Chapter 2

However, Jia Hui still shook his head and said: "I have hands and feet, and I have some strength; I won't starve to death in the end."

Jia Yun said: "You can indeed do odd jobs outside by yourself, but that will only be enough to support yourself. What about your wife?"

Jia Hui was slightly surprised: "Wife?"

Jia Yun said helplessly: "Have you forgotten? The daughter of Qin Ye, the official of the Ministry of Works on the next street, is your fiancée. This was a betrothal arranged by your parents while they were alive. By rights, you should be getting married around this year. When the time comes, you won't even be able to afford the bride price, so how will you marry her? And how will you support her after you marry her?"

Jia Hui felt the name Qin Ye, the official of the Ministry of Works, sounded familiar.

The surname is Qin, could it be?

"My fiancée is Qin Qin Qin Keqing?!"

Jia Hui was surprised!

"Qin Qin Qin Keqing?! I don't know if that’s her name; a girl’s given name is only known to her closest relatives."

Jia Yun shook his head after hearing this.

But Jia Hui felt it was almost certainly her.

This made Jia Hui’s brow twitch.

Because he knew that Qin Qin Qin Keqing was a peerless beauty, one of the Twelve Beauties of Jin Ling in the Red Chamber, and the most beautiful of them all!

If he could marry such a wife, that would be truly blissful.

He didn't even have a wife in his previous life.

In this life, he has a peerless beauty as a wife right away?

It couldn't be better!

He suddenly liked this world a little.

However, he soon remembered that Qin Qin Qin Keqing’s end was not good!

"Ningguo Prefecture, Jia Zhen!"

This made Jia Hui’s face turn gloomy.

"Brother Hui, since you know you have a fiancée, you should work hard."

Jia Yun said.

Seeing Jia Hui silent, he thought he had persuaded the other party, so he continued to advise, "Whether you go to the Rongguo Prefecture or the Ningguo Prefecture, it’s all the Jia family. In any case, just get a job first. You are a member of the Jia family after all; even if you are five generations removed, it’s better than struggling outside."

However, to his astonishment.

Jia Hui still chose to refuse: "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Yun, but I don't intend to go to the Rongguo or Ningguo Prefectures."

"Why is that?!"

Jia Yun was anxious.

Jia Hui waved his hand without explaining.

If he went to the Rongguo or Ningguo Prefectures, he would actually be no better off than a slave.

Not to mention the issue of status.

The key is, how much money can you earn?

If he wants to marry Qin Qin Qin Keqing and support her.

That would be a drop in the bucket!

And Jia Hui knew that Jia Zhen coveted Qin Qin Qin Keqing.

If he went to work at the Jia family, and Jia Zhen wanted to snatch his woman, it would be even harder for him to refuse.

So he had too many reasons to refuse working for the Jia family.

But he couldn't avoid finding a job to make money.

He could only look for another way out!

"At present, I only have a few paths: politics, the military, or business."

"First, politics: that means the imperial examination. However, I don't know anything about eight-legged essays, and I can't even write traditional characters well. To hell with taking the exam. Even if I study hard, it will take at least a year or two before I can take it. By then, Qin Qin Qin Keqing will probably have been snatched away by Jia Zhen for his son, Jia Rong. This path is a dead end."

"Business? Without the protection of a backer, or if I don't have enough strength to deter petty thieves, I won't be able to keep my business at all!"

Thinking of this, a flash of light appeared in Jia Hui’s eyes, and he was invincible in his confidence: "The only way now is to join the military!"

The source of his invincible confidence was naturally his current Lu Bu-level martial prowess!

With this strength of his, why fear not being able to build a career on the battlefield?

He had made up his mind!

He said, "I want to join the military!"

"Ah!?!"

[3] Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry! Jia Rong arrives

Suddenly hearing Jia Hui say he wanted to join the military, Jia Yun looked at Jia Hui with a look of astonishment and strangeness.

At one meter seventy-eight, his height was neither too tall nor too short.

But although his build was not exactly weak, it was not burly either.

"Join the military? Brother Hui, have you gone mad? That’s a life-threatening business."

Jia Yun felt exhausted and anxious.

Everything was fine.

Why would he suddenly think of joining the military?

He remembered that Jia Hui had lost his memory, so he hurriedly explained and informed him of the severity: "Do you know that the Tatars, Mongols, and Xiongnu are fierce? Every year they enter our Great Great Great Qian Love Love Like they are in an empty land, burning, killing, and looting countless people. The number of soldiers who die in battle is endless. It is estimated that two or three hundred thousand aliens will invade this year. Joining the army is a life of nine deaths and one life!"

However.

What left him even more speechless was.

Upon hearing this.

Jia Hui was not afraid, but instead overjoyed: "This is exactly the right time to build a career!"

In Jia Hui’s view.

It might sound cold-blooded and unpleasant to say.

But realistically speaking.

If the country were too peaceful.

He wouldn't know how many years he would have to struggle before being promoted!

But war is different.

For a capable soldier, why fear not having a good opportunity to build a career and rise to the top?

And Jia Hui believed he was a capable person!

And a very capable one at that!

So Jia Hui insisted: "I have already decided, I will join the army tomorrow!"

Jia Yun tried to persuade him again, but he couldn't be moved.

He could only sigh and give up, looking at the boy who had become a different person with complex eyes: "I can't move you. Since you have made up your mind, I can only wish you success in building your merits!"

"This is the little bit of silver I have, take it."

He handed over a tael of silver.

Don't underestimate this tael of silver.

In *Dream of the Red Chamber*, one tael of silver is equivalent to ten thousand yuan today.

Twenty taels of silver and a string of coins were enough for Granny Liu’s entire family, ordinary farmers, to live on for more than a year.

Jia Yun still had to support his family and worry about his own livelihood.

So this one tael could be said to be the limit of what he could take out.

This friendship could not be considered light.

Even though.

He clearly did not approve of Jia Hui joining the military in his heart.

Jia Hui felt a warmth in his heart.

This might be what a good friend, or even a brother, is. ===== CHAPTER 4 =====