After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Qin Yao coughed twice, feeling guilty for a rare moment.

But it was only for a moment.

Handing the letter on the table to Awang, "You go to Lin County to deliver a letter for me."

Awang took it and nodded in agreement. As a professional habit, when he saw the address and the name of the recipient on the envelope, he didn't even have the idea to ask why. He stuffed the letter into his arms and turned around to give the fat fish in his hand. Pack it up.

Qin Yao quickly called him back and told him: "Be sure to make sure the letter is delivered to me, and your identity must not be exposed. Also!"

Awang waited quietly for her next words.

"be safe."

Awang's eyelashes trembled rapidly a few times and he nodded, "Okay."

Qin Yao took out the travel expenses she had prepared and handed them to him. It was a small purse, which contained two hundred coins and the [Smiling Half-Step Epilepsy] and [Seven-Step Down] that he had prepared for her before when she went on a long journey.

"Maybe you can use it." Qin Yao joked.

Awang's mouth twitched slightly, and he took out these two bottles of essential medicine for home and travel and put them in front of the window sill. He only took his purse, turned around and told her with his stubborn back: Dear, don't insult his strength!

Qin Yao shrugged funnyly, "Forget it if you don't want it." She put it away herself.

"You can set off after lunch later and ride on Lao Huang. I will drive the ox cart to pick up Dalang and the others in the afternoon."

Awang knew that she was in a hurry, so she sped up her fish-killing actions, and in less than two-quarters of an hour she had a pot of spicy fish on the table.

After finishing the two large bowls of rice quickly, he put down his bowls and chopsticks and went back to the attic to clean up briefly before riding away.

Qin Yao suddenly remembered something, looked up at the sky that had just cleared up and turned cloudy again, and sighed helplessly: "It's going to rain tonight."

Not to mention bringing a set of raincoats.

But the person has disappeared, and Qin Yao can only wait for the person to come back and educate her again.

It wasn't Awang who came to pick her up in the afternoon. The Dalang brothers and sisters were not used to it, but they were still very surprised to see Aniang.

Qin Yao drove the ox cart through a muddy path first, and a new wide and smooth road appeared in front of her. The ox cart ran smoothly and quickly.

Two-thirds of the road into the village has been built, leaving only the last section, which is expected to be completed in October. By then, the time required from Liujia Village to Jinshi Town will be shortened by one-third.

It used to take three hours to walk back and forth, but after the road was repaired, it only took two hours.

If you are driving or riding a horse, it will be faster.

Now that two-thirds of the road has been repaired, Qin Yao feels that it takes much less time to drive than before.

When we arrived at Liujia Village, it was only at the end of Youshi (around 6:30).

The workers had finished work two-quarters of an hour ago, and the gate of the stationery factory had been closed, leaving only a small side door for the workers on duty to guard the warehouse.

The convoy has set off again to deliver the second batch of book boxes.

There is no news about Bai Shan's autumn harvest period. Maybe he is too busy and he doesn't know how the pencil box sales are going.

Qin Yao was thinking about things in the factory, and the car slowed down. When she came to the village well, she saw the villagers gathered here, and the village chief was informing everyone about paying the grain tax.

"In a few days, the officials to collect grain will come. In the past two days, each family hastily sent the grain tax to the ancestral hall. I have asked Liu Gong to calculate the grain tax that each family needs to pay. If you have any questions, go to him. Just ask, don’t get the wrong account, and save yourself trouble later.”

After giving these instructions, he caught a glimpse of Qin Yao's mother and her five sons on the bullock cart. The village chief came over, pointed at Dalang and told him:

"Remember to pay extra den tax for your family. Dalang is over ten years old, and he will have to pay 200 den tax every year from now on."

The age limits for this tax vary from dynasty to generation. Some people pay it only when they are twelve years old, some do not pay it until they are fifteen or eighteen years old, but there are also those who are eight or nine years old.

It was earlier in Shengguo, but based on the population, when Dalang turned sixteen, he could go to the government to receive thirty acres of land for farming.

Among them, there are ten acres of mulberry fields, ten acres of grain fields, and ten acres of forest land. Once you receive it, you will start paying taxes.

However, this situation is constantly changing, and the quotas vary from year to year. Often related to population.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the land was vast and sparsely populated, so there was such a high land quota.

In the middle stage of development, this quota will no longer exist.

You can also not receive it. If you don’t receive it, you don’t have to pay taxes, and your family can retain a labor force.

The villagers in Liujia Village didn't accept it, so Liu Fei didn't go to get it. He was scared just thinking about having to cultivate so many acres of land by himself.

Moreover, once you receive the land, you must become an independent household, and future corvee and taxes will be calculated separately. Most people think it is not a good deal.

This is one of the reasons why people in the village avoid family separation.

If someone is separated from the family, they will be looked at with strange eyes by the villagers for a lifetime.

Dalang never thought that he would have to pay Ding tax. He was shocked and felt that he was causing trouble to his family, so he remained silent all the way.

After returning home, they immediately called Erlang, Sanlang and Four Niang into the room and asked Erlang to take out all the pocket money they had saved.

Erlang knew what his eldest brother was thinking. He was usually stingy and he immediately poured out all the coins in the money box.

The copper plate crashed onto the mattress, and Saburo couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Siniang looked at her second brother in surprise and asked curiously: "How much money have we saved?"

Accountant Erlang remembered it clearly and replied: "Three hundred and eighty-one Wen."

"If we hadn't bought so many lanterns when we went to Fucheng last time, we would have saved four hundred coins now." Erlang said regretfully.

The lantern was fun at first, but now he's tired of it. It's just placed on the corner of the table and lit at night. He has to cut the candle into small pieces in advance to put it in. He finds it troublesome and hasn't lit a lantern for a long time.

Now that I think about it, I think it would have been better if I hadn't spent this money before.

Sanlang thought about his trip to Fucheng, and his mentality was completely different from that of his brother. He said: "But if we hadn't bought it, we would still be thinking about it now and thinking about buying something else instead. The money was still spent. Even if we bought the same lantern, it wouldn't be the same." The lanterns are in full bloom in Fucheng."

Siniang nodded in agreement, and the twin brother and sister laughed. They would light up the lights to sleep tonight!

Dalang asked them to stop arguing, picked out two hundred coins, and asked his brothers and sisters for their opinions.

"I want to use this money to pay the Ding tax to Aunt Yao. From now on, Erlang and Sanlang will take it from their pocket money when they become adults. Do you agree?"

Siniang asked curiously: "Brother, don't I pay?"

Dalang shook his head, he didn't know, there seemed to be a head tax or something.

Siniang said she would go to school tomorrow and ask her husband if she also had to pay taxes, then everyone would be even.

If she doesn't use it, ask her brothers to supply it to her.

Erlang looked at her, looking stingy.

Not to be outdone, Si Niang glared back, so stingy!

But now the eldest brother wanted to get the money, so she nodded and agreed.

Erlang Sanlang also agreed, because they will also have to pay in the future.

So, when Qin Yao was struggling with today's dinner in the kitchen, Dalang walked in with the money. Without saying anything, he handed the money to Qin Yao and started working.

Awang was not here, and he knew that the stepmother could not cook a decent dinner by herself, and he did not want to upset the stepmother's stomach, so he had better do it by himself.