If any of the above laws are not met, one will not only have to pay a fine of 20 taels of silver every year, but also be punished with 30 strokes of the cane.
To this end, the imperial court would give each newly married woman two medium-sized pregnancy fruits free of charge.
The original owner of this body, Su Qinghe, was a gambling addict. Her parents originally owned a restaurant in Tianhe Town, making them one of the wealthiest families in the town.
However, after his parents passed away, the original owner frequented casinos every day, accumulating a mountain of debt. He had no choice but to sell the restaurant and house in town and move back to his hometown, Qingshan Village.
With the remaining money, even after six months of marriage, no one was willing to marry their son to her.
She had to buy a man, but he remained incorrigible and gambled away all her remaining money, barely making ends meet with the money her husband earned from working.
Seeing that Lin Xi had used up two pregnancy fruits in half a year but still couldn't get pregnant, she started to plan to sell him and use the money to buy someone else.
Su Qinghe was helped to sit up on the bed. She looked up and examined the man in front of her. He wasn't very handsome; his appearance could only be described as delicate.
After Su Qinghe finished drinking her water, she handed him the bowl and noticed a weed on his head, which must have been dragged up from the ground.
She raised her hand to take the grass down, only to see the person in front of her flinch and begin to tremble.
Don't be afraid, I won't hit you!
Su Qinghe knew that this was his reaction because he was often beaten, so she quickly comforted him.
The person in front of me has always been devoted to the original owner and has no ill intentions.
Even so, she didn't want to divorce him. As long as he treated her well, she would try her best to treat him well in return.
Even after Su Qinghe said that, Lin Xi still couldn't stop trembling.
In the past, when Su Qinghe hit him hard, he would dodge. She would say the same thing, and when he looked up at her, he would be met with another slap.
Lin Xi kept his eyes tightly closed, but the expected pain did not come. He only felt a slight touch on the top of his head. He opened his eyes in surprise when he heard Su Qinghe's voice.
"There's a weed in your hair, look!"
Lin Xi stared blankly at the smile on his wife's face, feeling a sense of unreality. His wife had never smiled at him so gently before.
He felt a lump in his throat, and tears welled up in his eyes, but he forced himself not to cry.
"Gurgle~"
Just as Su Qinghe was trying to express her goodwill, a heart-wrenching sound of intestines echoed in the empty room.
Su Qinghe blushed and awkwardly rubbed her stomach.
"I'm sorry, my wife, I'll go cook right away!"
Lin Xi rubbed his eyes haphazardly, then turned and hurried to the kitchen. He hadn't made lunch yet, and if his wife got impatient, he'd surely get another beating.
If she can't even do this simple thing right, her wife will definitely not keep her any longer. As Lin Xi thought about this, tears involuntarily streamed down her face.
...
Inside the house, Su Qinghe looked at the bare walls and felt a deep headache.
In her past life, she was a mercenary, but she had been retired for many years and was living a carefree and comfortable life with her generous mercenary fees. Who would have thought that one day her enemies would come knocking on her door and shoot her dead?
Having grown accustomed to a life of extravagance and debauchery, returning to the state of liberation would be a truly painful experience.
"well……"
After a long while, a long sigh came from inside the room.
After venting her frustrations, Su Qinghe shook her head. Now, she needed to figure out how to get past the government's laws.
Having children is impossible; there are only 3 days left until the original owner's second year of adulthood.
Given Lin Xi's physical condition, even if he were to eat another pregnancy fruit, he still wouldn't be able to get pregnant, and even if he did, it wouldn't be detectable until after a month.
That leaves only one option: she has to marry another man as soon as possible!
But the problem that followed was... she had no money! The 10 coins she had just given away were the last of her money.
Just as she was fretting, Lin Xi brought in the food.
"My lady, I've cooked some porridge, please have some!"
Lin Xi carried the bowl to the bedside, and Su Qinghe took it and looked at it, her brows furrowing instantly.
Is that porridge? It's more like rice water than porridge, with only a few pitiful grains of yellowish rice floating in it.
"Are you out of rice at home?" Su Qinghe looked up at Lin Xi.
Tell her exactly how poor she is, so that she can be motivated after years of giving up!
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