Chapter 5 Recruitment

Yan Cheng was secretly happy when he heard Zhuang Wan say this. In the past, he was fed alone and his whole family was not hungry, but now it is different. If the two get married, he will have to take on the responsibility of supporting his family and have a long-term plan.

He felt a little embarrassed, his ears turned red: "Then do you want..."

"Selling chicken cages is not a long-term solution." Zhuang Wan didn't hear anything he said. She held her chin and thought for a moment, and said, "Or... do some small business!"

After reading so many kinds of food articles in the field, you can always come in handy!

Yan Cheng swallowed what he was about to say, and he looked correct, "In your opinion, what should I do? No matter what business you do, you have to need capital, but..."

"Make food!" Zhuang Wan said: "This doesn't require too much capital."

Yan Cheng nodded in agreement: "Then what food do you do?"

Zhuang Wan was surprised: "Why did it me? You must have done it! I don't know how to do it!"

I guess the dogs don't eat the food she cooks.

Yan Cheng was troubled when he heard this: "I only know how to make some coarse food, I'm afraid I can't sell it for much money."

Zhuang Wan looked at him speechlessly. The poor child had long been in charge, and she thought that the villain had to go to the kitchen, but now it seems that he can only weave chicken cages.

"I'm going to tell you!" Yan Cheng explained: "When my parents were there, I never went into the kitchen. I went there and learned slowly. It's strange that I learn everything very quickly on weekdays, just like this chicken cage. My father only taught me twice. But I was always unscrupulous in cooking and cooking. I could only make some things casually. If I took it out for sale, I was afraid no one would care about it."

Zhuang Wan sighed: "It seems you have to think about other ways." She said casually: "You should be very happy when your parents are here!"

Yan Cheng nodded: "Actually, they are not my biological parents, but they treat me as their own."

Zhuang Wan heard something was wrong. Yan Cheng already knew that she was not the son of the Li couple, so how much did she know about her life experience?

She pretended to be surprised and asked, "What about your biological parents?"

Yan Cheng shook his head: "I don't know."

"Then do you want to find them?"

Yan Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Since they abandoned me, they must be poor families. If I go to find them, wouldn't it be their burden again?"

"That's great!" Zhuang Wan shouted excitedly, and saw Yan Cheng looking at her in surprise, explaining: "Hey... I mean, it's better for you to think so. Since your adoptive parents are good to you and have no children, don't think about anything about recognizing your ancestors. Just call Li Daniu very good."

Yan Cheng nodded. It has been five years since his parents passed away, and what he said has not been in the past two days.

He stared at Zhuang Wan in a daze, thinking that she was willing to live a poor life with her, so she would have nothing to ask for in this life. But now he couldn't say what he wanted to marry.

Forget it, the future is long, let’s wait a little longer.

"Let's go to the city to see if there is any business to do." Zhuang Wan always feels that only by doing business can you get rich faster.

Yan Cheng replied: "Okay..."

As soon as the two entered the city, they saw notices posted everywhere in the city, and the common people gathered together to discuss.

"Can you have to fight again?"

"It's not clear. The Southern Yi often disturbs the border. In the past, they used to make small fuss, but this time they were going to take serious action."

"What do you know? I heard that King Qi took the initiative to send troops to Nanyi this time, so he recruited troops."

"What are they looking at?" Zhuang Wan tiptoed curiously and stretched her neck, but she still couldn't see it.

Yan Cheng looked up and glanced at her and told her: "The Southern Yi frequently invaded the border. At present, King Qi is recruiting young and strong men in various prefectures and counties in the southwest to join the army to fight against the Southern Yi. Each of the candidates will be given ten taels of Anjia silver and exempt the whole family from labor service."

Zhuang Wan said "Oh", King Qi... looks so familiar.

"These ten taels of silver are quite a lot!" someone said.

Another man said, "Ten taels of silver are a lot, but do you know how cruel the Nanyi people are? They often live in the mountains, eat meat and drink blood, are brave and powerful, and raise highly poisonous snakes and insects to help fight. It would be fine if they were killed in battle, but if they were captured, they would all be eaten and slept in the skin. I heard that the Nanyi wine utensils were made of skulls! If they were killed for the ten taels of silver, wouldn't it be unfair?"

When everyone heard what this person said, they all felt relieved.

Zhuang Wan finally remembered who King Qi was now, that was the male protagonist Xiao Jingchen.

This is not good!

"Let's go quickly!" Zhuang Wan urged Yan Cheng's sleeve.

But Yan Cheng stood still, stared at the recruitment notice, and said firmly:

"I want to join the army!"

"..." Zhuang Wan sighed secretly.

Is it really God's will? The villain is still under the command of the male protagonist.

No, absolutely not!

She dragged Yan Cheng aside and looked at him with her eyes slanted: "Hmph! Join the army? Are you very skilled in martial arts, can you fight against a hundred?"

Yan Cheng was stunned at first, then shook his head.

"Awesome archery, every shot is coming?"

“…”

"Are you brave and scheming in the arrangement?"

Yan Cheng buried his head and said nothing, and his awesome expression of trying to join the army to serve the country became dim.

"You don't have these skills and want to join the army?" Zhuang Wan continued to sprinkle salt on the wound: "Look at your thin arms and legs, it's not enough for the Southern Yi people to serve as a food dish. Don't be whimsical all day long. Then killing enemies is not chopping melons and vegetables. It's much more difficult than making chicken cages. If we don't drag our backs, can we live some ordinary life?"

Yan Cheng was so unhappy that he was choking with these words, but it seemed that there was some truth to it after careful consideration. He really didn't have any skills.

When Zhuang Wan saw him in a low mood, she said softly: "Don't blame me for being rude. There is no eye-catching sword on the battlefield. If you go, you will die. It's not that we can't live, so why bother to exchange our lives for this little Anjia silver?"

These words made Yan Cheng feel comforted in his heart. He thought that Zhuang Wan was really thinking about him, afraid that he would never return after going to the battlefield. He originally thought of leaving the ten taels of silver for her to live a good life, but now that others don’t dislike him, why worry about him?

He said immediately: "You are right, you will listen to you!"

Zhuang Wan smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's right!"

She pulled Yan Cheng up, afraid that he would regret it: "Let's go home and cook as soon as possible! I'm hungry!"

This city is a very easy place.

In the following days, neither of them had entered the city again. Zhuang Wan thought that she had to wait until the recruitment deadline was past before she could enter the city.

She leaned at the door and watched Yan Cheng weave a chicken cage in the yard. Her fingers, which were as delicate as plum bones, shuttled between the strips, looking as elegant as playing the piano.

He was born in the royal family, and even if the pearls were covered with dust, it would not be too harsh. It would be a pity for such a person to surrender to the countryside.

But there was nothing she could do. She had to sacrifice Yan Cheng if she wanted to go back to the real world. Without the villain's interference, the male and female protagonists should be able to be together smoothly. As long as she persists until the finale, she will be considered to have completed the task.

Maybe for Yan Cheng, who was burdened with national hatred and family hatred, and even lost his original intention and died tragically, the best destination was to die in the countryside.

"There is no salt at home, so I'll go to the city to buy some salt." Yan Cheng tied up several woven chicken cages, "and sold these chicken cages by the way."

Zhuang Wan hurriedly said, "Then I'll go with you!" She had to keep staring at her in case he had any bad thoughts again.

When the two entered the city, they saw shops closed and there were very few pedestrians in the city, and occasionally a few of them were in a hurry.

Yan Cheng couldn't help but worry, "Is Nanyi going to fight?"

He stopped a young man who was rushing to go: "I wonder if you are asking me, what happened in this city?"

The young man said, "Don't you know yet? A few days ago, King Qi recruited 100,000 new recruits, and all prefectures and counties have indicators. How could he know that less than 20,000 soldiers have been recruited in a few days? Now the government is searching for young men in the city to recruit the army. If you don't want to be arrested, go home quickly and don't wander around the city."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Zhuang Wan hurriedly said, "This is too terrible. Let's go out of the city as well!"

Yan Cheng nodded: "Okay!"

As soon as the two of them walked a few steps toward the city, a stern shout suddenly sounded behind them: "The two in front, stop!"
Chapter completed!