A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 21
When Bai Xia and the others left, it was around the time of Hai hour at night, and when they reached the mountain in the dark, the fire in the house started to rage.

"It's gone, it's gone"

A loud cry sounded suddenly in the dark night, and shouted around the village.

The villagers lived some distance away, and within 30 meters of Bai Xia's house, there was not even a single family. Following the sound, the villagers woke up one after another.

"It's Widow Lin's house"

"Sanya and Brother Yuan are still at home."

"Quick, put out the fire"

"What help, there is no water"

It's not that there is nothing, but this water is used by everyone, who is willing to use it to put out the fire, and now the fire is so bright that the whole house is on fire, so even if the little water is poured on it, it will be nothing. use.

The following officials woke up the villagers and left quietly. At this moment, seeing that the villagers in the village were just watching from a distance, and no one stepped forward to put out the fire, they couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Create a crime, make a crime"

Mistress Li looked at the raging fire in front of her eyes, and thought of the faces of Bai Xia and Li Xiu Yuan, she couldn't help feeling sad.

It's not all crying for Bai Xia and the others, it's also crying for their own fate.

The weather was dry and dry, so I don't know whether it was an accidental fire, or the two children deliberately set fire to the house because they couldn't pay the food, but in the eyes of these villagers, there was no doubt a bit of sadness.

There is no way out for people in this world.

"Woooooo, Sanya, we have no home, we have no home"

Li Xiuyuan flung himself into Bai Xia's arms, looked at the fire below, and wept uncontrollably, but his heart was filled with shock and uncertainty.

He had felt something was wrong before, but now he finally realized it.

This is not right, this is not right.

He didn't remember that Sanya had ordered the house.

Why is everything different from what he dreamed about.

He was terrified.

But Bai Xia didn't know what he was thinking, and led him to the cave, which was only two or three meters in size, and it was difficult to accommodate two children, and there were a lot of things inside.

"We'll just stay here and not go anywhere, and we'll be fine for a few days"

Yes, Bai Xia didn't intend to really escape at all.

She just wanted to find a place to hide first, and then wait for a few days to go, and then go on for a few more days, and wait until her golden finger awakens before making any plans.

Straw was laid in the cave to avoid the cold air. Li Xiuyuan was tired from crying and soon fell asleep.

The two hid on the mountain and did not dare to light the lamp, for fear of being discovered, Bai Xia practiced martial arts in the dark while Li Xiu Yuan was asleep.

No matter when, a strong force value is the foundation of survival.

It was gradually getting brighter, and the two of Bai Xia hid on the mountain, but they did not forget to observe the movement in the village. Today is the day when the government comes to collect grain.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, a secretary led about twenty officials to Lijia Village. After the officials arrived, they began to visit each house. First, they went to the village head's house. , asked a few sons to carry out the raised grain, the official took the big scale, the scale weighed the weight, wrote down the quantity, and checked the roster. After confirming that it was correct, he ordered the son of the village head's family to carry the grain. Go to the ox cart they pulled and pack it in a sack.

"Father, how will our family live now?" Li Xu couldn't help crying as soon as the officer left.

There is no food at all in the family. This big family, more than a dozen people, has no money and no food. They will starve to death alive.

"There will be a way, there will be a way"

The village chief suddenly aged ten years, and he, who was already over sixty, looked even more dying.

"Big boy, you...you go to your sister's house in the town to see if you can borrow some food"

The village chief never thought of begging his daughter when raising food, but now the big family can't just watch everyone starve to death.

The village chief’s family is considered good, at least they have raised enough food. Other families are not so lucky. I saw Li’s second wife kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to the officials and the secretary: “My lord, our family is really poor. I can’t raise so much food, please, please give me some grace.”

"Yes, my lord, you have pity on us, please forgive me."

Everyone in Li Erpo's family knelt on the ground and begged, but these officials had long been cold-hearted, and they just kicked people aside and shouted: "There is not enough food, so let people make it up!"

"A man in his prime is worth [-] catties of rice. I think you have four sons, which can be worth [-] catties of rice."

Li Erpo and his wife felt stagnant.

"My lord, what did you say?"

"Are you deaf? If your family's food tax is not paid in full, then you can use people to pay for it. A man in his prime can get fifty catties of rice, a woman can get thirty catties of rice, and a child over ten years old can get twenty catties of rice. Jin, for those under ten years old, it can be worth ten catties of rice."

"Your family still owes 210 catties, let's see who to pay for it," the official said indifferently.

Li Erpo and his wife just felt that the sky was going to collapse.

"Officer, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

No matter how poor the family was, they never thought of selling their children, but who knew that the government wanted to arrest their children, how could this be possible.

"Hmph, since you don't want to choose, then we will help you choose."

"Go away" the officer kicked away the couple who were blocking the way, and ordered people to arrest Li Erpo's four sons, and randomly arrested her six-year-old granddaughter, and ordered people to lock them up and leave.

"No, sir, no"

Erpo Li didn't know what they were doing to arrest her son, but she subconsciously felt that it was not a good thing.

Her little granddaughter, who was only six years old, was so frightened that she burst into tears: "Mother, grandma, mother, grandma"

Along the way, there was constant crying, but the second wife Li and his wife were knocked to the ground by the officials. The daughters-in-law were crying and shouting, but there was nothing they could do. Also pulled away together.

There are many situations in the village like that of Li Erpo's family. If there is not enough food, the strong laborers of the family have been taken away, leaving only orphans and widows in one village, and the whole village is full of wailing.

Finally, the grain harvesting team came to the front of Bai Xia's house, and saw that the house had been burned bare, not even a single tile was left, let alone food.

"Remember, the guarding brother came over yesterday to spread the news, saying that this family is a widow with two young children. The widow went back to her mother's house on the day we collected food and disappeared. Both children are under ten years old. , last night a big fire burned it all out, I'm afraid there is no other way for this family's food."

The secretary looked at the burned-out house in front of him, frowned, and counted the number above: "It's still 350 catties short."

"Then how many more people from this village should come out to pay for the food?" the official said, rubbing his hands.

"Forget it, go back and report the truth. If they can't raise the food themselves, it's better to get someone to pay for it. If the other family's food can't be raised, they should be arrested. I'm afraid something will happen. The Li family village is almost done. Let's go back first and return to life"

I also know that I can't push people hard. The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit bites people in a hurry. I'm really in a hurry, I'm afraid it's not going to cause trouble.

Just as I remembered, if they really arrested people from other families to pay the Bai Xia family's grain tax, I'm afraid it would not be so easy to pay the grain harvest today.

　These officials are so inhumane that the villagers in Lijia Village are having a hard time now!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)