The ancient daily life of a farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 67

In the main room, a whole family was crowded in the room, even Tian Jiawang, who hadn't shown up at home twice, came back, the atmosphere was like a fire that could set the whole room on fire.Old man Tian and Mrs. Zhang sat on both sides of the kang table, both of them had very bad expressions on their faces.

When Li Qingnuan saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat.She hadn't forgotten that today she was leading people from house to house beating gongs to notify the heads of the households to gather in the wheat field.From what my sister-in-law said before, it seemed that she meant to serve in corvée.

Seeing Tian Tieshi and his wife enter the door, the old man Tian coughed a little guilty, then lowered his head and said nothing.As for Zhang, who always liked to swear and bully Li Qingnuan, she didn't make a fuss this time because of the late arrival of the eldest couple.

"I called you together today to talk about this military service." Old man Tian looked at the wooden sons in the room, glanced at Mrs. Zhang out of the corner of his eye, then cleared his throat and continued. , "This time the officials are recruiting strong men aged [-] to [-], who are border guards..."

The military service system of the Dagan Kingdom, in normal times, the recruited military service will serve in various states and counties. Although life is hard, there is no need to worry about their lives.However, if there is a war in the frontier, all recruits will directly "defend the frontier" for two years. After the so-called simple training, they will directly enter the battlefield.

Of course, due to the consumption of the war, the imperial court also allowed the farmers to use enough goods and money to offset the corvee, so as to avoid riots and resistance in various places.Although it is a boon, for ordinary households, those goods and money are something that many families cannot save in their entire lives.

Each head needs 23 taels of silver, and this Tian family has five strong men who have served in the service, that is more than 100 taels of silver.In previous years, it was not that I had never encountered corvee service, but at that time it was mostly labor service, and service could also exempt the family from some taxes, so Old Man Tian would directly report Tian Tieshi's name.Tie Shi is a fool, and he doesn't want to talk about this matter. It's good to think that he can get clean after suffering a little bit.But after a long time, he has started to taste it. No matter how hard he earns money, the whole family will not appreciate it.Maybe in the hearts of his father, mother and three younger brothers, he, the eldest brother who picked him up, should do all of this.

After Tian Jiacheng and the third and fourth children heard this, neither of them made a sound, let alone spoke to them.A few people stood on the side, looking at each other's faces, but they were also a little anxious.They got the letter, and their parents planned to let the eldest brother deal with this matter, but after all, the eldest brother just got married, if there were any twists and turns in the middle, it would be terrible.As for the matter of collecting money to be the leader, they have never thought about it, and they all have their own plans in their hearts.Don't say that the third child is a loose-handed person, just say that the second child is a bit of a box bottom, and he is thinking about dividing the family and building a house with the scraps of silver in his hand.

When Tian Tieshi heard that he was going to serve in the military, and the officials explained that he was going to guard the border, his face immediately turned ugly.However, since Old Man Tian didn't say anything else, he didn't say anything, he just pulled his wife to one side.

Mrs. Zhang looked at her sons on the ground, but she also knew that this fatal matter should not be rushed, so she could only stare at the silent couple with a sullen face.

"Boss, tell me about this." Old Man Tian lowered his eyelids, finally lost his temper, and looked at Tian Tieshi impatiently, "See if you went to Lizheng to sign up. It's better for you guys to collect some money."

When the old man Tian said this, Zhang's face immediately stretched a little more, panting heavily and screaming in displeasure, "What are you talking about, the second family has a wife and son, and the third and fourth children are not married yet. Marriage, my mother has supported him for so long, and even married him a wife, why shouldn't I stand in front of my brothers?"

As soon as this was said, the faces of the people in the room were all different. Who didn't know that the boss was still newly married?I'm afraid that the wife's kang head has not been warmed up yet, and this will send people to the battlefield, which can't be justified in anyone's house.

"Boss, your mother's words are not rough, or you can go to Lizheng to record your name, or you brothers can count the money yourself." Tian Laohan said earnestly, with a fake face on his face This brought some helplessness and intolerance, "It stands to reason that if you collect head money, the family has to find a way to collect some for you, but you also know that your younger brothers are worthless and can't make much money, and the family's harvest this year is not good. ...Father can only make up one or two taels for you..."

Li Qingnuan sneered when he heard that Tian's family only paid one or two taels of silver, not to mention her prodigal, it costs more than ten yuan to buy a catty of meat.Back then, the wheat on the two acres of land was rotten, but the parents-in-law demanded six taels of silver from them.Now it's time to die, but they only give one or two taels?How can there be such a bargain, let their Tian family take up all the good things, and you and your own man will work like cows and horses to work for this family?
(End of this chapter)