In Dazhangli, Haifeng County, there is a very ordinary family of five, father Zhang 13, mother Zhang Xiaohua, eldest son Zhang Shun, second son Zhang Ping, and youngest daughter Zhang Yun.

The Zhang family of five does not have their own farmland, can only rent the landlord's land for a living, and have to be busy with other things on weekdays, busy every day throughout the year from morning to night, a family of five people can not eat enough every day, fortunately a family of five people are alive and well.

There is also one thing that makes Zhang 13 and Zhang Xiaohua very headaches, the eldest son Zhang Shun is eighteen years old and should marry a wife and have children, but the Zhang family has no money for the eldest son to marry, so he has to "exchange" with other poor families, and the daughters of other people's families will marry them, and their own daughters will marry their sons in the future.

Originally, the five members of the Zhang family thought that their family would continue to live such a poor life, but they did not expect the life of the Zhang family to usher in a change, and that day a working family of the People's Army came to Dazhangli to publicize and introduce the People's Army to the people of Dazhangli, and also told all the people that the People's Army would distribute farmland to all the people in Dazhangli.

"Distribute farmland?" Hearing the news, the four members of the Zhang family all looked incredulous, only the youngest daughter Zhang Yun was still young and ignorant, and would not express her opinions.

They don't know what the People's Army is, they only know the landlord and the official, in their eyes, the landlord and the official are very vicious, every time the autumn harvest is made, most of the Zhang family's harvest must be taken away, and the remaining grain is simply not enough for a family of five to eat for a year.

Zhang 13 and Zhang Xiaohua's biggest wish is to be able to have their own farmland, so that they don't have to be charged high rent by the landlord, and now some people say that the People's Army has driven away the landlord and the official, and they all have to distribute the land and live a good life, and no one dares to believe it easily.

After not believing it, the Zhang family had a little more expectations in their hearts, hoping that this thing was true, just in anticipation, two days passed, and the people who wanted to allocate farmland to the people of Dazhangli came back, and all the five members of the Zhang family went out, and all the people of Dazhangli surrounded the three-layer and three-layer outer three-layer working group of the people's military government.

In the staff's words of assurance and affirmation, the people in Dazhangli let go of the five people and respectfully invited them into the village.

"All adults are given farmland equivalent to four acres of medium field, and minors are granted farmland equivalent to two acres of medium field......"

Hearing these words, Zhang Shisan, Zhang Xiaohua, and Zhang Shun were all calculating how much farmland their family of five could get, even if they were not good at arithmetic, they also calculated that their family could obtain farmland equivalent to sixteen acres of medium farmland.

"With so much farmland, our family will be able to eat enough in the future, and we will be able to eat meat and wear new clothes." The second son is already fantasizing about a better life in the future, and in the words of the second son, Zhang 13 and Zhang Xiaohua also have some more fantasy pictures in their minds.

Zhang Shun didn't fantasize about this, his attention was on the next sentence of the staff.

"If anyone wants to join the People's Army, they can get an extra ten acres of farmland equivalent to a medium field......

Sixteen years old is adulthood, fifteen or sixteen get married and have children, but Zhang Shun is already eighteen years old, and there is still no time before marrying a wife and having children, even if the farmland distributed by the People's Army is in hand, Zhang Shun will have to wait a few more years if he wants to marry a wife and have children.

Don't forget that Zhang Shun also has his younger brother Zhang Ping, and a few years later Zhang Shun married a wife and had children, at that time Zhang Ping was also an adult, and when it was time to marry a wife and have children, I am afraid that the Zhang family would not have much financial resources to allow Zhang Ping to marry a wife and have children in a few years.

"If you join the People's Army, you can get ten acres of farmland, and if you are promoted or make meritorious contributions, you can get more farmland, and if I have more than ten acres of farmland, I can marry a wife immediately." Zhang Shun thought in his heart.

Thinking about it, Zhang Shun can't make a decision for the time being, joining the People's Army will definitely leave Dazhangli and stay away from his parents, younger brothers and sisters, Zhang Shun has never left Dazhangli since he was born.

Another two days passed, and the Zhang family's farmland was finally all allocated, and Zhang Shisan had to go around the farmland every few hours, looking at the farmland and smirking.

Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Ping were also full of smiles, the young Zhang Yun was happy when he saw his family, and he was happy, only Zhang Shun didn't have many smiles on his face, and he hesitated many times, and the next day, Zhang Shun finally made a decision that he wanted to join the People's Army!

Getting more farmland to marry a wife and have children is the main reason for Zhang Shun to join the People's Army, followed by Zhang Shun was attracted by the purpose and obligations of the People's Army, Zhang Shun also wanted to join the People's Army, to defeat all the landlords who bullied the poor people, to overthrow the Ming Dynasty that oppressed the poor people, the Zhang family has been oppressed and exploited by the landlords and the government for too long, Zhang Shun now finally has a chance to resist.

After making up his mind, Zhang told his father and mother his thoughts by the way, as a woman, Zhang Xiaohua didn't have much, and in the end, Zhang Shisan, who was his father, had to make up his mind.

"Shun'er, joining the People's Army may kill people." Zhang 13 said with a sigh.

"Dad, I'm not afraid, if I join the People's Army, I will be able to get ten acres of farmland, even if I can't come back, these ten acres of farmland are still our family, I believe I will be able to come back alive, and I will be able to make more meritorious contributions in the People's Army and get more farmland." Zhang Shun pretended to be very confident and said to his father.

"Go ahead, you're old too, it's time to go out." Zhang 13 finally agreed to Zhang Shun to join the People's Army, after all, the Zhang family has a second son, there is no problem in passing on the ancestry, if the eldest son can break through the world and glorify the ancestors outside, even if he dies, Zhang 13 will have the face to face the following ancestors of Jiuquan.

Although the peasant households are small, they also have the heart to become landlords.

After the People's Army distributed farmland to the people in Dazhangli, the vast majority of the people were devoted to the People's Army, and the matter of conscription was also going smoothly, Zhang Shun was only one of the people who wanted to join the People's Army in Dazhangli, and many of Zhang Shun's peers, older than Zhang Shun and younger than Zhang Shun, wanted to join the People's Army.

Of course, those who are willing to join the People's Army are mainly like Zhang Shun's family, who have two brothers, one to join the People's Army, and the other to stay at home.

Most of the people who join the People's Army are attracted by the farmland, and some are attracted by the aims and obligations of the People's Army.