"Ah, the money is running out......"

Zhu'er squatted in front of the basket, feeling distressed, and the silver that had just arrived had not yet been warmed, just like a passing cloud, scattered.

Gu Lan didn't plan to stay for the remaining 1,000 yuan, so she walked around the bazaar and bought a pair of scissors, shovels, and tools first.

Then I went to the place where the chickens and ducks were sold, and now it was almost winter, and there were still people selling young chickens and ducks, the price was extremely cheap, just because these chickens and ducks could not be fed in winter, and they were all sold as meat.

Gu Lan's mind moved, she didn't know if other people's families could support her, but she had a kang at home, anyway, there was nothing to do in winter, so she could have some fun, so she spent thirty yuan to buy five chickens, three mothers and two males, and five ducklings, which were also three mothers and two males.

Pork bones, pork fat, pig water...... Walking around in front of the pork shop, Zhu'er's saliva was about to flow out.

Then go to the spice shop and buy some salt, sugar and spices.

Spending money like running water, seeing that the sky was getting late and the sun did not have much residual warmth, the sister and brother bought three more baked cakes, and then walked home with heavy things on their backs.

There were not many people in the market anymore, and when he was about to leave the market, Gu Lan found that there was a crowd of people in front of the pillars entering the market.

The nature of the Chinese people is uncomfortable if they don't look at the excitement, Gu Lan pulled the pillar closer, stood on tiptoe and saw two pieces of brown paper nailed to the pillar.

There seemed to be something written on the paper, but unfortunately Gu Lan didn't know it.

That's right, she was a high-achieving student in her previous life, and she was illiterate in this life.

This era is obviously not a real one in history, and the writing culture is almost the same, but it is also much different from the traditional Chinese characters she barely knows.

Gu Lan guessed that maybe this era is still relatively ignorant.

However, the farthest place she has been to is the bazaar, and she has not seen many people, so she knows little about history and culture, and she really can't accurately infer it.

The official document was posted by the government, and two people dressed as officials stood in front of the official document, holding the hilt of a knife at their waists, and a scholar stood in front of him.

Although the clothes on his body are shabby, they are cotton clothes, round neck, left and right, and he looks different from ordinary people, of course, the biggest difference is that he can read.

The scholar said aloud: "This official document is written on the imperial court's grain requisition order, and there will be another grain levy this year, on the head of the person, one head plus three buckets of grain!" Can be redeemed with money! ”

"What? And to raise the food tax? ”

"Why is this, last year and the year before yesterday we collected more grain, and this year we really can't get it!"

"Is the court going to war again? Three buckets of grain for one head! What else to eat at home? ”

After hearing this, a woman sat on the ground and cried, Gu Lan listened for a while before she heard that she was crying about her miserable experience.

Her family is a tenant, farming for the master's family, but she fell off the ridge and broke her leg, delaying the farming, not only paid the master's money, but this year there is no harvest, three of the five children in the family were sold by her to others as slaves, and now she has to collect grain, how can she take it out?

She cried extremely miserably, and the tragic things she told aroused the resentment of the onlookers, and every family had a difficult scripture to read, this woman was not easy, how could they be as good as they wanted?

There was a cry of pleading.

"Official, please, let us go, there is really no food at home, and it looks like winter is coming, so we can't let our whole family starve to death!"

The cries and bullying continued, and some people knelt on the ground and kept prostrating.

It's a horrific scene.

I don't know if it was the woman's cry, or the pleading of the crowd, which poked the hearts of the two officials, and the two officials were instantly furious, pulled out a knife from their waists, and swung the knife directly at the crying woman, hitting her in the face.

Gu Lan only heard a terrible scream that cut through her eardrums, "Ah! The woman's eyes widened, blood splattered, and she fell straight back.

"Noise! Grain requisition is an order issued by the imperial court, and if you untouchables dare to disobey orders, you will end up like a slut! ”

Everyone was frightened by this sudden incident like birds and beasts, Gu Lan's legs and feet were sore, and something seemed to be churning in her throat, she was so close to the woman that the woman's blood was even sprayed on her arms.

Warm, fishy, and gradually cold.

Zhu'er was also extremely frightened, and Gu Lan used the last shred of reason to pull him away from the open space in front of the official document.

Turn around and run in the direction of home.

As the crowd dispersed, the news that the imperial court was going to collect grain again also spread to every household.

If the imperial court wants to collect grain, it is naturally not as simple as posting official documents, and it is notified to Lizheng, and Lizheng informs all households that if they do not pay grain, they will be imprisoned at best, and they will end up like this woman.

Gu Lan had never experienced anything like this in her life.

Seeing a living life die in front of my eyes was shocking.

How will she react when she dies, her wounded man, and the two remaining children?

Gu Lan walked on the way home with one foot deep and one foot shallow, she held Zhu'er's hand tightly, the sister and brother snuggled together, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Human life is like a mustard.

Grass mustard, like weeds.

In the past, Gu Lan didn't have a real feeling in her heart, but today, she really realized what kind of world she lived in.

It's not rosy at all.

What spiritual abundance, what satisfaction of being close to the goal, vanished in an instant, and she only felt cold, cold to the bone.

She wanted to go home.

Gu Lan didn't know how she got home, she only remembered that as soon as she put her things down, her body went limp, and she didn't know where she was, and she was completely unconscious.

Liang Er was almost frightened, and when she turned her head to see that Zhu'er was also depressed, she hurriedly asked what was going on.

Pearls threw herself on her sister and cried.

Zhu'er didn't say a word, and his body trembled like a sieve.

Liang Er looked at her sister, regardless of her bare buttocks, and hurriedly ran into the night and ran towards Old Man Shao's house.

It was dark and cold, as if he couldn't perceive the cold, he patted the bamboo door of the Shao family and shouted: "Grandpa Shao, Brother Aji, my sister has fainted, please go and take a look!" ”

Soon there were two knocks on the door in the courtyard, and Old Man Shao put on his clothes and hurriedly asked him what was going on.

Liang Er couldn't understand either, Old Man Shao saw this, turned around and went back to get some herbs, and Aji also walked to Liang Er and handed him a piece of clothing to put on him.

Gu Lan couldn't tell what it was like now, she was cold like she was in an ice cellar for a while, and it was as hot as magma deep for a while.

She was uncomfortable, her eyes were scarlet, and she heard the woman's cry of misery, and the cold voice announcing the requisition of grain.

"Can't hand over food? Kill them all! Kill these untouchables! ”

The flames soared into the sky, and the sharp weapons braved the cold light to come at her neck!