Marrying a village tyrant husband with space, being spoiled by the in-laws

When the three people from the Zheng family heard the footsteps, they knew someone was coming and they immediately shrank back in fear.

As the door was pushed open, Li Jiaojiao walked in holding a porcelain basin.

Zheng Wangshi was delighted, thinking that he was here to let them go.

"Jiaojiao, my good daughter-in-law. You have beaten me and scolded me. It is time to calm down. We still have to live our lives."

"Just let us go. I was wrong before, and I know I was wrong. From now on, I will definitely treat you like my own daughter."

"Bah, you are shameless. I feel sick when I see you, an old woman. Why didn't you say this when you forced me to drink talisman water, incense ash water, and coptis water? Why didn't you say this when you beat me, scolded me, made me work, and didn't let me eat enough?"

Li Jiaojiao now felt sick listening to the old woman's words and stuffed the porcelain basin into Zheng Wangshi's mouth.

"Things change. Today I will let you have a taste of the suffering I have endured before."

"No, I don't want to drink. What are you giving me to drink? Are you trying to poison me?"

Zheng Wang gritted her teeth and struggled desperately.

"It's just wood ash water, similar to talisman water. Didn't you say that at the beginning? Just pinch your nose and drink it. What taste can it have? Now you should experience it for yourself!"

Li Jiaojiao raised her hand with a cold face and pinched her chin. Now she had no choice but to drink or not.

"I advise you to cooperate. There is plenty of wood ash water. If you can't fill this basin, there is another one. I have plenty of time and patience. If you drink it well, then this is the one. If you don't drink it well, I will fill ten or eight basins every day."

There was always a mocking smile on Li Jiaojiao's face.

"You, you vicious woman, how could you treat my mother like this? She is my elder. You should be thrown into the pig cage for being disobedient and unfilial!"

Zheng Wenjie was in a miserable state at this moment. He no longer had the elegant demeanor he used to have. His eyes were red and he looked as vicious as a mad dog.

"You're dragging me to the pig cage. How dare you say such disobedient and unfilial words?"

Li Jiaojiao raised her hand and slapped Zheng Wenjie twice on the face without any hesitation.

"I see you're still not quite sober now, so I'll help you wake up. Your mother is such a vicious old woman, what kind of elder is she? In my eyes, she's not even as good as a dog now!"

"I've already been merciful by not killing your family of three. Stop barking like a mad dog here. You have to drink this wood ash water, and you should drink more!"

After filling a large porcelain basin with wood ash water, Zheng Wangshi brought another basin, which was for Zheng Wenjie.

Of course, Zheng Yue'er also had some, and she couldn't favor one over the other. When she first drank, the whole family acted as if it had nothing to do with them. She still remembers it vividly.

Li Jiaojiao had nothing to do all morning, except beating up three guys and feeding them wood ash water, which was not very satisfying.

Today was the day to deliver the goods to the Zhu family. Yu Suihuan and Li Chengjin loaded all the cans into the car and prepared to go to the town to deliver the goods while the sun was not so scorching in the morning.

When the two men arrived at the city gate, for the first time today, no one was collecting money. There were also a lot of people entering the city, some driving ox carts, donkey carts, mule carts, and some were pulled by people.

The uniform vehicles were loaded with food in sacks.

"We've just harvested the grain and are we starting to pay the grain tax?"

What Yu Suihuan saw was a group of thin and poorly clothed people, pulling the crops they had grown with great effort, moving forward with helplessness and numbness on their faces.

"I heard that the grain tax has increased by half this year. After delivering the goods to the Zhu family, we will go to the grain collection station to see how the grain is collected this year."

Li Chengjin's face was heavy, and he had already thought of a very bad ending.

When the two men drove the donkey cart to the gate of Zhu's mansion, they saw dozens of horse-drawn carriages parked at the gate. Servants from the mansion were coming in and out, loading things onto the carriages.

Cao Xu was still directing from the side.

"Slow down, these are all Madam's favorite porcelains, don't break them."

"Uncle Cao, we have delivered the goods as agreed."

Li Chengjin walked forward and bowed slightly.

"So it's you, young man. Just load the honey-juiced apricots and other things onto that carriage. I'll pay you the rest of the money after you've finished loading them."

"Well, let's move to the carriage."

The two people carefully moved all the cans over, and finally there were two cans left.

Li Chengjin handed the remaining wild cherries and wild peaches to Cao Xu.

"We made two new flavors this time. Uncle Cao, please try them and give me some advice. Excuse me, is the Zhu family moving?"

These two cans were originally filled with extras that he was going to give to Manager Cao. Only by currying favor with this man would he be able to do business in the future.

Cao Xu thought about it, with a trace of struggle on his face, he pulled Li Chengjin aside, looked around, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Recently, the entire Yuzhou has been in turmoil, all because King Liang wants to go to war, and all kinds of taxes are getting higher day by day. In particular, the grain tax has doubled. Before, the people could barely get enough to eat, but if they pay the grain tax, many families will starve to death."

"It's hard to tell right now. As winter approaches, the weather gets colder and colder, and people don't have enough food to eat, chaos will happen sooner or later. In order to win this war, King Liang will recruit soldiers on a large scale sooner or later. A young and strong man like you will definitely go to the front line. Young man, if you have the conditions, you might as well leave Yuzhou and find another way to make a living."

"I just think you and I are compatible and smart, so I'm kindly reminding you. Whether you listen or not is up to you."

Cao Xu felt that he had done his best and said everything he needed to say. As for what others did, it was none of his business.

"Thank you, Uncle Cao, for your advice. I will explain it to my parents when I get back. Uncle Cao, where are you going?"

Rich people are well-informed, look where they are going.

"My aunt married to the Qingtai Prefecture in Dongzhou, and my uncle is an official there. Now my master is taking his wife and the whole family to Dongzhou to join my aunt, which is the territory of King Yu."

"I heard that the various taxes there are extremely low, and that wasteland that is reclaimed for crop cultivation is exempt from taxes for three years. In short, King Yu is a good prince who loves his people like his own children. He is much better than our King Liang in Yuzhou."

Li Chengjin clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Cao Xu.

"I will never forget such a great favor, Uncle Cao. We will meet again in the future if we are lucky enough."

After getting the remaining six taels of silver, the two drove their donkey carts directly to the grain collection station. There was a long queue there, with dozens of officers and soldiers standing on both sides in the front, with swords on their waists.

"You old woman, who are you trying to fool by bringing this little bit of food here?!"

The soldier in charge of weighing grain kicked an elderly woman to the ground.