Shen Xiaoyu watched the two officials arrive at a place, and the little boss of the vendor handed over a number of copper plates with a smile, turned his head and asked Shunzi: "Brother Shunzi, do they also have to charge protection money?" ”

Brother Shunzi said: "If they collect protection fees, it's okay, they call it tax, saying that the court lets them collect, and each family collects it differently from ten to thirty, and if you don't pay it, you will be caught in prison, but the court's taxes are not so much at all, and now the emperor has also issued a tax exemption order, and a small stall like ours doesn't have to collect it, but you can't beat people today!" Where can they afford to mess with the officials?

Shen Xiaoyu pouted, he just beat the two yesterday, and today he came to the two of them, why is this business so difficult to do?

The two officials walked here, and when they saw the Shen family's small stall, they said, "You guys are new?" Give ten copper coins! "The stall is small, and if you want more, you may not be able to give it out.

Cui Fenglan patted Shen Xiaoyu, Shen Xiaoyu reluctantly took out the goldfish purse, counted ten copper plates from it, and was afraid that he would count it wrong again.

"Hurry up!" The official said unceremoniously with a long voice.

When Shen Xiaoyu handed out a copper plate, his heart was dripping blood.

The official took the money and muttered: "Ten copper coins are still grinding!" Then he turned his head and saw a carriage coming, and a little girl got out of it.

"Oh, it's Miss Xue, come shopping? Miss likes to see whatever she likes, and she doesn't have to give money if she likes it, our lord is the county master, and they don't dare to collect money! An official said flatteringly, this is the daughter of the county lord in front of him, if they are unhappy, they will suffer!

Shen Xiaoyu looked at the little girl, felt familiar, thought about it carefully, and remembered that she had indeed seen this little girl.

When she went to catch fish when the river was frozen, she saw this little girl, and when the ice cracked, she still pulled the little girl, so that the little girl did not fall into the glacier. But this little girl didn't even say thank you, and she didn't look down on her as a village girl at all!

"It turned out to be the daughter of the old man's family, no wonder!" Shen Xiaoyu muttered, there is still a maid behind him!

Xue Yijun is the daughter of Xue Fang, the county order, who is usually pampered, handsome, and has a pretty face. On weekdays, I also saw a lot of people below who were happy to welcome me, so they said: "Don't talk nonsense, how can you not give money when you buy things, aren't you ruining my father's reputation!" ”

When the official heard this, he hurriedly apologized: "Oh, the little one is guilty, how can the young lady not give money!" The small one has it, the master said, Miss can buy anything she wants! Then he gave Xue Yijun all the "tax money" he had just collected.

Xue Yijun glanced at it, but didn't go up to pick it up, so the maid next to him stepped forward to pick it up.

Shen Xiaoyu took in all of this, pouted and was very disdainful, just said that he had to pay for buying things, but now he took the tax money he collected to spend, and the words were beautiful, and the thing was still done!

Xue Yijun looked at the stalls, and when he walked to the stalls of the Shen family, he picked up a purse, looked at it, and said, "I want this." ”

Cui Fenglan accepted five copper coins, Shen Xiaoyu took it, took the money, and then said to Xue Yijun: "I saw you, you almost fell into the ice river before, I pulled you back, do you remember?" "She had also heard of the saying that there were nobles who forgot things a lot, and it was estimated that Xue Yijun should have forgotten about it a long time ago.

Xue Yijun was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Xiaoyu carefully, and then suddenly said: "Of course I remember, thank you last time." ”

Cui Fenglan saw that Shen Xiaoyu had seen this official lady, and she was quite puzzled.

"I saved you, and your official still charged me money." Shen Xiaoyu said and pointed to the tube dismantling machine that had just collected her money.

Xue Yijun looked at the official and said, "Come here, the money you just collected will be returned to her." ”

The official was stunned, he gave all the money he received just now to Xue Yijun, what should he pay back at this time?

"Miss, this is all taxes, it should be collected!" The official said that he couldn't be allowed to pay it back out of his own pocket, right?

Shen Xiaoyu looked at Xue Yijun and pouted, Xue Yijun felt faceless, so he said, "If you want to give it, you can give it!" Beware of me going back and telling my dad! ”

The official didn't make a move, so he took out ten copper coins and returned them, and glared at Shen Xiaoyu.

Shen Xiaoyu happily accepted the money, and then said: "Miss understands righteousness and treats her life-saving benefactor with affection and righteousness, but what if he accepts me tomorrow?" What if he doesn't listen to what you say? ”

Cui Fenglan and Father Shen were stunned on the side, why is this kid so bold? Even the official errand dared to make a shabu-shabu?

"He dares! My dad is the county magistrate, if they don't listen to me, I'll tell my dad! Xue Yijun looked at the official angrily and said, "You are not allowed to accept her family's money in the future, otherwise I will let you go around without food!" ”

The maid behind Xue Yijun felt that something was wrong, so she came up and pulled the corner of her clothes, but Xue Yijun didn't care, everyone had to listen to her!

Those two officials can't afford to provoke the arrogant young lady, it's one thing to collect taxes from the imperial court, but it's really hard to mess with them in front of them! Every day is nothing more than ten copper plates less, and there is a lot of money in their hands, and there is no need to offend Miss for these ten copper coins, so he promised: "Cheng Chengcheng, we will listen to what Miss says!" ”

Xue Yijun was satisfied, then looked at Shen Xiaoyu and said, "Okay, they have to listen to everything I say!" ”

"Okay, okay, Miss is the best!" Shen Xiaoyu applauded, fooling Xue Yijun and almost couldn't find the north! Children from poor families have their own wisdom, and when it's time to make a fool of themselves, they have to shoot it quickly!

Xue Yijun was happy, and the maid next to her: "Miss, let's continue shopping, the master won't let you go back too late." ”

Shen Xiaoyu watched Xue Yijun leave in a hurry, and looked at the two officials with a smile, with a smug look on his face, in the future, their family will not have to pay the so-called "taxes"!

The official who paid out of his own pocket just now was angry enough, and he thought that he would have to collect more money from their family tomorrow, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to collect it in the future, so he gritted his teeth and left!

Cui Fenglan looked at Shen Xiaoyu and said, "Xiaoyu, you are so bold!" ”

Father Shen also felt that Shen Xiaoyu's courage was too big, this time it was lucky, if he really ran into a strong man in the future, Shen Xiaoyu would suffer! It seems that I have to tell Shen Xiaoyu a good time today, what is the reason why people should be careful outside!

Shen Xiaoyu felt a little balanced in his heart, that Miss Guan was well-dressed and well-dressed, didn't she use the money of these hard-working people! Isn't the official lady also stupid, she will be in the trap as soon as she flickers, and there is nothing remarkable!

Daddy Shen's basket sold two in the morning, it was cold outside, Daddy Shen was weaving and selling, and when he froze, he put his hands in his arms and covered them for a while, Shen Xiaoyu sold on both sides, making not much money but lively enough.

It was almost noon, Shen Xiaoyu took out the cakes, and divided one for each person, a little cooler and harder, Cui Fenglan saw that it was almost over, so she said, "Take a bite first, let's go back." ”

Shen Xiaoyu helped clean up the stall, and then the three of them returned to the village.

When he got home, Shen's father called Shen Xiaoyu aside and said, "What you did today, don't do it again in the future, this time it's because the official lady is still young and doesn't understand, so you can get it, and it won't be necessary next time." We're just doing business, even if we make less money, it's okay, as long as people are safe. ”

Shen Xiaoyu flattened her mouth, feeling very aggrieved, she obviously did the right thing, alas......

Looking at his daughter sighing, Father Shen was also helpless, if it weren't for his inability to be a father, he wouldn't let his daughter even worry about these things.

"Alright, let's eat first." Father Shen said that he didn't have the face to criticize his daughter too much.

As soon as Shen Xiaoyu heard that he could eat, he didn't think about anything else, and sat there looking at the steaming two-rice porridge in the bowl, and he was still in a good mood.

After eating, the family gathered around a table, and the money earned in the past two days was not too much, regardless of whether to pay taxes from tomorrow, if it could continue to be maintained, it should be okay to deal with food and clothing.

Shen Xiaoyu put the copper coins back into his goldfish purse one by one, weighed them for a while, and then said, "Our family will become richer and richer in the future." ”

Cui Fenglan smiled, and while the sky was still good, she continued to embroider things, and Father Shen made a few baskets.

On the night of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, there were snowflakes in the sky again, Shen Xiaoyu watched Cui Fenglan take off the fat that she had saved for several days from the roof, it was cold outside, and the fat was frozen very hard, and after a while, Cui Fenglan cut the meat into thin slices and put it in the pot to boil meat oil.

Shen Xiaoyu smelled the aroma of meat oil in the air, and his eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Little fish, come here, Daddy will teach you how to paste paper!" Father Shen said.

Shen Xiaoyu ran over and learned seriously.

How to cut the bamboo strips, how to tie the shelves, and how to paste Shen Xiaoyu in the end, she watched them a lot, in fact, she also watched these steps a lot.

"Your skills are okay, just practice more." Father Shen said that he was stolen by his daughter unknowingly, and now it is easier to teach it.

Shen Xiaoyu smiled, and made a paste with Father Shen, but there was not much paste, two or three were enough. Wait for a piece to be taken to the stall after the year, anyway, it's just a sample.

"Tomorrow the village will have white noodles, and the people in the village will be happy." Shen Xiaoyu said, everyone has worked hard for a year, that is, in order to have a good winter in winter, this year's winter is difficult, but after the New Year, spring has begun, and life will be better.

Cui Fenglan smiled: "Our dumplings must be the best!" As he spoke, he grabbed a crispy oil shuttle and walked over to make Shen Xiaoyu open his mouth.

Shen Xiaoyu ate a piece in one bite, the more he bit it in his mouth, the more fragrant it became, chewing his mouth full of oil, and finally said: "It's so fragrant!" I feel like I'm not tired of eating for a lifetime! ”

Cui Fenglan fished out all the oil shuttles, and put away the meat oil left, whether it is stir-fried or mixed vegetables in the future, with this meat oil, the taste will definitely be fragrant.

At night, Cui Fenglan lay on the kang, and the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, so she said, "Is the roof of Xiaoyu's house okay?" ”

"I'll take a look." Daddy Shen got up as he spoke, Shen Xiaoyu's roof was indeed not very steady, and if there was too much snow, I was afraid that it would easily collapse.

Shen Xiaoyu listened to the movement at the door, and also put on his clothes and came out to take a look, Daddy Shen supported the ladder, and Shen Xiaoyu handed the broom from below.

Father Shen swept the snow on the house, threw down the broom and was just about to come down, when he felt a little movement outside the gate, he glanced at it, but he didn't see anything clearly, at first he thought that someone came to his house to steal food, but the people outside didn't enter his yard, so he didn't care.

The next day, the villagers went to the door of the village chief's house and waited, but after waiting for a while, they didn't see anyone, and then they learned that the village chief's family had run away last night, with the life-saving food of the whole village.