Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Because of their outstanding performance, Yun Mo promoted twenty soldiers who performed well in this bandit suppression campaign, including Hu Zi.

He was successfully promoted to sergeant, responsible for managing a team of one hundred people.

After this reward, the soldiers’ enthusiasm and sense of belonging were greatly increased.

Cui Gensheng, who also received a reward of one or two taels of silver, went down the mountain and into the city the next day with the silver in his pocket.

Through her own efforts, Yu Niang was allocated a small courtyard with three main rooms.

As soon as the holiday came, she would take her son to clean the house.

Cui Gensheng stood outside the courtyard gate and did not dare to go in for a long time. Yu Niang had told him before that the county government had allocated a house for her.

Yu Niang came out with a basin of water and saw a strange look in his eyes. "Why are you here? Come in and sit down."

"No." Cui Gensheng reached out and took out some silver from his pocket. "The horse farm gave me a year-end bonus. I'll give it to you."

Yu Niang put down the basin, wiped her hands, and took the silver wrapped in a rag from him.

"I'll give you a hundred coins for pocket money."

As she said this, she was about to go into the house to change the copper coins for him.

Cui Gensheng hurriedly called her, "Yu Niang, no need, I have food and shelter in the mountains, and I don't have a place to spend money, you can keep it."

He saw a pair of clear eyes in the main room secretly looking at him. It was their son. Cui Gensheng felt a little embarrassed.

"The horse ranch cannot be left alone. I, I'll go back first." Cui Gensheng turned around and was about to leave.

Looking at his loose, ill-fitting clothes with patches on top of patches, Yu Niang felt bad and hurriedly called him to stop.

"I'll get you a piece of cloth to make you two sets of clothes later."

"Hey, if you're busy, don't do it. I have something to wear."

Cui Gensheng's eyes were red and he walked away without looking back.

Yu Niang turned around and met her son's clear eyes.

"Mom, I can also earn money for you when I grow up." Goudan said, clenching his fists.

Yu Niang smiled and pinched his increasingly round face, "Okay, I'll wait for Goudan to earn money for me."

After putting away the silver, the mother and son continued to clean the house.

Tung Wang Village

After bringing the three villagers back from the mountain, in order to avoid such troubles in the future, the village chief called a meeting of the villagers and strictly prohibited the villagers from going to the mountain where the military camp was located to collect firewood.

Among the three villagers who were brought back, the young man who was pointed at by Hu Zi with a knife was immersed in thinking and ignored the words of the village chief.

"Zhou Yong, did you hear that?" the village chief yelled in frustration.

He had shouted several times that this young man was rebellious and refused to repent. He turned a deaf ear to his words and would sooner or later cause disaster.

The young man next to him saw that Zhou Yong was in a trance and nudged him with his arm, "Zhou Yong, the village chief is calling you!"

Zhou Yong came back to his senses, his eyes gleaming with determination.

"Village chief, I want to join the army!"

"What? Say it again?"

The village chief was unable to react for a moment after hearing his irrelevant words.

"I said, I want to join the army." Zhou Yong repeated again.

As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers looked at each other with an expression of disbelief on their faces.

"Son, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Yong's mother thought he was possessed by evil spirits.

Everyone knows that once you join the army in the South, you will never be able to come back. Not only is the food not good, but I heard that the military leaders often beat the soldiers under them for no reason, and the monthly wages are either withheld or maliciously deducted.

Therefore, the villagers believed that only a person with a brain full of water would join the army.

Looking at the villagers' faces full of disbelief, Zhou Yong could no longer suppress his eagerness, as he knew he had extraordinary hearing and recalled the conversation between the soldiers he had heard on the mountain today.

He said, "I am going to Longtan to join the army. Today I heard from the soldiers that..."

Zhou Yong told the villagers exactly what he had heard Hu Zi and the others say today.

When the villagers heard the news, the whole scene was so tense that you could hear a pin drop.

After a while, someone reacted and asked the other two people. The other two people's hearing was a little poor, but they still heard most of it.

"How do you know they are still recruiting?" Some villagers were tempted.

Zhou Yong said, "After the New Year, I will go to the county government office to ask."

"Who knows if they will be like the Zhong family and start pretending to be nice to us."

Some villagers are worried that the words of officials cannot be trusted, and they are afraid that they will deceive people and then show up with another face.

"Didn't you get paid for harvesting the sugarcane?" The village chief glanced at the man and spoke without thinking.

Zhou Yong, "If it weren't for the Lord of Longtan City, would we be able to settle here?"

Most of the villagers were still very simple and honest, and after he said this, the voices of doubt disappeared.

"It's the first time in more than ten years that I've bought meat so cheaply."

Some villagers immediately thought of the meat at home and pickled it in a basin with salt to eat during the New Year.

"Have you noticed that the salt in Longtan County is much cheaper than elsewhere?" a villager whispered.

The village chief looked at Zhou Yong and asked, "Do you know how much money they can get every month?"

"Last time I was in the county town, I heard from villagers who bought meat from other villages that they could get 600 wen a month, and they would get extra benefits during the New Year, including clothes and shoes for all four seasons."

Last time Zhou Yong heard the general idea, he was moved. Among the five brothers in his family, only the eldest brother was married. The second and third brothers were over 20 years old and still hadn't married.

After arriving in Longtan, the whole family worked to help harvest sugarcane and finally saved up a few hundred coins.

This was also the most money their family had saved in four or five years.

Finally, the villagers unanimously decided to go to the Longtan County Government to inquire about conscription after the New Year.

"His father, remember to tell his aunt and sister-in-law in the next village."

Once the matter was settled, the women of the Gu family immediately thought of their aunts and uncles who were also extremely poor.

At the harbor of Cangwu County, a strange large ship slowly approached the shore.

Deng Kang and his son Deng Shifa came to greet them at the dock. This was the first batch of goods they had sent after signing the agreement with Longtan. No matter what, he had to come and see it in person.

Yun San and Yun Qi, who were escorting the goods, got off the boat and recognized Deng Kang, the host, at a glance.

"Master Deng." The two men stepped forward and bowed.

Deng Kang cupped his hands and laughed, "You two have worked hard. I have prepared a banquet at Zuixianlou. I wonder if you two would be so kind as to attend?"

Yun San had a heroic look between his eyebrows, and his eyes were clear and deep. His stern face made people afraid to approach him. He nodded gently and said, "Master Deng, please go ahead. I still need to tell you something."

"Okay! Then I will wait for you two to arrive in Zuixianlou." Deng Kang still looked enthusiastic.

The father and son got on the carriage, and Deng Shifa asked in confusion, "Dad, those two are very young, but their aura is very scary."

"Well, he has a strong evil spirit. He is not an ordinary person. People who don't know his background should respect him and never offend him." Deng Kang said with his eyes closed.

Deng Shifa said respectfully, "Yes, my son has learned from your teaching."

In the Su family's study, Su Kunliang was instructing his three sons on their homework.

The servant knocked on the study door.

"Master, the eldest master has written back."

Su Kunliang rushed out of the study room, "Quick, bring it here for me to see!"

The servant said respectfully, "Master, the young master was brought here by someone else. The person who came is the secret guard of the Yun family. They also brought you a lot of New Year gifts."

"Invite them to the living room quickly and serve them some good tea. Don't be slow!"