It was dawn, and since there was still a lot of mutton soup left last night, there was really only soup but no meat, so the breakfast at home was soaked in mutton soup with noodles.
Chen Wu was extremely opposed to eating three meals a day in the middle of winter. She thought that it was cold and people didn't go out to work, just eat two meals a day, and now they are much better than before, and they are more hungry.
Chen Yue had to eat three meals a day at home, and he couldn't stand it. Chen Miao was the winter melon on the wall. He rolled wherever the wind blew. He supported his mother in front of Chen Wu, and supported Chen Yue on his back.
Since Chen Yue came over, he sat together at any time when he had dinner. Moreover, Chen Wu must be sitting at the front door. This is the eight-person seat in Chen Yue's hometown in later generations, and the elders or the most noble guests in the family can only sit. Moreover, at the beginning, women could not sit at this position, but later, female elders gradually became seated.
Of course, now and now, Chen Wu is the elder of the Chen family. Moreover, she has been a father and a mother over the years. Chen Yue believes that she should be sitting at the top.
Zhang Pengzu sat on the left, and Chen Yue arranged according to the current arrangement of Zuo Weizun.
"It's delicious." Zhang Pengzu imitated Chen Yue to tear the noodles into pieces and throw them into mutton soup and soaked them. The originally simple meal made him taste like he had never tasted before. He was reluctant to put down the bowl and chopsticks after three bowls in a row.
Chen Yue ignored Zhang Pengzu, but told Chen Wushi and Chen Miao that he was going to help Zhang family repair the kang. It was estimated that he would go there for at least half a month. He told Chen Miao to take good care of his mother, not to go out at will, and not to resist when encountering stealing or something. Hiding himself first, the best way is to be intact.
Chen Miao stood up and rolled up his sleeves to show his muscles, but Chen Yue gently pressed down with one hand, and he had to continue eating awkwardly.
Seeing Chen Wu's worried look, Chen Yue also said that the Zhang family would send two or three old ladies to accompany them at the latest afternoon. If there were too many people, they would not be afraid of someone coming to steal.
Chen Wu felt it didn't matter whether he came or not to be a companion. She was just worried about Chen Yue's personal food and clothing problems that he had been out alone for so long, worried that he would not be able to eat well or wear warmth, and because he was going to a big family, she was also worried that he would be bullied.
Zhang Pengzu said while eating, he didn't have to worry, but he didn't even raise his head and didn't have any sincerity.
"My mother, don't worry." Chen Yue said seriously, "After the Chinese New Year, I am fourteen years old. It's not true that I'm fifteen years old. It can be said that I'm growing up. If I grow up, I have to participate in garrison and other corvee services. I will go out more and more in the future, and the time will be longer and longer. You have to get used to it and take good care of yourself. Otherwise, I will worry about you, and I will not do well, and I will be punished if I can't do well. It's not cost-effective."
"Don't worry, with me here, no one dares to punish you." Zhang Pengzu still had a lot of food in his mouth and muttered.
"Eat yours," Chen Yue said.
After listening to Chen Yue's words, Chen Wu's expression eased a lot. She also knew that the child grew up day by day, and he had to participate in the corvee service and garrison every year. When she was young, her husband and father-in-law were the same. Later, she married into the Chen family, her husband and father-in-law also went out to perform corvee service every year, ranging from half a month to two or three months, and there was a year of military service, but they were all in the county town and could occasionally go home.
"It's time to tell you about your marriage." Chen Wushi said thoughtfully.
"Ah!" Chen Yue just put the bread in his mouth and fell into the bowl because he opened his mouth too big and for too long. He wiped his mouth and asked, "Why did you say that you were going out just now?
Chen Wushi smiled and said, "Don't worry, my mother knows that you have an idea. After spring comes, she will go back to her parents' home to take a look."
Chen Yue didn't come to his senses for a long time. When Zhang Pengzu saw that Chen Yue had no food, he dragged him out.
"I haven't said just now, I want to get married, right?" Chen Yue asked Zhang Pengzu with a puzzled look.
Zhang Pengzu said indifferently: "Yes! The guards are usually assigned by men after they get married. If you say you want to join the guards, it will definitely mean that you want to get married."
"This..." Chen Yue asked again, "If I have never gotten married, wouldn't I have to join the guard?"
Zhang Pengzu chuckled and said, "It is impossible. If you reach the beginning of the tutor, you must submit to the Gengzhu and the regular soldiers. As for the garrison, you can pay money to hire someone to help you participate. I heard that Gengzhu can also pay money."
I'll go! Chen Yue heard that he had two big heads, and what the meaning of the new soldiers and the regular soldiers meant. He didn't understand, so he could only understand a little bit of the garrison, so he must be a soldier.
After asking, I found out that even the soldiers served the country for one month every year, such as digging canals, repairing roads, and repairing city walls. The soldiers served in the county for one year. Since Chiyang County belongs to the Sanfu of Chang'an and is located in the north of Chang'an, they may need to serve in the Northern Army for one year.
The first Fu is the service age stipulated by the state. In the early Han Dynasty, he was fifteen years old, twenty years old during the reign of Emperor Jing, and now he is twenty-three years old. However, Chen Yue belongs to the category of a good family and has brothers in his family, so he may be selected as a regular soldier. If he is selected as a regular soldier, he only needs to be over 18 years old, not more than twenty years old.
"It's okay. I thought I would serve at the age of fifteen or sixteen!" Chen Yue said happily, "I think it's best to get married after the age of twenty. Then set a time and take leave and go home to get married."
"Haha." Although Zhang Pengzu didn't know the word "take a leave", he could guess the meaning and just smiled and said, "Unless you become the Marquis of Wu in the previous song, you can return."
After Chen Yue's questioning, he realized that Wuhou was the leader of the Western Han army and was also one of the grassroots officers. He grew up a little older than Tun. The leader of the Tun was the smallest grassroots officer. The team, such as the leader, were not considered officials. The captain was similar to the officials, and the wu, and the wu were nothing, but those who could become Wuhou were basically family relations.
When Chen Yue heard that he could become an officer if he had something to do, he smiled happily. When he was eighteen years old, Liu Bingyi must have become emperor. Not to mention whether he would go to serve or not, even if he went there, he would have to be a Marquis of Wu.
"Do you have a physical problem? Why do you want to get married after the age of 20?" Zhang Pengzu looked at Chen Yue up and down, his eyes becoming more and more strange.
Chen Yue laughed and said casually: "After the age of twenty, a person's body will basically grow. Getting married too early is not good for the health, especially for women. It is easy to have difficulty giving birth when they are too young, and they are often a corpse and two lives. What is even more tangled is that the midwife will run out halfway and ask you whether to protect the older or the younger."
Zhang Pengzu once again abandoned the key points, grasped the details, and asked with anger on his face: "Do you like widows?"
This could not be tolerated. Chen Yue felt that today Zhang Pengzu was sent by God to oppose him. He kicked the other person in the butt and said with an angrily smile: "You only like widows."
I originally thought that your family likes widows, but after thinking about his whole family, he couldn't afford to offend him, so I held back.
"A woman got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen. A woman at the age of twenty is the only widow?" Zhang Pengzu continued, "Or it would be those things that no one wants."
I went. Chen Yue then remembered that in ancient times, there was a strange rule for women. If they were not married at a certain age, they would have to pay a fine until they were about thirty years old.
Zhang Pengzu got married at the age of 16, but he was only fifteen years old. Now his children are over one year old.
Chen Yue, who was hit, insisted not to let his ox drive people to Chiyang County, and had to wait for the Zhang family's ox cart to pick them up.
In fact, marriage in ancient times could not be viewed completely from the perspective of modern people. Later generations had children of 15 or 16 years old who were basically studying, and those who studied well had to study in universities, even master's and doctoral degrees. Although the state stipulates that men can get married after the age of 22, everyone knows that learning is still very important, so there are more people in colleges and very few people who get married, with a little more master's and doctoral degrees.
To tell the truth, if you got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and you were seventeen or eighteen, how could you have the mood and time to study?
The ancients were different, including diseases, famine, war, etc. Any type may devour a large number of lives. Our ancients were accustomed to hudding together to keep warm and attached great importance to the power of the group and family. The number of two generations of middle-aged and young people in a family determines whether they can win in foreign battles, water, and fields, and gain more from internal land reclamation and grain cultivation. These are the keys to determine life and death.
Especially when you encounter the early and late periods of a certain dynasty, the age of serving labor and serving in the army was fifteen or sixteen years old. If you get married at the age of fourteen or five, you will be arrested and joined the army at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and you may lose your life on the battlefield at any time. Therefore, from the early dynasty, you will usually have early marriage and early pregnancy, and then continue.
When dynasties encounter great governance, the age of corvee service may be increased. Looking at the feudal dynasties, whether they exist for a long time or a short time, the real great governance period is only a handful, and many of them still appeared in the early days of the founding of the country, such as the Guangwu Restoration and the Zhenguan Reign.
Chen Yue felt that this matter was very confusing. He was twenty-three years old now. He could get married at the age of twenty. However, when he was twenty, he married aged 14 or 15 years old. He felt that he couldn't do it. However, if he wanted to marry someone about twenty, it was probably either a person or a physical problem, or a widow as Zhang Pengzu said. However, he did not have the ambition of Cao Cao and did not have the hobbies of Cao Cao.
But if you get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, if you take too much into consideration, your family and people around you will think that there is a physical problem with the woman, and maybe you will have to divorce your wife and marry another. The feudal dynasty was a patriarchal society, and everyone would blame women for infertility, and many women would even commit suicide because of accusations and curses, but they would never blame men.
Therefore, how to refuse or procrastinate now is the most important thing for Chen Yue after the Spring Festival to around 20 years old. It is definitely not possible to use the excuse of "why do the Huns become a family before they are destroyed?", and it is even worse to use the excuse of making money to support the family.
Chapter completed!