The next day, the mist was filled, Chen Ping got up with the fog, washed up a little, carried a cloth bag, avoided the small wild ducks shrunk into a ball at the root of the yard, and went out.

Running along the Tu River in the morning, deliberately raising his legs, Chen Ping went directly to Xia Tu Village, heard the sound of people from a distance, and when he got closer, he saw the figure in front of the chief's house, as well as more than 20 ox carts, mixed with a few donkey carts.

The rent and tax of the whole mile are here, like Chen Ping's family, two men and one woman, although the rent of the Ding woman is exempted, the rent of three stones will also be paid.

Three stone rice, exchanged for the catties of later generations, must have about 280 catties. More than 100 people, that is, more than 30,000 catties of rented rice.

The ox cart carrying grain is different from the ordinary ox cart in Xue Fucai's house, the board is wider, and there is no shed to protect from the wind and rain.

The grain sacks are burlap bags, but they are larger than usual. There were five or six bags of grain bags on an ox cart like this, and Chen Ping estimated that there were more than ten stones, more than 1,000 catties, and a cow could pull enough to choke.

"Why are you here now? Didn't I tell you yesterday that this ox cart was going to pass through Baitu Village, so you should walk a little more. Lai Dongxi commanded the grain bag to be tied firmly, and when he saw Chen Ping in the crowd, he thought he couldn't wait, so he said, "Wait a while, and you will be able to leave immediately." ”

Most of the people who transported the grain were Ding Zhuang from the two villages, and there was a middle-aged man who seemed to know Chen Ping, and said with a smile: "Captain, you are wrong, don't you see that this kid still has beads of sweat on his body?" He came all the way, and I'm afraid he wasn't in a hurry to ride this ox cart, who knows what this kid was thinking. I have seen him doing this strange thing along the Tu River several times in the morning, early in the morning, running along the Tu River, what do you say this is for? ”

After that, the question was said to Chen Ping.

"Exercise." Chen Ping said, "Morning jogging can make people stronger. ”

"That's not necessarily, eating enough food and eating more meat will make people stronger." The middle-aged man smiled, pointed to a sturdy man on the other side, and said, "Did you see him?" Like him, eat five bowls at a meal, so that you can grow strong. ”

Chen Ping saw that the man on the other end of the ox cart was in his twenties, and he was indeed stocky, and his height was not low, he had to be eight feet, nearly two meters high. Just looking at the posture of his person carrying the grain bag to the car, it can also be seen that his strength is not small.

"Hehe, the kid knows it's awesome, right? Eat more meat. The middle-aged man threw the rope over, and tied the rope to the grain bag with the sturdy young man, "Okay, you can go." ”

"Well, let's go. If I paid this rent earlier, it would be considered over. Lai Dongxi checked it again, and with a wave of his hand, it was a signal to leave.

It is definitely not possible to walk two ox carts side by side on this road, and you have to be careful if you have to follow one ox cart with the other.

"You're sitting in this car." Lai Dongxi walked over and said to Chen Ping, "This cow can pull, and the two of them will be fine." ”

Chen Ping was carrying a package on his back, and he came to rub the cart, and when the lieutenant said so, he was not polite, turned over the ox cart, and lay on the grain bag.

"This kid is real." Two people are in charge of an ox cart, one is leading the cattle in front, and the other is responsible for taking care of the back, the middle-aged man is holding the reins, and when he saw Chen Ping turning over the ox cart, he said with a smile.

Although lying on the ox cart, Chen Ping did not sleep, in fact, after insisting on exercising for a week, Chen Ping's sleep quality has improved a lot, and the rest at night is basically satisfied.

Besides, I went to bed early at this time, and there was plenty of time to rest.

"If I knew it was so slow, I might as well go to the county alone." The grain on the ox cart was too heavy, and it was very difficult to walk, and Chen Ping felt that he had been pitted by the chief.

Less than half a mile out of the village, an ox cart in front of it fell into the grass on the side of the road, and it was also on the north side, if it was south, this cart of grain would have been fed to the fish.

"Slow, slow, hold the bull's rope." Lai Dongxi trotted over, checked the grain, and saw that it was not spilled, so he hurriedly asked people to put it back on the ox cart, "It's good to cross this road, be careful, this grain has fallen into the water, and we have to pay for it." ”

Transporting grain is also risky.

The grain was loaded onto the ox cart, but Chen Ping jumped down and followed the ox cart and walked forward together.

"Boy, just go up and lie down. The ox cart had come to hold the reins, and it certainly wouldn't tip over like the cart. The middle-aged man held the grain bag, and was very relieved to the sturdy man holding the ox rope in front of him, "You don't know, he can even compete with oxen." Eat more and learn more. ”

Chen Ping didn't go up, and followed the ox cart slowly, Nalai Sheng looked back, his face was calm, but he didn't say much.

After the power of the man who called Sheng walked for about half an hour, Chen Ping saw it again. There was an ox cart in front of him again, and the wheels were stuck in the pothole, and the old ox seemed to be tired, no matter how he pulled, the grain cart couldn't get out of the pit.

Just when Lai Dongxi was thinking about changing the cow, the man who called Lai Sheng didn't say a word, and went up and grabbed the tail end of the ox cart, and the bulging biceps muscle was about to burst his cloth sleeve in Chen Ping's opinion, and with a light move, the wheel went out of the pit and fell on the flat ground.

Walking all the way like this, all the way to the pit, Chen Ping could reach it by walking for an hour, but it turned out that after walking for two hours, Chen Ping saw the county gate.

"How about I wait for me to pay the food here, and then go back together in the evening?" said that he was going to pull Chen Ping, and in the end Chen Ping followed all the way, and helped push the cart, Lai Dongxi was a little reluctant to go, "Don't worry, this car will be empty at night, it must be faster than you walking." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Lai." Chen Ping also wanted to go back, after all, the trap hadn't been picked up yet, "Then I'll be waiting for you at this county gate before sunset?" ”

"Don't bother like that, you're going to Xiaozhong's house, right? I know that way, and I'll go to you then. Lai Dongxi spoke, led the grain cart and went north.

The tax and grain will be handed over to the county Cao earlier, and Laidongxi's heart will be more relaxed.

This is the third time that Chen Ping, the county seat, has come, and the road is not difficult to walk, much easier to distinguish than the winding streets in later generations, and Chen Ping soon arrived at the grocery store of the uncle's house.

"Yuan Liang is in the county, busy with official business, you go to the room first and wait for me." Chen Ping's uncle, Chen Xiaozhong, saw Chen Ping come in, said something, and was busy taking care of the business in the store again.

Now that the tax is being paid, Chen Yuanliang is in Hucao, and it is normal to be busy, and the rented rice must be registered and stored in the county, and then transported to the state.

But Chen Yuanliang's leg was injured, and it has only been a few days, so it's fine? Seeing that the uncle was busy, Chen Ping didn't ask, and entered the weeping flower door.

Chen Ping went to say hello to his aunt first, handed over the hare in the cloth bag to Chen's mother, and walked around the yard twice, then he went to Chen Yuanliang's room to wait for his uncle.

"Huh?" Entering the room, Chen Ping noticed at a glance that the original position of the bed had changed, "It's actually changed, this speed is really fast enough." ”

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PS: I drank a little wine, and it was late, and I still asked for a little bit~ to collect and recommend it, and I was not picky.