The name Fu Hao Jing Wan sounds like a large manor, but in reality, this place was originally built as a cultural square to promote divorce and remarriage for widowed women. This shows the Ye Kingdom's obsession with population growth.
Later, during the new policies of King Yuanzhen of Ye, a bold official came and spoke out. He claimed that the nationwide population decline was closely related to late marriage and childbirth, and that the state must intervene to prevent the population of Ye from declining and to solve the problem of insufficient young men and reserve troops for the next ten or twenty years.
These words shocked the entire court. But since one dared to say it and the other dared to believe it, the Prince of Ye, in a moment of passion, agreed wholeheartedly. Thus began the decades-long law of forced marriage, the "sending off the bride."
Regardless of gender, once someone reaches the age of sixteen, whether they are a high-ranking official or a commoner, if they are unmarried, the state will forcibly assign them a marriage.
Therefore, the Fu Hao Jing Wan statue, a lukewarm cultural propaganda project, was abandoned by this law not long after it was built. Over the years, it has fallen into disrepair and become overgrown with weeds. An eight-foot-tall stone statue of Fu Hao is about to be buried by these weeds.
In previous years, the grass would still be green at this time of year, but this year in Fuxian County, even the underground water storage has been almost completely drained. The flowers and plants all look withered and droopy, growing in a messy and disorderly manner.
Zheng Quchi stood beside the stone statue of Fu Hao. In front of her was a passageway paved with stones and wood. The dull and lifeless stone statue next to her was gray and lifeless. Amidst the withered yellow weeds, she was undoubtedly the only vibrant and bright presence.
Gan Xin pulled the cart and stopped a short distance ahead. He saw the little girl staring blankly at his back and realized what was happening in an instant.
His face darkened with anger, but he explained, "This is game I hunted in the mountains. I just went hunting this morning."
Judging from her frightened expression, she probably thought he had gone somewhere to massacre the entire family before rushing over.
"Oh, it's...it's an animal."
When Zheng Quchi first saw the blood-soaked cart of goods, he realized that he had a guilty conscience and was prone to misinterpreting everything he saw.
She gave a dry laugh: "The guests haven't arrived yet, so they went hunting in the mountains early this morning. They're certainly having a good time..."
Upon hearing this, Gan Xin assumed she was complaining about his slow pace, and his expression became even more like that of a murderer: "Your Fuxian County has too few game. After searching for a long time, I finally found a roe deer and a litter of old female boars with their offspring in the deep mountains."
With that threatening look on his face, was he showing off or looking down on people? In Fuxian County these days, the wild vegetables have been almost completely harvested. Other hunters might not even be able to catch a wild rabbit after wandering around the forest all day. No, let alone a wild rabbit, they might not even be able to catch a skinny mouse. But he made quite a fortune in just one morning.
She muttered to herself, "This should be enough for the guests to eat for several days."
However, in this weather, it might be difficult to preserve without a refrigerator, which would be a bit of a waste.
Although it's only April, the midday temperatures are already close to early summer heat, with only the early mornings and evenings still feeling a bit cool.
"I...I'm not eating it, this is for you," he said gruffly.
Zheng Quchi's eyes widened: "...For me?!"
Why would you suddenly give her a roe deer with its neck cut off and a litter of dead wild boars? Is this a warning or a threat?
"I...I don't want to." She immediately waved her hand in refusal.
Gan Xin's expression gradually turned grim and terrifying as he was rejected: "What did you say?"
Zheng Quchi, however, was quite defiant: "I don't want to."
“If you don’t want it, then throw it away.” He said, and then slammed himself off the cart.
Zheng Quchi was taken aback: "Lost it?" She turned her head and looked at the wild game behind him, which could be worth a lot of money. Her heart bled. She hesitated and said, "Since you don't want it, it's such a waste to lose it... Can I go and pick it up?"
Why would you refuse something given away for free and insist on picking up something someone else has thrown away?
What's wrong with her? Is this what they call the self-esteem of the poor?
Gan Xin was speechless.
"what ever."
It really was a gift for her, but why? He went all the way up the mountain to hunt for a whole morning just to give it to her?
Zheng Quchi felt that Gan Xin was a rather incomprehensible person. She originally had a physical aversion and resistance to the people of the Mo family, but after spending time with him, she did not find him too annoying.
"Well, now we can talk about what you want to customize..."
"Wait a moment!"
"Wait for what?"
When she asked, he replied, "There's someone there."
Is anyone there?
Her face froze. Could it be? Had he discovered the person hiding her in the bushes?
Zheng Quchi tried to tell him, "It's normal for people to come here. People often come to visit this place. You don't know, but Fuhao Jingwan is a tourist attraction in Fuxian County."
"Really?" He was skeptical.
She quickly changed the subject: "Tell me about your friend's situation. Is his lower limb completely weak, or is it just a leg injury? I'll write it down so I can customize it based on what you say."
Zheng Quchi deliberately said something to distract him.
Gan Xin's attention immediately focused on this, and he nodded: "He's seriously injured, and his limbs are weak..."
"Oh, you're injured?" she replied enthusiastically.
"Yes, but he should still be able to move; he's not paralyzed..."
Zheng Quchi saw that they had set up a sinkhole, which was a pit dug in the ground and then some traps placed in it. On the surface, it was decorated so that no one could detect any trace of it, but he would only be triggered to fall when he walked to a specific place.
Gan Xin stood there talking nonstop, while Zheng Quchi was multitasking, verbally agreeing but keeping his eyes fixed on Gan Xin's feet.
Why is he not moving at all?
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