While waiting in line to see the doctor, the villagers gathered in groups to chat.

What they talked about most was the recent massive conscription of troops and grain by the imperial court. Even though it was far from Liangshan pass, it still didn't survive. Every family was conscripted a lot of grain, and each family had to produce a man.

Generally speaking, except that men who have achieved great achievements like Gu Fei and Wei Chen can be exempted from conscription, ordinary families, whether farmers or merchants, must hand over at least one adult male.

But there are exceptions. For example, if there are no men in a female household, they can only pay. The amount of money is not low, at least ten liang of silver.

If you really can't afford it, you can either sell land or borrow usury.

Whether it is selling land or borrowing usury, it is the beginning of sliding into the abyss. Farmers who lose their land lose their source of life. It is conceivable how tragic the future will be.

That's why when people hear about the war, they all turn pale and full of fear, as if the end of the world is coming.

In the process of seeing a doctor, Jiang Weiwei also found that there are many young people in the village. Those people must have been sent to Liangshan pass. Now most of the people left in the village are old and weak women and children.

These temporarily conscripted civilian men have no formal training and will not be sent directly to the battlefield. They will generally become reserve forces to transport supplies and food for the front-line troops.

Don't think that if you don't go to the battlefield, there will be no sacrifice. In the process of transporting baggage and grain, you will also encounter various dangers, and there are many casualties on the way.

Once the war begins, human life becomes a string of numbers. We only know how many people die every day, but we don't know who died? What's your name? How old are you this year? Are there any parents and children to take care of at home?

Jiang Weiwei's heart is very heavy.

She knew that the cause of the war was self-defense, which was the counterattack that southern Chu had to make when facing the enemy's invasion, but when she personally felt the impact of the war on the people, she inevitably had a bit of anxiety.

She wants to return to Yunshan village quickly and see if the families in the health hall are well?

After the free clinic, Jiang Weiwei returned to Du's house.

Mr. Du has already asked his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to prepare meals. He can have dinner only when Jiang Wei sits down.

Jiang Wei looked around and found that everyone in Du's family was there, except for Du's son. Jiang Wei couldn't help asking, "where's your old son? Why don't you come to dinner? "

Speaking of this, the faces of the Du family were all gloomy, and the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became depressed.

Mr. Du sighed: "two days ago, he was bringing officials to conscription. My son was the only adult male who met the standards in the family, so the officials took him away and said they would let him go home after the war. Dr. Jiang, you are well-informed. How long will this war end? At my age, can I wait until the day he comes back? "

Jiang Wei was speechless.

This war has not yet begun, but countless people are looking forward to its quick end.

It took her a long time to spit out a word.

"I don't know."

Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was not very good, Mr. Du quickly changed the topic and began to talk about some interesting things that had happened in the village recently.

He said that a group of people came here the day before yesterday and wanted to stay in the village, but they disliked the poor conditions in the village. They walked around the village and left again. As a result, they had to return to the village for lodging because they couldn't find another place to stay nearby for the night.

The first man claimed to be the nephew of the head of the dynasty, forcing the village head to give him the house.

The village head was not happy, but the man was rich and had many people around him. The village head didn't want to get into trouble. Finally, he let the house out.

Jiang Wei's ears moved when she heard the first four words of the dynasty. She seemed to ask unintentionally.

"Are those people still in the village?"

"I left after breakfast last night. When I left, I still complained that there were many mosquitoes in the village and didn't sleep well at night. I also said that I would never come to this ghost place again." Mr. Du was not very happy when he said this. He wanted that they wouldn't let that group of people live in if it wasn't for the sake of money!

Jiang Weiwei guessed that Guo Tianyin should be the leader of the group. She had heard of this person from Fu Qi before. She was a greedy and lustful second ancestor. She had done a lot of sinister activities with a first auxiliary uncle as a patron.

She thought of the steward Hu she met unexpectedly not long ago. She remembered that steward Hu was in a hurry, like looking for someone. She must have come to look for Guo Tianyin.

Jiang Weiwei only hopes that Guo Tianyin and she are not going to the same place, so as not to meet him.

After dinner, everyone washed and went to bed.

Before dawn the next day, the Du family got up and got busy.

When Jiang Weiwei walked out of the door, breakfast had been put on the table.

Knowing that Jiang Weiwei and his party are leaving today, the Du family specially prepared many local specialties for them, including their own sausage.

Jiang Wei didn't refuse and asked Uncle De and a Tao to put those local specialties on the donkey cart.

When the two donkey carts left the village, the others in the village went out to see them off.

Jiang Wei sat in the car and looked at the old and weak women and children behind her. She couldn't help sighing. It may be because of pregnancy and the increase of estrogen, which has led to her becoming sentimental recently.

In the past, she would sympathize with this situation, but she wouldn't care too much. After all, there are tragedies happening every day in the world. If she has to bear it if she encounters something, she can't live it.

She touched her flat abdomen and prayed silently.

"I hope the war will be over when you are born."

After five days of walking on the mountain road, the road gradually became flat, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road.

After arriving at Pingkou mountain, Zhang Shunli returned home and invited Jiang Weiwei and others to have a meal at home.

Jiang Weiwei said, "if you pass Jiuqu County in the future, you can come to my house. My family lives in the health hall in Yunshan village."

Zhang smooth wrote down her address and said she would go if she had a chance.

With the help of Zhang Shunli, Jiang Weiwei found a merchant ship ready to go to Baitai mansion.

The three said goodbye to Zhang Shunli and boarded the merchant ship.

Zhang Shunli stood on the dock, waved his arms to the merchant ship with other seeing off relatives and friends, and shouted loudly.

"Bon Voyage!"

With the cry of the boatman, the merchant ship left the wharf and slowly sailed into the center of the river.