I had to pay some money to buy food again, not to mention that this time the tax was more than one layer higher than before.

The village chief nodded and pleaded under the gaze of many villagers.

The leader looked at the village chief who was surrounded by the villagers with a faint expression, and his eyes swept over the surrounding villagers with nervous faces.

As the boss said, every village and every household must be missing, for fear that they will be late to collect grain, and which family has secretly hidden some grain.

Some villagers have not completely harvested the grain in their fields, and they have just harvested some of the grain.

Around the farmland, all the villagers were naked, revealing their black chests, reflecting the light in the sunlight, but their expressions were numb.

Looking at the eyes that passed, most of them were embarrassed and poor.

The leader is not a taste in his heart, but he has seen his companions around him.

He couldn't bear to be sympathetic in his patience, but he still had a proud and awe-inspiring look, and suddenly snorted coldly:

"Lord Yamen has spoken, and we are all acting according to the orders of the above!

Is there a two-tier or three-tier tax, can I still propose it alone?

Are you questioning us people? Or do you also have doubts about the officials of Baiyun Town? Or is there dissatisfaction with the court?! ”

"Your Excellency! The little ones don't dare! It's just that the family is short of food, and the baby at home has no rations, so I'm afraid!

It's not okay to buy food anymore, now the worst bran rice has to be several yuan, and we ordinary people really can't afford it!

If the adults take more, they are afraid that there will be no food at home! ”

One by one, the big hats were pressed down, and the already unstraight back of the village chief headed by him bent down more and more.

But as he leaned over and felt a pair of eyes behind him that had gone out, he slowly straightened up again, and cried out with old tears.

The leader looked away with some unbearability, but when he thought of not receiving the amount said above, he would be punished.

He still has old parents, children, and his mother-in-law at home, and he still gives instructions to the people behind him.

The villagers could only watch from the back as the freshly harvested grain was carried away.

Some people's eyes were dark, and when they thought of the population waiting to be fed at home, they fell directly to the ground.

The sun was scorching, and the ground was steaming like a boiling pot.

Ben's fragile flesh was cut even more at the end, blood overflowed, and bursts of stinging pain, but it couldn't withstand the faint despair in his heart.

All of a sudden, there were terrible or suppressed cries one after another.

The leader of the people who had collected the grain was about to leave, and his steps were paused at the sound of these cries.

Finally, he spoke: "Food is not cheap everywhere now, but it is better to save more if you have money."

The northwest part is even more drought, many places have no harvest, and many displaced people are running around, and I don't know if this piece can be stable in the future......"

The village chief turned around slowly, and the person left, and the light voice with some compassion and helplessness also dissipated around him, as if it was just his delusion.

Shining in the scorching sun, the village chief felt that his bones were oozing with cold air, and his thin body shivered fiercely.

His hands slapped his thighs hard, and he suddenly shouted hoarsely:

"What are you still doing? Bring all the food to your house, and when the food is almost ready, all the principals of the house who speak to me will come to my house. ”

"Hurry up and stop howling, something is wrong!"

Under the anxious urging of the village chief, everyone did not dare to delay, and they all got up one after another.

"Ah Jing, how much food do we have at home?"

Qingluo still couldn't feel at ease, and at sunset on this day, the temperature outside gradually dropped, and he walked out of the house.

Gu Jingzhi, who was carrying water, saw Qingluo, hurriedly put down the bucket, stepped forward and took her hand and entered the house together.

"The sun is setting, but the heat is heavy, and Arlo is careful not to suffer from heat stroke."

After Gu Jingzhi finished worrying, he looked at Shangqing Luo with some nervousness, and simply took her through the main room and walked to the storage room at the back.

The storage room was placed on a large wooden shelf, and inside the wall was a door, and inside was a room.

White rice, wheat, or ground flour, cornmeal, sorghum, and all kinds of grains are piled up, but most of them are still good white rice.

There is also a large basket in the corner with eggs of a slightly different shape.

"The news that Ah Jing brought back, the price of food has been constantly speculated, and I think my family still has to save enough food."

Qingluo held Gu Jingzhi's hand, looked at his gaze and said.

Gu Jingzhi nodded without hesitation, he also expected this, and he was going to go down the mountain to buy grain in the next two days.

Qingluo looked at Gu Jingzhi, who agreed with her, and her heart was slightly relieved, and then she thought about it in her heart:

Blurry data, a person uses 0.92 taels of food a day, even if he has one pound a day.

Naturally, I don't need it, but Ah Jing's meal is quite large, so it is calculated that they have two catties for two people a day.

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, seven hundred and thirty catties, one stone is equal to one hundred catties, then more than seven stones, eight stones of rice grain.

Of course, this data is a bit much, sometimes you can't go to two catties of white rice a day, including white porridge made of white rice for breakfast in the morning.

But occasionally wheat, cornmeal, and other red beans, mung beans, and millet.

Moreover, there is no shortage of meat in Dakui Mountain, and there are more big fish and meat, so there is less rice.

But for the sake of insurance, I still bought seven stones of white rice noodles, and filled a few buckets of other coarse grains.

With these grains, even if there is a famine for a year or even longer, there will be no worries.

But Qingluo was a little worried in his heart, so he asked: "Even if we still have silver, but now we have to buy such a quantity, I'm afraid it's difficult to buy, right?" ”

"Ah Luo doesn't need to worry, I already told Chen Biao a few days ago, and he pays attention to the grain."

Gu Jingzhi said this, that is, nine times out of ten, it was stable, and Qingluo was relieved.

At this time, Gu Jingzhi said again: "I just have to ask Ah Luo to give some silver, but Ah Luo don't worry, I will go farther away to hunt in a few days, and I will come back with more silver soon." ”

Looking at Gu Jingzhi, who seemed to be a little guilty, Qingluo shook his head helplessly.

Gu Jingzhi gave Qingluo all the money he got, and rarely asked her for it.

If she wants to buy something at home on weekdays, she remembers to give money, and he collects it, mostly with his own money.

It's the money box that is placed directly on the table in the bedroom, and Qingluo said that you can take it at will.

Gu Jingzhi rarely took it, but he had money on him and didn't have anything to use, so he threw it in.

Ask Qingluo for very little silver, but give it very positively.

Early in the morning of the second day, Qingluo had no intention of continuing to lie down, wearing bandeau trousers and pajamas directly, with a cloak on the outside.

When I went downstairs, I saw Gu Jingzhi busy in the steaming kitchen.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Gu Jingzhi turned around and asked Qingluo to wait outside.

Qingluo had no appetite, Gu Jingzhi ate breakfast early in the morning, washed the dishes and chopsticks after eating in three or two, and then accepted the purse from Qingluo.

He didn't take anything, and was ready to come back later to fight it.

Qingluo followed him to the courtyard.

"Arlo is waiting at home, what's the matter, etc., I'll be back soon." Gu Jingzhi instructed.

Qingluo nodded with a smile and watched Gu Jingzhi walk out of the courtyard and close the stone gate.

It was very early, the sky was cloudy and mist, only a thin little light shone, and now in October, the morning wind on the mountain was still a little cool.

Qingluo tightened his cloak and walked over with his head shaken.

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