The old man stroked his beard and said with ill intent, "It's easy to find out if someone's blind, deaf, or mute. But if you really had an accident and broke an arm or leg, that's genuine disability, and surely you wouldn't have to join the army then."
After finishing, the old man deliberately talked to the people nearby about how ten years ago during the conscription drive, someone intentionally broke their limbs to avoid military service and succeeded.
Seeing foolish Ding Wulang staring intently at the butcher's knife held by the seller, seemingly torn between chopping his hand or not,
Yu Xiaolian hurriedly spoke, "If you're the only man in your family, the court won't take you."
The conscription notice clearly states that a single man in a family will not be conscripted.
Being exempt from conscription means a family with an only son, the sole male heir, is not drafted.
