On this day, many families couldn't sleep well, and quite a few got up in the middle of the night, taking their household registration papers and hurrying to the county.
The women at home held back their men, advising: "Don't be too quick to borrow Silver, ask clearly how much the interest is first. Only borrow if it's truly less than one hundred copper coins a month, don't be deceived."
The men replied: "Don't worry, wife, we're going with the village chief, and he said to let others borrow first. When others borrow more, then it's our village's turn."
These days have been chaotic, apart from people making a fuss at the government office about taxes, there are also evil men like Gao Sanxiong from the county spreading rumors to disturb the people and buying farmers' property at low prices, and then there's the new bank offering low-interest loans for farmers to pay their taxes.
