Chapter 31 Paying Taxes

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement and motioned for Shen Ye to continue.

"For this reason, I asked Aunt Li specifically. If you think of a larger brick house, then you need to prepare twenty or thirty taels at least. If you want to build a spacious and bright blue brick house without forty or fifty taels, you will definitely not be able to build it. Come on, that kind of big house is not only comfortable to live in, it is said that it can last for decades. If it is well maintained, your family can live there for generations."

As he said that, Shen Ye recalled Aunt Li's envious and yearning look when she said this, and remembered that her home used to be a big house, clean, bright, spacious, and tidy...

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Shen Ye who was suddenly stunned, and waved her hand in front of him. Before she could recover, she lightly slapped Shen Ye's head and rubbed it hard. Shen Ye came back to his senses.

Yu Xiaoxiao didn't ask what she was thinking about just now, but urged: "Do you have any other ideas?"

Shen Ye shook his head.

Yu Xiaoxiao then spoke up and revealed an aspect that Shen Ye hadn't expected: "Our family still needs fields, so that we can rent them out even though we can't grow them ourselves. In the future, we won't have to buy such expensive grains anymore. We can rely entirely on The rent is enough for our family."

When Shen Ye heard this, he realized what aspect he had missed.

I don't know how to farm, and neither do my family members. I just take it for granted that I don't need to buy land and can just buy grain.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the two children and concluded: "In other words, we now have three directions to choose from:

First, send either Yeer or Xiaoqi to study.

Seeing that Yu Xiaoxiao was so distracted, the fifth aunt reached out and pushed Yu Xiaoxiao and said: "What are you waiting for? Get ready quickly and let's go to the entrance of the village."

"Mom, didn't you say that our houses will leak now and may collapse in the winter? Then we won't have a place to live. Shouldn't we build a house first?"

On this day, Yu Xiaoxiao was spinning twine at home as usual, and the fifth aunt next door came to her.

Yu Xiaoxiao did not say whether she agreed or disagreed. Instead, she asked why: "Xiao Qi, why did you say that you should build a house first?"

As in previous years, Yu Xiaoxiao was still gathering hemp rods and making twine at home.

In addition, the head tax is also required to support the servants and maids of the family, which is doubled, and each person has to pay 24 taels per year.

Hey, here we go, this is the fourth year, I have to quickly find out how much the original owner’s tax revenue is every year, so as not to hinder my plan to build a house.

Shen Ye's answer was: "Although our house can still be lived in, as Xiao Qi said, if the house collapses we will have no place to live.

So, Yu Xiaoxiao decided to use the money she had saved in the past three years to build a big house.

The fifth aunt said in surprise: "You don't know yet? The village chief has sent people to the entrance of the village. Today is the day when officials come to collect taxes. I'm here to ask you to go together."

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Shen Qi reassuringly and said, "Mom just wants to know why you want to build a house. She didn't say that you are wrong."

Yu Xiaoxiao came to her senses in a daze and mechanically went back to the house to get the money.

Third, hire someone to reclaim wasteland or buy land, but I think it’s more cost-effective to reclaim wasteland.”

At the end, Shen Qi expressed doubts.

The surprise came at this time. She had not paid taxes for three years, which made Yu Xiaoxiao forget that there was such a thing as taxes.

Hearing this, Yu Xiaoxiao was stunned. Didn't he say that he would be tax-free for three years?

After listening to her eldest son's methodical analysis, Yu Xiaoxiao was more inclined to build a house. In this way, the three of them could be considered to have the same opinion.

The second is to find someone to build a big house to solve the housing problem in the next few decades. We have lived in this thatched house for three years, and it occasionally leaks when it rains. After it snows in winter, my mother always I'm worried that the snow will collapse the roof.

And you don’t have to worry about studying. I copy books every day and read books in bookstores. I can study on my own and I can teach you during small periods.

Shen Qi looked at his elder brother and planned to express his thoughts first: "Mom, let's build a house first."

15 years old is considered an adult, and everyone has to pay twelve taels of silver every year. This tax has to be paid until the age of 56. If you are over 56 years old, you don't have to pay it.

Shen Qi nodded and looked at his elder brother.

After saying that, Yu Xiaoxiao paused for a while, leaving enough space for the two children to think, and then asked: "Which one do you think is better to spend this money on?"

Yu Xiaoxiao also asked why.

The fifth aunt shouted loudly outside the yard: "Xiao girl, come out quickly~"

The main taxes that had to be paid in ancient times were land tax and head tax. In addition, they had to perform corvee every six months.

Yu Xiaoxiao also focused on Shen Ye, looking forward to Shen Ye's answer.

After the matter was decided, Yu Xiaoxiao planned to go to the village chief uncle to talk about the matter when spring was over.

Land tax is also land tax, and 1/3 of the tax is collected every year. Now the yield per mu is basically about 500 kilograms, so the government usually collects a tax of 170 kilograms of grain. If the grain is not enough, you have to pay, which is six cents per kilogram. Proportional conversion.

Yu Xiaoxiao, who was busy in the house, heard the sound and could only put down what she was doing, went out and opened the courtyard door, and asked in confusion: "Fifth Aunt, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoxiao was really desperate. Life was hard enough in the first place, but she still had to pay so much tax. What a life!

So it’s right to approach the village chief if you have something to do!

Shen Ye frowned and thought for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Let's build a house first."

The omnipotent village chief, who has the most power in the village. Three years of experience has allowed the village chief to understand the situation within a hundred miles, and he knows more about the town than we ordinary people.

There are two types of poll tax. Children under three years old do not have to pay tax. Children who are three years old have to pay it. Children between three and fourteen years old have to pay two to three dollars per year. The population tax of silver.

Yu Xiaoxiao expressed that she felt so distressed. She had imagined that if she saved enough money in the future, she might be able to live a life of being cared for by others. But now that she thinks about it, it’s simply impossible. She can’t even pay the head tax...

After much thought, building a house became a top priority."

But you can't refuse to hand it over. If you don't hand it over, they will put you in jail.

Finally, Yu Xiaoxiao found the memory about taxes deep in her memory.

Our family doesn’t need to worry about land reclamation. The money our family earns is enough for us, and we don’t have to worry about running out of food for the time being.

There are three people in my family, the two children have to pay four taels of silver, and I have to pay twelve taels, so I have to take a total of sixteen taels of silver.

Yu Xiaoxiao packed up her money and comforted herself with a wry smile in her heart. Fortunately, she didn't have any land, otherwise she would have to spend a lot of money. Just thinking about it made her heartache to death.

After taking the money and going out, the fifth aunt was still standing at the door of the yard waiting.

The two of them went to the entrance of the village together, and almost everyone had arrived.
Chapter completed!