Chapter 232 - Question

"Then should the farmers spend the rest of their lives farming and being poor?" Xiuhong's eyes were red as she said indignantly, "We've worked so hard, but the gains from a year of hard work are not even comparable to a month or even a day of income for others. The Imperial Court also increases the taxes all the time. I still remember that one year, when the grains harvested by our family were not even sufficient for us to pay the taxes, Grandma had no choice but to pawn everything my father left for us…"