“Who are you! How do you know my surname?”
The woman in white armor held a dagger to Li Wannian’s throat. At this moment, Li Wannian’s heart was pounding in his chest. He knew the woman in front of him was no ordinary person; her chest was truly large!
“My surname is Li, and my name is Li Wannian. I’m a farmer from Li Family Village and came here to get some wild game! Just two days ago, the government assigned me three wives with the Lin surname, which is why I asked!”
Li Wannian quickly explained, and the woman also thought it was just a coincidence!
“Cough, cough!”
The woman’s face flushed, and she collapsed to the ground, falling unconscious.
Seeing the woman in this state, Li Wannian didn’t want to bother with her anymore and simply got up and left.
After walking for about a hundred zhang, perhaps feeling a bit guilty, or perhaps thinking he might have another opportunity, he returned to the spot.
“You’re lucky to have run into me!”
Li Wannian removed her armor and placed it in his basket.
Although he had the strength of two adults, climbing mountains all day, plus the weight of the prey and the armor, was still very tiring.
By the time he reached the village entrance, his legs were trembling.
“Old Li, who is this woman?”
Li Zhiming was very curious to see Old Li carrying an unfamiliar young wife back.
“I don’t know, I picked her up by the roadside!”
Li Wannian didn’t want to explain too much.
“You’re not going to take her home again, are you?”
“Otherwise? I’m the only one left in my lineage, and I’m not young anymore. The more wives, the more paths!”
As Li Wannian said this, Li Zhiming found it reasonable and didn’t press further. However, some young wives and old aunties in the village looked at Li Wannian carrying his new wife back with curious gazes, but the woman’s face was buried in Li Wannian’s embrace, making her unrecognizable.
“Oh, can this old man handle it?”
“I don’t think so. My husband isn’t as old as Old Li, but besides drooling all over me, he’s useless!”
.......
Li Wannian ignored the villagers’ crude remarks and headed straight for his small thatched hut.
Soon, he arrived home.
“Husband, who is this person?”
Lin Wanxian looked at Li Wannian carrying an unfamiliar woman back, very curious and a bit wary.
“I don’t know, I picked her up by the roadside!”
Li Wannian placed her on the floor in the living room, and for a moment, everyone was unsure how to proceed.
“Husband, what do you plan to do next?”
Lin Wanqing asked.
“Let’s keep her at home for now and see. If she doesn’t die, we’ll raise her. If she dies, we’ll just discard her!”
Li Wannian could only say this, as medical conditions in this world were not good. For illness or injury, most people relied on willpower and immunity.
“Husband, you dug up some herbs. Are any of them for healing? Should we brew some for her to try?”
Lin Wanxian was still relatively kind-hearted. Seeing an injured woman outside, she wanted to help.
“Mm, and start cooking as well!”
Li Wannian sat down; he was indeed hungry.
“Older Sister sewed a reed quilt today. I’ll cover her with it, or she’ll catch a cold!”
Third Sister Lin Wanqing, seeing the situation, also felt pity.
“I’ll prepare the medicine. I know about medicinal properties!”
Lin Wanyan also volunteered to help. Her knowledge of medicinal properties surprised Li Wannian a bit, but it was better than nothing.
.......
The sun gradually set. The food and herbs at home were ready. Lin Wanqing personally fed the unfamiliar woman the medicine. Gradually, her pale complexion improved a bit, but she remained unconscious.
In the evening, Li Wannian looked at the wild game that was already prepared. There wasn’t much oil, just the natural fat from the game itself, plus some salt, which was considered a delicacy.
Because they ate meat in the evening, they didn’t have dry rice but instead drank porridge. He also left a bowl for the unconscious woman. After finishing their meal, Lin Wanqing fed the porridge to the unfamiliar woman.
At this point, everyone had to consider how to rest. Li Wannian also felt sleepy; he was indeed too tired.
“Husband, it’s not good for her to lie directly on the ground; she might catch a cold. Should we put her on the bed?”
Lin Wanxian, with her kind-hearted nature, couldn’t bear to see the unfamiliar woman sleeping on the cold ground.
“But my home only has two beds. If she also sleeps on the bed with you, won’t it be a bit crowded?”
Li Wannian said.
“How about this: Third Sister and this woman sleep together, and Wanyan and I sleep with Husband tonight?”
When Lin Wanxian suggested this, Li Wannian was no longer sleepy.
“My wife’s suggestion is good; it’s decided!”
Li Wannian felt that his eldest wife understood him very well.
It was just that Lin Wanyan was a bit embarrassed.
But there was no other way; the house was indeed too small, and this arrangement was reasonable. However, he felt that the thatched hut at home needed an extension. The current situation was clearly not enough for everyone.
However, he couldn’t add a brick house because bricks and tiles were expensive. With more people in the family now, most of the money should still be spent on food, so they could only build a thatched hut.
Now was the lean season, and he planned to hire two laborers from the village to help build the house. The most they would need was some dry rice.
........
Inside Li Wannian’s room, two soft, fragrant wives entered the bed. Having gained experience, they were no longer as shy.
“Husband, your hand is poking me!”
Lin Wanyan said.
“Alright, it’s my fault as your husband!”
......
Next door, Lin Wanqing monitored the unfamiliar woman’s breathing while listening to the sounds from next door, feeling incredibly hot and bothered.
......
Early the next morning.
“Husband, please hurry and call people. We’ll cook, and after we eat, we’ll add to the house!”
Lin Wanxian urged.
Li Wannian reluctantly got out of bed because the joyful time was too short.
“Alright!”
Li Wannian called several strong laborers from the village. There were plenty of wood and soil in the village, so building a thatched hut was not a problem.
He also called over that young man, Li Chenghua. Although this kid was usually disrespectful to him, he had strength, and now that he wasn’t afraid of these young people, he boldly called him over.
In addition, the three sons of Village Head Li Zhiming’s family also came. Although the Village Head’s family was slightly wealthier, his three grown sons ate a lot, and their own lives were difficult, so they came along to help build the house.
The four young men didn’t enter the house; they just squatted at the entrance with their hands tucked into their sleeves. It was still very cold early in the morning, and they kept looking into the house, probably wanting to see the beautiful young aunts.
Li Wannian saw through it but didn’t say anything; after all, he had been the same way back then.
The Village Head didn’t let his sons marry wives from the government because he wanted to hold out for a few more years. Otherwise, the chances of surviving on the battlefield were too small.
“Dinner is ready!”
The three women brought out the rice. Although all three women were good-looking, especially Lin Wanxian with her full bosom, the young men stared intently.
However, after seeing the dry millet rice, the young men’s minds were no longer on the women.
As the saying goes, ‘When well-fed, lust arises.’ Without a full stomach, no one would think about matters of men and women.
“Thank you, Auntie!”
The four each took a bowl of dry millet rice and ate heartily, but it was just one bowl of rice; there was no more, even though the young men were not full.
After eating, Li Wannian drew circles on the ground. He planned to build a quadrangle courtyard, so he would build another room next to the main body, and when he had the energy, he would build another room.
The four people did some preliminary work, mainly preparing materials such as mud bricks, trees, and thatch.
This process took seven days. Once the materials were ready, it was time for construction, which took another seven or eight days. For a full half-month, they were busy with this task.
The construction was very simple, without the need for careful foundation work, which saved time.
During this half-month, the unfamiliar woman remained unconscious in the room.
Looking at the newly built house, Li Wannian went into the mountains again to hunt some wild game, planning to celebrate with his family that evening!
“Husband, those two ginseng plants have already been dried! Do you plan to soak them in wine or brew them into a medicinal soup to drink?”
Before making dinner, Lin Wanxian asked.
Li Wannian knew that ginseng was a great tonic. He had searched almost the entire mountain and only found these two ginseng plants. Once consumed, these two ginseng plants could significantly improve one’s physique and even prolong life!
“Brew the ten-year-old one into a medicinal soup, and save the thirty-year-old one for me!”
Li Wannian decided to try the effect of the ten-year-old one first. If it truly could extend life by ten years as rumored, he felt it was more worthwhile than marrying a wife.
“Yes, Husband!”
Lin Wanxian never thought of eating this ginseng herself. In this world, the husband is the guide for the wife. The husband’s thoughts are the wife’s thoughts. Lin Wanxian always adhered to this concept.
Then the three women became busy: some brewing medicine, some cleaning, and some cooking. When the food was almost ready, he walked into another room and saw the woman lying on the bed.
For the past half-month, although she had been in a coma, her breathing had stabilized a lot. However, the three women had also worked hard to care for her. Fortunately, she hadn’t needed to relieve herself, which Li Wannian found very strange. After all, the three women fed her porridge every day, and after half a month, if she wasn’t defecating, she should at least be urinating.
He even wondered if this person had anal or urinary retention, because once this problem occurred, people would die. For example, eunuchs castrated in the palace were prone to urinary retention, and most of them died from this reason.
He was just being kind. He lifted the quilt and then put his hand into the bedding, intending to physically ascertain whether there was a problem with her body.
Coincidentally, just as he felt everything was normal, the woman opened her eyes.
