Chapter 914 : Chapter 438: A small village in turmoil (2)
Le Pingfan frowned and listened for a moment, then pulled Duan Mengqi towards an adobe house in the village. Although the whole village was silent, Le Pingfan's powerful perception could still detect that a large number of people gathered somewhere... This
The village was neither big nor small, with about two to three hundred families living there. The two of them walked to the other side of the village, and then they saw a mass of black heads gathered in a large courtyard...
Hundreds of peasants in very simple clothes gathered together, facing the loess and back to the sky. A man in the middle seemed to be standing on a stone, half a body taller than the others, and was shouting something...
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The two walked hand in hand. The farmers were obviously focused on the person speaking, but no one noticed the approach of the two.
"We can't pay this poll tax no matter what. It costs 600 yuan per person a year... This is one-third of our average annual income. If we continue to pay it like this, it will be completely impossible for us to survive. I'm calling everyone together today.
Once this matter is settled and everyone works together, I don't believe the government can seriously ignore the lives of nearly a thousand of us." The man standing on the stone shouted loudly.
"Yes, Secretary, this life is really unbearable. This year there is another severe drought followed by severe floods. The harvest is less than half of previous years. After one year, we can hardly even get enough food to eat. How can we pay for it?"
Those taxes in the village... Shuya's father must also go to the county to get them back. Lao Shu is too stubborn. He always thinks that the reasonable thing is not to be afraid of breaking the sky. In today's world, it is not that easy.
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"We can only do our best regarding Lao Shu. He had to go to the city to petition, so he was detained by the county. I think as long as we can prevent him from continuing to petition, the county will release him. As for the tax,
The problem... This is the big problem. There has been a massacre in the county recently. Three people were killed in the village to the east. We must try our best to cause trouble this time.
Control your emotions and don't end up making a big fuss, and we won't be able to achieve our goal." The man called the secretary is also quite simple in his clothes. It is obvious that the village secretaries of this poor village are not at all like those in the south or along the coast.
Village secretaries in wealthy villages are well-paid, and I am afraid that even if they beg for someone to be the secretary, no one will be willing to come here.
"Shu Ya, don't worry too much. It should be fine. After all, it's a society governed by law. Your father didn't do anything under the circumstances, so I believe the government won't embarrass him." Shu Ya looked aside and was still confused.
With a sad look on his face, the village secretary could only say a few words of comfort, but these words were repeated.
He himself really didn't believe it. Shuya was the golden phoenix in the village. Not only was she beautiful, but her academic performance was also outstanding. As a student of Capital University, she was basically the treasure of the entire village. Even Shuya's college tuition was
These people in the village are made up of your family being thirty and my family being fifty...
"Thank you secretary... I hope so. My father is just too impulsive..." Shu Ya bit her lip, but she really didn't have any ideas.
"Who are you?!" After the village secretary comforted Shuya, he finally noticed the appearance of Le Pingfan and Duan Mengqi. There was a wary look in his eyes. In fact, the two people were obviously from the city in their clothes, and they were still in his area.
When talking about sensitive topics, people cannot be careful...