Promise Me

"Sigh, looks like there won't be much left this time either." Adam's father glanced at the two copper coins in his hand with a disheartened look.

"That man is simply… too greedy!" Said Adam's mother, her expression filled with resentment. "How are people like us supposed to survive if the Baron raises the taxes so high?"

Adam's parents had a very small patch of land upon which they grew wheat. Needless to say, the land had been leased to them by the Baron. Moreover, they even had to pay feudal dues in the form of more than half of their annual produce.

After having paid so much, there was barely anything left for the family of three to get by. Thus the couple worked more jobs and did everything they could to make sure that at least Adam grew up healthy. But that was proving to be quite a challenging task.

"What do we do now?" Adam's mother bit her lower lip, her eyes full of worry. "This will buy us enough food for a couple of days… but what then?"