Wearing the cannon fodder little koi in the imperial examination essay

Everyone was panicked, and Song San's mind was buzzing when he heard what you said and what he said, and he felt that the whole world seemed to be blurred, his hair was dizzy, and his eyes were dazzled.

At this time, the kind-hearted little brother who was dragged by him finally found his own voice. He copied the already hoarse voice, pointed to the content on the list, and read it word by word to Song Sande kindly.

Ordinary people are suffering. When the corvée came, how many people would wash their faces with tears. This kind-hearted little brother also kindly explained to Song Sande, for fear that he would not understand and misunderstood.

"Brother, the edict has already been mentioned by the edict. The imperial court has announced that next year will be a leap year. I am afraid that there will be many disasters. This winter, the yamen will levy corvee and start work in winter. It is necessary to levy tens of thousands of laborers to repair the most dangerous section of the Qingxi River in Tongyang, and to build a dam on the gentle section of the river for irrigation. Fortunately, the county magistrate was sympathetic, and the levy It can be redeemed with money, brother, if you have money at home, you should hurry home and discuss it with your family..."

It's true, it's true!
The brother who hit me just now was really right, and the people around me were really right, too. It turns out that this winter, the Yamen is really going to impose winter service!

Song Sande's heart was tense and heavy, and he seemed to be unable to hear what the kind-hearted brother beside him said.

He was so anxious that he couldn't even hear the redemption price that the well-meaning man repeated, so he kept muttering, "No, no, I have to go home quickly, go home quickly!" Go and tell dad, the corvee, the yamen has recruited corvee..." The man seemed to be dazed, and rushed to the gate of the city after pushing away the crowd.

A few days later, Sanyuan Lane in the county seat...

Early in the morning, it seemed that it was not long before dawn, and Song Xiahe was sleeping in a small cubicle, when he heard movement outside.

At first Song Xiahe didn't take it seriously, turned over and was about to go back to sleep, when he was in the middle of turning around, suddenly, Song Xiahe suddenly remembered something.

Ever since she also learned how to bake cakes and added two iron plates to the family, the time for her and my second sister-in-law to set up a stall has changed. They leave the stall at mid-morning every day and close at noon at the latest, so they no longer have to get up early , Last night, the little second sister-in-law let herself sleep at ease, and when she called her in the morning, she could just wake up again.

Obviously, the second brother and the second sister-in-law must still be sleeping at this moment, and she is also sleeping. Before it was time to wake up, there was movement outside...

what happened?Could it be that there are thieves!

Thinking of this, Song Xiahe's heart suddenly trembled, she turned over and got up from the bed, the little girl could do it, she clearly suspected that a thief had entered the house, but she was not afraid, on the contrary, she was full of worry, and was about to rush out .

Just kidding! The family sets up stalls every day, the business is still booming, and there is income every day.

The more Song Xiahe thought about it, the more anxious she was. Hearing the rustling noises outside, she didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She ran to the door curtain with bare feet, and was about to rush out as soon as she lifted the curtain.

result……

Seeing the person in the outer room gently putting a bag of things on the small square table, Song Xiahe was dumbfounded and stopped in her tracks.

"Second brother, why are you?"

Song Xinglin turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw the surprised expression on the little head protruding from the door curtain. He hurriedly glanced at the back room, quickly raised his hand to his lips, made a hush gesture with Song Xiahe, and lowered his voice : "Hush, keep your voice down, your second sister-in-law is still sleeping."

Seeing her second brother's cautious appearance, Song Xiahe couldn't help lowering her voice, and then she tiptoed out to Song Xinglin with a look like a thief, "Second brother?"

"Yeah." Song Xinglin nodded in response, seeing his sister's expression, he couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help joking.

"Why isn't it me? Just now you came out in a hurry, didn't you think that there was a thief in the house? Did you think your brother and I were the thief?"

He thought it was funny to say it, Song Xinglin couldn't help but shrugged his shoulders and smiled teasingly, lowering his head, seeing that his sister was still barefoot, he frowned, and hurriedly nodded to her own hut.

"It's cold, and the ground is cold. Girls, you should take care of yourself. You forgot why you had to take medicine earlier? Go back to the house quickly and put on your clothes and shoes."

Being reprimanded by the second brother, Song Xiahe choked at first, then felt warm in her heart, blushed, nodded, and hurried to her room, put on her clothes and shoes, tiptoeing When he turned around and came out, he saw his brother was arranging the dishes he had just bought on the table.

Song Xiahe couldn't help but stepped forward, rolled up his sleeves, and stretched out his hand to help, "Second brother, did you buy these vegetables? It's still so early, you have come back from the vegetable market in the south of the city, right?" It's not a coincidence, what time did her second brother wake up?
Song Xinglin heard his sister's doubts in a low voice, he raised his hand to stop his sister's help, and said in disapproval: "It's cold in the morning, so don't do it, wash up quickly, I'll do it."

Song Xiahe was unmoved and could not help tidy up, she just stood by the table and did not move.

Seeing this, Song Xinglin shook his head amusedly, and then answered Song Xiahe's doubts just now.

"It's not too early, I'm used to it, I got up and finished a set of punches, and saw that you were still sleeping, so I went shopping for a while, and didn't go to Caishikou in the south of the city, so I went to the east gate, and waited. When the gates of the city were open, I bought vegetables from fellow villagers who came to the city to sell vegetables."

"Oh, that's it..." Song Xiahe nodded, but she still admired her second brother, "Then second brother, your speed is too fast, right? Our house is not close to the East City Gate, and my second sister-in-law said you Studying is hard, second brother, you can keep this kind of work in the future and let me do it. Now my second sister-in-law and I close the stall early, and we set up the stall late in the morning. The two of us can find time to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. .”

Seeing that his sister cared so much about him, and was willing to take care of him, Song Xinglin felt good about it, but when he thought of his little guest, Song Xinglin said yes.

"I don't study as hard as your second sister-in-law. It's just shopping for food. Anyway, I have to practice every day. The east of the city is close, and I can run very fast. It's like exercising. There's no need for you to work hard." Sister-in-law...er, with you." Song Xinglin rubbed his nose, "If you have the time, you can rest easy."

Song Xiahe saw how uncomfortable her second brother was touching his nose, and then listened to his excuses, he couldn't help laughing, and unconsciously wanted to tease her brother, "Second brother, you are so kind to my second sister-in-law!"

Song Xinglin: "Oh, am I not treating you well?"

Being teased by the younger sister, Song Xinglin couldn't stand it no matter how thick his skin was, and before Song Xiahe could respond, he hurriedly waved his hands to change the subject uncomfortably.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. Second sister, from now on, I have to go to the school early. If the master wants to give me extra classes, I won't wait for your second sister-in-law to get up. I am already in the kitchen. After cooking the canned rice, I also bought red oil fermented bean curd, and when your second sister-in-law wakes up, you two will cook two more eggs for breakfast."

Song Xinglin explained carefully, and Song Xiahe also knew that his brother's homework was important, so he nodded repeatedly to express his understanding.

When she first came here by herself, facing the sumptuous meal prepared by her second sister-in-law for her and her father, she only felt ashamed and didn't dare to eat it;
In the next few days, they saw that they ate well, even in the morning, they kept eating eggs every day. She couldn't eat an egg for a whole year at home, but here she was so extravagant, eating eggs every day, She was so empty in her heart when she ate it, she was afraid to eat it for her brother and sister-in-law, so she didn't dare to eat it at first;
Later, her second sister-in-law had a tough attitude, insisting that the most important thing in the family was eggs, and she would stuff herself with good ones every time she opened a meal, and she would get angry if they didn't eat them, and gradually she let go Come, dare to eat;
Now she eats eggs every morning, and at noon, she either eats the pork liver cooked by her second sister-in-law to nourish her eyes, or takes her to the streets to eat all kinds of delicacies, such as rice noodles, rice tofu, steamed buns, wontons, sesame cakes, noodles, etc. and many more……

She did the math, she had only been in the city for a few days, and she had tasted all the delicious food in the city. Growing up, how could she have lived such a rich and happy life that she couldn't even imagine?

She would not give up her life to work hard with her second brother and second sister-in-law, she would be sorry for the good things she ate into her stomach.

Thinking of this, Song Xiahe felt ashamed. Looking at her second brother, she quickly promised, "Second brother, don't worry, go to school. I'm at home. I'll cook eggs in a while, and we'll eat when my second sister-in-law wakes up."

Song Xinglin saw that his sister had finally regained consciousness. He nodded to express his satisfaction. He went outside to wash his hands, dried his hands and came back. All the guests had to check the filled money bags and put them in their pockets. Song Xinglin and Song Xiahe nodded, and they went out to study.

Song Xiahe sent her elder brother away, looked at the sky outside, compared the time, and sighed in her heart, her second elder brother actually entered school an hour earlier than usual, it was really hard...

Feeling sorry for the second brother, Song Xiahe's movements were not slow.

Grab two eggs and wash them in the stove;

Uncover the lid of the canned rice cooked by the second brother on the stove, stir it, then cover it again, and let it continue to warm on the stove;
Take out the palm-sized earthenware pot used for baking tea, stuff the cleaned eggs into it, then light a fire to heat up the charcoal stove that will be used for the stall later, put the small earthenware pot on top and simmer, while I cook from the big stove. He lifted the copper kettle to wash up.

Only then did she clean herself up and pour the water from the copper washbasin into the drain in the yard, then turned around, and Song Xiahe saw her second sister-in-law, who was blindfolded, yawning, and still gaiting at a leisurely pace. floated out.

"Second sister-in-law, you are up, you sit under the eaves, and I will wash your face with water."

Yu Su, who was stupefied, was not fully awake yet. When she heard Song Xiahe babbled, she didn't hear what he said clearly at all, but subconsciously nodded in response. While rubbing his eyes, he looked around in the yard.

Yu Su yawned when he didn't see the person he was looking for, "Ha~Second sister, your second brother? Why don't you see anyone else?"

Ma Liu fetched hot water, and Song Xiahe, who came out with a tooth jar, a toothbrush and green salt, hurried back, "Second sister-in-law, my second elder brother said just now that he will go to the school early from now on, saying that the master will give him extra classes." Come on, my second brother just left."

"Ah? Are you leaving at this point?" Yu Su was also shocked, and immediately asked, "Has he had breakfast yet?"

Song Xiahe... Well, well, I forgot to ask just now, but now she is embarrassed when asked by the second sister-in-law.

"Well, should I eat it? In the morning, my second brother cooked canned rice for us before going out. He even went to the east of the city to wait for the city gate to open, and asked the fellow villagers to buy fresh vegetables before coming home! Two Sister-in-law, don’t worry, my second elder brother is so big, you gave him enough coppers, even if he didn’t eat it at home, he must have bought it outside, are you still afraid that he will starve himself?”

Yu Su was right when he thought about it, "Yes, yes, then leave him alone, we will have breakfast by ourselves later, Second Sister, you can cook two eggs later."

Song Xiahe: "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, I've cooked everything, and I can eat it in a while."

"Well, Second Sister, you are really good. I feel much more relaxed with you. It's really hard work for you."

Song Xiahe didn't dare to take this seriously, and waved his hands again and again, "It's not hard, it's not hard, second sister-in-law, you and my second brother are the only ones who work hard. You have to earn money to support the family every day. My second brother always goes out early and returns late to study. He is at school every day. I don’t know if the food is good or not?”

Yu Su paused for a moment when he took Song Xiahe's hand to wash the tools.

"Well, there is a big pot of rice in the school, so it's not very oily, but it's okay. Now we have added two iron plates, and we bake cakes together. The speed is much faster, and the stall is also closed early. I will cook something delicious later. At noon Let's send it to him and ask your second brother to mend it."

"That's okay, second sister-in-law, then let's eat quickly, and leave the stall as soon as we finish eating. Leave the stall early and close the stall early."

"It's done, it's done."

Yu Su acted quickly, took a quick shower and took care of himself. The aunt and sister-in-law had breakfast, tidied up the car, locked the door, carried the money box and set off to set up a stall.

At this time, the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law didn't know that Manshan Village's family had already had a quarrel over the corvee matter, and what they didn't even know was that the yamen servants had also been conscripted to Manshan Village at this moment.

And what Yu Su didn't expect was that the old Song family, this time because of the instigation of his own butterfly wings, the family would no longer be "harmonious and united" as before.

Because there is no longer Song Xinglin, the pitiful thorn in the top of the vat, after the family got the news that Song Sande brought back the yamen's collection of corvee, they discussed and discussed, obviously not talking about their past savings, and it was obvious that Song Xinglin was in the hands of the old couple. Hu gave ten taels of silver, but the two elders were simply reluctant to take it out to exempt the family from the corvee money this time.

For this little money, he actually decided to push out the most honest Song Sande to top the vat, and his name was reported, and he only waited for two days to go to Baisha Town, and the surrounding towns of Baisha Town. The corvee workers gathered together, and the yamen guards set off in unison.

It is said that in ancient times, how many people went to war, and that military service was cruel. Ten people went and one returned. The most feared thing is the word taxation.

Song Sande himself knew the horrors of corvée, and he didn't want to go there from the bottom of his heart.

But the parents do not separate the family, the parents in the family love the eldest brother the most, and the second brother is the most cunning and cheating. The eldest nephew Xingshan is only thirteen, and he is still studying. In any case, he will not let a half-sized man go to serve.

I can't just watch my elderly father serve corvee, can I?Then who is he!At this time, even if the family doesn't say anything, he will come forward in the end.

He watched helplessly the family members quarreled over this matter for several days, cried for several days, and sighed for several days, watched his mother with a bitter face every day, and watched his father lock the cigarette stick tightly every day. hand, he had a premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, at noon today, when the servant who collected the corvee appeared at the entrance of the village, his mother looked at him eagerly, and his brother avoided his sight and dared not look at him. His father said to himself with a miserable face, "Three Son, it is father who is sorry for you, your elder brother is 'in poor health', your second elder brother is not worthy of you, you are the most filial at home, otherwise you can go for the family!" At that time.

The boots that had been hanging high in his heart finally fell to the ground, but Song Sande felt bitter in his heart, not knowing whether to cry or to be thankful, feeling relieved and wronged as expected.

It is one thing to go on your own initiative, but quite another to be forced to go by the whole family.

Obviously there is money at home...