MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields

Chapter 526 Mid-Autumn Festival

By shifting the blame, Qin Yao successfully guided the villagers to vent their dissatisfaction.

 Mao was smoothed and the taxation work was carried out smoothly.

 In fact, for ordinary people, they never dare to resist imperial decrees as long as they are not excessive enough to make people unable to live.

 So no matter how much dissatisfaction and grievances there are in the heart, under the pressure of the powerful imperial power, taxes should still be paid.

 At most, there will be a few rebels in each village, causing a little trouble for the village chiefs.

For example, those who are short of money, those who pass off inferior goods, and those who pretend not to understand what others are saying and refuse to comply.

 In short, these lucky people have to cause trouble every year.

 In the past, the old village chief was in charge of the affairs. As he got older and did not have so much energy, he had to let them make trouble for the time being, and then deal with it after most of the grain and tax revenue were collected.

  But the results obtained by this method are too random.

Qin Yao will never allow anyone to cause trouble for herself when she is doing things.

So starting from the day when the tax collection officially started, we first went to those households that were disobedient last year, and "showed them with emotion and reason", and the battle was over in less than half a day.

 Once the thorns are removed, the follow-up will be much smoother.

The village ancestral hall also serves as a warehouse at the tax point. Qin Yao set up tables, chairs and scales at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and was the first to arrive and the last to leave every day.

 After guarding for three days, Qin Yao felt that this was not the solution. She could not suffer heat stroke. The whole village was still waiting for her to lead.

So, after dinner in the evening, I walked around the village with my hands behind my back.

 Successfully captured five villagers who had followed in Liu Ji's footsteps, pinned them at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and gave them to the village chief!

What?

 Can’t write, read a scale, or do arithmetic?

“Do you want to see the village chief how big my fist is?” Qin Yao smiled evilly and leaned on the bamboo chair and turned her wrist.

 Five unemployed young people were so scared that they no longer dared to say "no", study! Learn from death now!

 While busy, the Mid-Autumn Festival is here.

90% of the rice in the village’s rice fields has been harvested, leaving only some rice in remote fields that has not yet been confiscated.

During this period, God has been very kind and it didn’t rain heavily.

 For the common people, this is a rare year of good weather and good harvest.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household stopped for a day's rest, and the stationery factory also took a day off.

 People brought out all the good food and drinks at home, and the whole family gathered together to celebrate this rare happy moment.

The old house asked Qin Yao and her family to come over to celebrate the festival, but Qin Yao refused. This year she wants to have a good Mid-Autumn Festival at home.

 “Let’s make mooncakes!” Qin Yao said enthusiastically.

Saburo immediately responded: "Mom, I want to eat mooncakes!"

Siniang glanced at her little brother with disgust and said, "I'm so jealous of you."

But when he turned to A Niang, his expression changed to an expectant one, "A Niang, can you make moon cakes?"

Seeing Da Lang Erlang and Yin Le looking over curiously, Qin Yao spread her hands and said, "No."

 Everyone: “.”

“But someone will definitely do it.” Qin Yao came to the kitchen door and tried to attract the attention of Mr. Li who was busy making noodles.

Ms. Li is not deaf. She has long heard the voices of mother and son talking in the courtyard.

He turned around in a funny way and said, "Wash your hands. Once I've finished making the noodles and fillings, bring them to the main room and let's make them together."

The children suddenly became excited, yelling and rushing to the sink, lining up to wash their hands, and then rushed into the main room to wait.

Qin Yao and Yin Le also happily asked: "Can we help with anything?"

Mrs. Li gave the order impolitely, "Madam, go light the oven. Miss Le, please clear the table in the main room. I'll be ready here soon." The master and the apprentice nodded heavily, order!

When the main room and oven are ready, Li's raw materials will be ready.

 Everyone gathered in the main room and began to learn how to make mooncakes from Mr. Li.

When using the molds at home, Dalang and Siniang excitedly picked up the molds and introduced them:

“This is the plum blossom mold and the fortune character mold we made last year with Uncle Awang!”

As he spoke, his mood suddenly dropped.

Qin Yao looked up and saw that the four brothers and sister plus a little Lai Fu looked like they were missing each other.

 “What’s wrong? Do you miss Awang?” she asked funnyly.

 The five children nodded. Uncle Awang has been gone for a long time.

Qin Yao smiled easily, "Counting the days, they should be back next month, very soon."

Siniang suddenly thought of her resentful father and muttered worriedly: "I don't know if my father will be the last in the exam this time."

Erlang was speechless.

Saburo whispered, "Sister, you can hope that Dad will take the second to last exam."

“Stop mumbling, Aunt Li is about to finish making all the mooncakes by herself.” Dalang reminded helplessly.

As for A Niang and Senior Sister Le, each one was more useless than the other. Looking at the plum blossom mooncakes whose fillings were about to burst out of the crust, Dalang sighed deeply.

The young boy specially divided out a small bowl of stuffing and placed it in front of the master and apprentice, "Auntie, Senior Sister Le, you two can go and play by yourselves."

Yin Le was surprised: "Really?"

Qin Yao glared at her apprentice and pointed at the fried mooncakes in front of her, "What are you making? Don't you know that fine grains are expensive? You can finish them all for me after they are baked!"

Yin Le's eyes widened in disbelief. Master, why don't you look at how mushy the mooncake is in your hand?

 Of course, I dare not say this.

 Master is God, whatever the master says will happen. It is a disciple’s honor to take the blame for the master!

 After brainwashing himself, Yin Le nodded solemnly, "Master, don't worry, the disciple will finish his meal."

Qin Yao nodded with satisfaction. Children can be taught.

 Put down the mold in his hand and said, "There are not many left. I will leave it to you young people to practice more."

 Having said that, he retreated back to the house and lay down openly.

 Took out the abacus and calculated the harvest of the family this year.

Yin Le took his four children to collect rent and brought back 12,500 jins of rice and 1,100 jins of soybeans.

　　　My five acres of watermelon land was sold for 72 taels of silver, and my five acres of rice fields produced 2,300 kilograms of rice.

 Grain tax exemption, so that’s all you get.

There was still a lot of surplus grain in the first half of the year. This time I added some more and collected 10,000 kilograms to stockpile. The remaining 8,000 kilograms of rice were all sold for 24 taels of silver at the price of three cents per kilogram.

Keep all the soybeans for yourself. Li is a good cook and can make soy milk, bean curd and tofu in different ways.

 It can also be used to ferment soybeans, which can be eaten as fresh vegetables in winter.

 Or you can make more tofu and process it into dried tofu with various flavors.

Qin Yao actually thought about adding another item, such as taking out the dried tofu made by Li's and selling it in a restaurant.

However, after calculating the costs and benefits later, the price of spices is high, the production of dried tofu takes a long time, and the manpower is limited. In addition, there are already people in the town and county doing this, so the competition is very competitive. Even if it is exhausted, Li will not make any profit, so he decisively gives up. .

 It’s better to cook it for your family.

After the last accounting was completed, the total amount of cash Qin Yao had on hand was on the abacus, which was one thousand one hundred and ninety-six taels.