In the afternoon of the next day, Mingjing slowly went to Lizheng's house to pay the poll tax. Qingxi Village has been made by enemy countries before, is it going to be a war again? In the event of a war, there will be a temporary increase in taxes. When the time comes, there will be a few taels, and she can't afford to have the thirty taels on hand. Don't even think about taking the silver out to decorate the inn. It's not easy to earn money to support your family!

"Mingjing, you also pay taxes?" There was a greeting from behind, and when I looked back, it turned out to be Aunt Ma next door.

"yes, so is my aunt?"

Aunt Ma nodded, "Let's do it." ”

The income of the Ma family is lower than that of the Ming Jing family, the second brother Ma carries a big bag of two taels of silver a month, and the Ma family has no land. I heard that there was originally one, but later the second brother Ma's father was sick and urgently needed money, so he was bought by the Du family at a low price. As a result, the old man still went, and Second Brother Ma was unwilling to be a tenant for the Du family, so he chose to go to the dock to carry a big bag. Aunt Ma, like Sister-in-law Gui, planted some vegetables at the back of the house and ate them herself to reduce expenses.

After calculating, the population tax that their mother and son have to pay is also one or two or five yuan, and Aunt Ma is in her early forties and pays six yuan. Second Brother Ma is an adult Ding man who pays nine yuan. Like Gui's sister-in-law, when she reaches fifty in two years, she can only pay half.

"Mingjing, do you know where the Lord of the Eagle Army went that day?"

Mingjing raised her eyebrows in surprise, Aunt Ma asked what this is for?

Aunt Ma smiled to herself, "Didn't Ma Er also rush out with a flat shoulder that night, and when he came back, he told me that he wanted to join the army." He said that instead of carrying a big bag every day, it is better to go to the military to learn some skills. I guess you don't know, I'm just asking in vain. I thought that instead of letting him serve as an auxiliary, it would be better to join the army as a child. I heard that sometimes auxiliaries are easily used as cannon fodder. ”

"What kind of auxiliaries are serving?"

"Oh, you don't know. Yes, there is no one in your house who needs to go, so I guess Dalang didn't tell you. Li Zheng's previously announced family of men over eighteen needs to go to one to serve in the Northwest Battalion as an auxiliary. Don't I have an eldest son, who died two years ago and went out with the businessman, and occasionally brought some money back. Our family is not an only child, and we have to go to one. ”

Mingjing suddenly, in the past two days, the brothers in the big house next door have quarreled again. She didn't pay attention to it, she didn't eavesdrop, she thought it was for this. In the past, Gu Bo raised his noble hand, and the conscription next door was very easy to pass. Now it must be a head. It happened to be Saburo's turn! It is estimated that he thinks it is too unfair, Da Lang and Erlang passed the test very easily at that time, and it was his turn to be an auxiliary.

When they arrived at Lizheng's house, Mingjing and Aunt Ma paid the tax money. Li Zheng is responsible for collecting money, and it is Mingrun who helps with bookkeeping. He was a child, and he was not called up to serve as an auxiliary. Speaking of which, several families in the Feng family have a reputation because of the size of their children, and they were exempted from conscription this time. At this time, everything is really inferior, only reading is high.

Mingjing went out after paying the money and talked to the third grandmother who was feeding the chickens. Tell her that she has hatched more than 20 chicks at home.

Aunt Ma whispered to Li Zheng to inquire about the whereabouts of the Eagle Army.

Li Zheng glared and said, "What are you asking about this?" Is this what you can inquire about? At the end, he softened his tone and said: "If the auxiliary soldiers do a good job, they have a chance to become regular." Your Ma Er is so big and has so much energy, you have a chance to go to the camp in Jiangbei to perform well. ”