Chapter 64: A Day of Bankruptcy
Li Yiwan asked, what she was most worried about now was that her mother would be hit again and return to the hospital bed again.
Qingwan smiled proudly, sister, don't worry, we didn't tell my mother about this matter, she thought you went to school.
That's good.
Since the start of school has been delayed, it is better to hurry up now, she will soon be hired as an alternate official, and it is better not to make a mistake at this time.
Li Yiwan hurriedly left a letter to Qi Niang and Zijun, roughly describing the strategy for the development of the lady's house. He also left a letter to a few little ones in the family, telling them not to think too much about themselves.
As for the Li Mansion, all the power was handed over to pen and ink. Although Bimo is young, he is very old-fashioned, and Li Yiwan is still more relieved to let him be the family.
After thinking about it, there was nothing else to instruct, so Li Yiwan took the leaves, brought enough dry food, and rushed to the academy overnight.
When the carriage left the city gate and there was a noise on the roof of the car for the eleventh time, Li Yiwan rolled her eyes and said loudly, you come down.
Li Yu turned over and walked in, calmly, you know I'm on top.
It's hard to know what to do.
In the carriage, Li Yiwan slept very unsteadily, and the sky dawned in a daze.
Seeing that Ye Zi and Li Yu were still sleeping peacefully, Li Yiwan gently lifted her hair and sat with the old man who was driving.
"Uncle, how much can you earn in a month when you do this business?"
"Usually it's only fifty taels, like Miss, I give fifty taels at a time, and I can't meet it a few times a year." The old man took the reins and said with emotion, "The current tax is so heavy, it is not easy to live well, hey, I really pity my son, I can't be reincarnated into a rich family." ā
Li Yiwan's heart moved, "How much is the tax now?"
"Miss, what do you care about paying taxes for your status? It's just like people like us who count the money every day to get by. The old man sighed heavily, "If there is a next life, it is better to be reincarnated in a good family." ā
"Uncle, tell me, how much is the current tax and how do you pay it?"
"A driver in a car dealership like me, the car dealer will automatically deduct fifty percent of the tax from my silver taels, and you have to pay taxes when you buy rice, noodles, clothes, etc., my Yan'er, I can't sleep every day when I look at a dress of ten taels, and I want to grit my teeth and buy one for her, old man, and guess what." The old man smiled sarcastically, "Just because we are ordinary people, we have to pay fifty percent of the tax to buy clothes, so we have to pay 15 taels to buy them." Yan'er is happy, my wife and I have been hungry for half a month. The old man's eyes looked into the distance, "But seeing Yan'er's happy look, I think it's worth it." ā
"Fifty percent tax? Isn't it too high?" Li Yiwan was a little surprised. Fifteen taels is estimated to be not enough for her classmate's meal. Fifty taels is estimated to be enough.
"Who said it wasn't, but he was, only to see the rise but not the fall." The old man stopped talking, and concentrated on driving the carriage.
Li Yiwan could see that the old man was a little absent-minded, maybe he had thought of something.
Li Yiwan also felt that she was talking a little too much, but she still couldn't help but ask more, "Uncle, how many years have you been a driver in the car dealership?"
"It's been decades. When I was younger, I did everything, and finally found that I could barely support my family as a coachman, and I have been doing it ever since. ā
Li Yiwan answered softly and returned to the carriage with a heavy heart.
I happened to see Li Yuzheng looking at her, "What's the matter, you're starting to pity the world?"
"Seriously, do you know what the average wage of the public is now?" Li Yiwan's eyes were eager.
Li Yu thought for a moment, "That old man, the silver taels he gets every month are not too small. ā
"But the people in the academy, after a meal, it is rare to see no more than a hundred taels." Li Yiwan was uneven, "This is too bad, right?"
"Don't talk about those people, let's talk about Li Mansion, usually Yifeng and Qingwan, the three of them spend at least thirty taels of dim sum a day, right?" Li Yu patted Li Yiwan on the shoulder and said earnestly, "You can't simply compare it like this, if they know it, and you judge their behavior from the perspective of a coachman, it is estimated that they will be angry with you." ā
"What's the matter, fifty percent of the tax is too high." Li Yiwan changed the topic with a weak heart, such a comparison is really wrong.
"It's high." Li Yu nodded, "In my opinion, it will only be higher in the future." Li Yuyang sat in the carriage, not knowing what he was thinking.
"What will only be higher? Has Miss grown taller again?" Ye Zi just woke up, rubbing his eyes, and talking inarticulately.
"Poof."
The atmosphere that was quite heavy just now was stirred up by the leaves and made it a lot easier.
"Yes, yes, your young lady and I have grown taller again, and we can only be taller. Li Yiwan smiled and scratched the itch of the leaves, and the leaves dodged left and right, bursting with laughter.
Li Yu and the old man outside the curtain were thinking about their own thoughts.
For the old man, he didn't dare to think about the life of a rich and noble family. It's just that after a lifetime of hard work, people are becoming more and more diligent, but life is getting more and more hard.
And Li Yu, seeing Li Yiwan so happy, didn't want to ruin her interest.
Since the founding of the state of Wu, there have been many people who have attacked each other and started wars in various places, and in order to reduce the occurrence of this situation, the imperial court allowed the lords of each city to have their own armed forces. The cities feared each other, and there were noticeably fewer wars. Only those cities that have to fight to the death, and occasionally go to war. Up to now, the connections between cities have been strengthened a lot, and wars are rarely fought unless they are premeditated. At present, the armed forces of each city are busy developing their own economy, armed forces and other forces, and the strength of each city is growing rapidly. In the face of this situation, people with a little insight will be wary, and some people have stood in line early, and the conflict cannot be mediated, so they can only wait for him to break out. And on what day the conflict will erupt, no one can predict.
Thinking of this, Li Yu sighed.
"What's wrong? It's rare to see you so sad. Li Yiwan grinned.
Ye Zi suddenly remembered something, and patted his head, "Ah, by the way, is Gongzi Li worried about Miss's poison?"
"Ah, I'm poisoned? When was this? I'm not going to die again, am I?" Li Yiwan looked up to the sky and sighed, "Can this world be gentle with me, I don't think that everything is a short-lived ghost, let me live well." ā
"Xiao Wan'er don't worry, I will definitely be able to save you, where am I willing to let you go alone." Li Yu's voice was terrible.
"Well, if you talk to me like that every time you see me, I'd rather go... Forget it, I'd better live a little longer. "I still didn't dare to say the word death, she really wanted to live well.
"I know that Xiao Wan'er can't bear me." Li Yu's buttocks were lifted lightly, and she was about to rub against Li Yiwan, but Li Yiwan hurriedly flashed.
"Don't take advantage of me, I'm about to get married." Li Yiwan remembered that she had promised Wu Xi to marry him, so that Wang Zizhe could come back, and his father should be able to go home.
"Xiao Wan'er has figured it out, are you going to marry me?" Li Yu almost burst into tears without excitement.
"What do you think, I'm going to marry Wu... The prince is gone. "What do you say!"
There was a thud, the horses were neighing, and the people were howling.
Li Yu shook the carriage apart directly!
"What do you do." Li Yiwan rubbed her ass and stood up, "How can I go to school without the carriage?"
"My old man's waist."
"It hurts, miss."
There was a scream.
"Whatever you scream, shut up. And you, Li Yiwan, your life is going to be gone, go to see a doctor with me first, and then go to the academy after detoxification. "Actually, he wants to say, what kind of family, take you away for five or six years, I think the prince is willing to wait for you for so long.
"Don't go. Even if I am poisoned, I will go to Kyoto to find a doctor to see if it is good, if the prince can't find someone to save me, I think you are also mysterious, then I can only resign myself to fate, see if I can be lucky to meet a master of the world, and the magic hand rejuvenation will cure my poison. ā
Li Yiwan knew that Li Yu wanted to spoil her own good deeds, and she didn't fall for him at all. Picked up the old man and the leaf, discerned the direction and walked towards the place where there was a house.
Li Yu saw that Li Yiwan was so indifferent to herself, and hammered at the big tree, "Li Yiwan, you are good Li Yiwan." No matter how good I am to you, you turn a blind eye, I will kill you, no, I will kill myself, what do you do so well, you wolf-hearted, heartless, selfish, ignorant stupid woman, I, I beat myself to death, hurt myself to death. ā
"If you don't catch up, you'll go by yourself." Li Yiwan saw that Li Yu was still beating the tree there, and mourned for the tree for three seconds, and she really had to take the blame when she was standing.
Li Yu thrashed a few more times before he foolishly followed. Want to get married? Think about it, you guys. Thinking like this, I was a lot happier, and caught up with the three of them like the wind.
The four of them found a village, and when they asked, they found out that they happened to arrive at a place where there was no village in front and no store behind, and spent 4,000 taels to buy the only old cow and three donkeys in the village, and the four of them continued on the road.
Li Yiwan's flesh was in pain, and the people in the village were smiling.
After riding a bull and a donkey for half a day, they arrived at a town. Only then did Li Yiwan realize that she had been deceived. At the moment, my heart hurts again, four thousand taels!
I found a random restaurant to eat. Li Yiwan was interested.
She thought to herself, no, I can't afford this loss.
Then Li Yiwan looked at Li Yu murderously, and Li Yu looked dazed.
"You pay me four thousand taels." Li Yiwan stretched out her hand, and she was confident.
"What are you doing, I was squeezing my eyebrows with you at that time, my face was almost deformed, and you couldn't see it." Li Yu twisted to the side, "No compensation." I haven't told you about my frightening fee yet!"
"Do you pay or not?"
"What's the loss? You can consider accompanying you in the cave room. Li Yu had a hippie smile, and it was clearly written on her face that she was not convinced that you would beat me.
"IāI'll kill you, a disciple!" Li Yiwan looked around, picked up a broom and was about to hit Li Yu.
"Wow, come and see, kill, kill." Li Yu exaggeratedly hid, Li Yiwan danced with a broom, and the crisp sound of snapping was endless.
After a commotion, Li Yiwan stopped. I don't have the strength anymore.
Li Yu smiled evilly, "Why don't you chase it?" You don't beat this plate less, look at it, the faces of the people eating around are green. ā
"I can't swallow this breath if I don't hit you. If it weren't for you, there would be none of this now. Li Yiwan was panting.
"This young lady, if you don't properly dispose of the plates you knocked over and the guests you offended, I'm afraid our shopkeeper won't be able to swallow this breath." A smiling and round face appeared in front of Li Yiwan.
In the end, Li Yiwan apologized and lost money next to the table, and her eyes were red in the end, which was really a day of ruin.
Li Yu smiled like a fox.