Travel through the little peasant girl and go farming with the trading system

Chapter 33 Collection of corvee

Su Mo had lost the IOU to his second-rate son, but they didn't say anything about it. The area in the Su family's new courtyard was also very quiet.

But the screen paper will eventually be broken.

The next day, a group of government servants suddenly appeared in Xiaohe Village, which was always peaceful. The leader... Qi Mohan came to Xiaohe Village with official documents to collect corvee labor.

There is a dam in Longtou County that has been in disrepair for a long time. There has been a lot of rain in recent years, fearing that the farmland will be washed away and the grain harvest will be lost. Therefore, corvées are collected from each village and the dam is repaired at a specific location.

Every household must have one person, preferably an adult man who is over 15 and no more than 60 years old. If you don't want to do corvee, you can pay for it.

The people in the village gathered neatly in a spacious place. Yuri was shouting to everyone, and asked everyone to discuss how to send one person from each family. After the discussion was agreed, they went directly to register.

The villagers were surrounded by the government officials, and no one dared to escape. Everyone looked worried. Although it was the beginning of spring, there was not much work in the fields except sowing. But with one less person to work, the progress in the fields would be slower.

No one is willing to leave their job at home to work for the government for free.

Some people have a lot of boys at home, so they can just find one and send one out, but in some families, the elderly are old and the children are half-grown, so they are worried.

He is a poor man, where can he find money?

Su Juan, Su Ying, and Su Mo stood together with sad expressions on their faces. They were three siblings from the same household. If they were to be drafted, they would have to produce one person, but the only male was Su Mo. He was only eight years old.

, you are simply not old enough to serve.

Looking up at other people's homes, she saw that even if the men in the family were not old enough, women could do it, so Su Juan thought about serving in the army herself.

Su Mo waved his hands repeatedly, "I am the backbone of the family. I will serve this time. The hero is over there. I will go over and talk to the hero. He will definitely agree!"

Su Juan hesitated, "Okay..."

"It can definitely be done!" Su Mo showed off his muscles, and the heroes in his heart taught him how to learn archery and bow, and would definitely be willing to let him go over and exercise.

Most of the families had agreed to register. The person doing the accounting registration was Du Chenyu. He was the only scholar in the village and could read and write, so he was temporarily recruited to do the accounting.

Qi Mohan had been sitting on the horse and never got off. He didn't care how Du Chenyu registered, and only looked at the villagers lightly.

His unparalleled gentlemanly demeanor attracted the villagers to look at him frequently, and with just one glance, someone recognized him.

"Hey, isn't that the man who went to the Su family's old yard last time? Didn't he want to buy the old yard? Why did he become a member of the government again?"

"That's right, that second girl is obviously talking about the one he took someone to measure the yard last time, is it possible?"

"Who knows if that's the case? Why don't you go up and ask?"

"..."

Naturally, the noise of the villagers' quarrels could not be concealed by Qi Mohan. He folded his arms and coughed lightly, and his confidants immediately shouted to the noisy villagers,

"What are you arguing about? Focus on signing up. You can also inquire about public affairs?"

After speaking, the villagers who spoke suddenly fell silent.

Qi Mohan glanced at them lightly, and then his eyes fell accurately on Su Ying.

Su Ying noticed Qi Mohan's eyes falling on her. She just felt a little embarrassed. It was a coincidence that he found out about this matter. Now it's better. He probably feels that he is a person who only knows how to trick people all day long.

He's a good liar.

Her fame will last forever.

She felt embarrassed and wanted to pick her feet.

Seeing the girl trying to reduce her presence, Qi Mohan couldn't help but smile.

Over there in the second room, Mr. He and Mr. Shao stood in the crowd and looked at Qi Mohan. This man was actually from the government? What kind of title did he have? He looked like he had a high official rank. What was he doing last time he went to the old courtyard?

do what?

The same goes for Su Ying. She didn't say a word of truth in her mouth. Could it be that she did something shameful?

Seeing how talented the man is, if he comes into contact with those three siblings, he won't make them stand up, right?

He and Shao both looked back with furrowed brows, and surprisingly found that the three siblings were there. What's going on? Didn't they go to the county town? Why did they come back so soon?

Su Mo went to line up to register. When it was almost his turn, Qi Mohan got off his horse and waited for him at the registration desk.

Seeing Qi Mohan, Su Mo smiled brightly at him with big white teeth, and Qi Mohan raised his eyebrows in response.

Arriving in front of Du Chenyu, Su Mo said openly, "Sister Du... Du Xiucai, I'll go to our house!"

Du Chenyu looked up at him without writing. Qi Mohan also stared at him closely, "You? You can't do it! You're not old enough!"

"But we can't let my two sisters go there. They are too weak to do the work. My eldest sister and the second sister would bring blisters on their hands when they carry buckets of water back..."

"Ahem...you go back, your family won't have to do corvee service, Du Xiucai, write down their names over there!"

Du Chenyu understood instantly and took up a pen to write down the Su family's main room on another piece of paper. This piece of paper was prepared for those who opened the back door. Anyone who didn't want to work could just pay money and write it down on it.

Su Mo was not stupid. Of course he knew what this meant. He just raised his head and looked at Qi Mohan with a troubled expression, "Hero, our family has no money..."

"It's okay, it's just a piece of paper. Let me write whatever you want. You can go back!"

Qi Mohan comforted him. After Su Mo thanked him gratefully, he was about to turn around and go back. Suddenly he remembered something and turned around and said,

"Hero, that thing about the waistband..."

"Huh? What did she say?"

Qi Mohan became interested after hearing his hesitation.

"My second sister said that a man's waistband can ward off evil spirits. Our family's yin is strong and yang is weak, which easily attracts evil spirits. Hero, you don't know. We used to encounter many snakes every day in our family, but since I took your

After the belt comes back, the snake is gone. My second sister said this method is quite effective, so the belt...that hero, how about you calculate how much money it is and I will give it to you?"

Qi Mohan and Du Chenyu both twitched their mouths when they heard this.

"Forget it, it's not worth a lot of money, just put it away!" Qi Mohan waved his hand, finally letting go of his obsession with his belt.

"Thank you, hero, thank you, hero!" Su Mo bowed excitedly and thanked him again.

Just as he was about to go back, Du Chenyu winked at him, which meant he was told to wait for him.

Su Mo didn't understand, so Du Chenyu had to whisper to him when no one was around,

"Just wait for me, and when I'm done, I'll find a belt for your sister to take back!"

Su Mo grinned brightly, "Then I'll thank you on behalf of my eldest sister." He secretly cupped his hands at him.

Du Chenyu laughed, "You're welcome."

When queuing up to register, the distance between the villagers was a bit large. Everyone looked at Su Mo chatting and laughing with Du Chenyu and Guan Ye from time to time, and couldn't help but wonder, what on earth were they talking about?

And in the end, Su Mo stopped directly next to it.

The people behind them followed suit and registered one by one. Mr. He from the second room came forward to hand over the money, but when he saw the names of the first room’s family and hers appearing on a piece of paper, he glanced at Su Mo suspiciously.

However, with Du Chenyu and Qi Mohan nearby, she finally did not dare to question him openly, so she had to register in a hurry and leave.

When it was the second laizi's turn, he did something earth-shattering.

(End of chapter)