The Splendid Manor of the Peasant Girl in Space

Chapter 15 Raising taxes means killing people 1
"Ke Xuan, is this really harmless?"

"Really, mother, try it, I'll make another mushroom soup." After speaking, he stuffed the plate into Yang's hand, turned around and went into the kitchen.

Looking at the fragrant mushrooms, Yang took a deep breath and picked up some mushrooms with the chopsticks that Kexuan had just eaten.When it was on the edge of my mouth, I hesitated for a while, but I couldn't bear the fragrance, so I put it in my mouth.

As soon as it was imported, her eyes lit up. She didn't expect it to be really delicious, so she couldn't help but pick up some more and started eating.Ke Xuan in the kitchen poked out her head to take a peek, seeing how her mother-in-law liked it, she couldn't help laughing.The mother-in-law completely forgot about the poisonous mushrooms.

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After the mushroom incident, Ye Kexuan became a celebrity in the village, and everyone said she was a shrew.Because she dared to hit the village chief's wife, but I'm afraid her life will be difficult after that.

No, just as soon as the corn grains were dried, the tax collectors came.

A group of people first came to the house of the village chief Li De, and Li De's daughter-in-law prepared tea for the officials and went down.

The leader took a sip of tea, Li De looked at him, and said with a smile: "Master, why are you a few days earlier this year?"

"It's not an order from above. Those of us who are young are just following orders. But I heard that there is going to be a war and we need food urgently, so this year's tax has been increased by [-]%."

"What? Another [-]%?" Li De was in a bad mood.

This year's harvest cost is not very good. I originally wanted to talk about whether it could be less, but now it is good. Not only is it not less, but it is more. Isn't this killing the folks!

The leader pretended not to see Li De, put down the teacup in his hand, got up and said, "Okay, time is running out, I won't delay, village chief, let's go."

Li De was helpless, got up discouraged and went to the house to get his household registration.

When Chen Yueniang saw the official coming out, but not her own man, she stepped forward and said, "Officer, let's go now!"

The leader smiled and nodded.

Chen Yueniang took a look into the room, then leaned closer to the leader, and whispered: "Master, you should take good care of Li Dahai's family."

The leader frowned and stared at Chen Yueniang.

Chen Yueniang was a little uncomfortable being stared at by him like this, so she took two steps back and said with a smile: "Let's eat at my place at noon today, and I will cook some good dishes and prepare good wine for you at noon."

Hearing this, the leader smiled and nodded again and again: "Okay, then I will thank you sister-in-law. Don't worry, sister-in-law, what you said will be done."

With these words, Chen Yueniang was relieved, thinking of Yang Mei at that time, she showed a smirk.

Li De came out, saw his wife's dark face, walked over and said: "What are you still doing, go buy some meat, make some dishes to entertain some officials at noon."

Chen Yueniang was happy now, she didn't care about him, she turned around and left.

The leader looked at the woman entering the room and smiled.Seeing this, Li De frowned slightly, suddenly feeling uneasy.

"Have you brought everything?"

"Bring it." Li De raised the household registration book in Yang's hand.

The leader glanced at it, turned around and waved, indicating that work had started.

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But when Xuan came back from the mountains, when he entered the village, he saw some people sighing, and some even wiped their tears.

She frowned and said to herself, "What's the matter? Why are everyone so sad."

But she didn't go forward to ask, because no one would tell her if she asked, so she went home directly.

When passing Liao's house, she heard the noise, so she hurried in to check the situation.

I saw Mrs. Liao sitting on a chair, crying and cursing: "You who have been paid a thousand dollars have all moved away. How can my old woman live!"

The leader has long been used to this situation, and said without pain or itching: "Old man, you can't blame us for this, we are just following orders."

After finishing speaking, he ordered people to move things and left. The village chief sighed and glanced at Kexuan as he left.

After they all left, Kexuan asked Granny Liao concerned: "Grandma Liao, what do they do?"

Seeing her, Granny Liao wiped away her tears and said, "Tax collectors, these unscrupulous people, it's not good to collect money this year, and they have to increase taxes. Isn't this killing people!"

After hearing this, she understood.Expressing helplessness, just like the person said just now, they are only following orders.Seeing Mrs. Liao alone, she expressed sympathy.Putting down the pan, scraped away the layer of grass above, and took out a pheasant from inside.

"Mrs. Liao, this is for you." After saying that, she picked up the basket.

Granny Liao looked at the pheasant in front of her and waved her hands again and again: "This is not acceptable, you should take it back quickly, if your mother finds out about it, I will blame you."

She smiled and said, "Mother Liao, don't you know what my mother looks like? If my mother knew that I gave it to you, she wouldn't say me. Well, I have to go back quickly, lest some people You're going to bully my mother."

Grandma Liao wanted to put the pheasant into her basket, but she stood up and the girl ran away.

Looking at this pheasant with a big head, I feel warm in my heart.The Yang family has found a good wife!

Ye Kexuan ran wildly all the way, and soon arrived at home, put down the basket when entering the door, and then went to the room where the food was piled up.

Yang put down the things in her hands and followed her in, looked at her and said, "What's wrong with you?"

He glanced back at his mother-in-law, turned around in his mind, and then pushed her out.

"Mother, it's okay. When I came back, I saw the tax collectors coming. Mother, go and see if those people are here."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang was startled, and went out without saying a word.

And she didn't ink any more, and started moving food into the space after closing the door.When Mrs. Yang came back, she knocked on the door and said, "Kexuan, what are you doing in there?"

In the space, Kexuan heard the voice, transformed herself and came out, then opened the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Yang saw that half of the food was missing, and his eyes were wide open.

"What... what happened here? Why is half of the food gone?"

Kexuan hurriedly pulled her mother-in-law, and whispered: "Mother, remember that our family only has this little food."

Yang looked at her, confused, pulled Kexuan and asked: "Kexuan, what happened, where did the missing half go?"

"Mother, don't ask. When those people ask later, you just say that's all."

Yang understood, but couldn't figure out where the other half went.

"Sister Yang, is Sister Yang at home?" Li De's voice sounded.

Knowing that the tax collector was coming, Yang let go of her hand and went out, and she followed.

Seeing Mrs. Yang coming out, Li De turned his head to the leader and said, "This is Li Dahai's family."

After the leader listened, he took another look at the woman in front of him, wondering why Li De's mother-in-law had trouble with this old woman.I'm too lazy to take care of it, it's still important to do things.

"Go in and see how much food there is."

(End of this chapter)