Xiao Liuzi was so hooked by the smell of meat that he couldn't walk, so he trotted two steps forward to help the soldiers light the fire. He also said: "Uncle! Let me do it! I used to help my mother cook on the fire at home! ”

The soldiers saw that Xiao Liuzi was still decent in the fire, and the gang was very busy in the room, so they nodded and agreed.

Xiao Liuzi lit the fire while facing the large piece of fat. It was as uncomfortable as a thousand little hands scratching at his throat, and if only he could eat a piece, he thought silently in his heart. But now I can ask the meat aroma and be satisfied, when was the last time I saw such a large piece of meat?

While he was thinking nonsense, the middle-aged soldier came over and said, "Young man! Take a hand and help me carry things over, and you're indispensable! ”

Xiao Liuzi agreed, and helped the soldiers carry the big wooden barrel onto the cart, and several soldiers were already waiting there, and they pushed the food and left.

Watching the delicious food go away, Xiao Liuzi's heart also flew away. Suddenly, someone slapped him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, he turned out to be a middle-aged soldier.

"Look at what! Don't come in to eat yet! The middle-aged soldier greeted and walked back first.

Xiao Liuzi hurriedly followed, secretly happy in his heart. Help light the fire and have a meal to eat, which is a good deal.

Just as he was thinking, the middle-aged soldier took a big bowl and stuffed it into his hand, "Eat!" Send more firewood and grass tomorrow, this is today's firewood money! As he spoke, he put a small bag of copper coins into Xiao Liuzi's arms.

Xiao Liuzi had already been snatched away by the large piece of meat in the bowl, and he didn't notice what the middle-aged soldier said at all.

When he took a bite into the creamy fat meat, the aroma of the meat almost made him forget to think. It's so delicious! It turns out that eating meat in large chunks is such a feeling!

After eating another bite of fragrant rice soaked in broth, Xiao Liuzi almost swallowed his tongue into his stomach.

He devoured a big bowl of rice, patted his belly and asked, "Uncle!" What day is it and how can you make such a good meal? ”

"What day? Changxingjun eats like this for lunch every day, and does it take days? "The shock of the middle-aged soldier's words to Xiao Liuzi is huge, he eats like this every day, and the landlord's family may not eat so well!

He leaned over to the middle-aged soldier and asked, "Uncle! Is it difficult to become a Changxing army? ”

The middle-aged soldier smiled and nodded Xiao Liuzi with his hand and said, "Of course it's not easy!" First of all, you have to be in good health, not sick or sick. Secondly, he must be a good son with a clean family, and no one who is a traitor or a criminal offender is allowed. In the end, I had to survive two months of recruit training, and if I couldn't survive it, I had to be a soldier like me except to go home! ”

After the middle-aged soldier finished speaking, he sighed for a while, and he took off his shoes and showed Xiao Liuzi his feet. It turned out that he was missing a big mother's foot on his left foot, and it was this defect that made him unable to be an official Changxing army.

Xiao Liuzi didn't know how he got back home, and he was thinking about the words of the soldiers in his head all the way.

The three words of Changxingjun have been deeply engraved in his mind, and the first thing he did when he got home was to find his father, "Dad!" I want to be a Changxing army! ”

At first, the old man didn't hear what his younger son was saying, but he was very relieved by the always obedient little son, and nodded and said, "Okay!" Good! ”

"Daddy! You really said yes, great! Tomorrow my son will go to the major general, and he will definitely take the child! Xiao Liuzi said happily.

Hearing the three words of the major general, the old man's eyes suddenly widened. His original kind and kind appearance disappeared, and he walked up to his son in a few steps and said angrily, "What did you say? What are you doing? Who to go to? ”

The first time Xiao Liuzi saw his father like this, he took a few steps back and said, "Son...... The son just said that he was going to find the major general to be in the Changxing Army~" said that in the end, he almost didn't dare to look at his father.

"No way!" The old man said categorically

"Your eldest brother died early, and the second brother fell to his death when he went up the mountain to collect medicine for his father. The third brother and the fourth brother joined the army, and now they don't know whether they are alive or dead. The fifth brother died in the battle by the Hunhe River, and you are left with a son by your father's side, do you let your father not even have a person to die after a hundred years? The old man said as tears fell.

Hearing his father's words, Xiao Liuzi was silent, he knew his father's mood. But the mood of joining the Changxing Army grows like a weed, and it can't be suppressed.

The next day he saw the barracks deliver firewood and grass, and also ate a hearty lunch. This time, Xiao Liuzi was reluctant to eat the meat, so he carefully wrapped the meat with lotus leaves and put it in his arms.

When he came home again, he delivered the meat to Daddy's eyes. The old man smiled happily when he saw the meat that his son had brought back.

His youngest son finally knew that he was distressed, and eating the meat that his son brought back, the old man asked, "Little Liuzi, where did you go today?" How can there be such a big piece of meat? While questioning, the old man ate half of the meat. Putting the rest of the meat in his son's bowl, he asked with a smile.

Xiao Liuzi was able to eat two mouthfuls of food before he said: "My son went to Changxingjun's room in the past two days!" ”

Hearing the words of the youngest son, an angry look suddenly appeared on the old man's face. He was just about to get angry when he heard his son say, "Daddy! Listen to your son first! ”

Seeing his father glaring at him, Xiao Liuzi said: "This piece of meat is what Changxing Army eats at noon every day, and they will get such a big piece of meat every day." White rice and white flour steamed cakes are enough, and there is a big bowl of broth to go with rice! ”

Hearing his son's words, the old man threw his chopsticks on the table and said, "Nonsense! How can a soldier eat so well? Aren't you being deceived? ”

"Daddy who won't! What my son saw with his own eyes, there would never be a fake! The son also heard that as long as he joined the Changxing Army, each person could get 50 acres of Yongye land without paying taxes.

If you make a war achievement, you can get more land. Moreover, joining the Changxing Army can also move the family to Liaodong, where children under the age of 15 can also go to the school for free to read and write, and they can also get fame in the future! The old man was silent when he heard his son's words.

He had already heard about Yongyetian, and he believed what those who knew the bottom of the matter said. He was also tempted to let the future baby read and write, and to gain fame.

But when I thought that I had such a son left, I was very reluctant. I gave birth to six sons, why can't I keep any of them!

Thinking of this, the old man's eyes were red, and he sighed and turned around and went out. Looking at the back of his father's departure, Xiao Liuzi silently finished eating and went back to the house to rest.

The old man walked out of his yard and went directly to Qin Shi's mansion. He talked there for a long time before leaving, and when he returned home, the sadness on his face was a little less, and there was a strange expression.

The old man said to his wife, "it! Xiao Liuzi's marriage has come to an end! ”