A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 19 Marriage
Early the next morning, Bai Xia woke up early and took a bucket to fetch water.

Because only half a bucket of water was allowed, she didn't take the water load anymore, but only carried the bucket. Soon, she came back with the water.

After exercising for a period of time, her strength has increased a lot, and it has become a lot easier to carry half a bucket of water.

A piglet weighs only a few dozen catties in total, and some of it is dried and made into jerky, so the amount is even less.

I ate a lot of wild vegetables in a basket, and there was probably half of the basket left.

She cut a lot of bamboo and made them into bamboo tubes to hold water. When she came back after picking the water, she boiled a large pot of boiling water and put the water aside to cool. She grabbed half a basket of wild vegetables and headed towards the village head's house go.

The village head is over sixty years old, and he is 65 years old. Since the official sent that day, he has been ill for a while.

His seniority is higher in the village, so Li Xiuyuan wanted to call him grandpa, but in the village they generally don't call him grandpa, they all call him grandpa, so Bai Xia carried the vegetables, walked outside the gate of the village chief's house, and slapped on the door and shouted: " Grand Duke, is the Grand Duke at home?"

Li Xu is the eldest daughter-in-law of the village head. When she heard the voice open the door, she was surprised when she saw Bai Xia, and then saw her carrying a basket. She hurriedly greeted her, "It's Sanya, come in and sit down."

After speaking, she stepped aside and welcomed Bai Xia into the house.

"Auntie, is the Grand Duke at home?"

"He went to the town and said he was meeting with the chiefs of other villages. He wanted to ask the county master to give us some time. What can you do with your grandpa?" Li Xu's face was also worried. Years have passed, and the sons and daughters-in-law have already separated. Li Xu and her husband are the eldest son and daughter-in-law, so the village chief lives with them.

The children and grandchildren under them add up to a family of more than a dozen people, and the food tax to be paid is also several hundred catties.

So not only the villagers are anxious, even the village chief is also very anxious.

"Then can I wait here for the Grand Duke to come back?"

Bai Xia came here today to get her on the family tree. Of course, it is impossible to just go back. Fortunately, Li Xu is not a harsh person. Fields, but isn't that without success?

Besides, Li Sansheng is indeed a good candidate.

"Sanya, your mother... has anyone found her?" Li Xu hesitated for a moment, but still asked about Lin's whereabouts.

Everyone in the village knew about the fact that Mrs. Lin went to her natal family and disappeared, but at this juncture, everyone was busy preparing food, and no one could get away to help find someone, so except for a sigh Lin and the two babies are suffering, and there is no other way.

You can't ignore the life and death of your family, go help find someone!
Bai Xia doesn't blame them either, after all everyone has to live.

Hearing Li Xu's question, her eyes were red and she said: "No, my grandma and they all said that they have never seen my mother."

She didn't say anything about Lin's being sold, only that she couldn't find anyone.

"Then what about your grain tax?" Li Xu knew that their family had long run out of food, not to mention 350 catties, even a catty of grain would not be available.

Bai Xia wiped her face, then lowered her head and said, "I...I don't know"

O sin.

Li Xu frowned, two dolls, where to find food.

It's just that at this time, no one dared to take over the fields in the hands of these two children. After all, taking over would cost more than 300 catties of grain tax.

It is precisely because of this that Bai Xia never thought of asking the villagers to take him in.

As an adult, Li Xu couldn't say a few words to Bai Xia, she hesitated for a while, seeing Bai Xia kept licking her lips, she brought her a bowl of water in pain.

"Drink some water, your Grand Duke should be back soon"

As soon as Li Xu finished speaking, she heard movement outside, she got up to open the door, and saw the village chief walking towards the house with his hands behind his back and a sad expression on his face.

"Father, you are back"

"How about that?" Li Xu looked at the village head expectantly.

The village chief glanced at her, then shook his head with a sigh, and Li Xu died instantly.

"Why didn't you go out and help with the collection?"

As the crops in the field seemed to be dying, even though the rice was still filling grain, everyone couldn't care less about it, and rushed to harvest it one after another, hoping to produce some grain and save the urgent need.

"No, Sanya is here and said she was looking for you"

Li Xu gestured inside, the village chief frowned, and then said: "Okay, I see, you can go to the field first and see if you can get some food."

After speaking, he walked towards the house.

"Grand Duke"

Bai Xia stood up and greeted the village head respectfully.

Thinking about the current situation of Bai Xia's family, the village head sighed inwardly, and asked, "What do you need from me?"

"Grand Duke, I...I want to marry Brother Yuan"

"What did you say?"

The village head was startled, Yuan brother was only five years old.

Bai Xia also knew that this was not good, but if she did not get married, she would not be able to enter the family tree.

"My lord, you also know that my mother... she is gone, and now there are only me and Brother Yuan left in the family. Anyway, I am his child bride-in-law, and we also have a marriage certificate. Why don't we take advantage of this time to make the marriage a marriage?" Yes, give me a genealogy, or later... later..."

"What's more, there are two days left to pay the food. Seeing that our family can't pay, I can't let brother Yuan die, and I will be alone if I go down. How can I explain to my mother?"

Bai Xia covered her eyes and sobbed, seemingly crying sadly, but actually didn't shed a single tear.

The village head pondered for a moment.

There has never been a precedent for a five-year-old baby getting married in the village, but Bai Xia's family is special, so it's not impossible.

Thinking of the matter of paying the grain, the village chief's heart was heavy again.

"Then when are you going to get married?"

"just today"

"Today? Is there enough time?"

"Grand Duke, there is no food at home, we don't serve wine, we just kowtow in the ancestral hall, and all the etiquette is enough."

There are only two days left, not to mention there is no food at home, even if there is food, it is impossible for Bai Xia to serve wine, there are still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with at home.

"Success, you go back and take Shang Yuan to the ancestral hall, I'll call someone"

The village head nodded, and the rest will be easy to handle.

Bai Xia returned home according to her words, and saw Li Xiuyuan clumsily filling the bamboo tube with water, she couldn't help being overjoyed when she saw her: "Sanya, you're back!"

"Well, let's go, follow me to the ancestral hall"

Without saying much, Bai Xia took his hand and walked towards the ancestral hall. Li Xiuyuan was at a loss, not knowing what to do in the ancestral hall.

When we arrived, we saw the village head standing at the gate of the ancestral hall, and several other clan elders.

"Sanya, we... what are we doing here?"

Li Xiuyuan looked confused, but he was recalling in his mind when he experienced this scene, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he still couldn't think that he had experienced this scene before.

"Li Xiuyuan, Bai Sanya, kneel down"

The village chief has a serious face, with many wrinkles on his old face, which looks a little scary at first glance.

Without any hesitation, Bai Xia pulled Li Xiuyuan and knelt down.

(End of this chapter)