Red Merry

The sun was getting warmer and the mountain wind was getting stronger. The old chief and Zhenhua chief sighed and laughed heartily when they talked about someone or something.

"Chief, from what you said, the little guy made a contribution by catching the dead mouse this time?"

"What kind of merit is this? I have never rubbed sand in my eyes. The couplet in front of Lord Yan's door said it well, if you do good with your heart, you will not be rewarded even if you are good; if you do evil with your heart, you will not be punished even though you are evil!"

"I don't agree with what you said, so how do you know if the little guy has already reached this step!"

The old chief's eyebrows were raised: "Not in his position, he doesn't seek his own government. He is trying to make big things out of small things. Isn't he like Yao Guangxiao? I believe the little guy is not like that!"

Chief Zhenhua said with a smile: "You are stingy, if you don't want to give a reward, just say it, the little guy did this good thing, neither the left nor the right!"

The old chief smiled and said: "Don't pretend that I don't know, that silly boy has done a lot of reckless things, let alone robbing girls from afar, at least it's a mutual love, and the one who is close But it's a taboo, he thinks he's doing a cover-up, it's not that you're covering it for him, he's a good looker! Besides, this idiot is still young, he hasn't even married a mother-in-law, he's a very high-ranking official, and everyone around him If you have a problem with Xiaoshan’s tax exemption this time, don’t you just want to take it out on him? Just hit him twenty times!”

Chief Zhenhua couldn't help shaking his head: "You are too unkind. If you don't reward those who have meritorious deeds, you will be awarded [-] boards instead. There is no reason for that!"

"Why doesn't that make sense? It's called not bothering the two masters with one thing, and the use of waste is forged!" [

"Hahaha……"

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At present, although it is not yet summer, the sun is shining brightly at noon, and the temperature is not low.

Fang Laoshi put a washed white blue cloth gown on his shoulders, bent down to carry the last bag of soybeans, vigorously swung his arms and swung his waist, and a bag of more than 80 kilograms of bean bags was thrown onto the roof of the car .

"Shitou, girl, let's go and pay the food tax with grandpa. After paying last year's arrears, I guess there will be three or five yuan left. When the time comes, grandpa will buy you meat buns to eat!"

As he spoke, Fang Laoshi put the worn-out pull belt in front of the scooter on his shoulders, held the handlebars with both hands, kicked his feet on the ground, arched his thigh muscles, and a thousand-pound cart was ready to move. Pulled forward by him.

"Grandpa, I don't eat meat buns. I want to study. How can sister Haixin next door carry her schoolbag to school? Why can I only go to the fields with you every day?"

Fang's girl is already eight years old, two years older than Shitou, and she has studied for a few days, but she just finished the first grade of elementary school, Fang's family is poor, so she has to drop out of school.

Nowadays, Yadan'er has dropped out of school for less than half a year, so Xiao Xiaoxin naturally talks about his friends in school.

Hearing the girl's words, Fang honestly felt miserable. He didn't have the narrow concept that girls lose money when they go to school. It's just that the family is really poor, and working hard, they can only fill their stomachs and support their two children's education. It's just a luxury. Not to mention that the imperial grain owed to the county in previous years has not been paid in full, so it will be a good year this year. In addition, I moved a few moon bricks at the port with my son and made a fortune. Counting this truckload of soybeans, I can barely Pay off the previous year's arrears.

In fact, if it was before, Fang honestly would not have paid the arrears so quickly, but now Xiao Shan is the head of that secretary Xue. I owe everything, is that still a person?

But it's easy to pretend to be big, and the days after pretending to be big are coming to an end. The original plan to send the two children to school again seems to be strangled for the time being.

Fang honestly didn't answer the girl's words, but just pulled the cart. The girl knew about going to school, and there was no hope for her. At that moment, she felt so miserable and wanted to cry. Only the ignorant stone, Hearing that there are meat buns to eat, he jumped up and down and cheered.

Under the blood-red sun, the grandparents and grandchildren staggered on the gravel road with difficulty.

Fang Laoshi almost gritted his teeth, Yadaner and Shitou blushed, the grandparents and grandson finally dragged the cart from the dirt road to the gravel road with all their strength, Fang Laoshi felt relieved With a sigh of relief, he was completely relieved when he got on the flat road, and after thinking about it, this was Secretary Xue's benevolent government again, and he couldn't help but praise the good life of the people in Xiaoshan for such a good official. [

"Shitou, you bastard, take a break. Grandpa smokes a bag of cigarettes, so he will put you in the car and drag you to the grain management station. I will let you also make big carts!"

As he spoke, Fang Laoshi leaned on the car, pulled out a blackened dry tobacco rod from his waist, knocked the soot off his shoes, stuffed it with a pot of self-grown tobacco leaves, rubbed it with flint, and smoked beautifully.

Fang Laoshi had just taken a few sips when the girl playing with the stone behind the cart suddenly jumped and shouted: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu..."

Fang Laoshi raised his eyes and looked forward, but saw a 20 bicycle, rattling rattling, on the gravel road, riding towards him at a distance of [-] meters. Nearby, Fang Laoshi also recognized that it was Mr. Wu from Xiangshang Elementary School, who seemed to have taught the girl class.

"What is he doing here?" Fang Laoshi was suspicious. There were not many school children in the village. Although he was puzzled, when he met an acquaintance and a cultural person, Fang Laoshi was still happy to say hello: "It's Teacher Wu, Where is this going?"

The man in the car had heard the shout before, and slowed down when he got close. Now he saw the three grandparents, stopped without taking the car, turned over and got out of the car: "Uncle Fang, I'm going to your village. What are you doing with your big and small bags? Could it be that you heard the news and hurried to sell the stored food?"

Fang honestly didn't know what Teacher Wu meant by the news, so he replied: "Isn't this still owed to the county for some food? Pay back the money owed to the county, people in our Qiaokou Village owe money to others, and owe money to Secretary Xue is the ambition of an otaku."

Obviously, Fang honestly would like others to know his motives for selling grain.

Before thinking of Fang's honest words, Mr. Wu disapproved and was startled: "What's the money?"

Fang honestly said: "It used to be difficult for my family. Every year when the county collects agricultural taxes, my family pays some and owes some. After more than ten years, I owe more than 70 yuan. No, last year I started a side business with my family. , earning fifty or sixty, plus this year's good year, I plan to sell this car of newly harvested beans, and simply settle with the county! Teacher Wu, I know what you are doing in the village. To tell you the truth, this year our village I'm afraid it won't work, next year, no, in the second half of the year, you wait for the second half of the year, the villagers will do a side job at the port for a month, and they will definitely send the children to school!"

Teacher Wu patted his forehead: "Oh my God, Uncle Fang, what are you talking about? The county had a meeting yesterday and the day before yesterday. Secretary Xue presided over the meeting and exempted the agricultural tax. Where do you go to pay it?" , even if you want to pay, no one dares to collect it!"

"What are you talking about, agricultural tax exemption?" Fang Laoshi stared blankly, the cigarette pouch in his mouth slipped out of his lips, and finally waved his hand: "Secretary Xue is benevolent, no, he is exempt this year, I owe you money before. Don’t I have to make up for it? Anyway, I’ve already dragged it here, so I can’t pull it back, lest…”

Teacher Wu interrupted: "Uncle Fang, you haven't understood what I mean. The county said that the agricultural tax owed before is no longer required. From now on, we in Xiaoshan will no longer collect agricultural tax!"

"What the hell?"

Fang Laoshi felt that his head was buzzing and his body was a little unsteady, so he managed to hold on to the handlebars to avoid collapsing.

Fang Laoshi was so shocked, no, he was stunned. For a while he thought he was crazy, for a while he thought Teacher Wu was crazy, and for a while he wondered if Secretary Xue in the county was crazy. You said he was like the emperor in the past? , Amnesty for the world, exempted from tax for one year or two, he is still grateful for the great kindness of the emperor, but those who farm the fields do not pay taxes, and he is worried about what the officials eat, and whether the world will be in chaos in the future...

"Uncle Fang, Uncle Fang..."

Teacher Wu saw Fang Laoshi's expression was not right, pulled his arm and woke him up.

As soon as Fang Laoshi came to his senses, he tugged at Teacher Wu's clothes and said anxiously: "Mr. Wu, you are a man of culture, tell me, is Secretary Xue afraid that we will be forced to work hard on the fields? It is said that we don't have to pay taxes. , It’s a good thing, but the officials in the county have to eat and drink. What can Secretary Xue do to support them? If they can’t support them, aren’t they trying to rebel against Secretary Xue? I said, Mr. Wu, go and persuade Xue Secretary, please take back this order, life is much better now, let’s tighten our belts and let’s pass, wait for Secretary Xue for another two years, and we will all be lenient..."

Mr. Wu really didn't expect that this party was honestly destined to be a farmer, but he was worried about the Xiaoshan County Party Committee's heart, "I said, Uncle Fang, your size is really rare, but you can rest assured that the county's money is spent. Not to mention, many foreign businessmen came to the county last year and poured a lot of money into the county to buy the land of our port. The money is too much to run out. After a few years, the port will open, and our county will not have to worry about money. Huala, talking about this, we also need to say that knowledge is power. Think about how many magistrates in the county, but there is one who has done such a big thing. Why is Secretary Xue coming, our county is like that? The sesame seeds of the flowers are constantly rising, and the answer is that our Secretary Xue is a top student of Beijing University, a real cultural person!"

Teacher Wu explained clearly, Fang Laoshi was still a little confused, but he finally figured out that even if he stopped paying taxes, no one would dare to rebel against Secretary Xue.

Teacher Wu came here today because he was supposed to be tasked by the school to tell the children to go to school quickly, so he told everyone that knowledge was good, because some people could not afford the tuition fees, but simply thought that studying was useless.

At this moment, seeing that Fang honestly kept silent, Teacher Wu continued: "Uncle Fang, since studying is a good thing, why don't you let your girl and Shitou go to school, and they will be as educated as Secretary Xue in the future, wouldn't it be good? , and besides, there are documents in the county that do not allow children to go to school, which is against the law of the king, Uncle Fang, do you see?" (To be continued. Please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)