Chapter 124: Paying the Official Rations
"It's good-looking, it's finally with your mother." Ye Yuan showed off to several children, "Look at the eyebrows, nose, and mouth, it's all up to your mother, and you will definitely look better than the two brothers in the future." ”
Yun Kai was reluctant to hear it, "Where is it good-looking, it's ugly!" ”
Yunxi looked at the red-flapped villain, and thought deeply of Yunkai's words, she didn't see anything good-looking at all, her little face was wrinkled, and she was obviously very ugly.
Yunxiao also smiled: "We are not with our father yet, if it is not good-looking, it will look good." ”
"It's all up to me to hear that doesn't sound good?" Ye Yuan feigned anger, "Let me tell you two, we men can see our looks, but we know by our skills?" Read to me well, so that you can marry a beautiful daughter-in-law in the future, you know? ”
"Yes, yes." Yun Kai said impatiently, "How can anything be linked to reading?" You have to study hard when you dress well, you have to study hard when you eat, you have to study hard when you buy things, and now you have to study hard even if you marry a daughter-in-law, and there are many illiterate people, don't you all marry a daughter-in-law? ”
Yixi's words were so complaining that he made a room full of people laugh. Ye Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or be angry, he pointed at Yunkai for a long time and didn't know what to say, think about it today, forget it, put his hand down, and see that the child ignored him.
"Dad, isn't my mother awake yet?" Yun Jin asked. The eldest sister is different, Yunxi and the three of them all went to the doll, and they didn't think to ask their mother first.
Ye Yuan replied while looking at the baby, "Your mother is tired, and she won't wake up until noon." You all go to breakfast, don't keep watching, don't make your brother sleep. ”
Yunxi was speechless, afraid of waking up and letting him go to the inner room, what happened when you carried him to the couch outside! It seems that Daddy is dizzy with joy. But think about it, the Ye family has been passed down for several generations, and now that Ye Yuan has three sons, he has overfulfilled the task, can't he be crazy with joy?
She reminded: "Dad, let's put my brother in the back room to sleep, and don't let the wind blow outside." ”
Ye Yuan was right to think about it, and carefully carried his son in, and didn't come out for a long time. Yunxi lifted the curtain and saw that Lin and his younger brother were sleeping side by side, and Ye Yuan was lying on the side of the bed and was also asleep. Yunxi thought about it and didn't wake up Ye Yuan, now that the weather is not cold, let's let him sleep, if he wakes up, he may not be able to sleep in this and that matter.
"Daddy is still asleep?" Yun Jin asked, "The grain collector is almost here." ”
"Grain collector? Oh, you mean the public rations, right? Yunxi quickly remembered what the official position of the grain collector was, wasn't it just the official who collected public grain, could he not be called an official?
"Daddy is sleeping with Zhengxiang, why don't you go with your eldest brother, haven't you paid both in previous years?" Yunxi proposed.
Yun Jin also lifted the curtain and took a look, "It's better for me to go by myself and let grandpa come with me." Yunxiao can't go, he still has to go to school. He also told Yunxi: "You are at home with your mother, forget it, I don't need you now, you can go with you, and you can also see and learn." ”
This arrangement is good, Yunxi readily agreed, not to mention, she really wants to see the ancient closing grain. As far as she knows, many corrupt elements in ancient times were greedy for this grain, and collecting grain, as the first step to collect official grain, is also a lot to do.
There are three kinds of more common, the first is called "stealing beams and changing columns", that is, privately casting Da Hu, Da Hu collects grain and Xiao Hu to hand over to the public, and the more is his own; The second kind is called "clever snatching", which is a bit out of the stream, through scraping, that is, scraping, as well as "kicking", "falling" and other more obvious means, the grain is embezzled; The third type is called "making something out of nothing", this kind of food is even more shameless, no matter how good the grain is, you will be judged unqualified, give you a discount, and then force you to pay more food.
These methods are all recorded in historical data, not fabricated by TV screenwriters. Modern transportation is convenient, communication is developed, and there are still people who have no way to ask for help, not to mention ancient times, generally as long as they can live, the common people are patient, patient, and patient.
With such a mentality, Yunxi paid special attention to the grain official as soon as he saw him, this grain collector was in his thirties, wearing a half-new cotton robe, with a straight back, a kind face, and smiling eyes, but from the physiognomy, it seemed to be very harmless, but Yunxi would not simply decide that he was a good person, mainly depending on the performance.
Hu took it out first, and Yunxi saw that it was not made of wood, but made of iron sheets, and there were four seal characters engraved on it, "special for official grain". This shouldn't be a fake, right? Yunxi took advantage of his young age, ran to him to take a look, but he didn't see anything, and got a smiling face from the grain officer, Yunxi pretended to be shy and ran behind Yunjin to hide.
Yun Jin said apologetically: "Little sister is curious, and I hope the adults will forgive me." ”
The grain officer smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, children, it's all like this." ”
The total amount of grain that needs to be paid is calculated in advance, so the grain collection is carried out quickly, and there is no link of "scraping" and "kicking", which makes Yunxi have a trace of confidence in the current government, at least he doesn't dare to be blatant, right? But thinking about the iron dendrob, even if you kick it, you can't get any cheapness, right?
In Yunxi's half-believing gaze, the grain collection was completed, and there was actually a bag of grain left, which surprised Yunxi, it seems that this is really not boring. This bag of extra grain was deliberately moved by Yun Jin, because according to the usual practice, it must be paid more, but I didn't expect it to be left, so it was not only Yunxi who was surprised, but also Yun Jin, Old Man Lin, and everyone in the food removal officer's party.
The grain officer looked at everyone's surprise, and touched his sparse beard and smiled, as if he had done something amazing. He also said to Old Man Lin very politely: "Uncle, since it has been collected, then we have to leave, and it is better to transport the grain back quickly while it is early." ”
Old man Lin was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "My lord, the weather is hot, let's go inside and drink some tea and rest for a while." ”
"No, no, let's go." The grain officer decisively refused, led the people, pulled the grain and left.
"That's leaving?" Yun Jin couldn't believe his eyes, even if he wasn't greedy for food, wouldn't he have to eat and drink a lot at noon? That's it?
"Just go." Yunxi said, "As a qualified official, you shouldn't go to the people's homes to eat and drink, and it is their duty to work hard." ”
"Ben you're big!" Yun Jin jumped down with a brain and stopped Yun Xi's words.
"There's no afterthought, is it?" Yun Jin worriedly read the stamped receipt several times, "There's nothing wrong with it, it was like this last year and the year before that." ”
Yunxi was also a little incredulous, and suggested, "Why don't you find your father?" ”
The three of them went back to see that Ye Yuan and the Lin family were awake, Yun Jin hurriedly told him the matter, and showed him the receipt, but Ye Yuan didn't see anything wrong, and said the same thing as Yun Jin, "There won't be any aftermath, right?" ”
Lin said with a smile: "What do you do before and after, after you have something to talk about in the future, it's okay now." ”
"Also, is it okay to be fine?" Ye Yuan also smiled, "Jin'er and Xi'er have worked hard today, hurry up and wash up and get ready to eat." ”