Gao Tongzhi hurriedly asked, "Sir, are children included among them?"
"Naturally forget it." Lin Yuanqiu affirmed, "Children will grow up and marry a wife one day."
With that said, Lin Yuanqiu turned to the side and ordered Qian Tongpian, who had not yet reacted, "Master Qian, go and write the notice now. It says on the top that all the women who were married to the mountain gods before will be married to the Yang family and the Zhao family." The unmarried sons of the Yang, Zhao and Chen families. This will also be the case in the future. Any woman who marries a mountain god will be married directly to the sons of the Yang, Zhao and Chen families three years later! Do you understand?"
"I understand!"
Qian Tongpan was stunned for a moment and finally found his tongue.
I have to say that this move is really powerful.
Oops, no wonder Master Lin was able to annihilate more than three thousand Shanrong bandits in one fell swoop. Isn't such a smart man a god?
Today, he has a clear eye for money.
"Sir... Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!" Patriarch Yang said urgently after finally recovering from the shock.
Patriarch Zhao was also extremely anxious, "Sir, how can we let a man in our clan marry a mountain wife? This is not okay."
Patriarch Chen and several clan elders also had anxious expressions on their faces.
Such a topic is irrelevant to the people present. Anyway, as long as they can continue to worship the mountain god.
Besides, it would be nice for these mountain wives to get married, so as not to feel guilty every time I see them looking helpless.
The gavel in Lin Yuanqiu's hand clapped again, "What's wrong? Tell me, what's wrong! They are also raised by their parents, why do they have to suffer such pain in vain? Today I have a message for you, There are gods three feet above your head. If a person does something bad, the gods will see it clearly and remember it clearly. There will definitely be bad retribution in the future!"
These words made several clan leaders and elders change their expressions.
Finally, everyone left in despair.
In the lobby, the statistics of unmarried men continued.
Lin Yuanqiu was serious about the idea of getting these girls married.
You must know that this is not a modern era where men and women are equal. Here, if a girl never gets married, her life will definitely be very difficult.
So Lin Yuanqiu hopes that they can all have a good ending.
As for the men to marry, I will definitely choose them carefully, and I will definitely not accept those who are cheating, cunning, and have bad character.
However, even though he had such a plan, he still had to let them decide whether to marry or not.
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Chapter 214 Gold Rush in the Sand
Lin Yuanqiu would never let it happen if he had long nights and many dreams.
After Qian Tongpan showed him the written notice, and after carefully checking that it was correct, Lin Yuanqiu asked the scribes to copy twenty copies, and then arranged for the government officials to go to Shizhou Fucheng and the offices under his jurisdiction. Notices were posted in seven counties.
In this way, within two days, the people of Shizhou Mansion knew about marrying the mountain wife.
Everything was said at the time, and the three clans that were talked about the most were naturally the Yang, Zhao, and Chen clans. Everyone said that this family was worthy of being a big family, and they did things with dignity, but they took over this mess without even a single complaint.
Upon hearing this, the old woman selling sesame cakes in the West Market couldn't help but roll her eyes at the butcher selling meat next to her, "Bah, what is a mess? The conscience of heaven and earth, those girls are still yellow-flowered girls, if they weren't human If you do evil, you have to marry that mountain god, because the girl has already married into her husband’s family and given birth to a baby.”
The butcher who sold the meat was speechless and immediately covered his mouth and did not dare to speak.
In addition to the West Market, equally lively places are the homes of the patriarchs of the Yang, Zhao, and Chen clans.
Just like the Zhao family at this time.
It can be said that since knowing that unmarried men in the clan may be married to mountain wives, many people in the Zhao clan have gone crazy, especially those with children or scholars in the family, they are almost as if they were struck by lightning.
All fools know that if you really want to choose a husband, a young man with a good reputation will naturally be the most popular.
Thinking of the prefect's sinking face and the slap of the gavel, Patriarch Zhao felt that there was a high possibility that the prefect would intentionally disgust people.
Then Patriarch Zhao thought of his grandson, who had just passed the Juren Examination, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on his back.
But he soon realized that his grandson had already married and gave birth to a young son who was almost three years old.
Ouch, this is really a big sigh of relief.
It's just that Clan Zhao has breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone else is still like ants on a hot pot.
No, at this moment, there were several clan members who had children or scholars in their families sitting in the main hall of his house. These people came here to ask for advice, or to ask for explanations. None of the offerings to the mountain gods went into their pockets, so why should their children take the risk? There is also the matter of marrying the mountain god before, what should I do to deal with these matters.
The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Now everyone no longer cares about the clan leader or not, and his elongated face is as good as a horse's face.
Patriarch Zhao is not a soft persimmon, "You said you have never seen the worship of mountain gods, so where does the money for our family's annual banquet come from? What kind of money is used to worship our ancestors during the four festivals of the year? Now it’s inappropriate to marry a mountain god, why didn’t I hear you say anything before?”
In the end they broke up on bad terms.
The same thing happened among the Yang clan members. Starting from the day before yesterday, wherever Patriarch Yang went, a group of anxious clan members surrounded him and asked him to come up with various ideas.
Patriarch Yang said in his heart that he had already mentioned it when he was at the government office when he had a way, so there was no need to delay it until now.
However, compared to Patriarch Zhao's sharp words, Patriarch Yang was much more "tactful" and said, "There is nothing to be anxious about. Think about it, there are a total of twenty-seven mountain wives. If they are divided equally, our clan will only share There are nine, but there are more than a hundred unmarried young men and widowers in the clan, so what are you afraid of!"
Patriarch Yang's tone of voice that it might not be your family's turn made everyone present fall into deep thought.
But before Patriarch Yang could escape, the tribesmen who reacted quickly stopped him again. Some of them were so excited that they had to grab the patriarch's clothes to prevent him from sneaking away.
There are a lot of smart people in the clan, nine doesn't sound like a lot, but who can guarantee that he will not get his turn if he is lucky, so isn't this perfunctory?
Patriarch Yang finally couldn't help but glare, "What's the point of pestering me? If you really have the ability to go to the magistrate, why don't you find it hot to your mouth when we eat meat!"
After saying that, Chief Yang flicked his sleeves and left.
Clan Chief Chen and several clan elders, who were annoyed by their clan members, simply closed the door to their courtyard and refused to open the door to anyone who knocked. They simply ignored them and refused to entertain them.
The clan leader didn't care, so the clansmen had to think of other ways.
Within a day, someone came up with a good idea and said excitedly, "We are really in a hurry. We have time to grind our teeth with the clan leader, so we might as well quickly find a matchmaker to propose marriage to the boy in the family. Then the prefect will ask, Let’s just say that the marriage was arranged through abortion.”
When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately lit up, yes, such a simple method, why didn't they think of it.
As a result, many tribesmen hurriedly went to find matchmakers that afternoon. There are also some tribesmen who think that it is too obvious to find a matchmaker, so they plan to arrange a marriage for their children with a cousin or a cousin. Anyway, as long as they don't marry a mountain wife, it will be fine.
When the members of the Yang family and Zhao family heard that this was still possible, they immediately took action.
And the people of the tribe, whose thoughts are all focused on marrying a mountain wife, have long forgotten that the "Spring Festival" will be in two days.
So, two days later, the common people came to the foot of Wushan Mountain with incense, candles and offerings to prepare to worship the mountain gods, so that they could bless them with good weather and good harvests this year. It turned out that the door to the mountain temple was not open. And those temple blessings were even missing.
How could one worship with the door locked, and breaking the door would be disrespectful to the mountain gods. In the end, the common people, who were really helpless, had no choice but to offer incense and kowtow to a few mountains. As for the offerings, they naturally took them back as they came.
When they got home, everyone was worried, thinking that the mountain god would definitely be angry if they worshiped in such a haphazard way.
Alas, I don’t know if the mountain gods can bless me with good weather and good weather this year, or if the food harvest will be poor.
Little did they know that from the time the seeds were sown to the time of harvest, God was extra generous and the grain harvested was not much worse than last year.
Strangely, there doesn’t seem to be much difference between bowing and not bowing.
In the following days, the people tried several more times. In fact, it wasn’t that they had to try. In fact, the few times they went to worship later, the doors of the mountain temple were locked, so everyone could only kowtow to the mountain or to the sky. As for the offerings, they didn’t give them anything. . The result is still the same as before, nothing happened. Not only the weather is still smooth, but the grain production is not reduced at all.
If that's the case, why don't you do it?
As a result, fewer and fewer people go to the foot of Wushan Mountain. Year after year passed, until one snowy night, the mountain temple, which had been in disrepair for a long time, was overwhelmed and turned into ruins with only a roar.
However, these are all things for later, and we will not mention them today.
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Lin Yuanqiu naturally knew that these family members were busy showing off to their son-in-law.
He was not in a hurry, and could even say he was happy to see the results.
It is said that when digging for gold in the sand, only by filtering out impurities can the gold be washed out. Although I hope that these girls can get married smoothly, I can't just find someone to marry, I must find someone reliable for them. And families like this who are eager to go on a blind date clearly show their rejection of these girls' former status as mountain wives. Naturally, such families cannot marry.
To avoid getting out of the pond of suffering and jumping into the pit of fire again.
When it came to getting married, Lin Yuanqiu had asked his wife to ask them. As expected, the twenty-seven people, except for a few older ones who hesitated, the others nodded without hesitation.
Lin Yuanqiu was sure that if they weren't too old, those few would also want to get married.
Mrs. Wu couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. Who doesn't want to have a family, and who doesn't look forward to having children and grandchildren.
Alas, such a good girl has been delayed.
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In the past few days, Feng and Zhong Yurou have been particularly energetic, and they feel a special sense of accomplishment every day.
As for the reason, of course he was busy teaching embroidery.
After Taohua and the others moved into Xikuoyuan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started to teach them how to do embroidery. From how to separate embroidery threads, then stitching techniques, and then color matching, they planned to teach them all the embroidery skills bit by bit.
It must be said that Zhong Yurou came up with the idea of teaching embroidery.
As both women, Zhong Yurou naturally sympathizes with the plight of people like Taohua and Xiu'e. Then I thought about my husband being the magistrate of Shizhou Prefecture for up to three years. There would be no problem in protecting them during this period, but after three years, what would they do if they had no home or room to live in?
No matter what, you should have the ability to make a living. So Zhong Yurou thought of teaching them embroidery work. Anyway, there was a workshop at home. Once they learned how to do it, she would send them to the workshop to earn money.
And with money, Taohua and the others can afford their own livelihood, and naturally they won't have to rely on others to make ends meet. How great.
Originally, Zhong Yurou was still thinking about whether she should use some dowry money to buy a slightly larger house so that Taohua and the others could have a place to stay and retire.
It's no longer necessary now. Now my husband has arranged for them to get married. I think it won't be long before they all have their own families.
The hardships they have endured over the years have made more than 20 girls, including Xiu'e, Taohua, and Cuihong, cherish this hard-won opportunity to learn embroidery, so they naturally work extra hard to learn it.
Originally, they thought they could only live in Wushan without food and clothing for the rest of their lives. They didn't finish their hardship until the day they closed their eyes. Unexpectedly, the magistrate came to rescue them, like a Bodhisattva descending from the sky. Not only did he take them away from Wushan, but he was also planning the future for them.
Thinking of this, Taohua and the others couldn't help but shed tears. Even if they were working as cows and horses in their next life, they would not be able to repay such a kindness of rebirth.
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It took almost more than a month before Lin Yuanqiu got the matchmaker busy talking about the marriage. As for the man's requirements, Lin Yuanqiu only gave two points. First, he must be healthy, and second, his character must be good. As for the man's family background, it is not within the scope of consideration.
What Lin Yuanqiu didn't expect was that just one day later, Liu Zi came over and said with a blushing face that he also wanted to marry a wife, and the person in the photo was Tao Hua.
It turned out that that day in Wushan, after Liuzi saw Taohua, he felt that he liked this girl who did things neatly and neatly.
When he heard that the prefect was going to arrange a marriage for Taohua and the others, Liu Zi thought about it, but he was worried that the other party would look down on him. After all, he had lost his parents a long time ago and he was the only one in the family.
How could Taohua look down on others? Isn't she herself a person now? As for her parents, Taohua had given up on her as early as four years ago.
Lin Yuanqiu was also quite satisfied with his six sons. Not only was the young man quick in thinking, he also had a job of driving, so he would have no problem supporting his family in the future.
