"Xu Ying, it's such a pity that you didn't go to the wedding party last year. Those little girls are really watery. They can make water flow with every exertion."
"If you marry me back home, hehehe, I guarantee you won't want to go out for three days!"
"There are only three days left for the wedding selection meeting. This time you have to choose one no matter what. After this year's hurdle, you will be 16, and then you will go to join the army..."
"Xujiacun...can't be eliminated!"
In a simple wooden house, an old man leaned on the wooden door and said with a sad face.
His right arm was empty, his clothes were fluttering in the wind, and there was a hideous scar on his face, as long as one finger, which looked a bit scary.
Not far from the old man sat a young man, minding his own business repairing the bow and arrows in his hands.
"Third uncle, you have come to persuade me twenty-seven times. This time... I will just choose one!" Putting down his bow and arrow, the young man agreed with a helpless face.
The boy's name is Xu Ying. He is only 15 years old this year. If possible, he does not want to marry and have children so early.
Seeing that Xu Ying agreed, the old man's ferocious face finally showed a hint of joy, and Wen cursed.
"Stubborn donkey, I finally agreed!"
"Hey, if your dad on the front line knew, he would be relieved!"
Although the old man was smiling, the wounds on his face were twitching and looked really scary. Even though Xu Ying knew that this was his direct elder, he still felt a little scared.
After chatting for a while, Xu Ying sent the old man away, and then his face darkened.
"What kind of thing is this... It's hard to eat alone, and now we have to have one more mouth. If we have another child..."
"This is such a shitty world!"
Xu Ying cursed, feeling quite stressed.
Looking up at the sky, Xu Ying showed a hint of helplessness on his face. He was probably the most miserable time traveler.
Two years ago, he traveled into the body of "Xu Ying" who died of illness and continued to live in this world in Xu Ying's place.
It took him two years to figure out the situation in this world, which was probably similar to the ancient dynasty period. The country he was in was called the Song Dynasty. There were dozens of similar countries. These countries fought wars every year and the people suffered. Unspeakable.
In the past ten years, the situation of the Song Dynasty has become increasingly difficult, and conscription has even reached 16 years old!
Xu Ying's Xujia Village currently has seven men under the age of 16, two young men who were injured and retired from the battlefield, and then three clan elders!
There are only 12 men left in the entire village!
This is why Xu Ying's third uncle, Xu Maocheng, is eager to let Xu Ying get a wife. If Xu Ying's group of men disappears, Xujiacun... may be wiped out.
As the date of the marriage selection meeting gets closer and closer, the originally lifeless village gradually becomes lively.
The marriage selection meeting was organized by the government and covered a wide area. People from several surrounding villages were ready to take action. Last year it was held in Liujia Village, and this year it happened to be in Xujia Village.
The day before the marriage selection meeting, people from several surrounding villages will come with their families.
Firstly, the girl's family wants to marry off their daughter urgently, and secondly, the boy's family wants to marry a good girl who can work, preferably one who can bring a lot of dowry. Otherwise, who will have an extra mouth? Life will never be easy.
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, if a woman reaches her sixteenth year and is unmarried, the tax will be increased year by year.
As a result, if a woman reaches her age and does not marry, she will also be unpopular in her own family.
Time flies, two days have passed, and the marriage selection meeting is imminent. In Xiawan Village, there is a family named Zhang!
"Yunzhi, no matter what, you have to find someone to marry this time, and you can also...save some food for your family!"
"I won't go with you this time. Your brothers and sisters are still young, and it's hard for the family of four to live there!" A woman held Zhang Yunzhi's arm tightly and said with a sad look on her face.
"Mom, I know!"
Zhang Yunzhi forced a wry smile. She worked day and night weaving for her family, but she didn't expect that she would become a burden to her family in the end.
Because she is already 18 this year. If she still can't get married this time, the tax will increase by 30% this year. With her father's little pension, there is no way she can support the four of them.
Zhang Yunzhi was born very beautiful, because her mother had been weaving at home all year round and doing farm work. She was very fair, but her life was tight and her body was very thin.
If placed in modern society, Zhang Yunzhi would be an absolute beauty, but here, no one would like her because she is too thin to do farm work and has trouble giving birth.
She has participated in two marriage selection meetings but was not selected!
This time Zhang Yunzhi has already made plans to marry her even if she is young, no matter what the other party's conditions are.
As time approaches, Xujia Village gradually becomes lively, especially the women, who have begun to inquire about which family has a good daughter and which family gives a large dowry.
But Xu Ying didn't care much about these things. He had no intention of getting married and having children now. He just wanted to cope with it. After all, he would go to the battlefield next year. His sword had no eyes. He didn't want others to be widowed at a young age.
"Xu Ying, I heard that you are going to choose a wife tomorrow?"
Xu Ying was taking care of the vegetables in his field when suddenly a childish voice came from outside the yard. Xu Ying looked up and saw a teenage boy lying on the wall, looking at him curiously.
"Xu Lang, have you forgotten the lesson learned that day?" Xu Ying gave the other party a cold look, "You're a big kid, do you know what a wife is?"
There are very few boys in Xujia Village. Xu Lang naturally became the family's treasure when he was born. He was raised and supported since he was a child. He has a perverse personality that even the elders of the clan cannot control.
Xu Yingke didn't like him. Half a month ago, Xu Lang sneaked into Xu Ying's yard and was about to take away a rabbit that Xu Ying finally hunted, but he happened to be bumped into by Xu Ying.
Without saying a word, Xu Ying picked up the stick and hit Xu Lang's butt several times. The beating made Xu Lang scream and the pain made him unable to get out of bed for several days.
Although Xu Ying got a rabbit leg later, Xu Lang still felt a little weak when he saw Xu Ying again.
It's like the blood is suppressed!
"Xu... Brother Ying, there are three people in our village participating in the marriage selection meeting this year, and there are many in other villages. Although there are many girls, there are only a few that are really good. I have a brochure here, which I got from my grandfather. Stolen there."
"It records the situation of eight villages in ten miles. Do you want me to check it for you?"
"No! I've already finished the rabbit meat!" Xu Ying couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Xu Lang was just greedy for the game he hunted.
Seeing that his purpose was exposed, Xu Lang smiled awkwardly, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he opened the book in his hand and read.
"The Liu family in Xiawan Village has a daughter of 15. Two of her brothers are serving in the army. Their father died in the war last year. The family is well off!"
"The Li family in Sheung Shui Village has a 15-year-old girl with a charming figure!"
"Moreover, this is great. In Wangjiacun, a pair of twins. In response to the situation of your family, brother, they can completely afford to raise them..."
"bump!"
"Ouch!"
Before Xu Lang could finish reading, he was hit in the head by a clod of earth thrown by Xu Ying, and he cried out in pain!
"You're a big kid, and your hair isn't all grown up. Where did you learn these tricks?"
