Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 13

Shuan Shuan was still young and didn't understand these tragedies in the world, but Mu Ai felt sore when she heard it. After thinking about it, she didn't want the old lady to worry about things that hadn't happened, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Grandma, speaking of food, I have something to discuss with you."

The old lady looked up at her, not knowing what was going on with her, but she still said, "What's the matter, tell grandma."

"Grandma, I thought that our corn crops would grow and be taken back, so we would stop planting winter wheat. We would raise the land for a few months, and wait until next spring to start planting rice. When the rice was harvested, the rice would be ground. Grandma can get more money and save it for Shuan Shuan’s dowry later. Moreover, save more seeds so that the villagers can plant them next year, and life will be better.”

The old lady's eyes widened as she listened. She always thought that Mu Ai had sold all the food left to her by her father when she sold so much money. Although she felt regretful, she didn't say anything. After all, it was Xianxian herself. Yes, it's hard for her to say anything as an outsider.

Now, Muai actually said that there are still seeds, and it will be planted in the field next year, which is simply overjoyed.I didn't understand much, so I took her hand excitedly, "My good boy, I have only lived in the village for a few days, and I can think about the villagers. Grandma is so happy, Ming... um, Xianxian, are you It means that next year you planted grain, sold it and gave me all the money, how can it be done, you planted it, of course the money will be given to you.”

The old lady didn't realize until she was halfway through that, Mu Ai wanted to give her money, so she immediately refused.In her heart, although Mu Ai is no longer a little girl, in her eyes she is still a child who doesn't understand anything, how can she take advantage of her child.

Mu Ai was not in a hurry, she had already prepared her speech, "Grandma, you know, I only have one person, even if I grow rice, I need grandma's help, besides, I used grandma's field, grandma and Shuan Shuan together There will be no harvest in the next year, so what to do in the future, how to save Shuan Shuan’s dowry money, and you can’t be too partial to the eldest granddaughter and treat the younger granddaughter badly. How about it, grandma and Xianxian are partners, how about it?”

"Partner?" The old lady was puzzled.

"That's right, grandma, it's a partner. They say they are brothers and settle accounts clearly. Although I am your granddaughter, I have to separate money from grandma. If someone else planted grandma's land, they would have to collect rent as well." Is it? Now we, grandparents and grandchildren, are farming together, grandma grows the land, I grow seeds, and sell the rice in autumn, the two of us are one and half, how about it?"

The old lady was a little tempted by Xianxian's words, which seemed to make sense.

Mu Ai immediately added fire, "Grandma, my uncle has gone to serve as a soldier, and he will definitely come back in the future. In case, when the time comes, we will bring back a stepmother for Shuan Shuan. If he has a good heart, then As long as everything is fine, if the character is not good, then where will Shuan Shuan's dowry money come from? So, grandma should partner with Xianxian, save more money in your hands, and then, how do you want to use it? , it’s not all grandma’s decision.”

This last reason really touched the old lady's heart. Shuan Shuan's father had been away for six or seven years without hearing a word. Maybe one day he would bring back the young lady he married outside. At that time, Shuan Shuan was afraid It's really a disadvantage.Even if he doesn't bring his family, for the sake of the incense of their Li family, he has to ask someone to marry him a daughter-in-law. The dowry will cost two to thirty taels of silver, but now the family can't even get two taels of silver, let alone Shuan Shuan's. dowry.She thought about it, looked up at Mu Ai, and nodded slowly.

Mu Ai didn't know that the old lady had thought about it a little more, and thought that she was also worried about Shuan Shuan's situation.In fact, the first time she heard that the old lady's son had served in the army for a few years and hadn't returned, there were countless bloody scenes in her heart. They were all scenes of fathers taking back their beautiful wives and abusing their children.For such a lovely child as Shuan Shuan, no one could bear to see her suffer. It is necessary to sound the alarm for the old lady first.

The gossip was almost over, the old lady continued to work on her needlework, Mu Ai took a book of Baihualu and began to look through it while watching Shuan Shuan writing big characters.

The laws of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom are not as complete and complicated as modern times. After all, it was still the era when the emperor kept his promises, and there was only a thin booklet of [-] pages.The first dozens of pages are all about punishment, and then in the middle part, she found the law about women that she was eager to understand.It reads in detail:

A woman can only get married after she reaches fifteen years of age, and she needs the orders of her parents and the words of a matchmaker.It is a crime to marry a fugitive without permission, and both men and women will be sentenced to three years of hard labor.

A regular wife needs three matchmakers, six engagements, and a marriage certificate.A concubine should also have a contract as evidence.

The wife is the master.Even though a concubine is a slave, it must be a big mistake not to be sold. However, if a concubine commits a crime against his wife, he will be punished with death.

The legitimate son can succeed to the position of the noble and the head of the family, but the concubine has no position.

Wives and widows, if they want to leave their husband's family, their parents-in-law and uncles must not stop them without reason, and the dowry money must not be withheld without reason.If you do not want to return to your mother clan, or if you have no mother clan to rely on, you are allowed to establish a female household.You can do business, you can buy land and houses, and the government cannot stay in trouble.

Concubines and widows who have no children can be sold by their husbands.If you have a son, you are not allowed to sell it, and the son supports you.

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Closing Baihualu, rubbing her temples, these long passages gave Mu Ai a headache, and she barely understood the gist of it.Really, as Xiao Heng said that day, the punishment in this Hundred Flowers Kingdom is extremely severe.Stealing a cattle will be sentenced to 20 years in prison, and serious crimes such as robbery and wounding, once caught, will be beheaded.The rest of the trivial things that are often heard in modern society such as being unfilial to parents and stealing chickens and dogs will also be sentenced to five years of hard labor here, or be punished with a heavy fine, as a punishment.In short, it is to put an end to all evil things with severe punishment.Over time, from the beginning, the common people behaved their duty because they were afraid of punishment, and gradually changed into a kind of atmosphere of being kind to others everywhere.

But...Mu Ai sighed, evil and dark, and will never disappear because of punishment. On the surface, it is a group of harmony, but behind the scenes, which high-ranking family and the royal inner courtyard will not have some shady methods.Where there are people, there will be classes, where there are classes, there will be struggles, and where there are struggles, there will be fighting.However, all of this was perfectly covered up.

After thinking for a while, these punishments were left behind by her. After all, she didn't plan to participate in politics, nor did she plan to rob. As long as she understood that in the future, she didn't have to worry that someone would easily rob her of the fruits of labor and threaten her life. .As for whether there will be some powerful and powerful family thinking about her new vegetables and fruits, she is not too worried.If she wants to monopolize for a lifetime, then she must intrigue with many people, but her wish is the opposite, she wants to spread these to the whole Hundred Flowers Country.Of course, in the first one or two years of promotion, it is still necessary to earn some money from those rich people who like to hunt novelties and have the ability to buy, so as to ensure that she and the people she cares about have no worries about food and clothing. The nursing home also has sufficient funds. In a word, taking it from the rich and using it for the people is another reward for her living up to the God of Time Traveling.It is said that there must be a reason for time travel. Although she has been confused all the time, she is also sincerely grateful for the chance to live again. In the past, she resented her parents for being ruthless and hated wandering alone. At this time, the new time, space and new world , she has a family, she has something to do, she must live a good life, a wonderful life...

Originally, she was also worried that it would be inconvenient to fabricate the status of a widow in order to avoid getting married. After all, ancient China had extremely strict etiquette for women, especially widows.Unexpectedly, the law here has many preferential treatment for widows.As long as she establishes a female household, she will not be restricted in doing business, buying land, or buying a house in the future. This really makes her very happy.

Turning to look at Shuan Shuan's big characters, he also wrote five articles. Although they are not very strong, they are still neat and clean. I can't help but praise her, "Our Shuan Shuan's characters are really getting better and better."

The old lady raised her head and smiled and glanced at the two granddaughters, "If you want me to say, Shuan Shuan shouldn't waste those paper and ink, as long as he can write a name, it will be fine if a farm girl finds her husband's family in the future, she will still have to rely on female celebrities and kitchen work." .”

(End of this chapter)