A small peasant girl

Chapter 174
"Thanks to God's blessings, the harvest in the field this year is not bad. After paying the tax, it is enough to eat for a long time." For an honest farmer, he has to hand over one-third of the field's harvest to the yamen every year. With a small land and a large population, I’m afraid there won’t be enough to eat after the payment is over. “Fortunately, the county lord changed and reduced some taxes, so I have some hope for this day. Otherwise, there will be more taxes than in previous years, and I will be hungry when winter comes.” Dead man."

It's not that the fellow deliberately flattered the county master with good words, but he told the truth without reservation. His family is considered a small wealthy family, at least there is still land to grow.

Some families are poor and have no land. They either farm land for the landlord with very little wages, or do odd jobs in the town. They live in various ways. The only thing that remains the same is that they look poor when they are hungry.

"Hungry? People starved to death?" The county master was shocked by what he said to the villagers. He had never seen any records of people starving to death in the handover records of the previous county master.

"Yeah, the harvest in the field was not good last year, but the tax was not reduced at all. In winter, many people must not starve to death." Although Liu Lizheng would encourage people from wealthy families to buy extra food every winter, the number of poor people Too much, still can't change the situation of people starving to death.

"What the fellow said is reasonable, master, we have to remember it." The county master looked disappointed after hearing this, and he asked the master to remind himself not to repeat what the fellow said, and that it is the right way to do more for the welfare of the people in the future.

The county master asked some questions about the people's livelihood, and the villagers answered them one by one. Regardless of other things, they deal with the fields all day long, and some farmer matters are not difficult for the villagers.

When we arrived at Liu Kangtu's house, the fellow walked a few steps towards the house and shouted, "Is Kangtu at home? Some people from other villages came to look for him."

Wenzi took Liu Kangdi and Liu Zhuzi to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots. Liu Kangtu got some free time and went to the mountain to chop firewood. Liu Meihua was alone at home. When she heard the sound coming from outside the house, she immediately put down her work and did three steps in parallel. When he came out, he saw that it was the former father-in-law and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, what brought you here. Kang Tu went to cut firewood and came back in a while. Is there anything Uncle Liu can do with him?"

For her ex-father-in-law, Liu Meihua still respects her in her heart, and she doesn't reject people like Zhao Chunliu when she sees them. Some people can act as if they didn't see each other, but some people are still like relatives.

"Meihua, it's not us looking for your family, Kangtu, but these people from other villages looking for Kangtu." The fellow smiled and explained to Liu Meihua. Although the woman in front of him was no longer his son's wife, the fellow still regarded Liu Meihua as a Treated like a girl.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the county master came up from behind and said with a kind expression: "I'm hungry, I want to eat your tofu brain, so I come here uninvited."

"The magistrate..." Liu Meihua swallowed the words quickly. She couldn't believe the person she saw in front of her eyes. If she thought that the magistrate was an uncommon figure in the eyes of ordinary people, how much luck would ordinary people have to accumulate? , It takes a lifetime to see each other, Liu Meihua was so shocked that she was so happy that she couldn't speak.

"Our master is just greedy today and wants to beg for a bowl of tofu brains. He didn't come here for anything else. Miss Meihua, don't be stingy and refuse to give it to me." Liu Meihua gave a suggestive look, hoping that the little woman in front of her would not be too stupid, but she must listen to what he meant.

(End of this chapter)