Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 211 Heart-to-heart talk (1)

With the joy of the bumper harvest of early rice, everyone in Zaoziling has a happy face.

Although there had been bumper harvests of potatoes and corn before, they were still far inferior to rice and wheat, the two staple foods. Filling one's stomach with grains was just enough to survive. Only when one could eat white flour or rice could the lower-class people imagine and envy the most prosperous life.

After all, only rice and wheat are hard currency in Yunqing Country. Because the imperial court only wants rice or wheat for everyone's tax grain. Only Qingshui County was approved to pay grain tax with miscellaneous grains because it had to pay double tax grain in the past two years.

It was also because of this that, even though everyone was reluctant, each family still sent a stone of sun-dried millet to Ruan Qingqing's home, to express their gratitude to her for cultivating such high-yield rice seeds, which gave them the confidence to make a living.

Hybrid rice has therefore been spread around as something miraculous, with all kinds of rumors circulating. However, the most popular version is that Ruan Qingqing is the reincarnation of the God of Grains. He could not bear to see the people starving, so he reincarnated to create a high-yield seed for everyone.

For a while, there were many people who were curious about her and admired her. Many people who were interested in her found out that she was still an unmarried girl, and they immediately became interested. If they could bring such a deity back home, would they still worry that the family would not prosper?

So, wave after wave of matchmakers came to propose marriage, and Ruan Wantie and Wang were both happy and distressed. It was a good thing that a hundred families wanted to marry a girl, but among the hundred families who came to his house to propose marriage, how many of them really valued their daughter's character? What everyone valued was just the halo of the God of Five Grains!

This halo may scare people from outside, but what's the point if you really live together without seeing each other everywhere?

At this moment, Ruan Wantie even regretted letting his eldest daughter research hybrid rice, which caused such a big fuss and ended up dragging her down because of the reputation instead of handling the important events in her life.

Ruan Qingqing was also very annoyed when she saw matchmakers coming in and out of her house every day. She was especially worried that her father might get a fancy to a boy and marry her off in a fit of anger. Although she knew that her father respected her opinion very much, as she got older, this matter was an obstacle that she could not avoid.

The cicadas in the tree became louder and louder, and Ruan Qingqing, who was sitting on the tree, became more and more irritated.

"Anything bothering you?"

Ruan Qingqing turned her head to look at Wushang who was standing under the tree and nodded.

"How about...I should fight with you?" Wu Shang said hesitantly.

Ruan Qingqing looked at him with a half-smile, "Didn't you say this isn't your responsibility?"

"Didn't you say you would treat me as an equal friend?"

"Oh, it seems you remembered it this time! Watch out!"

As Ruan Qingqing said this, she jumped down from the tree and swung her fist at him.

Wu Shang dodged it easily, and Ruan Qingqing followed up with another sweeping kick. Wu Shang also raised his leg to block, and the two immediately started fighting under the moonlight.

In the dark, Zhuge Hong, Lu Dunren and Yue Linlang kept commenting on the fight between the two.

"Although our master has no internal strength, his moves are fierce and hit the vital points."

"Although Juzi is quite powerful, I feel that the guard beside her is not trying her best."

"I'm not blind, but the master's moves are indeed tricky and direct. I really don't know who his master is. And where did she, a peasant girl, learn these?"

"I heard that she was taught by at least an elder in our Mo Sect in her early years."

"But is there such a person in our Mo Sect?"

All three were silent.

On the other side, Ruan Qingqing and Wushang fought happily for an hour. Although they were exhausted afterwards, their eyes were sparkling.

"Your martial arts are pretty good!"

"You're good too!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Thank you, Wushang! I feel much happier now!"

"Can you tell me about your troubles?"

Ruan Qingqing sat down casually, "There's nothing to hide. Matchmakers have been coming to our house frequently recently. Although I told my parents to let me wait for two years, and they agreed, they definitely won't let me keep dragging it out. I don't want to make things too awkward with my father. To be honest, my father really does his best to be good to me. He lets me do whatever I want, and he even goes so far as to withstand all worldly eyes on me."

"Are you worried that your father will marry you off if he sees someone he likes?" Wushang sat down on the ground five steps away from her.

"Yeah." Ruan Qingqing responded sullenly.

"Why are you so resistant to getting married?" Wushang's voice was a little vague.

Ruan Qingqing hugged her knees, looking bewildered. "I don't want to be married blindly and be confined to the backyard to live a life of taking care of my husband and raising children. What's more, in this era, men are used to having three wives and four concubines, which I don't like either.

I want freedom, to be able to do what I want, without being bound by rules and regulations. But in this world, if a family has a little wealth, the wife can show her face outside. Even though I am not married yet, the villagers have been making up stories about me. Even my grandfather has mentioned it to my father several times. But because of the grace of saving my life, no one said it to my face or spread it in a bad way.

Later, my father got very angry. Besides, he was the highest official in the village and no one could afford to offend him, so he slowly shut up.

What I yearn for is the warmth of a couple in their lifetime, with only each other in their eyes, and no room for a third person..."

Realizing that what she said was a bit shocking, Ruan Qingqing stopped immediately, "Maybe I'm a little naive, but this is my bottom line. I don't want to settle for anything unless there's someone suitable."

"Men with only one wife may be rare in the world, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. As far as I know, General Chi's family has never had any concubines or other such messy people. Even though he lost his wife at an early age, he was too lazy to remarry."

"Oh?" Ruan Qingqing thought about it carefully. It seemed that Chi the hunter really lived alone with his son and usually stayed away from the women in the village.

"If General Chi were here, would you consider him?" Wu Shang asked cautiously.

Thinking of that sunny boy, Ruan Qingqing chuckled, "Maybe!"

Wushang tilted his head.

Under the moonlight, his eyes gradually turned red. His mouth moved for a long time before finally biting tightly.

The evening breeze gradually became cooler, and the two of them stopped talking and just sat there in silence.

"What about you? What kind of girl do you want to marry in the future?" The silent atmosphere made Ruan Qingqing feel a little breathless, and she asked for the sake of conversation.

"How can a person like me be qualified to marry?" Wu Shang laughed at himself.