Chapter 1069 (1/2)
Old Stewart is a villager of lvluo village in the suburb of Bain. His family has worked diligently on the earth for generations.
Old Stewart has good farming skills, so he can barely support his family. Sometimes he will help the villagers. Although his life is tight, he can make do with it.
Later, after his majesty Donne took office, several tax cuts, especially the policy of reducing agricultural tax, greatly increased the income of farmers and finally gave them hope for life.
Many people have become rich, and the villagers are very grateful to his majesty Donne. However, the old Stewart's family still hasn't changed much. On the contrary, because of the rising prices, life is more and more sad, because he has too many children.
Although his eldest son (18 years old) and eldest daughter (15 years old) have become adults, and they also do some bricklayers and carpenters in the village to help support the family, it is still far from enough. The second daughter (13 years old) and the second son (9 years old) are too young to help people sell vegetables and newspapers in the village and barely make some money. The youngest son is only 3 years old and doesn't know anything.
With his family, it is impossible to support so many children, but what can he do?
In an era when entertainment means are so scarce, the only way of entertainment after dinner at night is to make people. It happens when you're not careful. He's also very desperate!
He only worked harder to earn money, and helped farm old fellow blacksmiths to help create small things. They were said to be selling well in beain and his skills were good, so the old blacksmith had always been willing to hire him.
Old fellow blacksmith is paid 10 dollars a day, that is to say, a month can earn more than 3 gold extra income, which was unimaginable in the past, but now prices are rising, and this income is also stretched.
”Didi!”
The sudden sound frightened old Stewart in a daze at the entrance of the village. He looked back and found a beautiful metal box parked there.
He recognized that old fellow. The bein said that it was called the magic energy car. It was very valuable. It was a transportation tool that rich people could afford to buy, and the small parts he built on the old blacksmith were said to be used for the maintenance of the magic energy car.
”Hey, old man! What are you staring at!”
Hearing the sound, old Stewart widened his eyes, looked carefully, and was startled: ”Holt!?”
”Ha ha! Of course it's me!”
Holt got out of the car, walked proudly to old Stewart and said, ”how do I look?”
Old Stewart looked up and down at Holt, shocked and speechless.
That's because Holt was his former neighbor and a farmer, but now old Stewart can't believe it was Holt himself.
Because his clothes were too clean, too solemn and too luxurious, old Stewart even felt that Holt was as dazzling as the aristocrats!
Old Stewart said honestly, ”it's like a noble master. Won't you really become a noble master?”
”How!”
Holt lost his voice and said with a smile, ”but what I'm doing now should be better than the noble lords before.”
Old Stewart took a breath of air-conditioning: ”are you really rich there?”
Holt smiled proudly, pointed to the magic car and said, ”what do you think?”
At the beginning of the year, people in lvluo village heard that someone was recruiting in Bain. The place to go was Ellington. It was best for the whole family to go together. At that time, several families left the village one after another, including the Holts, but old Stewart was not excited.
Because he can't afford to gamble, his wife and children are counting on him to live. Now the situation at home is just a little bit better. With a little savings, he sees the hope of life. If he wants to move the whole family, it means that everything should start from scratch.
The family burden is so heavy that old Stewart can't make the choice of family relocation so decisively.
”You have no idea what a wonderful city Ellington is!”
Holt said with a sigh on his face: ”looking back at the beginning of the year, I can't imagine that I can live this life now!”
Holt invited old Stewart to get on the bus and go home together, but old Stewart didn't dare. He was too dirty for fear of soiling his seat.
”What are you afraid of!”
Holt curled his mouth and said, ”just wash it when it's dirty. It's just a transportation tool. If you make money in the future, change it for a better one!”
”Isn't that good enough?”
”What's good! I'm just the cheapest Daming. The discount price for activities, tax payment and licensing are only more than 900 gold.”
More than nine hundred gold! nothing more!
Old Stewart was shocked again: ”how rich are you now?”
”Carelessly, there are still tens of thousands of gold. Unfortunately, I can't afford Datang.”
Although he spoke carelessly, Holt's face was full of pride.
Ten thousand gold!
Old Stewart looked unbelievable: ”what have you done?”
How can you make so much money in a year without robbing your family!?