Chapter Seventy-Five: A Troubled Year

Meng Ge and the others returned, and they also brought back the news of the conscription outside, as well as the robbery of the strong men by the rebels. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

These two things exploded in Luoshan Village that night. Li Zheng's family sat on the big kang and sighed for a while.

Especially Tang Simei. She is recruited at home, has two sons, the eldest one, is just sixteen this year, which is completely in line with the recruitment period.

"Dad, this imperial court has not recruited soldiers, so let's score and send quotas. Who will be a soldier in our family then? Liang Qinglong asked his father-in-law Tang Lizheng with both hands.

Tang Li was folding his hands on his crossed legs, his head hanging down, and he couldn't see his expression.

Mrs. Lizheng is a short-term and selfish old woman, so she glanced at Liang Qinglong with very unkind eyes.

In the Tang family, only this son-in-law who came to the door was an outsider, and if it was really time to allocate a quota, she would definitely let Liang Qinglong go.

It seems that Tang Lizheng also agrees with the old woman's point of view, and he has not spoken for a long time.

Li Zheng's eldest grandson, Tang Bingfu, stood up directly, saying that when the time came, he would go to the vacancy.

As soon as Tang Bingfu's words came out, not only Tang Simei was frightened, but Tang Lizheng and his wife scolded him for talking nonsense.

"There are other people in the family, where is your turn to be a soldier? Your grandfather and I are old, and there is nothing to lose when I go to be a soldier. Tang Li was talking, staring at his son-in-law Liang Qinglong with his eyes.

Liang Qinglong is a well-behaved person, sleek and very good at looking at people's eyes. At this time, he patted his chest and said, "How can I let my father go to your old man's house." When the time comes, your son-in-law and I will go directly to sign up, so as not to let them come to the door to beg for help. Hahaha......"

Tang Simei was moved by her husband's words, so she said softly: "If you have this filial piety, it will be done." Now there is only a notice posted outside, and the quota will not be allocated so quickly. ”

Li Zheng's stupid son, Tang Shiguang said sneeringly: "I'm going to be a soldier." I'm going to earn a name for myself so I can please my daughter-in-law. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Rizheng are very fond of this silly son, including several of his older sisters. Now I heard that he was going to that dangerous military camp, and I was terrible.

Tang Lizheng was the first to scold Tang Shiguang: "What are you fooling into." You're a slow brain, you want to be a target on the battlefield. ”

"Oh my son, how can you say such a thing. Your mother and I are so old, don't be afraid. Well, let's stay at home well, and my mother will find a daughter-in-law for you. Li Zheng Niangzi pulled Tang Shiguang into her arms and coaxed.

Tang Simei also coaxed Tang Shiguang for a while, which made Liang Qinglong's eyes red with jealousy. In this family, except for a few children, no one really treats him as a family.

At the same time, another Tang family next door to Tang Li was also worried. The reason is naturally that they have many sons, and they are all strong and tough.

Except for the two younger grandsons who are not old, the remaining three grandchildren have reached the age of conscription.

"If this is really a quota, our family will have at least two people. That's going to have to be done. Tang Shiguang's cousin, Tang Shijin said with a bitter face.

His mother-in-law, Lan, hugged her old son, also sighed sadly, and didn't know what to do.

The eldest son, Tang Binghong, is a real man, and said directly: "What are you afraid of, I'll go when the time comes." Even if we have many sons, there are also young ones, so we shouldn't allocate more places. ”

The second son, Tang Bingyun, was a violent man, so he rolled up his sleeves directly, and said with a righteous face: "If the imperial court really wants us to go to drive Yuan Dog and fight the rebels, I will be the first to play." ”

The third brother, Tang Bingchao, looked at the two responsible brothers in silence, and secretly decided in his heart that when the time came, he would sign up in private and occupy a place.

In the village, there are still many families, all like the Tang family, worried and worried, and they get together to discuss and come up with no result.

The three Meng Ge sisters and brothers returned home, finally warmed the house, ate something indiscriminately, took a good bath, and slept completely unaffected.

For more than a month after that, Meng Ge and the others did not go into the mountains again, or go out of the mountains to buy things. The land in Meng Ge's house, after the sun froze, invited the two eldest brothers of King Zhu and the manpower assigned by their family, and they were all opened together.

Including the slightly barren piece of land in front of Mongo and their door. That's what Mongo intended to use to grow medicinal herbs.

The days go by quite quickly, and it's about to be Laba Festival in a blink of an eye. Meng Ge saw that it had been snowing heavily for two days and that it was in a tendency to stop, so he planned to go into the mountains.

"Sister Ge'er, let me go with Xiao Mao'er this time. We'll help you catch ducks. I can still wear a robe. Yu Yang couldn't bear Meng Mao's begging eyes and said.

Meng Ge really didn't want to take the two little things into the mountain again. Now, it's freezing to death outside. This year is colder than ever, and the snow is thick.

In just over a month, there have been three heavy snowfalls. The north wind was blowing, and if you forgot to bring your ear caps when you went out, your ears would be blown off.

"You're both obedient. My sister went into the mountains by herself, she could walk fast, and as soon as she caught the prey, she dragged it back, and she didn't take it with her to stay overnight in the mountains. It only takes two days and one night, and my sister can come back. Meng Ge made up her mind, even if Meng Mao was cute, she didn't change her mind.

"Sister Ge'er, we can also walk very fast, and we won't spend the night in the mountains." Asked by Meng Mao's eyes again, Yu Yang said stiffly.

"Alright, if you still want to go into the city with me to sell prey, just wait for me at home. Otherwise, I won't take you to the county seat. "Meng Ge is not ambiguous at all.

Yu Yang and Meng Mao were dead-hearted, one hanging his head, and he didn't know what he was thinking. One pouted his little mouth high and looked at Meng Ge aggrievedly.

Meng Ge didn't look at the big watery eyes, and packed up the things that he should bring into the mountain.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Meng Ge took the lead and entered the mountain in the early morning. In the heavy snow, even in the early hours of the morning, it was very bright.

By the time Meng Ge came out of the mountains, it was already the evening of the seventh day of the lunar month. In the courtyard of Meng Ge's house, Meng Mao and Yu Yang were tightly wrapped, anxiously looking forward to Meng Ge's return.

This time, Meng Ge took advantage of the snow to drag back six roe deer and two bucks. Wild ducks also hung quite a bit. Among them, there is also a sturdy green sheep, as well as two pig badgers.

Seeing Meng Ge return safely, Yu Yang and Meng Mao were relieved. That night, they roasted a duck to eat, and stewed one, which they left to take on the road tomorrow.

Before going to bed, Meng Ge boiled the laba porridge and warmed it in the pot.

The next day, Meng Ge and the others ate Laba porridge, packed their bags, and went out of the mountain with their prey.

This time, Meng Ge gave Li Zheng, several clan elders, and Tang Xiaomei's family a wild duck as a gift.

As for those lonely and widowed families, Meng Ge also sent some ingredients for boiling laba porridge for them to eat by themselves.

went to the county seat to sell prey again, and it went a lot smoother. This time, Meng Ge and the others harvested a total of about a hundred taels of silver.

When he lived in Xing's house, Meng Ge knew that the Xing family had split up. It's just that the old house and the Xing family's big house are very unhappy.

Looking at Wu'er, who was already able to sit up, Meng Mao was very happy, and deliberately took out a few boxes of snacks that Meng Ge bought for him, and divided half of them for the Wu'er brothers.

This time, Meng Ge didn't help the boss of the Xing family again.

When I returned to the village, every family was busy celebrating the New Year. There are fewer pigs in the village, and even fewer people kill pigs.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Meng Ge went to the family where he killed pigs and bought more than 30 pounds of pork. In addition to nearly twenty catties for gifts to the village, the rest of Meng Ge is planned to be used to make dumplings.

Originally, this should have been an uneventful year. However, when he was twenty-six years old, the people of the imperial court came to the village and really gave each family a showdown.

In this way, the entire Luoshan Village has had a rather troubled New Year.