Chapter Forty-Eight: Spending Money to Buy Human Lives

This news came without warning, and Dai Shuanglin looked at the people around her who knew nothing, and the feeling of powerlessness in her heart rose in vain.

Before the rations were paid, the conscription had already begun.

How do ordinary people live?

After a year of work, both people and money are lost, and the real Coptis chinensis is soaked in water.

Dai Shuanglin was glad that the Dai family was able to get the land back in time, especially Dai Xiangen also became the pavilion chief, so that the Dai family did not have to worry about military service in addition to paying taxes and grain.

"Sister Lin, take this back to the house......" Dai Xiangen didn't understand it himself and didn't let Sister Lin and Brother Xian read it out in public, first, he didn't know what was written in it, and second, he was worried about losing face in front of everyone, so he handed the official document to Dai Shuanglin and turned around and continued to distribute food.

Sun wanted to see the rare scene, so he handed over the task of scooping grain to Brother Xian, and she followed Sister Lin into the house, but Sister Lin turned to her as soon as she entered the house and said, "Mother, don't sell the food at home, find a place to hide." ”

"Huh? Where did this come about? Sun touched the official document in surprise, even if he couldn't understand what it said, but intuitively Sun felt that Sister Lin's words must have something to do with this thing.

Dai Shuanglin didn't explain, just pointed to the words on the official document with his index finger and began to read, the more he read Sun, the more surprised he became, "This still doesn't make people live?" What about those who have only one son in the family? ”

In the past so many years, the two brothers of the Dai family have avoided military service by relying on silver, or they will not be reluctant to eat white noodles on the conditions of the Dai family.

"If you really want to avoid it, it's not impossible...... Dai Shuanglin didn't say that the method is limited to those who have surplus food. And the yamen recruited soldiers according to the order, and recruiting enough people is a great achievement, so naturally it will not be screened too strictly.

"What's the method?" After Sun asked, he felt that he was stupid, so he naturally spent money to buy people's lives, hey, it seems that the child's father was right, he was going to fight!

The situation of the Dai family at this time was completely different from that time in the summer, the grain of fifty-five acres of land was down, and the four south houses were stuffed. Sun and Dai Xiangen originally planned to sell some of the snacks and exchange them for silver, so that they could make silver for Dai Shuanghong in the coming year, but now that they know the news, even if the family is short of money, they don't dare to make a big move, and even if you have silver when the food shortage comes, you can't buy food.

God forbid, Sun secretly prayed not to be hit by Sister Lin's crow's mouth, Sister Hong's dowry must put food in order to survive.

The news spread, and the Zhang butcher in the town was the first to find the Dai family, sneakily entered, and a large bag of copper plates in his arms was ten catties, and all of them were spread on the kang of the Dai family, Dai Xiangen was so frightened that he panicked and shouted, "Big brother, what are you doing?" ”

"I told Tang Daniu's family that his family would have an extra son to fight for my family's big bolt, but this matter has to be ......" With your consent, Zhang's intention is self-evident.

Dai Xiangen was stunned for a while, and then looked at the more than 1,000 copper plates on the kang, and finally understood that this was the so-called gag money.

"Brother Dai...... No, Chief Dai, you have pity on our family, and you also know that my family is such a leader, if this is sent to war...... Whining...... I'm sorry for the ancestors of my Zhang family! Zhang Butcher thought that Dai Xiangen disagreed, so he began to cry before he finished speaking.

The Zhang family has killed pigs for generations, and the family is also considered to have a small asset, I don't know if it is too much killing and abuse, counting his son is already three generations of single transmission, so this recruitment order, he first told the Tang Daniu family, who had seven sons who were poor to six and did not say that they had a daughter-in-law, and the two families took what they needed, and the Zhang butcher's family paid for the grain and meat, and the Tang family collected the money to collect the grain and meat for the son.

Sure enough, the living won't let the urine suffocate to death, this brain turns!

Dai Xiangen sighed, this matter has been discussed by both parties, what else can he say? I only pity the son of Tang Daniu's family, but it is estimated that there will be a lot of this matter in the future, so the money can not be collected for help, it is all from the villagers, and how can we meet in the future after receiving this money.

Honest people have their own insistence, Dai Xiangen made his words clear to Zhang Butcher, which made Zhang Butcher think that he had heard it wrong, why would Pavilion Chief Li not send money? When he understood that Dai Xiangen was not shirking, Zhang Butcher was almost kowtowing after a thousand thanks, 1,600 copper plates, all the family's savings.

Zhang Butcher left, and after finishing the market two days later, he sent a big pork leg to the Dai family in the dark.

Well, the allure of the pork leg is too great, and Dai Xiangen's persistence is here.

As expected, Zhang Butcher is not the only one who came to Dai's family to beg for this, this year without a son is a desperate household, alive and laughed at death without a face to see the ancestors, but having more sons means poverty, not enough to eat, not to mention a daughter-in-law, so there are countless people who spend money and food to find someone to replace to fight, and those who have only one son in the family are reluctant to let Dumiao go to death by smashing pots and selling iron.

This is the case in the countryside, and the county seat is another scene, listening to the county government officials vaguely say that the rich people are replaced by their families, and the rich people will pool their money to buy in the market, and now the price of men in the county town has doubled.

The world is like this, cats have cats and dogs, Dai Shuanglin took a bite of meat buns with a worried heart, the fat meat is really fragrant, ah woo and take a big bite.

"Na, you send these to the Gu family...... "Sun divided the steamed buns into several packets, first stuffed a pack to Dai Shuanglin for her to send to the Gu family, and then stuffed a pack to Brother Xian for him to send to the second room of the Dai family, and he wrapped a bag to send to his mother's house in person, although the brothers and daughters-in-law of the mother's family were hurtful, but the father and grandfather were there, and the Sun family was worried in the end.

As soon as she heard that she could go to Gu's house, Dai Shuanglin hurriedly swallowed the buns, and asked Sun before going out, "Mother, do you want to send it to my aunt and aunt's house?" Sun and Dai Xiangen laughed when they heard this, and said: "Go and go back quickly, send the nearest one first and then send the ...... far away."

"Okay" Dai Shuanglin flew out of Dai's house like a happy bird, and from time to time I heard the sound of crying and quarreling on the road, Dai Shuanglin listened to the heart darkly, and when she arrived at the Gu family, she thought that the good mood of meeting with Gu Xiaomin was long gone, but Xiao Chen, who came to open the door, sighed, happily took the burden in Dai Shuanglai's hand, and took out a bun and put it in her mouth without hurrying into the house. hurriedly called out to the Chen family in the house, "Auntie, come and ......."

Before the Chen family came out, Gu Xiaomin in the east chamber heard Dai Shuanglin's shout, and was so anxious that he limped out of the house on crutches.

Gu Xiaomin was happy for his eldest brother in his heart, but he couldn't help but think of Sister Lin who was drenched in the rain, and Xiaohe had already shown sharp corners.

Xiao Chen has realized it in the past two days, and told his mother-in-law Chen about his conjecture, Chen thought that he could finally hold his grandson, and happily hugged Dai Shuanglin and said: "Amitabha, our sister Lin is really a blessed person, and your sister-in-law will have it as soon as you come." ”

“……”

Xiao Chen's heart was blocked in one breath, and her aunt was too capable of pulling it, what does it have to do with the second girl of the Dai family when she is pregnant with a child? Oh, how could she go out in order to prevent Du Wu from entering the door and spread the nonsense that the second girl of the Dai family was a lucky star? This is good, the future opponent doesn't have to do anything, then the credit will automatically lean on her, if she enters the door in the future, won't all the good things in the family have to belong to her?

Ouch, Xiao Chen started to vomit again when he thought of this!

Dai Shuanglin was also speechless, Gu Xiaomin looked up at the sky in front of the East Chamber, and his shaking shoulders betrayed his mood.