I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

However, seeing that Shouhou and Goudan assured them solemnly that they dug up these kinds of wild grasses and roots yesterday and sold them at the town's pharmacy, and even told them the price of each herb, Boss Ye and the others believed them. Otherwise, why would Third Brother ask them to dig these? How would he get the money?

In addition to the Ye family and the skinny monkey, there were several families in the Ye clan who were having a really hard time, and one or two people from each family went up the mountain with the group. They went later than Boss Ye and his group, so they didn't collect as many herbs as they did. Everyone had almost half a basket of herbs in their backpacks, more or less, all neatly stacked.

At this moment, people gathered in Ye Ze's yard. They wanted to leave the collected herbs at Ye's house so that Ye Ze could sell them for them when he went to sell the herbs. This way, they would save themselves the trouble of making another trip to the town.

Ye Ze agreed and weighed them individually with the beam scale at home. He wrote down the weight of various herbs on paper before asking them to group herbs of the same type together and empty the backpacks.

"Okay, everyone knows how much they have dug. I'll take it to town to sell it for money tomorrow, and I'll give you the money tonight."

"it is good!"

Since the tribesmen chose to believe Ye Ze, they naturally agreed to his arrangement and immediately went back to their homes.

After weighing the herbs, it was already late. Shouhou and Goudan stayed at the Ye family for dinner. They were told to come over the next morning and the Ye family would provide them with meals. Only then did they leave excitedly.

......

At night, Ye Ze and Zhao Li lay in bed, still sleeping in their own quilts, each occupying half of the bed, clearly separated.

Noticing the complex emotions that flashed across Zhao Li's face, Ye Ze felt that he should find a reason to explain to her proactively.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Li'er, there is something I should tell you in advance, but I haven't figured out how to tell you."

Ye Ze's tone became serious, and he said, "I saw it in a book before, and I think it should be true."

"What is it?" Seeing Ye Ze's serious tone, Zhao Li's curiosity was also aroused. What was said in the book must be true.

In this era, there are very few rural people who can read and write, so people have a blind trust in scholars. Books are even more sacred, and the principles in books are left by saints, so how could they be false?

Ye Ze didn't keep the secret: "The book says that a woman's body can only be fully developed after she turns 18, so the best age to have sex and have children is after 18. Having sex at a young age will cause harm to a woman's body, and it will be easier to have a difficult birth in the future. So, do you understand?"

Zhao Li blushed after hearing this. Was he explaining to me why he didn't consummate the marriage with me? This was too embarrassing.

Zhao Li simply curled herself up in the quilt and hid herself.

Ye Ze reached out and pulled back her blanket, making her face him: "I'm talking about a serious issue, why are you hiding?"

“I, I didn’t hide.” Zhao Li subconsciously argued, then shrank back and said, “It’s too late, go to bed.

Ye Ze: “…” Am I overthinking?

Only when the blush on her face faded did Zhao Li quietly reveal her head. In the dim light, Zhao Li looked at Ye Ze's blurry sleeping face with tenderness. At this moment, she felt that she had really married the right person.

But this happiness seemed to be stolen from her cousin, and she felt indescribably depressed. If nothing went wrong on the wedding day, what would she do...

*

On the other side, the Zhao family

On the surface, Zhao Youliang does seem to be a good guy. Zhao Youfu is usually lazy and slacking off, so most of the work in the fields is done by the men from their eldest wife. Zhao Youliang never argues with him about this. After all, they are brothers from the same mother, so he just has to put in a little more effort.

Most of the housework was done by Zhou, and Zhao Youliang felt that it was her duty as the eldest sister-in-law.

Whenever there was something delicious at home, Zhao Youfu would want to share more. There was nothing wrong with that, as he was the eldest brother and should give in to his younger brother.

However, as time went on, they took Zhao Youliang's generosity for granted and felt that they were entitled to his things. They stayed away from him when he was working, but when it came to distributing food, drinks and money, the second branch would be the first to rush forward.

Zhao Youliang doesn't care about these things, even if it's just to make his mother worry less, he won't care, because they are a family.

But he is not without temper!

This matter concerns his daughter's life, and Old Mrs. Zhao actually treated their eldest wife as fools. Even if Ye Ze didn't remind him, he still wanted to give an explanation to his daughter, but he just hadn't figured out how to do it for the time being.

He treated them as a family, but his mother and his brother were deliberately cheating on the first wife's family! It would be strange if Zhao Youliang felt good! The injustices that Old Lady Zhao had always done to their first wife came flooding back.

After seeing Zhao Li and Ye Ze off, Zhao Youliang could no longer hold back his expression. It turned dark and he turned around and strode towards the old lady's room.

The three Zhous looked at each other in confusion. What happened to him? Wasn't he fine just now?

Inside the house, Old Lady Zhao was sewing new winter clothes for Zhao Gui. When she saw Zhao Youliang coming in aggressively, she started to scold him, "Can't you knock on the door? You're so old and yet you're so reckless! Is everyone gone?"

"Mother," Zhao Youliang's eyes turned red before he even opened his mouth. He asked Mrs. Zhao word by word, "Am I your biological son?"

Mrs. Zhao was stunned for a moment, then she looked up at him: "Boss, what's wrong with you today?"

Zhao Youliang didn't reply to her, but continued what he had just said: "You have never made new clothes for my children, including Cheng Ge'er who just turned one year old!"

"What on earth are you trying to say?" Mrs. Zhao yelled impatiently. The eldest son usually listened to her the most and never argued with the second son. What happened today? Was he possessed?

He knew his mother wouldn't care what he thought. What on earth was he still fantasizing about? Zhao Youliang calmed down and asked, "What's going on with Li Jie'er's marriage? Does mother know?"

"The matter is already a foregone conclusion. Why are you still asking so many questions?" Old Mrs. Zhao said vaguely, feeling somewhat guilty.

"It's impossible for the two to be swapped on the way to the bride's house. The oxcarts that Li Jie'er and Tao Jie were riding in were not exactly the same. Qian Ge'er and Gong Ge'er were in front and behind Li Jie's oxcart. Even if the others were in chaos, they would protect Li Jie'er."

Zhao Youliang pieced together the story of how the two were swapped out bit by bit:

"If they want to switch, there is only one possibility, that is, they were receiving mother's teachings in her room, and when they left her room, mother personally arranged the wrong ox cart for them!"

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