Chapter 126 Breaking the law by not getting married?
Chapter 126 Is it illegal not to get married?
Author: Mu Zixin
Chapter 126 Is it illegal not to get married?
At noon, four dishes and one soup were placed on the dining table in the courtyard.
Judging from the appearance of these dishes, we can tell that these dishes are carefully prepared by Fang Xingtong.
The soup is old duck soup, and the four dishes are stir-fried baby greens with garlic, braised winter melon with ham, braised lion's head, and stewed steak with radish.
Every dish looks exquisite.
Seeing that the dishes were cooked well today, Li Zhongwu went to the house and brought out a bottle of white wine.
When he poured wine for Fang Xingtong, Fang Xingtong asked with a smile: "I heard that you are going to participate in the "Martial Arts Champion" competition. Are you confident about winning the championship?"
Li Zhongwu looked up at her, smiled and asked, "Do you have confidence in me?"
Fang Xingtong chuckled and nodded, "Of course, I believe that the man that Fang Xingtong likes must be one in a million."
Li Zhongwu poured himself a drink and said in a calm tone, "You are so confident, why do you still ask me?"
Fang Xingtong: "It's my business whether I have confidence. Whether you have confidence or not is the most important thing! What? Don't you have the confidence to win?"
She thought he would be modest.
result?
Li Zhongwu put down the wine bottle and raised the glass to signal, "You have confidence, how can I not have confidence?"
Fang Xingtong looked at him in surprise. When she saw the wine glass he was holding, she quickly picked up the glass, clinked the glasses with him, took a sip of wine, and after putting the glass down, she smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so immodest.
Yeah, are you treating the heroes of the world as nothing?"
Li Zhongwu stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and said casually: "I just don't want to appear too hypocritical. In your era, ancient martial arts have been lost. Who else can be my opponent?"
"In our time?"
Fang Xingtong stopped his chopsticks in surprise, looked up at Li Zhongwu in confusion, and asked, "Aren't you from our era?"
Li Zhongwu's expression was very calm, and his tone was still calm, "I used to live in the forest. You know, I left the forest not long ago. As far as I am concerned, I am disconnected from you people in the outside world. Before I left the forest, I
I thought there were many masters in the outside world, but after being out for so long, I discovered that ancient martial arts in the outside world had long been lost. I have been in Tianfu City for so long, and I haven’t even met a master who has developed internal strength."
Fang Xingtong: "..."
After a moment of silence, Fang Xingtong frowned and reminded, "Don't be too careless. Have you forgotten the superpowers I told you before? Among the masters participating in the "Martial Arts Champion" competition this time, there must be masters with superpowers.
, because in the past every "Wu Zhuangyuan" competition, there have been such masters, such as Oleg, the champion of the last "Wu Zhuangyuan" competition. As far as I know, he has supernatural powers. You are here this time.
If you meet him when you go to a competition, you must be careful, because his supernatural powers mean that ordinary people cannot withstand a punch or a kick from him."
Li Zhongwu frowned slightly and raised his eyes to look at her.
"Supernatural powers?"
Fang Xingtong nodded, with a serious expression, "That's right! Oleg not only looks very tall, has a strong resistance to blows, and is very powerful, but in fact, he is also an awakener of supernatural powers. His
The fists and feet are much heavier than what everyone sees."
Li Zhongwu nodded slightly.
But still didn't pay much attention to it.
If it were just a stronger Hercules, he would still not take it seriously.
"Thank you for the reminder, come! Eat some food!"
Li Zhongwu's calm attitude made Fang Xingtong frown slightly, but thinking of the news she had recently received about Li Zhongwu, she suppressed a trace of worry in her heart.
She had already received news of Li Zhongwu's kung fu during the recent filming of "Black Fist" and when he invited Cao Kun, Huo Xinyi and others to film "Black Fist".
Therefore, she had known for a long time that Li Zhongwu might be the number one master in Tianfucheng.
The number one master in Tianfu City is quite valuable. You must know that Tianfu City is the only film and television city in the Great Yan Dynasty. It has gathered countless talents from the entire Great Yan Dynasty and even the world.
Among them are many first-class masters in kung fu.
A master who can make a name for himself in Tianfu City would probably be invincible in other cities.
Therefore, a master like Li Zhongwu, who has beaten almost all the masters in Tianfu City so far, is definitely the best when looking at the entire Great Yan Dynasty.
Therefore, she can understand Li Zhongwu's confidence.
But she was still worried that he would encounter an accident this time when he participated in the "Martial Arts Champion" competition.
Because the masters participating in "Wu Zhuangyuan" are not only from Dayan, but also from all over the world.
There are already famous masters, and there are also newly emerged masters.
As far as she knows, the biggest unknown in every "Martial Arts Champion" competition is the possibility of new supernatural warriors appearing.
These newly emerged psychic warriors may not have been famous originally, but they have become particularly powerful because they have recently awakened some kind of superpower.
Many famous masters will be very uncomfortable facing such supernatural warriors who were not famous before.
Because the masters who have become famous and are good at kung fu are basically known to the outside world.
However, what is the most powerful move of a newly awakened warrior is unknown to the outside world.
This is just like when playing cards, one person reveals his cards and the other conceals them. The chances of winning when betting on revealed cards and concealed cards are naturally much smaller.
Fang Xingtong suppressed a trace of worry in his heart and changed the topic.
"If you can successfully win the championship this time and get the championship bonus back, what do you want to do?"
Li Zhongwu raised his wine glass again to signal.
When she also picked up her wine glass and clinked it with him, he said, "Make a movie! Invest your own money and star in it."
Fang Xingtong took a sip of wine, smiled, and asked, "Are you talking about work, what about relationships? Do you have any plans?"
Li Zhongwu put down his wine glass, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of steak and put it in his bowl, "Find a woman and have some children."
Fang Xingtong was stunned.
I was surprised by his straightforward answer.
I couldn't help but look up at him, "How many children do you want to have?"
Li Zhongwu raised his eyes and looked at her, "How many children do you want to have?"
Fang Xingtong was stunned by the question. She stared at him blankly, with several thoughts flashing through her mind uncontrollably.
——Does he want to marry me? That’s why he asked me how many children I would like to have?
——Is there another hidden meaning in his question? If I say I only want to have one child, will he not consider marrying me? How many children does he want to have? If I say how many children he is willing to have, he
Are you willing to marry me?
——Did he marry a wife just to have children? If not for the purpose of having children, does he not plan to marry a wife?
…
For a moment, N thoughts flashed through her mind.
Thinking that his words might contain a hidden meaning of test, Fang Xingtong felt a little nervous.
Although she had no love or deep feelings for Li Zhongwu, marrying him was the first wish given to her by the Seventh Princess.
She cannot go against the wishes of the seventh princess.
At the same time, being asked this bluntly by Li Zhongwu, she felt a little embarrassed, and her face quickly heated up uncontrollably.
She couldn't help but cough lightly and said softly: "I will give birth to as many children as you want."
This was the safest answer she could think of.
As for how many children she would have in the future, that was a matter for the future. She didn't believe that when she actually married him, he would divorce her because she had fewer children.
A smile appeared at the corner of Li Zhongwu's mouth.
He had heard someone say that between men and women, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, and they treat each other as if they were guests. This is just a legend.
Therefore, even if he hasn't decided to marry her yet, he habitually takes the initiative in the process of getting along with her.
If a woman prevents him from taking the initiative in getting along with him, it is impossible for him to consider being with that woman.
In this regard, he is somewhat chauvinistic at heart.
"You want to marry me so much?"
He couldn't help but ask.
He still couldn't figure out why she, the daughter of a dignified deputy city lord, had such a low profile to pursue him?
Fang Xingtong looked into his eyes, her expression complicated for a moment.
If she really had to choose, Li Zhongwu was not her type.
But she knew that as the daughter of the Fang family, she often could not make her own decisions on marriage matters.
This was the trend throughout the Great Yan Dynasty.
There were many rich and powerful people in the Dayan Dynasty.
What do the rich and powerful fear most?
Of course, it is a fall in class, or a decline in family fortune.
For any powerful and wealthy family, once the class falls, it will be difficult for the descendants to restore the glory of their ancestors.
Therefore, almost every powerful and wealthy family has liked to use marriage to consolidate their power and wealth for thousands of years.
Over time, the children and grandchildren of powerful and wealthy families have been subconsciously influenced since childhood, and gradually their minds will have acquiesced that their future marriages must obey the family's arrangements.
Of course, everyone longs in their heart to be with the person they like.
Therefore, children from these families usually take the initiative to find and select a suitable partner that they like before officially getting married.
It's just that when they choose, they usually subconsciously look for people of the opposite sex in the same class.
No matter how hard it is, find someone with talent and potential.
Because only in this way can their family agree with their choice.
At this moment, Fang Xingtong looked at Li Zhongwu across the dining table, thinking about the question he just asked, and the complicated look in her eyes flashed away.
Reason told her - Li Zhongwu is actually quite good, his appearance is not bad, his kung fu is probably the best in Tianfu City, and his personality is not bad. Except for his mate selection criteria that are a bit weird, everything else is not bad.
Of course, if family background is included, then he will lose a lot of points.
At this time, she was a little lucky that the person whom the Seventh Princess proposed to marry was not a guy she hated.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on her face and she said softly: "In Dayan, I have already reached the age of marriage. You have lived in the isolated forest for a long time, so you may not understand my Dayan etiquette. Since
After the ancient nuclear war caused the near extinction of mankind, every country established by mankind attaches great importance to the reproduction of the race and hopes to expand the human race as soon as possible. The same is true for me, Dayan. Did you know? In Dayan, men do not marry until they are 20 years old, and women do not marry until they are 18.
If you don't marry, you are guilty and you have to pay a fine every year. If a man doesn't marry after 25, and if a woman doesn't marry after 23, not only is she guilty, her parents are also guilty, and they have to pay a higher fine every year. I am 24 this year, and I have been
I have paid a fine for six years, and my parents have also paid a fine for two consecutive years because I am still unmarried."
After a pause, she ignored the surprised expression of Li Zhongwu and continued: "Do you know? What is the first thing a girl of my age will consider after meeting a new person of the opposite sex? Is this person suitable for her?
Marry me!
Yes! With my net worth, my parents and I don’t care about the fine we pay every year, but it feels bad to pay the fine, do you understand?
And after I get to know you, I feel more and more that if I can marry you, I should be happy. Are you willing to give me this happiness?"
After saying that, she looked at Li Zhongwu seriously.
Waiting for Li Zhongwu's statement.
Li Zhongwu looked at her, still surprised by the Great Yan etiquette she just said.
If a woman doesn't marry when she's 18 and a man doesn't marry when he's 20, is he himself guilty? If he is older, are his parents also guilty?
If there really is such etiquette, at my current age... no one will come back and ask me to pay the fine for being unmarried for many years, right?
Fortunately, they can't find my parents now. Otherwise, if my parents were forced to pay a fine because of this, they would definitely urge me to get married every day, right?
Being single is sinful…
This kind of etiquette really shocked him.
When he first heard about this etiquette, he felt like he was hearing a joke.
But when I think about it carefully, I think it makes sense.
After all, after the global nuclear war, mankind was almost extinct, and all human civilizations and cultures were almost broken.
When the radiation from the nuclear war gradually subsides, it seems reasonable that after the nuclear war, the human race will repopulate and grow stronger on this devastated land and attach great importance to reproduction.
Just like when he was a student, he saw similar laws in the past dynasties in history books.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that women must marry at the age of fifteen, but later it was changed to the age of thirteen.
Li Zhongwu didn't pay attention to these regulations on marriage in this era before, mainly because this era is superficially very similar to the technological society of the early 21st century.
The degree of technological advancement in this era made him subconsciously think that marriage here was also free, and that it was normal for men and women not to get married in their twenties and thirties.
The Dayan Etiquette that Fang Xingtong just mentioned suddenly made him realize that he was breaking the law by not getting married at his age.
"What's the annual fine?"
Facing Fang Xingtong's eyes, Li Zhongwu changed the topic.
At the same time, he was indeed a little curious.
Seeing that he did not express his position, Fang Xingtong sighed secretly, with a somewhat disappointed look in his eyes, and said casually: "It's not much. The fine is 1,000 in the first year, increased to 1,500 in the second year, and 3,000 in the third year. Every time it is postponed for one year, it will be fined."
On the basis of the previous year, the fine will be increased by 500.”
Li Zhongwu nodded slightly and felt that the fine was not much.
But although the fine is not much, it is very humiliating.
Just imagine: a man or woman, year after year, can't get a wife or get married. He feels very sad and has to pay higher and higher fines every year. Later, his parents will also follow suit.