Chapter 78 I want to join the army

Tian San thought it was a little funny at first, and even felt a little warm as he let his uncle and aunt blame him anxiously.

However, when his own uncle returned to the room, found a handful of silver and copper coins and stuffed them into his arms, Tian San immediately realized that he had gone a little too far with his joke.

Tian San hurriedly explained: "Uncle, aunt, you misunderstood! I bought this food with the money I earned from the An family! We are not deserters, it is the old prince who has shown mercy and gave us five days off to go back to our hometown and settle down before we go!"

Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian were still wiping their tears and refusing to believe it until Qian San took out the remaining two taels of silver and said, "Uncle and aunt, have you forgotten that when the conscription team came to our village, they said that as long as you serve in the army, everyone will get three taels of silver to settle down?"

Uncle Tian San and Aunt Tian San then remembered that there seemed to be such a thing. At the beginning, they both advised Tian San that it must be a trick of the government and told him not to be fooled.

But at that time, Tian San was quite single and said that if the government cheated him, the worst that could happen was that he would just turn around and come back to farming.

Now it seems that this is not a scam of official uniforms?

Uncle Tian took the two taels of silver, his hands trembling slightly.

Apart from the one or two taels of silver he could get when selling pigs every year, he had never received a silver ingot weighing two taels in his decades of life. The heavy feel in his hand made him slightly excited.

A pig raised for nearly a year could not be sold for less than two taels of silver.

Uncle Tian felt like he was dreaming when his nephew just went to the city and brought back three taels of silver.

"This... is really given to you by the government! They can't just turn around and ask for it back from you, right?"

Tian San immediately laughed and said nonchalantly, "How could that be possible? We originally thought that the superiors would deduct half of our money, but our captain named...Xu Huang didn't deduct a cent from us, and the prince also asked us to go home and settle down first. If he wanted to take the money back, he should have known that if he gave us a holiday, the money would definitely not be taken back."

The two elders were shocked that Tian San really got the silver promised by the conscription team. Only the young man remained silent. Suddenly, he took advantage of the gap between Tian San's words to ask: "Third brother, since they really gave you three taels of silver, then the one tael and two cents monthly salary promised by the conscription team was also true?"

The two elders didn't think much about it and also cast hopeful eyes on Tian San.

Tian San's parents passed away early. In order to handle the funeral of Tian San's parents, all the fields and oxen in the family that could be sold were sold.

If Tian San could really earn one or two taels of silver a month in Jizhou Wei, he would be able to come back and marry a wife within a year and have children for his family.

The two elders have done their best for their eldest brother and can rest in peace in the afterlife.

Tian San thought about it and said, "It should be possible. After all, we have only been there for two days. It's not time for it to start yet."

"But the bulk of the three taels of silver has been given, so there is no shortage of the one or two taels of silver per month."

"Yes, yes, I heard about it from the peddler from Baicheng!" The young man muttered to himself, "For the first time in history, a prince has come to Jizhou. I heard that he is the posthumous son of the late emperor. I don't know what a posthumous son is, but I heard from the peddler that he is qualified to be the emperor!"

"Then he must be the prince charming! The prince charming would not deceive us country folks. If he said one tael and two taels per month, then there must be one tael and two taels per month!"

The boy muttered, then suddenly turned his head to look at his parents and said, "Dad, Mom, I want to follow my third brother to the city to join the army!"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Tian San immediately stopped him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Being a soldier means you have to fight in wars. Your father and I only have you as our child. If something happens to you, how will your father and I live?" Uncle Tian San also glared at the boy angrily, obviously disagreeing.

However, as soon as the second elder said this, he immediately realized that he had said something wrong and looked at Tian San with some embarrassment.

Tian San waved his hands indifferently and said, "My uncle and aunt persuaded me at the time, but I just insisted on going!"

The two elders finally put their worries at ease and continued to look at their son.

However, the boy was as determined as a turtle eating a weight, and said with his neck stiff, "Dad and Mom, just let me go to the city to join the army!"

"Otherwise, if we guard our eight mu of land, when will we be able to save enough money to marry Cuihua? Cuihua's father is a talented woman. He said that if she dies without eight taels of silver, there's no point in thinking about marriage. Cuihua and I have already agreed that if we can't be together, we'd rather be single for the rest of our lives!"

"Dad and Mom, tell me, should I go to the city and be a soldier to earn money, or should I stay a bachelor for the rest of my life and let our Tian family die?"

The two elders' originally aggressive gazes suddenly softened and they lowered their heads dejectedly.

Uncle Tian said helplessly: "It's all because of your father's incompetence. If you want to blame someone, blame me!"

The young man said anxiously: "Dad, what are you talking about? I just want to go to the city to earn money, so just let me go!"

Seeing his parents lowering their heads and not speaking, the boy looked at Tian San and said, "Besides, I still have my third brother here. If anything happens, he will take care of me. Don't you think so, third brother?"

Seeing the boy blinking his eyes desperately, Tian San looked at his uncle and aunt Tian San in embarrassment, and then said: "I don't have the final say on this matter, but if you really want to join the army, I will say no. As long as we can still stand, we will never let anything happen to you!"

Aunt Tian wanted to say something but was interrupted by Uncle Tian: "Forget it, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."

"We don't have the ability to find a wife for Xiao Ba. If we stop him from doing this, he will resent us two old men if he can't find a wife in the future."

Uncle Tian San said, grabbing Tian San's hand and entrusting him solemnly: "Xiao Ba has come to the city with you, you must remember that your uncle and aunt raised you since you were a child, and take more care of him."

Tian San nodded seriously and said, "Uncle and aunt, don't worry. As long as I'm here, Xiao Ba will never get into trouble!"

Tian San said with a smile: "Today's two taels of silver will be my gift to Xiao Ba. In a few days, when I bring him to the city, I will also get three taels of silver to settle down. This will be five taels of silver!"

"When we get our salaries next month, we'll be able to scrape together eight taels of silver and help Xiao Ba marry Cuihua."

The two elders were stunned when they heard this, feeling both happy and embarrassed.

After all, these two taels of silver, to put it bluntly, were the money Tian San paid for selling his body.

Tian Xiaoba's face just turned red with excitement. Thinking that maybe in another month, he would be able to marry Cuihua, the woman he had been dreaming of, home, he was so excited that he wanted to roar to the sky.

Tian Sanjian and Xiao Ba said with a grin, "Let's take these two taels of silver tomorrow and ask Cuihua's father for marriage. Now it's settled, Cuihua will be our daughter."

(End of this chapter)