Steamed buns, go farming with your mother

Chapter 28 Taxation
The next morning, Su Ho got up, washed up, fed the sheep, and then went up the slope with a basket on her shoulders. She was going to harvest grass. Now, Su Ho is feeding the sheep.

Suho walked very fast today, and it took less time than usual to complete today's work. She remembered that she had to go to Aunt Pan's house to help today. Even if she couldn't go to the field to grab the harvest, she would help take care of the children and cook at home it is also fine.At least it would free Yu Yueyue to go to the fields to grab the harvest.

When she got home, Mrs. Wang had packed up, and the leek was still asleep, sleeping soundly in Mrs. Wang's arms.Su Ho put the basket away, washed his hands, walked to Wang's side, and took the child over to hold him.Wang locked the door, and the two went to the village.Since the incident with Ergou's daughter-in-law happened, as long as Su Ho and Wang are not at home, the door will be locked.

From afar, I saw Pan Mu, the third son of the Pan family, looking around at the entrance of the village. When he saw the figures of the two, he was overjoyed: "Auntie, sister-in-law, I am waiting for you to eat!"

Su Ho and Wang Shi looked at each other and smiled tacitly.Wang said: "Third boy, go back first, tell your mother, I'm coming!"

Hearing what Wang said, Pan Mu ran away in a hurry.Looking at Pan Mu's back, Wang seems to be lost in memories, when her son was so healthy.

Sensing that something was wrong with Wang's mood, Su Ho called softly: "Mother?"

Mrs. Wang came back to her senses, glanced at Su Ho, and said, "You're tired, let me hug the leeks!" After saying that, she stretched out her hand to harvest the leeks.Su Ho wasn't tired at first, but seeing Wang's depressed mood, he thought it would be good to do something for her, so he handed the leeks to Wang, and supported her by himself.

After a while, I arrived at Aunt Pan's house. The courtyard door was not closed. Yu Yueyue was taking Pan Min'er to practice walking in the courtyard. When she looked up, she saw the two people coming to help each other. In his arms, he looked so quiet that he was probably still sleeping.

Walking in the door, the yard is already golden and covered with millet.The rice that has just been harvested must be dried in the autumn sun, otherwise it will easily become moldy and deteriorate when stored.

"Auntie, you are here, hurry up, I'll be waiting for you!" Yu Yueyue picked up Pan Min'er and walked into the main room first.

Hearing the movement, Aunt Pan also came out of the kitchen and said, "Sit down first, I'll take the bowls and chopsticks!"

Pan Mu came back a long time ago, and now he is sitting obediently at the table, waiting for dinner.It stands to reason that Pan Ming and his son should have come out after hearing the commotion, but they did not see them. Su Ho looked at Yu Yueyue suspiciously.

I have been with Su Ho for a while, and there is a certain tacit understanding between the two. Sensing Su Ho's gaze, Yu Yueyue said: "My father and I are husband-in-law, my second uncle went to the field first, and they ate first." Some……"

Su Ho doesn't understand the harvesting of this era. In her previous life, although she lived in the countryside, the popularity of modern technology makes it easier for modern farmers to work hard. Therefore, Su Ho has no way to understand that Pan Ming and his son even have breakfast. Neither can be in the mood to eat well.

Suho said nonchalantly: "Could it be that we delayed your work..."

"Silly girl, what are you talking about? Here, it's all like this. Men go to the fields to clean up first, and we women have to get our housework done before we go to the fields!" Aunt Pan came out , just hearing what Su He said, she handed the bowls and chopsticks to everyone, and said to Wang: "Big sister, isn't He Er from a village thirty miles away? I heard that life at home is not very good. Why don’t you know anything about the work in the field now?”

Aunt Pan's words made Su Ho's heart skip a beat. After coming here for so long, Su Ho has been carefully concealing the fact that this Su Ho is not the other Su Ho. She also thought that she had done a good job, and Mrs. Wang didn't even notice it. Aunt Pan's question made Su Ho feel extremely dangerous. She knew that even Wang Shi, who didn't get along with her very much on weekdays, could sense something wrong with her. What I feel, but why doesn't Mrs. Wang say it?

Naturally, Su Ho didn't know that Mrs. Wang had thought about this question before, and she wouldn't know that, in Mrs. Wang's mind, Su Ho couldn't remember the past because Ergou's wife caused her to give birth prematurely. No one would know that Wang has identified her daughter-in-law, no matter what Su Ho's character has become, she is the daughter-in-law of her son Wang Zhi and the mother of her grandson Wang Panyu.

"You say this!" Su Ho heard Wang say this: "It's all the fault of that damn Ergou's wife, who caused my He'er to give birth prematurely, and it was difficult to give birth. She passed out several times and finally gave birth to leeks. Come down, but I forgot about the past!"

"You said that Wu Ergou's daughter-in-law caused He'er to give birth prematurely, and then lost her memory?...Big sister, why didn't you tell me about these things?"

Yu Yueyue and Su He were listening quietly at the side, and saw a wry smile on the corner of Wang's mouth, and his voice was a little confused: "Sister-in-law, I know you are kind, but, there are some things... well, don't worry about it, let's eat." Come on, eat well and go help their men!"

Aunt Pan was not a winkless person, seeing that Mrs. Wang was unwilling to say more, she stopped asking.People in the room were carrying polenta, and they ate quietly with the leftover minced meat and beans from yesterday.

After eating, each of them followed the division of labor, leaving Su Ho at home to look after the house and take care of the children, while the rest changed into neat clothes and went to the field.According to Pan Ming, they don't have much time, and they don't know when the rain will fall.

After they were all gone, Su Ho cleaned up the dishes, and then he was completely free and had nothing to do.

So, Su Ho took the two children and sat down where they stayed yesterday, and put the leeks that hadn't woken up on the pile of rags, while he hugged Pan Min'er to teach her to speak, or hugged her to mess around in the yard String, teach her to recognize all kinds of things.

It wasn't until Su Ho and Pan Min'er had played for about an hour that Pan Sen picked up a large load of millet and returned, and piled it up in the main room separately from the millet threshed yesterday.Pan Sen came and left in a hurry, without saying a word to Su Ho.

After that, Pan Lin also came back several times one after another, but he didn't say anything to Su Ho. Until around noon, Pan Sen picked up some millet and came back, and Yu Yueyue followed behind.She said that she wanted to prepare meals at home and send them to the fields.

Su Ho nodded, and after asking what to eat, he asked Yu Yueyue to carry the leeks to breastfeed, tidy up neatly by herself, and prepared the meals.But Pan Sen didn't go back to the field immediately this time. According to his intention, he said that after Pan Mingrang cooked the meal, he and Yu Yueyue would send it there.While Su Ho was very busy, Pan Sen seized the rare opportunity to hug his precious daughter in circles, causing Pan Miner to laugh out loud, and kept calling: "Daddy...Daddy..."

When Su Ho was cooking on the stove, Yu Yueyue came in. Su Ho saw that the leek was not in her arms, and looked at Yu Yueyue with questioning eyes.

Yu Yueyue chuckled and said, "Why, are you afraid that I'll kidnap your son? Don't worry, my husband is holding him!"

Su Ho listened to the commotion outside, and as expected, he calmed down, and concentrated on cooking.Yu Yueyue didn't joke with Su Ho either, she stepped forward to help.

Lunch will be ready in a while, and Pan Sen and Su Ho accompanied Su Ho to eat at Pan's house, then picked up their things and went to the field again.

In fact, here, no matter how busy they are, few people eat in their own fields. They usually go home to eat when the sun is high, and rest their legs after eating. When they go to the fields, the sun will not be so poisonous. .Here, when the sun is big and the weather is hot, it will be described as poisonous.

In the evening, it was the same as yesterday. The women came back to cook first, and the men came back later. When they came back, they left after eating.

For five days in a row, Suho lived like this.It was not until noon on the sixth day that all the people in Xiatian came back.Su Ho was a little surprised. After asking, he found out that the grain in the field had already been harvested.

Under the auspices of Aunt Pan, today's dinner was served earlier than usual, and Aunt Pan specially asked Pan Lin to kill a chicken to reward everyone.This meal was extremely satisfying.

After dinner, Mrs. Wang and Su He didn't rush home, but stayed at Pan's house, chatting together while they were free.

Su Ho quietly listened to what Mrs. Wang and Aunt Pan were talking about about their parents, and Yu Yueyue interrupted from time to time.The Pans and their sons were talking about another topic.

"...A while ago, I heard that the land tax has increased again!..." Pan Sen was speaking.

"Brother, how much has it increased?"

"I heard that now every mu of land has to be raised by one bucket..."

Pan Mu exclaimed: "Brother, did you hear me wrong, it's so long?"

Pan Sen shook his head and said in a low voice, "I hope I heard wrong too..."

The third brother looked at Pan Ming, and saw that Pan Ming lowered his head, couldn't see his expression clearly, and said in a low voice, "I heard that the emperor is going to fight the Daming Kingdom recently..."

Suho knew that wars were often the most costly.However, she was also curious about the tax system here. Since she was curious, Su Ho didn't think too much about it, so she asked, "Uncle Pan, what is the current tax in our country!"

Pan Ming didn't speak immediately. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "We're paying one out of ten taxes now?"

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Pan Ming explained again: "Ten tax one means that one tenth of the goods we receive every year must be handed over to the country. It's okay to use money or goods?"

"How do they know how much grain our family has collected?"

"Hehe, girl, don't underestimate these people in the government. When the grain is harvested every year, they will go door to door, record your grain production, and infer whether there is any private storage of grain based on your records in the government. I found out that the consequence is to confiscate the family's land! So, ordinary people dare not hide food privately?"

"What if I open the field privately?"

"Girl, you may not know that in our country, the management of land is very strict. Every year, someone from the government will come to measure the land. Once it is found that there is no registered land, it will not be confiscated, and a large sum of fines will be imposed. money!"

Su Ho stuck out her tongue and muttered: "Is it so strict?" Then he asked: "Is there any way not to pay taxes?" There is no need to pay taxes on the land.

(End of this chapter)