The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

The next day.

From a distance, it could be seen that quite a few people had gathered in the drying yard, and there were varying numbers of sacks piled next to each household.

When Su Tang and her family arrived, they happened to see an old man and his family coming out of the drying yard.

"Alas, my family has to hand in several extra bags of grain this year." The old man walked out of the drying yard dragging a few empty sacks in his hands, shaking his head and sighing as he walked.

But there is no way out. As long as the government does not take away all of it, and they are not on the point where they can no longer survive, they will all pay their taxes honestly.

When the other party saw Su Tang's family, he forced a smile on his face. What happened today really made him unhappy. "Doctor Su, you are here. Your family has little land, and I guess there will be even less left after paying the public grain."

The old man was not mocking the Su family. Two men from his family had been working on the Su family's mountain these days. They were capable, so they would not say anything unpleasant.

Besides, the wages of the Su family have not been settled yet. They said that they would be settled together when the work is completed. So for this reason, the families who have done the work will not have any unpleasantness with the Su family before the settlement.

"Ah, who said it wasn't true? I never thought that the tax on public grain would be getting higher and higher."

If Su Tang hadn't made a lot of money recently and bought so much food for the Su family, given Su's father's cowardly character and this special situation, his family's situation wouldn't be much better.

"Then you should go quickly. They are calling the roll. Don't keep the officials waiting." The old man and his family moved aside. Old Man Su nodded and took Su Tang and the others to the drying yard.

"Su Changqing."

"Oh, here they come." It was finally the Su family's turn. Hearing the people inside shouting, Old Man Su responded, and Su Nanxing and the others followed, carrying sacks.

"Why do you have so little land?" The official who came to collect the public grain took a look at the booklet, then looked at Su Tang's family, frowned and asked, "You have a big family, three laborers, why don't you plant more land?"

They collected public grain based on the amount of land they owned. Logically, the Su family shouldn't have planted only a dozen acres of land.

If everyone only planted this little, where would the officials get their money's worth?

So when the official saw the amount of Su family land marked on the booklet, he said this with displeasure.

"Hehe, sir, you don't know that Su Changqing is the village doctor of our village. He doesn't farm. There are only two laborers in his family, so he only cultivates these dozen acres." The village chief explained at the right time.

When officials came to the village to collect public grain, in addition to the head of the village who followed the officials to the village, the head of each village also had to assist.

"Oh, you're a village doctor. Come, take my pulse first." When the official heard that Old Man Su was a village doctor, he put down the book in his hand, sat down at the wooden table for collecting grain, rolled up his sleeves and placed his arms on the table.

But not every village has a village doctor. Although they are all officials, those sent to collect grain are minor officials, and they usually have to bribe their superiors for most of their money.

Most of the money they spend on themselves is for food and drink, so they won't easily spend money on medical treatment.

After all, seeing a doctor and getting medicine is very expensive.

"This..." It's not that Old Man Su didn't want to show it to this person, but at this moment, if he really found out that there was something wrong with this person's body, would this person take the opportunity to make things difficult for him?

"What's wrong? Does the village doctor still not want to see me?" The official's face became even uglier when he saw Old Man Su hesitate.

"No." After saying this, Old Man Su walked forward and put his hand on his pulse.

"Well, your Excellency is in good health." After a few breaths, Old Man Su withdrew his hand and agreed with a smile.

"Hahaha, it seems that your medical skills as a village doctor are not that good. I've seen one in the capital, and the doctors there are..." The official seemed to have remembered what he had said and immediately stopped talking.

However, his expression turned into contempt when he looked at Old Man Su. In his opinion, Old Man Su was just a fake doctor who was fooling people.

Most of these officials were in poor health and sometimes were unable to do what they wanted. He had seen several doctors in the city before, and their opinions were different from those of Old Man Su.

"Pour the grain in." The official pointed to a measuring tool nearby and signaled the Su family to pour the grain themselves.

Su Nanxing picked up his own grain bag and began to pour the grain into the measuring vessel. After a while, the measuring vessel was full.

Seeing this, Su Nanxing immediately withdrew his hand and put the remaining food in the bag aside.

The official took a look, stood up, walked to the measuring tool, raised his leg and kicked it hard.

As a huge crash sounded, the grain that had just been sticking out sank a lot in an instant.

There was also a clattering sound coming from under the measuring tool.

The quantity was problematic. It was Su Tang's first time to see the collection of public grain in ancient times.

Sure enough, this measuring tool is the same as the one in the TV series.

There must be a space inside the measuring tool. When the official kicked it just now, some of the grain leaked into the space below.

Looking at the reactions of the surrounding villagers, those people had no other expressions except helplessness on their faces.

"It's not even full yet, keep pouring." The official pointed at the measuring tool and said to Su Nanxing.

Su Nanxing had no choice but to pick up the grain bags and continue dumping them.

The official kicked the measuring tool a few more times, causing the square measuring tool to shake a few times.

In the end, the food the Su family brought was not enough, so Su Baichuan and his friends had to go back and bring a few more bags.

The Su family finally paid their taxes. After watching the officials cross out their names from the register, the Su family walked out of the drying yard with their empty bags.

"Liu San." After a while, the official inside called out a name again.

Old Man Su and the others had no intention of gathering there to watch the fun.

The Su family returned to the Su home with their empty sacks.

Sun was sweeping the yard with a broom at the moment. Seeing the family coming back, she hurried over to them and asked, "Have you paid enough?"

"Well, that's enough." Su Nanxing replied and put the empty sack in his hand back into the storage room in the backyard.

Old Man Su walked to the wooden chair at the door of the main house and sat down. Zhang brought a bowl of water from the kitchen and handed it to him.

Su Tang finally understood today. No wonder the villagers reacted so strongly when the village head's wife said that the grain tax would be increased.

With the way these officials exploited the villagers, the amount of grain they paid in public grain was not a little bit more.

What leaked out of the measuring tool was calculated according to the ratio of tax to grain, so there was really not much food left for the villagers.

"Dad, the work in our valley is almost done. Let them go up the mountain in the next few days and make the door at the entrance of the valley. We can do the rest next year."

Father Su nodded and agreed, "Then I will ask the village chief to calculate everyone's wages, and we will also prepare the silver later."

Because the Su family had to pay the villagers in cash, they had to prepare a lot of copper coins.

The Su family doesn't usually have so many copper coins, so they have to prepare them in advance.

Su Tang agreed, as she also wanted to go into the city to find out if there was any disaster or other major event happening anywhere.

If this is a problem, she will also need to stock up on supplies in advance.

The little bit of food she had bought before could not guarantee that the Su family could live without worries.

Besides, it’s time to deal with the person in her space.