At this time, the people in Xiahe Village had just finished breakfast, and the newly rising sun showed its red face, coating Xiahe Village with layers of golden halo.
"Mom, please have some porridge." Dachuan's daughter-in-law Juan'er looked at her mother Chen with concern at the dinner table, holding a bowl of cooked rice porridge with nourishing dried dates and other ingredients in it.
Mrs. Chen shook her head with a haggard look on her face.
"Mom, I dreamed about Dachuan last night, and Dachuan told me that I had found my second brother." Dachuan's daughter-in-law, Juaner, placed the porridge in front of her mother, Chen, and said in a chatting tone.
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up at first, then dimmed, and her eyes became moist again. "Dreams are all opposite, my pig."
Many people have this idea. They think dreams are opposites, that is, reverse dreams. There is no scientific basis for this. However, many people have this idea to some extent, and Chen is no exception. Dreams are all opposites.
, if you say you found it, you didn’t find it. When your eldest daughter-in-law said that you dreamed that your eldest son had found your younger son, you became even more worried.
This is also because caring leads to chaos.
Seeing Mrs. Chen's sad look, Father Zhu came over to comfort her, "I also had a dream. I dreamed that Dachuan hadn't found the pig yet."
When Mrs. Chen heard this, she immediately glared at Zhu's father hard, her face full of anger. Without saying anything, she stretched out her hand and pinched Zhu's father's arm hard. Tears of anger came out, "You are so heartless, you know how?
I can’t speak!”
Zhu's father apologized repeatedly. He had just seen his eldest daughter-in-law saying that Dachuan had found the pig. Chen said that the dream was the opposite, and he was worried. So Zhu's father thought, "I said that I didn't find the pig in the dream, and the dream was the opposite."
Wouldn't it be true that the pig has been found, so Chen doesn't have to feel sad.
The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. I think Father Zhu must have understood this truth at this moment.
While Zhu Ping'an's family was trying to coax Mrs. Chen to drink porridge, they heard someone hurriedly running in from the gate.
"Shouyi's family, the county government, there are people from the county government." A villager came in hurriedly and said.
Is there someone from the county government?
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt happy, stood up, and asked anxiously, "Has the government found my piggy?"
"No." The villagers scratched their heads. They couldn't bear to break Chen's fantasy. But everyone had arrived at the village, but they had to remind them, "They said they were measuring the land at the entrance of the village. There were several people there, and the leader was
Mr. Li Ertou, the household secretary of the county government office, had seen him in the county government office and recognized him."
"What kind of land are you measuring? Our family's land has been registered with the county government and we have received the land deed." Zhu's father walked out of the door and said.
"Second brother, then I don't know." The villager shook his head, and then reminded anxiously, "But there are many government servants out there carrying paper, pens and rulers. Go and have a look.
"
In ancient times, the hierarchical system was strict and the idea of officialdom was deep-rooted. The household secretary was just a clerk in the county government office, a low-ranking official. However, in the eyes of the ancient villagers, he was a great official, responsible for collecting taxes for the entire county.
When it comes to paying taxes and grains, I sit in the county government office and have many government servants under me.
Although the county magistrate was responsible in ancient times, the magistrate was only one person after all, and he had no skills. The people who really worked in the county government were the subordinate officials of Liufang. They actually assumed the rights and responsibilities of the government. The county magistrate was not in charge, and in the eyes of the common people, Liufang
Subordinate officials are all important figures who hold real power.
The people from the county government were still surveying the land. This was no small matter. So when the villagers saw it, they felt that it was a big deal, so they hurriedly came to report to the Zhu family. There are still many people watching on the land.
Woolen cloth.
Land was the foundation for the ancients to settle down and live their lives. After being reminded by the villagers, Zhu's father and others had to pay attention to it.
The family, following the villagers, walked to the field in front of the village.
Not long after he walked out of the door, he met Mr. Zhu and others who had come from the Zhu family's old house after hearing the news. Of course, his uncle Zhu Shouren was also there.
Mr. Zhu and the others, like Mr. Zhu, also had expressions of surprise on their faces. They were shocked by the sudden news that someone from the county government was measuring the land. However, the uncle Zhu Shouren showed the extraordinary psychological quality of a scholar and took it calmly.
, I have the courage to remain unmoved despite the wind and rain, as if I had known about this for a long time, and I was not surprised at all.
"Shouyi, what's going on? Why do I hear someone from the county government is coming?" Mr. Zhu asked worriedly.
"Dad, I don't know either. They say it's to measure the land." Zhu's father shook his head.
"Measuring land is a matter for each household. Could it be that the official of the household is here? This household is mainly responsible for paying grain and taxes." The uncle Zhu Shouren said in a high tone with his hands behind his back and stroking his beard as he walked.
Paying food and taxes? When Mr. Zhu heard this, his face became heavy.
When we walked to the end of the field, we found that many villagers had gathered around Zhu Ping'an's home. When the villagers saw the Zhu family coming, they all said hello and made way for the Zhu family to go forward.
When I walked in, I found that there were four government servants and a household secretary wearing a blue official uniform on the ground of Zhu's house.
At this moment, Hu Shu was instructing the yamen servant to measure the land. The yamen servant was pushing a wheelbarrow. There was a wooden bucket on the wheelbarrow. Inside the wooden bucket was a rope ruler similar to the reel of a spinning wheel. The yamen servant took the rope ruler out of the cart and inserted it into the soil.
One person stood there and was responsible for counting, while the other two people led them to the end of the field and kept walking in.
"Are you the perpetrator?" Hu Shu, who was wearing a blue official uniform, asked when he saw Father Zhu and the others walking past the crowd, he nodded his chin and looked at Father Zhu and the others.
"I wonder why you measure the land?" Zhu's father walked forward and asked.
"I have been ordered by the magistrate to measure your family's land as a basis for paying taxes." The household secretary clasped his fists in the direction of the county government and said in an official tone.
Pay taxes? The people in Xiahe Village who were watching talked for a while. Zhu Ping'an was the number one scholar and he was already an official. How could he still pay taxes? Didn't it mean that you don't have to pay taxes if you become an official?
After listening to the discussions among the people in Xiahe Village around him, Hu Shu stroked his beard and said calmly, "Of course, Mr. Zhu didn't have to pay taxes when he was here, but now that Mr. Zhu is gone, this tax is unavoidable."
People are leaving for tea. Not long ago, the county government often went to Zhu Ping'an's house to deliver things and congratulate him. Now Ping'an Lang has just had an accident. In just a few days, the county government has jumped out to ask for taxes.
Yes, hey
"Who said my son is gone!" Mrs. Chen was very angry when she heard this. She stepped forward with gnashing teeth, wanting to scratch this man into shreds. She even said one after another that my son was gone.
"Who are you, a village woman?" Hu Shu sneered.
"Who are you? Your county magistrate has to salute me when he sees me." Mrs. Chen didn't look good at all.
"She's from the second family." Seeing that Chen was so rude, Mr. Zhu was worried that he would make the elder of the county government angry, so he couldn't help but stepped forward and lectured Chen, and then apologized to the household secretary, "She is a woman.
Be sensible, adults, don't be as knowledgeable as her."
"forget about it."
Hu Shu said and glanced at Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu exchanged glances with Hu Shu and couldn't help but shrink his neck. Mr. Zhu had also plucked up the courage to step forward just now. He was worried that the second son's family would cause trouble and harm the Zhu family. This
If I were to meet this official's eyes, my courage would have disappeared long ago. (~^~)