Yao Tiantian tiptoed out of the east wing, and walked along the wall to the west stove room of the main house. However, as soon as she reached the bottom of the window in the east room of the main house, she was attracted by the sound of conversation coming from the room. Although the people in the room deliberately lowered Sang Yin, Yao Tiantian, who was close to the root of the wall, heard their conversation.

"Old village chief, we really have no other way than to give the best piece of the tun to the Huang Dahu in the tun next door?" Gently moist, this is the voice of Uncle Yao Runzhi.

"Hey, don't hide it from Mr. Yao, the old man also knows that our folks in Yangjiatun are counting on that piece of land rations. However, last year's harvest was poor, and the grain produced in the fields was not enough for their own food, so how could the family have surplus grain to sell, so the county has not paid the poll tax until now. No, someone from above is urging again, and Master Li was sent with a brigade of officials. An old voice, speaking with helplessness and fear, sighed dejectedly.

Then, the voice continued, "Master Li said that if we don't pay the poll tax, every household in our tun will draw a strong man, and sell it to someone else to work." I pondered, our Tunli is that piece of land can still be worth a little money, but fortunately, Huang Dahu is still willing to ask for it, and he did not take the opportunity to lower the price, and the price he paid is also fair, in addition to allowing Tunli to pay the poll tax according to the amount, he can also be a little rich, just to add some rations to every household in Tunli who has run out of food. ”

This person spoke at length, but his voice was full of guilt and helplessness, he should be the old village chief called by Yao Runzhi.

Yao Runzhi also sighed, and said unwillingly, "But, old village chief, it's not a matter of a day or two that Huang Dahu wants the land in our tunli." Last year's crop failed, didn't the county lord relent and said that he could temporarily skip everyone's poll tax and make up for it after this year's harvest? Why did he suddenly send someone here now, and he had a tough attitude to ask us to pay the tax immediately, and that big Huang family was so coincidental, willing to take out twenty taels of silver to buy our piece of land, in addition to the poll tax of nineteen taels and eight yuan to be paid by our tun, the few dollars left can only add a little more rations for these few days? It's weird. ”

"That's what I said, and that's what I said. But who let us catch up with this stubble, Huang Dahu has searched all the surrounding ten miles and eight townships, and invited the most famous feng shui gentleman, who is interested in this feng shui treasure handed down by our ancestors in Tunli, saying that only by building a hunting ground here and giving it to the nobles in Shangjing can he bless his Huang Dahu from generation to generation, and bless his Huang Dahu's descendants and high-ranking officials. Hey, we had a bad harvest last year and couldn't pay the poll tax, which just gave them an excuse, hey! The old village chief knew the ins and outs of this matter very clearly, and knew that people were doing this game, but there was no way to solve it, so he could only sigh helplessly again.

"Now every household in the tunzi has nothing of value, and the only thing that is valuable is the corn seed in everyone's hand,......"

Yao Runzhi said softly, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old village chief, "Mr. Yao, corn seeds can't be moved, once there are no seeds, what will we plant in the field?" What will we eat in the future? ”

Yao Tiantian, who was at the root of the window, heard this, and had already understood what was going on, in her previous life, it was too common for officials and businessmen to collude. Unexpectedly, when I came to this place with beautiful mountains and rivers, the villagers were simple and lovely, kind and indisputable, but there were still corrupt officials and bullies who oppressed the good. Moreover, on the first day she came, she encountered such collusion between officials and businessmen, and she did it even more blatantly.

Yao Tiantian was secretly slandering in her heart, when she heard a noisy footstep outside the gate of the courtyard, followed by a rapid knock on the door, "Open the door quickly, is Mr. Yao at home?" Is Old Village Chief Yang here? ”

Hearing this, Yao Tiantian was startled, she couldn't care about the hunger in her stomach. didn't care about listening to the conversation in the house, so he quickly flashed back to his east wing with his waist bent, hurriedly took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, quietly opened a small crack in the window on the kang, and looked out secretly.

After a while, Yao Tiantian saw the door of the main house being pushed open, and his uncle Yao Runzhi walked out wearing his clean blue and white gown, followed by a sturdy old man in his fifties, tall, broad shoulders, long round face, high nose bridge, two big eyes, rough and dark cheeks, wearing a cardigan, leggings, and a pair of pointed cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles under his feet, dressed as a standard cropper.

Yao Runzhi opened the door of the village school, Si Siwen bowed outward, and said calmly, "The student has seen Huang Yuanwai, I don't know what important thing Huang Yuanwai is so anxious to find the student?" ”

"Master Yao is really good at telling jokes, the old man is not in a hurry to find you, he wants to ask Village Chief Yang how the paperwork is going? He has left the old man and Master Li dry for an hour, and this document should be ready. With a gloomy voice, a man in his fifties and dressed in a bright red dark flower brocade robe, surrounded by a large crowd of people, walked in from outside the gate with a roar.

This is what the old village chief and uncle said about the bullying Huang Dahu, Yao Tiantian pouted secretly, he really looked like Huang Shiren in the film and television works in the previous life, he was fat-headed and big-eared, and he was not a good person at first glance.

Yao Tiantian labeled Huang Dahu as a bad guy in his heart, and saw a man next to him who was dressed in black, wearing a black hat, and a red belt around his waist.

'Huang Dahu', 'Master Li', Yao Tiantian's heart moved, remembering the conversation of the group of people he heard hiding behind the big stone on the way to Yangjiatun, when Huang Dahu raised the name of the county lord and urged Master Li to hurry up, but Master Li took the opportunity to extort Huang Dahu's filial piety silver.

Now that I think about it, this matter is indeed a bit strange, Master Li even rushed to blackmail the relatives of the county lord, of course, it is not that he is too obedient to the master, I am afraid that the county master is not so concerned about Huang Dahu's affairs, otherwise this matter should be sent to catch the head, with the county government official document to Yangjiatun to urge the silver to take people, in other words, this Huang Dahu is in the fox fake tiger might.

Yao Tiantian figured this out, her heart was relieved, she had just gotten rid of a bunch of troublesome things in her previous life, and decided to recuperate for a while in the quiet countryside in ancient times, and came to Yangjiatun with beautiful mountains and rivers by accident, although there are still some unsatisfactory places here, but there are blood uncles who really care about her, there are enthusiastic five grandmothers, there are honest young people, and there is the family affection that she Yao Tiantian has been longing for.

Yao Tiantian, who is full of hope and preparing to start her new life, doesn't want to be ruined by Huang Dahu and Master Li's collusion between officials and businessmen. Fortunately, Yao Tiantian in the previous life has many years of experience in the workplace, and naturally knows how to take advantage of other people's weaknesses and how to achieve his own goals by pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Now that she knows about Huang Dahu's fox and fake tiger power, she naturally has to think about it carefully and see how to take advantage of this to help Yangjiatun's people save the day.

Yao Tiantian in the east wing room rolled her big eyes, secretly thinking about how to deal with it in her heart, but the old village chief Yang in the courtyard moved. Seeing that he couldn't hide, he had to put on a silly smile, pay for his caution, and carefully explained, "Please forgive Huang Yuanwai and Master Li, although the little guy bears the position of the village head, but our Yangjiatun is not only a tun, but also a family, that piece of land is handed down by our ancestors, not the little guy's alone, if you want to sell it, you have to ask for the meaning of the big guy." ”

This time, Huang Buren, a fat head and big ears, did not speak, but handed a look to Master Li next to him, and Master Li, who received the benefits, received a hint from Huang Dahu, rolled his triangular eyes, opened a thick voice, and said coldly, "Master I don't care about the sale of land in your tunzi, today Master I was ordered by the county master to collect the poll tax that you have been in arrears, as long as Village Chief Yang pays the tax happily, Master Yang will leave without saying a word." However, if you don't know each other and don't pay taxes today, don't blame this master for not being emotional, and this will start locking people from door to door. ”

Master Li's high-sounding official words were suppressed, with a bright threat, and the village chief Yang was dumbfounded, his face full of ravines was full of helpless sorrow, and the whole person seemed to be shorter, as if he was about to fall, and it seemed that he would fall down unsupportably at any time.

The old village chief and Yao Runzhi in the courtyard were in a dilemma in the face of Master Li's threat of cutting and beating and Huang Dahu's lure of falling into the well, but they couldn't think of any good way for a while. And Yao Tiantian, who was peeking by the window of the east wing, was also secretly vomiting indignantly.

Hmph, what days when there are mountains, water, fields and grain, it is purely deceitful, the mountains and rivers are true, the fields are there, but they are immediately people's, and there is no food at all! Yao Tiantian stroked her shriveled belly, and was secretly slandering, when she suddenly smelled a burst of sweet braised pork aroma, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva and sticking out her tongue Tian Tian lips, hallucination, it must be an illusion, Yao Tiantian closed her eyes and then covetously Yun * took a sip of the soft and glutinous aroma, and at the same time told herself in her heart that she was hungry and fainted, and hallucinated.