Although some people in the alleys do not live very rich lives, there is no shortage of people who have wives and concubines. Those women are not so-called wives and concubines at all, and there are no matchmakers at all.
Most of them are women who have lost the protection of their families due to the war and have to survive everywhere. Some of the more handsome women just keep up with some men just to stay alive.
Forced by life, they only want to have a place to take them in, so that they don't have to go through ups and downs, and there is still some food to eat and to survive.
In many cases, people give up a lot in order to live, such as chastity, which does not exist in troubled times. In troubled times, law and morality have become rootless duckweeds and are not needed at all.
Many times people live like pigs, lingering on for a while, even so they don't want to die. It is very common to sell one's body in order to live, and there are many such women in the alleys.
Some men will actually get married when they get the body of an exiled woman, and cherish their home very much, because they have never been able to find a suitable person. Now that they have a wife, they also have a family.
There are situations like this, where two people who are very lonely in troubled times hug together for warmth. They can truly become a family. It is also possible that the man will leave the family halfway because he will go to the battlefield and may die early.
There are also men who just want women to accompany them. In these years, he naturally has a woman who is like his wife by his side. She is responsible for taking care of everything for him, and she also has to work with the women in the family to earn money.
The status of wives and concubines is unilaterally determined by women. After all, they have lived together in the name of husband and wife for several years, and even have children. What are they other than husband and wife? Later women who came later naturally became concubines.
But a man who doesn't want to take on more responsibilities doesn't think of that woman as his wife, but as a concubine at most. How can he get married if there is no matchmaker at all?
Men wholeheartedly believe that they have a great future, no matter how hard it is, sooner or later they will embark on an official career and there will be better candidates for their wives.
He knew that there was a companion who was not as good as him before. By chance, he found a noble girl from a small family to be his wife. Compared with the women who are following him now, there is really no way to compare her face, expression, body shape, etc.
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It was when Ling Xiao came to see Yang Juan that someone took notice of her. Although in Ling Xiao's opinion, the original owner was just pretty, in other people's eyes she was considered a beauty with her fair skin, regular facial features, and slim figure.
, coupled with your superb temperament, you will naturally be recognized.
There were also rumors that there was an expert around Ling Xiao, but it was later confirmed, which made people even crazier. It would be great if there was someone with that kind of powerful force beside him.
He wanted to climb up, but it was too difficult. As a commoner, if he wanted to climb up, he had to be unafraid of death. But he wanted to live even more, so he looked around for people who could be used for him, but there were few people who were easy to fool.
After seeing Ling Xiao's situation, he had some thoughts, because if he married Ling Xiao, wouldn't he have a master? And he was the kind of person who didn't dare to betray.
Although this man had several concubines, he had no wife and was willing to use his wife's throne to form an alliance. Unfortunately, Yang Juan and his wife were not willing to make peace with each other, saying that Ling Xiao would never get married.
The man suspected that the couple was not willing to let their adopted sister get married, so as not to ruin their own good things. This time when he heard that Li Erlang was leaving, he thought that someone would come to see him off, so he ran over.
As a result, Xiao He used a stick to block him behind him. He looked at the stick above his head and thought that if it fell down, he would be killed or injured. He was so frightened that his legs became weak. It was really terrible.
He only remembered that the masters were very capable and could defeat the enemy, but he forgot to mention one thing. Most of these capable people were unruly masters. How could they be plotted by him?
This discovery made him sweat profusely. He was so frightened that after he apologized repeatedly, Xiao He put away his stick and made a gesture to let him leave. The man left at a faster speed. It was really scary.
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Li Erlang saw this scene. The way this person dealt with it was completely violent, but it was particularly satisfying at this time. He couldn't help but feel a little pity that she was a woman. She was really such a powerful person.
On second thought, it's quite good, because it shows that this person's methods are not gentle at all, and there is no need for tenderness in this turbulent world.
The only way to make the jackal not think about her is to be more ferocious than the jackal, so that those evil people dare not provoke them easily, and Ling Xiao feels that she can do this. No wonder Yang Dalang is not worried about joining the rebel army. With her in the Yang family
Right there.
He had to admit that the Yang family brother and sister were really blessed. This adopted sister was worth recognizing. Hey! He glanced at his wife and only hoped that with his wife here, the He family's wife would take care of the Li family.
I hope that if something happens one day, his family can find Ling Xiao. After all, the distance is relatively close, so that those weak women can be protected.
He wanted to talk to his wife about this, because the danger in the future was very great. What if Li Jiulang wanted to disgust him and let people deal with his family? He didn't say much. After all, his wife was very smart, and she only needed a little bit.
I understand a lot of things.
For this reason, the couple went to another place to be alone. Ling Xiao naturally didn't care. She felt that Li Erlang had a good impression of Yang Juan. This is great! Let's see how it develops in the future.
After bidding farewell to Li Erlang and his entourage, Ling Xiao would take Yang Juan back to her husband's house, but Ling Xiao did not expect that Yang Juan would give the song she had brought to her husband, hoping to allow him to return safely.
Ugh! At this time, Yang Juan was still a bride and a woman who cared about her husband. Women always thought they had met their beloved, but in fact, their beloved would turn into a werewolf.
Ling Xiao secretly complained about this, but did not raise any objections openly, because now the objections may not be accepted by the Yang brothers and sisters, but will cause a certain gap between them.
In this case, Ling Xiao will wait and see if this husband will do anything to feel sorry for Yang Juan. Anyway, it's just a matter of waiting a few more years.
At this moment, Li Erlang and his wife seemed to be very harmonious. One was talking and the other was listening. Looking at this scene, Ling Xiao glanced at it and stopped looking. Now the two of them looked quite equal. As the saying goes, they have both talent and beauty.
Two people.
The two have just gotten married, because there is no close relationship, but because they have not experienced the long-distance marriage, and there is no outsider's intervention, they are still just two people, and there is a somewhat sweet feeling, but in the end how long it can last is a question.
Men in ancient times, especially men from big families, were handsome and handsome, but the education they received never believed that they would protect themselves for women. Having other women besides their wives was very important to them.
normal.
What would women think? In a patriarchal society, they cannot resist the secular rules of three wives and four concubines, but they can avoid giving their true emotions to avoid getting hurt.
And Yang Juan still prefers her husband now. No matter how sensible a girl is, she will be overwhelmed when meeting a handsome boy. This is a normal and real reaction.
Yang Juan liked her husband a little in her heart, but she knew one thing more: Just listen to what the man said and don't take it seriously. If you really take it seriously, you will be the unlucky one.
But they are the kind of legitimate couple. If the husband feels that she, as a wife, doesn't care about him at all, I'm afraid Li Erlang will be extremely unhappy.
Yang Juan sees this very clearly, and naturally she will not tell her husband: she doesn't care much about his actions, and as long as he doesn't do anything excessive, they will live like this, but they must not go too far.
Looking at the confident Yang Juan, Ling Xiao couldn't help but laugh, and secretly told Yang Juan to pay attention to her heart, because she was afraid that over time, there would be problems between the couple.
The same thing caused the couple to have completely different reactions. Whether Yang Juan can survive this love crisis depends on her understanding.
If a woman is obsessed with giving her all to a man, she will often get nothing in the end, because this is not equal love, but more of a dog-licking kind of admiration.
Completely forgetting your original intention, you will only laugh for others, cry for others, go crazy for others, and ultimately make yourself not like yourself.
Thank you that Ling Xiao has never had these needs and basically ignores the love between men and women. She is the kind of steely straight woman who has no understanding of romance at all and has no thoughts in that regard at all.
The question now is if Li Erlang plans to get married and asks Yang Juan to give up his wife's position, what will Yang Juan do? At this moment, she is waiting with some curiosity.
She wanted to say to the Yang family: If you blindly give in to your wife's position, you will only find that there is an abyss behind you, and you will never be buried if you step back.
I wonder if Yang Juan will survive the so-called love crisis? Ling Xiao didn't say anything now, just watching slowly, wanting to see what would happen to them.
No matter how it develops, this is completely a private matter between Yang Juan and his wife. Ling Xiao is not going to take action. Yang Juan should get through it by herself. She will be more mature after this disaster. This is a disaster that she must get through.
When the time came for them to break up, they saw the couple holding hands and looking at each other, but they were finally about to separate. Later, Li Erlang got on his horse and left, never looking back.
Yang Juan was a little disappointed. Even though she tried hard to control her heart, she still fell in love with Li Erlang. Fortunately, they didn't get along long enough and she was able to resist that ray of love.
Ling Xiao kept paying attention and did not offer any opinions. He waited for Yang Juan to calm down before preparing to take her back to her husband's house. Most of her servants and money were in the Li family.
After listening to Ling Xiao's words, Yang Juan quickly cheered up, because she still had a lot of things to do, so she vacated the house first, leaving most of the things inside untouched, only taking away Yang Juan's dowry.
They walked relatively safely along the way. Nowadays, people with long eyes will basically avoid it when they see the Suzaku flag with the word "congratulations" embroidered on it. Therefore, the group of people reached Li's house without fighting. When they got there, someone came to pick up Yang Juan.
Ling Xiao asked those who were keeping the food to go home first. When they arrived at this place, it was not far from the Yang family. They had been following her for a while and had some independence.
After this time of collecting food, Ling Xiao also specially trained them along the way. Otherwise, what would they do with a team of pig teammates? Fortunately, they have been trained to some extent, and they have a bit more military literacy than ordinary people. The training
A handful is still useful.
Most of the people who follow her are either young people or middle-aged people. They may not be very energetic, but these people are obedient. As long as they are obedient, things will be easy for them. They all work very hard.
Speaking of which, these so-called middle-aged people are all in their thirties. In ancient times, food production was insufficient, and people could not even eat enough carbohydrates, let alone protein.
The common people may not be able to eat a piece of meat all year round, they even have very little cooking oil, and lack a lot of nutrients. Under such circumstances, it is strange that people's health has improved.
People under the age of forty are often older than those who are sixty years old in later generations. There is also the problem that the human body needs calcium supplements, which all lead to the ancient people not living long enough. For many periods of time, the life span of the ancients was an average of four
About ten years old.
In order to cope with this bad situation, the ancients generally got married early and had children early. There are quite a lot of people who became grandparents in their early thirties. In later generations, many couples just gave birth to children in their early thirties, which is a big difference.
a generation.
Ling Xiao and these people paid great attention to these things and tried hard to keep them well fed when they went out. Fortunately, there was a lot of game outside, which could help them replenish their bodies.
In the process, it taught them a lot of things so that they could live better lives. Those people were very happy because it was rare to be able to teach these things in ancient times.
Ling Xiao reminded them to eat cooked food as much as possible for all the food they eat. This is because game and wild vegetables may contain viruses and bacteria, and raw food is more dangerous.
After heating, viruses and bacteria on the food can be killed, and some parasites in the food will also be burned to ensure people's safety to the maximum extent.
After getting the food, another problem arose: meat is difficult to preserve. In this process, there is no power supply, and there is no refrigerator or freezer to store it. Ling Xiao taught how to preserve meat, such as curing and bacon.
She naturally knows that pickled foods increase the possibility of causing cancer, but living in a precarious and troubled world, she must first ensure that she can eat enough before talking about cancer-causing issues.
When Ling Xiao asked them to learn, each one of them was full of energy, listening and memorizing. Maybe they were still illiterate, but they still worked hard in learning these aspects.
Because after learning these skills and teaching them to my family after returning home, this is a rare opportunity. This is Ling Xiao's reminder to them that it is really good to learn more skills.
After some subtle influence, those people have become people of a certain level. They are completely different from their previous spirits. Because they came back late this time, Ling Xiao will let them go home by themselves. After all, their family should be waiting for them.