[Host, do you want to use wish now? 】
"Can I keep it first?"
[Of course, then do you want to continue the mission? 】
Yunfei nodded, "Just deduct 100 points from your balance and buy whatever you want."
For the rest, he doesn't seem to be lacking anything for the time being. The expensive ones can't be replaced, and the cheap ones are too useless.
Just keep it for now.
Having this wish opportunity is equivalent to getting a death-free gold medal.
Wait until one day when she gets tired of it, then use it.
…………
At the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, there is no Bai Suzhen, but there is Bai Yongming.
Ancient plane.
Another imaginary dynasty, an unknown planet, and an unknown continent.
Because the people here don't know that there is a world outside the sky, they don't feel the need to give the mainland a name to distinguish it.
There are two great dynasties on this continent.
Then there are some surrounding small countries. There are often frictions and small conflicts between small countries. It is common for small countries to be replaced or merged overnight.
Qingcheng is located in a small country called Ningguo in the south and belongs to the Imperial Court of Southern Chu.
It was also a vassal state of Southern Chu, one of the two great dynasties.
There are currently a lot of fights between the two dynasties, so in order to make money, the court has issued a new law, which is the poll tax.
Farmers have to pay 500 cash per quarter.
Two hundred coins for those under ten years old and three hundred coins for those over sixty years old.
However, for a strong laborer to move goods at the dock every day, the salary is only thirty cash.
It is even more difficult for women. Most of them can only do laundry or work as a prostitute.
Ten copper coins a day is an unknown number.
Those with high status are exempted from taxes themselves, family members with the same household registration are taxed at half, and slaves are taxed at the same rate.
Merchants are paid one tael of silver per person per quarter, children and slaves are each paid 500 taels of silver, and the elderly are also charged one tael.
In this case, everyone will definitely think, if a man doesn’t marry a wife and have children, can he barely support himself?
Indeed, many people think so.
But... there is another law in Nanchu.
Unmarried women over the age of fifteen will be taken away by the government and then visited from village to village.
It's said to be looking at each other, but actually it's just distribution.
Let the men choose. Those who are of marriageable age and have not yet taken a wife should at least choose one. If they marry later or whatever, the government will not care.
If there is no new member of the family in three years, there will be another compulsory election.
The women who are not selected will have to be selected again the next year. If no one is selected until after the eighteenth year, they will be exiled to the border and let the soldiers stationed there choose.
In this era where labor is paramount, it can be said that women have no status at all.
None of the cows are worth much.
The same is true for the women in Baijia Village. If they don't get punched or kicked, they are all the happiest.
Every day, he wakes up earlier than a chicken, goes to bed later than a dog, does more work than a cow, and eats the least for the whole family.
The original owner Bai Yongming, his grandfather was the previous village chief, so his family was fairly well off.
He was the eldest grandson, and he had high hopes since he was a child. The whole family provided him with some books.
In this kind of environment, if he can still be allowed to go to the town to study, it is conceivable that it will suck the blood of the entire family!
His father is the eldest son, a real farmer, and his second uncle and third uncle's family live together in the old house.
But since my grandma passed away and his father was buried in a landslide when he went up the mountain, the family has been divided.
The second uncle and the third uncle separated and took away most of the family's property. They had long been dissatisfied with grandma's favoritism.
It was originally hoped that he would be able to save some personnel tax after he was selected as a scholar.
Unexpectedly, Bai's father died. Bai Yongming didn't even pass the county examination, and he didn't even make it to the children at the end of the crane.
Now, they finally knew that this was a pit, a deep pit, so naturally they quickly took their wives and children away from this bottomless pit.
Bai Yongming's mother was crying all day long, not knowing how to live her life in the future.
After much deliberation, he committed suicide just to save the poll tax for his son.
The original father did not take a concubine because Mr. Chen was so proud that she got pregnant not long after entering the house, so there was no need to force him to take a concubine.
Therefore, I only have one biological sister. If she is not married before July next year, she will be taken away.
As for him, he chose his wife in July this year.
When it was his turn to make the final selection, there were three girls left.
One is skinny and dirty, one is sick and illiterate, and there is a fat girl who is the daughter of a butcher's family in the town.
I looked around and didn't know who to choose.
The first girl was very thin, her clothes were not only dirty but also torn, and her skin was partially exposed, and even her skin color could not be seen clearly.
I heard he was a beggar from the Chenghuang Temple.
this………
He looked at the second person again. This girl was polite and elegant, but her face was pale and she coughed three times with every step...
Finally, there was a fat girl, about 140 pounds. Naturally, she was a bit smaller in appearance. She was twice as strong as him.
Of the three, none of them are ideal.
Of course, if it is good, it will not be the last one left.
The officers and soldiers beside him urged him to make a choice.
In the end, the original person gritted his teeth and decided to forget about choosing a sick and weak girl. If he married someone back home, he might die of illness at some point, and he would marry again in another year.
Just as he was about to speak.
The first girl knelt down and kowtowed: "Brother, please choose me. I am seventeen years old. Although I am ugly, I can work.
I can go to the dock to move goods, work in the fields, wash and cook, and serve you. I earn my own money and pay taxes. All I ask is that you give me a place to live. I can also be a concubine. "
At the border, if these girls go there, it will be a dead end.
That's why she was so scared. She used to dress up as a man and hide around begging for food, but she didn't expect to be found out.
This year is her last chance.
Bai Yongming thought for a while, his mother died and his sister would have to get married next year. He really needed someone to wait on him.
And she can still pay her own taxes...
That………
Just as his heart was beating, the fat girl also spoke, "Sir, you choose me. My family is a pig butcher and the dowry is rich. My dowry can be used to support the family."
The original body looked at it carefully.
Although she is a little fat, her skin is fair and tender, and she looks rich. But looking at her hands, it is obvious that she is afraid that she can't be expected to do any work.
He was a little confused.
If he has money, he can still study and not be bothered by worldly affairs.
Seeing that the other two were so anxious to talk about their advantages, the sickly girl was also anxious.
"Ahem, sir, my father is a scholar in Lijia Village. If you are willing to marry me, my family will definitely ask dad to lend you his manuscript."
Scholar's manuscripts...
If he could learn it and at least become a scholar, who in Baijiacun would dare to look down on him?
Seeing that he was hesitant and seemed to refuse to choose, Qian Captou said impatiently: "If you can't choose, then don't choose.
Come on, Bai Yongming from Baijia Village is registered to be married to these three girls. Remember to come to the Yamen to get the marriage certificate someday. "
After saying that, he strode away with his detectives, leaving only the three girls with faces full of joy and the original body with a look of horror.
