Regardless of the harvest, the land is taxed.

Moreover, this is not all the land that the court has distributed.

Where is there so much land in the imperial court, in the number of one hectare, the field that can be used for farming may be only twenty acres, and the rest is either a mountain or a barren mountain or wasteland.

After paying taxes on the harvest of more than 60 acres of land, it was barely enough for Lao Xiang's family to eat.

"After being busy for a while, the family will go and open a few acres of wasteland to raise!" The old man straightened up and said to the old wife who was bending down next to him to cut the rice.

Old Jiang also took this opportunity to straighten his waist, looked at the few little babies behind him who were playing while picking up ears of grass, and said 'um'.

Lao Xiangtou also looked back at her gaze, and saw a few little dolls picking up a few handfuls of ears, and then grabbed the little frogs jumping in the field with their hands to play, and the little babies were so happy that their eyes couldn't see them.

Seeing this, Lao Xiangtou's face also stretched, "After it comes out, let the boss put these stalks in the ground and burn them this year, maybe they can try to grow a grain in a year." ”

A few little dolls have also grown up, as the saying goes, half the size eats the poor.

You know, there are seven half-sized sons of the old Xiang family!

That's why Lao Xiangtou thought about opening up a few more acres of wasteland to raise it, and then planting rice or beans or something!

"Fifth brother and fifth brother, you show me that little frog!"

Xiang Tiange wanted to see what the little frog in his fifth brother's hand looked like.

"I want it too, I want it too!"

Xiang Liulang and Xiang Qilang next to him also came over, looking interested.

Xiang Wulang felt that his image in the eighth sister's heart was much taller at this time, and he straightened his chest, and he said, "Wait, wait until I hold down its leg and open it for you to see carefully!" ”

As he spoke, Xiang Gorou slowly opened his closed hands, and then quickly pressed the hind legs of the little frog in his hand on the palm, and stretched out his palm so that several people could take a closer look.

Xiang Shiro on the side shook his head, what is so beautiful about frogs, it's not big, if it's bigger, maybe you can catch some and go home for dinner!

Xiang Shiro remembered the small half-basket of frogs he caught when it rained a few days before cutting rice, and his saliva flowed a little.

"Wow! The little frog turned out to look like this! It turned out that it was not meat for nothing! ”

Xiang Tiange saw the appearance of the little frog in the fourth brother's hand, 'wow', and suddenly said.

"Haha, Eighth Sister, the frog meat cooked at home before was peeled and cooked, of course it was white meat!" Xiang Wulang said with a smile, fortunately, he still knows this very well!

"What are you doing? Not to catch birds? ”

Xiang Saburo looked at several younger brothers and sisters gathered together, and asked a few people curiously.

"Third brother, third brother, fifth brother caught a little frog, it turns out that the little frog is such a dark gray color!" Xiang Tiange let go of his little body, so that the third brother could see the appearance of the little frog in the fifth brother's hand.

"This is not a frog, this is a field chicken. Such a small field chicken, there is no one to eat it, what are you doing with it? Let it go, let it grow meaty! Xiang Saburo saw the small field chicken in the fifth brother's hand, that is, the little frog, pouted and asked him to let go.

"Well, the eighth sister has never seen it alive, so I'm curious, so I'll catch it and show it to her. Eighth sister, do you still want to watch it? Said to Goro.

Xiang Tiange shook his head, "Don't do it, let it go, Fifth Brother, Third Brother is right, let it grow flesh first!" When it grows up, we'll catch it and eat it! ”

The little frog in the hand of Mukaigoro: ... Thank you so much!

Neglected Xiang Liulang and Xiang Qilang on the side: ...... They've never seen a living frog yet! Feelings, they just look at it by the way, right?

"Didn't you say you were going to catch birds? Go get it now! Two days ago, I went to learn a trick from Uncle Stone in the village, and I was sure that I could catch a lot of birds! Xiang Saburo confidently said in front of several younger siblings.

"Yes, yes! Let's go! ”

When Xiang Tiange heard the words of the third brother, the frog didn't want to look at it anymore, and his whole heart hung on the bird's body.

The other people were similar, all looking at Xiang Saburo expectantly, waiting for him to act.

"Well, don't worry, what about the ears you picked up? Give me a handful. ”

Xiang Saburo looked behind them.

"The third brother and the third brother give it to you,! Picked it up with a girl! Xiang Tiange hurriedly lifted the small basket he had placed at his feet and handed it to him.

Xiang Saburo glanced at the ears of grass picked up by the eighth sister, and felt that there were not much, so he reached out and took the small basket in her hand, planning to use these as bait to catch those greedy birds and sparrows later!

"Well, okay, let's go! Let's go to the front some and catch there, there are a lot of birds! ”

Xiang Saburo pointed to a smaller field in the distance, where the old Xiang family had just been cut, and now they were cutting in a field next door, and this large piece of contiguous land was left uncut by them.

Of course, Xiang Saburo knows that food is precious, but it doesn't take much food to catch birds and birds, at most a small handful is wasted, and it is worth it to exchange for so much bird meat!

After letting a few younger brothers and sisters stay away, he used the method taught to him by Uncle Shi, taking an empty basket upside down and supporting it with a wooden stick, and then sprinkled a few handfuls of rice under the basket, and then tied it under the stick with a long rope, and when the birds came to eat, he pulled the rope far away, and the basket would fall down.

Everything was arranged, and Xiang Saburo also pulled the rope to wait not far in front of his younger brothers and sisters.

Seeing this, Xiang Tiange covered his mouth with his little hand, and came to his third brother lightly, without making a sound, looking at the third brother with curiosity, and seeing that there were already birds flying down not far from the basket to eat the trap of rice under the basket, with an excited face!

Seeing this, the other small ones also wanted to come over, but Xiang Saburo had already seen that there were many birds and finches under the basket constantly flying over to peck at the rice, so he stretched out a hand and waved it behind him, signaling them not to make a move.

Seeing this, a few small ones had to hold back their curious hearts that also wanted to get closer.

"Smack-chirp-chirp-"

"Got it, got it!!"

The singer danced and followed behind the third brother.

When Xiang Saburo and the other birds pecked at the rice seriously, he pulled the rope violently, and the basket fell, and instantly covered the many birds that had not had time to fly out, and then threw the rope to Saburo and quickly stepped forward to press the basket to prevent the birds from flapping their wings and knocking the basket down, then their efforts would be in vain.

"Third brother, third brother, hurry! Let's see how many birds we've caught!! ”

Xiang Tiange and the others were all excitedly waiting for their third brother to take over the action, and the others also ran over excitedly when the basket fell.