Mo Xiaohe really thought that there was something wrong with her ears, she knew that her cousin Li He's vision was higher than ordinary people, but she didn't expect that to this point, the prefect's daughter may be just the daughter of a sesame mung bean official in Kyoto, but in the border city of Dawu, she is a noble daughter of a high family.

There is always a bridge in the book where the daughter of an official family marries a poor scholar, that is because the scholar is talented, has the hope of high school and is worth investing, and the scholar is also looking for a backer for himself, just like that, hit it off.

Li He opened an iron shop, in the eyes of the prefect, he was a pariah, and he was only related to the Mo family, and the two families were not right, as a cousin, Mo Xiaohe felt that his cousin wanted to eat swan meat.

"I know, at first I thought she was the daughter of a rich merchant, thinking that I could make more money and marry someone sooner or later."

Li He is very lonely, he can't climb high, he is talking about him, he can only bury people in his heart, miss them silently, and dare not tell his family, for fear that his father and mother will faint in fright, he is too self-conscious.

During that time, he went to Fucheng, there is a temple in Fucheng that is said to be very supernatural, he went to the temple to offer incense and pray for blessings, and on the way back, he met a carriage, which broke down halfway.

I remember that day, the sky was already dark, the sky was dark, a cool breeze was blowing, it seemed that there was a rain coming soon, he was driving the ox cart, eating cold buns, and was about to pass by the carriage, when a little maid came down from the opposite carriage and begged him for help.

The front did not reach the village, the back did not touch the ground, the coachman dislocated his arm, and Li He was a warm-hearted person, and it took half an hour to repair the carriage, and the sky also fell with raindrops.

Before leaving, the car window opened, a pair of slender jade hands stretched out, and a purse was handed out.

The curtain of the car was lifted, a glimpse, the flower and the moon, like water, he couldn't describe the heartbeat at that moment, since he arrived in Fucheng, he couldn't keep his soul, but unfortunately he just met on the road, and he didn't know where the young lady's house was, so he could only silently unrequited love.

"And then?"

Mo Xiaohe commented in his heart, the storyline is bloody, there is nothing new, if the cousin's sweetheart is an ordinary woman, it is just a prefect's daughter, even if she is a concubine, it is unlikely to marry.

"Then I was listening to the play in the teahouse, and in the lobby, someone on the second floor was throwing a purse at me."

Li He was hit, looked up dizzily, and saw a shadow on the second floor, and it was the little maid who showed his face last time, and happily beckoned him to come up for tea, and their young lady wanted to thank him. It was on that day that he learned her identity.

"Cousin, don't get angry, what if a miracle happens?"

Mo Xiaohe said insincerely, what is the prefect's daughter, completely forgot to forget it, just treat it as a dream, if it is really married, invite a Buddha at home, and in the future, grandparents, uncles and aunts will have to be small and low, trembling and living a trembling life.

It's hard for her to say this, Gu Zheng has always disliked mixing and is silent, in short, it is a great joy for her cousin Li Xiu to get married, Mo Xiaohe can only believe that feelings are cultivated.

Because of the calligraphy and painting shop, Mo Xiaohe is still competing with the widower, and the member is determined to buy the shop, shouting the price here, and adding a tael of silver there, the owner of the shop saw that the sandpiper and the clam were competing for the fisherman's profit, and he was not in a hurry to sell the shop, so he simply waited for the price of the shop to rise.

Early in the morning of August 23, the Mo family left Mojia Village, Mo Daya looked at the carriage in the distance, and felt sad in her heart.

"Cousin, you relax and take care of your body first."

Before leaving, the eldest aunt took Mo Xiaohe's hand with tears in her eyes, asking her to help take care of it more, and she solemnly agreed, what the old pious woman of the Li family did, lost her conscience, even if it had nothing to do with her cousin, she didn't want to just forget it, as a way for the sky, God let her cross over, and always do a few good things.

After calming Mo Daya's emotions, Mo Xiaohe took her husband Gu Zheng to go to the market together, there were vegetables and meat at home, but she wanted to eat fish, unlike the mountains, which were transported from other cities, because of the addition of ice, the cost was high, and it was only sold when the caravan passed by.

It is a kind of fish produced in the sea, it takes about three days to transport it, she does not know the species, the taste is similar to that of modern cod, the meat is white and delicate, the mouth is not greasy, the spines are less, buy it back to make the boiled fish section, boil the soup and eat.

At the end of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the autumn tiger was in full bloom, Mo Xiaohe stood in the shade of the tree, only a quarter of an hour, he felt out of breath, and he was about to faint from the heat, Gu Zheng quickly took out a cotton cloth handkerchief, and asked the grocery store guy for a basin of cold water to wipe her face and cool down.

"This big brother, you're here to buy fish? Is the day wrong? The caravan won't be able to come until this time tomorrow. ”

The young man was a warm-hearted person, and there was no one in the grocery store, so he stood at the door, chatted with Gu Zheng and his wife, gossiped some gossip, and heard that the imperial court wanted to rebuild and strengthen the city wall recently, and every family had to send a strong man to serve in the designated place.

"Our neighbor's youngest son is a showman, and he has a meritorious reputation, so he doesn't have to serve as a conscription."

The young man looked envious, Dawu has not fought in the past few years, the wind and rain are smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, although they can't eat big fish and meat, as long as they are diligent, there is no problem with food and clothing.

"Conscription?"

Mo Xiaohe was taken aback, she didn't travel for a long time, and she didn't have any memory of this, so she had to search in her mind, she seemed to have heard her mother Li say that her father Mo Jingshan had not yet been admitted to Xiucai, and was assigned to a big mountain quarrying by the yamen.

At that time, the family was poor, and they didn't know how to give benefits to the catchers, so they went to the hardest and most tired place, and managed two meals a day, after all, they were doing manual work, and they didn't have enough to eat, and Mo Jingshan, a literati, was almost so tired that he vomited blood, and then the foreman couldn't look at it, so he asked him to do some counting work, and he lasted for more than 20 days, and after returning home, the whole person lost a lot of weight.

For a few years, occasionally someone in the village will go out to serve as a servant, but as long as the family is willing to pay the silver, it can be exempted, according to the head of the family, a person is 100 yuan, if it is a large family, not enough money, must be out.

During the period of servitude, the yamen provided food, but did not give a little grain, rice and silver, and the government issued subsidies, which were exploited layer by layer, and there was not a single copper plate left in the hands of the people.

I heard that the parents and officials in a certain place make porridge every day, and then they were tired to death, and they were afraid that things would make a big deal, so it took a lot of money to calm down.

"Yes, doesn't the little lady know? A notice has been posted in the city, and it will reach our town in a few days. ”

The road in front of the grocery store, to the north, leads to the border of Dawu, to the south, leads to the capital of Dawu, coming and going, all kinds of people, guys have seen it, and the caravan is doing a lot of supplies here, so he is very well-informed.

"Well, I don't know who made such a rule."

The man sighed again and again, in previous years, as long as you pay the silver, this year it will not work, every family, must send a strong man, strengthen the city wall, someone wants to mine the rocks, I don't know who is so unlucky, every year someone dies of exhaustion.

"What? Can't you use silver? ”

Mo Xiaohe was careless just now, and was stunned now, there is no shortage of silver at home, and she can take out one hundred and ten taels completely, she doesn't want her husband to suffer and be tired, and besides, Gu Zheng is a pillar in the family, and she can't leave anyone.

"Well, I don't take cash."

The man smiled bitterly, I don't know who came out of the moth, you can't have silver, even if you are an outsider, you have a thousand acres of good land, you are also within the scope of going to serve in the conscription, you can't escape, but he thinks, money can make the ghost grind, with the silver, use the money to buy people, impostor, or let people work for you, it should be feasible.

"I have an older brother at home who works on the docks, and this time I am serving as a conscript, my brother goes, and I continue to work as a buddy in the shop."

The young man sighed, thanks to the fact that the family was not divided, a large family, out of a labor, can still get people to come out, but his sister-in-law is not very happy, but there is no way, let him go, it is estimated that he will be carried back with a door panel.

"Is the information reliable?"

Mo Xiaohe repeatedly confirmed that the news was true, that is to say, his own family could not escape, and on the other side, there were only his uncle and cousin Li He, who would be the right person?

Fortify the city wall, I'm afraid it's not just that, she's thinking about a question, Dawu is a subject country of Dayue, but the people are rich and the people are strong, and they are willing to be subservient to others for the rest of their lives? Don't make any moves in the court.

The more Mo Xiaohe thought about it, the more she felt that she was tired, and there were things that couldn't be solved with money, she had to hurry back and send a message to her uncle, and make plans early, she had to serve as a servant, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to eat enough, so she had to bring enough dry food, wound medicine, clothes, shoes and socks, all of which had to be spared.

As for Mo Daya's husband Li Er, Mo Xiaohe automatically ignored it, she wished that this scumbag would accept the labor reform, and it would be best if she couldn't come back!

Seeing that his lady looked worried, Gu Zheng patted Mo Xiaohe's hand, he was strong and strong, and he had served as a conscription, but on the days when he was not there, she couldn't go back to the mountains, she could only live in the town, and he was relieved that Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang were at home.

"Husband, that's not what I'm worried about."

Reinforcing the city wall must be an excuse, maybe to build fortifications, which reminded her of Qin Shi Huang's construction of the Great Wall, I don't know how many people's bones were buried, what she was afraid of was that there was no fixed period for conscription.

"You think that kind of thing won't happen for a while."

There was an agreement between Dawu and Da Yue, and at the beginning, Da Wu was in civil strife, facing a joint attack by small countries in the south, and there was a danger of destroying the country.

Mo Xiaohe was thoughtful, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, the war, it is difficult to say, a ridiculous excuse is the reason for sending troops, she doesn't believe in anything.

"Let's give you some gifts and arrange you to a place closer to the city."

As soon as she went, there was nowhere to be found, Mo Xiaohe couldn't react, she hadn't left Gu Zheng's sight since she got married, and she suddenly got the news that she was going to separate, and she couldn't accept it for a while, so she made up her mind, where her husband went, she packed up a little baggage and followed.

He is serving conscription during the day, and the time at night is always free, Mo Xiaohe wants to rent a small yard nearby, do laundry and cook, boil soup and water when he has nothing to do, and replenish Gu Zheng's body, he is overtired and has a lot of physical losses, so he must pay more attention.

Mo Xiaohe thought wildly, and spent a night worriedly, the caravan came to sell fish on the second day, she was already in no mood, or Gu Zheng went on a trip, bought back a whole fish, and if she couldn't finish it, she let Aunt Zhang pickle it, fry it when she wants to eat it, and eat it with white porridge, which is delicious.

After dinner on the second day, news came from the town that the arrester of the yamen had just received a notice, and the door-to-door notice and registration were not in the range, and only Gu Zheng was a strong man of appropriate age and was registered by the yamen.

"This big brother, eat a sweet pear to quench your thirst."

Mo Xiaohe sent people out, bribed the official with a pear, and began to inquire about the news, it seems that this time it is serious, and no one can escape, unless there is a meritorious reputation, there are few people in the town.

"Say whatever you want."

The official squinted his eyes and took a bite of the sweet pear, yes, there was a lot of juice, quenching his thirst, and his tone eased a little, "The list will be reported, and it won't be possible to give any amount of silver." ”

"I know this, I just want to ask, can I change to a slightly easier job......

Mo Xiaohe went straight to the point, she was not in the mood to be sloppy now, she just wanted to hear the answer to the question, which made her feel a little bottom.

"It's all a random lot, it's up to your luck."

The names and identification cards of all the people were placed in large boxes, and then on the day of servitude, they were drawn and distributed by special people, and for the sake of fairness, no amount of silver was given, and it could not be faked.

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!