"Aunt Yang, don't they all pay taxes with grain? Why do you still sell your daughter's nickname? It's not a drought. ”

"Oh, it's a clear face! You are still young, you don't understand this, this tax is divided into population tax and land tax, this land tax is how much tax you have to pay to plant an acre of land, this population tax! It is counted according to the head of the house. Speaking of which, when your family was divided, you didn't get the land, and you don't have to pay the land tax, but this population tax is also indispensable for your family. ”

"It's so troublesome." Su Qingyan frowned, only then did she realize that after such a long time, she knew very little about this country, and she didn't know anything about the law, she seemed to have heard of it before, there were many strange laws in ancient times, such as the single tax or something.

I still have to earn more money for a certain livelihood in my family, so that I can gain a foothold! Thinking of this, she felt that it was imminent to make money, and she hurried home without asking which poor girl was going to be sold.

"Dad, mother, do we have to find a way to make money?"

"Hey, I just told your dad about it." Liu sighed, expressed the doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh at the end: "Your eldest sister will be fifteen years old soon, it's time to find a family affair for her, I have already told Mrs. Zhang in our village, and I have to find a way to buy her a dowry." ”

Liu hesitated for a while and asked Su Qingyan: "You say, when your father is better, how about letting him do your grandfather's hot and sour noodle business?" ”

Su Qingyan came up with this matter, and Liu felt that it was better to ask for her daughter's consent first.

Su Qingyan shook his head with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, I seem to have a better way to make money, but how to do it to be more successful, I still have to experiment, as for my grandfather's method, I don't think it will last long, it will be very good for my grandfather to pay off his debts and save a little money." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Shi was shocked, and his face showed that panicked look again.

Su Qingyan shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's not a complicated method, as long as someone is willing to work in this direction, they can always make a similar one." There are also many people who can't look down on the good of others, and if they don't have the ability to protect themselves, something will always go wrong. ”

"That's right, but if you can cure your aunt's illness and find a daughter-in-law for rebirth, it's not a big problem, your grandfather's family is capable, and they can always get by."

"Well, that's right, mother, I want to come up with a new way and need your help."

"You can say what you need to do, and I will do what I can do."

"It's nothing, just accompany me to my grandma's house and ask them a few catties of white noodles."

"If you want a few catties of white noodles, then I'll go back by myself, let's help your grandma's family so much, not to mention a few catties of white noodles, you should be able to get a few catties."

"I'm going, not just for these few catties of white noodles, but also for other things." Su Qingyan blinked and smiled playfully.

Early the next morning, Liu took Su Qingyan back to her parents' house, Su Xiang and Su Wan also wanted to go, but they felt that it was not good to leave their father at home alone, so they stayed with Su Adong, and Su Adong was moved to tears, thinking that his daughter was really a caring little cotton demon.

Liu Yicai had just come back from receiving a basket of sweet potatoes from the village, and he saw a figure like Liu in the distance, and he hurriedly called Dai: "Old woman, come and see, is that our daughter?" ”

"Oh old man, what do you want? Our daughter has just been back for a few days, how can she come back again. ”

As soon as Dai's words fell, he heard Su Qingyan's crisp shout: "Grandma! My mother and I are here again. ”

"......" Dai rubbed his ears and looked at Liu Yicai again, and the old couple couldn't help laughing at each other.

Liu walked in, a little inexplicable, and asked his father and mother what was wrong.

Liu Yicai's old bark-like face was full of furrows, but he was in a very good mood, said it was okay, picked up the basket and walked to the well, Liu hurriedly stepped forward and helped carry it down, Dai also came over and took a hand, and asked Liu why he came back suddenly.

Liu Shi smiled, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Su Qingyan snatch his words.

"Grandma, isn't this missing you?"

"Ouch, it's sweet for your little mouth." Dai poked Su Qingyan's head, instantly smiled, and walked towards the house with Liu's mother and daughter.

In the bedroom on the west side of the north house, the Li family was already well, sewing and mending there, and when he saw the Liu family coming in, he hurriedly got up and called out to the eldest sister: "I heard you talking outside just now, but I am weak, and the family spent a lot of money to raise it back, and I can't blow the wind, so I can only wait in the house." Li's face was still a little yellow, but he was in good spirits.

Liu hurriedly helped his brother and daughter-in-law back to sit and told her to pay attention to her body.

Su Qingyan took this opportunity to tell the purpose of coming, Liu Yicai didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that the children's imagination was too rich, but Su Qingyan said that it was the last helpless move, which was the last retreat in this matter, and Liu Yicai agreed.

After finishing talking about business, Su Qingyan put on the posture of a little daughter, threw herself into Dai's arms, and muttered softly: "Grandma, you don't know, I have lived a good life here for a few days, and after I go back, I find that my mouth is all raised, and what I eat is not fragrant, so I want to eat white flour steamed buns." ”

"You little girl, it's really your grandma's little heart." Dai Shi hugged Su Qingyan into his arms, stroked her thin back, and thought that his family's life was almost unbearable, all because of this little lucky star, he was able to get through the difficulties, and the family was getting better and better, so he glared at the old man and asked him to dig flour.

Liu saw that Su Qingyan didn't tell the old Liu family the purpose of asking for white noodles, and she didn't say much, but there was nothing to hide about the separation of the family, and she couldn't hide it, so she followed Su Qingyan's words.

"We split up two days ago, and we divided 100 catties of corn and 100 copper plates, thinking that we had wronged our three children."

"What's going on, so suddenly?" Dai Shi hugged Su Qingyan's hand for a moment, shocked.

Liu couldn't say much, so he had to say a few rough words.

After hearing this, Li's face was unhappy, and he let out a cold snort from his nose: "Eldest sister, it's good for that kind of person to separate it early, if you need help there, if you lack anything, take it from our family." ”

"It's not necessary, just Qingyan said, I've lived a good life here for a few days, and I'm always thinking about the taste of the white-flour steamed buns."

"Old man, bring this half bag of white noodles to the girl, our family can be regarded as a great favor, eat more coarse grains is nothing, the girls in the family need to eat more good, pampered, and after getting married, there will be no good days to live.

Dai's eyes were faintly red as he spoke.

Su Qingyan gently held Dai's hand and comforted him silently, and at the same time knew who Liu's crying temperament was.

Everyone in the Liu family wanted to leave Liu and Su Qingyan for lunch, but Liu took Su Qingyan away on the grounds that he was in a hurry to go home and steam steamed buns, but he was full of reluctance in his heart.

Su Qingyan felt sorry for her mother, but she didn't talk much, and secretly vowed to work hard to earn money and give her family who loved her a rich and stable life.

When she got home, she scalded the bowl with boiling water, then scooped a bowl out of the half bag of flour, mixed it with hot water, and laid it in the corner by the stove.