"What? Why haven't you heard of it? Where did you find out? Daddy Gu ate with his hand, chewing his nest unconsciously in his mouth, looking at Gu Chengyi hopefully, hoping that what he said was not true.

"When I went to the town a few days ago to resist the bag, the shopkeeper Zhou said that it is estimated that the official documents will arrive in the town, and it will be a matter of the past few days."

Father Gu put down the dishes and chopsticks, and he didn't have the heart to eat, and the people eating at the table also stopped their chopsticks and listened carefully.

"Is the news true? What kind of conscription is it this time? Father Gu sighed and asked.

"Shopkeeper Zhou has a wide range of doors, and he can't be wrong. I heard that I was going to Fucheng to build a dam for the Jingyuan River. ”

Daddy Gu gasped, this embankment repair is very dangerous, the last time it was repaired ten years ago, every family in the village has a strong man, after the embankment is repaired, there are five fewer people who come back than when they went, how dangerous is this? I heard that when the embankment was built, there was a turbulent river on it, and if you were not careful, it would collapse; There are also boulders that are pulled up, and if the rope is accidentally broken, they fall down, and if they are lucky, they will break their legs and arms, and if they are unlucky, they will be stoned to death if they run slowly. At that time, he and the eldest were the only ones in the family during the age of smoking, and they had to go to one of the families, he was the pillar of the family, and they couldn't go; The eldest is still young, and he has just become a relative, and he can't go yet. He gritted his teeth, took eight taels of silver and went up, and quarreled with the baby and his mother for this. These eight taels of silver are still the dowry private room brought by the baby's mother, so he has always felt sorry for her. The one in front of him had been sick and spent all his family's savings, and he really had no money at that time.

Turned his mind back, there have been some small conscriptions in the past few years, all of them are the eldest and second in turn, although they are thin and out of shape when they come back in the end, but they can be raised back anyway, but this time is different, this time it is going to die.

"How much silver will it take to pay this time? But asked the shopkeeper Zhou? Father Gu didn't hesitate, and asked directly.

"Said it would cost eighteen taels." Gu Chengyi frowned, he knew that there were not so many at home, if he said that he had made up some before, but how could there be so much after losing money?

"Why do you want so much? In front of me, I only needed eight taels of silver, eighteen taels, where did I go to make so much silver? Father Gu was surprised by the high price of this conscription, and he was even more worried that the family's silver was not enough.

Gu Chengyu wanted to say, don't worry, there will be tomorrow. He has already made up his mind, tomorrow he will go to Changling Mountain for a turn, and then "pick" a Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng or something, and solve the urgent needs of the family first, after all, even if you want to do some small business, you still need capital, right?

"Where do you get the money? How good is silver? It's still up to people. "The Lu family is afraid that the remaining silver will not be hot, it is the silver of the third daughter-in-law. What's more, there is Xiaobao, she has other plans for Xiaobao.

Gu Chengyi glanced at the third child, and found that the third child lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. It stands to reason that he spent ten taels of silver for the third child today, and it is not too much for him to make a request.

Gu Chengyi knew from Shopkeeper Zhou a few days ago that he was going to serve as a conscription, and he kept thinking about it when he came back, and he couldn't even sleep well at night. Only he and his eldest brother are adult males in the family, and the old man is old and will not go, and there is no such thing as a son enjoying happiness at home and asking his father to serve in conscription.

Then this candidate has to be chosen by the eldest brother and him, they are all the pillars of the big house and the second room, it is very dangerous to repair the embankment, and it really depends on luck whether they can come back. The mother is absolutely unwilling to take the money on the top, after all, it is eighteen taels of silver, not to mention that they are not biological, and there is not much affection in it. But if they go, what will happen to those orphans and widows? Staying at home has to be frustrated, and he can't raise his head, the two babies are still young, he doesn't want to go, let the eldest brother go, he can't bear it, and the old man may not agree.

If the third child stands up, his father will definitely not agree, so will his father find a way to raise money, maybe there is still money at home? It's not that he is ruthless, the third child is his mother's own son, and his mother will never watch her son die. Although the third child is less than old, what can't the official do as long as he makes money? In order to protect the third child, my father and mother must find a way.

Gu Chengyu sat opposite Gu Chengyi, he saw that the second brother glanced at the third brother, with a certain hope in his eyes, and thought of the second brother's behavior outside just now, his heart became cold. He thought that although the second brother was reluctant to give up the money, he still cared about his brotherhood, who would have thought that his calculation was here? After coming back for so many days, I haven't seen him mention the matter of servitude, even if it is a farm job, but can't he mention it at the dinner table? What's more, this is still a first-class event? I think he hasn't had a countermeasure in his heart, and he's been dragging it out! In his heart, isn't the third brother his own brother? Or does it really come to that point where he will be able to abandon even his own brother who was born to the same mother? He didn't know, and he didn't want to speculate.

In short, at this moment, he recognized the reality, that is, brothers, and relatives. That's fine, he doesn't have to feel so guilty in the future, he always wants to make up for his mother's mistakes. Of course, after all, it is still a family, and he will help those who can help, and he will give what he can give, but that's all.

"Dad, I lost ten taels of silver today, this ......" Although Gu Chengyi had unfinished words later, everyone knew what it meant.

Gu Chenglian had a plan in his heart when Gu Chengyi and them discussed conscription, he knew that the family's silver was definitely not enough, even if he borrowed it, no one would be rich, and every family had people who served as conscription, who would lend it to you? But he was willing to go, or was coerced to go, the feeling was very different, he didn't know that the third brother would say that, weren't they brothers?

"Dad, I'll go!" Gu Chenglian struggled for a moment and hung his shoulders weakly. still opened his mouth, it's not that he doesn't know the danger of building a dam, but he can see that the second brother doesn't want to go, as for the eldest brother, his family can't bully honest people, right? Big brother has four babies! One of them was still in infancy, and he couldn't get over it with his conscience.

"Third child, go back to your room, how can the baby intervene when the adults speak?" Although Lu's tone was unusually calm at the moment, Gu Chengyu could feel that this was the calm before the storm, and Lu's was very angry.

"Mother, if it weren't for the ten taels to compensate me, it must be enough for the family to make up, the eldest brother and the second brother have become a family, the fourth brother is still young, and the father is not young anymore, if I don't go, who will go?" Gu Chenglian smiled self-deprecatingly.