The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 39

Zhong Caixin walked to the top of the kang, her head was still pouting soundly, she calmed down, all the past, such as yesterday's death, even though Zhang De wanted to marry Cai Nier, but now she is the one, isn't it?She will not foolishly let this matter affect the relationship between husband and wife, no marriage is smooth sailing.

Zhang De and Cai Nier outside the door didn't know when they finished talking, Zhong Caixin hugged her head and walked out to let everyone see the baby.

In the blink of an eye, it has been three months since the full moon banquet, the brows and eyes of the whole head are loose, and the appearance is a combination of Zhang De's honesty and Zhong Caixin's softness, really a well-behaved and quiet little milk baby.

In the first ten days of September, officials broke into Zhangjiacun again, and soon Lizheng announced with a sad face that he needed to be recruited again this year.

No one would have imagined that only half a year later, the imperial court sent down another dispatch order, and the speed was so fast and the scope was so wide.This time, each household needs to transfer one person for the conscription, and a single person can donate silver as a substitute, but the peasant family has no silver to donate, so Zhang De and Qin Chengyi are also on the list of conscripts.

What Zhong Caixin was most worried about came true, and before he reported to Zhong Lianggui, his elder brother Zhong Quanjing spurred his horse to come here.

"Sister, the imperial court is probably going to make a big move this time. The four major cities in the country have recruited 30 soldiers. Father got the news that they might march to the country of Yi."

"Is what brother said true?"

"It took a lot of effort for Dad to win a spot this time and exempt our family from corvee. My brother-in-law may be playing this time."

Nuan Bao's eyes blurred after hearing this, and Zhong Caixin fell to the ground.

Zhong Quanjing helped his younger sister up, and comforted him: "Don't worry! Father won't leave my brother-in-law alone. He thought of a way to let my brother-in-law guard the imperial tomb, and it only takes three years."

Zhang De never thought of relying on others, and the result was much better than expected, so he bowed and thanked his brother-in-law, "This time, please trouble Yue Zhang."

Zhong Quanjing said politely: "Others must go to guard the border and build canals. These two are terrible jobs, and they will go there for five years, so my brother-in-law is lucky this time. The imperial mausoleum is in the east of the capital. It is very safe. Except A little boredom is a good job."

At the end, he also told the whole family not to disclose the news. After all, they went through the back door, and there were only a dozen places in the city to guard the imperial mausoleum. It would be bad if other powerful people found out that they had been taken away.

Now that the facts have been settled, Zhong Caixin and Nuan Bao can only pack Zhang De's bags and bid him farewell with a sad heart.

Before leaving, Qin Chengyi went down the mountain to say goodbye to He Sheng's house, and then took a detour to Nuan Bao's house.

Nuanbao took advantage of the sun to dry his autumn clothes in the yard. After a year of stacking, the clothes gave off a damp smell. The little uncle will be away for three years, and the cloth shoes, winter socks and cotton clothes must be prepared. I heard that the imperial mausoleum will enter If you don't give it, it's embarrassing if you lack clothes.

Qin Chengyi saw that the courtyard door was open and went straight in. Nuan Bao heard the noise and looked sideways, "Brother Cheng Yi?"

"Yeah." I haven't seen her for a few months, and she seems to have grown taller.

Nuan Bao put down the clothes in his hands, walked up to Qin Chengyi and asked anxiously, "Is brother Chengyi going to serve too?"

"Yes. If you don't go, you will have to pay 20 taels of silver."

Nuan Bao really wanted to ask Uncle He if he was rich, why he didn't borrow it from him and pay it back later.

Qin Chengyi seemed to sense what Nuan Bao meant, and said proactively, "20 taels is not a small amount, and I also want to see it."

Building roads to connect rivers and canals is all labor, and the only one who can gain knowledge is to guard the frontier.

Nuan Bao covered her mouth, her eyes widened, "Brother Cheng Yi wants to join the army?"

"I'm not going to join the army, I'm just doing corvée service, and I'll be back when the time limit expires."

Nuan Bao was very anxious, and wanted to persuade him to give up this idea: "I heard that our country may go to war with the Yi country. At that time, those who want to serve must lead the battle. Brother Cheng Yi must not go."

Qin Chengyi never thought that the two countries would go to war, so he said after a while, "But I have already signed up."

A lot of cold sweat broke out from Nuan Bao's palms, and she felt especially cold under the warm sun. She tried to wipe the sweat from her palms onto her clothes, but no matter how she wiped them, they were still sticky.

Qin Chengyi grabbed Nuan Bao's non-stop dawdling hand, looked directly into her eyes for the first time, and said earnestly, "Don't be afraid, I will definitely come back."

Nuan Bao was held in both hands, and the warm touch of the palm made her body tremble, and the two of them suddenly became embarrassed.Withdrawing her hand, Nuan Bao blinked her eyes wide, "Then when will you be back?"

"Five years." It seemed too long, so he added: "I will definitely come back in five years."

Nuan Bao counted in her heart, she will be 15 years old in five years, it's not too late then, she can wait.

Qin Chengyi looked at the little girl who bowed his head. He must have just come back to see her get married and have a glass of wedding wine when he came back.Thinking of this, a soreness burst out of his chest, like a blunt knife slowly eroding his heart, he suppressed the sourness, and joked: "I just came back to drink Nuanbao's wedding wine."

Nuan Bao opened his mouth wide, with a look of disbelief, "What did you say?"

Unable to wait for Qin Chengyi's answer, Nuan Bao continued to ask: "Don't you want me to wait for you..."

Qin Chengyi understood what Nuan Bao meant, and was overjoyed for a moment. He took a step towards Nuan Bao, with full aura, and crushed the little man who just asked loudly like a little quail.He held Nuan Bao's shoulders and asked cautiously, "You will wait for me to come back, will you?"

Nuan Bao couldn't resist Qin Chengyi's strong air pressure, so he nodded weakly.

Zhang Dezheng came back from outside the house, saw Nuan Bao's frightened appearance, looked at Qin Chengyi suspiciously, and said hello: "Little brother is here?"

Qin Chengyi and Nuan Bao hurriedly separated a distance like two young people who had an affair and were discovered by their parents. Qin Chengyi turned around to cover Nuan Bao, and then replied: "I will serve in the military soon, and I want to visit Uncle De's house before .”

Zhang De greeted Qin Chengyi to come in and sit down, and asked Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu to call a few good brothers over, so that everyone could have a last get-together while everyone was crowded.

Everyone knew that Qin Chengyi was going up the mountain so let him go first. Nuan Bao sent him out, walked outside, and reminded in a low voice: "Brother Chengyi remembers what he said today, and he must come back safely." .”

Qin Chengyi looked at Nuan Bao's muttering mouth, and hugged the villain in front of him in a fever, and promised in her ear: "I will come back, and you will wait for me, okay?" Nuan Bao only felt that he was in a In the sea of ​​stars, her eyes were full of stars, which made her dizzy, and finally when Qin Chengyi left, she only remembered that she responded blankly.

The whole head is only four months old, and does not know what parting is, and it is not noisy when it hears the intermittent crying around, its eyes are squinted, and it is leisurely held by Zhong Caixin. Dear milk flavor.Zhang De looked at his son's well-behaved appearance, rubbed his bearded chin against the baby's tender cheeks, kissed him again, looked around at the older and younger children, and resolutely carried his bags and entered the queue.

Time did not slow down because of the parting. On the contrary, because of Zhang De's departure, Zhong Caixin had to shoulder the burden of the whole family and lead the two young ones to harvest soybeans and corn.This year, Aunt Zhang's family lost two laborers and was unable to help Nuanbao anymore. The three of them left early and returned late every day to finish packing before the winter.

Zhong Caixin's breasts swelled and returned to breastfeeding due to exhaustion, her chest hurts intermittently, and she finally fell ill on the second day after the autumn harvest.Nuan Bao asked someone to send a message to Mrs. Zhong, and Mrs. Zhong arrived on the same day, and took Zhong Caixin to the hospital in the city for medical treatment.

The doctor told Zhong Caixin not to overwork, but Mrs. Zhong stayed at Zhang's house to buy new year's goods for her daughter, clean up, and left reluctantly after all the work was done under Zhong Caixin's urging.

Zhao Xiaohu's house was completely quiet this time.

The Shi family has a rift in Zhao Qiang's heart, thinking that because he didn't serve in the military, the second son was forced to take over. Now Cai Nier doesn't know whether it is a boy or a girl in her stomach. If there is no boy and the second son's family will become extinct.And now that Zhao Qiang was also recruited because of another conscription, Shi's resentment subsided, and instead he worried about the safety of his two sons.

The relationship between Mo Jing and Cai Nier also improved a lot because of Zhao Qiang's departure.Since ancient times, there has been no concern for the few but the inequality. Now that their husbands are gone, the two have developed a revolutionary friendship, and both of them ignored Shi's domineering style at all.

There is no man in the family, and many women get closer. Sharing adversity has never been easy. You complain and come to me to explain, and the villagers have become more united and harmonious.

This day, Cai Nier and Mo Jing proposed to visit Zhang De's house. Mo Jing hadn't met Zhang De's new wife yet, so they picked up the soles of their shoes and headed towards Zhang De's house.

Ever since Zhong Caixin knew that Cai Nier was the one who had the chance to marry Zhang De, she obviously could no longer be unconcerned about Cai Nier.But she got along very well with Mo Jing, both of them have strong temperaments, and they hit it off right away.

Seeing Zhong Caixin's cold look, Cai Nier knew that she understood what happened in the past, but now Cai Nier has no intention of fighting for power, everyone is a poor person who has lost her husband, so there is no need to get along more naturally.After a period of contact, Zhong Caixin also let go of her prejudice against Cai Nier, and the three often get together to do needlework.

In November, Cai Nier, who was pregnant in October, gave birth to a son as she wished, named Zhao Xiaobao by Zhao Tiejiang.

This winter, there has been a lot of white snow. The snow is thick enough to freeze the pests in the ground. Even after parting, life continues.

(End of this chapter)