For several days, Xia Yuqian could not eat, she had to go down to the field to work with her father every day before dawn, and she was not able to go home until after dark at night, and when she returned home, she helped her mother spin and weave together in the dim candlelight, and often finally lay down in bed when she was hungry, her eyes were full of stars, and her limbs were sore. But even so, every time she snuggled up to the red fox's soft fluff, she felt very relieved and content—at least she was still living at home and with her family.

"Xiaofan, do you have a family?" Xia Yuqian asked.

"Nope. He said without thinking.

After being silent for a moment, Xia Yuqian gently stroked the red fluff on its back and whispered, "Will I be your family member in the future?"

Chen Kefan raised his head to look at her, although she had been exhausted by the heavy labor these days, her cheeks were a little sunken, and there were thick dark circles under her eyes...... But those eyes were as clear and sincere as ever.

"It would be nice if I could really have a family like you......" Chen Kefan said softly in his heart, but he didn't make a sound, Xia Yuqian smiled and fell asleep, maybe because she was too tired, she fell asleep immediately as soon as she lay down on the bed these days.

At this time, Xia's mother crept in, she quietly pulled the quilt on her daughter's body, gently closed the window tightly, and then leaned over and dropped a gentle kiss on Xia Yuqian's forehead. She looked at Xia Yuqian falling asleep, with a sweet smile on her face, and before leaving, she gently touched the red fox's fluff, as if saying goodnight. Father Xia stood at the door, he was also tired from a day, but at this time, he hugged his wife and looked at his sleeping daughter, his face was full of relief. The couple extinguished the candlelight and quietly left......

Early the next morning, Xia Yuqian jumped up from the bed, stretched, changed her clothes, and energetically carried a bucket to the entrance of the village to fetch water.

She walked happily, and just as she was about to reach the entrance of the village, she suddenly saw the officers from a distance, but she didn't expect that it had only been less than half a month, and those officers had actually come again! Xia Yuqian was shocked when she saw several batches of carriages behind them for pulling goods.

"Hey, little girl!" A stubble-faced officer shouted at her, "Get all the people in your village out of here!"

Xia Yuqian ran back to the village, and after a while, everyone hurriedly heard the sound.

"I should have enough time for you! Now every household has handed over everything they have to give!" shouted the fourth-class officer impatiently last time, "Hurry up!"

The villagers went back silently one by one, and after a while began to transport the grain that had just been harvested to the entrance of the village, and several first-level officers went door to door to record the account book, and when it came to Xia Yuqian's house, she and her parents had already exhausted all the food and savings in the family, and the officer liquidated for a long time before he reluctantly nodded and signaled her family to pass.

After collecting the last one, the fourth-level officer frowned, except for Xia Yuqian's family and the old village chief's family, the other families had not paid enough money except for food, and one of them had fled overnight because they were really poor......

"The rules have been told to you in advance, if you dare to escape, you will be punished with death, and you will be transported to the heavens to feed the burning ghosts!" Then he looked at the villagers who were kneeling on the ground and couldn't pay the money, and said: "As for you who don't pay taxes, according to the current laws of Yuguo, you will use yourself as collateral, confiscate the house deed and property, and reduce it to slavery!"

As soon as the words were finished, some villagers fainted and fell to the ground after the blow, Xia Yuqian looked at the officer in disbelief, clenched his fists and wanted to step forward to reason with him, but was grabbed by Xia's father, he looked at Xia Yuqian, shook his head and signaled her not to be impulsive.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, give us a few days!

"Please, my lord, the child is so young!" A woman cries as she holds her infant child.

"My lord, this tax is too urgent, everyone has been busy harvesting grain these days, and it is too late to raise money, and I beg you to give grace for a while!" the village chief also stood up and pleaded at this time.

"Stop talking nonsense!

The fourth-class officer gave the order, and the other officers and soldiers began to hold iron grills to arrest people, and for a moment the screams, cries, and curses became a mess, and the child was snatched from his mother's arms, and the whip was whipped on the resisting youths, and the unarmed old man fell to the ground in despair and let the officers and soldiers tie him up......

Xia's father and Xia's mother dragged Xia Yuqian to the side, next to the village chief's family, the two families looked at each other, although their hearts were full of resentment, but they could only stand aside helplessly, watching the officers and soldiers bully their neighbors who had been with them for many years.

Suddenly, the woman who was holding the child was pushed by a soldier, and she fell to the fence next to the entrance of the village, and the sharp wooden thorns pierced her chest in an instant.

"Ahh Xia Yuqian pulled down his hand, only to see bright red blood spurting out of the woman's pierced chest, she struggled twice and then lowered her hand, her head drooped to the side, her eyes just stared at Xia Yuqian's direction, but her eyes were full of resentment.

Her little baby let out a heart-rending cry at the soldier's hands, as if she had a premonition of her mother's tragic death. Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers and officers stopped their hands and looked at the fourth-level officer at a loss.

Xia Yuqian also glared angrily at the fat-covered officer, he also blushed, looked at the soldier and scolded angrily: "Dog! Lao Tzu asked you to arrest people, but he didn't let you kill people!" He turned back to look around at the villagers who were glaring at him, "Look...... What do you see, what do you see, what do you see, he killed him! It's not me! What do you think I'm doing?" he angrily threw his whip to the ground, but the whip had completely lost its deterrent effect, and the villagers still stared at him intently, as if they were about to tear him to pieces with their gaze.

"My lord, I beg you! for a while!" the old village chief came forward and pleaded.

The officer glanced at him, then at the angry villagers and the bewildered soldiers, "...... Give you another week!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers hurriedly untied the iron shackles on the villagers as if relieved, and galloped on their horses as if they were fleeing.

The villagers buried the woman, a widow whose husband had been captured and killed in battle, leaving her sister and a child under the age of one.