The two of them returned to their respective rooms with their own thoughts.
Li Yuyan slept in the wedding room, and Lin Xiao slept in the study room.
Lying on a single bed made of wooden boards, Lin Xiao stared at the gray ceiling with bright eyes, planning what to do next.
At least we have to solve the problem of food and clothing first!
According to the memory of the original owner, all the villagers in the nearby villages make a living by farming.
Occasionally, he would go up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and hunt during non-busy farming seasons to improve the living conditions at home.
However, due to the remote location of Linjia Village, the land is not fertile. In a year with good weather, the entire year's harvest, excluding taxes, is just enough for the family to make ends meet.
If you encounter a bad year, you won’t even be able to pay taxes after a year’s hard work, and many people will starve to death!
"What can we do to solve the current problem of food and clothing?"
Lin Xiao rubbed her half-full belly and thought to herself.
You must farm, it is your own skill, you cannot give up, but not now.
After all, it takes too long to get results from farming, and she can't wait that long.
What's more, she doesn't even have the money to buy grain seeds now, so she can't farm even if she wants to!
"Why don't you write down a few Tang poems and Song lyrics and sell them in Jiuzhou town for money?"
"Or you can go to the mountains to see if there are any eggs from pheasants and ducks. You can get some money by selling them."
only……
Does anyone want these?
A penny stumps a heroic man, and it is really difficult to move without money!
Lin Xiao's mind was running wildly, and it wasn't until late in the night that sleepiness hit her, and she fell asleep...
The sky was slightly bright, and Li Yuyan got up early.
He didn't sleep much all night, not because he was worried that Lin Xiao would betray his promise, but because he was planning how to take revenge on the current sage Li Yuquan.
Whether it is to seduce the emperor or hire murderers, a large amount of financial assistance is needed.
He has been hiding incognito for these years and can't even provide food and clothing. How can he have the money to take revenge?
You can't risk it and go to the gentry and nobles to raise funds, right?
Don't talk about money then, even your life will be involved!
This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work either, the more I think about it, the more annoyed I get!
Li Yuyan angrily kicked the wooden bucket filled with water in the kitchen. The bucket immediately fell apart and made a not-so-small muffled sound.
I thought the sound would wake up Lin Xiao, but there was no movement in the study.
"That guy was very weak. Could he have died in the study?"
Thinking of this, Li Yuyan tiptoed open the study door and found Lin Xiao lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
He stood in front of the bed and stared at Lin Xiao blankly.
Long eyelashes, fair skin, high bridge of nose, light pink lips, she looks so beautiful!
It would be nice if Lin Xiao was a girl!
Li Yuyan stole a few more glances at Lin Xiao's face while he was sleeping, then gently withdrew, and quickly started to make breakfast.
As soon as breakfast was cooked, Lin Xiao walked out of the study after waking up.
He followed the example of the women and brought the wash water he had prepared to Lin Xiao and helped her rinse her mouth and face.
"Thank you!"
Lin Xiao smiled, revealing a row of white teeth, which dazzled Li Yuyan.
As early as in Lijiacun, Li Yuyan had heard of Lin Xiao, the only scholar in the whole country.
Don’t scholars value red tape the most?
Why does Lin Xiao feel different from ordinary scholars and seems to have no pretensions?
Lin Xiao's next words shocked Li Yuyan even more.
"Yu Yan, I usually like to sleep in. If you prepare a meal, eat it first. Don't be formal. You are also the master of this house. We are equal."
In Lin Xiao's concept, since two people want to live under the same roof in the future, they must treat each other as equals, otherwise it will become a relationship of slavery and being enslaved.
This is something that Lin Xiao, who has the correct outlook on life, will never accept!
Li Yuyan's eyes suddenly widened, he looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief, and opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a word.
You must know that in the evil feudal society, the status of women is extremely low.
In peaceful times, women were tools for carrying on the family line, hardworking servants in the family, working as cows and horses.
In times of war and famine, women became hard currency, which could be bought and sold at will, and even used as food to fill our stomachs.
Even if it is a high-ranking royal family, the princess is just a link to maintain peace between the two countries.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao actually believed that men and women have an equal relationship. How could Li Yuyan not be surprised!
He developed a subtle interest in this "little man" who was not astonishing in appearance and even somewhat good-looking.
Lin Xiao didn't think there was anything surprising about this. She sat down and ate her breakfast.
Breakfast is wild vegetable pancakes. Li Yuyan uses a stone mill to grind brown rice into rice flour, and then mixes it with wild vegetables from the field behind the house to make pancakes. It smells fragrant.
"I saw that you didn't eat much last night. I was wondering if you didn't like porridge, so I spread out some pancakes. I don't know if they suit your taste."
"Yeah, it's very fragrant, but there's just not enough salt."
Lin Xiao took a big bite and commented while chewing.
When Li Yuyan heard this, he rolled his eyes at Lin Xiao and said calmly: "The salt jar at home is empty."
"Let's go to Jiuzhou Town to buy some and come back later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiao realized from the memory of the original owner that salt and sugar were scarce commodities in the Great Xia Dynasty.
Not to mention how expensive it is, it's not cheap either. Ordinary people can't afford a can of it all year round.
This is another important reason why the people of the Great Xia Dynasty were weak and pale.
Moreover, the technology for producing salt and sugar was all controlled by the imperial court, and ordinary people could not even read the words, let alone master the technology.
Of course, some people who wanted to make quick money tried to refine it, but in the end, many people were poisoned to death, and they themselves also fell into the trap of killing everyone.
Therefore, many people are shunned by this business.
Besides, Lin Xiao had used the only five copper coins at home to exchange for food last night. He couldn't even afford grain seeds, so how could he have any spare money to buy salt?
Since you can’t buy salt, why not make your own?
Anyway, the method of making salt is not difficult.
Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.
There are generally three traditional methods of making salt: seawater salt, brine salt and rock salt.
Jiuzhou Town is an inland area. There is no sea, so salt production from seawater and salt from brine is not feasible.
Nowadays, the only method of making salt from rock salt can be tried.
But where to find rock salt?
Lin Xiao's expression darkened.
Later I will go to the town of Jiuzhou to see if I can sell a few poems by Li Bai, Du Fu and others to supplement the family income.
"I'm going to Jiuzhou Town later to buy some grain and come back."
Li Yuyan took a bite of the cake and said expressionlessly.
"Are you... rich?"
"Well, two copper coins, I saved them myself."
Isn’t that the dowry of Li Yuyan (Li Yuyan)?
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