Dressed as an old woman, I carry the system and my son to escape the famine

Hearing the strong man's words, Yao Shu and Shen Nanshan looked at each other. They didn't expect to be so unlucky to encounter bandits who only robbed an official's house.

Seeing the sullen expression on the big man's face, Yao Shu knew that their behavior had completely angered the bandits.

She wanted to say something, but the sturdy man completely lost his patience and waved his hand directly, asking his men to take them all back to the village.

The moment she entered the village, Yao Shu suddenly realized that this place was completely different from what she had imagined.

There are many women and old people here, but judging from their appearance, it seems that they were not kidnapped by force.

They live here happily, as if they are in a paradise.

Yao Shu felt really strange and couldn't help but say, "It seems these people are not as annoying as we thought."

When Shen Nanshan heard this, a surprised expression flashed across his face: "Why do you say that?"

"You see there are so many people living here. They don't look sad at all. On the contrary, they are happier than those of us living outside. Do you think they are abused or oppressed people?"

Shen Nanshan observed carefully and found that it was indeed as Yao Shu said. The lives of these people were particularly happy and relaxed, without any sadness at all.

As time passed by, they were taken to a woodshed, locked up and ignored.

Through the broken windows, they could barely tell it was daylight.

Thinking of the scene they saw when they came to the village yesterday, and thinking of the town they passed through before, they just felt particularly sorry.

"In the town we saw yesterday, the people were too scared to go out. But in the village we came to now, even though it was night, people were not afraid to go out." At this point, Yao Shu couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, sometimes not all people in the cottage are bad people, and not all officials who manage the people outside are good people.

There is no way to determine whether the world is good or bad. The fastest way is to see whether the local people are living a healthy and happy life.

Yao Shu thought of the joyful smiles on these people's faces, and felt even more emotional.

Before Shen Nanshan could respond, the door was suddenly kicked open.

The burly man walked in with a particularly complicated expression on his face.

"Where did you hear what you just said?"

Yao Shu's expression was startled: "This is all based on my own feelings. When I just passed through a town, the people inside made lies and deliberately pretended to be ghosts to deceive outsiders. As a result, people in the town did not dare to go out at night. The sun Just after sunset, everyone closed up and went home.”

The expression on the burly man's face became more and more shocked. It seemed that he rarely heard such remarks from a woman.

After a while, he seemed to suddenly come to his senses. He snorted coldly and said, "I don't have that much free time to listen to your nonsense here. Since you are now under my control, just be honest." Hand over all your belongings. I thought you were also in trouble, so I planned to let you go. But I didn’t expect that you are not only members of the government, but you also lied to me."

It seemed that Shen Bei's lie to him finally angered him.

Yao Shu was still curious about why he reacted so strongly. Ordinary people would not hate government officials so much.

"I don't know why this eldest brother is so repulsive to people from the government. Could it be because of what happened in our village before?"

Yao Shu asked directly without much hesitation.

The rest of the Shen family were frightened and horrified by his reaction.

They were worried that what they said would make the sturdy man even more angry. After all, according to their observations, the people in the government should be the counterfeit of the village.

Sure enough, after listening to Yao Shu's words, the sturdy man snorted coldly: "Every one of you officials said so righteously. It seems that you are really thinking about the people, but in fact, you are just doing it for yourself. Over the years, taxation has increased day by day. It's getting worse every day, and we don't do anything when we encounter anything. All these people were robbed by evil people, but the government officials are still protecting them. Is it possible that we have paid so many taxes with so much hard work, and there is nothing in the end? "

At this point, the tough man's tone gradually became angry.

Yao Shu frowned subconsciously, not expecting that there were so many allusions to it.

"So that's what it was like. When our family was fleeing from famine, we experienced many situations where the government failed to act. Now that I think about it, what my eldest brother said is absolutely correct." Yao Shu said as she began to recall the scene of the famine.

Thinking back to what I experienced at that time, I still feel bitter and tearful when I talk about it now.

She was very able to understand what the sturdy man said. The issue of taxation and the issue of government inaction have been two major problems since ancient times.

Although every ruler will find ways to improve this situation, in the end the indicators do not cure the root cause.

"Did your family escape from famine?"

The sturdy man became interested in what they said and immediately asked.

Seeing that this topic was right, Yao Shu nodded quickly and agreed: "Yes, we have come here from a remote village far away, and now we have bought a house in the capital and established ourselves. Now that I think about it, From a small villager who could die at any time to what he is now, it is quite inspiring."

The big man agreed with her words: "Although I hate officials like you, I have to say that your experience is indeed very inspiring. But I hope I won't hear anything that deceives us again from your mouth, otherwise I will I will really be rude to you."

"Don't worry, these words are true."

"I've seen this token with someone. It's not a token used by officials, but a token used by the army. You are not an official, but a member of the army." The sturdy man Put the token gently on Shen Qiu's body.

Then, he began to look at the people in front of him, with a bit of doubt in his tone.

"You just said you came here on the run, how can you become an official now? And you don't have official tokens on your body, so why do you acquiesce?" The sturdy man asked many questions, which made the Shen family anxious. Time doesn't know how to answer.

At this moment, their lives were all in the hands of the big man in front of them. Yao Shu was not too pretentious and said: "Because the person who gave our family an official position has not arrived yet, so we are just ordinary civilians now. , and does not hold any official position."

"What does this mean? Why can't I understand it?"