Rise From the Humble

At this time, the people in Xiahe Village had just finished breakfast, and the newly rising sun showed its red face, coating Xiahe Village with layers of golden halo.

"Mom, please have some porridge." Dachuan's daughter-in-law Juan'er looked at her mother Chen with concern at the dinner table, holding a bowl of cooked rice porridge with nourishing dried dates and other ingredients in it.

Chen shook her head with a haggard face.

"Mom, I dreamed about Dachuan last night, and Dachuan told me that I found my second brother." Dachuan's daughter-in-law Juaner put the porridge in front of her mother Chen and said in a chatting tone.

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up at first, then dimmed, and her eyes became moist again. "Dreams are all opposite, my pig."

Many people have this idea, that dreams are the opposite, that is, reverse dreams. This has no scientific basis at all, but many people have this idea to some extent, and Chen is no exception. Dreams are always the opposite. If you say you have found him, you have not found him. When the eldest daughter-in-law said that she dreamed that her eldest son had found her younger son, she became even more worried.

This is also because caring leads to chaos.

Seeing Mrs. Chen's sad look, Father Zhu came over to comfort her, "I had a dream too, and I dreamed that Dachuan hadn't found the pig yet."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she immediately glared at Father Zhu hard, her face full of anger. Without saying anything, she stretched out her hand and pinched Father Zhu's arm hard. Tears of anger came out, "You are so heartless, you know how? Can't speak!"

Zhu's father apologized repeatedly. He had just seen his eldest daughter-in-law saying that Dachuan had found the pig. Chen said that the dream was the opposite, and he was worried. So Zhu's father thought, "I said that I didn't find the pig in the dream, and the dream was the opposite." Wouldn't it be true that the pig has been found, so Chen doesn't have to feel sad.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. I think Father Zhu must understand this truth at this moment.

While Zhu Ping'an's family was trying to coax Mrs. Chen to drink porridge, they heard someone hurriedly running in from the gate.

"The Shouyi family is from the county government. Someone from the county government is here." A villager came in hurriedly and said.

Someone from the county government?

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt happy, stood up, and asked anxiously, "Has the government found my piggy?"

"No." The villagers scratched their heads and couldn't bear to break Chen's fantasy. But everyone had arrived at the village, but they had to remind them, "They said they were measuring the land at the entrance of the village. There were several people, and the leader was Mr. Li Ertou, the household secretary in the county government office, had seen him in the county government office and recognized him."

"What's the land measurement? Our family's land has been registered with the county government and we have received the land deed." Zhu's father walked out of the door.

"Second brother, then I don't know." The villager shook his head, and then reminded anxiously, "But there are many government officials out there carrying paper, pens and rulers. Go and have a look. "

In ancient times, the hierarchical system was strict, and the idea of ​​officialdom was deeply rooted. The household secretary was just a clerk in the county government house, a low-ranking official. However, in the eyes of the ancient villagers, he was a great official, responsible for collecting taxes, collecting taxes, and collecting taxes for the entire county. When it comes to paying grain and taxes, he is a county government official and has many government servants under his command.

In ancient times, although the county magistrate was responsible, after all, the magistrate was only one person and had no skills at all. The people who really worked in the county government were the six-room subordinate staff. They actually assumed the rights and responsibilities of the government office. The county magistrate is not in charge. In the eyes of the common people, the six subordinate officials are all big shots with real power.

People from the county government are still measuring the land. This is not a small matter, so the villagers felt that the matter was serious when they saw it, so they rushed over to report to the Zhu family. Now there are many people on the ground watching Woolen cloth.

Land is the foundation for the ancients to settle down and live a life. After being reminded by the villagers, Zhu's father and others had to pay attention to it.

The family, following the villagers, walked to the field in front of the village.

Not long after he walked out of the door, he met Mr. Zhu and others who had come from the Zhu family's old house after hearing the news. Of course, his uncle Zhu Shouren was also there.

Mr. Zhu and the others, like Father Zhu, also had expressions of astonishment on their faces. They were shocked by the sudden news that someone from the county government came to measure the land, but uncle Zhu Shouren showed the psychological quality of a scholar beyond ordinary people, and took it calmly. , quite a kind of courage to remain unmoved despite the wind and rain, as if I had known about this for a long time, and I was not surprised at all.

"Shou Yi, what's going on? Why do I hear someone from the county government is coming?" Mr. Zhu asked worriedly.

"Dad, I don't know either, it's just to measure the land." Father Zhu shook his head.

"This measurement of land is a matter of the household. Could it be that the official of the household came here, and this household is mainly responsible for paying the grain and taxes?" the uncle Zhu Shouren said in a melodious manner while walking with his hands behind his back, stroking his beard under his chin.

Pay food and tax? When Mr. Zhu heard this, his expression became heavy.

When they got to the ground, they found that many villagers had surrounded Zhu Ping'an's house. When the villagers saw the Zhu family coming, they all said hello and made way for the Zhu family to come forward.

When I walked in, I found that there were four government servants and a household secretary wearing a blue official uniform on the ground of Zhu's house.

At this moment, Hu Shu was instructing the yamen servant to measure the land. The yamen servant was pushing a wheelbarrow with a wooden bucket on it. Inside the wooden bucket was a rope like a spinning wheel. The yamen servant took the rope out of the cart and stuck it in the soil. One person stood there and was responsible for counting, while the other two people led them to the end of the field and kept walking in.

"Are you the perpetrator?" Hu Shu, who was wearing a blue official uniform, asked when he saw Father Zhu and the others walking over the crowd, nodding his chin and looking at Father Zhu and the others.

"I wonder why you measure the land?" Zhu's father walked forward and asked.

"By order of the magistrate, I am here to measure your family's land as a basis for paying taxes." Hu Shu clasped his fists in the direction of the county government and said in an official tone.

pay taxes? The people in Xiahe Village who were watching talked for a while, Zhu Ping'an was the number one scholar and he was already an official, so why did he still pay taxes? Didn't you say that you don't have to pay taxes when you become an official?

After listening to the discussions among the people in Xiahe Village around him, Hu Shu stroked his beard and said calmly, "Of course, Mr. Zhu didn't have to pay taxes when he was here, but now that Mr. Zhu is gone, this tax is unavoidable."

People left for tea. Not long ago, the county government often went to Zhu Ping'an's house to deliver things and congratulate him. Now Ping'an Lang has just had an accident. In just a few days, the county government has jumped out to ask for taxes. Yes, hey.

"Who said my son is gone!" Mrs. Chen was furious when she heard this. She stepped forward with gnashing teeth and wanted to scratch this man into shreds. She even said one after another that my son was gone.

"Who are you, a village woman?" Hu Shu sneered.

"Who are you? Your county magistrate has to salute me when he sees me." Mrs. Chen didn't look good at all.

"She's from the second family." Mr. Zhu saw that Mrs. Chen was so rude and was worried that he would make the elder of the county government angry. He couldn't help but stepped forward and lectured Mr. Chen, and then apologized to the household secretary, "She is a woman. Be sensible, sir, don't be as knowledgeable as her."

"forget about it."

Hu Shu said and glanced at Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu looked at Hu Shu and couldn't help but shrink his neck. Mr. Zhu had the courage to step forward just now. He was worried that something would happen to the second son's family and the Zhu family would be implicated. Now that he would meet the official's eyes, his courage would have disappeared long ago.