In the winter of 1892, when the family did not have enough food to eat, his father, Mikhail Ivanovich, borrowed money from Yathkin to buy food to survive the famine, and promised to repay it next spring.

He worked very hard, went to the neighboring town to earn money, and sometimes did not return for weeks, even months, but he always spent more than he earned, and he could not repay his debts, even if Yatskin's accounts were not profitable.

Yatskin was also not a philanthropist, so he went to Mikhail Ivanovich's house one day when he was at home and demanded that he pay him back.

If he didn't pay it back, he took his horse away.

Marco is the most important asset in the family, how can he be taken away?!

Mikhail Ivanovich was also a man of some ability, he was the elected head of the local foreigners, who dared to speak for the strangers in front of Gulgul (rich peasants), Gakruk (also rich peasants), Pujachi (whippers, heads), and even in front of the official mayor of the town and the ataman (the commander of the Imperial Russian Cossack army), but he owed Yatzkin money, and in his shortness of breath he could only beg the merchants to agree to a moratorium on the payment of his debts.

"I've got a better idea!" Yatz King's finger pointed at Xiao Semyon and said, "Let him come and work as a hired hand for me, be an errand boy to pay off the debt, work for a year, and settle the account!" ”

"He's so young, how can he be a hired hand!" The mother, Melania Nikitichina, hid little Semyon behind her back like a hen guarding her chicks.

"If you don't give it, then pay it back, or don't give it to the horse!" The merchant threatened.

"No, I'm willing to be a hired hand for him!" Little Semyon stood up and said.

Little Semyon became a hired hand, and the work he did was supposed to be done by adults, and Yatskin only needed to give him food, and he didn't have to pay for it.

He first ran errands, then went to work as a helper in a blacksmith shop, first doing chores, and then he went to blacksmithing by himself!

Little Semyon is very smart and clever, everything can be learned at a moment's notice, and he will be proficient in it after a while, which is the case with iron, and at a young age, he has mastered the skills of iron.

Although Li Xiao won't fight for long, he will!

Actually, Yatzin was not bad-hearted, Mikhail Ivanovich did not pay his debts, he took the horse away to pay the debt, no one could blame him, and he only asked for a little Semyon's helper for a year, and after a year he was released home.

Moreover, Yatsgin did not interfere with some of the actions of little Semyon, for example: little Semyon learned to read.

In other words, the vicious master has long yelled: "The mud legs still want to learn to read, but they still have time to read, it seems that there is less work assigned to you, hurry up and work!" ”

Little Semyon had no money to go to school, but he longed to study, and Stlauchev, Yatskin's butler, helped him learn to read and write, while he repaid him for his servant work of cleaning the house, controlling shoes, and washing dishes.

He was very industrious, and often stayed in the blacksmith's shop after work, studying the lessons that Strauche had left him under the oil lamp, and in order not to fall asleep, he used to pour cold water on himself to wake himself up, and he slept only three hours a night!

Children are snooze, and he can persevere, I have to say that little Semyon was born a genius and is different from ordinary people.

At the end of the year, the blacksmith shop little Semyon couldn't get away, except for helping at home, he officially became a guy in the blacksmith shop!

Ding-jingle, iron flowers flying, because people are extremely intelligent, know how to draw inferences, and people are diligent, the iron he built is of good quality and fast speed, and it really lives up to Yatkin's blue eyes.

You know, the blacksmith shop in the countryside is a "technical job", a bit of status, ordinary people Yatzkin would not send them to be helpers, only smart and clever boys are used by him.

Soon, little Semyon's reputation for being "diligent and capable" spread.

As he grew older, the small print was removed, and he was Budyonny.

His career as an iron striker has forged Budyonny's strong physique, and his strength is among the best among his peers.

But he has a gentle temper, never bullies the weak, and sometimes gives the bullied outsiders a head, the Cossacks know how powerful he is, so they give him face, and his reputation of "being kind and helpful" spreads in the town, and there is a great tendency to develop to the elder brother of Song Gongming in the rivers and lakes.

Because of Yatskin's trust, he was responsible for herding the merchant's horses when there was no blacksmith to do.

Horses were the most important property of the Cossacks, and learning to raise them was enough to gain a foothold in society.

As expected, Budyonny soon became the leader of the horse race, and the horses he raised were fat and strong, and he won the first place in the horse racing conference held in the town for three consecutive years, and in the horse racing conference held in other towns, he also won the championship once, and entered the top three three times, which made him win the reputation of "capable Budyonny", and even made Yatskin, who had made a bet, happy to close his mouth!

When some of the Gurguli (kulaks) heard about it, they came to poach him, saying that they would hire him twice the price offered by Yatskin.

Without thinking, Budyonny rejected their offer and still worked honestly for Yatzkin.

Everyone knew that he did not turn his back on Yatskin, and they all praised him for his "loyalty"!

Yatskin did not raise his salary, but Yatskin personally told Mikhail Ivanovich that his family would never suffer!

"If I give you money now, you won't be able to keep it, and when you need it, you won't be able to come up with it, so wait, there will be the benefits of Budyonny!" Yatzkin promised.

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In the summer of 1900, the Minister of War of Imperial Russia, A. A. H. Kuropatkin came to the Cossack town of Platovskaya.

As the commander of millions of "gray cattle", of course, he did not come to travel, he came to see the preparations of the Cossacks.

Gray cattle fighting are pure cannon fodder, and the Cossacks are at least a little military quality and brains in the cannon fodder, so the Imperial Russian War Department paid great attention to the use of Cossacks.

The ataman (Cossack prefect) of the town announced that in order to welcome the arrival of the dignitaries, a performance of horseback splitting branches and scarecrows would be held

The Cossacks had always been bold and belligerent, and many signed up.

They were not afraid of challenges, and even some of the Cossacks they knew each other had already given Budyonny his name before he could sign up.