Chen Miao nodded, "That's okay. I know I'll go to the cloth shop in town in a few days and buy some cotton. I'll buy cloth tomorrow."
"Let your elder brother go."
"It's okay, I can move now, it's not that delicate."
"You have to take good care of your baby. Don't be careless. The older you get, the more tired you will be with your baby."
Chen Miao was shocked. She was only eighteen years old and not yet nineteen years old. How could she be so old? In future generations, she would still be in school at this age and would still be a child.
I couldn't explain it to them, so there was no need to argue.
"I heard from Xiaoyun that you bought a lot of eggs. You took the two old hens home and raised them. After you give birth, you eat stewed chicken."
"Fifth Aunt, I don't want it. I don't like to drink chicken soup. You should keep it. I don't want to raise any living animals now."
"Yezhong, I'll keep him and make chicken soup for you in the future."
"Fifth Aunt, you ask the aunts and ladies to start making cotton-padded clothes. Make them quickly and let Comrade Li and the others take them back if you have a chance."
"Starting from tomorrow, there will be shoe makers. There is nothing to do now. They can be finished in a few days."
"Well, I will bring back the cotton as soon as possible. I think the hat is very good. I will make more if I have time. It's good to wear a hat in such a cold weather."
"Your fifth uncle said the hat looks good this year."
Zhao Xiaoyun freed up two large bowls and went home, carrying two baskets to her parents' house.
Now Liang Caixia will no longer say that her daughter spends less money. She is sensible and can earn what she can spend. She does good deeds and is not stupid enough to wrong herself.
"Don't be as knowledgeable as Yang Yuemei."
"I know, we should keep away from each other in the future. I hate it when others worry about my things."
"Well, I don't have any brains at all." Liang Caixia also doesn't care about her eldest daughter-in-law. To put it bluntly, she is stupid.
"Mom, I will use the donkey cart tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"What are you going to do? Let your father drive you there."
"No, I'll go to Xia Cun tomorrow to buy cloth, and the day after tomorrow I'll go to the cloth shop in town to check it out. There's still a lot of cotton shortage."
"Be careful when you go out alone, there is a baby in your belly."
"It's okay, there are no little devils now."
While her parents were chatting, Chen Dongsheng hurried in.
"Many people have come to the town, and they are all beating the wheat field. Let everyone pass."
Chen Miao was stunned for a moment, "Dad, why didn't you say anything?"
"I heard it seems to be a matter of military rations."
Chen Miao nodded. Now the landlords do not collect rent, and the land is distributed to everyone. In fact, their village is good enough. In other places, they still have to rent the land to the landlords, the government still needs to collect taxes, and the troops need military rations, just like before.
"Dad, let me go over and take a look." My house is too conspicuous, so I guess someone has evil intentions.
Chen Dongsheng was not worried about his daughter going over alone and followed her. When the two of them arrived at the wheat field, there were already many people there.
The police all carry guns and are here to intimidate.
Shen Wufu also came over. Chen Miao looked at him with a wrong expression. Everyone was looking at him. It can be said that if he said that he would clean up these people, they would not be able to leave the village.
The wheat field was extremely quiet. The official in the town looked at Shen Wufu and said, "From now on, we have to pay military rations and taxes based on the land every year. Your village is good enough, and there is no rent."
"Sir, how much do you have to pay for military rations and taxes?"
"Taxes are paid per capita, and military rations are also paid per capita."
Shen Wufu's brows knitted together, it would be the same as before. After all, there wouldn't be much food left at home.
"Hurry up, you are the village chief counting people, and you have to collect them today."
I just had a good few days, and now it's here again. It's different now than when I was a little devil, but I really can't bear to accept it like this.
Chen Miao had already noticed that the second strongman and the others were not there at all, which meant that they were still preparing to rape him.
"Hurry up, other villages are collecting them too."
"Sir, you guys don't have any money, do you want to give them food?"
"It's okay to give me food. You can do the statistics now. Stop talking nonsense. How can I have time to stay here with you?"
Shen Wufu held back his anger and really wanted to kill them, but there would be endless trouble in the future. If these people could kill them, he was afraid that the town would send a large force to suppress them.
Chen Miao looked at it from the crowd and had no idea.
"Quickly, bring out the population book of your village."
Shen Wufu gritted his teeth and took it out, starting from the first one.
They are all surrounding here, and no one moves.
Starting from the first family, calculate the food and let them go back and prepare it.
Seeing the village chief like this, everyone knew that they had no choice but to go back and prepare food.
When it was Chen Miao's turn, she was the only one to be read. One hundred catties of corn was enough for one person's annual taxes and military rations.
She didn't hesitate to turn around and leave.
Everyone also understands that as long as they are not in the village, they will not pay taxes. This is Shen Wufu's best ability for everyone.
The people who went back all agreed that if they couldn't pay, they would pay in grain. Of course, they couldn't say just corn.
If it was all corn it would make them think they were rich.
Chen Miao returned home and put away all her valuables. It looked like the house was empty.
After about an hour, I was pushing twenty kilograms of corn, a basket of sweet potatoes, and ten kilograms of sorghum. These should be almost enough.
There were also many people pushing grain on the road, and everyone was about the same. Some had more sorghum, and some had more soybeans, but they were all miscellaneous anyway.
Someone had already started paying, and Chen Miao heard the official's disgust. In fact, he could understand why he was like this. If he had money, he could line his own pockets. What could he do if it was all food? People like them would not be short of this. Plant coarse grains.
Although there are so many people in the wheat field, it is very quiet. Based on the number of people, some families have a lot of friends.
"Is there just this many people in your village?"
"Sir, after fighting for so many years, our village already has a lot of people."
"Then I didn't see you joining the national army."
"Sir, look, how many strong laborers are there despite the old and weak women in the village? Aren't we supporting the national army by handing over military rations?"
The official didn't expect this countryman to be so eloquent.
"Your village has not paid for several years. The mayor is considerate of you and only accepts this year's payment. You should be satisfied."
"Sir, we are not dissatisfied, and we know that both the mayor and the chief are good."
Everyone is willing to listen to good things, so the official said nothing more. But there was a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
After all the grain was collected, the official pointed to Chen Miao's house and asked the wealthy family to pay more, at least ten yuan.
Chen Miao knew this was going to happen. She raised her head and stood up, "Why should you ask me to pay more?"
The person who came out was a woman, and she was quite beautiful. Her tone of voice softened a little. "If you have such a big and nice house, you have to pay more." I couldn't come here in vain, even if I had ten yuan, it would be fine. .
