The village chief was informed to go to the town again, and when he came back, he suddenly felt much older, and his eyes were a little red, and everyone did not understand what was going on.

The village chief summoned everyone and said: "I got the news just now, this time we are going to collect the poll tax, and everyone knows that there is a war now, our country has no money, if there is no money, we will soon be defeated by the enemy country, and then we will all become slaves of the country, so there is no way but to pay the poll tax this time." ”

Although the village chief's words are so, and in order to make everyone accept the consequences of not doing this, this is not the case in everyone's hearts! They feel like they can't go on.

Some women immediately began to cry with their children in their arms, "What the hell should I do?" How do we get on with our lives? ”

Some of the children were so frightened that they cried, they didn't know what was going on, and they were a little scared when they saw their mother crying so miserably.

The village chief saw everyone's appearance, and felt very uncomfortable, and finally sighed and said: "Okay, don't cry, I know you are reluctant to pay, but the decision has come down, there is no way to change it, if you don't have it when people come to collect money, I don't know what those people will do, instead of crying here, it is better to go back and see how the family can get the money together, this is a lot of money in each family, according to the number of people, five taels of silver per person." ”

Everyone's tears are about to dry up, and no one knows what to do now, how can they still have to pay taxes at this time? I just received it once before, and now I'm here again, how can they spend their days?

After the village chief finished speaking, he also left, this time not only the people in the village were worried, but he was also worried, the children in this family plus the adults, this cost dozens of taels of silver! But where did they get the money?

After He Kexin and Yan Haodong went back, they glanced at each other, and He Kexin said with some puzzlement: "Why do you think of collecting poll tax now?" ”

Yan Haodong's brows were also furrowed, in his previous life, he had lived to the plague before, and he didn't know what was happening now, and he didn't know why he was taxed.

He Kexin sighed and said, "What should I do if I keep collecting taxes now?" The people in our village don't have any money, and the previous tax has only been a few days, and now we will have to collect a poll tax, and we will have to collect some taxes in a few days, right? ”

Yan Haodong is also worried about this, if this continues, how will everyone's life live?

"Don't think about it so much, this time the tax should be almost over, we have hundreds of taels of silver in our village, not to mention other villages! In the end, it will definitely add up to a lot, and it should be enough to fight. ”

He Kexin didn't say anything when she heard his words, she knew that Yan Haodong was just opening his mouth to comfort herself.

"Our family of three will get fifteen taels of silver! There are more than 20 families in the village, and this is a hundred taels of silver, and I don't think there is a way to solve these things! ”

The worries of the two of them are also the worries of the people in the village, many of them started crying when they returned home, and they didn't know what to do.

For several days, the people in the village were just crying at home, unable to eat or sleep, and the village chief was also called to the town at this time.

Everyone knows that he was full of confidence after going to the town, and hoped that the higher authorities would suddenly order not to collect this tax, and consider them all.

But who knew that after the village chief came back, he called everyone over, sighed and said, "Okay, don't get your hopes up, hurry up and go back and sell everything you can sell at home!" Hurry up and get the money, today those people have begun to collect money, many people have not made it up, and as a result, they were directly arrested and imprisoned, and some families even died, you all hurry up and find a way! ”

Everyone began to despair, and they used to feel a little hope, but now they are really desperate, they all looked at each other, and tears slowly came down.

Hearing from the village chief that some people were going to prison and some people were dead, they had to go back and sell everything they could sell at home, and the women took out their jewelry and sold it, but they didn't have much jewelry in the country.

Some families sold their grain, and those who had a lot of land also sold part of their land, but in the end, there was really no way, and some families actually began to sell their daughters.

This morning, there was a heart-rending cry in the village, He Kexin and Yan Haodong were eating, and both of them were stunned after hearing it.

"Sister Flowers!" The little milk bag said slowly.

Both looked at him and said, "What? ”

Xiao Niangbao's eyes were red, and she looked at them aggrievedly and said: "This is Sister Hua'er, yesterday Sister Hua'er said goodbye to our friends who played together, and gave her a handkerchief, saying that they have no money at home, and her mother and grandmother are going to sell her to a big family to be a maid, so as to keep the family." ”

Hearing this, Yan Haodong and He Kexin were stunned, did they start selling their daughters? Hearing the crying outside, the two of them couldn't sit still anymore, so they quickly got up and went out.

Someone on the other side of the village pulled a little girl forward, and the little girl cried as she walked, and struggled to hold on to it, and there were several people behind her, crying and following the little girl.

After the little milk bag went outside, she ran in front of the girl at once, "Sister Hua'er!" ”

The girl looked at him and didn't speak and continued to cry, and slowly she saw that her father and grandparents were just crying, but no one said that she wanted her to go back, and she didn't sell her, she seemed to understand something, just lowered her head and cried, but she didn't say that she wanted to go back, don't leave her father's words.

The village chief also hurried over, glanced at the girl, and said to her father, "Is there really no way for your family?" Can't you sell some of your family's land with so much land? You have to sell the flowers, why are you so ruthless? ”

Hua Erniang looked at him and said, "Village Chief, there is no way for our family?" Our family of seven will have thirty-five taels of silver, where can we go to make up so much money, and how will our family live after selling the land? ”

Hua'er's father also nodded and said, "Yes, village chief, it's really not that we are ruthless, you say that I can't let our whole family die in order to protect this daughter, right?" ”

The village chief was silent, he really didn't know what to say, he also knew, this problem was not only encountered by their family, but now every household in the village has this problem, if it is in the future, there will be more families who sell their daughters.