"Brother Li Yu, how can you do it without paying for it?" Xia Maihe's curiosity on the side was also aroused. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yu looked at the two little radishes and looked at him with inquisitive eyes, and he felt a special sense of satisfaction. However, the sense of accomplishment did not seem to be very high when explaining noisily on the street, so I pulled the two of them to a food stall, ordered a few snacks, and sat down before starting to explain.

"Aren't there many people who are hungry and can't eat or wear jackets during the winter every year? The county government organized the gentry in the county to donate clothes and rice. However, it is not distributed to the poor for free, and if anyone wants it, they must go to the county government office to sign and detain it, and exchange it for labor. How much work you want, how much labor you have to pay. Among them, there is the matter of spring hunting lanterns. Li Yu paused, stopped, and took a sip of water.

"How many lanterns are tied for how many meters, there are official documents in the county government to explain. The bamboo and paper paste for this lantern are all provided by the county government. Those who have signed the charge only need to go to the place provided by the county government to tie the lantern, and the lantern can be tied, and the county government will also provide a lunch during this period. Li Yu continued.

Those gentry were probably willing to trade something and money for a good reputation, Xia Cao thought.

"Those papier-mâché and bamboo also need money, right? Brother Li Yu, how do you say that the county government doesn't need to pay? Xia Cao raised his own question, so that there is no need to provide wages, and the silver taels of raw materials still have to be paid.

"No hurry, I'm not done yet. Do you know that every year in the spring hunting competition, there are gentry behind each town? ”

Xia Cao and Xia Maihe nodded, the house they live in now is provided by Zhu Yezhai, I don't know if it will work.

"But you probably don't know that the team that wins first every year not only gets a bonus from the county seat, but the gentry behind them can reduce the tax of 30% of the shops and land under their names that year. However, it is also necessary to take a certain responsibility, and the cost of the spring hunt next year is paid by the county government except for the reward of the winning team of the spring hunting competition, and the rest are paid by them, so these papier-mâchés are provided by the gentry who won last year. ”

"Isn't this an empty glove white wolf? It costs a lot of money to hold a spring hunt, those gentry are not stupid, how can anyone still be willing to do it? Xia Maihe asked puzzledly, in his limited cognition, he also knew that holding a competition would cost at least a few hundred taels of silver in all aspects.

"You don't know this? How do you two little ones know that adults have a crook in their stomachs? Although this spring hunt costs a lot of money, the amount of silver that is reduced and exempted every year is much more than the cost of spring hunting. Li Yu poured another cup of tea and moistened his mouth.

"There is also a spring hunting competition in our county town is famous in Guinan City, and many outsiders come to watch it every year. Among them, there are many big officials and wealthy businessmen in the city, and the gentry who are responsible for organizing the event have the opportunity to contact them, want to arrange a place for them, and take them to visit the county seat. If you go back and forth and get on a big boat, the benefits are much greater than the money spent on holding the competition. ”

"Oh, Brother Li Yu, you know so much." Xia Maihe admired.

"It's nothing, I've been in the county for a long time, so I'll naturally understand." Li Yu said that he has been coming to the county seat to go to school for five years, and he can be regarded as a half-county person.

Li Yu patronized the explanation and drank water, and the snacks on the table were almost wiped out by Xia Cao and Xia Maihe, and the two of them never stopped at all while listening to the story.

After listening to the story, it's time to move your muscles and brains.

"Brother Li Yu, let's also go guess the riddle and find the eldest brother to go to them." Natsukusa suggested.

Hearing this, Li Yu was a little curious, this little girl dared to say anything, a child of her age should have just learned to read, and she was ashamed to say that she wanted to guess the riddle. Just now Qiao Mu followed Li Man and said to guess the riddle, he could understand that Xia Cao should be going to join in the fun.

I've already talked to other friends just now, and after shopping, I'll gather at the puzzle solving place at the end of the street. In order to ensure the safety of the people, there are patrols on the streets from time to time, and they are not afraid of getting lost and not being found.

Li Yu, who had nothing to do, took Xia Maihe and Xia Cao to guess the riddle,

At this time, the flow of people on the bustling streets has decreased slightly, and the movement is not as slow as just now.

Natsucao and the others looked for the lanterns in front of the stall, but their luck was not good, and the notes hanging on several lanterns were already empty, and they had already been guessed by others and took the prize.

"Second brother, this has a note, come quickly." Xia Cao finally found a note that was still hanging and swayed in the air.

Xia Cao's size couldn't reach the note, so he could only let Xia Maihe help read it.

"When the young are young, the old are red, and the naughty children are recruited in the beginning of summer, and the bamboo pole is danced in hand, and the hands are red after eating. Hit a plant. Xia Maihe said.

Xia Cao smiled simply when she heard this, did she and her second brother still eat it?

"Second brother, what is this number, write it down. Guess a few more and we'll go claim the prize. Xia Cao said.

"Fifty-seventh, sister, will you answer? So fast, what is it? Xia Maihe couldn't help asking.

"Shhhh Xia Cao said, and then attached to Xia Maihe's ear and gently spit out two words, "Mulberry." ”

"Sister, you're so smart, why didn't I think of it." After a while, Xia Maihe patted his head and said. Li Yu looked at the mysterious two siblings, as if the prize belonged to them. Standing next to him and not speaking, he was still wondering what the mystery was.

"Brother Li Yu, let's go win a prize." Saying that, Xia Cao pulled Li Yu, who was still thinking, to a stall.

"The pointed head and body are as white as silver, and there are not a few taels of flesh, and the eyes are long to the buttocks, and they only recognize clothes and people." Xia Maihe said.

The mystery of Xia Cao, she uses it every day these days, and she can't answer that I'm sorry for myself.

"What is the number of the second brother?" Natsukusa asked.

"Sixty-five." Xia Maihe flipped through the number on the note and said.

"Come on, let's go find the next one. The second brother claw machine time, the prize can't be taken away by others. Xia Cao pulled Li Yu and continued to brush the prizes. If it weren't for the fear that they wouldn't be at ease, she and her second brother would have walked around in this unfamiliar county, Xia Cao really didn't want to brush up on the question with this cumbersomeness.

"Xiaocao, did you guess everything?" Li Yu couldn't help asking. He didn't believe it anymore, as soon as Xia Maihe finished reading the riddle, Xia Cao guessed it, how could it be so fast.

"Li Yu, squat down and see if what I said is right." Xia Cao said, the burden refused to leave, her appeasement was fine.

Li Yu squatted down, and Xia Cao whispered in his ear, "Needle." ”

Then Xia Cao pulled Li Yu and rushed to the next stall to find the puzzle.

"Xiaocao, why are you so brainy. I guessed it right at once," Li Yu said as he walked, he put the answer Xia Cao said into the riddle, and it really made sense.

"Brother Li Yu, I've been sewing things with needles every day recently, can't you guess it? You don't need it, you don't think it's normal for a while. Natsukusa said.

"There are five or six people in front of you, there must be a note, Brother Li Yu, let's go quickly." Xia Cao said excitedly. At this time, they continued to brush a few riddles, and Xia Cao already had five numbered answers in his hands.

Xia Cao and the three of them squeezed into the crowd, this time it was Li Yu who read the question, Xia Maihe still couldn't recognize some words, and sometimes he stumbled to read, so the heavy responsibility of reading the question fell on Li Yu's head.

"When you drop three autumn leaves, you can bloom February flowers. Thousands of feet of waves across the river, into the bamboo ten thousand poles slanted. (To be continued.) )