Ancient natural disaster: The whole family went to escape together

Chapter 39
Fortunately, both Su Yuanshan and Su Buwei were wearing thermal sachets.

Every time they shoveled water, they would take off their thick jackets and cloaks and shovel water with bare feet.

Otherwise, I don’t know how many sets of dry and thick clothes I need to change into in a day!

Fortunately, no one saw Su Yuanshan and Su Buwei acting like this, otherwise they would probably have to moan a lot:

In such weather, wearing so little and still playing with bare feet, shoveling water?
It looks like he was frozen to death and is about to fly back to the west!

While Su Yuanshan and Su Buwei were shoveling water, Su Bujing had already boiled the water.

After the two cleaned up, they sat on the threshold in front of the main room and ate steamed buns.

Shoveling water consumes a lot of energy every time.

"Sister, do we have enough firewood at home?" Su Buwei asked, holding a steamed bun in his mouth.

Su Bujing said: "Don't worry, it's definitely enough!"

Su Yuanshan sighed: "It's hard to buy firewood now, so save it if you can!"

Su Bujing looked at the heavy rain outside the window, and began to miss Zhao and Su Buyi again.

well!It’s raining so heavily. I wonder if it’s also raining so heavily where Aniang and Big Brother are...

Have they found a place on higher ground to take shelter temporarily...

In the evening, the Su family sat together and ate pot.

Because everyone was wearing thermal sachets and didn't feel cold, there was no need to light the stove.

After all, we can't buy firewood outside now, and the remaining firewood has to be used to boil water. The little we can save is worth it.

Everyone ate from the pot together, drank a bowl of ginger soup, and soaked their feet with mugwort.

Then I was ready to go to bed and rest.

However, at this moment, Su Bujing discovered that there was a hole in the roof of their house!
To be precise, it should be the weak part of the roof, where several holes were made by the rain.

The positions of those holes are exactly at the two side corners of the main room.

At this time, a few pieces of broken tiles had just fallen from those small holes, and then like a faucet that had been turned on, rainwater sprayed out.

A few drops even splashed into the mouth of Su Buwei, who was closest.

Su Buwei:...

After Su Buwei screamed twice in despair, he went to the kitchen to get a few wooden basins and put them under the hole to collect water.

But passively collecting water like this is not the answer. You have to take the initiative to fill the hole.

Otherwise, no one can guarantee whether the holes will get bigger and bigger, and then the house will be flooded.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest!

Su Yuanshan turned around to look for supplies, but he could only find a pile of cloth and fodder for the horses.

There was no other way, so Su Yuanshan bit the bullet and with the help of Su Buwei, he successfully plugged the holes with cloth and stuffed them tightly.

"Let's all sleep together tonight. Not only can you go and bring all the bedding in everyone's bedroom, let's squeeze in!" Su Yuanshan patted his chest in fear.

Think about it, if Aguai hadn't noticed the rain leaking in the house just now, they might have been drowned by the rain in their sleep!

No scaremongering!

It's better for everyone to sleep together. If we encounter danger in the middle of the night, we can take care of each other and not fall asleep directly.

That night, the Su family lay on the same kang, covered with thick quilts, enjoying the heat radiating from the sachet on their chests, and fell asleep.

Except for Su Bujing.

She held the purse in her right hand, taking the trouble to absorb the spiritual energy from the broken spirit stone.The boring practice day after day has long been engraved in Su Bujing's bone marrow, and he will never forget it no matter how many times he is reincarnated!

Nothing in the night

The next morning.

When the Su family got up, the first thing they did was shovel out the water that had accumulated in the yard all night.

After breakfast, I heard a knock on the door from the yard.

"dong dong dong"

As soon as he heard the knock on the door, Su Buwei's heart tightened and he quickly ran in front of everyone, picked up the sword from the side, and looked ready to attack.

Now it's not only cold outside, but also raining so heavily. Who would come to them in the rain?
Their family is in Bai County, and they don't know many people.

Su Yuanshan also hugged Su Buyou nervously, his steps slow and ready to run away at any time.

Don't blame the Su family for making such a big fight just by knocking on the door.

The only reason to blame is that when he was in Qianhua Town, he was frightened by the rebels who were attacked and massacred in the middle of the night.

Su Bujing caught Su Buwei in time, "Second brother, don't worry, go open the door and have a look first!"

Su Buwei nodded carefully, held the sword in his hand like a sword flower, carried it behind his back, took an oil-paper umbrella, and strode forward to open the door.

"Why are you moving so slowly! Is there something big going on?"

I saw a man dressed as an official standing at the door. He had a scimitar on his waist and was complaining with the corners of his mouth pulled out.

Su Buwei, who went to open the door, breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he is from the government!
People in the government wouldn't commit murder and arson in broad daylight!

In the hall, Su Yuanshan also glanced at the people outside the door. When he saw the official uniform, the big stone in his heart finally fell.

Then he came forward and bowed, and welcomed the man in official uniform into the main room, saying: "My lord, don't be surprised, it's very cold today, we have to put on clothes before we can open the door, right?"

Fortunately, Su Yuanshan and others did not let themselves go and wear less clothes just because of the thermal sachet.

The entire Su family carefully wrapped themselves in three layers of underwear and jackets, and finally a furry cloak.

Judging from the clothes, he is the same as ordinary people who are afraid of the cold, but his complexion is more ruddy.

"I wonder what the official is doing here with ordinary people like us?" Su Yuanshan continued.

The man in official uniform glanced at Su Yuanshan and raised the corner of his mouth, "Nothing, just two things to say. I'll leave after finishing them."

"The first thing is that you have just settled in Yongzhou and you don't know yet. You have to pay annual tax and population tax...as well as the military consolation tax that was newly set by the court a few days ago..."

Su Yuanshan's eyes widened and he retorted: "Master, we have paid the annual tax and capitation tax before!"

Besides, since they have just settled down after fleeing the famine, shouldn’t they be exempted from taxes for three months?
When the man in official uniform heard this, he frowned and shouted in an unhappy tone:
"You handed it over? To whom did you hand it over? Where did you hand it over? Who testified for you? I tell you, you will be jailed for tax evasion!"

Su Yuanshan choked, how did he know that person's name? Even if he knew, who would be willing to testify for him?

They had already paid both taxes before settling in Yongzhou. Who would believe it?

At this time, Su Yuanshan would be really stupid if he didn't know that the officials in the village had tricked his family!
The official clearly saw that they were unfamiliar with the place, so he ripped them off severely!
But even if they know the truth, they can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, unable to tell the story of their suffering.

Thinking of the greedy face of that official, Su Yuanshan forced a smile and said:
"Don't blame me, sir. You tell me how much you have to pay, and we'll just pay it."

Su Buwei moved the sword behind his back angrily and wanted to take action, but Su Bujing pulled him hard and stopped him.

Although it is easy to kill this official, what he represents behind him is the government!

(End of this chapter)