Chapter 9 - We're not talking about money.

　　Bewilderment is only temporary, Zhou Fan knew from a very young age, encountered a difficult problem if you do not even have the courage to solve the problem, only to be an ostrich, then you can only wait for death. 　　In his previous life, his parents died very early, and only his grandmother took him and his sister with her. His grandmother was old and weak, but she still gritted her teeth to maintain the family's life, and Zhou Fan inherited his grandmother's perseverance and unyielding character. 　　Zhou Fan's eyes quickly became clear down, he looked at Zhou Yi Mu and said, "Father, so what should I do now?" 　　Zhou Fan was completely unfamiliar with this world, Gui Feng was soft in nature and was just an ordinary peasant woman, on the contrary, although Zhou Yi Mu was quiet, he was very opinionated in what he said and did, so Zhou Fan could only ask Zhou Yi Mu about it. 　　Zhou Yimu saw Zhou Fan calm down so quickly, he was deeply gratified, in his opinion, it is important to be able to calm down quickly, this is the basis of whether Zhou Fan can survive, if you panic when things go wrong, it is very difficult to live in the patrol. 　　It seems that his son has instantly matured quite a bit after going through the hair binding ceremony, Zhou Yi Mu thought in his heart and quickly spoke, "This matter can't be rushed, we have to wait first." 　　Zhou Fan slightly raised his eyebrows, but he trusted Zhou Yi Mu and did not continue. 　　In any case life goes on, Gui Feng quickly pulls herself together a little from her sadness, she is busy making today's lunch, Zhou Fan wants to go in and help out, as a way of doing his filial duty, after all, he can't say goodbye to only living for four years. 　　At this time, the village headman Luo Crackfield was the one who arrived at Zhou's house. 　　"Yimu." Luo Cetian said without a smile, he usually always had a smiling look, but this time he couldn't smile at the door, so he looked serious. 　　Luo Cetian was very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing, if he didn't have the right attitude, he would probably give the other party a chance to use it as an excuse. 　　"Muramasa, inside please." Zhou Yi Mu knew that Luo Cetian would definitely come, so he was prepared. 　　Luo Cetian was not polite and followed Zhou Yi Mu into the Zhou family's small hall and sat on the wooden chair that was falling apart. 　　Zhou Fan went out to the cookhouse and quickly brought Luo Cetian a cup of water. 　　Zhou Yi Mu lit the dark red tobacco on top of the cigarette pot and smoked it, as he waited for Luo Cetian to open his mouth. 　　Luo Cetian glanced at Zhou Fan who was standing next to him wanting to speak. 　　"Muramasa, he tied his hair today, then he's not a child anymore, and I don't intend to hide the family's affairs from him." Zhou Yi Mu said lightly. 　　"That's good." Luo Cetian nodded and said, "Ichimoku, the thing is, all the children who have completed their hair binding have to follow the village's arrangement to do things, and Fan is no exception." 　　"Recently the patrol side is in dire need of additional manpower, I see that Ah Fan is quite resourceful, so I want him to join the patrol and contribute to Sanqiu Village, what do you think?" 　　Zhou Yi Mu nodded his head woodenly and said, "No problem." 　　Zhou Yi Mu knew that Luo Cetian asking for his opinion was just a polite remark, Zhou Fan's longevity was so low that he could only join the patrol team, he was unable to refuse. 　　"Then thank you in advance for your understanding." Luo Cetian picked up the cup and took a sip of water, and his hanging heart fell to the ground. 　　Luo Cetian had thought that the Zhou family would be the most troublesome to deal with, after all, Zhou Yi Mu was very popular in the village and quite difficult to mess with, if Zhou Yi Mu had gotten into something for his son, Luo Cetian wouldn't have been surprised. 　　But fortunately things went very well. 　　"When will he report to the patrol?" Monday Wood asked as he took a drag on his cigarette. 　　"The patrol side is quite anxious, this batch of newcomers the patrol side said that they will be joining the team after five days." Luo Cetian's face showed an apologetic look, "So the time is temporarily set to join the team at dawning time five days later, which is the morning of the sixth day counting from today." 　　Dawning time was the time when sunrise breaks, which generally meant 05:00 to 07:00 hours. 　　"Good, I'll have him report on time." Zhou Yimu dryly agreed. 　　Seeing Zhouyimu's promise, Luo Cetian reached into his pocket, then placed three light gold round-hole round coins on the wooden table. 　　The round coins were inscribed with tadpole-shaped runes. 　　"According to the rules, these three xuan coins are the village's first payment to Fan for joining the patrol, in the future, Fan will receive one hang of copper coins per month and one xuan coin per year as his salary, Yimu don't worry that's it, the village won't treat Fan poorly." Luo Cetian warmly explained. 　　As Luo Cetian spoke, he looked at the three Xuan coins and a hint of greed appeared in his eyes. 　　This was the Great Wei State's official money system, proper hard currency. 　　Of course, envious as he was, Luo Cetian didn't dare to have the slightest bit of greed, because this was money for selling one's life! 　　What money can be greedy, only this life money can not be greedy, or not to mention selling his life people will find him to fight for his life, alone Wei that harsh law can kill him. 　　Zhou Yimu looked at the three Xuan coins, his face did not have the slightest happy color, because this is the money for selling his life, which is equal to selling his son's life to the patrol. 　　Zhou Fan naturally understood as well, he sighed, rather feeling like he couldn't help himself. 　　Previously, Zhou Yi Mu had made it very clear to Zhou Fan that joining the patrol was his only choice, there was no other choice. 　　Luo Cetian's mission to come to the Zhou family this time was considered to be all accomplished, he stood up and said, "I won't bother you then." 　　"Making lunch, eat lunch before you leave." 　　"No, there are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with, I'll come back to bother you next time." 　　"......" 　　Zhou Yi Mu sent Luo Caitian out the door and turned around to walk back. 　　Soft crying sounds came from the stove room, apparently Gui Feng knew that Village Zheng Luo Cetian had come to deliver the money for selling his life, hooking her into her sadness, and cried again. 　　This kind of thing Zhou Yi Mu did not know how to comfort, he stepped into the hall, Zhou Fan was frowning and staring at the three Xuan coins on the table, not knowing what he was thinking. 　　"This money will be of great use to you, leave it all to me to handle for you, you can't use it indiscriminately." Zhou Yi Mu walked over and collected all three Xuan coins on the table, saying in an undeniable tone. 　　Zhou Yi Mu was worried that Zhou Fan was going through the matter of longevity and wanted to take the money to self-destruct. 　　Zhou Fan just smiled and said, "I don't have a problem with it, but what is the value of this Xuan Coin when converted into copper?" 　　"One Xuan Coin is worth a consistent amount of money, which is a thousand copper coins." Zhou Yi Mu explained, "But often there is a price without a market." 　　Zhou Fan nodded, that is, the village gave him three guan of copper coins in one go, which really made Zhou Fan feel a little surprised, but once he thought that this was the money he sold his life for, Zhou Fan felt that it wasn't too much. 　　After all, life is still the most valuable. 　　"I'll go comfort Mother." Zhou Fan stood up and stopped asking about the money, he believed that Zhou Yi Mu would arrange it for him. 　　After lunch, Gui Feng sprinkled some corn on the ground, the yellow-haired chickens raised by the Zhou family all gathered around to peck at the rice, and she caught the biggest old hen with one hand. 　　She tied the old hen's claws with a straw rope again, carried it in, and handed it to Zhou Yi Mu. 　　"Father, are you going to visit someone?" Zhou Fan watched curiously as Zhou Yi Mu lifted the old hen. 　　Captive poultry in the ancient countryside was very costly in terms of food, usually they couldn't afford to slaughter them for food, they were all left to lay eggs, and they really didn't have any eggs to lay before they would consider selling them or slaughtering them to celebrate when the festival arrived. 　　"Not me, but us." Zhou Yi Mu corrected, "You and I will go to Lu Kui's house." 　　"Rukui?" Zhou Fan frowned slightly. 　　...... 　　...... 　　Lu Kui was as his name suggested, he was very stout looking, he stood around seven feet tall and wasn't too small, sitting bare-chested on a wide mahogany armchair was like a small mountain. 　　Zhou Fan also took a deep breath when he first saw Lu Kui, what surprised Zhou Fan was not Lu Kui's height, but Lu Kui's gnarled muscles, each muscle was full of explosive power. 　　Zhou Fan had learned from Zhou Yi Mu in the process of coming that Lu Kui was the captain of the patrol, but Zhou Fan didn t expect that the captain of this patrol would grow so ...... lanky. 　　Before reporting for duty, it is not a strange thing to visit one's superior, especially in a team like the patrol team that is always in danger, visiting one's superior is even more desirable. 　　For Zhou Yimu to make such an arrangement, Zhou Fan was very much in favor of it. 　　"Brother Zhou, you are really too polite, I welcome you and Fan to come as guests, but don't bring any gifts over, it wasn't easy to raise this old hen, you'll bring it back later." Lu Kui laughed, his face full of beard followed by trembling, he appeared to be very generous. 　　Lu Kui looked to be in his thirties at most, and it was only natural to call Zhou Yimu his elder brother. 　　Lu Kui's wife, Lu Thi, brought tea to Zhou Fan and Zhou Yi Mu and retreated. 　　Zhou Fan surveyed the layout of the house, not to mention the other furniture, this hall alone is twice as big as the Zhou family's, obviously Lu Kui's family is very rich. 　　Zhou Yi Mu was very bad at this kind of socializing, he just shook his head and said, "It's just an old hen, just stay." 　　Lu Kui just nodded his head gently, he certainly wouldn't dwell more on this kind of small matter, and turned to say, "Big Brother Zhou came this time, I also know because of what happened, Ah Fan joining the patrol is not something I can stop, but Ah Fan is also considered to be something that I have seen since I was a child, Big Brother Zhou don't worry is that, in the patrol, I will definitely take care of Ah Fan for a moment or two." 　　Lu Kui said this in a very calm tone, appearing very skillful, and can even be said to be somewhat formulaic. 　　Zhou Fan heard out that this Lu Kui was afraid that he did not know how many people he had said this to. 　　"Then I'll trouble you." Zhou Yi Mu nodded his head woodenly as he took out a Xuan coin from his pocket and placed it on the table and pushed it over. 　　Lu Kui's eyes stared at the Xuan Coin without moving, he took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Yi Mu and said, "Brother Zhou, this Xuan Coin is really too valuable, you'd better take it back if you don't deserve it." 　　Lu Kui, as the patrol leader, he was able to receive two Xuan Coins in a month, which sounded quite a lot, but the dangers of the patrol were well known, and this pay was not much at all. 　　In fact Lu Kui had only been promoted to patrol leader for half a year, his predecessor and ex-predecessor had all died in office. 　　Xuan coins weren't for everyone, and Lu Kui wasn't sure how long he would be able to collect them. 　　Every Xuan Coin was fought back with his life, and every Xuan Coin was very precious. 　　This one on the table was naturally no exception.