Fast forward to October, the tax collectors arrived on time, and this year the harvest of the fields in the whole region has been greatly reduced, and there are already signs of drought, which they have reported, but there is no response from above.

If there is no response, it means that this year's tax will remain unchanged, and it will be collected as it is changed, so except for the old man Xiang's family, there is a show of talent in the family of Xiangzhang Village, which can be exempted from tax, and everyone else needs to pay taxes.

The villagers knelt on the ground and begged the tax collector that the yield of wheat and rice was really not enough, and whether they could use coarse grains to top, even if it was more than that, it would be good.

Of course, the tax collector disagreed, he remembered that Xiangzhang Village was able to sell fruits and chestnuts last year, and the mayor stood up, and the output of chestnuts and fruits was not as good as last year, and there were fewer people in the county to buy them.

The tax collector was silent for a long time, and the residents who lived in the county town did not have a good time, the price of everything increased, and the excess silver in his hand was spent on the price increase, and of course there was no rich silver to buy fruits.

Fortunately, chestnuts can also be eaten as food, that is, fruits, the taste is not as sweet as last year, and the time can not be put for a long time, you can only eat yourself if you can't sell it, and you can only throw it away if you can't eat it.

Xiang Hantu's eyes rolled, and finally came up with a plan to frame Old Man Xiang, he touched one eye wrapped in cotton cloth, came to the tax collector, bent down and said:

"My lord, the villain has a way, my nephew is a talented man, and his family does not need to pay taxes, so we will sell fruit chestnuts to his family, and there is no silver to pay taxes."

The tax collector paused for a moment, his nephew is Xiucaigong, so he should help his nephew's family, how can there be such a pit for his nephew.

Sure enough, the village chief was angry and scolded loudly: "Xianghantu, which nephew of yours is Xiucaigong, my grandson of Uncle Hanlin's family in Xiangzhang Village is Xiucaigong, but his family has long been cut off from you." ”

The tax collector understood, and sure enough, there was a personal vendetta, he glanced at Xiang Hantu, and felt that this person must have a brain disease, and someone in the family was admitted to Xiucai, and he didn't know to make a feud instead.

He didn't say anything, he directly asked Xianghantu to pay taxes, if he couldn't pay it, don't blame him for being polite, you must know that Xiucai is much more valuable than him.

Xiang Hantu didn't expect that the tax collector not only did not embarrass his eldest brother to the villagers, but asked him to pay taxes, but fortunately, he sold the land and was still able to collect enough tax money.

However, the words of Xianghantu also made some people in the village tempted, chestnuts can be kept as food, but the fruit is not released, and it will rot if it cannot be sold.

The dog girl went home directly, carrying two baskets of fruits to the old man's house, and the villagers saw this, and they also went home to pick fruits.

The village chief was angry and shouted and scolded: "Do you people still have a conscience, who gave you these fruit trees and chestnut trees, take the fruit trees given by others, and then sell the fruits to others, you will be ashamed." ”

The villagers' faces were crimson, and they were indeed ashamed in their hearts, but if they didn't have enough money, and the grain in the fields would have paid the field tax, their human tax and forced labor tax would not have any money.

Fu Bao sat in his room and cultivated, and there were trees and grassroots who had already informed her of these things, so Fu Bao called it a day and told Old Man Xiang the news he had gotten.

Old Man Xiang asked Fu Bao with a smile, what do you think, Fu Bao did not hesitate to let Old Man Xiang accept these fruits, she has a spirit space, but the fruits are not bad.

The most important thing is that they only pay the silver, but Fubao can reap a large amount of merit points, and this kind of good thing cannot be asked, where can they refuse.

Old Man Xiang smiled, everything in the family is based on Fubao, but he can't buy the fruits of these villagers so easily, otherwise their family will be treated as soft persimmons and let others take care of them.

The gate of the yard was knocked, and the rich sister-in-law opened the door, and the dog girl saw that it was the rich sister-in-law, and couldn't help but shrink a little, mainly because the rich sister-in-law became famous in a fight, and her son was a talented man.

"Sister-in-law Fugui, please buy my fruit, otherwise my man will be arrested, without a man, how can my orphans and widows live......" The dog girl knelt down towards the rich sister-in-law.

"Fugui's family, my son is still young, if his father is arrested, we won't be able to live......" The second daughter-in-law of the eldest also knelt down towards Fugui's sister-in-law.

Aunt Zhou knelt down, the daughter-in-law of the old Wang family knelt down, and the mother-in-law of the old man Li also knelt down......

Seeing the people kneeling down towards her one after another in front of her, the rich sister-in-law couldn't help but become angry, she stretched out her finger and sneered at these women:

"Last year, I took my fruit tree for nothing, and this year I drank my family's water for nothing, and now I want to sell the fruit to my family, do you think my family is very easy to bully."

At first, these women thought that they were miserable and reasonable, they were all from the villagers, and your family had the conditions to help them, but after listening to the words of the rich and noble sister-in-law, they were entangled when they thought of the problem of drinking water in the future.

The village chief rushed over, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but was stopped by the old man Xiang, and glanced at the kneeling people on the ground, all of whom did not deal with their own family, why did they still have the face to ask for the door, it was really incredible.

"I won't harvest the fruit of the village chief and these people, I really don't have the affection to help them, and from tomorrow onwards, their families will no longer use my house to carry water."

"What, you dead old man, you don't even carry water for us, you want to die of thirst for us, your conscience has been eaten by dogs." The dog girl couldn't help but jump up and scolded.

Old Man Xiang didn't speak, but his eyes looked at the dog dad, and the dog dan father has been entangled in his heart, I'm sorry for the old man Xiang for doing this, but if you don't do this, the money in the family is getting less and less.

When he felt a gaze staring at him, he looked up and saw the coldness in the eyes of the old man Xiang, regretting that it was too late, and in annoyance, he slapped his mother-in-law in the face.

Xiang Lao Er also ran over, kicked his daughter-in-law's waist and eyes, scolded and scolded in his mouth, but his eyes kept glancing at Old Man Xiang.

Old man Xiang snorted coldly, he has seen a lot of this kind of drama, let his own women take the lead, everyone is happy when he wins, and he scolds his own women when he loses, which is really useless.

"Fellow villagers, my Xiang Hanlin family doesn't have much silver, I can't buy so many fruits for you, you can discuss it, help the most difficult people first, and don't join in the fun if you still have silver at home to pay taxes."

Originally, everyone thought that Old Man Xiang would not help, and those villagers who were particularly difficult were already desperate, but they didn't expect Old Man Xiang to be so righteous.

Everyone discussed it together, but in fact, there was no need to discuss, which family in the village was the poorest and which family had a better life, everyone knew in their hearts.

So, with fifty taels of silver, Mr. Xiang bought the fruits and chestnuts of most of the people in the village, and finally helped them solve their current difficulties.

Fu Bao closed his eyes, receiving a large amount of merit points, a smile appeared on his face, the vine flew up, and branches grew on its body, as long as the spiritual power was enough, Fu Bao would have countless tree vine branches.