Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs outside the courtyard, "Bell bell, bell ......"

Zhao Miaomiao stopped the needle and thread in her hand, and when she saw her mother-in-law and they all ran out, she also got up and followed.

I saw a man in an official uniform walking along the road, holding a gong in his left hand, and a knocking wood in his right hand and knocking hard a few times, shouting, "I heard it clearly, this year's autumn grain tax is the same as in previous years!" Hurry up and prepare tax food, as well as people tax, and pay taxes at the entrance of the village! ”

It's good that there is no tax increase, Mrs. Chen was relieved and shouted, "Old man, what are you two doing stupidly? Why don't you go back and move food and pay taxes? ”

Old man Chen answered Chen Shoushan.

Mrs. Chen turned around and went back to the room, took out a wooden box from the corner of the wall, opened it and took out the money bag that had been prepared earlier, which contained a total of 1,660 yuan.

She went out of the room and handed it to Old Man Chen, "Our family has six adult men and six adult women, and the children have to pay the tax except for the little fat dun." ”

Zhao Miaomiao watched her father-in-law and the four uncles go out to pay taxes with grain.

Farmers have to pay at least two kinds of taxes a year, the land tax and the per capita tax.

The field tax is levied on a certain proportion of the harvest per mu, and the field tax has summer tax and autumn tax, which is generally levied in the second month of the grain harvest, and the main thing collected is the grain tax, and the people who do not have enough grain can use silver money to offset it.

The per capita tax is paid according to the population, and when you reach the age of 16, you have to pay 120 yuan; Those between the ages of four and sixteen are required to pay 20 yuan; If a woman over the age of 20 does not marry, she will have to pay 600 yuan.

Therefore, many families are thinking about marrying off the girls in their families early, for fear of keeping them and adding burden to the family.

Zhao Di will be sixteen years old in the next year, and the marriage has not yet been settled, and Mrs. Chen is also a little anxious.

The old family's daughters are not easy to say about their relatives, and the Dong family has given birth to several daughters in a row and has no sons, and the people who say that they are afraid that their daughters will not be able to give birth to sons like their mothers.

Upset! I don't want to care about Zhaodi's relatives, but I threw it to the Dong family, who knows what bad people this idiot will pick.

This girl's marriage is like a second reincarnation, she can't just find someone to marry Zhao Di out.

Mrs. Chen frowned, she was angry when she saw Dong's, she was a step-grandmother who still had to worry about her step-granddaughter's family affairs, not all of them were bastards, and she didn't look like a mother!

Mrs. Chen pointed at Dong's nose and scolded, "You useless thing, you will cause trouble for the old lady, my old Chen family has been unlucky for 800 lifetimes, so I married you such a bad thing......"

Dong didn't understand why her mother-in-law scolded her suddenly, and she was so aggrieved that tears were falling from the ground, and while crying, she quickly broke the vegetable leaves.

Zhao Miaomiao's eyebrows jumped, and she didn't know where her sister-in-law made her mother-in-law unhappy.

Seeing that Dong was scolded, Li Fatya was happy, and a big fat face was so smiling that she couldn't see her teeth at this time, and she secretly scolded in her heart for letting you work hard to please your mother-in-law and squeeze people!

The corners of Wang Hongmei's mouth twitched, and the appearance of the four brothers and sisters was too funny.

Mrs. Chen scolded Dong fiercely, let out a sigh, then calmed down and thought for a while, went back to the room to get something and went out to find a matchmaker.

In the evening, the meals were all served on the table, and everyone in the Chen family sat down, waiting for Mrs. Chen to distribute the staple food.

Mrs. Chen's hand didn't move for a long time, staring at Zhao Di for a long time, and then turning her gaze to Laidi.

Zhao Di was so frightened that her little face turned white, and tears were about to fall.

Lai Di was so nervous that she pinched her palms, and she was also scared.

Chen Shoujia smiled dryly, "Mother, what's wrong with them?" ”

Mrs. Chen said with a dark face, "Boss, what are you two wearing?" The beggars in the county are all better dressed than them, and those who don't know think that the old lady is treating your daughter harshly! ”

Zhao Miaomiao looked up, and when she saw the clothes on Zhao Di's body, her brows furrowed and sighed, the eldest uncle and sister-in-law don't care about her daughter, and her little aunt can't help much, it takes dozens of dollars to make a linen dress, and the cotton clothes cost more than 100, and if she gives this, she has to give that!

Chen Shoujia turned his head and glared at Dong, and scolded, "The cloth that my mother gives every year, fuck it!" Where did you use it? ”

Dong lowered his head and stumbled, "I just want to stock up on some silver and sell the cloth." ”

Mrs. Chen had already guessed that if Zhao Di was young, she wouldn't care about this!

She kept a straight face and scolded, "This is all a girl who said she was married, and she is still dressed like this, do you still want to marry a girl!" ”

Chen Shoujia looked angry, and only then did he raise his hand and was about to hit Dong, "Mother, I'll teach her a lesson, don't be angry." ”

Dong lowered his head, "Mother, you spare me!" ”

Zhao Miaomiao shook her head, the eldest uncle really didn't take responsibility, and pushed the responsibility to the sister-in-law.

Chen Shouxing smiled silently, the eldest brother's words would definitely not fool his mother.

Sure enough, Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes and roared angrily, "Stop for the old lady, bastard things!" You are your father's fool when you are the old lady, I don't believe what the Dong family did, you don't know! ”

Old man Chen: "......"

Chen Shoujia withdrew his hand with an embarrassed face, his mother was really difficult to fool, of course he knew about it, he still asked the Dong family to do it, and he also wanted to hoard some silver.

Dong wiped his eyes and cried.

Mrs. Chen snorted, and said angrily, "If you two like to sell cloth, you can sell cloth, and the old lady doesn't care about you, but your daughters can't get married for a year, you will pay for this person's Ding tax for one year, and if you delay for two years, you will pay for two years, and if you recruit Di next year, if your relatives are still not settled, you will prepare the silver!" ”

Chen Shou's whole family froze, he didn't want to hurt his daughter and couldn't get married, he just thought about himself more, thinking that there was only one year, and his head hurt.

Mrs. Chen looked at his headache and irritability, and felt comfortable, whose daughter was worried and anxious, and she didn't want to throw it all to her mother.

Dong's tears stopped in fright, and he was stunned and exclaimed, "Mother, how can we pay for it, how can we have money!" ”

He sneered, "Why don't you have any money?" Aren't you selling cloth, look at Zhao Di's clothes, I haven't worn new clothes for several years, and my sister-in-law should have a lot of silver! ”

I thought that my sister-in-law had no private money like her, but I didn't expect my sister-in-law to hoard silver, how can this work!

Sister-in-law must have a few dollars of silver!

Li Fatya's eyes widened, thinking that she had just saved her private money, only a dozen yuan, her fat face was wrinkled, and she was unhappy!

If you pay for money, why do you want a son! Dong cried out loud, "Daddy, you have pity on me, I don't have a son with my father-in-law, so I have to hoard silver and ask for ......."

Everyone in the Chen family: "!! ”

Chen Shoujia quickly slapped Dong in the face, interrupting her and saying, "Dong, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Dong was slapped in the face, calmed down, and quickly covered her mouth, very worried in her heart, what her husband asked her to hide, she just said that she missed half of her mouth, and her father and mother didn't guess it.

(End of chapter)