As soon as Cheng Zhongqian entered the door, Ling Bao greeted him and was busy. Cheng Yun called him dad, and then he and Cheng Yi brought out the food.
Since they bought the iron pot, they have been cooking almost all the dishes at home, which is fast and delicious. They can even use the iron pot to make soup.
"Dad, when we went to the county town today, we saw that people were required to serve in the military, one per household," Cheng Yun said.
Cheng Zhongqian's eyebrows were a little tired and he nodded slightly: "I already know."
"That......"
Cheng Zhongqian said: "I'll go."
Cheng Yun frowned and hesitated: "But..."
Lingbao was not so scrupulous. She held her rice bowl, but did not eat it. Instead, she said to Cheng Zhongqian worriedly: "But daddy, you are relatively weak. The service is very hard and hard. You won't be able to hold on."
Cheng Zhongqian said with a dark face: "Where am I weak?"
This was not a question, but Lingbao couldn't tell. She looked at Cheng Zhongqian seriously for a while, and then said: "Everywhere is weak."
Cheng Zhongqian: "..."
Cheng Zhongqian said expressionlessly: "Take her away."
He was afraid that he couldn't help but beat this little bastard.
Cheng Yun put his fist to his lips and smiled.
"Where are you taking me? Why are you taking me away?" Ling Bao was confused, but she didn't care about this and continued, "Dad, you were always sick when you first came here."
In the early days, Cheng Zhongqian was indeed always sick. They were all minor colds, not serious, but he was very sick, which inevitably left Lingbao with the impression that he was in "bad health".
Now, I travel between the county and my home all day long. I walk more and my physical fitness is also improved.
"Shut up." Cheng Zhongqian couldn't bear it anymore.
Lingbao wrinkled her nose unhappily, she didn't say anything wrong.
Cheng Yun rubbed her head and said to Cheng Zhongqian: "Dad, why don't you let me take your place? It should be enough as long as there is one person from each family."
Requirements are requirements, and there will always be special circumstances when implementing them. In some areas, the requirements are not so strict. As long as someone comes out, it doesn't matter whether they are Ding or not.
Cheng Yi hurriedly took another mouthful of rice, raised his head and patted his chest: "I can go too!"
Cheng Zhongqian did not praise them, but said with a cold face: "What are you talking about? It's not like I can't move in bed. It's not like a father asking his son to serve in his place!"
But Cheng Yun was really worried: "But..."
"No but, this matter is settled." Cheng Zhongqian raised his hand, "Let's eat."
Cheng Yun sighed helplessly.
The founding emperor of this dynasty suffered from heavy labor, so after the founding of the country, he promulgated a series of policies to reduce taxes and reduce corvee.
For example, in the previous dynasty, more than just adults had to serve. Within a family, male males served full service and male males served half service. In other words, as long as you were a male, you had to serve regardless of whether you were a male or not.
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After dinner, Ling Bao and Cheng Yun went to the village chief and told him the news.
The village chief immediately beat gongs and drums to summon everyone. After speaking, the villagers all complained, complaining about why the dam needed to be built again.
Cheng Yun asked Ling Bao: "Has it been built before?"
Lingbao thought for a moment and said, "I repaired it once two years ago. I don't know if it was any earlier."
During the following period, the food of each household has obviously improved several levels. After all, the head of the household will not fall down easily only if he eats well.
Time passed by in a blink of an eye, half a month later.
Cheng Zhongqian packed his baggage, packed a bag of dry food made for him by Cheng Yi, and followed the large troops in Beihe Village to the service location.
The village chief's son Han Qiang was also there. Because Lingbao and the others rescued Han Xiaozhuang, he took great care of Cheng Zhongqian.
In the space, Ling Bao sat on the grass and said with a sad face: "I wonder how dad is doing."
The king said carelessly: "She should still be alive."
"It would be great if there were no forced labor in the world." Ling Bao sighed maturely, "Or if there is some way to avoid serving, it would be great too."
"In later generations, there will be no labor for ordinary people, only labor for criminals, but that is based on political power and advanced technology."
Ling Bao once again sighed: "The future generations are so good. People must be very happy at that time, right?"
"Anyway, people are much happier than today." The king said that although there are still various worries, at least you don't have to worry about dying in the service.
"As for the method of not serving in the military, future generations can use silver instead of serving, but you have not yet appeared. Only those who are admitted as scholars can be immune."
Lingbao sighed: "But my dad hasn't passed the exam yet."
The king spread out two round and furry cat paws: "So I can only serve. But we can pray that your father is safe."
"All right."
Lingbao wrote down this sentence and read for a while before going to bed.
The space is really great. It’s warm in winter and cool in summer, and the temperature is always very cool. It would be great if I could bring my brother and the others in with me.
This way she can also hide her father so he doesn't have to serve!
In the beautiful fantasy, Lingbao gradually fell into a deep sleep.
So the next day, while eating, Cheng Yun and Cheng Yi watched helplessly as Ling Bao ran into the yard with the bowl in his arms, knelt down with a bang, and kowtowed sincerely: "God, please keep dad safe."
It's okay, thank you, this is my meal for today, I'll give it to you."
Cheng Yun couldn't laugh or cry, and his sorrowful thoughts were driven away a lot.
"You don't need to be frugal if you want to pray. Besides, I'll serve it later." Cheng Yun helped her up and patted the dust on her knees, "Be good, go eat."
Lingbao responded obediently.
Ling Bao felt relieved when he saw Cheng Yun actually serving a serving.
On the other hand, Cheng Zhongqian was not so lucky.
They had not even taken a breath when they arrived at the place, and were rushed to work. The weather was slowly getting hotter in April, but it was uncomfortable to soak in the water for a long time, not to mention fighting the sand and soil.
Cheng Zhongqian was out of breath after working for a while, but he couldn't stop.
"Snapped!"
"What are you doing? Are you lazy? Work quickly!"
Because whenever he wanted to stop for a while, the police officer would come over with a whip and give a fierce warning as if he had eyes on his back.
"Cheng Langjun, can you still hold on?" Han Qiang asked with concern.
Cheng Zhongqian wiped the sweat from his eyes and didn't even want to say anything. He could only nodded weakly.
Forget it, the government still doesn't provide meals for the workers, and they can't even drink soup to soothe their throats.
At night, when I took off my shoes, I saw that the soles of my feet were soaked and turned white.
Cheng Zhongqian collapsed on the ground. It had just been the first day and he felt that he couldn't stand it anymore.
I can only say that I was lucky that I didn’t let Dalang Erlang take over for me.