Author: Lian Xiaoai

Cheng Xue thought of the conscription, sat up straight and asked:

"Auntie, how did you and your uncle arrange the conscription for your cousins?"

The Yu family has three sons and one daughter. Although all three sons are studying, they all have no grades. The eldest Yu Zhao is 23 years old. It can be said that all three sons are included in the conscription range.

Drawing two out of three, Yu Zhao, who is married and has two sons, will definitely leave. As for Yu Xuan and Yu Fang, it is estimated that they will have to draw lots.

Damn it, I just remembered it now. If it had been done earlier, everything would have worked better.

Li Hui also realized later and suddenly realized.

"Aunt, has your uncle made any arrangements? I am now doing accounting work at the forest farm on the mountain, and I know the accountant. If necessary, I can help and ask, and we can't let our two cousins ​​be drafted into the army."

At least not yet!

"Don't worry, your uncle has made all the arrangements. The king of the town has announced that there is a quota of ten taels of silver for each person. Originally, the money was to be repaid to you, but now I guess we have to wait again."

Mrs. Liu came here today, firstly to ease the relationship, and secondly to inform her about the need to repay the money and so on.

The twenty taels of silver were given by Li Hui's father, and the Yu family relied on this money to live a better life. Logically speaking, it should have been paid back long ago, but for some reason, when it was time to pay back the money, something happened at home, so they could only delay it.

Until now.

Li Hui was not interested in paying back the money, but it was definitely not okay to buy a quota for ten taels of silver and not join the army.

It's okay if nothing happens, but if something happens and the money is gone, people probably won't be able to save themselves. In the worse case, uncle Yu Huai might be implicated.

Thinking of this, he did not dare to waste time, called Li Heng and Li Yue and went straight to the study.

Cheng Xue knew his intention and told Yu Zhao:

"My cousin will go home first. If your uncle hasn't given you the money yet, stop him immediately. If you don't know how to spend money, it won't be a big deal if the money is gone. My uncle can't take advantage of it. Let's let your cousin try it first. If there's nothing we can do, think about it again.

There is another way. Auntie, you don’t have to pay back that money, it was given to you by my father."

"No, one yard is one yard. We will feel bad if we don't pay back the money. We must give it."

"Then let's wait until this matter is over before we talk."

Yu Zhao didn't agree with spending money at first, but now that his cousin had exposed the problem, he hurried home to dissuade him.

The door closed and Mrs. Liu let out a long sigh.

"We were also in a hurry and sought medical treatment. At that time, Dazhao said we couldn't spend the money, but your uncle and I... we really couldn't bear it."

There is no contraception here, and although there are many births, it is not easy to raise children safely.

Mrs. Liu, like Mrs. Yu who died, gave birth to several children, but only four survived.

All three sons are treasures, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to send them all to school.

It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people, and no one can figure it out.

Cheng Xue knew that everything she said now was in vain, so she could only go out to boil water and make tea to buffer each other.

When I came back, I saw her coaxing two little ones to play, and suddenly felt that it would be nice to have an old man at home.

Of course, this old man is the kind of person who can help. If he relies on his elders and is picky, it would be better not to have anything at all.

"Auntie, please stop hugging Si Dan, he is getting heavy now."

You've gained a lot of meat." Ms. Liu agreed with a smile, "Can you still feed me now?"

"I can't feed him any more. I still had him weaned when he was eight days old and six months old. Now he mainly eats vegetable porridge or egg yolk porridge. He has two little teeth. Have you seen it?"

"I saw it, the little sesame teeth, it's quite fun to smile."

After Mrs. Liu finished speaking, she took a sip of tea, looked at the things on the lid of the box and said:

"I know you two are living a good life, but this gift is too generous and I really don't need it."

"Houzi, we both deserve it. Auntie, uncle is devoted to us, but we don't appreciate it and hurt your hearts. It's really inappropriate."

"If you think so, your aunt will feel at ease. You don't know, you and your wife haven't visited our house for the past six months, and I'm very nervous. Your uncle doesn't say it, but I can tell that he is thinking about you."

Cheng Xue hugged Li Tian and rubbed against Mrs. Liu. For some reason, as long as she was close to her, she felt very at ease...

…

Not long after Li Hui drove to town with his account books, Yu Zhao, his son, and Yu Wan arrived.

If it weren't for Li Tian and Li Huai sleeping on the kang, Yu Huai would have to scold Cheng Xue.

Although she was a picked-up child, he loved her as his own niece. His sister and brother-in-law had only one child. He originally thought that this girl could be his daughter and marry into the Yu family, but he did not expect that she would end up together with his nephew.

This is nothing, both children are in pain together, but...

Cheng Xue also noticed that Yu Huai was upset, pushed the tea cup over, and said solemnly:

"My uncle could scold me if he wanted to, but if he couldn't get angry anymore, he would hit me twice. It was my lard that deceived my heart that day, and I won't do it again in the future."

"Whatever you want to fight, don't talk nonsense, your uncle won't be willing to do it!" Ms. Liu said in a hurry to smooth things over, "What's more, you are sick now, and your uncle has no time to worry."

Mentioning her illness, Yu Huai sighed and asked:

"How are you feeling now? Is there anything else that doesn't feel right?"

"No, it's much better. It's just that my husband is worried and insists on taking me to the county to have a look."

"You are his wife, he should do this." After saying that, Yu Huai took out twenty taels of silver and put it on the table, and said, "Take it and go to the county to get a good medical treatment."

"Dad, you..."

"Uncle?!" Cheng Xue was also confused.

She understands the situation of the Yu family very well. Twenty taels of silver can be said to be a drain on the family's wealth over the years. Give it all to her and ignore the conscription of the two children?

Yu Wan sighed softly and explained:

"My mother and cousin-in-law didn't know that the person my father was looking for was a money scammer, and many people were deceived by him. If my father hadn't been so thoughtful and personally gave the money to Wang Juren, they wouldn't have known about it.

thing.

Now Wang Juren has gone to the county to report to the officials, and it is said that he is looking for someone to arrest the person who made the money. Our village patriarch has been deceived. He has not saved a penny of the money he saved in half his life, and his three sons have to be drafted into the army."

"ah?!"

Ms. Liu exclaimed and staggered. If she hadn't been on the kang, she would have fallen.

Yu Zhao looked distressed and hurriedly said to comfort:

"Mom, don't worry, the army will be drafted. I have two sons. I will protect Yu Xuan when the time comes, and mom must not get angry."

Yes, this comfort is worse than no comfort at all!

"Don't worry, aunt, there's still a husband here. They have a lot of things going on there, and they need someone who can read and write."

"But your cousin's abilities are average!" Mrs. Liu was really anxious.

If a son was half as capable as his nephew, he wouldn't be able to study for so many years and still be working at home.

It is said that studying requires hard work, but if a person does not have wisdom, hard work alone will not succeed.

Yu Huai is also worried, but what can he do now that things have come to this point? He can only take one step at a time.

"Okay, okay, let's see what Brother Hui does. If it doesn't work...then it's fate. We have to accept our fate."

When Mrs. Liu heard her husband's words, she threw herself into his arms sadly and sobbed softly.

The two children sleeping soundly on the kang had a calm look on their faces, which was obviously out of tune with the atmosphere at home at the moment...
Chapter completed!