Chapter 165: Child Bride She is Happy and Carefree
“Dangdangdang, dangdangdang…”
Just after lunch that day, I heard the sound of gongs and drums in the village.
"It should be the officer who's here to distribute the military pay. Let's get in line quickly."
When Grandma An heard the sound, she quickly threw off her apron and pulled Lin Wanwan out the door.
Lin Wanwan then remembered that ever since An Changsheng was forcibly recruited into the army, officials would come every month to pay his salary.
In this era, being drafted into the army was a little dangerous, but the wages you earned would be distributed to your family.
Only orphans without parents will receive the money.
Of course, ordinary soldiers also receive some living allowances, but not too much.
"The envoy has come to distribute the military pay. Everyone line up and go door to door."
"Those of you who don't have children serving in the military should stand further away and not obstruct the officers from doing their work."
The village chief was maintaining order, and Grandma An pulled Lin Wanwan and stood directly at the back of the team.
"An Daquan, five hundred coins a month, and three pounds of grain!"
"An Daqing, 500 coins per month and 3 jin of grain!"
"An Danian, five hundred coins a month, and three gold coins for food!"
"An Changsheng, five hundred coins a month, and three pounds of grain!"
When Lin Wanwan heard this number, she was stunned.
For such a small amount of money, you have to risk your life, and once you die on the battlefield, you will lose everything except the two taels of silver subsidy.
No wonder whenever the imperial court recruited soldiers, the common people would hide in the mountains.
Their Anjia Village was taken by surprise by the officials, otherwise so many people would not have been forcibly conscripted.
Who knew that these people didn’t go anywhere else last time, but came straight to their village!
I heard that when the following villages got the news, they immediately asked the boys of school age to hide.
So their village is the worst off.
"Wanwan, do you know why I'm so happy every time I come to get the silver?"
Grandma An took 500 coins and carried three pounds of food, and walked home with Lin Wanwan.
"Maybe now that she knows her husband is still alive, she can finally let go of her worries!"
The An family is small, and Grandpa An and Grandma An certainly don't want the men in the family to join the army.
Since Grandpa An’s grandfather’s generation, the An family has been a single-line family.
The family’s only wish is to have more children.
Whether it is a boy or a girl, it is a happy event that changes their single-line inheritance.
"You're right. I'm not happy about these 500 coins. I'm happy that I can live a peaceful and long life."
"It doesn't matter if it's a little bit hard or tiring. As long as he can come back alive, there is still hope for our An family."
After returning home, Grandma An put three pounds of food into the cupboard and started busying herself around the house again.
The An family’s money would never fall into the hands of the original owner, so Lin Wanwan naturally didn’t look down on that little bit of money.
But she felt it was time to improve her family's living conditions.
After all, she also lives here. Only when the An family's living conditions are improved can she live a better life.
The reason why Lin Wanwan did not choose to leave the An family was because the original owner liked this place very much, liked the An family very much, and also liked An Changsheng very much.
When she came to this world, she naturally inherited all the memories and emotions of the original owner.
Although Lin Wanwan didn't know whether her feelings were right or not, she always felt that the original owners of the lives she traveled through should have been her own lives.
It’s just that these people died early in one world or another.
Those selves see no hope for the future and are filled with resentment.
That's why the system appears, bringing oneself to these worlds and completing various lives of one's own.
Of course, this was just Lin Wanwan's own guess, and she hadn't asked the system.
Because she knew that even if she asked the system, it would not answer her truthfully.
evening!
An Siyuan and Liu Xiaoyan came back from the fields. As soon as they entered the yard, they sat on the bench under the eaves.
"Mom and Dad must be tired, come and drink some water first!"
Lin Wanwan brought up the cold tea that had been chilled in the well and poured a bowl for each of them.
"Wanwan, this tea is really delicious. It feels sweeter than the tea at the tea stalls in town."
Since this place is hot, there are tea stalls in the town.
There are even some stalls that specialize in selling water. They sell ordinary water for one penny a bowl, which is more profitable than growing water in the fields.
It’s just that these small stalls all have strong backgrounds to rely on, otherwise they would not be able to do business on their own.
"Mom and Dad, I was just about to tell you about this!"
"You see, I've been sick lately, and you haven't let me go to the fields to help. I've been staying at home anyway."
"I just wanted to take my homemade tea to town and set up a tea stall to earn a few cents to supplement my family income."
Others might not dare to compete with those people, but Lin Wanwan is not afraid at all.
Even if they really fight, with her Foundation Establishment cultivation, how can she be defeated by a few mortals?
"No, no!"
"Daughter-in-law, I'm not trying to discourage you, but there are only a few tea stalls in town. You won't be able to compete with them if you go there. You might even be envied and end up getting tripped up by others."
"Don't let it happen that you fail to sell the tea and end up getting hurt."
When An Siyuan heard Lin Wanwan's words, he immediately waved his hand and shook his head.
He is not very old now, and he and his wife are still capable.
At worst, I can open up some more wasteland, so that my family won’t go hungry.
But he didn't dare let his daughter-in-law go out and take risks. His daughter-in-law was beautiful, and he was worried when she went to the town alone.
What's more, now that his son is not at home, he is even more worried about letting his daughter-in-law go out to sell water.
"Dad, I've made up my mind. I won't go to the town to buy them. I'll go to the ferry two miles away to sell them."
"Although it's close to a big river, the water is still unclean, and there are workers loading and unloading ships every day."
"I'm thinking of setting up a tea stall at the ferry. The price will be the same as in town, one penny a bowl, and I'll even put tea leaves in it."
Although the tea that Lin Wanwan makes herself is not tea in the traditional sense, it is some Chinese herbs she picked in the mountains.
However, drinking this kind of tea can not only relieve heat and quench thirst, but also has certain health benefits.
After all, some can be sold.
"Wanwan, I know you want to reduce the burden on your family. You're a good kid, but our family isn't so poor that we need you to go out and earn money."
"Be good and listen to me. Stay at home and don't go anywhere!"
Liu Xiaoyan finished the tea in the bowl and sighed deeply.
She was already tired from working in the fields every day, and her daughter-in-law was still a bother and wanted to run away.
This person, the more he goes out into the public, the wilder his heart becomes.
Liu Xiaoyan was determined not to let Lin Wanwan go out alone to do business.
"How about this, Dad and Mom?"
"As for me, I will wear Changsheng's clothes, disguise myself as a man, and sell water for three days. If I can hold on for these three days, then don't stop me from going out to sell water."
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