Farmer's Notes from Another World

Afterwards, Xiaotuanzi refused to open his mouth no matter how intimidated or lured others were, which made Fang Zeng very regretful.After all, he is looking forward to his baby calling him father every day. For other guys as big as him, the children can make soy sauce, and Xiaotuanzi won't leave, so Fang Zeng can't be impatient.

On the other side, Liu Ahma finally got rid of the money in the pot.If the ground didn't work, I went to the wall and dug a space the size of a brick, packed the silver with a pouch, and put it in the space.And put a box in the front to make sure no one could tell the difference.

When Fang Zhiyuan found out, he finally understood why the old lady's private money was always the top secret of the family, and ordinary people couldn't touch it.That's because the old ladies are too strict about hiding their private money.

Liu Amo just settled down, and the family house began to be built.

Fang Zhiyuan's house was built somewhat like a courtyard house, but it was a simplified version, not as boxy and surrounded.The men who helped Fang Zhiyuan build the house were all veterans, Fang Zhiyuan told him the general appearance, and Liu Ama greeted them with good food, and worked hard to build Fang Zhiyuan's house one by one, and it took half a month to build it. alright.

Fang Zhiyuan had already built furniture with the carpenters in the village, and they all built according to his style.Seeing that the floor of his uncle's house was paved with blue bricks, Fang Zhiyuan also paved it.Several houses are paved with wooden boards, and objects are added to the corners. It really looks a bit like this at home.A well was drilled in the yard, a vegetable field was opened behind the house and a fence was built around the corner of the yard, a pigsty, a mule cart shed and a small house for raising poultry were built.

Liu Ahma asked Liu Zhuang to go to Liujia Village to transport things a few times, mend the quilts at home and dry them in the sun, and lived in after choosing a day.Because there is only one wall between Fang Zeng's house and a small door, the two of them still eat together, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Liu Zhuang and Fang Zhiyuan live in three rooms in the main building, and Liu Ama lives in the west wing, which is not far from the kitchen. Liu Ama insists on living here, saying that it can take care of the sundries at home It is inconvenient to live in the main hall with poultry and Fang Zhiyuan Liu Zhuang.

Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang followed Liu Ah's thoughts at that time. Besides, there are many houses in the house, and there are two vacant rooms on the east side. The granary and utility room are also well built. No matter how the three live OK.

On the contrary, Fang Zhiyuan felt that without the elders around the house, when he and Liu Zhuang were in love, Liu Zhuang would be a little more courageous.Perhaps it was the arrival of Liu Ah that made Liu Zhuang feel a lot more at ease, no more cautious than when he just married, and began to slowly make up his mind about family affairs.

Two months passed in the sweetness of Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang. On this day, several yamen servants came to the village.

Lin Xin beat the gongs and drums of the wheat field at the intersection of the village. Whenever the gongs and drums of the wheat field sounded, everyone knew that something big had happened, and without delay, they immediately put down the buddies in their hands and rushed over.

Fang Zeng also heard the voice, he looked at Chen Mo.Fang Zeng and Chen Mo just got the news from Chen Yan a few days ago that the imperial court really wanted to conscript soldiers, and they had to go.However, Chen Yan told him that their family's situation was divided into households early, and it was no longer within the scope of conscription, so let them not worry too much.

Chen Mo played with Xiaotuanzi in his arms, and said to Fang Zeng: "Zeng, you call Huziyi. I'll go to Liu Amo's to accompany him right away. The old man loves to think wildly when he's old. Go early and come back early. Don't stand out in everything, come back and discuss with us."

Fang Zeng hurriedly said: "Ah Mo, I know. Don't worry, no matter how loyal I am, I know in my heart that you are still waiting for me at home. I can't rescue this conscription by myself. At this time, I And I won’t be a stunned young man. Our family is not rich, so we can’t afford it.”

Fang Zengxiang said to Chen Mo: "Ah Mo, you said that two days ago, Ah Liu told you that after the yamen came to verify the situation and counted the number of people, he would take Liu Zhuang and Huzi to live in the town. A few days, wait for the conscripts to leave before coming back. I think you should also pack up, and after a few days, things are settled, and we will also go to the father-in-law’s house to stay for a while.”

As soon as Chen Mo heard this, he felt relieved, not blaming him for being selfish.The people in this village have a good relationship with Fang Zeng, but recruiting soldiers really can't help his family.As for money, it's not impossible to borrow money, but it also depends on the person. Why don't you go to the town to hide and put some money with Lin Xin.

Lin Xin had already been waiting at the wheat field at the entrance of the village with the yamen servants, and the clan elders were also invited over.The people in the village left very quickly, forming a big circle in twos and threes. Everyone looked at the yamen servants and felt a little apprehensive. After all, the yamen is still very dignified in the eyes of peasants in the countryside.

When Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan went together, it was not too late but not too early.Lin Zheng looked at Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan and waved to them, beckoning them to come over.Fang Zeng led Fang Zhiyuan and walked towards Lin Zheng. Although he knew what it was for this time, Fang Zeng still asked Lin Zheng, "Ah Zheng, what's going on?"

Although Fang Zeng knew the news from Chen Yan, he didn't tell anyone except Liu Ama's house when he came back.There is no way around this, if the news gets out, all the young and middle-aged men in the village will run away ahead of time, and when the higher-ups find out, Chen Yan will be the first to be unlucky, and then it will be their family.

That's why they didn't dare to hide even though they knew there was conscription, even if they wanted to explain to everyone that they didn't know about it.Otherwise, they will hide first, and when this matter is over, there will always be smart people who will find out.At that time, Fang Zengcai didn't want to be a human anymore. Knowing such a big news, he just ran away and didn't care about the village. It would be difficult for him to be in the village in the future.

Therefore, Fang Zeng had to pretend to be ignorant.Lin Zheng said: "I don't know what's going on, and my brother didn't tell me. However, I just saw my brother's face, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Isn't it going to increase taxes?"

The villagers who listened with pricked up ears didn't know what was going on when Lin Zheng, Li Zheng's younger brother, let alone said anything.Seeing that almost everyone in the village had arrived, Lin Xin spoke to the yamen servants, and quickly said to everyone, "Fathers and folks, the imperial court has issued an order to recruit soldiers, and now officials have been sent to each village to recruit soldiers." Lin Xin's His face was a little stiff, although his voice was not loud, but once these words came out, there was even more silence on the court.

After a while, everyone seemed to come back to their senses, talking in a hurry, panicked, worried and anxious, and no one could accept the news calmly.In the past 30 years, they have never conscripted here again, but the conscription 30 years ago can still be remembered by many seniors, and they resist from the bottom of their hearts.

So, a drop of water dripped into the hot oil pan on the wheat field, and it exploded.As Li Zheng, Lin Xin was naturally in charge of the overall situation at this time. He shouted to the people below: "Fellow folks, don't talk about it. Listen to me first. You can talk about the conscription this time."

Lin Xin was quite prestigious. After listening to Lin Xin's words, everyone slowly shut up and listened to Lin Xin's words seriously.I'm afraid that revealing a single word will cause big trouble to my family.

Lin Xin said: "This time the conscription is one person per household, and every household has to smoke. However, if there is only one male between 16 and 50 years old in the family, then there is no need to smoke. Otherwise, every household will A man must be sent to serve as a soldier. Of course, the emperor's grace is great, and the court also said that if the family really can't get rid of their body to serve the country, then someone will send a man, no one will pay, and a man's quota will be used. 30 taels of silver will arrive. After ten days, the official messenger will come to the village to take the boys to the recruiting barracks, and everyone will go back to discuss it on their own. See if it is money or people, don’t delay.”

As soon as Lin Xin's words came out, some people were happy and some were worried.Most of the people are sighing and frowning. No matter whether it is paying people or money, it is not a small loss to the farmers' families who depend on the sky for their food. How can they be happy.

The yamen servants watched Lin Xin say the same thing, took the red envelope that Lin Xin had prepared, knew that Linjiacun was related to Chen Butou in the yamen, and said a few words without embarrassment, and went to the next village up.Lin Xin and the elders of the clan also started to discuss and discuss the roster handed out from above.

Lin Zheng was dumbfounded when he heard the news of the conscription.Seeing Fang Zeng's surprised look beside him, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Fang, we haven't been recruited for 30 years here, why did we suddenly recruit. Although my elder brother and I are separated, there is no need for a male. But My father and elder brother live together, didn't the court only ask for it under the age of 45? Why is it 50 now, and my father is just 49 this year, so we still have to have a child in our family." Said Lin Just got annoyed.

Fang Zeng understood what Lin Zheng meant. Although the brothers of the Lin family split up, but because his father lived with Lin Xin, Lin Xin's family wanted to send out a boy, so Lin Zheng couldn't be happier.The Lin family is still fine in the village, but if you take 30 taels of silver, I am afraid that they will empty out their families.

Fang Zeng patted Lin Zheng on the shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Ah Zheng, if you don't have enough money, you can come to me to get some. Your father is my uncle, shouldn't I be filial?"

Lin Zheng hurriedly said: "No need, Brother Fang, my eldest brother and I have opened a few tofu shops in the past few years, and the two families can pool together, and we can still afford 30 taels. Don't worry, fortunately, I and The elder brother's big and small are not yet 16 years old, otherwise, he will really lose his skin."

Fang Zhiyuan followed them and listened, muttering in his heart.This court is here to collect money, otherwise, why would a 50-year-old man go there.Isn't it just that everyone is required to pay for the ransom money, which is really unaffordable. In this era of filial piety, the family is still young and middle-aged to go to the battlefield.Sure enough, the court is killing two birds with one stone.

After returning home, Fang Zeng told everyone in the family what he had heard today.Only at this time did Liu Amo feel relieved, and said, "Amituofu, although other people's family members have lost a lot of money by dividing up their families, but the head of the family is knowledgeable. In this way, our family does not need to pay money or people, and we don't need to give money. Everyone said. I think, after waiting for two days, Lin Zheng checked the household registration for us, and then we went to the town. In the past few days, everyone has gone to relatives' homes to borrow money to find someone, but they still can't ask us. However, when the time comes , People are in a hurry, looking at the family with a little bit of wealth, they have to go and pester them. If they don't give it, and if they don't let it go, they will really throw their money into the water."

Fang Zeng had a few good families in the village, and he thought about it in his mind, those who don't need to pay others, those who have a lot of money, and those who have difficulties.In the end, Fang Zeng went back to his room and took 100 taels of silver from Chen Mo, planning to send some silver to those families.No matter what, other people can't control them. He has to do his best to those who are close to him and treat him well.

Fang Zeng took the money and told his family, and they all agreed.Money is important, but people are more important. Those who love him a lot at ordinary times, if his family is incapable, they will not talk about it.When you can do what you can, you still have to take action. This is the principle of being a human being.

Fang Zeng brought Fang Zhiyuan along, which can be regarded as a favor for his nephew.The two of them went to a few houses at the end of the village first, so they went straight home when they turned around.Those families were worried that the money was not enough, and the head of the family was going out to work hard, so Fang Zeng gave each of them 15 taels.Now, even if it is worse, the family can sell what should be sold and what should be borrowed, and they can still get together.

In this way, before the 100 taels arrived at Lin Xin's house, five taels were posted upside down.Fortunately, Fang Zeng already had dozens of taels of silver with him, so he didn't have any money to spare.And Lin Xin's family also came at this time, not others, but Lin Shuang and Zhao Qin, and Fatty also followed.

No need for Fang Zeng to ask, Lin Zheng said that he was close to him like a bamboo tube.It turned out that when Zhao Family Village announced the conscription, Zhao De's family passed out on the spot, this time it was not pretending but it was real.Two years earlier, in order to subsidize their youngest son, the old couple deliberately assigned Zhao Qin, the boss, out.Zhao De's family was afraid that Lin Shuang would come back after suffering a loss and entangle them, so he specially spent five hundred yuan to set up an account for them.Now Zhao De's family and his youngest son are on the same household registration, which means they are going to send out a male.

Lin Shuang was gloating, and made her father-in-law and mother-in-law so biased, she must have suffered a big loss this time.His father-in-law is not yet fifty, and the second child looks like he must go to the battlefield.Thinking about it this way, Lin Shuang felt that it was right to try to offend her husband these past few years and not go back with her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and the second child's family.

But before Lin Shuang was happy, Zhao De's family found Lin Shuang after waking up. As soon as they came, they wanted to kneel down to Zhao Qin and ask him to save his own father.Lin Shuang is stupid, how can I save him?Is it his family who pays for the second child's family or pays for it?