Chapter 1755: Marriage and Childbirth, Expensive Market Price

The villagers of Taoyuan fishing village, because they often go into the water, have more or less some diseases such as gout, rheumatism, and arthritis.

Alan's father liked to drink when he was young and he often went swimming, so he had all these symptoms.

Fortunately, Alan is a hardworking and capable girl. She climbs the mountains almost every day to pick various wild fruits and brew fruit wine.

These fruit wines can not only be used to supply his father, but can also be exchanged with neighbors for daily necessities.

And her long legs are probably the result of daily mountain climbing.

……

Xiaoqing's 'hundred days' passed quickly.

Today is the wedding day of Su Mingzhe and Alan.

The villagers held a grand wedding for the two, and at night, everyone gathered together, singing and dancing.

Even Alan's hemiplegic father was carried out by everyone to accept everyone's congratulations.

A night of fun ends.

Peace returned to the fishing village.

In order to take care of Alan's father, Su Mingzhe moved to Alan's house.

In order to prevent the squeaking sound of the bamboo bed from irritating Alan's father, Su Mingzhe pressed Alan's father's sleeping point in advance so that he could sleep well until dawn.

……

When Su Mingzhe returned to the bedroom, he saw the bride, Alan, lying on the bed with a towel in her mouth. He was surprised and asked:

"Alan, what are you doing biting the towel?"

"..."

Alan's face blushed a little, he just shook his head slightly and didn't say anything.

Su Mingzhe quickly understood what she meant.

After being amused by the girl's innocence, Su Mingzhe did not remind her.

Practice brings true knowledge.

After all, there are some things that you only know once you experience them.

……

the next day.

Su Mingzhe went out fishing with everyone.

Taoyuan fishing village is secluded from the world, with no taxes and no labor. Everyone lives a very comfortable life and can support their family with just a small amount of work every day.

……

When the men were out fishing, the women were either mending fishing nets or busy with household chores.

Until noon.

Alan's next-door neighbor Gensao came to visit Alan's home, carrying her one-year-old daughter Changsheng, who couldn't run yet.

When Alan saw Gen's wife, a blush immediately appeared on her red face, and then she said shyly:

"Sister-in-law is here."

Sister Gen responded with a smile, moved closer to the bride, and suddenly asked in a low voice with a smile:
"Girl, did you bite the towel last night?"

"Ah."

Alan nodded imperceptibly, then looked at Mrs. Gen gratefully and thanked her softly:

"Sister Gen, thank you for reminding me, otherwise..."

"It's okay. Your mother passed away early. If I, as your sister-in-law, don't remind you, who will?"

As Sister Gen spoke, she sighed:

"Sister, you have a bad fate. When you were born, a fortune teller came to Taoyuan Village. He said that you were born in an unlucky year, month, day and hour, and you are destined to be a lonely star. You will bring misfortune to your father, mother, husband and children. Not long after that, your mother passed away, and our villagers didn't dare to get close to your family. Now that you are married, remember to have a child as soon as possible, so as to avoid... that, you know?"

"Ah."

Alan couldn't help but frown after hearing what Gensao said.

She and Su Mingzhe were newlyweds and were deeply in love, but today she was plotting against the other person. No matter how she heard it, she would not feel comfortable.

However, Mrs. Gen's words made her not dare to be careless.

For a moment, she began to feel embarrassed.

……

It was the afternoon.

Su Mingzhe returned from fishing with other villagers.

Because there has been plenty of rain recently, the harvest is plentiful.

It’s no problem for everyone to fish for one day and then rest for three days.

Of course.

It is impossible for the villagers to rest for three days at a time.

According to custom, everyone fishes for three days and rests for two days.

The extra harvest will be hung in the corridor to dry and made into cured fish.

Had dinner.

Su Mingzhe pressed Alan's father's sleeping point again, telling him to rest early.

There are not many sons-in-law as considerate as Su Mingzhe in this world. Alan's father slept very soundly last night and slept till dawn. He is in particularly good spirits today.

……

When Su Mingzhe returned to the bedroom, he saw Alan lying on the bed with a towel in his mouth. He couldn't help but laugh:

"Alan, a woman will only feel pain once when she gets married..."

"..."

Alan shook his head slightly, blushing, but did not take out the towel.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe was too lazy to persuade him any further.

According to his spiritual observation, many women and men in the fishing village liked to bite a piece of cloth when making love.

I think it is a custom in Taoyuan Village.

Besides, when Alan bit the towel with that extreme expression on his face, Su Mingzhe liked it very much in his heart.

……

Three years passed like this.

Alan finally got pregnant.

This good news alleviated some of Alan's worries.

After ten months of pregnancy, the baby finally matures.

Alan gave birth to a son.

this day.

Su Mingzhe came back from fishing and learned that Alan had given birth. Although he was not upset, he still looked happy:
"Alan, thank you for your hard work!"

"Brother, I'm fine."

Unlike other women in the village who call men "husband", Alan likes to call Su Mingzhe "brother".

Su Mingzhe also followed her.

……

At night.

The neighbors who came to join in the fun left one after another.

Su Mingzhe took his son from Alan's arms and painted a huge "amulet" all over his son's body.

With this amulet, even if those fish monsters, fish demons, and fish spirits have the cultivation level of Golden Immortals, they can't hurt this little guy.

"Brother, I heard from the village chief that there has been very little rain this year and the water level has dropped a lot. In a few days, the tunnel will appear."

Alan said as he took out a small wooden box from under the bed and handed it to the man:

"This is all the savings in the family. When the tunnel appears, you can go to the city and buy a longevity lock for the baby."

……

More than a month passed and it was June.

Several months of drought have allowed the tunnel, which had been submerged for more than ten years, to reappear in the world.

Hundreds of villagers worked together to clear the silt.

July.

Dozens of villagers from Taoyuan Village, led by the village chief, including Su Mingzhe, wearing a short T-shirt, mixed in the team and rushed towards the nearby city.

The nearest city to Taoyuan Village is Qinghe City of Qinghe State in the Western Regions, which is about a hundred miles away by mountain roads.

The villagers carried their loads on their shoulders and walked for almost two days and two nights to arrive.

It would take at least five or six days to make a round trip.

……

this day.

After two days of traveling, the villagers finally arrived at Qinghe City.

After resting for a night outside the city, early the next morning, each person paid five cents as a city gate tax and came to the East Market.

Under the leadership of the village chief, everyone sold the fish directly to several big merchants in the city and earned a total of more than 300 taels of silver.

Afterwards, the village chief led everyone to buy daily necessities.

"The price of salt is much higher than last time, almost three times the normal price."

"The cloth is more expensive, at least four times more expensive!"

The villagers lamented the high prices, but had to buy them despite the pain.

After all, it’s been more than a decade since everyone had this chance to come out and buy supplies.

……

Su Mingzhe didn't say much about the high prices.

After all, every time a tunnel appears, it definitely means drought.

It is common sense that prices would skyrocket when there is a disaster.

You know, in the 21st century, after several heavy rains, those big vegetable merchants dared to raise vegetable prices four or five times.

In comparison, it is common for the prices of salt and cloth to be three to five times more expensive.

(End of this chapter)