Hui Shi and Xia Yi were talking about the villagers' lives, but Xia Yi didn't respond and just listened.

He talked about the hatefulness of excessive taxes, the hard work of farming, the hard work of clearing wasteland, the horror of wild beast attacks, and the suffering of not having enough to eat.

After finishing his complaint, Hui Shi stared at Xia Yi, waiting for his response.

Xia Yi knew that if he responded, Gray Stone would bring up the next topic, which would probably be about using his white snake monster.

Even if he doesn't reply, Gray Stone can change the topic.

So he said with a certain amount of confusion, a certain amount of arrogance, and a certain amount of coolness: "Why not eat ground meat?"

Gray Stone's expression froze, and he revealed an ugly smile: "Lord Shenzi was joking."

Xia Yi stood up and patted the white snake: "Let's go and take a walk in the forest."

Gray Stone could only watch as Xia Yi and White Snake entered the woods together.

He hammered the trees next to him, feeling deeply how difficult Xia Yi was. He saw that White Snake was actually very kind, and the only obstacle was Xia Yi.

He touched his chin and suddenly noticed something.

In the afternoon, Xia Yi rode the white snake back to the cave and found a figure on the grass.

That was the little girl from yesterday.

Despicable! Actually using a honey trap!

The white snake swam up to the little girl and lifted her up with its tail.

Xia Yi glared at it: You perverted snake!

Putting the little girl down, the white snake lifted Xia Yi high. It thought Xia Yi couldn't be lifted, so it was unhappy.

Xia Yi didn't care about it.

Gray Stone came to Xia Yi again, showing a flattering smile.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Xia Yi looked at the playful white snake and asked Hui Shi.

He thought that what White Snake wanted was a lively human being to play games with it, but he was already past the lively age.

It would be fine if it was a game for adults, but what White Snake wants to play is a game for children, so what's the point.

If you raise a little girl and play with the white snake, you can treat it as a little pet.

This is only limited to little girls. If it is a little boy, and White Snake dares to play with it, he will dare to break up with White Snake!

Gray Stone followed Xia Yi's gaze and looked at White Snake and the little girl. He rubbed his hands and said, "After the autumn harvest, the officers and soldiers will come to collect grain."

Xia Yi knew this. The two villagers who were watching the cell door had chatted about the food tax. The tax law required 50%, and the officers and soldiers colluded with the bureaucrats to take another 10%, making a total of 60%.

In today's world, farming in Henan and Shandong during the Ming Dynasty only paid a tax of 50 per cent. The government still provided cattle for farming, and the tax was 30 per cent for raising one's own cattle.

In Huishi Village, the government did not provide any help, but imposed a tax of 10% and 60%, which was enough to make the peasants revolt.

However, the tax here depends on the actual amount of food. That is to say, farmers can hide part of the food and then use the remaining part to pay 60%. This is why farmers in this world can still live.

"Villages with gods can be exempted from 20% of taxes." Gray Stone continued.

Xia Yi raised his head in surprise. There were several important pieces of information hidden in this sentence!

The government has formulated rules for villages with gods, which means they are aware of the existence of strange things.

The tax is only reduced by 20%, which proves that weirdness is not that rare. There are other villages with the same weirdness as White Snake.

This is not the most important thing. What is important is that those villages can actually have weird things?

White Snake is used by Gray Stone Village because White Snake is stupid, and other weirdos are also this stupid?

Gray Stone understood Xia Yi's surprise as being surprised by the tax reduction policy. He smiled and said:

"Not only that, in villages where gods are present, officers and soldiers dare not take commissions, which adds up to a loss of 30%!"

Xia Yi was not interested in Shao Jicheng. He was a little flustered as he recalled the conclusion he had just made.

Will the white snake monster, like the sludge monster, have a grudge against other monsters, and then let other monsters do evil or besiege it?

Or maybe Gray Stone Village has a grudge against other villages, and the battle to destroy the village leads to a strange battle between the two villages?

"Lord Son of God, look..." Gray Stone looked at Xia Yi.

"Does Greystone Village have any enmity with other villages?" Xia Yi asked directly.

"Ah?" Gray Stone was stunned for a moment, then replied, "No, this village was founded by my father."

"I know. After the autumn harvest, I will let the snake god pass." Xia Yi agreed.

He quickly came to White Snake and asked if White Snake had any grudges.

White Snake shook his head.

Xia Yi relaxed a little. He stood next to White Snake and taught White Snake how to play...how to play games with the little girl.

Hui Shi returned to the village, used two oxen to carry wood materials, and brought another wave of people.

Xia Yi glanced at him and saw that this guy actually still had reservations. Now that he saw the rabbit, he gave in.

With sufficient materials and personnel, the house was built quickly. At Xia Yi's request, two simple single rooms were built.

As the sun set, Hui Shi said to Xia Yi: "When it is gradually expanded, the residence of the Son of God cannot be simple and crude."

"What are you going to do?" Xia Yi looked at him. Hui Shi actually took the initiative to pay, which was obviously abnormal.

Hui Shi regretted that he had talked so much that Xia Yi discovered his intention.

He said honestly: "We are ready to accept the annexation of other villages. With the snake god and the son of the god here, we will definitely be able to develop into a big village, and then we will be able to offer better..."

"I refuse." Xia Yi replied, "If you expand the village, the snake god will not appear after the autumn harvest."

The more people there are in a village, the more trouble they will cause. It is dangerous enough for White Snake to come into contact with a village, so how can it be allowed to expand.

Gray Stone sighed and agreed.

Yuexingxingxi, Xia Yi and Xiao Lijun shared a cabin, and Duan Yuanyuan and her four daughters shared a cabin. They slept on beds moved from the village. Although they were not very comfortable, they were beds anyway.

When Xia Yi was half asleep, he was pushed awake by Xiao Lijun.

Xiao Lijun motioned to Xia Yi to look at the window. A huge black shadow blocked the moonlight.

That's the white snake.

Xia Yi walked out of the house, and the white snake rubbed its head against him and looked at the wooden house with hostility. It raised its tail and wanted to whip the wooden house.

"Stop!" Xia Yi stopped it.

White Snake looked at Xia Yi aggrievedly.

"Okay, I'll just sleep with you." Xia Yi touched the white snake, a little funny.

White Snake became happy.

"But I want to touch your belly." Xia Yi took the opportunity to make a condition.

He has coveted the belly of the white snake for a long time. Since that bath, the white snake has never touched him again.

White Snake hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Xia Yi happily entered the cave with White Snake and stretched out his palm.

It feels just like that.

Xia Yi was completely uninterested. He wanted to touch his belly because White Snake wouldn't let him touch it. Now that he was allowed to touch it, he naturally became bored.

He looked at the white snake and quietly moved his palm down to touch the white snake's tail.

The white snake whined, took Xia Yi's body in its mouth, and placed him next to her head, not even letting him touch his abdomen.

Xia Yi leaned against the white snake and fell asleep.

In the morning, after White Snake finished eating, at Bai Snake's suggestion, they went to the village to find White Snake's little lover.
Chapter completed!