Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Yun Ming, Lin Shuo and others didn't come back until dinner time.

When they went up the mountain, Yunye and others had already seen the rice heading, and they admired Lin Yinan's extensive knowledge and wisdom very much.

In this kind of hillside area, there are actually patches of paddy fields. If it were in the northwest, such slopes would at most be used to grow dry crops such as corn or beans.

After dinner, the family sat under the gazebo to enjoy the cool breeze, taking advantage of the last rays of sunset.

Looking at her little son who was tanned and as strong as a calf, Yunmu felt pleased. Under everyone's leadership, Si'er could now stand on his own.

She asked Yun Ming softly, "What are you building at the foot of the mountain?"

With his two brothers around, Yun Ming sat up straight and glanced at them from time to time.

Seeing that they ignored him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are more and more people on the mountain, and there are three villages at the foot of the mountain in the south. My third sister-in-law suggested building a market between these neighboring villages to promote the circulation of agricultural products. With this market, everyone can buy or exchange what they want on a daily basis."

"But isn't this the busy farming season?"

Yunmu was a little confused. It was the busy farming season and there was no time to finish the work in the fields, so how could he have the time to build a market?

Lin Yinan next to him smiled with curved eyebrows.

"Mom, the rice has officially entered the heading stage. Apart from fertilizing, irrigation, weeding and pest control, there is basically nothing to do in the fields."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she asked people to mobilize villagers from the three villages, and each family selected one person to help build the market. They made all the adobe bricks themselves, cut wood in the mountains, and covered the roof with thatch woven by women.

Yunmu questioned, "It's so shabby? Are there any merchants selling things?"

Lin Yinan was fanning Yun Shijiu with a fan, and the breeze made her drowsy.

She said softly, "Let's pick a date and make it a custom. This kind of market will only be held two or three times a month. After it is built, it will be fine as long as it can be sheltered from wind and rain. If it is open for a long time, peddlers and other merchants will come looking for business opportunities."

Hu Shao has already counted the number of children of all ages in the nearby villages, plus those in the mountains. She has also cleared out a piece of flat wasteland next to the market, where she will build a school.

The family, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, chatted until late at night before leaving.

The next day, before dawn, the mountains were shrouded in fog. Yunmu and Lu Yashuang, who were used to getting up early, strolled in the mountain village.

On the terraced fields halfway up the hill, rice ears are swaying in the wind, and villagers are weeding the fields in groups of three or four.

After strolling around, the two of them headed back.

When they were walking quickly back to the village, four women suddenly jumped out from the path and fell to their knees in front of them.

One of the beautiful women showed a pitiful look. "Madam, I have admired General Yun Mo for a long time. I hope you can help me."

"You want to be his concubine?" Yunmu frowned.

The woman lowered her eyebrows and said: "Yes, I am willing to be General Yunmo's concubine. My father was a scholar and taught me to read and write since I was young."

"This, Mo'er has already married."

Yunmu felt a little embarrassed. She had never heard that the couple had any relationship problems, nor had she heard Yun Mo mention that he wanted to take a concubine.

"As long as you let me serve him, I'd be willing even if I'm just a maid." The woman said anxiously.

Another woman said, "Madam, the general's wife can't give birth to a son, I can help the general give birth to a son."

With two people taking the lead, the others knelt down one after another.

"Madam, I am a maid from a wealthy family. I know more about serving people."

"Madam, my father was a clerk in Zhongyuan County. He was separated from his family when he was fleeing and was trafficked here. Please, Madam, help me!"

"..."

The four of them took turns speaking, and they had only one goal, which was to go to the Yun family, either as a concubine or a maid, but in short, they did not want to stay here.

They all wanted to hold onto Yunmu's thighs and become the women of the Yun family's backyard, so that they wouldn't have to work in the sun or rain and would have to get up before dawn to work.

Lu Yashuang stood there, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

Since she married into the Yun family, this was the first time she encountered so many women who wanted to be concubines for their husbands and brothers-in-law.

In the past in Shangjing, it was difficult for the men of the Yun family to find a husband, and no one wanted to marry their daughter to a military general's family.

Lin Yinan, who had been training in the back hills since early morning, was walking towards us from a distance.

Yunmu saw her and was afraid that she might have misunderstood, so she quickly shifted the blame to someone else: "Oh! It's useless for you to kneel down to me. It's a matter between husband and wife, and an old woman like me can't make the decision."

A woman rushed to Lin Yinan's feet and said, "Madam, please give us a chance to serve General Yun!"

"Yes! The young lady can't speak yet. We will help General Yun Mo give birth to a son to inherit the family business."

"Madam, you gave birth painlessly. The son we give birth to will regard you as his own mother."

The three of them burst into tears as they spoke, as if Lin Yinan was the evil person who broke up the couple.

Lin Yinan laughed out of anger, and her face gradually became gloomy. She thought that the family business she had built with great effort was just for the children her husband had with other women to inherit?

Is she crazy? Or are they crazy?

How could such a stupid abacus bead hit her?

Under Lin Yinan's intimidating pressure, Yunmu and Lu Yashuang looked at each other, not daring to breathe, for fear that this anger would burn on them.

Just at this moment, Yun Mo's slightly angry voice came.

"I, Yun Mo, will never take a concubine or raise a mistress in this life. I will only marry Lin Yinan in this life."

A gust of wind blew, and Yun Mo stood tall in front of everyone. He glanced coldly at the woman kneeling on the ground begging, and then looked at Lin Yinan.

"What do you want to do with these people?"

Lin Yinan rolled his eyes and turned away, "You are responsible for handling the people that Yun Si and the others bought."

She didn't want to get involved in these female-dominated games where several women were competing for one man.

After walking a long way, Lin Yinan paused and said indifferently, "Since they don't want to stay, let's send them away."

Until Lin Yinan's figure disappeared outside the woods, Yun Mo's face changed, his eyes instantly became cold, and there was no warmth in his words.

"Since you want to serve men so much, I'll take you somewhere."

Yunmu stared blankly at Yun Mo's profile, as if she saw in him the same domineering way her husband protected her in the past.

Seeing that there was nothing for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to do here, Lu Yashuang quietly pulled Yunmu away before she could react.

The four women kneeling on the ground were so frightened when they saw Yun Mo's expression change instantly that they became silent.

Yun Mo immediately called the secret guards: "Knock them all out, take them away, and take them to Nanzhou Prefecture to let Yun Si deal with them."

He knew that once these people were sent back, Yun Si would make sure they were neither alive nor dead.

Just at breakfast time, these restless women were sent away in full view of everyone, and the people on the mountain immediately became much more obedient.

They know in their hearts that there is no better place to live than here.