back to the field

The autumn wind is bleak, and the leaves of many forests are also falling down.

Downs was driving the carriage, and couldn't help looking up at the trees on both sides of the road, seeing the yellow leaves falling one by one, and also realized that late autumn would soon pass and winter would come.

When passing through Poyang Lake, the amount of water in the place where the water and grass are usually luxuriant has decreased visibly to the naked eye, exposing withered yellow grass and mud.Many geese, swans, cranes and other migratory birds stopped in the shallow water, or flew in groups, or skimmed across the lake, aiming at the fish that floated on the water and preying quickly and fiercely. The scene is quite spectacular.

"Miss, look!" Tang Sixian stopped the carriage and pointed to the lake.

Qin Zhen looked along her fingertips and was amazed at the appearance of so many migratory birds.Thinking of this, she hummed a fisherman's song. Tang Sixian listened quietly to her humming for a while, and a smile spread across her face unconsciously.

Returning to Zhenqian Village with a happy mood, I opened the door and saw rice piled up on both sides of the lobby, all packed in densely woven bamboo baskets, about 20 baskets.

"Father said that we harvested 44 shi of rice in the field, about four shi and four buckets per mu, and then sold half of it according to your request. These are estimated to be the remaining 20 shi." Qin Zhen didn't know where to get it. I got out an account book and flipped through it.

Tang Sixian: "..."

Qin Zhen is so concerned about the family economy, she shouldn't be lazy, so she asked: "How much is the autumn tax we have to pay?"

"The ten mu of land belongs to Shangtian, and each mu of Shangtian pays a bucket of rice, and ten acres is one stone. In addition, there is a bucket of miscellaneous taxes for every stone in the Yicang."

As an official, Tang Sixian can be exempted from corvee, so she doesn't have to pay the exemption money she had to pay last year. As for the other miscellaneous taxes, with her official status, no one dares to bully her.

Of course, it was rice that was agreed upon. Tang Sixian had to process more than 20 shi of rice into rice. In the end, there might be [-] shi of rice left over. After paying the tax, it was just enough for her, Qin Zhen and Tang Qingman to eat for a year.And the part of the rice sold just made up for the part of her expenses for hiring people to work.

"It seems that we should buy more land." Tang Si pondered enviously. Under this production mode, only the more fields there are, the higher the income.

The income on the field side is average, but the income on the fish pond side is more ideal.Especially after she cooperated with Liang Beiwang and expanded the scale of farming, the price of fish has dropped, but the profit has increased.

"You want to buy a field? The money that Gongzhong can use now is enough to buy [-] acres of paddy fields." Qin Zhen said.

"Are there so many?" Tang Sixian wondered, she didn't remember that many.

"The money from selling citrus is also included."

Downs said enviously, "But that's your dowry."

"Between you and me, why do you need to share anyone's dowry? You are the only one who pays for the public's money, which is against the rules."

Tang Si smiled enviously: "Isn't that the world's rules?"

Qin Zhen also smiled back at her: "My rules are not like this."

If the person she married was a man, then she might really guard her dowry and leave a way out for herself.But she lives with Tang Sixian, but puts the burden of supporting the family on Tang Sixian's shoulders, which is too unfair to Tang Sixian.

Under her flowery smile, Tang Sixian didn't want to argue with her anymore, took her hand, and said affectionately: "Then follow the lady's rules."

Qin Zhen blocked her falling kiss, and glared at her: "I'm telling you business, don't be in heat in broad daylight."

Tang Sixian: "..."

She shouldn't have said these things when she was swearing, but now Qin Zhen has learned them and used them on her instead.

"Ahem, I want to buy land, but I am an official in Raozhou now, and the imperial court has regulations that do not allow officials to buy land in the place where they work, so I can buy land in the name of others." Tang Si enviously said, "It's better for me and my father-in-law Discuss?"

"Although Dad won't object, I still suggest you talk to your aunt." Qin Zhen said, "If your aunt is a female householder, putting the land in her name can save a lot of tax."

Tang Sixian remembered that her father-in-law was a third-class householder, and the more assets, the higher the householder's class, and the more taxes to pay.On the contrary, it is Tang concubine, one person is one household, and there are various preferential policies such as exemption from corvee and tax reduction.Buying land property in her name, not only can she pay less taxes, but she can also mention her household status by the way, so that she will not be despised.

Tang Sixian, who considers herself a "reasonable tax avoidance", has no burden in her heart. She said: "Then I will discuss it with my aunt another day."

"Then are these paddies going to be pounded into rice and taken to Raozhou?"

"Keep some at home, take some to Raozhou, and bring them back after eating." Tang Sixian said, but he planned to put it in the space in his heart, so as not to grow moths if left for too long.

After arranging the rice pounding, Tang Sixian dismantled the carriage and rode to Leping County to discuss matters with Tang Concubine.

When she went to Tang Concubine's place, she found that the restaurant, which had always been doing good business, was closed, especially at noon.

Because Tang Concubine's restaurant does not serve staple food, people often come to buy some snacks to fill their stomachs when they are hungry at noon and afternoon, so noon is the busiest time for Tang Concubine's restaurant.

Just as she was wondering if Concubine Tang was resting, she saw a middle-aged man with a rich face leading two big men towards her, and asked, "Do you know the shopkeeper of this shop?"

Tang Sixian nodded: "Yes, why?"

"That's right, please call her out."

Tang Si looked at the middle-aged man enviously, seeing that his eyes were a little arrogant but also guarded, he asked, "Who are you, why should I call her out for you?"

"What do you care about so much? Who are you?" The middle-aged man asked back.

These people seemed to have malicious intentions, and a flame burst out in Tang Sixian's heart. She hadn't been here for a while, and someone dared to go to Tang Concubine's restaurant to make trouble? !

Seeing that Tang Sixian didn't answer, the middle-aged man turned around and knocked on the door, and shouted: "Mr. Tang, open the door. I know you are here. Don't try to hide from me!"

There were more and more people standing around watching. After a while, there was a sound of moving the wooden board behind the door. When the board door was opened to allow only one person to enter and exit, Tang Concubine looked at it expressionlessly. The middle-aged man in front of him.

"Get out!" Tang Yu said.

The middle-aged man suddenly raised a smile and said, "Tang, let's sit down and talk if we have something to say. Why do you keep avoiding me?"

Tang Concubine ignored him, and looked at Tang Sixian: "Come in!"

Tang Sixian wanted to go in, but the middle-aged man stood in front of her with an attitude of "I want to go in first".The two big men who came with him were also ready to attack Tang Si as soon as he gave an order.

"Are you deaf?" Downs asked the middle-aged man enviously.

"My lord speaks, how can there be a place for a kid like you to speak?!" The middle-aged man snorted.

Tang Sixian asked Tang Concubine: "Does my aunt have a deep friendship with him?"

Tang Concubine said, "It's not deep."

"Understood." Tang Sixian nodded, and when the middle-aged man was still thinking about what she should call Tang Concubine, he suddenly shot at his neck, a neat fighting move, and knocked him down directly.Before the two big men he brought had time to react, they watched him fall to the ground, nearly fainting.

"You—" the two big men came to their senses, and were about to step forward to deal with Tang Sixian, when Tang Sixian said calmly, "He is an imperial court official, if you dare to do something to him, you have to weigh the consequences."

The two big men froze, looked at the middle-aged man, and finally chose to help him up.

The middle-aged man only felt that he was so envious of Tang Si, that he didn't say anything as if his bones were falling apart, and his head was still a little unclear.He bared his teeth for a while, and shouted at Tang Sixian: "I am your uncle, if you dare to do anything to me, it is a great disrespect!"

Tang Sixian tilted his head, and shot again suddenly. He first punched him on the bridge of the nose, and then punched him in the stomach again. The movement was so fast that he didn't even have time to resist subconsciously.

While typing, she asked, "What did you say you are? I have bad ears, so I couldn't hear clearly!"

"I'm your uncle—ow!"

"Oh, you're not a thing? Since you're not a thing, let's deal with you the way you're not a thing!"

"What are you doing standing there, watching me being beaten to death?!" Gao Zhezheng shouted angrily at the two big men.

"He's an official!" The two dared not make a move, Gao Zhezheng was Tang Sixian's uncle, they were not!

"You still have the strength to speak, it seems that your mouth hasn't crooked yet!"

Liu Xilang who came in a hurry saw this violent scene, and hurried forward to dissuade Tang Sixian: "Hey, stop beating! Tang Chongban, this is not good for your reputation!"

With his persuasion, Tang Sixian paused, and the two big men took the opportunity to rescue Gao Zhezheng from her grasp and protect him behind him.

Gao Zhezheng was beaten so badly that he didn't even have the strength to stand up. Tang Concubine stood in front of Tang Sixian and said loudly: "This is your own fault. If you hadn't come to harass me, my filial nephew would not have treated you Do it."

Nephew protecting aunt, this is indeed an act of filial piety, and many onlookers immediately changed their minds about Tang Sixian's barbaric behavior.

"I'm still his uncle!" Gao Zhezheng shouted.

"What kind of uncle are you?" Tang Concubine looked at him coldly, "I have nothing to do with you for a long time."

"You!" Gao Zhezheng thought for a while, and Tang Yu and him really had no husband and wife status, so he changed his words, "One night husband and wife Bai Yeen, although we are not husband and wife now, we have lived together for many years anyway. When you married I didn't even give birth to an egg, didn't I blame you? Now that you have climbed to the top, are you going to be so ruthless to me?"

Tang Sixian has never seen such a shameless person like him, - it is true, if he is not shameless, how could he sell his first wife back then?

Concubine Tang sneered and said, "You don't blame me for not being able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, so I should be grateful to you, right? But I don't think that you lost all your family property back then, and even took away all my dowry , and finally sold me for twenty pennies. Should I be grateful to you?"

Gao Zhezheng didn't expect that she would have the courage to tell her past in public. His face turned green and pale, but he still said cheekily: "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be able to climb the ranks of the powerful now!"

"Since you know that I have someone backing you, you still dare to disturb me, aren't you afraid of death?!" Tang Yu asked sharply.

Gao Zhezheng never thought that the cowardly woman would have the courage to confront him after all these years.He felt Tang Sixian's murderous eyes, and felt that it was not a good time to find Tang Concubine, so he ran away quickly.

Tang Sixian didn't chase him, anyway, as long as he appeared, she would definitely have a way to find out his current information.

She glanced over Liu Xilang indifferently, and then helped Tang Concubine back to the shop: "Auntie, let's go in first."

After Tang Concubine returned to the room, she immediately took off all the disguise and strength. Her palms had been pinched with red crescent moon marks by her nails, and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat on her back.

"Mr. Liu's family, my aunt is not feeling well, and it is inconvenient to see guests today." Tang Sixian said lightly after seeing Liu Xilang following in.

Liu Xilang touched the sweat on his forehead, and explained: "I never told my cousin about Miss Tang's whereabouts."

Tang Sixian ignored him, and he said again, "I heard that someone was making trouble in Mrs. Tang's restaurant, so I rushed over here. I didn't expect it to be my cousin."

Liu Xilang didn't know how to explain himself so that Tang Sixian would believe it.At this moment, Concubine Tang, who had already stabilized her mind, said, "I guess it wasn't what you said."

Tang Si asked enviously, "Did that garbage come here earlier?"

"I came here yesterday, I guess he will come again today, so I closed the door, never thinking of you coming."

"Didn't you find out that your aunt runs a shop here by accident?"

"He came straight to look for me yesterday, so he shouldn't have found me here by accident."

"Who would have told him that his aunt was here?"

Tang Yu already had many acquaintances in Leping County, and the Tang family knew she was here, so it was really hard to find clues as to who leaked the news to Gao Zhezheng.

Tang Sixian changed his mind and asked Liu Xilang, "Does Mr. Liu know about your cousin's recent situation?"

Liu Xilang didn't know what Tang Sixian wanted to do, he was a little hesitant, on the one hand was his cousin, and on the other was the official who his father-in-law had told him to make friends with.Soon, the balance was tilted towards Tang Sixian, and he said: "I don't know much, but I recognized... Mrs. Tang before I asked my parents about it. He took the twenty pennies back then. He set up a gamble to lure people into gambling games, and finally made a lot of money... Now he runs a cottage in Dingliu Town..."

The former town was a military defense unit, but now it has been integrated with the city and developed into a town.Nadingliu Town is the busiest place except the county seat, because there are many entertainment venues there, and it is also the most active place of all kinds of religions.

Gao Zhezheng also lives nearby, and almost all his activities are in Dingliu Town on weekdays.

"So, if someone hadn't told him specifically that his aunt was here, he probably wouldn't have come here so quickly." Tang Sixian thought about it, and she suddenly thought of something, but since Liu Xilang was still around, she didn't say much.

"It's fine to have me here, Mr. Liu's family is busy with affairs, so we don't want to delay you."

Liu Xilang heard the order to expel the guest, so he took his leave and was going to go back and tell his father-in-law about it.

As soon as he left, Tang Sixian confirmed the details with Tang Concubine several times before saying: "He said that my aunt got into a high position. Obviously, the high level did not refer to me, but a fortune-teller. Besides, he has an official position towards me." If you are not surprised at all, then it means that someone who is very clear about our affairs led him here."

If it was just people Tang Yu used to know accidentally found out that she opened a restaurant in Leping County and ran to inform Gao Zhezheng, then they would not know that Tang Yu had something to do with Rong Ce.

So after exclusion, she felt that the person who attracted Gao Zhezheng was either the Tang family or the Xue family.

The Xue family siblings are currently observing filial piety in their hometown, and they probably don't have time to do so many tricks, so the only one left is the Tang family.

The author has something to say: There is also garbage confiscation!Pay attention to environmental sanitation, actively clean up the garbage, starting with Tang Moujian!

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Instant Noodles: Tax evasion is not advisable, please abide by the law and don’t imitate Tang Moujian and Qin Fu who know the law and break the law.

Tang Moujian: I call it reasonable tax avoidance, thank you.

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感谢在2020-09-1001:33:38~2020-09-1102:19:10期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Li Miaomiao and sister Qi 3; xiaoguo, a milk cake, and 1;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：那些花儿25瓶；岭南阿榕18瓶；蒲、Yu、无心10瓶；279688223瓶；鹿仁脚、小泰、陈大善人1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!