[Warning: This story features a female-dominated society, multiple male leads, and men giving birth. If you can accept this, please continue reading!]
Qingshan Village, He County.
"My lady, please don't sell me, my lady..."
The heart-wrenching cries of a man could be heard coming from the low, thatched hut.
"You worthless brat! You've wasted my two pregnancies; it's been six months and there's not a single sign of pregnancy."
"I should have just bought that cripple next to you; I could have saved 200 coins."
The woman cursed loudly as she dragged the man on the ground toward the door.
"Waaah, my lady, I beg you... I'll go do laundry and chores for others, for half a month... no, 10 days, I'll definitely raise enough money in 10 days so you can buy another husband..."
"I promise I'll serve my new husband well, and he'll soon be pregnant with my child. Please, please don't sell me, sob sob sob..."
The man knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, but the woman showed no sign of being moved and continued to pull at him.
However, with her back to the door, she didn't notice the stone steps on the ground. She took a few steps back, then leaned backward and hit the back of her head on the last stone step.
"Master Wife!"
...
Su Qinghe opened her eyes, hearing the man's intermittent sobs beside her. After a moment of confusion, she cleared the jumbled memories from her mind.
She died, but came back to life, only in a different world and in a different body.
"My lady, you're awake. I'll go get you some water." With that, the man stumbled out.
But as soon as he stepped out of the room, someone grabbed his arm and tied his hands with a rope.
"What are you doing!" Lin Xi exclaimed in panic.
"What are you doing, Su Qinghe! I'm waiting to pack up! Honestly, you can't have children, and you're still dawdling around. I have to come pick you up myself!"
A burly woman squeezed through the doorway, saw Su Qinghe lying on the bed, and rolled her eyes disdainfully.
She casually tossed a money bag at Su Qinghe.
"Here's the agreed-upon 200 coins! I'm taking the person with me!"
"My lady!" Upon hearing that the woman was a human trafficker, Lin Xi looked at Su Qinghe in despair.
So, the wife is still going to sell him after all...?
"Waaah... Please! Mistress! Don't sell me..."
Lin Xi cried miserably, even using the humble term "slave" to refer to herself.
He pulled hard on the rope in his hand, trying to run to Su Qinghe's side, but the woman was very strong and he couldn't pull it at all.
"You bastard! Behave yourself!" The woman pulled hard, dragging Lin Xi in front of her, and slapped him across the face.
"You have the nerve to be unable to have children? You deserve to be sold into a brothel!"
The woman's grip was very strong; blood instantly trickled from Lin Xi's mouth, and he felt a ringing in his ears, momentarily losing the strength to struggle.
"Stop!" Su Qinghe saw her husband being beaten and quickly got out of bed, but she was still a little dizzy from hitting her head.
She forced herself not to fall to the ground and stood for a while, holding onto the edge of the bed.
"I won't sell the person anymore, but I'll give you your money back!" She threw the money pouch over and pulled Lin Xi over.
"My lady..." Lin Xi called out in a muffled voice, her head still a little dizzy, but she held Su Qinghe's arm tightly with both hands.
"What did you say!" The woman's eyes widened as she shouted, "You promised to sell me again and again, which is why I came all the way from the city to this poor, remote place to pick me up. Now you're saying you won't sell me!"
"Do you think I'm idle?" the woman said, gripping the rope tightly.
"If you want her back, you'd better pay me back for the travel expenses first! It'll be 20 coins in total." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to Su Qinghe.
"20 coins? Do you think I've never ridden in a village oxcart before?" Su Qinghe looked at her coldly.
"We'll give you 10 coins at most! If you don't take it, we'll report you to the authorities!"
"You!" the woman exclaimed angrily.
Report it to the authorities? Then she would be guilty of abducting a man!
Everyone says that Su Qinghe cares about nothing but gambling, so why is she protecting a man like this today!
Well, 10 coins it is, she still made 4 coins! It's just a pity that it was a bad deal!
"Okay!" she squeezed out the word through gritted teeth.
Su Qinghe took out the only 10 coins she had from her pocket and gave them to her.
The woman left, taking her rope with her.
Lin Xi was still holding onto Su Qinghe's arm, her head buried deep in her hands, her whole body trembling slightly.
"My lady..." he called out softly, his voice trembling.
"Um!"
"I'm sorry... I've made you spend money again..."
Su Qinghe heard his sobbing.
"It's okay! That money was earned by you anyway, you don't need to blame yourself!" She hugged him and comforted him.
According to the original owner's memories, Su Qinghe knew that this man was named Lin Xi, and that he was the husband that the original owner had bought from a slave trader for 500 coins half a year ago.
Su Qinghe found this very novel, as this world revered women.
Women are stronger and taller than men, and even men have menstruation.
Here, men stay at home to take care of their wives and raise their daughters, while women go out to earn money to support the family.
This is exactly what she wanted!
In her past life, she didn't want to get married and could only enjoy herself in bars. In this life, she can finally openly have all kinds of handsome men.
Ahem! This is something she cultivated in her previous life through "purity and detachment"!
Most importantly, she can have a painless pregnancy!
Although men give birth, it is difficult for men here to conceive. After marriage, they need to take a pregnancy fruit in order to have a chance to get pregnant.
However, the problem is that the yield of fertilized fruit is limited.
In the country of Dawu, where the original owner lived, in order to increase the population, the law stipulated that women must get married in the same year they reach the age of 18.
Furthermore, a woman must give birth to a daughter within a year, or she must marry another man in the following year until she gives birth to a daughter, and a family must have at least two children.
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