Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 30 Concubine
In the Great Xia Dynasty, a man with a good family background could naturally have three wives and four concubines.

Not to mention that the government has set a rule that if a widow without a child is not wanted, she must be forcibly betrothed to someone else.

Lin Xiao protected Lan Lian so much, and arranged her in his own home. No matter who saw it, he would think that Lin Xiao liked Lan Lian.

The village chief, Lin Xiaowu and others are no exception.

They went to the government this time, not only got Wang Le's death certificate, but also took Lan Lian as concubine for Lin Xiao.

In other words, Wang Le's family doesn't need to pay taxes in Linjiacun next year, because his family is gone.

But Lin Xiao's family needs to pay taxes for three people, she and her monogamous concubine.

Lin Xiao was stunned as he looked at the document for taking concubines brought back by the village head.

She couldn't figure it out, why did she accept a concubine because she was obviously kind and wanted to help others?
Lan Lian, on the other hand, had a crush on the kind-hearted Lin Xiao, plus she could eat enough and dress warmly with Lin Xiao every day, so she was naturally very willing to be a concubine.

"Lan Lian, my ugly words are up front. If you follow me, I can keep you safe for the rest of your life, but I will never touch you."

Lin Xiao said calmly.

Lan Lian replied fearfully: "I know that the head of the family has a deep relationship with Sister Yuyan. I will not destroy you. I just hope that I can take care of the house and take care of you as before."

"Yuyan, what do you think?"

"Well, it's just as good as before."

When he said this, Li Yuyan didn't have any expression on his face, but in fact, he was already happy in his heart.

A woman is forced to marry one wife and one concubine, what is this called!

Since she is a concubine, she can't treat Lan Lian badly.

Coupled with the fact that the matter between Wang Le and Lianmao Huzi came to an end, Lin Xiao took this opportunity to invite everyone in the village to drink wedding wine and eat wedding candy.

The focus of all the women in the village fell on Lan Lian again.

I envy her a blessing in disguise, being a noble concubine is better than being the wife of a poor family.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is late April.

This is the season of transplanting rice seedlings.

Every household started to get busy about it.

Lin Xiao looked at the thin seedlings bought by Lan Lian and shook his head.

What kind of good rice can be grown from such weak seedlings?
No wonder the people of the Great Xia Dynasty couldn't afford white rice.

Lin Xiao decided to hand over the salt production to Li Yuyan.

The acquisition of rock salt water is handled by Mazi.

On the other hand, she started her old business and strived to cultivate the first batch of hybrid rice on the land of the Great Xia Dynasty, so that everyone could eat delicious white rice.

If you want to hybridize rice and cultivate excellent rice, you must find rice seedlings of other varieties, plant them together in the field, and artificially pollinate them, so that the first batch of hybrid rice can be planted.

But, where can I get rice seedlings of other varieties?

This fact stumped Lin Xiao.

Whether it is the memory of the original owner or her now, they don't know where there are other varieties of rice in Jiuzhou Town.

"Should I really go to other towns to find it?"

If it is in modern times, it is convenient to go anywhere.

But now in the backward ancient times, many places have not been developed, and it takes a day to go to the town, let alone go to other towns.

I don't know how many years have passed since the search came back.

Lin Xiao ate dinner sullenly.

"Master, why are you unhappy?"

After all, Lan Lian was a girl. She noticed Lin Xiao's strangeness early in the morning and asked with concern.

"Oh, where can I find seedlings?"

Lin Xiao sighed, and said helplessly to himself.

"Saplings? Master, aren't the seedlings in our field? I just planted them today."

"The seedlings you planted are all of the same variety. I need seedlings of different varieties."

"Different varieties of seedlings?"

Li Yuyan looked at Lin Xiao, who was frowning tightly, and was very puzzled. What did this girl want to do?

"Well, different species, even wild ones are fine."

"Wild seedlings, I know where to find them!"

Lin Xiao, who didn't expect anything at all, jumped up excitedly when he heard Lan Lian's words:
"Lan Lian, where are the wild seedlings? Take me to see them!"

"Be safe and don't be impatient, it's night, and it must be dawn to go."

Li Yuyan looked at the smiling Lin Xiao with doting eyes, and persuaded him softly.

"Sister Yuyan is right, the head of the house, when the sun rises, I'll take you there. It's by the creek on the cliff. There will be accidents if you go there at night."

Lan Lian agreed.

Early the next morning, Lin Xiao couldn't wait to ask Lan Lian to take her to find wild seedlings.

Li Yuyan, who was making salt at home, welcomed Zhou Dajun, who had found out about the wooden token.

"How about it?"

"Ninth Prince, I found it. This token is exclusive to the bandits of Yingzui Mountain."

"Bandits from Yingzui Mountain?"

Li Yuyan's heart skipped a beat.

Bandits are comparable to invading aliens.

They are all desperadoes, burning, killing, looting, committing all kinds of crimes, and the people are deeply disturbed by them.

There used to be a village that formed a bandit militia in order to resist the robbery, but the whole village was slaughtered, men, women and children, and no one was left behind.

To this end, the government has sent a lot of manpower and material resources to suppress the bandits.

"No wonder the pattern is so familiar. They were included in the list of bandits ordered by the emperor himself, and they have revived so quickly?"

Li Yuyan was playing with the token of the bandits in Yingzui Mountain, and said thoughtfully.

"Ninth Prince, my subordinates have also found out that the man with the hairy beard you killed should be the brother of the head of Yingzuishan."

"Oh?"

Zhou Dajun paused, and continued to report:

"Lianmao Beard, formerly known as Hu San, Brother Beard from Yingzui Mountain, although he has no position, but he is the brother of the head of the family, who saved him once."

"But this guy likes to visit brothels and gambling houses, and doesn't go back often, unless he has no money."

Hearing this, Li Yuyan knew what was going on. They had provoked a guy with a background.

"Okay, I understand, you tell your brothers to pay more attention to me, and come and tell me if there is any trouble."

"My subordinate understands!"

"You should also pay close attention to the sale of salt."

"My subordinate understands!"

After Zhou Dajun left, Li Yuyan threw the token into the stove where salt was being boiled.

Even if the head of Yingzui Mountain found this place, he wouldn't be afraid, anyway, people and things have been reduced to ashes, and there is no proof of death.

At night, Lin Xiao came back covered in mud, with a frowning face, as if he had lost all energy.

"What's wrong? Didn't the wild seedlings not be found?"

Li Yuyan asked while bringing her clean clothes.

"I searched in circles and found nothing."

Lin Xiao replied disappointedly.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault who is in charge."

Lan Lian blamed herself.

"It's none of your business, I'm too impatient."

Lin Xiao smiled at Lan Lian, she also thought about it, instead of doing hybrid rice now, she should try to improve the fertility of the land.

It is not impossible to cultivate a batch of strong seeds first, and then have the opportunity to hybridize later.

　Tell a sweet story.

　　She was followed on her way home from the night shift.

　　She was frightened and quickened her pace.

　　However, when they came to a small alley with no street lights, the villain felt that the opportunity had come, and kicked the girl to the ground with a run-up.

　　The girl was so scared that she forgot to call for help, and looked at the villain who was approaching her step by step with tears in her eyes.

　　At this moment, a sharp "barking" sound broke the tranquility of the night.

　　After the sound of "barking", whether in the alley or other places, there were dogs barking one after another.

　　The sound was louder than the sound, and the bad guys ran away quickly when they saw this.

　　The girl who was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe cried, and she remembered the sudden "barking" sound, which was clearly the sound of her dog who died a few days ago.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)