In a daze, Li Yan was pushed to wake up. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the fourth sister Li Xiaozhu. The third brother next to him was no longer there. The fourth sister looked at him with red and swollen eyes and said, "Fifth brother, the village chief is here, Dad, let you get up and go."

Li Yan didn't sleep much last night, and he didn't fall asleep in a daze until the rooster crowed a few times. He sat upright behind his back and said to his fourth sister, "Sister Four, I'll go now."

Li Xiaozhu didn't move, but she looked at him reluctantly.

Li Yan smiled and said, "Sister Fourth, don't do this. I will come back to see you next time during the Chinese New Year, but I don't know if you are at home or not."

Li Xiaozhu was stunned, then blushed and said, "I'm talking nonsense", then turned around and went out.

Li Yan looked at the back of his fourth sister and couldn't help but sigh softly. He didn't believe what he said. He came back next time for the Chinese New Year, although it was late summer and early autumn, he wouldn't know what would happen in half a year, just next year and the Chinese New Year afterwards.

After a simple washing up, Li Yan came to the front room. At this time, five people sat in the front room, father, mother, third brother, fourth sister, and a strong man in his forties. The strong man sat on a slightly taller and larger chair, with a national face, a beard and a short-sleeved hunter uniform. In the early morning of the early autumn, the mountain village did not look cold, and the muscles on his body were tangled, but he also had a kind of momentum when he sat there.

Seeing Li Yan coming in, he smiled and said, "Li Yan, you're a little late."

Li Yan came to the strong man, bowed and said, "Uncle Guoxin, it's early!"

The strong man was named Li Guoxin. He was the village chief of this village. In addition to farming, he was also a good hunter. He often led young and strong men in the village to hunt in the mountains. The locust plague in the past two years was also a blessing for him, which made the life in the village better than in other villages, at least not starved to death.

Li Guoxin looked at Li Yan, then looked at Li Yanniang and Li Wei. After Li Xiaozhu glanced at him, he said, "Originally, I would go to the county town only two days later. The second boy from Laoshan family and the boss of Li Tian family were going to work as a kitchen assistant and a blacksmith apprentice in the county town. He asked me to send it and then give the certificate. Last night, Uncle Chang came to my house to tell me about Li Yan's affairs, and I decided to leave today."

Li Yan's father's name is Li Chang, and the villagers call him Changbo. Li Guoxin looked at everyone again and continued, "Actually, yesterday I also told Changbo that it is okay to ask Li Yan to work in the county like their families. This is Ansheng's work, but I have to explain this. Working like you is definitely inexperienced. You must start with an apprentice. Apprentices have to charge fees, and secondly, apprentices have to do all the work, and they have to sign a contract. If something happens during the apprenticeship process, the master will not compensate. But Changbo still decided to let Li Yan join the army and eat food."

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In fact, it is mainly about money. The Li Yan family has no money. Although the apprenticeship is only 500 cents, for a family whose family of five is only about 50 cents a month, this is definitely not enough to afford the expenses for nearly a year. The second reason is that the apprenticeship is very hard and has no personal freedom. It has no dignity before learning. The master's family is injured and beaten to death.

Uncle Chang glanced at Li Yan and said, "Just settle it like this."

Then he smiled at the village chief and said, "I'm going to trouble Guoxin now."

When Li Yanniang, who had red and swollen eyes, heard this, she hurriedly said to the village chief, "I'm leaving today?"

The village chief nodded and said, "Yes, although it is common for recruitment now, someone in the village came back from the county town yesterday to say that Marshal Hong had already started recruiting troops yesterday morning. This kind of guards may be the guards guards in the city. Such guards generally protect the families of officials in the city and protect the granaries and armories in the city. They generally have no encounters, so it is only two or three days later that they should be full."

When Li Yanniang heard this, she was anxious, "Ah, you still have to fight?" Li Xiaozhu also looked at Li Guoxin anxiously.

After hearing what his wife said, Chang Bo saw the four daughters anxious and slapped the table in front of him with dissatisfaction, "Didn't Guoxin say that, this is the guards, guarding the city and guarding the house, not fighting, see what you look like."

Li Xiaozhu and Li Yan's mother looked at Li Guoxin timidly. After Li Guoxin glanced at Chang Bo, he nodded and then comforted him. Only then did they feel relieved and stopped asking questions.

However, Li Yan has been silent since he entered the door and asked, but when he saw his mother and fourth sister like this, he couldn't help but feel sad. A sour air stuck in his throat and his eyes began to turn red. He thought that if he made money in the future, he would definitely go home to guard his parents and relatives and no longer stay away. He would see their satisfied smiles every day and enjoy the joyful warmth.

In fact, although the Guards do not need to participate in the war in normal times, if the war comes, if the troops are insufficient, no matter whether you are the Guards or not, at least you have to go up to the city to defend the city. The opponent's swords, guns and arrows are not eye-catching when siegeing the city. It is hard to tell who the Guards and who are the generals. Then shoot them all in one go. In addition, you may have to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but then it was a real close contact.

But in general, the Guards were really much better than other corpses that were recruited. Li Wei, who was standing beside him, looked at Li Yan with concern. He knew vaguely that things were not as simple as the village chief said.

Li Guoxin looked at Li Yan not talking and said to him, "Do you have anything to ask?"

Li Yan said, "Uncle Guoxin has already said that the Guards were personally recruited by Marshal Hong to guard the granary and armory, and even to guard the officials' houses and hospitals. Then this errand is already very good and hard to come by, so I will definitely do it well."

After hearing this, Li Guoxin frowned slightly, thinking that Li Yan really believed all his words, but said in his heart, "On the road, I have to say to this kid, he shouldn't believe in this risk-free errand."

Li Guoxin then said goodbye to Li Yan's family, "We set off in half a quarter of an hour. This time, I went with three young people. There was no one at home to see you off. For more than 200 miles of mountain road, one for one to see you off. With the luggage, the carriage could not run fast, but it was difficult to get to the place today."

There are only two good horses in the village. After pulling them into the car, they add the weight of the four of them. It is the limit to reach the county before sunset.

Not long after the sun was out, the carriage had already driven out of the village. The mountain village slowly moved away from the rear. Looking at the families standing at the beginning of the village and the few women crying in the crowd, the other two on the carriage were only thirteen. The four-year-old child started crying and kept wiping his tears.

Li Yan looked at the crying fourth sister and mother in the crowd, and the third brother who limped and held his father while walking, silently.

Until Li Yan got on the carriage, the third brother and his father didn't say anything else, but just smiled hard, while the fourth sister and mother kept pulling him the corners of the coarse cloth clothes, fearing that the clothes were uneven, and they cried and told them all kinds of things. If he had time, he would come back to see them. There were dry food and pickles in the package, and he would eat them when he was hungry...

Li Yan didn't cry, but just held back his tears, and felt sad in his heart. He forced a smile to wave his hand at them, "Dad, mother, third brother, fourth sister, take care of you, next time I come back, take a lot of things in the city, third brother, take care of your family."

"Lao Wu, remember, remember, let's go, let's go..."

"Sister Four, wait until I get stable and I will bring you the rouge and water powder from the city."

"Fifth, sister, wait, wuwu..."

"Lao Wu..." With a heart-wrenching cry, Li Yan's mother fell into the arms of the fourth sister...

The other two families around were crying one after another, and the whimpering sounds on the carriage were even more ruthless. Li Yan could no longer control his tears, allowing tears to flow on his face.
Chapter completed!