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Chapter 7 The Winter of Despair
Afterwards, Yunlin and Yunshan father and son went to the town to transport grain to the town again and again to pay taxes. Because there was no means of transport, they had to carry it on their shoulders. The distance of dozens of miles could only be transported once a day, and each time was about [-] catties. Including the grain that was sold to repay the debt, the whole process took seven days.

After a trip, the soles of the shoes are worn out.

During this period of time, the village would form a long line early in the morning every day to bring food to the town. After all, paying taxes is not a matter for each family. Everyone goes together. It is lively and safe at the same time.

The current social environment is not peaceful. If the food that was used to pay taxes is robbed by bandits and bandits, it will be called crying. After all, the government doesn't care so much, it only depends on whether you have paid enough taxes.

Of course, the government also took actions during this period. After all, taxes are the foundation of the country, and there is no room for loss. The police officers are running all over the place, and the army is always on standby to ensure that taxes can be collected normally.

If anyone dared to jump out at this time to rob taxes and food, they would definitely be suppressed by iron and blood.

The majesty of the dynasty cannot be challenged!

Having said that, the world has never lacked people who are not afraid of death...

Every day when Yunlin and Yunshan left with food and villagers, Jiang Susu would hold Yunjing at the door and stare at their backs for a long time until their figures disappeared from sight.

Yunjing found that at this time, her mother's eyes were extremely complicated. She didn't know whether she was worried about the food that had been planted so hard being taken away by the court, or whether she was worried about the safety and fatigue of her husband and family.

Every day when my father came back, he would go back and forth to see something about the town.

He said that in a certain village, the team that went to pay taxes was robbed by bandits, several people died, and the food was looted. Farmers need to bear the tax and food by themselves. After all, whether the tax is collected or not is related to the career of the official, and he doesn't care if you still have food to pay the tax.

He also said that in a certain village this year, food production was reduced due to water shortages, and those people who could not pay the tax went to the government office to beg for mercy, and the spectators wept.

He also said that some people sold their sons and daughters because they couldn't afford the tax...

Whenever Yunshan was talking about these things, his grandfather Yunlin was always silent on the sidelines, smoking a pipe, cursing the damn world at the end, and then going to busy with other things cursing.

Fortunately, Xiaoxi Village's tax process was relatively calm, and no accidents occurred.

But even so, the food left by the villagers after paying the tax is always not enough to eat, and they have to find ways to fill the food gap in other ways, especially for those families with a small population, life is becoming more and more difficult.

But as long as you are alive, there is always a way.

After the autumn harvest, this year's busy work is almost done, after all, there are no out-of-season crops in this world.

But this does not mean that people will be able to relax, but more busy.

Take the Yunjing family as an example. There was not enough food in the first place, and they lost nearly [-] catties of food due to debt repayments. It was a heavy pressure to survive the harvest next year. Weaving bamboo products day and night to sell in the town in order to subsidize the family, so busy that I don't even have time to talk.

Then there is Jiang Susu. While taking care of Yunjing, she is making pickles, preserved vegetables and other shelf-stable foods every day, which is already preparing for the coming winter.

It's a pity that my family is too poor, and there is no such thing as bacon...

Dad Yun is also preparing for the next winter. He goes out with an ax to chop firewood every day before dawn, and keeps bringing firewood back home. He does this every day. He only does this one thing. cut down.

Not only him, but the fact is that in Xiaoxi Village, the main labor force of every household has devoted themselves to collecting firewood after the autumn harvest.

For firewood, rice, oil and salt, it makes sense that firewood ranks first.

In the words of grandpa Yunlin, winter is hard. For poor peasants, winter is a contest of life and death. If they survive, it will be another spring in the coming year. If they cannot survive, they will have to sleep forever in the cold winter.

In the cold winter that lasts for several months, firewood can be used for heating and cooking. Under the premise of lack of warm clothes, if there is not enough firewood, one can imagine what a cruel scene it will be.

There is a word called snow demon, which was said by grandpa Yunlin, who said that it would come to the world every winter to harvest life, so every year people are frozen to death alive!
The tense and busy preparation days passed quietly, and the cold winter has come quietly before you know it.

Overnight, the cold wind blows from nowhere, blowing off the leaves of the branches, withering the grass, and wrinkling people's hearts.

Lead-colored clouds covered the sky, and snowflakes drifted away, becoming more and more dense, obscuring the world, decorating the world, and covering everything with a layer of white.

For some, winter is so good that it can be praised in a hundred poems.

However, for the poor people, the cold wind is the knife to kill, the white snow is the talisman to urge death, and the solid ice is the despair that freezes everything.

Winter is not nice at all.

How nice it would be if there was no winter in the world...

The thick snow did not know when it quietly covered the world. Looking around, there was a vast expanse of whiteness. The whole world was left in black and white. The snow could sink half of your legs with one kick. Going out became a luxury. Every family can only curl up in the house and endure this sad winter quietly.

The whole world, with the approach of winter, inexplicably fell into a deathly silence.

The Yunjing family is fine. Although there is not enough food, it is still enough to survive this winter. Father Yun has prepared enough firewood, which is enough to ensure that this winter can be spent warmly.

Yun Jing, who is almost one year old, has already started to learn to walk. Every time he takes a step, his family members are nervous and worried, for fear that he will accidentally fall into the fire pit, but every time he takes a step, he can give his family a face Bring a smile of encouragement and anticipation.

The home that should have been dull and silent in winter, finally had a rare smile because of him.

However, the suffering in the world cannot be explained in one word. Not every family can barely eat and not be cold like Yunjing's family. Bad news always comes inadvertently.

In the second month of winter, some houses in the village were crushed by snow. After hearing the news, Yunlin and Yunshan braved the cold wind and thick snow to help.

Fortunately, the person is fine, just suffered a little injury, but the house of that family collapsed, and in this difficult winter, there is not even a place to shelter from the wind. topic of view...

As the house of the first family in the village was crushed by the thick snow, similar things happened occasionally in the next period of time. Every time Yunlin and Yunshan would go to help, but they only did their best to save people. And try to help repair the collapsed house, and there is nothing more that can be done.

Whenever something like this happens, Yunjing, who can barely stand still, will look up at the roof of his house and worry when the adults are not paying attention.

You never know when the roof above your head will come down!

"Hold on, winter will be over soon"

Every time I look up at the cloudscape on the roof, I say this in my heart.

When the news came that someone in the village had been frozen to death, Yunjing's family lost their last trace of smile. No one knew whether such a tragedy would suddenly happen to them...

(End of this chapter)