Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 380 Arriving home after the banquet
It was dusk, and the three carriages that had gone earlier finally returned from the city. The head of the house and his son and uncle came home after a long absence, and Li's Coke ran to the Gu family.

What made her even more happy was that there were food boxes on the carriage. They were three-layered food boxes, with six food boxes in total, all of which were dishes prepared by the chef.

I heard that it was a table of dishes sent by shopkeeper Wang. Not long after the banquet was over, no one was eating in the new house. The weather was hot, and dinner was prepared at home.

Ms. Liu thought that her family would definitely not be able to finish the meal, so before Ms. Li could politely decline, she decided to divide the food box between the Ma family, a food box for Zhou Xiucai's family, and a food box for Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu.

The remaining three food boxes were just enough, one for Li Chunsheng and one for his family. Knowing that the young and old were very busy socializing outside, she did not ask Li to sit there for a while.

Before the carriage could reach the backyard and go in to unload the shaft, Ms. Liu pushed Ms. Li onto the carriage and asked the whole family to go home and rest their minds before getting together tomorrow.

It would be hard to wait any longer for the neighbors to come out without giving them a dish to try. In fact, this alone was enough to make Mrs. Li want to go home first.

Zhou Banxia heard it.

The corners of her mouth twitched, and then she watched her mother pull her eldest brother-in-law quickly with her eyes and hands, urging her eldest brother-in-law to get on the front of the car, and she almost suffered internal injuries from laughing so hard.

And she said her father is stingy?

She doesn't miss her mother's food and drink on weekdays, but somehow she can't change her mind and is afraid of taking advantage of outsiders when she hears something is good.

"It's normal. After hard times, no matter how good things are, you will inevitably never forget the feeling of being hungry before. If you don't look at me, my mother likes to hoard food even more than you do."

Isn't it related to the descendants of grain merchants?
Zhou Banxia thought about it and decided not to tell this cold joke. If someone heard it, it would ruin his image and make his mother-in-law think too much, and all her hard work would be in vain.

Seeing that Gu Wenxuan came back and wanted to take a bath again, she quickly followed him.

The temperature of the well water that was exposed during the day was suitable for taking a bath. It would be better to take a bath with two more scoops of hot water. Before Zhou Banxia could take action, Gu Wenxuan came by himself.

But that doesn't mean he wants his wife to leave, okay?
"Wait a minute, come here, I want to tell you something." Gu Wenxuan hooked his fingers, turned around and stepped into the tub. He couldn't believe that his wife still went out after saying this.

"Why can't we wait until it's washed?"

"event."

Not so good!

Zhou Banxia shook his head and walked closer, "Say."

"Did you know that shopkeeper Wang sent a table of food?"

"This is not a big deal. You must have asked Gu Dahua to find the cashier to pay for a few banquets at the price. He felt sorry for it, so he gave it away."

"Smart! That's not the problem -" After retaining the person, Gu Wenxuan leaned comfortably in the tub and closed his eyes to rest, "He also sent a few baskets of peaches and pears, did you see them?"

"I see. His soap is like a free supply to us. It's not surprising. It's just a favor. Peaches and pears are on the market at this time of the year. They are not very precious, so you don't have to worry about it."

"No, you know that peaches and pears are coming in this season, but you didn't think of stocking up on some? Isn't this a big deal? My wife, isn't it like you?"

Zhou Banxia was speechless, pretending to be stupid, and slapped him in annoyance, "If you want to stock up, you have to wait until a large amount comes on the market, okay? It's wheat. In the afternoon, someone asked the workshop whether it would be harvested."

"Who?"

“I don’t know him. He’s Mr. Zhang from the county going south in the opposite direction.

Gu Dachang said that it was one of the soybean sellers, Manager Zhang, who brought it, and the price was the same as what their farm sold to the grain store. "What's the picture?" "

"Except for soybeans, I think we should give priority to the products produced in their farms.

According to Gu Dachang's inquiry and analysis, they just want us to settle the bill happily.

Manager Zhang, who sells soybeans, said that as long as the goods in our workshop are good, he will settle the matter on the spot without any hesitation, and he won’t even leave out the change on purpose.

It sounds like there is no problem. After all, the goods have been accepted and settled. I think about the fact that we have to make money for the grain store while we go to the grain store to buy grain, so I let Gu Dachang take care of it. "

In this regard, Gu Wenxuan concluded his agreement with the word "yes".

Rather than going to a grain store to buy grain or buying it from surrounding farmers, buying wheat produced in a farm is undoubtedly the best choice.

He didn't want to buy bulk goods from the village. It was the last day to pay the summer tax, and it was also the time when food prices were the lowest in the year. It would be unreasonable to say that they would go up later.

This kind of thing has happened before. His second grandfather's big car shop used to buy wheat from the village.

One year, the price of wheat just doubled by February or March of the following year. There were so many unpleasant things said about him that even his grandfather, his third brother, said that his second grandfather had made money by dirty means.

After that year, his second grandfather was beaten to death. His second grandfather would rather buy wheat at a high price from the grain shop to supply the big car shop than accept wheat from his family.

"How come I haven't heard you mention this kind of thing?" Zhou Banxia couldn't stop laughing. "I thought the old man was only interested in the grain store in the town where your uncle and father-in-law lived."

"After all, we are in-laws and the other party is the shopkeeper. It is quite better than selling to other grain stores." Gu Wenxuan said, "The day after tomorrow it will be our village's turn to collect the summer tax."

"It's so slow. The Fucheng side collected it early, but it's here. Pay it early and you'll have peace of mind. There's also a head tax, so adults should pay 100 cents, right?"

"Yes! Everyone over the age of five, regardless of gender, has to pay one hundred coins per year." Gu Wenxuan thought about the corvee that now has nothing to do with his family.

Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Banxia already hurriedly asked about this year's corvee. Did Gu Wenxuan hear about when it would start in the county today, or whether it would be about building official roads or something.

"Don't tell me, someone really asked about this at the wine table today. It's probably going to be soon. I heard that they will start doing corvee service when the summer tax is collected.

As for what he will do then, it has not yet been determined. Anyway, it will not be an easy job. In the past few years, everyone who has been sent to the army has paid five taels of silver to be exempted from military service. "

"What about this year?"

Gu Wenxuan frowned, "Leave aside the possible changes brought about by Uncle Qi's investigation, normally speaking, judging from the recent newspaper reports, you can pay for the corvee without fighting.

Looking at it again, this county magistrate is not a ruthless person who wants to take advantage of the land. He should not stay where he is when his term is up. In all likelihood, he will be transferred as soon as his term is over.

At this juncture, this person should not be stupid enough to destroy his career for Duwu. This year, he should be exempted from military service by paying five taels of silver like last year. "

Not only at this juncture, being the magistrate of Qingyang County is actually very pitiful.

There is Boss Zhao who is working in the court, and there is Gao Mansion behind Shopkeeper Wang. Mr. Gao is also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

What does the Ministry of Personnel do? It is the department in charge of the appointment, removal, assessment, promotion, transfer, etc. of civil officials across the country. Mr. Gao is still the leader.

Bullish.

If the magistrate of Qingyang County dares to take advantage of the situation and does not have the protection of a big backer, he will not need the Zhao family to take action. He will piss off shopkeeper Wang and let the news go. Some people will deal with him and dare to commit suicide?