Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Xu Huaixiao gulped down a mouthful of soup before waving his hand at his wife, "Don't listen to that nonsense! It's all because of a rumor spread by my aunt about the rain that fell on Shiliang Mountain when Siyu was born, which alleviated the drought that year. She said Siyu's destiny is full of water and brings wealth!"

After saying that, Xu Huaixiao took another sip of mung bean soup.

Compared to the man's disbelief, Li Liu'er thought about the changes in her uncle's family over the past six months and said, "Ke Siyu really does bring wealth!"

Seeing his wife also starting to talk nonsense, Xu Huaixiao asked her, "That year, that month, more than one baby was born in the three villages of Shiliang Mountain. How come she was the one who brought water and wealth? My father said that my aunt was afraid Siyu would be bullied, so she made it up. If giving birth to a baby brings wealth, then why don't you send me some food first, this one in your belly?"

As the man spoke, he twisted Li Liuer's waist with his dirty hands.

Li Liu'er's face flushed red, and she pushed him back, "Are you looking for death? Big Brother is still here."

Xu Huaixiao looked at the big brother working like an old ox in the field and his own land which was still mostly unwatered, shook his head, and in his heart wanted to call Xu Siyu back to try?

Xu Siyu is very relaxed at this moment.

She only needs to pretend to be busy for a few days in ten days, and the rest of the days she can just lie down.

Since there were people living in the courtyard, she thought it would be more difficult to cheat, but Xu Wangshi always found various excuses to keep Xu Nianyue in her room when someone came to pick up the goods, so that Xu Siyu's secrets were never revealed.

Hey.

There are only three people in the family, so there is less work to do.

Xu Nianyue inherited her parents' hardworking genes and managed everything neatly.

Even if I only have to cook three meals a day, it's still more leisurely than living in Xinshan Village.

This person who had never been idle was now bored to death. He had already raised chickens and planted a small vegetable garden. Finally, he had nothing to do, so he looked at Xu Siyu.

Xu Siyu was numb from being stared at, so she was reminded that she could continue making down quilts and down vests, and when the market came, she could try to set up a stall at her doorstep to sell them.

When Xu Nianyue heard her aunt's suggestion, her eyes lit up and she started working without a moment's rest.

Xu Siyu asked Xu Huaishan to make a wooden stick for Xu Wangshi. Now that Xu Wangshi could stand up, she could stroll around the yard when she had nothing to do, and she no longer needed Xu Siyu and Xu Nianyue to support her.

When Xu Siyu was not pretending to be busy, she would keep an eye on Xu Wangshi's activities. Every day, after breakfast, she would wait for lunch, and after lunch, she would wait for dinner.

There were three people in the yard, one was lying down to rest, one was diligently threading a needle, and another was exercising. Each of them was doing his own thing, but they complemented each other.

One day, when the family was setting up the table in the yard and preparing to eat, there was a knock on the door.

Xu Nianyue looked at Xu Siyu and nodded, then ran over to open the door.

"Aunt, Young Master Lin is here." Xu Nianyue followed what Xu Wangshi had said. When there were outsiders, they both stayed in the house and did not go out, so as not to embarrass Xu Siyu. She quickly walked to Xu Wangshi and helped her into the room.

Why did Lin Yiqing look for her at night?

Xu Siyu was thinking about the situation while going outside to greet someone.

"You're here to eat at this time?"

"You won't be able to eat anymore!" Lin Yiqing didn't respond to Xu Siyu's teasing, but looked at Xu Siyu with hesitation.

"What's with that expression on your face? If you have something to say, just say it." She didn't know if she was being overly suspicious, but she always felt that there was something more in Lin Yiqing's eyes when he looked at him than before.

"The locust plague in the north has wiped out every grain harvest, and the imperial court has ordered the southwest to increase its autumn grain collection. This autumn, the tax must be double the usual amount."

"Are you kidding? That means all the land will be taken away and no one will be able to survive." Xu Siyu spoke frankly and said things that she shouldn't have said.

During the Dali Dynasty, land taxes were collected in two seasons: money in the summer and grain in the autumn. The land tax in the autumn grain tax was not high, but when combined with the capitation tax, one mu of land had to pay almost one stone of grain.

Farmers like the Xu family never have enough left to eat after handing in the autumn harvest. They either have to exchange the new grain for old grains, or add wild vegetables and eat only half full at each meal.

In addition, they also had to deal with corvee labor and various unknown exorbitant taxes.

Is the Dali Dynasty going to be destroyed?

There are wars and locust plagues every year, and there are reasons to increase taxes every year.

"How could I joke about the imperial decree?" The news about the Lin family was all first-hand information from the Qing Mansion. Lin Yiqing would come to inform her as soon as he had any news.

This girl sometimes doesn't take the world seriously enough. She is capable and unruly, but that's also a problem.

"You have to prepare early. The price of food in my shop will increase by 20% tomorrow. If you need it, I'll have someone save some for you."

No need, I have it, Xu Siyu thought to herself.

"You came here just to give me a message?"

Lin Yiqing: ...

This is a bit embarrassing. It seems that he really doesn't need to come in person to deliver the message.

He hasn't seen the person for a long time since they last parted at Nan's house. He wonders how the person is doing.

"The Hu family has disbanded. Mr. Hu was sentenced to ten years in prison, while the kidnappers and the madam of Nuanxiang Pavilion were sentenced to death. They are awaiting review by the Ministry of Justice."

"Oh, I know. There's a notice in town."

"Okay, I'll go home first. I won't delay your meal."

"okay."

……

If you say you want to leave but stay put and don't leave, the embarrassment is not for one person, but for two people.

Xu Siyu suddenly tilted her head and said shamelessly, "If you can think of the food shortage and save food, can't you send some to my family? Master Lin, do you still need this little money for food?"

Xu Siyu was joking with him, and Lin Yiqing relaxed a little: "You've earned so much money from me, but you rarely spend it in my grain shop. Shouldn't I take this opportunity to earn some from you?"

"That's gonna disappoint you!"

Yes, Xu Siyu has a secret source.

"That rice, no." Lin Yiqing said seriously.

"It's not rice, it's stale millet." It wasn't until Xu Nianyue was feeding chickens in the yard in town that Xu Siyu searched for chicken feed on Pinduoduo and found many stale millet sales pages.

"Okay, Chen Gu will add another 30%." Lin Yiqing reminded, "Be careful, don't show up, come to me if you have any problems."

Lin Yiqing arranged for people to secretly protect Xu Siyu, so generally nothing would happen. He was just afraid that the little girl would cause trouble herself.

Xu Siyu gladly accepted his nagging, nodded, and made an OK gesture to let him rest assured.

Let’s go, let’s go, the food is getting cold.

Until the door closed, Lin Yiqing was still thinking about what Xu Siyu had just done with her right hand. Her thumb and index finger formed a circle, and the last three fingers were standing upright. Did this mean affirmation?

The stupid big guy was standing outside the gate of someone's yard, laughing foolishly for a long time before shaking off his clothes and leaving.

……

Xu Chengqi was asked to bring the news of the additional autumn grain tax back to the Xu family.

The next day, Xu Huaishan came, not to discuss the land tax, but to discuss the capitation tax.

The family had eight mu of land. Before the family split up, the autumn grain tax was five shi and seven dou. According to the news that the land tax was doubled, that meant an additional eight dou, which was not too much. Of this, nearly five shi was the capitation tax.

Both his family and Xu Huaize's family have two shi and one dou, and Xu Huaize will pay him the price to buy grain and pay taxes; but Xu Huaichuan's family still has one shi and four, and this person can't be found, so what should he pay?

Although the family has split up, the Xu family will inevitably be blamed if they don't come out.

Xu Huaishan knew he couldn't hide, but there was a severe drought in summer and autumn, and he really couldn't produce so much food, so he wanted to ask his sister what to do?