Exiled after the marriage? My elder sister sent me to the throne!

Because of the wedding of the Emperor and Empress, Jiang Qiu lost twenty-five taels of silver for no reason, and he couldn't help cursing.

Other common people are also cursing!

According to common sense, the wedding of the emperor and empress would lead to a general amnesty, and all common people would become civilians. This is a good opportunity that only comes once in at least a dozen years, but this time, the opposite happened!

Increase taxes and impose corvee labor!

Merchants and civilians are also cursing!

Life was already difficult enough, with everyone struggling to make ends meet. Every time they raised taxes, they not only raised taxes on that layer of tax, but also gave more benefits to the superiors, saying that merchants were actually no different from ordinary people, and that their descendants would not be able to participate in the imperial examinations. What on earth were they trying to achieve?!

But some merchants can still hold on, but ordinary people are really about to collapse. Normally, they pay four to six to the landlords, but now that taxes have been increased, they are really letting them die!

Huotou Village.

The village chief smoked a pipe with his brows tightly furrowed, feeling as if a huge stone was pressing down on his back. This was the village where he grew up. In the impoverished Qiongzhou, it was already difficult to live a good life, and every year brought an extra layer of pressure to ordinary people like them!

"Village chief, please stop smoking and think of a solution for us."

"Yes, my son is already 26 years old, and he doesn't dare to get married. I originally thought that we would tighten our belts and save money over the years, and marry him off when he is 30 years old. But looking at the current situation, we might as well just kill ourselves, so that the child won't suffer when he is born!"

"I don't like them. I want to sell all my children now. At least they can survive with those masters and ladies. But with my useless father, they will just starve to death!"

……

The landlord has six and they have four.

This is the limit!

Now that taxes have been added, it is impossible for the landlords to make less money, so the only ones who are being exploited are the common people. From 40% of the grain to 35%, it seems that it is not so bad to lose half a percent, but only those who live by counting rice grains know how terrible it is to lose 5 kilograms of grain out of 100 kilograms! !

The village chief sighed and said, "This is a policy issued by the imperial court. I am just a village chief. My ideas cannot reach the heavens."

"Then what should we do?"

Now they are in a very difficult situation. If they stay where they are, they will have to watch their lives getting worse day by day and their children getting thinner and thinner until they are childless. But if they leave, they may be targeted by many thieves and be killed by them before they can reach the land of fish and rice that they long for.

Just when they were worried, Ni Yihui's family bought a lot of things, including iron pots, narrow steamers, and food!

When the villagers of Hutou Village saw this scene, their eyes were red. They were worried about the future, but today Ni Yihui's family was exempted from corvee labor, and their lives are getting better and better.

"Miss Ni, has your family hit the jackpot? You have so much money. Did you earn it now or save it in the past?"

A group of villagers stared at Ni Yihui with malicious intent.

Those eyes with green light were like vicious wolves staring at their prey!

Ni Yihui was frightened and trembled. She forced herself to smile and said, "All our money was spent on corvée labor. I used the remaining money to start a small business. You should know that Jialemen is now famous throughout Qiongzhou. I am Jialemen's disciple. I have some cooking skills, so I plan to make some money."

The people of Hutou Village knew about Jialemen, and Miss Jiang must have left from their village.

Who would have known that a young lady could have such great power that everyone was talking about Jialemen for a long time, as well as her rice rolls and signature dish.

Every time someone entered the city gate, they could see the bright sign. Even illiterate people could see the pattern to clue them in to what the words were. Over time, many illiterate people recognized the three words "Jialemen".

"How do we enter the Jiale Gate?"

"You need to pay twenty-five taels of silver," said Ni Yihui.

When everyone heard this, they immediately gave up the idea.

Ni Yihui also sighed: "Don't look at how many things I bought. I still owe money to my master. I haven't paid the tuition in full."

When the villagers heard that she still owed foreign debts, they felt better and continued to worry about their lives.

Ni Yihui breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Houlin had a gloomy look on his face. He used to be an honest official who cared about the people, but now, because of the word "filial piety", he had to watch his wife being beaten and even persuaded his wife to copy their benefactor, Miss Jiang, in order to sell rice rolls.

With the wolves!

Harming the benefactor!

He deserves to die!!

The last time when he had a conflict with Miss Jiang, Miss Jiang ruthlessly drove them out of the house. Although Li Houlin felt a little resentful, he also knew the character of his second brother's family. After two days, he put aside his resentment.

Good or bad.

He can still tell the difference.

If it weren't for Miss Jiang, they would be in the coal mine now, or they might have died on the way.

But in order to avoid performing corvée labor, his parents agreed to Dong Shusheng's request and destroyed Jiang Qiu!

Li Houlin wished he could kill himself by banging his head against the wall. In less than a year, he became the person he once despised the most!

Ungrateful.

Treacherous villain!

"Husband, let's just work hard." Ni Yihui's eyes were a little numb. She originally thought that her parents-in-law were gentle and kind people, but she only realized that when something happened.

It's just a wolf in human skin.

After returning home, Li Houlin took Ni Yihui back to the house, grabbed her hand and said, "Hui Niang, let's go to the river to commit suicide together at night. With you and the children accompanying me on the road to the underworld, I won't be alone. We should act according to our conscience. Miss Jiang is such a good person, we can't harm her!"

There was a struggle in Ni Yihui's eyes.

At this moment, the child suddenly knocked on the door outside.

"Mom and Dad, I'm hungry. When can I eat?"

Ni Yihui's tears kept flowing down her cheeks. She squatted on the ground with her hands covering her mouth. She didn't want to do such a disgusting thing, but she had to live on. Her child...

If her death could allow her child to grow up healthy, Ni Yihui would die without hesitation. But she couldn't bear to let her child die. She was still so young and hadn't even had a few days of good health.

"Hui Niang, don't do evil, no matter how small it is!" Li Houlin has been an official and has witnessed the corruption of many people's hearts, often in a moment. They were not bad in their original nature, but were pushed to that level step by step by Shiqi, so they just wanted to do it once.

After getting through this disaster, I will never do such a heartless thing again. But often it only takes one step, and what awaits is the abyss.

Once that gate is opened.

It can't be closed anymore.