After the training, the 1,000 soldiers of the Ningxiang Thousand Households Office officially ushered in a three-day holiday.

It's the hottest days of the year, the crops in the fields are ripe, and it's time to go home and harvest rice. Without the discipline of military law, the soldiers chatted happily in the dormitory.

are all saying that this time they got military salaries, and they just pulled a few feet of flower cloth back for their wives and children at home to make them new clothes. Moreover, taking advantage of these few free days, the rice was harvested. It's the time of the year when I make a lot of money, and I have to buy some wine and meat, and ask my neighbors for help.

Someone said: "Anyway, there is not much land, my family is enough, and there is no need to ask someone for help." ”

"You're as weak as a chicken, and you cut the grain yourself, and you're not tired to death?" Someone laughed and sarcastically spoke to the man.

The man was very unconvinced, and said in a loud voice: "What is the point of cutting grain, if it was before, I really had to prepare wine and food and ask someone to help." Now, ah......"

"What now?"

The man smiled and said, "Now, we have been in the barracks for a month, and we eat with an open stomach every day, and I am full of energy, and I always feel uncomfortable if I don't do anything." If you think about it, when you first entered the barracks, you ran around the big school field twice, and everyone was panting. Now, after twenty laps, there is a little sweat on his body. You say, do you still need to ask someone to help you pour food and drink? Besides, to put it mildly, a military salary of three cents of silver per month, even if I don't farm the land, my family will have enough to eat. ”

"It's extreme, it's extreme, if you don't say it, we really didn't expect that we are very strong now." Someone stretched out his hand and compared, revealing his muscular arm.

Shao Wei, who was next to him, moved in his heart, looked at it fixedly, and was suddenly taken aback. When I first entered the barracks, to be honest, the nineteen comrades-in-arms in this dormitory were all yellow-faced and thin-skinned, like tuberculosis ghosts. It had only been a month, and the pale faces of these fellows had become ruddy and dark, and flesh had begun to grow on their slender hands and feet and shriveled chests. The eyes that used to be cowering have also become shining.

What is it that makes everyone like this.

The soldiers in the dormitory laughed as they packed their bags.

"Hey, General Qianhu Sun made it clear that whether or not to enter the barracks as a full-time soldier is completely voluntary. After returning home for the autumn harvest this time, he raised his hands to welcome those who were willing to come back. If he didn't want to be a soldier, he didn't force it. I wonder if your brothers will come back after their vacation? ”

"Come back, why don't you come back. There can be a military salary of three cents of silver a month, where in the world is there such a good thing? Everyone shouted, "Whoever doesn't come back is a fool." ”

Another person still sighed: "Three coins of silver, it is indeed tempting." However, there are too many rules in the barracks, and the training is tiring. I remember the first few days of training, I was so tired that I urinated blood. ”

"Xiao Feng, you're useless, aren't you just walking in the queue and running dozens of laps and you can't stand it? What are we, military households, even if we don't come to train, it takes effort to farm. Strength doesn't cost money, you can use it, and you can sleep for a while. Even if you go out to carry work for others, it's not the same as tired. Moreover, the food here is not as good, but General Sun can eat with an open stomach here. If you don't want to be a soldier and talk earlier, I have a cousin......"

The face of the man named Xiao Feng changed greatly, he stood up with a bang, and hissed: "Brother An, we are good brothers, did I say that I would not come back?" I just complained a few words, and I didn't say that I wouldn't be back here in three days. Now none of the military households in the Qianhu Office knew that it was a beautiful difference to come to General Sun to be a soldier, and they all sharpened their heads and wanted to drill into it. How old is your cousin, thirteen, and he can be a soldier? I knew you wanted to squeeze me away so that you could cheapen your relatives! ”

As he spoke, he blushed with anger, and was about to pounce on that big brother An.

"Hey, you're still doing something, you're going to do it to me? That's a man, too, and the hammer can't kill you! That big brother An laughed loudly: "Xiao Feng, it's very good, private fights are forbidden in the army, this is a military camp, I was carefully caught by King Chen Yan, but I have to be subject to military law, wait for us to find a secluded place." ”

King Chen Yan is the military judge Chen Tieshan.

Xiao Feng: "Who is afraid of you, let's go to the West Gate to meet now, if you don't go, it's a soft egg." When the time comes, go and testify to me and Lao An, and see who the real man is. ”

"Get, get!" Everyone suddenly came to the spirit: "All go, all go!" ”

Then he hugged the two of them and walked out.

A soldier who was familiar with Shao Wei tugged at his sleeve: "Brother Shao, let's go and have a look." ”

Shao Wei shook his head: "No, I'm not going." ”

"What's the matter, go and go, it's so lively."

Shao Wei Yixing: "What does the matter in the barracks have to do with me, after I go back like this, I won't come." ”

"Why, Brother Shao, why are you not a soldier anymore, how good it is to be a soldier!" The man was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but shout: "Is it because of Mr. Lu Qi, this is nothing." It's a big deal, Brother Shao, you are angry, just endure it. Be a soldier...... Didn't the regulations say that it is the duty of a soldier to carry out orders? If you follow the rules and regulations, Lu Qi will never do anything to you. ”

Shao Wei shook his head, didn't speak, and walked out empty-handed.

After leaving the gate of the barracks, Shao Wei walked around the street for a long time, only to see that the streets were full of soldiers with military salaries buying wine and cutting meat, and then went home happily to see his wife and children.

Since he had decided not to come back in three days, since he had decided to take off this damn military uniform, Shao Wei was relieved, but his heart was empty.

I was bored, so I had to go back to the official office of the thousand households.

After entering the yamen, I saw Sun Yuan.

Sun Yuan still smiled: "Brother Shao, you're back, you haven't been home for a month, go and see your sister, she was talking about you a few days ago." ”

You must know that after Shao Wei entered the barracks as a soldier, Sun Yuan had already become his nominal commander, and when he saw him, he shouted with a serious face, "Soldier Shao Wei." ”

But now he is full of smiles, and he has changed back to the "Shao Brother" when he was in Fengyang, obviously no longer treating him as his subordinate.

Hearing him call himself like this, Shao Wei was stunned, and suddenly found that there was a trace of disdain and regret in Sun Yuan's eyes.

Suddenly I felt that this Shao brother was so harsh.

"Okay, I'll go see my sister." Shao Wei calmed his face, responded sullenly, and lowered his head as if he wanted to avoid something.

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Looking at Shaowei's back, Sun Yuan secretly screamed in his heart: "It's a pity." ”

Shaowei has a high culture, good health, a strong personality, and is his future brother-in-law. No matter from which point of view, he is a qualified candidate for senior officers, and among the people under him, he is also the number one talent. He originally planned to let Shaowei train in the army for a while, and he would be of great use.

But now Shao Wei chose to take off his military uniform and hide back in Shao Yuren's small courtyard to continue to be his son-in-law.

Sun Yuan also regretted this.

However, everyone has their own aspirations, and he can't say anything.

It is undeniable that Shao Wei is a qualified candidate for military officers. But if there is a flaw in the character, even if it is reluctantly placed in the army, it will have bad side effects. Rather than that, it is better to discard it.

Besides, what Sun Yuan wanted to build was a modern army. What is a modern army, that is, a machine, a unified and complete machine of order and prohibition. In such a collective, there is no room for individuality.

After only a little disappointment, Sun Yuan didn't take this matter to heart.

The rainstorm just now came and went quickly, and the air was humid and muggy.

The dinner was also very uncomfortable, even though the doors and windows in the hall were all open, there was still no wind, and everyone was sweating.

"Madame, wipe your sweat." Shao Yuren smiled and took out the handkerchief and handed it to Sun Yuan's mother.

"My son, aren't you sweating profusely hot, don't be busy, let's eat." Sun Li glanced at his future daughter-in-law lovingly and beckoned her to sit down.

Since living in the official office of the thousand households, the Shaoyu people have regarded themselves as the hostess of the official office, rolling up their sleeves and carefully taking care of the diet and daily life of Sun Yuan and Sun Li.

Today is Shao Wei going home on vacation, Shao Yu personally cooked, made five small dishes for everyone, and stood aside to wait for Sun Yuan's mother.

"Yes, old lady." Shao Yu replied and sat back on the stool. lifted the chopsticks again, and gave Sun Yuan and Sun Li a chopstick dish respectively.

Then he glanced back at Shao Wei: "Brother Wei, you also eat some, I heard General Sun say, your military camp has been training hard for a while, and the weather is hot, how can you stand it if you don't eat?" ”

"Yes." Shao Wei replied sullenly, but he didn't have the slightest appetite.

After eating for a long time, Shaoyu said again: "I heard that life in the barracks is hard, and this time I finally have a three-day vacation, what do you want to eat, just tell me." ”

She glanced at her younger brother, and Sun Yuan said with a smile: "General, the day before Brother Wei became a soldier, you said with your concubine that the military camp is a melting pot, no matter what you were before, as long as you enter your army and become a soldier for a while, you will be trained into a good piece of steel." At the beginning, the concubine thought that Brother Wei was going to be a soldier and endure hardships, but when she saw Brother Wei today, she believed it. ”

Sun Yuan smiled and said, "Why do you believe it?" ”

Shao Yuren glanced at his younger brother, and his eyes were full of brilliance.

You must know that the younger brother who was unruly in the past walked crookedly, and he was not in human shape when he sat on the stool. But he hadn't seen him for a month, but Shao Wei thought it was a different person. Sit there, your body straight, like a pine tree. Talking, behaving is also a tiger and a tiger.

Shao Wei frowned, suddenly put the chopsticks on the table, and stood up with a snort: "Don't say it!" ”

Shao Yuren was slightly surprised: "Brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Shao Wei: "It's nothing, I'm full, I'll go back to the yard first." ”

"Brother, Brother......"

Sun Yuan smiled: "Yu Ren, don't pay attention to him, Shao Wei is now in a rebellious period." ”

"Yes, General." Shao Yuren responded gently, peeled a dried shrimp with his slender fingers, and put it on Sun Li's plate: "Old lady, it's humid after the rain. You said that your waist and legs hurt these days, you have to be finer, or ask a man to come back and have a look? ”

Sun Yuan also paid attention: "Mother, are you sick?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I used to farm in the paddy fields today, and the old problem I fell down is probably rheumatism." Sun Li comforted his son: "You don't need to call Langzhong, just rest for a day." This is the autumn harvest soon, and I am really a little relieved that I can't get the crops in my hometown, and when it rains, how can I harvest this grain? ”

Sun Yuan smiled: "Mother, what are you worried about, our hometown is full of mat grass, what are you afraid of raining?" ”

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he felt a hint of unease.

"It's raining...... Rain...... ...... on a rainy day"

This night, Sun Yuan always felt that something was wrong.

It wasn't until the early morning of the second day that he patted his head: "Ignore, ignore!" ”

Hurriedly took a quick flint from the room, and hurried towards the craftsman's workshop.