Chapter 237: Helping the Second House
As soon as he said this, Cen Yan and Li both widened their eyes in disbelief.
Cen Dahai was very nervous.
"I know I shouldn't sign up to join the army because your mother is pregnant and Cen Yang is still young. It would be very selfish of me to do this. Forget it, I'll go find the head of the village and tell him that I won't sign up and will not join the army." But the next moment, he said very consciously.
After saying that, he put down the bowl in his hand and prepared to go find the head of the village.
"Wait!" However, Cen Yan suddenly called him.
"Is there anything else?" Cen Dahai stopped and looked at his daughter.
Cen Yan looked at him but didn't say anything for a while.
Because she suddenly remembered something.
In my previous life, around this time, war broke out in the northern border, but conscription was not at this time, but later, around the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.
And in his previous life, my father also wanted to sign up for the army.
However, Old Man Cen strongly objected.
He had always been stingy and unwilling to spend a penny on his second wife, but in order to prevent his father from joining the army, he even ignored the objection of Old Lady Cen and paid ten taels of silver to the government.
Thinking of this, Cen Yan suddenly had a strong feeling in his heart.
"Dad, don't go find the head of the village first." She made a decision quickly.
"Why? Don't you want me to join the army?" Cen Dahai looked at her puzzled.
"I don't want you to die... but if this is your ideal, I can't stop you. It's not good for a person to live his whole life without being able to do what he wants to do. But joining the army is too dangerous after all. Please give me a few days to think about it." Cen Yan said.
"Oh, okay, it's okay, Xiaoyan. Dad's, uh, ideal, is not important." Cen Dahai really thought so and said it out loud.
It is true that a good man has ambitions.
It is also true that as a man, he has ambitions and aspirations. He wants to achieve success and give his wife and daughter a better life.
But the most important thing is what is in front of us.
If his wife and daughter allow him to join the army, he will do his best and fight to the death to gain fame and honor.
But if his wife and daughter do not agree, then he will continue to farm honestly and spend every day with his wife, daughter and son.
Cen Yan was thinking about other things at this time, so he went out without saying anything.
She went straight to find the village head.
"What? Are you here to erase the information your father has signed up for the army?" the head of the village asked presumptuously.
"No." Cen Yan shook his head. "I want to ask the village head to tell everyone that my father volunteered to join the army and wants to go to the northern border to fight. It would be best if the whole village knows about it."
Everyone in the village knows about it, so Old Man Cen must know about it as well.
In the previous life, their second branch was not separated, and Old Man Cen did not allow Cen Dahai to join the army, perhaps in order to keep him, a laborer, firmly locked in the old Cen family's land.
But in this life, their second branch was separated.
Cen Yan just wanted to see whether Old Man Cen would stop Cen Dahai from joining the army again.
If he still tried his best to stop it, it would mean that there was something wrong with Old Man Cen, and that Cen Dahai had to join the army!
At this time, the village head felt strange when he heard her make such a request.
"Do you want your father to have a good reputation?" asked the head of the village.
"That's not the case. Our family doesn't seek a good reputation. My father really wants to join the army, serve the country, and make achievements. He has this ambition, but I'm still a little hesitant. Grandpa Lizheng, please do me a favor. I have a use for it, but it's not convenient for me to tell you in detail." Cen Yan requested.
"Okay, this is just a small favor, don't worry." Li Zheng agreed immediately and reminded her, "Do you remember what you promised me?"
"Of course I remember that. As for those wastelands, please give me some more time. I have to prepare all the potions." Cen Yan looked at him with a smile.
"Okay!" The head of the village felt relieved when he heard her say that.
In the next few days, the village head did as Cen Yan said and praised Cen Dahai to everyone he met for taking the initiative to sign up for the army and his ambition to serve the country.
Anyway, it's just a compliment.
He did praise her, but to other people, they thought Cen Dahai was a fool.
Who wouldn't be anxious and worried about finding a way to get money to hand over to the government in order to be exempted from military service?
He is good...
But maybe he doesn't have any money?
So you have to actively sign up?
Everyone was talking about it, and soon, almost everyone in the village knew about it.
Naturally, the old Cen family heard about it very soon.
When Old Man Cen heard Cen Dajiang talking about this in a contemptuous tone at the dinner table, saying that the second son was a fool and must have run out of money, so he was determined to go to the battlefield to die, he stood up immediately and even accidentally overturned the bowl of soup in front of him!
"What did you say?!" Old Man Cen didn't care about the hot soup that burned the back of his hand. He just stared at Cen Dajiang with his eyes wide open.
"Dad, Dad, what's wrong with you?" Cen Dajiang was so scared that he stood up quickly.
"Hey, old man, what are you doing?" Old Mrs. Cen complained, and quickly took the rag handed over by Gao and wiped the back of Old Man Cen's hand.
"Hey, get out of the way!" However, Old Man Cen didn't care at all, and didn't want Old Lady Cen to touch him, so he pushed her away and stared at Cen Dajiang, "What did you just say? Who wants to join the army? Who took the initiative to sign up?"
"Old, Old Two is that fool! Everyone in the village is talking about this now!" Cen Dajiang replied quickly.
When Old Man Cen heard this, a ferocious look suddenly appeared on his face and his fists clenched tightly.
He immediately walked away from the table and was about to go out.
"Old man! What are you going to do if you don't want to eat?" Old Mrs. Cen hurriedly stopped him.
Hearing this, Old Man Cen paused, turned around and looked at her: "Go get me ten taels of silver."
"Take the silver? What do you suddenly want to do with the silver?" Old Mrs. Cen asked in confusion.
"The second son is going to join the army. I guess he has no money... He is going to join the army because he has no other choice. You go and get ten taels of silver. I will give it to him and ask him to give it to the head of the village." Old Man Cen forced himself to look calm, but in fact, due to some unspeakable reason, his hands were shaking slightly.
"No! This is absolutely not possible!"
When Old Lady Cen heard that he was still thinking about helping the second wife at this time, she immediately became angry, "Life at home has been tight lately, and you actually want to give money to the second wife again? I tell you! No way!"
When the people from the first and third rooms heard this, their faces changed.
At this time, Cen Shuang said quietly, "Grandpa, didn't we say last time during the blood test that Second Uncle is not your biological son at all? Then why are you still helping him?"
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