"Bao'er! Boa! Ha ha! Take a look at what Grandpa is holding in his hand? ”

Liu Da, a happy old man, shook the small wooden sign in his hand and came to a young woman with a face full of vegetables and a little boy with yellow muscles. Squatting down, he showed the little wooden sign in his hand to the boy who was being pulled by the young woman.

The young woman was in her twenties, and was dressed in a somewhat dirty linen garment. There are also many traces of damage on it that have been sewn up. looks quite handsome, but when he saw the old man Liu Da holding a small wooden sign to show the baby, he couldn't help but show a touch of embarrassment.

The little boy who was pulled by the young woman was only four or five years old. He has a big head and a very thin body. looked at the old man squatting in front of him, happily holding a small wooden sign, showing himself the appearance. But he tilted his head in confusion and looked at the small wooden sign in the old man's hand. He didn't know why his grandfather was so happy with a small wooden card.

"Haha! Bao'er~ As long as Grandpa has this small wooden card in his hand~ You and A-Niang can eat, a lot of food~ Isn't Bao'er the favorite to eat food? ~ When Grandpa enters the border army~ Grandpa can take the silver to buy a lot of food for Bao'er and Auntie~ Do you say it's okay? ~Hehe~"

The old man's wrinkled old face, with a kind smile, looked at the little boy with wide eyes, looking at the appearance of the small wooden sign in his hand. But I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Changgui! As long as Daddy still has a breath of air. Your baby and my grandson won't be without food! If you still have filial piety~ Hey! Let's talk to the lord of Hades below~ Let the old man die a few years later, so that I can make more money for my daughter-in-law and grandson!

"Ahh Daddy, let's... Shall we not enter this camp? ... I, I'm with Bao'er... But they can't do without you. If so, if you enter the camp, there will be three long and two short. I, what kind of face do I have, go... Go see my husband... Woooooo

The young woman choked up and crouched down. hugged the little boy who was looking at the little wooden card in a daze.

The old man Liu Da smiled: "Ah! I know that you are filial~ But now we have come to the state capital and taken refuge in your brother. It's okay for you to talk to Bao'er~ Hey! I'm a bad old man, and I can't always stay with you two people, right? ~ Besides, Daddy's body is still very strong! Wait for me to become a soldier. You can get a silver salary, so that you and Bao'er can eat a full stomach~"

As he spoke, the old man smiled and stretched out his big calloused hand. touched his grandson, the little yellow and thin face. But I couldn't help but look at my grandson's face, and remembered that I was not long ago... In the family of the township of Hui County, the son who was killed by the old man of the Shi clan came.

This year, the acres of land in my hometown are a good season to see abundance. I have been busy with my son for a year, and it is not in vain. Seeing that it is the harvest season, if the rent handed over to the old man of the scholar clan is removed. This year, my family can also eat a few more full meals.

But it is the good times of this year that have also brought disaster to their own township! Because the land he planted belonged to the family of the county Lishi clan Master Zhou. But Master Zhou has discounted his skin trading this year. It seems to be because of the wolf in the forest to the east... But because of this, the old man Zhou, who folded the book, put his mind of returning to the original on the villagers, the villagers who planted the fields of the Zhou family.

The steward of the Zhou family took the people of the Zhou family and came to the township. So he said to the farmer who planted the Zhou family's field in the township that he would collect this year, but it was a rent of 27 cents! As soon as the steward said the rent this year, it also made the whole township explode. If the steward collects in the same way, he only gives them these households, leaving twenty percent of the surplus grain... Throwing away the grain that will be planted next year, what will they do this winter?!

If there are only one or two farmers in the family, then they can still make do with starvation. However, in addition to himself, his son and daughter-in-law, he also has a little grandson in his own family! This only leaves 20% of the surplus grain, which can feed a family of four?!

Therefore, there are many people in the township, old and young. In the township, he quarreled with the Zhou family steward who came. own son... also because of the indignation in his heart, he mixed in. But he didn't want to make the Zhou family steward anxious, so he asked the Zhou family who came with him to draw a knife!

But this week, the Zhou family drew a knife, which aroused the man who had a rent with the Zhou family's steward. After coming and going, his son was hacked to death by the Zhou family because he couldn't dodge, in front of the Zhou family's grain collection warehouse...

A broken mat is the son, the coffin board buried in the ground. But I didn't even have a change of clothes...

Later, the steward of the Zhou family still got his wish and collected enough of the twenty-seven rents asked by the master of the Zhou family. In addition to their own family, there are also other families who are dissatisfied, and the Zhou family is renting a troublemaker's family. But because he offended the Zhou family steward, after he collected the rent, he was removed from the land registration of the Zhou family's household. Looking at the other family members in the township, he happily filled in the vacancy, his own field registration. But he had no choice but to hand over the field that he had planted for many years.

The death of his son was only in exchange for less than one or two silver coins given by the Zhou family. Soon after, he was unable to live in the village, after listening to his daughter-in-law's advice. So she came to the city of the state capital and took refuge in the house of one of her relatives.

Under someone else's roof, the daughter-in-law's relative brother is also living a tight life. But fortunately, his brother and the women of his brother's family are not bad. is willing to take in his daughter-in-law and grandson. I also saw my daughter-in-law's brother and his woman, but I still don't have a baby. He also made the decision to let his grandson recognize that his brother and woman were relatives. made his brothers and women happy.

In order not to be a burden to his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, he also worked hard to find a job in this state capital city. But after all, I'm a handful of old people... Even in the countryside, there are few people who are about the same age as themselves and can live to be in their sixties. Either he died early in the field, or he died without money for medical treatment.

His body is also tough, and he has lived to be in his sixties, and he has never had any serious illness. But what's the use of living a good life now? If it weren't for the daughter-in-law and grandchildren, I would have to fight with the family that week!

Fortunately, I recently heard that in the state capital, the shed that recruits military men is an important person. Regardless of his daughter-in-law's dissuasion, he came to the booth where the army recruited people. If not for anything else, just to be able to compare, other recruiting sheds receive more silver salaries. Even if he gives up this old life, he has to try! OK... I finally got what I wanted! When I go back to clean up, I don't have to eat at my daughter-in-law's brother's house.

And as long as he is alive, he can still live in the border barracks. Then I can receive a lot of money every month for my daughter-in-law and grandchildren who live in the state capital! Wish... If you enter the border barracks, you can live a few more years! In a few more years of life...

"Ah, Grandpa... I don't eat food! I, I want Grandpa to stay, stay with me and Auntie! I don't want Grandpa to go! Don't grandpa go! ”

Xiao Tong Bao'er then choked up a little. Although he is young, he is also a small adult. From what A-Niang said just now, I also heard that A-Grandpa was going to leave his words with A-Niang. Immediately, he stretched out his little arm and hand, and played the small wooden card that Grandpa showed him: "I, I don't have this small wooden card!" No! I, I want Grandpa to stay! ”

The old man Liu Da couldn't help but feel a little moist in his eyes. Why would he want to leave his grandson? But if you don't leave, you will become a burden to your daughter-in-law and Bao'er. Although the daughter-in-law's brother's family is a good person, it is not a way to eat other people's idle food all the time.

Fortunately, I have old arms and legs, and I still have the strength to move. Being able to enter this army today as a soldier is also a blessing in misfortune. Although since then, I don't know if I can see my daughter-in-law and Bao'er again.

But he also heard that as long as he was a person, he entered the border army camp. But if anyone is not in the camp, as long as there are any relatives in the family. Then the daughter-in-law and Bao'er can get a sum of money. is throwing away the exploitation of the government, how can I leave some money in the hands of my daughter-in-law.

"Huh! Grandpa doesn't leave~ Grandpa won't go anywhere! ~ Didn't Grandpa say that he wanted to look at our family's treasure and marry his mother-in-law and start a family? ~Hehe~Grandpa is a talk~"

As the old man Liu Da spoke, he sniffed his sour nose. glanced at his daughter-in-law, who was still holding Bao'er and wiping her tears, and slowly stood up. Although the young woman felt uncomfortable, she had no choice but to coax her baby, take him in her arms, and stand up with her.

"Old man, is there a border army recruitment office in front?"

Just when the old man Liu Da and his daughter-in-law who were holding their grandson were about to leave. A well-dressed middle-aged man, but he came to the front with a famous young man and asked.

As soon as Liu Da saw the middle-aged man's dress, he knew that he was a nobleman. Hurriedly replied with a smile: "Yes! Ahead is the place to recruit~"

"Hey! This year, there are a lot of people coming to the military recruitment office here! Huzi, let's hurry up! ”

"Hmm!"

As the middle-aged man spoke, he stopped paying attention to the old man. He led the way with the young man and walked to the pergola not far ahead, where there were still long queues. Before the young man left, the young man thanked Liu Dadao.

When the middle-aged man took the young man to the pergola where the old man Liu Da had just registered. The man in the queue who was waiting to come forward didn't want anyone to cut in front of him, so he said loudly and dissatisfiedly: "You! Why don't you stand in line?! ”

And the middle-aged man is like no one. He took out a letter from his bosom and placed it on the table of the pergola scribe with a smile on his face.