Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"Did you encounter a snake while walking on the mountain road?"

"Ah?" Su Ziling was stunned by Mother Su's confused words, and she couldn't react for a long time.

Mother Su explained: "I just saw you having twitching while sleeping."

"Oh, oh, oh," Su Ziling breathed a sigh of relief, "I have encountered him twice, so I must have been scared."

"Then I will come back tomorrow to find some unbeatable leaves and chop meatballs for you to eat. Remember to buy some pork belly when you come back tomorrow. The chopped one is the most fragrant." Mother Su said as she helped She made the bed smooth.

"Tomorrow?" Su Ziling was stunned, "We won't go to the county tomorrow. I plan to take a rest. I'm afraid the wind and cold will get worse and I'll have to see a doctor then."

Mother Su's face was full of annoyance, "Look at me, I forgot that you are still sick, but it's time to have a good rest for two days. You have a good rest these two days. Anyway, we are pretty busy with things at home. Just tell us what needs to be done.”

"If you don't have meat, eggs will do. I'll steam them for you then. Just eat them twice."

In this way, Su Ziling rested at home for two days, and really didn't have to do anything. Even the wild garlic that Su Zizhong dug up was pickled by Su's mother. Su Ziling was responsible for speaking, and Su's mother did it.

Li Zelan couldn't sit still. He followed Su Zizhong up the mountain every day these days. The two of them broke off a lot of bamboo shoots and came back. They washed them, blanched them, and dried them in the yard, thinking that they could use them to fry meat, stew meat, and cook hot pot in the winter. Category.

It is worth mentioning that Li Zelan also caught a hare, which made Axiu very happy. The rabbit was not very fat, and its feet were injured. Li Zelan had already thought about how to eat it, but Axiu refused to let it go. , she insisted on raising it.

Su Ziling was responsible for eating and drinking every day, and occasionally went for a walk in the mountains. After the past two days, she had completely recovered.

Li Zelan seemed a bit depressed and didn't like to talk much anymore. When Su's mother and others asked him, he said it was fine.

Su Ziling naturally knew that he was concerned about that matter and hated that he couldn't help and left her to face it alone.

Su Ziling didn't go to set up a stall for two days. Wang Fusheng even asked Su Yongan to come back and take a look. He told Su Ziling that when she didn't go there on the first day, Wang Fusheng asked someone to inquire. He heard that those gangsters on West Street were beaten up. , especially Zhu Chengzhou's leg was broken.

When he thought about her not coming, he knew what was going on. Zhu Chengzhou and the others had always been close to Zhang Fugui, so it was probably him who was pulling the strings again.

Su Yongan also said, "Don't worry, Zhu Chengzhou and the others have been dealt with. They don't dare to come out again. The shopkeeper asked me to ask you when you will go to the stall. Also, he also asked me to ask you, Are there any preserved eggs left? The ones we sent last time have been sold out."

"Tomorrow!" Su Ziling thought that she had rested for two days and was almost recovered, but she couldn't rest any more, otherwise Mother Su and the others would notice something was wrong, and they happened to be delivering autumn grain tomorrow, so they happened to be together. go.

"We still have preserved eggs. Let's send them over tomorrow. You can wait for me at Mulberry Ping. Tomorrow we have to hand over the autumn grain. There are not enough oxcarts."

"Okay, I understand." Su Yongan didn't stay long, and went back after bringing the words to him.

The next day, at the beginning of Mao Shi (5:00), before dawn, the old Su family got up and took out the grain that had been weighed yesterday. They also brought out the oxen, just enough to load it with two bags.

This year's harvest was relatively good. More than 3,300 kilograms of corn was harvested from 15 acres of land, and more than 950 kilograms of millet was harvested from five acres of rice field.

Seeing that there was obviously twice as much food on the ground, Su Ziling was stunned, "Grandpa, isn't our autumn food taxed at 10 per cent?"

"Yes." Mr. Su nodded, "It's one tax per ten."

The tax is one per ten, that is, they only need to pay ten catties to the government out of a hundred catties of grain collected.

"But our family has too much, right?" Not only that, it's twice as much.

Mr. Su sighed, "This has been like this in the past few years. The buckets brought by the officials are obviously larger than our normal measuring instruments. If they bring less, they will not be able to pay taxes if there is insufficient food. Moreover, the taxes are paid on the basis of the village. From the work unit, if you can’t hand it in today, then you have to wait until it’s our village’s turn next time.”

"If it takes too long, or if it exceeds the time limit, then you will not have to pay the grain, but you will have to pay a fine. So in order to be able to pay it all at once, everyone gets the best grain, and they always take more, for fear of I can’t hand it in today.”

In addition, we have to respect the servants, so we have to take more!

Thinking of this, Mr. Su also reminded Su Ziling, "Qing girl, take a few jars of the fungus sauce you made. It will be useful later."

So, what seems to be one tax per ten is actually one tax per five? And you also have to pay bribes and give gifts?

Su Ziling was silent for a long time and said nothing for a long time. She said, if the tax is one for ten, then after paying the tax for more than three thousand kilograms of corn, there will still be more than two thousand kilograms left.

In addition, there is rice, and there is a lot left after paying the tax. Generally, the rice will be replaced by miscellaneous grains after paying the tax. With so much grain, mixed with some wild vegetables and the like, it is more than enough for a year's ration. Why? You may not have enough to eat. It turns out there is a secret behind this tax!

Su Ziling didn't ask why no one cares about this matter. Are there not enough officials to protect each other? Without someone above speaking out, people below would dare to behave like this?

Mr. Su prepared more than 860 kilograms of grain, which he doubled, and carried 300 kilograms on the oxen. The remaining 500 kilograms were divided equally between Su's father, Su Zizhong and his third uncle.

Su Ziling was carrying ice powder seeds and small ingredients on her back, while Li Zelan picked more than 150 duck eggs. It was hard to see the road clearly in the gray sky. Su Ziling was walking in front, holding a torch and leading the cow.

Just when she thought it was early enough for her family, she didn't expect that there were many people walking in front of her family, paying more taxes, and the labor force of every household was basically mobilized, including women with few people.

Along the way, many people looked envious when they saw their cows, and many even made fun of Mr. Su.

"Hey, brother, are you finally willing to carry this cow?"

"But don't tell me, this cow is really well-raised. It's much more energetic than when I first bought it, and it looks like it's gained weight!"

"No, I saw it when I first bought it. She didn't look very energetic and her hair was dry. If you look at it now, tsk, tsk, tsk, it's shiny and shiny!"

Everyone was so envious that their eyes turned red, but when they thought about the price, forget it, they didn't deserve to be jealous.

Twenty taels, how many years do they have to save before they can afford it?

"But it's convenient to have a cow. It's enough for two laborers. But brother, it seems that your family has never done a good job, right?"

Mr. Su was carrying more than a hundred kilograms of corn. He was getting old after all, and he was already sweating profusely after walking not far.

"Isn't it just giving birth to a calf? I just want to recuperate it. No, the calf will start to carry the calf when it gets a little bigger."

Looking at the calf following the cow, those people became even more envious. Not long after they bought a cow, they gave birth to another one. Isn't this equivalent to buying one and getting one free?

Moreover, this calf has grown strong and is the first of its kind. In the coming year, it will be able to plow the fields and carry corn!