In this post-war dynasty, the population was scarce and the status of women was extremely low, and the "old girls" of peasant families who had not yet married at the age of 16 would be assigned to marry by the local officials in charge of the household registration of their in-laws, which was a decree issued by the imperial court in order to increase the population.

And pietrogenization is an indelible shame for a woman.

The men assigned to marry in the marriage are all ugly old men from poor families, or ugly and crippled mountain ruffians, old men who cannot marry their daughters-in-law because of their poor conditions, and they may be older than the bride's father.

Getting married to such a man is a nightmare.

Song Xinshu will be sixteen next month, but he still has not yet got a marriage contract, and he is about to be sent to marry by the chief and appoint a man to marry him.

Song Xinshu is not ugly, but born handsome, but few people come to the door to say that the matchmaker, mainly because she was injured with a cold when she was a child, and there was no extra silver at home to invite Langzhong, so she held on to it, but she pulled down the root of the weak and sick, coupled with the rumors in the village, saying that she could not be cured if she was stained with unclean things, and she was evil.

There is a saying that three people become tigers, and this matter has been rumored for many years, and it has been talked about by the village women, and it has become that Song Xinshu is changed by the demon fox, and the girl's innocent reputation is so stained, which makes people talk about it, and even more, she is also said to be a natural Kefu star.

In addition, the main reason is that the Song family's grain land is scarce, and they are even more difficult after paying taxes, and they can't afford the dowry at all.

If the Song family is a big family, don't care about the reincarnation of the evil Kefu demon fox, as long as you can afford to give the silver taels, Song Xinshu can still marry beautifully.

The poor family is not so much marrying a daughter as selling a daughter, but the Song family is poor, and the whole family of six is an honest farmer, afraid of power like a tiger, and has never thought of resisting, and is helpless in the face of this pressure.

Song Xinshu was about to turn sixteen, and he didn't want to be forced to marry the disabled old yellow man in the next village, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, so that Song Xinshu, who lives in modern times, can "borrow the corpse to return the soul".

When the comatose Song Xinshu woke up to accept the memory of the original owner, he was also frightened when he heard that he was very likely to marry an ugly and old man, and the soul from modern times was also very frightened in the face of the ancient marriage.

After a period of time, Song Xinshu's mood about traveling back to ancient times changed from complicated to fearful, and then to acceptance and finally blandness, and she has slowly adapted to it, and at first she was not adapted to the environment, which also made the Song family think that she was the sequelae of throwing herself into the river, and after a period of conditioning, she slowly returned to "normal".

On this day, the father and brother of the Song family and the mother went to the field to farm, Song Xinshu was breaking corn in the courtyard, and at this time, a peasant woman walked in with a look left and right, and said in a rather mean tone: "Hey, Xinyaer, are you at home?" Can you rest your bones? ”

Song Xinshu raised his eyes and nodded, he didn't have any impression of this woman, and he didn't like the mocking and contemptuous look on this person's face.

"Your father and mother spent a lot of silver taels in order to treat you, right?"

The peasant woman pretended to provoke the conversation inadvertently, paused for a moment and continued: "I see that you will soon be sixteen, if you don't want to be sent by the chief to any old man, your family only needs to pay ten taels of silver as a dowry, and I will let my boy come to the door to propose marriage and marry you." ”

The peasant woman spoke more and more openly, and Song Xinshu only remembered at this time that the reason why the original owner was looking for a short sight was also related to this woman, so he said disdainfully: "If my family has ten taels of silver, can it be your family's turn to be the waste son?" ”

The peasant woman was so stalked that she couldn't answer the conversation for a while, so she could only hide her panic angrily: "You cheap girl, you deserve no one to want you!" ”

Song Xinshu dropped the jade millet in his hand and was about to scold back, but at a glance, he saw a man passing by at the gate of the courtyard.

This man has deep eyes, frowns, a dark coarse cloth coat, and a handsome face, if he is placed in the future modern society, he can be regarded as a handsome guy with outstanding appearance.

Song Xinshu felt a little strange, why did this man stop and stare at him.

She was wondering if there was something dirty on her face, when she heard the peasant woman's scolding voice in her ears: "I'll tell you a little hoof, your Song family doesn't know what to do, don't cry and beg our kid in the future, even if you add more money, it's useless!" ”

The more this woman spoke, the more unpleasant it became, and it was too much! Song Xinshu was furious and said disdainfully: "That waste son of yours, I won't marry twenty taels of our family!" ”

"Who do you say? Little hooves! The peasant woman pointed at Song Xinshu and trembled with anger.

Song Xinshu was out of sight and out of mind, entered the house and closed the door, and the peasant woman scolded a few words and went back in disgrace.

In the evening, Lin Guifen, the mother of the original owner, came back from the field, put down the back basket, and asked softly while wiping her sweat, "How does your body feel?" ”

"It's much better, I shouldn't need to take any more medicine." Song Xinshu replied.

"No, the medicine still has to be eaten, don't fall into the root of the disease, although our family is poor and can't afford to hire Langzhong, but it is still very effective to find some herbs to make up for it according to the earth's recipe." Lin Guifen chattered, and told her daughter not to be tired these days.

"Got it." Song Xinshu pouted in response, although she felt that most people in this era did not understand medical science, but she was still moved by this mother's care, after all, this is also an era of patriarchy.

"Mother, a woman came to scold me today." Song Xinshu thought about it and said it again.

"You don't have to pay attention to those people! Let's live our lives and do as they say! Lin Guifen was very unhappy when she heard this, but as a simple villager, she could only comfort her daughter like this.

"By the way, I saw a man ...... today," Song Xinshu said another person he met today.

Lin Guifen's face became nervous: "You said Su Qing? ”

"Su Qing?" Song Xinshu repeated the man's name, feeling extremely strange, although she left the memory of the original body, but some of them were vague, the original body was jumped into the river to die, and her head hit the dark stone again, so she lost some memories.

Lin Guifen looked at her daughter, sighed and said: "You were the one who rescued him back in the first place, and he came back from the mountains with him on his back, this person was covered in blood, or you took care of him, no one knows who he is." ”

Seeing Song Xinshu's surprised expression, Lin Guifen couldn't help but admonish: "Girl, you have to stay away from him, other people's families say that he used to be a bandit, maybe it's true." ”

Lin Guifen said that the "bandit" seemed to recall something bad, and his face turned pale, Song Xinshu observed the words, so he stopped asking in depth and nodded silently.

But for saying that Su Qing is a bandit, although she has no memory of the scene of saving people, just based on today's opinion, that man is definitely not a bandit, and the noble momentum on his body is definitely not a bandit who robs the road.

But these words must not be spoken, otherwise they will be considered deviant.

At this time, the second brother Song Caishu, who had been out of the ordinary, came back from outside with a silent face, and Song Xinshu was startled by the first sentence he said when he entered the door.

"I sold those fields, a total of ten taels!"

The Song family's three acres of fertile land support six people, which is the foundation of survival, and now it has been sold by Song Caishu, isn't this cutting off the back road of the Song family? !

Song Xinshu felt that her eyes were sour, but she didn't expect the Song family to be so for her.

In this era of respect for men, the family actually sold the good land they relied on for a living, and they also wanted to find a good husband's family for her, this kindness ......

"Second brother, are you crazy? How did you sell the field! Song Xinshu immediately panicked, she has been living here for a while, and she knows very well how important the field is to the peasant family, this is the ration for the whole family's survival!

Song Caishu smiled honestly: "If you sell the field, our family will have the money to buy you a dowry, and choose a good husband, the daughter of the Song family, how can you marry in style!" ”

"Second brother, I have already died once, and I will not back down from whatever the chief assigns to me! But that field is the basic survival of our ancestors for generations, our family has no land, what should my father and mother do, how can the eldest brother and second brother marry a wife? Xiao Mu will also marry in the future! Song Xinshu was anxious.

It doesn't matter who she marries, no matter what kind of person she is, Song Xinshu believes that with her modern life experience and thoughts, she can cope with it.

In the past, she tried everything to persuade the Song family not to sell the land, but today they quietly sold the field behind her back.

"Sister Xin, the future is the future, the most important thing at the moment is your marriage, if you marry a good family, our family can rest assured, right?"

Song Xinshu watched Song Caishu and Lin Guifen walk into the back room to discuss related matters, she was stunned in place, choked up with a thousand words, and couldn't say a word.

With tears in her eyes, she saw a figure walk into her yard.

It's Su Qing!

The clothes on his body were cleanly washed, his short body put down the flat pole, and the two bamboo baskets were full, as if he was here to give gifts, but why did he come to the Song family to give gifts?

Song Xinshu wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, hesitated for a moment and asked, "You...... What's the matter with you? ”

Su Qing looked at her and didn't speak.

At this time, the mother and second brother also came out of the house, and they were also surprised to see the people coming, after all, Su Qing was not an ordinary person.

Su Qing only spoke at this time, and he said, "I'm here to propose." ”

What the? Song Xinshu's eyes widened in disbelief, Song Caishu and Lin Guifen were also taken aback, and asked in unison, "Who do you propose to whom?" ”

I saw Su Qing looking at Song Xinshu silently.

Song Xinshu was still stunned, why did this man suddenly want to marry her.

Song Caishu and Lin Guifen were also stunned, he actually wanted to marry Sister Xin?!

Su Qing didn't say much, and said to Lin Guifen: "Three days later, I will come to pick up my relatives." ”

After finishing speaking, he took a deep look at Song Xinshu, then turned around and left, leaving the three people who were in shock.

Isn't that too casual? Lin Guifen was the first to react, hurriedly ran to the door and asked Su Qingyuan's back, "The surname is Su, what do you mean!" ”

However, Su Qing, who was gradually moving away, didn't seem to hear Lin Guifen's shouting at all, and finally disappeared into the night.