Chapter 621 The prospect of joining the army is so great? The disabled can return to their hometowns!
Li Laizi, whose real name was Li Xiqiang, and Xiao Zhengqing fled to the capital from the same village. After arriving in the capital, Li Pozi was alone and joined the army without any hindrance.
After fighting in the army for several years, I injured my leg and could not continue to join the army, so I was assigned to work at the inspection office here in the capital with a second-class merit. After working there for two or three years, I became the deputy director.
Long, this area in the east of the city is the size of a person.
In addition to his relationship with Xiao Zhengqing's family, he is a fellow villager from the same village. He is also the godfather of the eldest son of the Xiao family. He considered the eldest son of the Xiao family as his godson because after he was injured and changed his job, he was afraid that he would not be able to marry and have no descendants.
My son also thinks about it.
Of course, his worries did not come to pass in the end. They got married soon after doing the inspection, and now their fat sons are running around. However, his contacts with the Xiao family have not stopped, and he is still very fond of Xiao Dalang, his godson.
Careful.
"Let's talk to his godfather in the house!" After Xiao Zhengqing knew what Cripple Li was going to say, he let him into the house. When Xiao Dalang saw his godfather coming, he quickly made tea and put it on the table.
"Is his godfather really not going to take a bite? There is a fire in the house. Sister-in-law, it won't take long for me to finish it." Seeing Li Laizi enter the door, Ma Erniang, the Xiao family's daughter-in-law, hurriedly greeted him.
"Sister-in-law, you really don't need to bother me anymore. I'll finish talking about Da Lang and rush back to the Yamen."
"Xiqiang, do you mean to ask Dalang to join the army?" Xiao Zhengqing looked at Li Cripple drinking tea, thought for a long time, and then asked about the serious matter.
"Yes! This opportunity to join the army is a rare one. Why are people in the capital so excited about this? It's because there is news from the court that in a few years, when the world is settled, the treatment after joining the army and retiring will be different from what it is now.
It's no longer like it is now. Fortunately, I can find an errand in the yamen after retiring. Looking at the world, there will be no big wars to fight in a few years. What can I do if I don't hurry up? I just put on my old face and let Ou Shangbing
Someone from the Security Bureau forcibly reserved a spot."
After Li Laizi finished speaking, Xiao Zhengqing hesitated and remained silent. Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be a good thing for his eldest son to join the army and eat official meals. But his family's situation is better. Even if his son doesn't eat official meals, he can still do it with his craftsmanship.
Life. Thinking about it this way, it seemed that the risk and benefit of the business of letting his son join the army and behead his son was not worth hedging. Especially when he saw Cripple Li's crippled leg, he became even more reluctant.
"His godfather, our family has little labor and we have to make a living. If I let Da Lang join the army, we won't be able to spare the manpower. Why don't you take care of this quota for them if they have any good friends with you?" His husband hesitated.
Silent, Ma Erniang had no choice but to stand up and speak plainly. She was even more reluctant than her husband to let her eldest son join the army.
It is said that there is a future, but the future is so easy to run? Don't be like Cripple Li and come back crippled. Although Cripple Li is living a pretty good life now, the sight of a disabled leg is always uncomfortable, let alone
His salary is not much. My son has mastered the craft from his father. It is not a problem to earn one hundred and eighty taels of silver dollars a year. There is no need to work hard just to get an official meal.
Although she also envied her neighbor's children for being able to serve official meals, she still felt heartbroken for letting her son take risks just to serve official meals.
"Sister-in-law! The family is short of manpower, so why don't you just hire people? You can't do it because the manpower is not available, which delays the baby's life. Although your family earns a lot from making pots in a year, Dalang has learned the craft.
There is no need to worry about life. But as the saying goes, when the water flows down, people will go up. If you have four sons in your family, no matter what, you have to leave a way for the children to make progress. You can't have all the children in the whole family pointing to the future.
Let's make a living. Now that Dalang can catch up with the opportunity, the three little ones have grown up, and there may not be such a good thing again. Joining the army in the past two years is not as dangerous as we did in the past few years. Last year we had so many relapses
It’s a small place, and not many people were killed or injured. Son, when it’s time to fight, you have to let it go.”
Li Laizi also noticed that Xiao Zhengqing and his wife seemed to be reluctant to let their son join the army. He couldn't help but become anxious and explained the pros and cons clearly.
Xiao Zhengqing saw that his wife's words made Li Cripple furious. He quickly got up and added tea to Li Cripple's teapot, and then said: "Xiqiang, drink tea first. Your sister-in-law is not very knowledgeable and can't speak clearly. This
It seems that letting my baby join the army is a big deal. Your sister-in-law and Da Lang will discuss it carefully with me and give you an accurate letter. How about it?"
After taking a closer look at Xiao Zhengqing and his wife, as well as Xiao Dalang who had been standing silently in the room, Li Laizi shook his head and understood that he was not too willing to have this relationship, so he stood up and said: "It is indeed a big deal.
, Brother, where are you going with your sister-in-law and your baby together? Let's see, I have something to do in the yamen and I have to go back. You can quickly calculate it. It is best to give me a confirmation letter tonight or tomorrow. I will give you the quota first.
Hold on, let our baby stay, just hurry up, I will be leaving Beijing in two days, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of the baby."
"Leaving Beijing? Xiqiang, where are you going? But someone is going out on business?" Xiao Zhengqing was a little confused. Why did Li Zizi, the inspection director, leave Beijing for no reason?
"Before I can tell my brother about this matter, the imperial official department has issued a transfer order to transfer me to Yucheng County, Guide Prefecture in the Central Plains, as the deputy county magistrate who also serves as the director of criminal affairs. After a few days, the transfer is clear.
I have to leave the capital to take up my post. By the way, before I leave, I will ask your brothers and sisters to make arrangements and invite Brother Shi and his family to have a farewell dinner."
"Xiqiang, have you been promoted? If you go to Yucheng County to be the deputy magistrate, you will be a senior official from the seventh rank! Yucheng is not far from our hometown of Feng County, so you have to return to your hometown." Xiao Zhengqing
Hearing what Li Laizi said, his heart immediately became hot. Although the deputy director of the Beijing Inspection Office was also an official, he didn't feel like he was doing much. But going to Yucheng to be the deputy magistrate gave people a different feeling. Let's make some friends with him.
It looks very different!
"I haven't been promoted to any official position! It's just changed from an eighth-grade official to a seventh-grade official. To be honest, it's not a high-ranking official. I took this job mainly because I wanted to be closer to my hometown. In the blink of an eye, we have been in the capital for several years.
I don’t know what the situation in my hometown is like now, and to be honest, I’m a little panicked.”
Seeing Li Laizi pretending to be humble, Xiao Zhengqing felt warm. As he spoke, this guy returned to his hometown with his official status. How can he not be envied? Although in terms of wealth, Li Laizi may not be as good as himself, but his dignity
He is much older than me. If the imperial court recovers my hometown, and they go back to be officials, what will it matter if I go back? The ostentation will definitely be incomparable!
It seems that the future of joining the army is really different? A disabled person like Li Laizi has become a deputy county magistrate? In this way, it seems that he should really think about it carefully when he persuaded Dalang to seek a future.