When it was still dark outside the window, Liu Qun had already gotten up early. He came to the yard and stretched his long and stretched his waist, then picked up the stone lock next to him and practiced for a few times. The Liao Kingdom was north of Cang County. The Liao soldiers would go south from time to time to attack Caogu. The Hebei army stationed in the past was not good at all, and they ran away when they saw the Liao soldiers. Therefore, Liu Qun and other people could only find ways to protect themselves. This also made almost everyone here practice martial arts. Now that the Hebei army is rebuilt, the Liao army dare not go south easily, but Liu Qun has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, so he is used to practicing strength every day.

However, after only ten stone locks were thrown away, Liu Qun felt sweaty all over his body and could no longer use his hands and feet. This made him only breathlessly put down the stone lock, and then patted his thin shoulders with some annoyance. Since the severe drought last year, he had never had a full meal, and he was even more thin. If he hadn't had a good foundation, he wouldn't have even been able to get rid of the Five Stone locks.

"What else can I practice if I can't even eat enough? Now the Liao army doesn't dare to go south anymore. It's useless to practice. Babies should save some energy and catch more fish in a while!" At this moment, Liu Qun's father Liu Laosan walked out of the main hall and saw his son standing in the yard panting, he couldn't help but scold him loudly.

"Dad, you used to force us to practice, but now I want to practice, you scold me again." Liu Qun said a little aggrievedly. When he was a child, he was lazy and didn't want to practice martial arts, so he was beaten a lot because of this.

"It used to be the past. Now the bastards of the Hebei Army have been rebuilt. The Liao army dare not go south. Why are you practicing these things?" Liu Laosan glared at the bully and scolded again. In the past, the Hebei Army was domineering in the local area, and Liu Laosan has also been bullied a lot, which made him hate the Hebei Army very much. Even if the Hebei Army has been rebuilt, the officers and soldiers who bullied him in the past have been cleared out of the army, but every time he mentions the Hebei Army, he still curses a few words.

"Hehe, I heard that the Hebei army is going to recruit people again, so Brother Zhang from Dong Village went there. I heard that he can get a lot of copper coins in a month, and he can build a large blue brick house in a few years. Dad. Why don't I go too?" Liu Qun suddenly smiled and came to his father and said, "He is exactly eighteen years old this year and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. No one in the village within a radius of dozens of miles is his opponent, so if he wants to join the army, there must be many people competing for it.

"No! There is no good thing for those turtles in the Hebei Army. Have you forgotten how your father's leg is lame?" Liu Laosan immediately widened his eyes and scolded him again when he heard that his son was about to join the army. He walked forward a few steps at the same time. His left leg was obviously a bit inconvenient. His leg was accidentally shocked by a horse headed by the Hebei Army, and was beaten to the other party.

"That Dutou has been punished. I heard that he was sent overseas to mine. I will never come back in my life. You should be angry too." Liu Qun did not dare to contradict his father, so he could only mutter in a low voice. When he saw his father's leg was interrupted with his own eyes, he has been practicing martial arts since then. He hoped to take revenge one day, but he didn't expect that Dutou was punished by the court and sent overseas. He heard that this punishment was more uncomfortable than death, so his anger had disappeared, but he didn't expect that his father was extremely stubborn. He also hated the Hebei army, let alone let him join the army.

"What did you say?" Liu Laosan's ears were very sharp, and he immediately glared at him when he heard his son's muttering.

"Oh, what's the argument between you guys in the morning? The second boy and the others were all awakened by you. The rice was already hot. After eating, go fishing quickly. Today, the rice and noodles at home were gone. I sold all the fish and bought rice and noodles back." At this moment, Liu Qun's mother walked out of the straw shed next to her with a stern face.

Now Liu Qun and his wife were both honest immediately. They didn't say a word and went into the straw shed. This was their kitchen. Liu Qun's mother got up earlier and the food was already hot. However, because there was not enough food, there was only wild vegetable porridge and wild vegetable buns, and a little flour was added to them. Otherwise, they would not be able to bear eating wild vegetables. There were also several salted fish to cook. For people by the beach, salted fish was not as delicious as pickles.

Liu Qun was the time to eat the most, but the food at home was limited. Even if it was wild vegetable porridge, he didn't dare to eat too much. He drank two bowls of porridge in a row, ate one wild vegetable bun, and then put two wild vegetable buns in his arms. This was lunch at noon today, and Liu Laosan finished eating. The father and son left the yard and came to the beach. In fact, their village was on the beach, and there was a dilapidated small boat on the beach, which was their small fishing boat.

At that moment, the father and son worked together to overturn the boat and pushed it into the sea to board the boat. At this time, the other people in the village also came to the beach to go out to sea to fish. When they saw the Liu family's father and son, they also greeted each other. Their farm is called Liuzhuang, and the people in the farm are all the same ancestors, so their relationship is pretty good.

The fishing boat of Liu Qun's family is small and broken. It is said that this boat was passed down from his grandfather. I don't know how many times it has been repaired. The wood on the boat is almost replaced, and it will leak from time to time. It must not go to sea when the wind and waves are strong, otherwise a wave may break up the boat. But even so, Liu Qun and his son still took it to sea because although the boat was broken, their family's food, clothing and expenses were all pointed at the boat. Although there were several acres of thin fields at home, the land by the sea has always been barren, and nothing left after the little grain produced every year was paid for the tax.

Because the boat was too broken, the Liu family and his son did not dare to go out too far to avoid the big winds and waves that would damage the boat. Therefore, they could only fish in the near sea. However, although there were many fish in the sea, after so many years of fishing, it was difficult to catch any big fish in the near sea. So they were busy all morning and only caught a few nets of small fish, which could not be sold at all.

"Dad, let's draw a section of the sea outside, otherwise we won't be able to catch any fish today." Liu Qun said to his father at this time.

Liu Laosan hesitated for a while when he heard his son's words. He thought that there was no rice or flour at home. Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded, then rowed the boat and walked a short distance to the sea, and then started to go down the net to fish. Now he finally got some gains and caught some valuable sea fish. This made the father and son smile, and then hurriedly rowed the boat to the ashore. Because it was getting late, they had to rush to the county town to sell the fish while it was alive, otherwise it would be worthless until the fish died.

Liu Qun and his son used a car to push a few buckets of fresh fish to the fish market in the county town. There were many fishmongers here to collect fish. In the past, some restaurants came to collect fish, but since the drought last year, many restaurants have closed down, so now only fishmongers are left. These fishmongers are all fishmongers. They all lower the prices, so that sea fish cannot be sold at all. However, it is not enough for the fishermen to not sell them, because there is a family of people behind them waiting for dinner.

The large buckets of fresh fish from Liu Qun and his son were sold for less than fifty cents in the end, which can be said to be pitiful. However, for the Liu family, it was the day with the most income in this month, and the minimum one was even a few cents. So the father and his son were also very happy. They took the money to the grain store, bought half a bag of the cheapest wheat, and prepared to take it home and grind it into noodles.

"Dad, there are dim sums there. Let's buy some dim sum for my younger sister and the others to bring them back?" When passing by a dim sum stall, Liu Qun suddenly suggested that when he bought wheat, he left a few cents to buy dim sum for his younger brothers and sisters at home. He is the eldest of the family, and he has two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Every time he comes to the county town, he will bring some delicious food to his younger brothers and sisters.

Liu Laosan knew that his son had just left a few copper coins, and now hesitated after hearing his son's words, and finally nodded. So Liu Qun immediately ran over happily, bought a few cheapest sugar cakes, and then carefully wrapped them in yellow paper and put them in his arms. Then he pushed the cart with his father to prepare to go home.

"Dangdangdang~" As the sound of gongs began, several yamen runners came from the street, shouting loudly while beating the gong, "Recruiting soldiers! Recruiting soldiers! The navy recruits soldiers. Any young men between the eighteen and twenty-four can sign up. Once selected, they will immediately pay 20 guan of Anjia money. In addition, there is also a generous monthly military pay, so the opportunity cannot be missed..."

These yamen runners shouted while walking, repeating the recruitment content over and over again. At first, Liu Qun thought it was the Hebei army recruiting soldiers, but when he heard that it was the navy recruiting soldiers, his eyes lit up immediately. He hurried to catch up with the yamen runners and asked loudly: "Brother of the yamen runners, can anyone register for recruiting soldiers this time? Can you have enough food when you enter the army?"

"Haha, if you want to register, just come and register at the yamen. As long as you enter the army, you can not only have enough food, but also have a generous military salary. This is much better than our brothers!" Hearing Liu Qun's words, one of the older yamen runners replied loudly.

When Liu Qun heard the words of this old yamen runner, his eyes lit up immediately. He was successful in martial arts and wanted to be a spy. Joining the army was one of the good choices. It was just because his father had always disagreed with him to go to the Hebei army, so he delayed it. Now he heard that this time the navy recruited soldiers, and the money for the An family was twenty stagnant. This was not a small amount, enough for the family to buy a few acres of good land.

Thinking of this, Liu Qun immediately ran back to discuss with his father Liu Laosan. What he didn't expect was that after hearing this, Liu Laosan glared at the bully again and said angrily: "What kind of soldier do you have to be a soldier? Haven't you heard of a good man not a soldier? No one in the soldier can do anything good. Just stay at home and fish. In the future, when you save some money, you will marry your wife for you. Don't always think about those useless things!"

Liu Qun didn't expect his father to disagree, which made his face suddenly fall down. He lowered his head and said nothing, but a look of unwillingness appeared in his eyes. (To be continued...)

ps: It's so unlucky. There was a power outage this morning and it didn't call until noon. Chapter 1 just came out. I hope I won't have any power outages again. Chapter 2 should be updated normally.

Chapter 669 Recruitment (In the following:
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