But the road ahead was jammed with cars, horses and people, and there was almost no place to step on.
Everyone listened with little understanding. When asking people around them, they only said that there was a quarrel in front of them.
But when asked why they were quarreling, no one told the whole story.
The few people could only push forward bravely. They were within ten feet of each other and walked for two quarters of an hour.
Jiaren Jiayi followed his fourth uncle, vaguely protecting his sister.
Seeing their sister looking around with interest, both of them were amused.
This little girl is really brave.
After everyone finally approached the city gate, they heard someone shouting loudly.
"Why don't you let us pass? We are all Tianwu people. We have to pay money whenever we walk!"
Hundreds of soldiers followed a tall general and blocked the city gate.
In front of the large doorway, there is a wooden shelf half a person's height, leaving only a path for one person to pass through.
At this moment, perhaps he was impatient to listen to the noise, so the general snorted coldly and cursed.
"Why for what? Just the knife in my hand? How long has it been, and you still don't want to give up money to run for your life? Then why don't you just stay at home and wait until you die to save money!"
This was really ugly, and everyone around him became very angry and started talking. Start shouting.
"We are the people of Tianwu. We pay grain taxes every year. Are we raising people like you just to prevent us from finding a way to survive?"
"Yes, you are too overbearing. You actually bribed us with money. We will sue you!
" The general is confident and laughs even more arrogantly.
"The imperial court is about to move south, who has time to pay attention to you untouchables!"
Li Laosi and others frowned, feeling that they had a bad premonition.
Li Laosi pulled an old man who was wiping his tears and asked, "Uncle, what's going on? You have to collect money when you go into the city?"
"Yes, five taels per person, it's really killing everyone. Who has so much money ?" ! If you don't give money, you won't let him go. How can you escape if you can't survive?"
The old man's burden included his grandson on one side and luggage on the other, crying with despair on his face.
Li Laosi and others gasped in shock. Each person was charged five taels. There were thousands of people at the gate of the city, and one toll could charge two to thirty thousand taels.
These people are crazy about money!
He wanted to ask a few more questions, but he didn't expect two carriages to pay money at the city gate and were about to pass.
Some people want to fish in troubled waters and rush in.
But the long knives in the hands of those soldiers were not for display. The man was hacked to death almost instantly.
Blood and flesh splattered, and everyone around was affected.
Some screamed, some fainted, some cried, and chaos immediately broke out at the city gate.
Li Laosi protected everyone and quickly retreated.
Jiayin didn't expect it to be so bloody. She shrank her neck in fear and hid behind her father.
Jiaren was afraid that his sister would be frightened, so he quickly took off his shirt and put it over his sister's head.
Jiayi never left his uncle and sister.
It was difficult for a few people to squeeze in, but it was extremely easy for everyone to exit.
Just halfway back, the village chief brought someone to pick him up.
When they were in the camp, they could only see the riot at the city gate, but they didn't know what happened.
After finally going back and settling down, old and young people asked about it. They heard that it cost five taels of silver for a person to cross the city. Everyone was surprised, and then they cursed in anger.
"These things that can kill a thousand swords, are you waiting for money to buy medicine when my wife is sick? It's so wicked. Aren't they stuck in everyone's neck and asking for money?"
"These are bandits who rob the road, how can they be officers and soldiers!"
"Why is no one taking care of it and not letting us people live!"
Everyone scolded them fiercely, but it was of no use.
Thinking about the few hundred cash that my family has saved, no one can even think about going to the city!
After working so hard to get here, only to be stopped like this, no one would be willing to accept it.
A woman went upstairs and her child started to cry, "What are we going to do? Are we waiting here to die?"
"Mom, I don't want to die, I want to eat chicken!" The child was ignorant and answered smoothly.
The woman was angry and distressed, so she raised her hand and hit him!
"If you eat any chicken, you will die!"
The child didn't understand what was going on, so he grinned and started crying. For a moment, everyone was in a state of confusion and helplessness.
Li Laoer sighed, "Ninety-seven people, five taels each, that's nearly 500 taels. We can't get it at all, so we should find another way."
The others also nodded. To be honest, even if they have money, they can't live for it . Just hand over the city gates.
If I don't eat anymore, I won't survive?
No matter where you settle down, you have to buy a new home!
"Why don't you wait? Maybe there are too many people at the city gate and the city gate will be opened?" someone suggested, but he himself smiled bitterly after saying it.
There are so many soldiers, but they are not made up of grass. Who dares to risk his life?
Everyone was silent and worried, but suddenly a young daughter-in-law said softly, "It's not like we don't have money, right?"
Everyone was confused and looked over.
They are all poor people. Five taels of silver is fine, but five hundred taels is impossible.
The young daughter-in-law hesitated a little and quietly glanced at the good news in Mrs. Li's arms.
"Aunt Li's Fu Niu was one year old. Didn't she collect a lot of gold jewelry? I heard it was as heavy as dozens of taels! In exchange for silver, everyone can pool together and it should be enough." The
faces of the Li family all changed . , are all as cold as ice.
Little did they know that there were still people who were concerned about the Li family's family background.
Jiayi had a bad temper and was the first to shout, "That's my sister's dowry, no one can touch it!"
Jiaren and others also said, "That's right, that's my sister's."
The little daughter-in-law curled her lips, dissatisfied. murmur.
"At what time, we are all counting on this money to save our lives. The little girl is only one year old, does she know what dowry is and what is not a dowry? Besides, there are still more than ten years before the little girl gets married. Let's use it for emergencies first. When everyone makes money later, It'll be fine if we take care of it again."
What he said was so reasonable that for a moment, Jiayin was dumbfounded and even suspected that she was possessed by Wu Cuihua.
The Li family members were also livid, and Mrs. Li started to curse at that time.
"Fuck your mother! Who are you? You dare to plan my granddaughter's dowry? Is your surname Li? Our old Li family should be yours? Why do we have to listen to you if you talk up and down? Oh! You have a donkey face, you really think you are a beast!"
The old lady is usually very sensible, but she must not involve her granddaughter, otherwise she will transform immediately.
The little daughter-in-law's face turned red after being scolded, and she wanted to speak. Tao Hongying also spoke.
"Shut up that bitch of yours! You are such a shy person. You are really the only smart person in the world. Then what I want to say is that if I strip you naked and throw you at the gate of the city, the general guarding the city will be happy and accept it. If you become a concubine, then you can happily let us go! Why don't you quickly sacrifice yourself!"
The little daughter-in-law burst into tears and hugged herself tightly with both hands.
"You Li family are so bullying! Aren't we just asking you to lend us money to pass the city gate? If you don't agree, forget it. Why are you still scolding me? If my family had money, I would definitely use it. I would never be as stingy as your family!
"Humph, you've already arrived at our doorstep, and you're not even allowed to curse us. God is your biological father, and everyone has to pamper you." Zhao Yuru also rarely speaks harsh words .
"You said you are not stingy, but the children have not eaten any millet these days. You still have some in your burden, why don't you take it out? Our family has taken millet, but you let the children eat it hard? I don't care about you, really Think we are all fools!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Li family were full of fire, and the scolding made the little daughter-in-law unable to resist.