Chapter 953 The Exiled Villain (35)

Ma Sanniu is an ordinary citizen in the border town. His ancestors have been in the border town for generations.

In his generation, there are five brothers, and they are about the same age.

When I was ten years old, my father and I had six men in the family with stomachs as big as bottomless pits. Life was extremely difficult.

As you can tell by his name, Ma Sanniu ranks third in the family, neither above nor below, and the one who is easily ignored.

When he was 13 years old, the family really couldn't open the pot. It happened that the Yu family army was recruiting troops, so the Ma family's parents decided to let their son join the army.

These days, "a good man should not be a soldier", but the Ma family is so poor that if he does not become a soldier, he will starve to death.

I went to the military camp and could at least get some food.

Moreover, the Yu family army has a good reputation in the northwest. It would be good to receive half of the military pay for the garrison troops in several other cities.

There is also food. Most military camps provide two meals a day, and you can eat half full at each meal.

But in the Yu Family Army, you can get two-thirds of the military salary, and the daily meals are not too bad.

Although it also contains whole grains and pickles, it can still make you feel full.

If you save a little, you can also send some food rations to your family.

Also, if there is a war, the soldiers on the front line can still eat dried meat.

There is also a pension after death, five guan per person.

Human life is worthless, especially in border towns, where one sells oneself like a slave for only two or three dollars.

With these five guan of money, you can build two rooms for your family, or buy one or two acres of land, and your family can live a comfortable life for a few years.

If you leave it at Ma's house, you can probably find a wife for your son of the right age.

Therefore, the Ma family's parents were very moved.

However, among the five sons, the eldest son is the eldest son who has established a family, while the fourth and fifth sons are younger and are the youngest sons who are most distressed by their parents.

Only the second and third children in the middle are used, which is the least valued by parents.

The second child of the Ma family is weak and is obviously one year older than Ma Sanniu, but is not as tall as Ma Sanniu.

If you go to the military camp to serve as a soldier, people will only look at Ma Erniu's skinny and short appearance and won't accept him.

The Ma family's parents' eyes moved around their five sons, and finally landed on Ma Sanniu.

Ma Sanniu:......

I can't say I'm disappointed, after all, I've been ignored since I was a kid.

"It's okay to be a soldier! Even if you're not a soldier, if the Northern Army soldiers plunder the border town, we young men will have to go to the city gate to support them in the end!"

"Being a member of the Yu family's army, you can still have armor and weapons, so you won't have to fight against the brutal Beirong soldiers with bare hands."

"...The most important thing is that the Yu family army is benevolent and kind to ordinary soldiers. It is impossible to be popular and drink spicy food, but at least you can have a full meal!"

"There are also military pay and pensions——"

Although Ma Sanniu didn't want to touch the word "pension" at all.

But, this is an inevitable fact.

No one can guarantee that if you go to the battlefield, you will come back unscathed.

If he dies, Yu Jiajun can still give his family five guan of money.

With this money, parents can live a little easier, just like Ma Sanniu repaying their parents for their kindness in raising children!

Thinking like this, Ma Sanniu's unwillingness and grievances disappeared a lot.

Without letting his parents speak, he took the initiative and said, "Dad, grandma, I'll go!"

"..." The Ma family's parents were very reluctant to give up.

No matter how much he values ​​him, he is still his own son, not picked up from the roadside.

Wiping her tears, Ma Mu said sadly, "Son, don't blame dad and mom. It's just your bad luck that led you to be born into a poor family like ours!"

Father Ma didn't cry, but patted Ma Sanniu on the shoulder with red eyes, "San'er, go to the military camp and have a good time. Dad doesn't ask you to get promoted or make a fortune, as long as you can come back alive."

Seeing his parents like this, Ma Sanniu felt sour in his heart.

After living for thirteen years, he finally felt family affection from his parents. Although it was not much, it was barely enough to comfort him.

Just like that, Ma Sanniu, who was still a bit immature, ran to Yujiajun to sign up.

Ma Sanniu is not very old and has not had enough to eat since he was a child, but he still has a big frame.

He is tall, has long hands and long legs.

The captain in charge of recruiting soldiers touched his arm and said, "Tsk, there's not a few ounces of meat on it, but the skeleton is there. It only takes a few days of good food to grow it."

"Okay! I'll accept you!"

After checking the three generations of Ma Sanniu's ancestors and confirming that they were all good citizens of Daliang and not spies, the captain accepted Ma Sanniu.

Ma Sanniu successfully became the most ordinary and lowest-level soldier in the Yu family army.

Entering the military camp, Ma Sanniu discovered that he could really provide food.

Although I still can't open my stomach to eat, I eat more than at home.

Two meals a day, one meal of four or five steamed buns plus a bowl of wild vegetable soup with floating oily flowers, can fill your stomach to the fullest.

During festivals or when the war is tense, you can still eat some meat and fish.

There are also clothes for winter and summer. Although the fabric is not of good quality, they are new and have no patches.

Ma Sanniu actually got the first new clothes in his life in the military camp.

Ma San and Newton felt that the Yu family army was really good, and the General Yu who gave all this was an even better person.

You know, the military camps in the Northwest Army, Xicheng, Beicheng and other places do not have such good treatment as the Yu Family Army.

However, good people do not live long.

That year, the Northern Rong soldiers invaded heavily.

The Yu family's army attacked with all their strength.

General Yu fought to the end.

Ma Sanniu was lucky, he only got stabbed in the shoulder, but survived.

After lying among the dead for three days, he finally returned to the border town and heard about the death of General Yu.

Before ordinary soldiers like Ma Sanniu could cry bitterly for the death of General Yu, another news came -

General Yu was greedy for power and advanced rashly, which resulted in the loss of 100,000 Yu family troops and almost allowed the border city to be breached.

The saint in the distant capital was very angry. He not only convicted General Yu, but also escorted General Yu Erlang and others back to the capital.

The remaining Yu family army suddenly lost its backbone.

Feng Lang, the guard of the west city, and Yu Ye, the deputy general of the border city, took the opportunity to divide the remnants.

The camp where Ma Sanniu was located was separated by Feng Lang.

Ma Sanniu was just an insignificant person. Although he was reluctant to go to Xicheng, he had no choice but to obey the military orders.

In this way, Ma Sanniu went to Xicheng and became a soldier under Feng Lang.

Arriving at the Feng family's military camp, Ma Sanniu soon discovered that his living standard had plummeted.

Military pay has been cut in half and will not be available for another three to five months.

Two meals a day, but basically the standard of not starving to death.

Ma Sanniu is fifteen years old and is still growing, and his belly is still a bottomless pit.

But there was only so much food rationed in the military camp. Every night, Ma Sanniu was so hungry that he couldn't sleep.

I finally managed to raise some meat in the Yu family army, but after staying in the Feng family camp for half a month, I was all hungry again.

Ma Sanniu wanted to run away, but the crime of desertion was very serious.

But his whole family is in a border town, and the monk can escape but cannot escape from the temple.

In the end, he could only take it one day at a time.

Sometimes, when Ma Sanniu couldn't stand the heart-wrenching hunger, or when he was beaten, scolded and punished by his superiors, he would think:

It seems good to just die on the battlefield!

At least you don’t have to suffer alive!

However, the Feng family army is not the Yu family army. If the soldiers die, the court will indeed provide them with pensions.

After several rounds of deductions, the money distributed to the family members is not enough!

For such a small amount of money, Ma Sanniu felt that it was not worth it to exchange one life.

"Oh, it would be great if General Yu is still alive!"
To be continued...