????With the addition of Tie Qing, the autumn harvest of Lao Xiao's family is much easier than in previous years.

????Old boss Xiao can just lead the car, don’t break the corn, throw the corn into the car, it’s all done by ashen, when the corn is finished, let the old aunt Xiao and Brother Xiao peel the corn at home, the old man Head Xiao and Tie Qing took a sickle to the field to cut corn stalks.

???? As a result, Tie Qing harvested quickly and well, and there was no need for Mr. Xiao to do anything. He just led the carriage and followed Tie Qing. Tie Qing would bundle all the corn stalks into bundles and put them on the cart. Mr. Xiao Just take the carriage back and transport it back.

The meat in the house is still enough to eat. When Tie Qingqiu went to the county town to sell vegetables, he bought a lot of salt and came back. At this time, the pickled vegetables are all salted, but he processed the salt in advance, and the smell was gone. It tasted a bit astringent, the same as the large grains of salt he was used to.

The bacon at home is enough to eat, and Tie Qing took advantage of the lunch break to go to the town to buy some fresh meat and came back. Aunt Xiao gritted her teeth, thinking that there are so many chickens, ducks and geese in the house. Pointing at people livid to eat!

????So she was willing to kill a chicken every other day, or kill a big goose, and stew an old duck.

???? When Tie Qing eats, every time he uses his chopsticks, he pulls his thighs and large pieces of meat into Brother Xiao's rice bowl, of course when no one is paying attention.

???? Xiao Geer will secretly eat it with a blushing face.

???? He is also a very gluttonous person, and with the recent work at home, there is really too much.

????The two of them actually didn't do anything, but the atmosphere was very good.

????Old Boss Xiao is exhausted, so he doesn't bother to care about it at this time.

???? On the other hand, Old Aunt Xiao looked at it with a smile, but didn't speak.

???? But there is a kind of attitude of "the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, the more she looks at her, the more satisfied she is".

????The days of autumn harvest are busy and fulfilling. The whole village is working from dawn to dusk. The plan for a year lies in spring, but the harvest of a year lies in autumn.

???? In ancient times, farming was underdeveloped. During the busy seasons of spring and autumn, even the imperial court gave officials a holiday and asked them to go back to take charge of spring plowing and autumn harvest.

????Even if the current dynasty has just been established, it still pays attention to this point.

???? After getting the corn back, it needs to be peeled and air-dried, and then the corn particles are rubbed out to pay taxes and grains.

????Old Xiao’s harvest is good this year. The corn cobs of [-] to [-] catties per mu can be at least [-] catties after removing the skin and flesh, but after removing the water, it is only [-] to [-] catties.

???? But already pretty good.

????The Sixth Uncle Xiao’s family and the Eighth Uncle Xiao’s family had finished cleaning up their own land, so they came to Uncle Xiao’s house to help. It's over! ,

???? Old Xiao Sixth Uncle said unhappily: "Brother, even if you want to lose face, you can't exhaust sister-in-law and Brother Xiao to death?"

???? "That's right, Brother Xiao isn't married yet!" Old Eighth Uncle Xiao was also unhappy.

???? "What nonsense are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? It was all done with the help of Iron Boy!" Old boss Xiao glared at the two younger brothers: "Let's go back after dinner here."

???? When the two of them heard this, they looked at Old Aunt Xiao, who nodded, "It was Tie Boy who helped, and the collection was so fast. You two see that Brother Xiao and I are doing well!"

???? When the two of them took a closer look, the young and old of this family looked pretty good.

???? couldn't help sighing: "It's a young man after all!"

???? Work is faster than them.

???? Had a dinner with meat at Lao Xiao’s house. Aunt Lao Xiao gave two big fat geese to each of their families.

????The autumn harvest has just been completed, and the grain has just been brought home from the fields. According to the regulations, [-]% of the grain is handed over as tax and grain, a total of [-] catties of grain.

???? In addition, Cheng Ding's poll tax must be handed over, but the old Xiao's family only has Cheng Ding, the head of Lao Xiao.

????Old Aunt Xiao and Brother Xiao are women and Brother Xiao.

???? It's easier for Tie Qing, he is exempt from tax for the first three years!

????No need to hand in anything!

???? Including taxes, Lao Xiao's family has to pay a total of one thousand catties of grain and five taels of silver.

???? If you don't want to do hard labor, you have to pay another two taels of silver.

???? Tie Qing simply prepared five taels of silver and handed it to Old Xiao Boss: "Old Uncle Xiao, I just came here, I don't know the place where I live, and you are getting old, so don't go to labor, I still want to hire someone Let’s lay my foundation a bit more firmly first! I can’t miss you always sitting in town!”

????Old boss Xiao looked at the money and looked livid: "You kid is spending money indiscriminately again."

???? "It's not a waste of money, I plan to build a solid foundation in my place first, it will be the ancestral house of our old Tie family in the future!" Tie Qing exaggerated: "Besides, let's The courtyard wall still needs to be repaired. Last year, I hunted too hard, so no wild animals came down the mountain. This year, people have died here. I am afraid that the courtyard wall will not be able to hold back the wild beasts in winter.”

???? When he said this, Old Chief Xiao became frightened: "Okay, listen to you!"

???? The two of them helped the family for a few days, and finally produced a thousand catties of grain. After discussing with the old village head Wei, their village took the initiative to send the grain and tax money to the county seat.

It was Xu Zhou who came forward to receive them. This guy was now in high spirits, and secretly said to Old Wei Village Chief and Old Xiao Boss: "I may become the county magistrate in the future, and become a high-ranking official! "

???? "So good?" Old Village Chief Wei was surprised: "Didn't the county magistrate come here?"

???? "It probably won't be dispatched until next year. At the moment, everyone will take care of it. Whoever performs well will be reused when the big order comes in the future!" Xuzhou is very satisfied with Yushu Village's speed: "You are the first to send food and tax money."

????Old Village Chief Wei understood in seconds: "Our village has always supported you, work hard!"

????Old Boss Xiao told Xu Zhou his difficulties alone: ​​"When I am too old to work, I will buy the quota of hard labor with silver. There is also Iron Boy, he wants to build a house."

???? "This is no problem!" Xu Zhou agreed in one gulp.

???? Originally five taels of tax silver, plus one person two taels of silver for the redemption quota for labor, there is still one tael left.

???? But Mr. Xiao gave five liang of silver a piece of silver, and left after giving it away. He didn't ask for the remaining one liang at all. This was clearly for Xu Zhou's benefit, and Xu Zhou kept silent. I accepted this benefit, and things were handled properly.

???? A thousand catties of grain was converted into nine hundred catties and put into storage. A group of food deliverers returned to Yushu Village with ease.

???? The rest is the problem of selling food.

????Old Xiao's family has to keep enough food for a year, and also keep seeds.

???? Set aside some for emergency use, or to help Aunt Xiao with food, and the rest will be sold.

???? But because the Guochao was just established this year, the price of this grain is not stable, and the purchase price of the merchants is very low. They only pay two yuan for a catty of grain, but if they sell it, the grain for a catty is at least five cents per catty. After that, it rose to as high as ten pens and eight pens.

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