Mrs. Yipin: a farmer's doctor

Chapter 221 Man-made Disasters and Natural Disasters (5)
"That's not necessary!" Liu Xing looked back and looked at Zhi Ran with a frown.

The more he looked at his little niece, the more he couldn't understand her. He didn't know where she got her courage, but she was subtly convincing.

"Okay! Do as I say! Otherwise, I won't recognize you in the future, and I won't care about your life or death anymore!" Zhiran said in a serious tone, not caring about Liu Xingwang's reaction when he heard this.

Liu Xingwang's face was ugly, he opened his lips and did not refute.

Because in the past few years, all their current food has been donated by the Tang family.

"The word has been delivered, I'm leaving!" Zhiran walked out ostentatiously pulling Yaoyao.

After going out, Yaoyao said to Zhiran with a look of admiration: "Sister, you are so amazing."

She used to be afraid of the uncle, who rarely smiled and had a serious face. She didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him, and she didn't even dare to speak loudly.

But sister Zhiran dared to scold him just now, and even ordered him to do something.

"That's not great. Younger sister Yao is not allowed to learn it. Be polite to elders, you know?" Zhi Ran regretted bringing Yaoyao here.

She is young and has an unstable temperament. If she follows this bad example and thinks it's great, Tang Corps will not peel her skin by then!
Yaoyao blinked her watery eyes, she obviously didn't understand Zhiran's meaning, but this did not hinder her admiration for Zhiran, she agreed: "Well, I will listen to my sister."

Anyway, whatever my sister says, she does what she says. If my sister is so powerful, she must be right.

Zhiran patted Yaoyao's head, thinking in her heart, it seems that she should be more careful in front of Yaoyao in the future, this little girl admires her too much, and has always regarded her as a learning object.

When they got home, they told Tang shi to pay back all the food owed on behalf of the Liu family. Tang shi knew Zhiran's guess and settled the matter right away.

Everything has been settled, and you just need to wait quietly. Whether it is a natural disaster or not, you will know when the day comes.

Speaking of which, Zhiran was also a little entangled, fearing that the natural disasters would come and hurt the people, but also worried that the natural disasters would not come, and a large amount of food would be destroyed in his hands.

It's just that natural disasters didn't come, but man-made disasters came first.

On this day, the village chief hurriedly called the group again and asked everyone to pay the population tax within three days. This time, compared with the last time, there was an increase of [-] cash, and a total of [-] cash had to be paid.

Originally, everyone was worried because of the weather, but now when they first heard that so much money was to be scooped up from the house, they all cursed angrily.

Zhiran looked coldly at the messy villagers, and then at the village chief. It was obvious that he was also in a bad mood, and his face was no better than others.

"Mother, I'll go to Kong Wenjun to inquire about the situation." Amidst the enthusiastic objections from the villagers, Zhiran pulled Tang to speak in a low voice.

Tang grabbed Zhiran with his backhand, and yelled in a low voice: "Go to it! What can you change if you go, just be honest, we just pay the money."

Zhiran sighed and had no choice but to give up.

After all, Kong Wenjun is the county magistrate, so the news came faster than her. Some time ago, it was said that there was a war, but it has been seven or eight months, and they haven't heard any news. Was there a war?Victory or failure is unknown.

But at this moment, the imperial court actually wants to collect silver taels again.

"Okay, let's go away! It's useless for you to get angry with me. Not only you have to pay, but I also have to pay. No one can escape! If you really don't want to pay the money, just hand it over!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he walked away with heavy steps, followed by his two sons, one on the left and one on the right.

With no one to vent their anger on, many people left cursing, and some cried uncontrollably, with heart-piercing voices.

Zhiran pursed her lips, feeling very uncomfortable seeing this scene.

"Mom, let's go back!"

They went back to the long-term worker's dormitory, and today was originally the birthday of the Jinxiu sisters.

Seeing that everyone has been very busy recently, Zhiran wanted to take advantage of this day to let Ying Ziniang cook some sumptuous dishes, so that everyone can have a good meal and relax, but who would have heard this news suddenly.

"I heard that he suffered a defeat."

For a long time, Cao Jianlin said.

When he went to a farther place to collect grain before, he heard a little bit.But for this kind of thing, the little people like them have never been worried about it, and at that time they were concerned about collecting grain, and they forgot about it when they came back.

"I also heard someone talking about it when I was harvesting grain." Seeing everyone looking at him, Cao Jianlin explained.

Zhiran muttered: "No wonder!"

After losing a battle, if you don't want to destroy the country, you can either continue to fight, or surrender, and pay tribute every year.

But no matter what it is, it needs silver support, and the national army is empty, and if it needs a large amount of silver, it can only reach out to the common people.

"I don't know what happened to my father!" Yingzi's eyes were red, thinking of her father who was far away on the battlefield, she worked hard to restrain herself from crying.

"I believe auspicious people have their own celestial phenomena. Your father will be fine, so don't worry too much! Your mother will only be sadder when she sees you like this." Zhiran sighed and comforted her.

Yingzi choked up and said, "My mother has already gone back."

Zhiran looked around, only to realize that there was really no Yingziniang, and Guozi and Maizi were not there, so she probably went back with her mother.

"My mother guessed that I was defeated when I saw that taxes would be levied again, and I was afraid that something would happen to my father..."

Zhiran didn't know about this, and she didn't have the confidence to say comforting people, so she had to persuade her: "Don't cry, your mother still depends on you! Your two younger sisters are still young, you go back to accompany your mother first, I'm fine here."

Yingzi got up and glanced at the Jinxiu sisters, she couldn't say a happy birthday, no one could be happy when something like this happened.

With a sob, she said: "I'm sorry, I can't celebrate your birthday with you this year, and I will celebrate your birthday with you next year."

The Jinxiu sisters also had a bad look on their faces, and hurriedly tried to persuade them, "We're fine, isn't it just our birthday? It doesn't matter, you should go back and be with your mother."

Sakurako let out an 'um', and walked out straight with her thin back.

When Zhiran saw it, she could only sigh softly: The children of poor families have long been in charge of the family.

Everyone sat around the table, feeling depressed. No one spoke for a long time, but Zhiran sighed and said, "I really hope this drought doesn't come! It's just my wild imagination."

Five hundred cash per person is not something that every household can afford, and it is unavoidable to send their sons to the battlefield. If natural disasters are added, selling children and selling daughters is probably not easy, and I am afraid that many people will die if they sell their children.

The long-term workers felt that Zhiran had a good heart, but they were bored and didn't know how to answer the conversation.

Yidong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Boss, don't think too much about it. The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. We are not God, and we cannot be the masters. What's more, we are businessmen, not saviors."

(End of this chapter)