There are more men and fewer women in Daxia, and female babies are expensive, and over time, the marriage customs have also changed.

Marriage depends on the woman's wishes, and there are those who are monogamous and those who are polyandandry. As for polygamy, except for the royal family, there are very few among the people.

Ye Xiaoman sat in the hall, drinking water slowly, while listening to her father and mother count.

"Last month, you suddenly fell asleep, and Langzhong in Shili and Eight Villages saw it, and I couldn't say why, I just said that you were asleep."

"Your father and I are dying of sorrow, and a passing Taoist priest said that you are lacking in yang energy, and asked five boys to give you joy."

"I ran all over the radius with your mother, and the only dozen taels in the family cost all the money to buy it for you, ah no, marry back five children."

"I finally woke you up, why do you blame us? It's really unconscionable. ”

"Those who still kneel to them and talk nonsense, these days, wives and husbands have committed taboos, meaning to abandon their husbands, to break the man's lifespan, and to make the family restless."

Ye Xiaoman opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to explain it to her father.

In Huangliang's dream, she grew up peacefully until she was sixteen years old, and by chance she got a magical jade plaque and learned superb dyeing skills.

She saved a lot of money by dyeing cloth, became a big landlord in Donglin County, and married Su Changqing, a childhood sweetheart, and lived a leisurely and happy life.

One day, a group of senior officials passed by Donglin County to find a few remote villages and call her for questioning.

She went and found that all of them were not small, the prime minister, the mighty general, the chief eunuch of the imperial palace, the head of the imperial hospital, and the president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

It's just that fierce and vicious appearance, not like someone who came to look for relatives, but like someone who came to seek revenge, Ye Xiao was full of panic, and when he kowtowed, he didn't stop it, hit the steps, and his eyes were dark, and he returned to the present.

"Dad, mother," Ye Xiaoman asked suspiciously, "Where did you find the five of them?" ”

Speaking of this, Aunt Ye was very proud, pointed to the five people working outside, and told her one by one.

"The tallest and good-looking one is called Qi Ye, and he is already fifteen years old. The black and thin one next to him is his little brother, named Qi Shan, who is only ten years old and as old as you. ”

"The two of them are the sons of the Orion family in the mountains behind him, the four sons in the family, they can't afford to raise them, I heard that my family is recruiting a son-in-law, don't change the surname, and send the child over, as long as three taels of silver."

Ye Xiaoman was embarrassed to tell her mother that in the future, one of the two of them would be the world-famous prime minister, and the other would be a mighty general born with divine power.

"The kid who washed the tank over there, a little stunned, called Bai Qiu, twelve years old, belonged to the former village Xiucai's family, but unfortunately his father and mother died early, this child followed his uncle, and his aunt couldn't tolerate him.

Her mother was very distressed about the three taels of silver in her words, and Ye Xiaoman was embarrassed to say that Bai Qiu would be the head of the Tai Hospital in the future, and he would be alone in the world with his medical skills.

"The kid who washes vegetables is pretty, and I can't find a more beautiful baby than him in ten miles and eight villages. His name is Wei Mian, he is also twelve years old, and he is the adopted son of the butcher of Wei in the next village. ”

"The Wei family is too black-hearted," Aunt Ye said angrily: "I really can't see how to sell such a beautiful baby to the eunuch, and I spent five taels of silver to save him." ”

Ye Xiaoman wanted to speak and stopped, if her mother didn't prevent Wei Mian from entering the palace, she would be the chief eunuch in the future, and she didn't know whether this rescue was right or wrong.

"And the one, the one who sweeps the floor with a broom, the baby who always smiles, is called Tao Ran, thirteen years old. He is a wild child who lives with his grandmother. This child is sensible, took the initiative to enter our house, asked for two taels of silver, and gave it all to his grandmother, which is very filial. ”

Wild child means illegitimate child.

Ye Xiaoman knew that Tao Ran was not a good stubble, he was the president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and it was said that he was very scheming.