If our village becomes wealthy, won't it attract envy? There will be countless open and covert struggles. We only have about 30 households and 400 people. Compared to those villages with 600 or 700 or even 1,000 people, we are too easily bullied.
If Magistrate Wu really does come with his men, and the girls in our village are indeed obligated to attend, their husbands' families will surely be unhappy when they find out. Why not bring a son-in-law back?
Since there are few people, and we need to recruit people from outside to settle down in the future, why not agree to let the girls in the village find husbands, allocate land to them, and build houses for them? Those recruited will be young and strong men, good for farming, delivering medicinal herbs, and protecting the village.”
Different countries have different circumstances. Here, people need to stick together to survive better, and she needs people.
She raises rabbits, sheep, pigs, and all kinds of livestock; grows rice, wheat, black beans, potatoes, and various medicinal herbs; and in the future, she will form teams to go out and sell rabbits, deliver medicinal herbs, and deliver calligraphy brushes. In addition, she needs many people to guard and protect the village!
Aunt Li's eyes lit up the moment she heard that.
She felt that Shuiqing's suggestion touched her heart!
She only has one daughter, Tiantian. Life used to be hard. Now that she can finally see that everyone in the village is doing better, and Tiantian is working at Shuiqing's herbal medicine shop and earning wages, if she gets married, where else can she find a better life than in their village?
The floods show that nowhere else is as good as Shanshui Village!
And things will only get better in the future. Once Tian Tian has seen how good things are, how will she adapt to living in another village?
Wang Guifen is Old Master Wang's daughter. He has several daughters, but only Guifen married into the village. It was this one daughter who made him truly realize the difference between having a daughter by his side and having one far away!
It's still better to have someone by your side.
Although he has no daughter to marry off, he has daughters and granddaughters. Wouldn't it be better if they were all in the same village?
Aunt Zhang thought that Jinniu and Yinniu had gone to Sihui to escort the bandits, and Tongniu had been injured in the last battle against the bandits. If Magistrate Wu really brought people on the fourth day, Xiaocao would definitely have to go.
What family would like a daughter-in-law who once fought against bandits? She's hard to control; they can't and don't dare to order her around. They would never let their son marry her.
But it's different in their own village. These are their achievements, and they will only receive praise from the villagers. No one in the village will point fingers or gossip, so life will be easier.
Master Fan recalled a play he had heard when he was young.
In the plays, it is said that young ladies of noble birth have generous dowries. At that time, I just thought it was really stupid. So much money was given to the husband's family. Wasn't it just someone else's money?
Only now did I realize that it wasn't given to my husband's family, but to my daughter and her children. So it wasn't a loss.
Whether it's giving their daughter a generous dowry or letting her stay to find a husband, get land, and build a house, their intentions are all for the good of their daughter, nothing else matters.
Everyone else had their own considerations, but in the end they all nodded in agreement.
In any case, if they're going to let someone else settle in their village, why can't it be a girl from their own village?
They are now selling a batch of rabbits and dried kudzu root, which can fetch one or two taels of silver if things go well. A dowry of seven or eight taels is not much for them these days.
In the past, no one in the village would have been unmoved by a dowry of seven or eight taels of silver. But somehow, seven or eight taels of silver has become something they can earn with a little effort, not something unattainable.
Everyone agreed with the proposal and looked at the old village chief.
Today is the Lunar New Year, and I hope for a fresh start in the new year.
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