Chapter 60: No grain will be sold this year
This year's weather is strong, the people rely on the sky to eat, the output per mu is more than 300 fast 400 catties, dozens of acres of land add up to a lot, but the annual tax to be paid is also a lot, but there will still be a lot of surplus.
After being busy for more than half a month, everyone was finally relieved.
"Yan Guo, tomorrow is the time for the village to go to the town to pay taxes together, tomorrow you will go with the village chief, Yan Dong will help your eldest brother to transport the grain to the village chief's house, and then all the livestock will be transported to the town." Old Man Zhou instructed that the annual tax payment should be carried by a village together and transported to the town to pay grain.
The grain that the Zhou family should pay has been weighed in advance and packed in bags, and they only need to be moved directly tomorrow.
"Dad, did the village chief say when it will start, I see if I can start early, and then I can come back early, and then I will use the family's cows." Zhou Yanliang has been doing business recently, and he has tasted the sweetness of making money, and the whole person is no longer as lazy and bad as before.
"I didn't say anything specific, when the time comes, it should be started when everyone is ready, you try it, it's just right if you can catch up, if you can't catch up, just follow some copper plates when the time comes." Old man Zhou doesn't care, because everyone transports grain together, if he has an ox cart like the Zhou family, then follow along, no need to pay silver, if there is no ox cart, then you have to pay the fee.
"Okay, get up early tomorrow." Zhou Yanliang nodded.
"By the way, Yanguo, you will deliver grain tomorrow, although look in the town, what is the price of corn and rice in the grain store this year?" The Zhou family will sell some grain every year, and the silver is used for household use, and the people in Shanshui Village are basically like this, of course, there are also those who are not in a good situation, compared to those outsiders, who have no land, and they are not enough to eat, where is there more to sell.
"Well, yes, Dad, I'll inquire tomorrow."
Zhou Yanguo nodded, indicating that he remembered. It's not the first time I've done something like this, but I'm not embarrassed at all.
When Zhou Ziya heard this, she inquired about the grain, and then according to the memory in her head, this was to sell grain, and she immediately disagreed.
So she opened her mouth as soon as possible, "Master, is the family going to sell grain this year?" "In modern times, the output of one mu is thousands of catties, and in ancient times, one mu was only three or four hundred, the difference is too big, but she likes to read novels, so she knows that it is basically like this in ancient times, although it is a pity, but I don't think there is anything wrong.
"Yes, if the price is good, the family will sell more."
"Master, can you not sell grain?" It's all written in the novel, in ancient times, she completely relied on the sky for food, and she didn't panic when she had food in her hands, she didn't want to go hungry at that time.
"Ah, Xiaoya, don't worry, no one will starve you when you're hungry. The food at home is enough to eat, and what the master wants to sell is what the family can't eat. Old Man Zhou thought that his granddaughter was afraid that the grain would be sold and she would not have to eat, so he laughed.
Zhou Ziya was so depressed that she almost rolled her eyes, but there was a small appearance of humming in her eyes.
"Master, Xiaoya didn't mean that, Xiaoya felt that there was silver at home now, and it was not bad for that bit of food. What's more, it's more reassuring to have more food at home. What if the weather is bad next year and you can't grow crops? Master, you see, if you don't sell it this year, keep it for yourself, and if the harvest is good tomorrow, then sell it again. ”
She remembered that in the peasant girl's novel, the role of this cannon fodder was when she was ten years old, and there was a great drought in this place, and there was no grain harvest, which caused everyone to starve to death. Everyone went to the mountains to find food, and the owner of this body saved people at that time. Come to think of it, and a lot of people starved to death at that time.
Although she was still three years away from turning ten, she felt that she had developed this habit now, and she would not suddenly bring it up when the time came.
As for the male protagonist in the article, she swore that she would never save it. I wish he were dead.
Otherwise, the life of her supporting role would be planted in the hands of that person, anyway, the dead Daoist friend is not dead and poor, she doesn't feel that she has any cold-bloodedness.
The old man thought about this reason, although there have been no particularly big disasters for so many years, and some of them are relatively small, and they have passed quite well, but he still remembers that when he was young, there was a major drought and many people starved to death. In the past, he wanted the money from the grain to be sold for his family. Now that the family has money, there is no hurry.
"Okay, Xiaoya is right, I won't sell grain this year. Save for it and eat more. In the past, the family was miserable, and the old woman even had to take care of your rice bowl, but this year there is so much food, and when the time comes, every meal will be cooked enough, and everyone will be full, and there will be more supplements. ”