Qiaoxi Village is located on the west side of a stone arch bridge, and the east side is called Qiaodong Village.
Since a stone arch bridge has been built in this place, the density of the water flow is naturally quite considerable.
Except for floods that may occur during heavy rains, the area is very suitable for agricultural cultivation under normal circumstances.
Therefore, Qiaoxi Village and Qiaodong Village are not poor, but the local officials are too harsh, making it difficult for the villagers of the two villages to make ends meet.
When Zhou Yuan first discovered that he had traveled through time, he was very excited, but he regretted it after only two days.
After all, he dreamed of having many wives and concubines and being rich and prosperous, but the reality was a piece of steamed bun and half a bowl of bitter vegetables.
Fortunately, the gamification perspective provided him with unprecedented hope, allowing him to reluctantly accept this strange world.
But twenty days ago, county officials and runners arrived at Qiaoxi Village and issued a new round of recruitment orders from the court.
It was only then that Zhou Yuan learned that Qiaoxi Village belonged to a country called Dawei.
The Wei Dynasty adopted a system of conscription of three households, that is, in the event of war or corvee labor, every three households would contribute one able-bodied man.
To be honest, this kind of transfer method was not considered harsh in ancient times, but it just so happened that Zhou Yuan, a single household, was also within the scope of this transfer.
When Zhou Yuan heard this, he thought, "If I were to fight for you, I might as well hide in the wilderness and survive."
At least they could steal things, borrow food and buy clothes in the old forest, but if they really went to the battlefield, a group of villagers would be slaughtered by the soldiers.
But he underestimated the wisdom of the villagers. That day, the village head sent three villagers to each of him and Ergou to look after them.
Zhou Yuan was alone and had no worries, but Ergou was not much better off.
Ergou's father broke his legs and damaged his testicles while doing corvee labor more than ten years ago, leaving Ergou as an only child.
When his father heard that it was his family's turn to serve in the army, he insisted on dragging his broken leg to go in Ergou's place. However, this time it was military service, not corvee labor, and the village head refused to agree no matter what.
In the end, there was really no other way, so the villagers pooled some money and bought a girl from Qiaodong Village to be Ergou's wife.
Now everyone in the village hopes that Ergou will work hard in the next few days and leave a child for his Zhao family before joining the army.
As for Zhou Yuan, he had no intention of leaving children, and the village would not help him, an orphan and single householder, to find a wife.
First, they are worried about harming the girl, and second, any parents with a conscience will not abandon their daughter to a single household with no one to take care of her.
Therefore, Ergou married Zhou Yuan and drank chicken soup. Ergou slept with his wife in his arms, and three sloppy country men were lying in Zhou Yuan's room.
In this comparison, Ergou is still the winner, and Zhou Yuan is the real loser.
Thinking of this, he couldn't sleep even more, so he simply got up to test whether Uncle Huang, who was on duty, was sleepy.
"Uncle Da Huang, I've changed my mind. Please find me a wife."
"Get lost, who in a good family would like you."
"I don't mind bad families. I heard girls from bad families are prettier."
"Bullshit, who is a good family and who is a bad family.
Bad families are those like you who have no help. It’s hard for them to even find a wife, and you think she’s pretty. I think it’s funny.”
"Tsk, we have nothing to talk about. I'm talking about little witches and little succubi. Who said you were a proper girl?"
"Good fellow, this is unbelievable, how come you have become so evil that you even dare to attack demons.
Fortunately, we will be joining the army in a few days. Otherwise, if we leave you in the village, I don’t know how many families you will cause trouble and how many wild children you will become.”
Dahuang's full name is Zhao Dahuang. He is a relative of Zhao Ergou, with whom he just married. The villagers have humble names and few of them have proper names.
Zhou Yuan's name in Qiaoxi Village was "Shitou". Although it wasn't much better, it was at least better than Ergou, Dahuang and the like.
Unable to sleep, he couldn't help but take out his attribute panel and look at it carefully, hoping to find a hidden upgrade route.
Name: Zhou Yuan
Health: 98%
Essence: 1, Qi: 1, Spirit: 1
Skills: None
Experience: None
A very concise attribute panel. Apart from the lack of traditional levels, the most core data is also available.
"Still so average, how come there's no change at all after all these days of hard training?
Is it that the effect is too small to be visible, or is it that the time is too short for a noticeable effect to appear?
Since hearing that he had to serve in the military, Zhou Yuan has been exercising every day, and so have the men in the same village.
No one is waiting to die, everyone wants to exercise as much as possible, even if it is just to increase their strength by a little bit.
But the reality is cruel. Except for the half-day delay this afternoon due to Ergou's marriage, Zhou Yuan has been training for more than 20 days.
Not only did the three data of spirit, energy and mind not change, but the health value actually decreased by 2%.
This incident really caused my muscles to be strained and my stomach to be hungry. I can’t say whether it was effective or not, but I did sweat a lot anyway.
“Experience, experience, as long as you find a way to gain experience, everything will be fine.”
Zhou Yuan fell asleep in a daze, but Da Huang and the other two did not relax their supervision. They took turns to be on duty and kept a close eye on this evil boy.
At noon the next day, Zhou Yuan felt sleepy and hurried to the toilet to relieve himself.
"Good morning, Uncle Huang."
"It's getting late. It's almost time for lunch. Why don't you take a nap? I'll call you for dinner later."
Zhou Yuan now enjoys the treatment of a landlord. He doesn’t have to cook his own meals or boil his own water.
The three villagers were very efficient and let him enjoy the highest treatment in Qiaoxi Village.
"No, take my hatchet. I won't feel at ease if I don't practice for a day."
"Okay, wait."
Uncle Dahuang handed over an axe and casually placed two pieces of dead wood on it.
"Hurry up, we need to light the fire soon, don't think about your tetanus knife skills yet.
After the firewood is out, you can think about it for as long as you want, no one will care."
"It won't be a problem. Once I've mastered the Mountain-Splitting Skill, I'll pass it on to our village as a symbolic martial art."
The three villagers looked at each other, hurriedly picked up the hardwood sticks beside them, and then curled their lips with lingering fear.
"Old Huang was careless. What if the hatchet he used to chop a mountain turned into a man he used to chop a man?
Luckily, Shitou wasn't too crazy, otherwise one of us would have fallen. Next time you practice swordplay, remember not to fall into this guy's hands."
"What are you talking about? You can't just say that Shi Tou is crazy.
If he hears this and tells the officers, we will have to make up for it with a young man and keep a madman."
"That's right, you can't talk nonsense. Shitou is very smart and is well-known for his cleverness in our village.
Anyone who dares to say that our stone is crazy will have his family fill the gaps in the stone."
What a coincidence! Zhou Yuan thinks the villagers are ignorant, and the villagers think he is crazy. Everyone is acting, and no one is better than anyone else.
Fortunately, Zhou Yuan was concentrating on chopping wood and practicing with his sword, and did not hear the three villagers' muttering.
Otherwise, he would have to explain his new buff to the officers, and use the excuse of avoiding the aggravation of his madness and causing a roar in the camp to request that a normal person be substituted for military service.
"Almost there, just a little bit, break it for me!"
Zhou Yuan lived up to the name of madman given by the villagers. He muttered to himself, his face flushed, stared at the dead tree, and chopped it down fiercely.
He was not lying, he was really practicing with the sword. Even though he didn't know any martial arts, he at least knew simple moves like splitting Mount Hua with force.
During these days of training, although his attribute values did not change at all, the feeling of chopping became more and more comfortable and enjoyable.
"bite."
You have mastered the art of 'Splitting Mount Hua with Force' and acquired a sword technique.