neighborhood should shout out and try to give out all the money tonight so that you don't have to sit on the kang." Flip the pancakes over and over!”

Everyone laughed and ran to find someone.

After a while, the courtyard of the Tai family at the entrance of the village was filled with people, including the heads of each family and a few women who couldn't bear their temper.

Mr. Tai looked at He Shan guarding the door and said to everyone, "I originally thought that everyone would have a good night's sleep tonight and distribute the money tomorrow. I didn't expect everyone to be so anxious, so let's distribute it quickly."

After that, he called Yang Lihua to get the account book and money box.

Yang Lihua had also been prepared. Ever since she learned about the return of those who had served as slave laborers yesterday, she took the veterans to the city in person and exchanged a lot of broken silver and copper coins back, just for this moment.

The villagers were still chatting at first, but when they saw the money box, they immediately shut up and their eyes were fiery.

Yang Lihua first reported the total price of the corn seeds sold by everyone, and deducted the cost of the county government's search for favors, as well as the food and supplies spent on the mountain during this period.

The old man took the initiative and said, "Our family will bear half of the county government's favor-seeking expenses and the food expenses on the mountain."

Mr. Tai immediately objected, "No, your family has the reputation of being a scholar in Yongning, so you don't have to do corvee work at all. It's just for everyone to go to the county government to find favors. How can your family bear half of the cost! Besides, this is just the county government. I spent a few taels of money on managing the minor officials. From now on, the county magistrate and Manager Min will ask your family for gifts, and that's the big boss.

"Even if everyone's life is not as good as yours, you still have some foundation now. I can't keep taking advantage of yours!"

"Uncle San is right, Uncle Six has already worried about everyone, so don't ask for any more money!"

"Yes, fortunately we have Uncle Six. If we were to go to the county government office to give money to others, we wouldn't know how to give it away!"

"Thank you, Uncle Six, for sparing us the suffering of corvee service. This is very good."

The villagers all spoke in agreement with Third Master Tai, and even those who were petty-minded felt ashamed by what Third Master Tai said.

It has to be said that a good patriarch is very important to a family. After all, not everyone is wise and reasonable.Only when an elder gives advice from time to time can the clan members take the right path, have the strength to move forward, and live better and better days.

Mr. Tai was satisfied that all his plans for his people were not in vain.

He thought for a while and said, "Well, let's share the money from the county government's favors equally among everyone. But the food, drinks and expenses spent on building the wooden house on the mountain belong to our family. After all, everyone doesn't go to the mountain often, and most of the time it's us. We're living together." This time, Mr. Tai didn't insist anymore and said, "Okay, it's settled. From now on, people from the village will occasionally come to stay, so just don't chase them away."

"That's not possible. Let's build two more wooden houses for everyone to live in." Mr. Tai chuckled.

After these things were settled, Yang Lihua began to distribute money according to each family's accounts, and the heads of each family stepped forward to place their fingerprints.

At this time, someone discovered another surprise.

"Isn't the fine for freeing from corvee more than three taels? Why is it only more than one tael?"

Others immediately followed and shouted, "Did my sister-in-law make a mistake in her calculations?"

Mr. Tai motioned for everyone to lower his voice and explained in a low voice, "The county man, thinking that he was familiar with our Tai family, asked the officials not to double the fine of silver, so each person only has one tael. Plus the benefits given to the officials are divided equally, and one person Just one or two more.

"Everyone, please don't talk nonsense when you go out. Otherwise, if the news spreads and outsiders come to the county government to ask for an explanation, we will deceive others and harm ourselves."

Everyone was so happy when they heard this. Not only did they escape the corvee, but they also only spent so little money!
"No, no, don't worry, Uncle Six, we will never talk nonsense."

"That's great. I have two more taels of silver at once, which is enough to eat many dumplings!"

"Yeah, I thought I was going to be exhausted this year, but I didn't expect there was so much left."

The villagers responded one after another and beamed with joy, and the women were even more happy. After all, they were the ones in charge, and the money box was full. No one was happier than them.

Mr. Tai also told him, "Wives from every family should keep their mouths shut and don't go back to their parents' homes to talk nonsense. Anyone who has paid a fine will get angry and feel distressed. If they know that we have taken advantage, I'm afraid they will treat us as a thorn in their side." "

After hearing this, a woman responded half unhappy and half jokingly, "Uncle San always reminds us of this, as if we are going to sell our husband's family at any time! No matter how good our mother's family is, we are still the ones who throw it away." Now we are the Tai family! Only fools betray their own family!"

"That's right, that's right. Third Uncle hurts our hearts too much."

"Uncle San doesn't believe us. Our son's surname is Tai, and the master's son's surname is Tai. Of course we are also members of the Tai family!"

The other ladies also spoke up and joined in the crusade.

Third Master Tai quickly raised his hands to beg for mercy, "I was wrong, wrong! I will never say that again in the future. We are all Tai family members and good wives of the Tai family!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing and said a few more words before continuing to hand out money.

This year's corn crop has more varieties and less varieties, but no one has backed down in support of the border guards.

Fortunately, the border guards were not bad and no one suffered any losses.

When Yang Lihua closed the account book, everyone's arms were heavy, their expressions were dazed, and there was a hint of regret.

If I had known earlier, I would have planted corn on all the land I bought. It would be so productive!

Mr. Tai looked at everyone's expressions and said, "There was a lot of commotion over the corvee incident before. Many people delayed buying corn seeds. It is estimated that it will be lively after tomorrow. If you are going to take out, you must be optimistic about the buyer. The price is not high. If you are greedy for money, try to find a safe one. Money must be calculated clearly and inspected..." (End of Chapter)