"Official, please sit down for a while, I will go and cook for you..."
Ruolan wiped away her tears and turned around and entered the kitchen.
It is said to be a kitchen, but in fact it is just an adobe house that has collapsed in half, and cannot even be protected from wind and rain.
Lin Xu looked at the dilapidated farmyard in front of him, and then at the sunset in the distance, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
According to the memory of the host, the geography, culture, writing, and customs of this world are not much different from the previous life, but the history is completely different. For example, the Daning Dynasty, which has lasted for nearly three hundred years, never appeared in the previous life.
Those splendid cultural treasures of the past life, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, Tang poetry and Song lyrics, etc., do not exist in this world.
In addition, the industrial level of the Daning Dynasty was also relatively backward. According to the memory of the host, it was roughly between the Song and Ming Dynasty in the previous life.
Lin Xu thought to himself, this is probably the legendary parallel world!
Although the beginning was in hell mode, Lin Xu's mood has calmed down after a short period of adaptation.
As a man in science in the 21st century with double doctorates in engineering and materials science, Lin Xu thought to himself that even if he could not become a high official, he could use his professional knowledge to make inventions, open several factories, and produce soap and glass.
, selling things like cement, and becoming a carefree rich man is definitely no problem.
However, now is not the time to think so far ahead. How to collect enough taxes for two people before the end of the month is the most important thing!
Otherwise, once you are really forced to guard the border, it will be very disappointing!
The industrial structure of small mountain villages is very simple, with traditional men farming and women weaving. The productivity is very low and there is no way to make money.
After some thinking, he felt that currently, the fastest way to make money was to go hunting in the mountains.
However, if you want to hunt, you must have tools. You can't even think about hunting with a shotgun, but at least you need a bow and crossbow. You can't catch up with pheasants and hares with just two legs.
Thinking like this, he had an idea in his mind.
Ruolan quickly made the meal, a very simple rice and wild vegetable porridge.
As the name suggests, rice and wild vegetables are mixed with water, mixed together, and cooked. Not only does it not have any oil star, it does not even have salt.
These days, oil and salt are luxuries. In their family’s situation, they can’t even fill their stomachs every day, so how can they be willing to eat such things?
In fact, their family usually eats porridge with whole grains and wild vegetables, but today was a special occasion. Ruolan was so cruel that she took out the last bit of rice at home and cooked it.
However, what she scooped out for Lin Xu was a bowl of thick soup, while in her own bowl, it was clear soup with only a few rice grains.
Lin Xu couldn't help but feel sad, and directly exchanged the bowls.
"Guardian, what are you..."
Ruolan raised her head and looked at Lin Xu with great confusion.
"Let's switch, you eat this."
Lin Xu smiled and said.
"How can that be done? How can I eat this! Come over quickly..."
Ruolan hurriedly tried to exchange the bowls again, but Lin Xu stopped her.
"Guanren, I'm not hungry, let's change over..."
"You spent the whole morning spinning yarn, and in the afternoon you went to the mountains to dig herbs and wild vegetables. You just drank a bowl of gruel in the morning, and you haven't eaten anything yet. Are you still saying you're not hungry?"
"But......"
"It's nothing! Just eat if I tell you to!"
Lin Xu saw that she always disagreed, so he deliberately raised his voice a bit.
Perhaps she was too deeply poisoned by feudal ideas, or perhaps she was bullied too harshly by Lin Xu. Seeing that he was angry, Ruolan didn't dare to say anything more. She held up the bowl obediently and shed tears while eating.
Lin Xu was most afraid of girls crying, and his voice immediately became gentle: "Why are you crying? I didn't mean to hurt you..."
Ruolan quickly put down her rice bowl, wiped her tears and said, "I'm sorry, officer, I didn't mean it... What you just said touched me so much. You even asked me to eat more. I was temporarily
I couldn't hold it back and started crying..."
"No need to say sorry, you didn't do anything wrong..."
Lin Xu couldn't laugh or cry. Are women in this era so gentle and easily satisfied?
Sighing softly, Lin Xu reached out his hand, carefully wiped away the tears on her face, and said softly: "Ruolan, it was my fault in the past. You worked hard and paid so much for this family. Not only do I not
I care about you, love you, and often give you a slap in the face, or even scold you... I used to be such a bastard! But, I promise you, from today on, I will definitely love you well,
I will never let you be wronged again..."
Rural women in this era generally had little status. They were content if they were not beaten or scolded by the men in the family. Where have you heard such tender words?
For a moment, her heart was beating like a deer, and two red clouds flew up on her face.