There is no oil and water for dinner, and there is not even much salt, just a small pinch of it, which has a taste, like the slightly spicy appearance of Cantonese.

However, Jin Yao also knows that salt is more expensive than oil in this era, and it is for his own face to be able to put this handful, and I am afraid that he is usually reluctant to put this handful.

As soon as they finished eating, several figures came with lanterns in the night, but the lanterns were not lit.

"Third child, is Mr. at your house?" The person who came didn't enter the door asked directly and loudly, first, to greet the third child, so that the third child knew who was coming, and second, to confirm that Jin Yao was still there.

"It's the fifth child, Mr. is still there, I just had dinner, have you eaten?" The third child also replied, and then turned to Jin Yao and said, "It's the fifth child in the village, I guess I want Mr. to go to his house first tomorrow!" ”

"Sir! I'm the fifth in the village! While speaking, the third wife's wife had already opened the door and welcomed a man who looked a little like the third child in.

Behind the fifth child, there are also several children, teenagers and young people ranging from seven or eight years old to ten or twenty years old.

"Daddy!" A few children shouted directly when they saw the third child.

Jin Yao was also stunned for a moment, why did the person brought by the fifth child call the third child a father, your relationship is a bit messy!

"Lao Wu is usually not in the village, but he helps us watch the children in the back mountain, and he will help us bring it back at night, and then bring it back to the mountain in the early morning!" The third child knew what Jin Yao was thinking, so he explained.

"I sent the children of other families back today, because I came to you at the end, so it was a little late!" The fifth child also explained to the third child.

Jin Yao nodded, but was even more curious.

"Since you are here to avoid the war, aren't you afraid that I am from the government?" Jin Yao asked suspiciously.

"We've seen people from the government, they won't come to help us repair so many things, and they won't just take a knife coin!" The third said with a smile.

It's good that they are powerless and powerless, but that doesn't mean they're fools, their eyes are brighter than anyone else's!

Jin Yao nodded, and also understood that there were so many people gathered around the threshing floor at noon, and there was also a sense of vigilance in his eyes, it turned out that he was worried that he was a second or fifth boy from the government.

"How many days will you stay with us, sir?" Lao Wu asked suddenly.

"I don't know!" Jin Yao didn't know how long he would stay here, so he replied honestly, and then asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"That's the case, the children's quarters in the mountains are also leaking, once it is windy and rainy, I don't know how many children can withstand it, so if Mr. is not in a hurry, can you go to the mountains with me first and help the children repair the house!" Lao Wu nervously grabbed the corner of his clothes and said.

"Absolutely!" Jin Yao had no reason not to agree.

"It's just that we may not have much money for Mr., this is made up by the whole village!" Only then did Lao Wu take out a white-washed but unusually clean cloth bag from his arms and hand it to Jin Yao.

Jin Yao took the cloth bag, and then he could also feel the voices of the fifth, third and third wives obviously relieved.

Jin Yao opened the cloth bag, and the scattered knife coins, some of which were only half a piece, could see that it was already their limit, so he took out one from it, and then handed the rest back to Lao Wu along with the cloth bag.

"What do you mean, sir, it's too little, I'll go to each house and ask!" The fifth child said and was about to walk out the door.

"It's not!" Jin Yao hurriedly stopped the fifth child.

"Old Five, don't worry, this is Mr.'s rule, no matter what you cultivate, you will only take one knife coin!" The third child also hurriedly explained, and when he came over in the afternoon, he probably knew Jin Yao's character and rules, and he only took one for everything.

"But the mountain road is not easy to walk!" Lao Wu hurriedly said, and then looked at Jin Yao crampedly learning the appearance of the people in the city, and saluted, "It's not that there have been no craftsmen and guests before, but when I heard that I was going to the back mountain, and I didn't want to go with little money!" ”

"Do you care about the rice?" Jin Yao asked.

"Huh?" Lao Wu was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and hurriedly said, "Of course, of course, this must be there!" In the morning, I asked the hunters in the village to go around the mountains and get some game for my husband! ”

"No, no, I'll just eat something normal!" Jin Yao hurriedly refused, I am afraid that the prey that is easy to fight has already been killed, in case in order to entertain themselves, these villagers go to find those Mengbeasts that they usually avoid, it will be an accident.

Lao Wu also hesitated, he also knew that the remaining prey in the mountains now were some beasts, and if he really touched these, he was afraid that something would really happen.

"Mr. slack, tomorrow morning, I'll take Mr. into the mountain!" After the fifth child finished speaking, he said hello to the third child, and walked home.

Jin Yao looked at the third wife who was eating with the children, and then looked at the third wife who was watching from the side, but with a smile on his face, and sighed deeply, this is the life of the most ordinary people in this era.

Although he was poor, he still had hope.

The next day, before dawn, the fifth child came to knock on the door, with several children behind him.

"So early?" Jin Yao looked at the morning star that was still hanging high in the sky, and was a little surprised.

"I'm sorry to disturb Mr., but it's a last resort, who knows when the government will come, and that's the only way!" The fifth said apologetically.

"It's okay!" Jin Yao got up, and then saw the third child and his wife carrying a sleeping child on their backs, and the older child followed behind them with a bag of grain.

Feeling the dark, he walked out of the village, and then Jin Yao also saw that on the mountain road in this rugged area, there were many families like the third child, all of whom carried their young children on their backs and walked towards the back mountain, and when they reached the sun rising, they finally arrived at a temporary resting place.

Here, Jin Yao also saw that at the stop on the path in this rugged area, there were nearly hundreds of children and teenagers sitting on the stones and trees on the side of the road waiting.

"I'm sending you here, boss, take your brothers and sisters with you!" The third wife put down the child on her back and said to the older child.

"Hmm!" The eldest son nodded.

Although the other children were reluctant in their eyes, they didn't cry or make trouble, and they were obviously used to it.

"Old Five, take the child and Mr!" The other parents also greeted the fifth child.

"Don't worry!" The fifth nodded.

"They're all kids who go to the mountains?" Jin Yao frowned and asked, a little incomprehensible, even if the government arrests the strong men, it is impossible to arrest even those children who are only six or seven years old, and the same is true for girls.

"Yes, there are still some in the mountains!" The fifth nodded.

Jin Yao still asked his doubts.

Lao Wu was silent for a while, and then spoke, "Mr. should have been sent from those big people, right?"

"Sort of!" Jin Yao nodded.

"Sir, I don't know, the government collects taxes on a per capita basis, and how many children in each family will also be registered, and when they reach the age, they will come to the village to arrest people, and if they are boys, they will be dragged into the army, and if they are girls, they will have to marry when they reach the age, otherwise it will increase the tax, so we can't help it!" Lao Wu explained.

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Jin Yao understood, the harsh taxes were like a tiger, he thought that what he thought of was heavy enough, but he didn't expect that the reality was more terrible than he imagined.

However, whether it is Mohist, Confucian, or other hundred schools and officials from various countries, they don't know about it!