"Grandpa, I also want to go to the market." Yun Duo said quickly after hearing what Yun Dazheng and Yun Qishi said.
She'd been in this world for half a month, but no matter how carefully she observed or cautiously probed, she still couldn't understand what was going on. It seemed... like a different world from her previous life?
This country is very poor. In order to win the war of aggression, it has accumulated a huge national debt. Now, the entire population has to tighten their belts to repay the debt, so the taxes are extremely heavy. As a result, most of the time, the people in this small village are still eating coarse grains and wild vegetables. Eating meat is a rare treat; eating meat every three to five months is considered a luxury. Some families don't even eat meat once a year.
Land can be privately owned or owned by the state.
In addition to the usual taxes, farming land in one's own country incurs additional rent, but it is said to be more profitable than renting land from others.
Every household has its own property, and nobody cares what they raise.
In addition, people use chemical fertilizers and pesticides when farming. However, it seems that because they are relatively expensive, most villagers still make their own compost and use traditional methods to control pests.
There are cars and guns, and it's said that the city has had electricity for a long time, so it's safe to say that we're at least in the industrial age.
As for the country's political system, nobody in the small village knew. The old man of the Yun family seemed to have a little more knowledge than the villagers, but only a limited amount. He only knew that the country was supposedly implementing a new policy, but in reality, many things were just worded differently, and were largely the same as they had been decades ago.
So Yunduo wanted to go and see for herself.
She can't go to the city, or even the county seat, for the time being. But since there's a town, she might as well go and take a look there first. There's bound to be more to see in a town than in this small village.
"Does Duo'er want to go to town too?" Yun Dazheng frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Yun Duo and said, "Duo'er, town is far away, more than ten miles away. Even Grandpa would take more than an hour to walk there. You can't walk that far. How about Grandpa takes you to the market in the village next time?"
Although his granddaughter is very light and he can carry her, the main roads are too winding and the side roads are difficult to walk on. His old arms and legs can carry her for a short distance, but he can't carry her for long.
"No." Yun Duo shook her head, unusually being 'willful' for once, and looked at Yun Dazheng pleadingly, "Grandpa, I want to go to the market! I've never been before..."
Yun Dazheng felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, but he still hesitated.
If he had nothing else to do, he'd take his granddaughter to the market if she wanted. He could just walk a little slower and it would be a bit tiring for him. But today, his wife wanted him to buy chicks and goslings to raise, so he had to go early before all the sellers left. And if he managed to buy them, how would he carry his granddaughter back with all the chickens and geese on his back?
Seeing Yun Da's hesitant expression, Yun Duo quickly said, "Grandpa, I can walk. I can walk by myself. I eat well every day and have plenty of energy." As she spoke, she clenched her little fist and waved it.
That's really true. For some reason, Yunduo could feel her strength increasing.
When she first arrived, she carried a small basket with two pheasants and some grass and dry branches, weighing less than ten pounds in total. She was exhausted after carrying it for only a short distance. Now, she can carry nearly twenty pounds, going uphill and downhill for a mile or two without needing to stop.
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