How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

Chapter 46 Poll Tax and Pawn Wife
There are many things in spring.

After Chen Yixuan had breakfast early in the morning, he took his first three sons, Chen Yixing, Wang Jihe and his two sons out of the house.

Seeing that they all went out to work, Chen Feiyan took the fourth and fifth oldest children in the family, as well as the youngest daughter, to learn embroidery bit by bit from Wang Yingying.

Learn to play various traps.

Chen Feiyan studied seriously with Wang Yingying for two days, and she was able to hit all 18 types of knots that Wang Yingying mastered.

Seeing that Chen Feiyan, a younger sibling, learned quickly, Wang Yingying taught quickly.

This morning, as soon as Chen Yixuan and his men went out, Wang Yingying said to Chen Feiyan mysteriously: "Brother and sister, I know you are smart. You can do these 18 kinds of knots, then I will teach you how to do the best one now." The simple and most practical round fan.”

"I learned the art of making round fans by paying a large amount of tuition to a weaver in Suzhou."

Chen Feiyan has seen Wang Yingying's true ability in the past few days.

She can read and write, compose poetry, weave and embroider, and tie knots. Now she also said that she can make round fans...

For a woman as capable as she is, Chen Feiyan sometimes has to admit that she does have something to be proud of.

There was just one thing she didn't understand.

Since she is so capable, why would her family take refuge in hers?
She felt that with these skills, it was impossible for her family to be in such a miserable state, right?

Really unable to figure it out, Chen Feiyan asked Wang Yingying what was in her heart while learning her skills.

After Wang Yingying heard this, she suddenly stopped teaching her how to make a round fan.

She let out a long sigh and said, "Brothers and sisters, to tell you the truth, our family is really in trouble right now!"

"I am a woman, and I still have no power to protect me. If I go to the county embroidery workshop to work as an embroiderer, the boss there will force me to sign a life-long work contract with them. By then, my life and death will not be up to me. I The head of the house is aware of this and is determined not to let me enter the embroidery workshop."

"If you don't succeed as an embroiderer, you can also make knots or make round fans. Why don't you go to the county town and sell them for money?" Chen Feiyan said in surprise.

Wang Yingying shook her head.

"It's impossible. We all need capital to do business. At least a foot-long silk thread is needed to tie the knot. This silk thread is too expensive. It's twenty cents a piece. It only costs 21 cents when sold. That is. He said, "We have worked so hard, but each of us only earns a penny. What's more, some shopkeepers like to set traps for embroiderers like us. After we spent money to buy silk threads to make embroidery, they all I won’t accept it. These things are worn by rich people themselves, and we ordinary people can’t use them.”

Chen Feiyan couldn't help but say what she felt when she heard that she could only earn a penny by making a lot of money.

"This thing only earns a penny? Isn't it similar to the straw sandals I make? The grass I use at home doesn't cost anything!"

Wang Yingying listened and nodded heavily.

"I also think that the money you make from getting a leg is not as much as the money you make from selling straw sandals."

"Even if you make a round fan, you may not earn as much as you do."

After hearing this, Chen Feiyan said bluntly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry about whether I earn more or not! Just teach me how to make a round fan now, okay?"

Seeing that she wanted to learn, Wang Yingying thought of the pork belly she had just eaten this morning. After subconsciously swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Wang Yingying told her seriously.

"The round fan that I can make is actually a kind of silk fan that is made the same way. If we don't have silk at home, we can also sew the ends of rags into the surface bit by bit to make a cloth fan."

"Uanfan can be divided into three types. Large, small, and medium."

"Generally speaking, making a round fan requires some key processes. Such as assembling rings, pasting, painting, edging, drilling holes in the handle, drilling the handle, threading knots, and tassels. Each process sounds a bit difficult, but in fact, as long as Once we get started, it will become easier.”

Hearing what she said, Chen Feiyan nodded.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will study hard."

Wang Yingying saw that she really wanted to learn, so she had to teach her step by step how to make the fan handle first.

Then he took out the fixing wire, cut it, pinched it into shape, and put it into the fan handle.after,……

Just when they were sitting on the kang, twirling their fingers and using the few things they had to actually make a round fan with a rough texture, they suddenly heard more than a dozen miserable screams.It looked like someone was hitting someone.

"what happened?"

Wang Yingying suddenly covered her trembling chest and asked with a pale face.

After Chen Feiyan shook her head, she immediately got off the bed.After putting on her shoes, she ran to the door.

Through a small wormhole in the wooden door, he secretly observed the outside.

Chen Feiyan became worried and anxious when she saw more than ten naked women with hair like chicken coops being chased by a group of men.

"Sister-in-law, come and take a look!"

Wang Yingying heard the noise and quickly got off the kang.Go to the wooden door wormhole and peek out.She also saw more than ten women being chased by a group of men, and she suddenly became nervous and frightened.

"Brothers and sisters, what are the people outside doing?"

Chen Feiyan shook her head: "I don't know either!"

"Anyway, if they knock on our door later, we will pretend we didn't hear them and we won't make any sound!"

Wang Yingying nodded heavily.

Just when they were hiding in the thatched hut and feeling scared, Chen Yixuan and his group of six people, who had been busy outside for a day, all came back at this time.

When they came back, they brought the village chief and several other clan elders with them.

"Shuanzi, it's not that I, as an elder, am deliberately making things difficult for you. Look at your sons, all of them are just like you. They are tall and strong. They are already over five feet long, right? So tall. Baby, if you let the tax collectors from the county town see you, they can’t escape the head tax.”

Chen Yixuan nodded in agreement. "They really can't escape. Don't worry, I won't miss a single cent of this year's poll tax."

After entering the thatched house, Chen Yixuan asked Chen Feiyan for money.

Chen Feiyan took a deep breath, took out the 95 yuan for the head tax that she had prepared in advance, and handed it over to Chen Yixuan.

A bunch of copper coins tied with a thin straw rope is quite heavy.

In front of the village chief and several other clan elders, Chen Yixuan counted them one by one and found that there were no more than 95 coins, so he handed them all to the village chief Chen Qiliang.

After Chen Qiliang received Chen Yixuan's money, he suddenly asked him: "Shuanzi, have you almost sold off your family's ancestral property?"

Chen Yixuan nodded: "It has been sold out a long time ago. Now there are only two acres of land and one house left."

Chen Qiliang stretched out his hand, pointed at his nose and said, "Then you are still lucky."

After saying that, he pointed to the dozen or so half-dressed women who were being driven by a group of men in front of him.

"Did you see that? Those who can't afford the poll tax are forced to go around pawning their wives again."

"A few bachelors came to me from the mountains a while ago, carrying a few goats on their backs, and asked to rent a woman from our village. I agreed. I made an agreement with them. If you rent a wife, you have to give us a goat for one year. Whose wife dies in the mountains and can still get compensation from three sheep? Shuanzi, tell me the truth, do you and your brother have any ideas about renting out your wife to make a lot of money?"

From the corner of his eye, Chen Yixuan caught a glimpse of his wife's face, which turned livid. He quickly shook his head and refused.

"No, no, no, even if our family can't survive, we still can't do such a thing."

After saying that, he quickly walked to Chen Feiyan.

When Chen Qiliang saw Chen Yixuan lowering his head and bending his waist and whispering something to his wife, he snorted coldly and cursed a few words in his heart.

"Why are you so worthless?! A big man still wants to look at a woman's face? He is simply a loser..."

(End of this chapter)