Chapter 243: Xiao Xi shows great strength
Xiao Xi shook his head wildly, "Mrs. Shen, I don't want it. When I promised to help you, I just want to help you. I can't accept money."
Xiao Xi ran away.
Su Tai shook her head helplessly, moved the box into the house, and then took the box to the Gate of Time and Space transfer station. Using the automatic trading cabinet, she quickly found out the amount of money.
"Three thousand five hundred and thirty-two taels and seven hundred and fifty coins! It's really a lot!" Su Tai murmured.
She took out three hundred taels from it and left the rest at the Gate of Time and Space transfer station.
Ke Yunyun placed three hundred taels in front of Xiao Xi.
Xiao Xi’s eyes widened with fright, “Girl, what are you doing?”
“Take it!” Ke Yunyun smiled strangely and stuffed the money into it In Xiao Xi's arms, "My cousin asked me to give this to you. She knew you wouldn't accept it, so she asked me to tell you.
Xiao Xi, I know you really want to help, and you didn't even think about it. She wants money, but my cousin doesn’t think so! In her opinion, you are not related to her, so how can you do things for her without getting paid?
If you look at Aunt Huang, you will know that they are from the same village. Aunt Huang's daughter is my cousin's sister-in-law. This relationship must be settled clearly and clearly! Why is it that you are an exception?
Hurry up and take it. My cousin feels at ease. Keep this money well. You can use it how you want in the future. If you think clearly about being a free agent, I can support you. "
"Girl." Xiao Xi was so moved that she obediently took the money.
He turned back and thanked Su Tai again.
When the autumn harvest came, the county government office Another list of those killed in battle came over. Counting the time, it was exactly three months.
At this time, everyone is already busy with the autumn harvest, and many families are in semi-mourning. The number of times has increased, and the villagers have become numb.
No one knows whether it will be their turn next.
In this heavy atmosphere, the county government suddenly issued an order to increase taxes by 10% this year.
This is a fatal event for the people who are digging in the fields.
The family has little land, and food is already tight, but now the sky is falling.
Those who have a lot of land at home are also worried. This year it will go up by 10%, but what about next year and the year after that?
Su Tai was glad that she had purchased an extra two hundred acres of wasteland. When she received the decree, she asked Shen Liang and Shen Wen to punt her boat to the outskirts of Dahe Town.
When the tenant farmers working on Zhuangzi saw Su Tai, they all gathered around.
"Mrs. Shen, I heard that taxes will be increased by 10% this year. Is it true?" The tenant farmer looked at Su Tai longingly.
Su Tai sighed and nodded.
Everyone's last bit of luck was gone.
Fang Weidao: "Fortunately, we have opened up an additional 200 acres of land this year. The land we opened before is still within the tax-free period, so we can avoid it this year."
"Manager Fang is right. Yes, each of you has planted more than six acres of land on average. After deducting the grain handed over to me, you can still get more than 5,000 kilograms of grain. I know that you should have planned to sell the excess grain before, so you made a special trip. Let me tell you about it.
Langya Kingdom is at war. I don’t know when the truce will come. This year’s food supply will increase by 10%, and it may be more than 10% next year. Also, farming depends on the weather. "Eating, good weather in the past few years does not mean good weather every year. If you have extra food, you should keep it well, so as not to have a chance to deal with things later." Su Tai looked very serious.
The tenant farmers became even more panicked after hearing this. They believed that the boss had the ability and had many sources of information. Now that the boss came to remind him in person, it was clear that the matter was really serious.
Yan Yongxing stepped forward weakly and asked: "Mrs. Shen, I also made an calculation myself. Twenty kilograms of grain a month is definitely enough for us. Two hundred and forty kilograms of grain a year, leaving 2,400 kilograms of grain." "Can we sell the rest?" The tenant farmer next to him echoed: "We never have much money on hand, so we just go to the mountains and water during the slack season, and the harvest is limited."
Su. Tai understood their subtext, thought about it, and said: "If you plan to start a family in the next two years, I advise you to save more food. If you sell it, you can sell it for two thousand catties at most, and no more.
Now Taxes have increased, and food prices have also increased. A pound of food should be sold for thirty-five cents. Once you get the money, you can quickly focus on your life-long affairs."
Fang Wei looked nervous, "Mrs. Shen, but. What to say? ”
Su Tai sighed and looked into the distance with deep eyes, "Wars always require people, and the dead and wounded soldiers need replacements. The previous conscription order was considered lenient, but now I'm afraid that all the men who hold the top positions will have to join, and you may not be able to." Fortunately, it would be good if they could marry as soon as possible and give themselves a son and a half.
At least they can live a stable life in my village without having to worry about being bullied. ”
< br>Some tenant farmers couldn't bear it and cried.
Su Tai left after explaining.
As soon as she left.
Fang Wei immediately called all the tenant farmers together for discussion, and everyone unanimously decided to sell half of the grain and use all the money to marry a wife.
Everyone can save more than eighty taels from selling grain, spend ten taels of silver to marry a daughter-in-law, and keep the rest of the money well.
Fang Wei had made up his mind and went out to find a matchmaker.
Yan Yongxing happened to come over and go with him, "Brother Fang, which girl have you decided to marry?"
Fang Wei shook his head, "I'm afraid there's no one who is willing to marry me in this situation. There are many, so I can’t look at girls from good families, and I don’t know which matchmaker is more reliable.”
Yan Yongxing curled his lips in disgust, "Come on! The matchmaker is a deceitful man. He praises the girl in front of you as if she is a fairy. Only when you meet someone and find out that she is worse than the village aunt, will a fool believe it." Matchmaker! Let’s ask Mrs. Shen!
Her character is really impeccable. If she agrees to be a matchmaker for us, I will accept it even if she is a real person!”
"Is this really okay?" Fang Wei was a little moved, but more worried.
The two struggled for two days and finally decided to give it a try.
When they appeared in front of Su Tai and made their intentions clear, Su Tai felt bad, "You asked me to be a matchmaker for you? Manager Fang, first of all, we thank you for trusting me so much, and secondly, What I want to say is that I rarely go out, so I really don’t know the character of each girl.”
"Dingling bell, dinging bell," a copper bell rang, interrupting Su Tai's words.
The three of them looked over together and saw a herd of cattle and sheep running in their direction.
Fang Why and Yan Yongxing were shocked, "Oh my God! Who raises so many cattle and sheep?"
Su Tai was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Uncle, cousin!"< br>
“Hey!” Ke Dasong responded loudly to Su Tai while driving cattle and sheep.
Soon a group of them walked up to the three of them.
Ke Dasong's dusty face was full of a simple smile, "Xiao Tai, uncle has sent you cattle and sheep, how many do you plan to get this year?"
Su Tai said happily: "It's still the same as last year, beef cattle are also needed!"