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261 Who's thatched hut squeaked a chicken (2)

The wild vegetables and noodle soup were not full. Wang Yi was sweating halfway through practice, and his stomach became weak. He looked around for a while and there was nothing he could do, so he pulled a straw from under the bed and bit it in his mouth, as if he wasn't hungry.

"Super Minister, Supplementary Minister~" Someone outside the door whispered.

Wang Yi hurried over and opened the door. Seeing that there was Ergou from his neighbor's house outside, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have something to do, I want to have an idea with you." Ergou pulled Wang Yi out, and the two sat on the threshold, still looking intimate.

"Tell me, let Mr. Wang make the decision for you." Wang Yi straightened his chest.

"I want to join the army." Ergou said.

"Join the army." Wang Yi's face was solemn, showing that he was indeed thinking carefully, and then nodded: "Yes, look at the instructors in the school, how majestic."

"I'm afraid my parents won't let it go." Ergou lowered his head.

"What's wrong with being a soldier who has been a one-year war, what's wrong with it?" Wang Yi held his cheek and said, "If you kill the thief and make meritorious contributions, you can still be an officer, and the officer is also an official! You are so outstanding..." When Wang Yi said this, he suddenly remembered a white jade face like a goose egg, which always holds a smile, but he can't dissipate the sadness between his eyebrows. It's really heartbreaking.

"I'll accompany you!" Wang Yi suddenly stood up, patted Ergou's shoulder heavily, and said firmly: "Let's go and join the army!"

Ergou staggered and rubbed his shoulder that was being patted: "Why did you think it's like this?"

"I won't say anything!" Wang Yi stood at the door with his fists: "We will join the army tomorrow!"

"That father..."

"When we come back as an officer, will your parents refuse to recognize you?"

"Okay... OK..."

Wang Yi had been to the county and knew that there was a recruiting station in the county. He had breakfast with his father quietly and went to the village to learn as usual.

Ergou was obviously not as firm as Wang Yi, but his parents were all focused on his younger son and did not care about his changes. In fact, in their eyes, his son had no changes. He was as quarrel as usual, and he didn't talk, but ate more than anyone else.

When the two arrived at the school, Wang Yi did not hide the new teacher, but only said that he and Ergou were going to join the army. The teacher did not expect Ergou to take the B-grade diploma as a teacher, so he naturally agreed indifferently. Instead, Chen Ke, who taught in the museum, sent them to the door. He gave them a few encouragements and gave them two cooked cakes to eat on the road.

As long as they don’t stay in other villages for the night, there is no need for road guidance. Wang Yi and Ergou only brought their own household registration book and embarked on the road to the county town. Along the way, they always met people from each village to go to the county town to do business, which looked quite like a peaceful season. When they were about to arrive in the county town, Wang Yi also saw a team of about a hundred people, using gravel and mortar to build roads.

Sitting at the recruiting place was a eunuch with a chin barely in his chin. He checked the household registration books of the two. After measuring their height, he opened a sign without saying a word, asking them to take the ox cart in the lord to go to Zhaoyuan Preparatory Camp for training tomorrow morning.

Wang Yi was very glad that he had two household registrations with his father. He saw with his own eyes that someone was under sixteen years old and had to be allowed by his family to join the army. Thinking about his father's resistance to being a soldier, Wang Yi thought with his knees and knew that his father would definitely not agree. But in order to save Mr. Huang, he didn't care about so much now.

"I will leave tomorrow morning. Where are we going today?" Ergou was holding the wooden sign and was still a little surprised.

"The inn opposite the recruiting office is not worth the money." The eunuch who was entertaining the later generations screamed at Ergou: "Show your soldiers' cards to the shopkeeper."

The two thanked the eunuch again and left the gate of the recruiting office. As the sun rose, there was a long queue outside the gate, and they were young and middle-aged men of eighteen or nineteen years old. After sending instructors from each village, there were always young people who were unwilling to farm for the rest of their lives to be attracted by the mysterious Eastern Palace Army. Especially Liu Si's deeds have become a myth. Everyone is happy to see a boatman being appreciated by Taiweixing because of his bravery and almost became a general.

"When will An Jiayin be given?" Someone asked.

"I heard it was time to set off tomorrow morning." Some people had already joined the army and touched it very clearly.

Wang Yi and Ergou crawled out of the crowd. Ergou looked back at the people who asked curiously, pulled Wang Yi and said, "Do you hear it? There is also An Jiayin!"

"Well," Wang Yiman replied casually, "Well. Ergou, you go to the inn first, I'll do something."

"What are you doing?" Ergou asked curiously.

"You don't know if you say it." Wang Yi pulled Ergou and walked to the inn opposite him, handed the wooden sign to the shopkeeper, and asked for two beds.

The shopkeeper kept saying that they were lucky, and if they came later, they would probably have no beds.

"Since the recruiting office was opened, there were at least five or six hundred soldiers sent every day. Sometimes there were too many people and there were not enough ox carts, so I had to walk there by myself." The shopkeeper sighed: "It is said that good men are not a soldier. Now it seems that as long as the salary is high, there will be no fewer people who are willing to work hard."

"I'm not going to join the army for the sake of money!" A young man stood behind Wang Yi, taller than Wang Yi, and shouted: "It's to calm the world with the Qiansui Lord and let the people have a peaceful life!"

The shopkeeper disagreed and repeatedly said, "Yes, yes, that's what he said."

The young man looked at the two boys in front of him who were shorter than him in dissatisfaction and said, "You are the ones who can't live at home and go to join the army, right?"

Wang Yi took out the wooden sign, shook it in front of his eyes, and said proudly: "Did you see this? Is it impossible for my family to pass the B diploma?"

The young man was frustrated and hesitated, and went to find his own bed.

The shopkeeper looked at Wang Yi with great interest and said, "Do you have a Class B diploma and go to join the army?"

"A good man is full of courage! Seeing the rebels and the Eastern Captains harming the world, who will stand up if I don't stand up!" Wang Yi shouted loudly.

There was a lot of cheers behind him, and even Ergou showed admiring eyes.

——Each one has a stronger tone than strength.

The shopkeeper did not dare to cause trouble. He also hoped that these people would eat and gave everyone a smile. It was best to fool these dolls who wanted to join the army. They would like to fool them. They just need to put high and low beds in the house and let them spend a night. The government will give them five big money. Although the price is not high, they can't stand many people. They earn more in this month than in the past six months.

Wang Yi was also satisfied with the taste of attracting attention. He turned around and bowed his hand, raised his head and chest to look for his own bed.

After settled Ergou, Wang Yi left the inn alone and followed the map in his memory to find Mr. Huang's home. What made him regretful was that Senior Sister Huang went to inspect other places, and Mr. Huang had not come back in Dezhou. He kowtowed to his master's wife, filled the water in the water tank, chopped the firewood, and refused to leave it for dinner and went back to the inn.

The inn was already full of people, and today the people who came reached a new high. The shopkeeper had to contribute tables and benches, which allowed all the included people to settle down.

"It seems that there will be no car tomorrow." Ergou was a little excited when he saw Wang Yi come back, but he still couldn't help but inform him of a tragic news.

"It doesn't matter, it's only two or three days' journey to Zhaoyuan." Wang Yi did the hard work for the whole afternoon and poured it on the bed, and he was confused and wanted to fall asleep.

Ergou turned over, sat cross-legged on Wang Yi's bed, and whispered: "Super Minister, I'm a little scared now. I heard that when Zhaoyuan was ineffective, those who were physically unqualified would not be able to become a warrior."

Wang Yi had never put in his efforts and was not worried about this problem at all. He said in a daze: "What are you afraid of? Will you return?"

"I'm afraid that he will return it to me, and my father will have to break my legs at that time." Ergou said worriedly.

Wang Yi was so energetic that he sat up and asked, "By the way, why are you going to join the army?"

Ergou curled his lips and said, "They said I was killed by a thousand swords, and they also said it would be best if I die."

This was originally the catchphrase of the villagers when beating and scolding children, and no one would take it seriously. Wang Yi smiled and said, "You are too stingy, are you? What did you do to make your uncle and aunt get so angry?"

"I just stole a bite of the puppy's egg custard! They beat and scolded me, as if the puppy was his biological child, and I picked it up!" Ergou said unconvincedly.

"Stop thinking about it. I'm leaving tomorrow. I won't see my parents until the holiday." Wang Yi comforted him and suddenly thought: How sad would it be if my father didn't know that I went to join the army and thought he was taken away by a wolf?

This thought tangled Wang Yi in the middle of the night. He finally fell asleep before dawn. After waking up, he realized that he was thinking too much: the court's letter of thanks would be sent to each family after the recruits set off. Those close to Wang Yi and others will be received on the same day.

As for An Jiayin, it will be sent to the house after Zhaoyuan has accepted the recruits. (To be continued...)
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