The farmhouse's fierce wife is the master of the house

Chapter 404 Recruitment of Guang'an City

But Jing Chen couldn't bear to part with Ye Xiangchun, so he cheekily said that he was going to Ye's house for dinner.

Ye Xiangchun and Jing Chen went down the mountain hand in hand, strolling around as if they were playing.

As soon as I got home, before I could say a word to my sister, I heard the sound of gongs coming from the village.

Jing Chen smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "Here we come."

"Who's here?" Ye Xiangchun looked around, as if her sister and Jing Chen knew what the sound of the gong was.

Jing Chen raised his eyebrows, and said, "Go out and have a look."

But Ye Xiuzhi stretched out his hand to hold Ye Xiangchun back, and stopped Jing Chen along the way, and said in a low voice, "Don't go, that's an official post."

"Official servant?" Ye Xiangchun thought about the word, and said, "Why are the people from the government here?"

"The sound of the gong is usually due to two situations. One is that the official is sympathetic to the people. The other..." Jing Chen stopped talking here, and said to Ye Xiuzhi: "Sister Xiuzhi, I just went to see it with Xiang Toon. It's hilarious."

Ye Xiuzhi hesitated and let go, but he still looked worried.Finally, he said in a low voice: "Be careful."

Jing Chen responded, and pulled Ye Xiangchun out the door.

Ye Xiangchun asked as he walked, "Why is my sister so nervous? Are officers and soldiers arresting people?"

"Almost. But they didn't catch me." Jing Chen pulled Ye Xiangchun along the village's main path, and saw a group of people coming up ahead.

The two men in the front were wearing dark blue gowns with palm-width belts around their waists, red-topped bamboo hats on their heads, and each holding a gong in their hands.

The people behind were also in dark blue gowns, but the collar and cuffs of the gowns had red trim, and instead of bamboo hats, they wore black brim hats.

It was the first time for Ye Xiangchun to see the ancient officers and soldiers alive.It looks similar to the costumes on TV, except that it doesn't look so draggy, that is, ordinary men dress neatly.

Everyone in the village came out when they heard the sound of the gong, but they all stood at a distance and looked around, and no one approached.

Jing Chen took Ye Xiangchun to stand under a big tree on the side of the road, not too far away, just in time to see the route these officers and soldiers were walking.

This group of officers and soldiers walked around the main road of the village, and then returned to the village.

One of the men took out a large piece of paper from his pocket and pasted it on the old tree at the entrance of the village.

"Guang'an City is recruiting soldiers. All men who are in good health and have reached the age of 28 are called to join the army. However, the only child in the family can stay, and those who wear heavy filial piety can stay..." The officer and soldier wrote this notice together Read it three times.

After reading, the men in Houkanzi Village took several big steps back.

Only then did Ye Xiangchun understand why her sister was so scared. It turned out that it was the official who was arresting the young man.

Ye Xiangchun turned to look at Jing Chen, and asked in a low voice, "How old are you?"

"Sixteen, almost seventeen." Jing Chen narrowed his pupils and smiled brightly.

"What about Ah Shuo?" Ye Xiangchun asked again.

"He's 22, but his household registration is not in Kanzi Village, nor in Guang'an City." Jing Chen replied calmly.

"Then my brother..." Ye Xiangchun sighed.She remembered that Ye Dasong was 28 years old this year.

"It's okay, the conscription notice is just a formality. You don't have to go, for example, if you have a serious illness, weak body or something." Jing Chen leaned into Ye Xiangchun's ear and said in a low voice: "Those are all pretexts. .This conscription notice is posted once a year, just to collect money. Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)