Take the space supermarket to farm

Chapter 42 Furoshiki

Jiang's expression suddenly changed.

Xia Youtian hurriedly held Jiang's hand and said, "I'm not saying this because I don't want to separate the family. It's really..."

He told Mrs. Jiang everything about today's experience, and he didn't even mention the beard. He just told Mrs. Jiang not to tell anyone about it, especially not to mention it to his younger sister Xia Yujiao.

The most important thing among them was the notice he saw at the city gate.

Beiguan Town wants to recruit civilian husbands, and the number of people is doubled from previous years.

The government did not explain why it was suddenly necessary to recruit more civilian husbands. But if there was no division of the family, although the Xia family had many houses, the number of people who needed to be raised was not too many.

However, now that they have separated their families. When the civilian husbands are recruited, Xia Youtian cannot escape. Wu Lang is not yet a man, so Xia Youtian can only go there in person. If he doesn't want to go, he has to spend money.

Xia Youtian was deeply affected by this.

I always feel that when we separated, it would have been better if I had persisted and tried to convince the old couple.

But Mr. Zhou usually manages money so tightly that everyone feels uncomfortable.

When they first saw the opportunity to start their own business, everyone was so excited that they couldn't help but think of conscripting civilian husbands?

Xia Youtian and Jiang were speechless to each other. They were depressed for half the night before falling asleep physically and mentally exhausted.

Early the next morning, the couple had a simple breakfast, discussed it for a long time, and quickly passed the news to the old couple and several other heads of the house.

After that, he went to Li Zheng's house and Xia Pingkang's house again to pass on the news.

When you meet familiar folks, you will also mention it.

The news that the Beiguan County Yamen wanted to recruit civilian husbands spread quickly as if it had grown wings. Every household became depressed.

Mr. Xia and Mr. Zhou still couldn't believe it.

At this time, it is spring!

Even if you want to recruit civilian laborers, you should do so in winter. After all, you shouldn’t miss the farming season.

But, soon, the news brought back by Xia Youtian was confirmed.

The police officers who came to Beiguan Village to recruit civilian husbands appeared together with Li Zheng, and brought several of their subordinates with them. They beat gongs and drums and went from house to house to select people.

The principle of selecting people is very simple.

Priority will be given to families with many sons. Families without sons are exempted from selection, but they will have to pay one or two silver coins for service. If they cannot pay, they will have to find someone to serve on their behalf.

A family with a single household must have a husband.

Therefore, those families who were not separated were very happy at this time.

The civilian husbands who were drafted were required to carry the salutes, prepare their own dry food and money, and follow the selected officers.

The reason why they were not given two days to carefully pack up and pay tribute was mainly because they were afraid that someone would escape from duty.

After all, being a civilian husband is very hard, and you are often beaten, scolded, and bullied.

Moreover, if something unexpected happens on the road, there are many cases where no one is alive or dead but no body is found.

Even if you are lucky enough to come back with all your arms and legs, you will fall seriously ill after you get home, leaving your body and family empty. There are precedents in every village.

Li Zheng and the policeman soon arrived at Xia's house.

The officer was already followed by a group of civilians carrying simple luggage.

The faces of the Xia family all turned ugly.

Li Zheng smiled very kindly, even slightly flattering. It was very different from the usual airs and expressions.

The guard kept a straight face from beginning to end, with his head raised high and looking at people through his nostrils. The man holding a chicken feather as an arrow made people angry just by looking at him.

But everyone just gritted their teeth secretly, but no one dared to take the lead.

Even Mr. Zhou, who has always had a bad temper and a tough temper, suppressed his temper and refused to be serious with the officials.

Now that the Xia family is divided, they can no longer be treated as one family this time.

The old couple has a daughter, Xia Yujiao. Mr. Xia is overage and Xia Yujiao is not a male, so she is exempt from the tax.

But you have to pay a service fee of 500 yuan.

Xia had a wealthy family, and Xia Dalang was a scholar, so he was exempted from the tax.

But Xia Dalang had not yet entered school, so he could only exempt himself from the labor force, but he could not exempt the whole family from labor.

If Xia Youcai doesn't want to be a civilian husband, he can only hand over money honestly.

He could also find someone to intercede.

But if you use this method, it will only look good on the surface, but in fact you will make more money.

Xia Yougui's family has already discussed and asked Erlang to serve.

Xia Erlang is nineteen years old, and will be twenty after the new year. He is a young and strong young man, and the official is very satisfied.

But Mr. Xia and Mr. Zhou's faces turned dark.

The second child is too incompetent!

This kind of hard work, the second son, as a father, is not willing to bear the hardship himself.

Not only did he not protect his son, but he let Erlang take the lead!

However, Xia Yougui's family had a large population and many men. Xia Yougui and Xia Sanlang, who had just become a man, together had to pay a full one tael of silver for service.

Xia Youxi, a third-family member, only has two daughters, so she can be exempted from the tax, but she has to pay one tael of silver.

Xia Youtian, the Fourth Fang, was reluctant to part with the money and wanted to serve in person. However, Ms. Jiang stopped her. Ms. Jiang cried and almost knelt down in front of the official.

Although the official's attitude was arrogant, looking at Xia Youtian's family, except for Wulang, all of them were female, and only Xia Youtian, an old man who could stand up in the family, made Mrs. Jiang cry so pitifully, so she nodded and agreed to be accommodating.

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The premise is that the fourth house must pay two taels of silver as service fee.

Xia Youtian was originally asked to pay one tael of silver, and Xia Youtian was so heartbroken that he even regretted the separation. This time, he was asked to pay two taels of silver, and he couldn't bear it immediately:

"Hey, why is it so expensive for me?"

The officer rolled his eyes impatiently and raised his head a little higher:

"What are you talking about? The county magistrate set the salary for this service!

You are not a scholar, and you have a son who is about to grow up at home, so you are not exempt from the tax.

If you are not willing to pay this money, just come with me!"

Xia Youtian wanted to follow the officer, but he was hugged by the whole family and stopped him. Mrs. Jiang hurriedly took out the broken silver and handed over the money. The officer sneered at Xia Youtian and raised his voice.

And go.

Mrs. Cheng from the fifth house was very neat and tidy. She had already handed over the commission money before the fifth brother could commit the crime.

When the officials and Li Zheng left the Xia family, they only took Xia Erlang with them.

Xia Erlang remained silent and said nothing.

Seeing the group of people walking away, Xia Daohua couldn't help it anymore. She quickly ran into her room, and quickly rushed out with a furoshiki. She chased them far away and stuffed the bulging furoshiki into her house.

Xia Erlang.

Xia Erlang's somewhat weathered expression cracked. He smiled at Xia Daohua, took the bundle, touched her head, and followed the official away.

Xia Daohua watched Xia Erlang's back, secretly hoping that he would come back safely.

(End of chapter)