Chapter 81 Teaching

The system searched and said, "There is a rule in history that silver is used as a servant. As long as you have money, you don't have to go."

Man Bao's eyes lit up and told her parents about this good idea.

Old Zhoutou and Qian Shi didn't understand how she knew all this after a sleep.

However, Lao Zhoutou felt that this child has always been smart, and she only thought of it herself, so she said: "The family doesn't have so much money, can a family like us be able to use silver instead? Even the village chief's family has to serve. ."

Qian Shi was more attentive to Man Bao and explained in detail: "I heard that you can get a wife with the money for a single service. For people like us, it takes at least four or five years to earn enough money to marry a wife. It's more of a family that can save such money, and for your grandfather's generation, you would have to spend half your life saving to marry your father's daughter-in-law."

Man Bao was instantly distracted and cheered, "Father, it turns out that you spent all your grandparents' money by marrying your mother."

Man Bao has never met her grandparents, but during the festivals, especially during the Qingming Festival, her parents often mention her grandparents to them. In her father's words, this is remembering their ancestors. People can only remember their ancestors. Do not forget this.

Keke said, this is called ancestor worship.

Large families record the deeds of their ancestors in the genealogy, and future generations can trace their ancestors by reading the genealogy. But most people pass down their ancestors' deeds through word of mouth.

There are not many people who can put their deeds on a genealogy or genealogy.

When Man Bao listened to it, she secretly made up her mind that when she learned more characters, she would record her parents' deeds in the family tree later, so that they would be the first generation of their ancestors with deeds.

Man Bao likes to listen to the stories of the ancestors the most, so he looked at her parents with a small face.

Seeing her bright eyes, Qian knew what she was thinking, she couldn't help but nodded her nose and said with a smile, "Yes, even if the money is spent, the bride price is not much, you mother and I will have to enter the door. Have a hard time."

Old Zhou Tou turned his head and smiled at her ingratiatingly.

Qian Shi was watched by Man Bao's bright eyes, which also brought back some memories, and said sadly: "Actually, it was okay in the beginning, but it was bad luck. I just got pregnant with your eldest brother a few months ago. I was drafted. First, your grandfather went to serve. As a result, your grandfather fell ill, and your father took over. At that time, the county magistrate chose a day that was even worse. It was just in time for the busy spring season. When I'm not at home, I'll go down to the ground with your grandma with a big belly, and just plant all our land."

The old Zhoutou couldn't help but said: "Most of the people who served at that time were going to half their lives. That county magistrate... ah~"

Man Bao was very curious, "Father, what are you all going to do in your service?"

"Dig soil, repair water conservancy, strengthen dams."

She was a little puzzled, "Is it more tiring than doing farm work?"

"How about that?" Old Zhou Tou said, "I work at my own house, take a break when I'm tired, go home to fill up when I'm hungry, hide under the shade of a tree when the sun is shining, and wait for the sun to be less venomous. After that, go to the field. At home, no matter how poor you are, you have to have saliva to drink, a piece of bread to eat, and you can serve. It is not what you want.”

Old Zhou Tou said: "If you have to go to work early in the morning, you can't work too hard. If you work too hard, the officer's whip will come off."

"Breakfast is basically just a small piece of cake, let alone adults like us who work hard, even a baby like you can't get enough to eat. Everyone has to bring their own dry food and eat it together, but some people are poor. The dry food I brought was not thick enough, so I could only eat it sparingly, and how many people are on the dam just because of this province.”

To Lao Zhoutou, the reason why people are always dying in service is one aspect, but it is also a lot of time for everyone to do hard work. Not to mention, when spring planting and autumn harvesting, in order to compete with God, everyone also Not tired.

In the final analysis, still can not rest and eat short.

When they were fighting for the sky again, they avoided the time when the sun was the most venomous, and there was enough water, and the food at home could be eaten as much as possible by those who went to the ground.

After Lao Zhoutou finished speaking, he looked down at the girl with clean eyes, and he felt that he and the child said something that shouldn't be said.

So he patted her little head and said, "This is an adult's business. Your child should go to school."

When Man Bao went to school with a small bookcase on her back, she felt a little depressed. She felt that the county magistrate was very bad. How could there be a reason for people not to be fed with work?

In the past, when her brothers went to build houses for the villagers, they had enough food.

Bai Shanbao took a long day off from Mulang yesterday, so he was very happy. His mother even made delicious snacks for him, and he specially reserved two pieces for Manbao.

He gave the dessert to Man Bao and said, "Your candy is delicious too."

Then looked at her eagerly.

Man Bao took the dim sum and ate it, because he had something on his mind, so he didn't hear his voice, and nodded perfunctorily.

Seeing this, Bai Shanbao was unhappy, but he couldn't ask Manbao to give him candy, so he asked, "What do you think, is Xiu Mu unhappy?"

Man Bao sighed like a little adult: "My third brother is going to serve."

Even though Bai Shanbao knew more than Man Bao, and read more books than Man Bao, he really didn't know what military service was.

So he asked, and knowing that serving is the obligation of all families, he scratched his head and said, "Then my family will also serve?"

Man Bao said as he should: "Of course, how many men do you have in your family?"

Bai Shanbao said, "Just me."

Man Bao looked at him sympathetically, "Then you are pitiful, and you have to serve."

Bai Shanbao was a little anxious and a little excited. He had the feeling that I was an adult, but he also felt that the unknown was frightening.

Bai Shanbao said, "I have to go back and ask my grandmother."

Man Bao disgusted, "It will take a long time, let's ask Mr. Mr. Mr. know a lot of things."

So the two children went to ask Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang did not expect the two children to pay attention to such a wide range, and he has already paid attention to labor. After thinking about it, he sent the two children back to study, and decided to give them the answer at noon.

The two children went back to study.

At noon, Mr. Zhuang took the two children to the yard to eat and open a small stove.

If you want to talk about labor, you have to talk about taxation, national construction, and the county magistrate's political performance inspection, etc...

Of course, since the two children are still young, Mr. Zhuang did not follow the script, but gave them an example, "The country is like a big family, you are also a member of the big family, you eat, drink, dress, and live, right? Someone has to do the work and help you build the rice you will eat, the water you will drink, the clothes you will wear, and the house you will live in?"

This is very simple and easy to understand, and the two children nodded again and again.

Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and smiled, "Then do you want to give money to these workers?"

The two children continued to nod their heads, and they understood this.

Mr. Zhuang said: "That's it, the same is true for the country. If it wants people to work, it has to give money, and if it wants to give money, it has to have money first, so we have to pay taxes; it also allocates resources, such as the eldest son's house. After the disaster, the second son's house is full of grain, so as a mother, she will take some grain from the second son's house and give it to the eldest son, so that his family can tide over this difficulty first..."

Mr. Zhuang started with a brief introduction to the state's institutions. He briefly mentioned it before, and only went into detail when he talked about the post of county magistrate, so he talked about taxation and labor.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao listened with relish, and soon forgot the time.