Chapter 143: Conscription
"What's the solution, which time you can't conscript in a war, you will be out without money, this time my family has already said that let my brother go, fortunately it's not me!"
"You have to be careful, it's your brother this time, who knows if it's you next time. ”
"Don't say frustrating words, by the way, have you heard, Yuelai Inn heard that there are a few officials from the capital who live in a very unusual identity, saying that they are looking for some small county lord left here, I didn't expect that we still have a small county lord left here, and I don't know whose family is so lucky, can pick up such a big child with the identity of the county lord, that family can be regarded as flying on the branch and becoming a phoenix!"
"Hey, I know about this, and it is said that it is the academy Su ...... To the child named Su Chengcai, say that her child was actually picked up at the beginning!"
"No, that's okay, aren't you afraid that they're deceiving? ”
"Who knows, anyway, it's said that someone has already decided. ”
When Su Zimu heard this, she was no longer interested in listening.
Panda Inn?
The best inn in the town, Su Zimu thought about the people in the capital coming here, so naturally they wanted to live in the best inn in the town.
She thought about it for a while, and came to the door of the Yuelai Inn.
Who knew that there were many people at the door, and they also appeared with a seven-year-old girl, all of whom said to the guy:
"You are so bold, do you know who is next to me, she may be the little county lord, you are blocking us like this, aren't you afraid that the little county lord will admit it back and pull you all to beheading?!"
"Little brother, please tell me, my daughter was really picked up at the ridge seven years ago, I have been raising her for so many years, although I am reluctant, but when I think of her may have a good life, I can't bear to suffer in our family for so many years, she may really be the little county lord!"
"Oh, you don't look at what crooked melons and cracked dates you bring, my child's usual behavior at home is the style of a big family, when we picked her up and raised her, I felt strange, what is not clear now, my child is clearly the little county lord!"
Listening to those people's words, Su Zimu twitched the corners of his mouth, and the guy directly took out the broom and said:
", you come nonsense again, be careful of the adult's guilt, don't be a toad and want to eat swan meat, okay, people have already confirmed the identity of the little county lord, it's your turn to pretend, aren't you all afraid of death!"
Su Zimu looked at those who were driven away, and felt that if she went up, she would probably end up being driven away.
But for a moment, she didn't have a better way, so she asked:
"Little brother, I want to ask something, when will the big man in the capital leave, do you want to buy delicious desserts or something, our desserts are delicious!"
The guy saw that Su Zimu was good-looking, and said politely:
"Sister, don't fight the ideas of these adults in the capital, they won't want anything, and they will leave the day after tomorrow. ”
Leaving the day after tomorrow?
When Su Zimu heard this, after thanking the guy, he had a plan in his heart.
If you leave the day after tomorrow, you will definitely pass through the official road to the county seat.
At this time, the other party is not visible, but if you want to see them on the official road, it is much simpler.
Su Zimu plans to take Su Qiya to the official road two days later, and expose Su Baya's identity on the spot!
After Su Zimu had an idea, she returned home.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he found that Wu Changxi was also back, and he came back very decadently, before he could say anything, Wu's mother said directly:
"You don't need to talk about this matter, there is still silver at home, how can you make up twenty taels!"
After Su Zimu entered, she learned that it was because of conscription.
Su Zimu hurriedly said:
"Grandma, if you don't have enough money here, I still have it here, and I will definitely not let Uncle Changxi become a soldier. ”
It's not that he is unpatriotic, it's just that Wu Changxi is a weak scholar, and when he goes to the battlefield, he can't play any role except being cannon fodder, so it's better to concentrate on studying and gaining fame!
When Wu Dachuan heard this, he just sighed and said:
"Alas, it would have been nice to have only twenty taels, but the latest conscription order has come down, saying that if a family has four or more men, it will have to produce two, and if it has six men, it will have to pay three. In your eldest and second uncle's family, no one has at least two male babies, and each of them has a strong man!"
When Su Zimu heard this, he actually understood what it meant, if his grandfather paid twenty taels to protect Wu Changxi from being a soldier, and did not give other money to protect Wu Changhai and Wu Changhe, then the two of them would not regard Wu Dachuan and his wife as enemies.
Su Zimu didn't have to think about it to know that these people were completely capable of doing this kind of thing!
Su Zimu immediately said:
"Sixty taels is not a lot, I'll just go to the deep mountains. ”
When Mother Wu heard this, she immediately stopped:
"Five girls, don't go, it's about to winter now, the beasts in the mountains are the most ferocious, and you must not go!"
Generally, the beasts at the beginning of winter and early spring are the most unprovoked, and how many hunters used to go up the mountain at this time and die the most.
They didn't want to see Su Zimu have an accident at all.
Wu Dachuan also said:
"Forget it, anyway, the eldest of their family is in their twenties, what's wrong with joining the army, there is no silver, there is no way!"
When Mother Wu saw him say this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"It's supposed to be like this, they've all been separated, what kind of face do they have to come again, it's not that I treat my son as an enemy, you don't know what they said when you lie in bed and can't move, they can't wait to kick us away, they haven't thought about it at all, if it weren't for the five girls, what kind of life would we live, you don't even know if you can survive this winter!"
Mother Wu is very complaining in her heart, she thinks she is good to her daughter-in-law, but why did she let her son get this kind of daughter-in-law who is so good at blowing the wind on the pillow and greedy for cheapness, which has led to her son being brainwashed and becoming like this!
And she knows that Wu Changhai works in the town, and it is not difficult to earn four or five taels a year!
Wu's mother also wanted to know that she didn't ask her two children to hand over their wages at all, and where they used their money! Or did they hide it!
Wu Dachuan also felt that this was the case, so he nodded even more and said:
"Well, then let's just make up twenty taels. ”
Wu Changxi felt a little guilty, if he hadn't been admitted to Xiucai, his father and mother would not have been so uncomfortable, and if he was admitted to Xiucai, he wouldn't have to be a soldier, he could be exempted from a quota, and he wouldn't have to pay twenty taels of silver.
He felt a little uncomfortable, but he still didn't say anything, after all, he also knew that it was really not good to be a soldier by himself, and the only way out was to take the imperial examination.
can know that early the next morning, Wu Changhe and Wu Changhai knelt at the door of Su Zimu's house, and Wu Dachuan and Wu's mother saved their lives!