The black-bellied prince: the little princess of the chef

Chapter 127 I want to join the army
The two flavors of fish buns produced by Ye Qing are especially liked by the members of the Ye family.

Especially Zhang Xiu, a pregnant woman, ate three meals in a row before stopping her chopsticks.

After pregnancy, people generally have great changes in eating. Just like Zhang Xiu, who never ate chili before, now always finds spicy dishes more delicious.

But chili is easy to get angry, and this is a northerly area, Ye Qing doesn't suggest that she eat more chili.Therefore, she was only given half a spicy fish bun.

Getting along with a pregnant woman's sister-in-law, and often hearing her talk about Du Juan, Ye Qing naturally thinks of Du Juan, who is also a pregnant woman, that poor woman from time to time.

"Sister-in-law, is Du Juan's sister-in-law soon to give birth? Are you going to see her soon?"

"Well, it's about to give birth. I have to go in a few days."

"Then be careful, and bring her some steamed stuffed buns by the way!"

"it is good!"

The aunt and sister-in-law chatted happily and were in a good mood.

But Zhang Xiu secretly sighed in her heart, Du Juan's life is too hard, she will give birth soon, her husband has to work outside to earn money, her husband's family doesn't care, and her mother's family doesn't care.

Mrs. Xu listened quietly from the sidelines, laughing inwardly. Her daughter has a sharp mouth and bean curd heart. When she talked about Du Juan a few days ago, she said that she didn't need to sympathize with others.

In that case, what is her behavior like?Is it because of the child in Dujuan's womb?

Ye Qing was very generous, he filled a food box full, and there was also a large plate of spicy steamed stuffed buns.Anyone with a discerning eye can see what she's doing. It's not enough to eat only Dujuan, but Qiusheng has to eat too.

Zhang Xiu's belly was too big, Xu Shi was worried that she would go alone, so after giving some instructions, she took her there by herself.

When Ye Junbei came back carrying the pig into the water, Ye Pingrong also came back with a handful of corn cobs.

This year's corn is long and big, yellow and orange, golden and very pleasing.

In Ye Qing's impression, because the weather in the south is humid, the corn on the cob is picked after peeling off the husks.Then the corn is threshed, and in June and July, when the weather is good, it is spread in the yard of the house to dry and store.

Ye Pingrong deliberately left a few layers of corn husks to bundle the corn together, then hang it under the eaves to dry, and then thresh the corn when he has time.

Ye Qing cleaned the pigs under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, while Ye Junbei helped his father hang the corn cobs.Seeing the corn cobs hanging up, Ye Qing realized that at some point, his father and elder brother had already pulled down a hemp rope from the eaves.

Seeing that the corn in the basket was almost cleared, Ye Qing got up and went to the kitchen to serve steamed buns and gruel to the father and son.

Ye Pingrong hastily drank a bowl of porridge, gulped down two steamed buns with fish and meat, and went to the field with a basket to break corn cobs.

Ye Junbei held the steamed stuffed bun in one hand and the porridge bowl in the other, squatting next to Ye Qing to drink the porridge.

Seeing him acting strangely, Ye Qing stopped what he was doing and asked, "Brother, do you have something to say to me?"

Ye Junbei's face suddenly became heavy. He silently finished the last mouthful of steamed stuffed bun and the last mouthful of porridge in his bowl, but he remained silent.

"Brother, is something wrong?"

Ye Qing asked the words, only to feel that something was wrong.Everyone in the family is fine, what can happen?

still.. .

"Could it be that the abattoir doesn't supply our family?"

Ye Qing guessed and guessed, and couldn't figure out where Ye Junbei's sorrow came from.

Ye Junbei shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice: "Qingqing, the three-year conscription is about to start again."

"conscription?"

Ye Qing suddenly froze, his eldest brother wants to join the army?
These days, if it weren't for the imperial court forcing men from house to house to join the army to fight, and the common people want to avoid heavy taxes, who would want to join the army?

How could the family be willing to let the male join the army?
I'm afraid it will be difficult for father and mother to pass.

Not only her parents, but she herself didn't really want Ye Jun to go north.

"Brother, our family's current life can be considered well-off, and it is still thriving; besides, my sister-in-law is about to give birth, why do you want to join the army? In the future, we will be separated from each other, and we will be on the battlefield for ten years." The unknown!
Ye Qing didn't make the words too clear, but Ye Junbei could understand.Since he wanted to join the army, he should have thought about everything before and after.

She—it's useless to talk.

"Qingqing, my eldest brother has dreamed of joining the army since he was a child. He wanted to go to the battlefield, kill the enemy, and protect his family and country, but..." Ye Junbei raised his head, looked into the distance with some misty eyes, and then said softly: "Three years Before, I wanted to go, but..."

Although Ye Junbei only spoke half of what he said, Ye Qing quickly understood the reason - his parents must have stopped him.

Ye Qing underestimated how persistent Ye Junbei was in joining the army, and even underestimated how much his parents objected to it.As a result, when Ye Pingrong slapped Ye Junbei when he insisted on joining the army, Ye Qing himself didn't recover.

But the eldest brother was red-eyed, covered his face, shouted "I want to join the army, I just want to join the army", and ran away.

The atmosphere in the Ye family these two days was very depressed, parents, elder brother and sister-in-law, even Ye Qing himself didn't know what to say, or whose side he was on.

Out of selfishness, she didn't want Ye Junbei to join the army and leave his hometown and family, but shouldn't she support her brother's dream?
Ye Junbei still went to the city to buy pigs every day before dawn, and then walked back with a heavy burden.

In the morning of early autumn, occasionally there is a layer of light mist, and the morning breeze blows, making it a bit cold.

Ye Qing felt sorry for his elder brother, and planned to go to the city to settle the snail money with Boss Xiong, and then see if there is any surplus after repaying the debt, if there is surplus or the debt is not too much, then borrow some more, buy a donkey first and then talk.

But in the past few days, Ye Junbei's face is not happy, Zhang Xiu's face is also calm, the family seems to have lost its color, and it has turned into an ink painting, which makes people unhappy.

Ye Qing thought about first persuading his father to let go, let him and Ye Junbei give up the confrontation, and then "use reason and understanding" to persuade Ye Junbei, let him give up the idea of ​​joining the army.

Then, the breakthrough point is Xu's.

"Mom, can you persuade Dad? Brother wants to join the army, this is his dream"

"Qingqing, if your brother wants to do other things, we won't stop him. But this is the only thing that can't be done!"

Xu didn't want to quarrel with her daughter, and didn't want any dispute with Ye Qing to hurt the harmony between mother and daughter, so she picked up the chopped sweet potato vine, got up and walked to the backyard.

The more Ye Qing thought about it, the more strange he felt, looking at his mother's back, he said in puzzlement: "Mother, why is that?"

Xu's back was slightly stunned, and she walked faster, but her firm voice came from the air: "Qingqing, there is no reason. Anyway, we will not agree with him to join the army."

(End of this chapter)