After sitting on the wooden stake for more than half an hour, Qin Feng had no choice but to accept reality.
He had transmigrated.
From the modern 21st century to the backward feudal society.
"God, are you targeting me?"
Qin Feng looked up at the sky and sighed with a bitter smile.
In his previous life, Qin Feng came from a poor mountain village. He worked hard and got into university. Then, he worked part-time and studied. After graduation, he became a high-level worker…Pei, a high-level mechanical engineer with an annual salary of several million.
Such an experience could be said to be very inspirational. Qin Feng himself also considered himself a winner in life.
However, he never expected that after working for only a few days, he would have an accident because he was distracted from working overtime. He gloriously joined the transmigrator army and came to this dynasty called the Great Kang Dynasty, possessing a small blacksmith.
"Is everyone called Qin Feng so miserable?"
Yes, the blacksmith he possessed was also called Qin Feng. Speaking of which, he was even more miserable than him.
When she was born, she followed her parents and fled from the chaos of war. Later, she finally escaped to this small mountain village called Haijiao Village. Just as she stabilized herself, her mother died of illness.
The old blacksmith knew that only by studying could he have a way out. He tightened his belt and sent little Qin Feng to school to study, hoping that one day he would be able to get an official rank and stand out.
Unfortunately, this Qin Feng was really not cut out for studying. He had studied hard for ten years, but he could not even become a scholar.
Last year, the old blacksmith died of illness, and the little bit of property left behind was also eaten up by Qin Feng.
For the past half a month, she had only eaten porridge every day. She was so hungry that she felt dizzy and bumped into a pillar.
This collision had brought Qin Feng from the 21st century to the Great Zhou Dynasty…
" Brother Qin, the bridal escort team from the county government is about to arrive. The village chief wants you to hurry to the village entrance."
A 12-year-old boy shouted at the door. He did not care if Qin Feng heard him and ran away.
"Bridal escort team?"
Qin Feng's mind flashed with relevant information.
Years of war had caused the Great Zhou Dynasty's male population to dwindle. In order to stimulate population growth, the imperial court stipulated that men must marry when they were eighteen and women seventeen. Otherwise, they would have to increase taxes by thirty percent.
The men were destitute and lacked labor. Coupled with all kinds of exorbitant taxes and bandits 'exploitation, many commoners could only eat one meal a day. 99% of them could not afford the extra taxes.
Qin Feng was a craftsman and didn't need to serve in the military. However, his taxes were heavier than farmers and hunters, so he naturally couldn't afford it.
At the age of marriage, when the county government came to collect taxes at the beginning of the year, they could only report that they were getting married this year.
He already had the reputation of being an idle bum in Haijiao Village. It was obvious that he would starve to death in the future. Who would be willing to marry their daughter to him?
However, it did not matter. The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have many other things, but there were many girls waiting to be married.
At the end of spring and autumn, the county government would organize two bridal parties to send unmarried girls of the right age to various villages and towns for the men to choose.
Regardless of whether the man was blind or crippled, as long as he was chosen, he had to get married and have children.
"Is this the legendary official daughter-in-law? Could it be that Secretary Dakang has also transmigrated, and the benefits are so good?"
Qin Feng was a little uncomfortable to get married before he even had a bite of food after transmigrating. He complained silently in his heart.
He didn't have any expectations for the bridal procession.
The girls who came with the bridal procession were all girls who could not be married off from the villages. To put it bluntly, they were leftovers from other people's selection. One could imagine the quality.
But he had to be picky.
The man had the right to choose, but he did not have the right not to choose.
In other words, regardless of whether he was satisfied or not, he had to bring a wife back today. Otherwise, he would be violating taxes and would be sent to the battlefield until he died.
Qin Feng could only endure the hunger in his stomach and walk to the village entrance.
On the platform in the north, there were three young men. One was a hunchback, one was a cripple, and although the last one had all four limbs, his face was wretched and looked like a hooligan. One look and one could tell that he was not a good person.
They were all like Qin Feng, the villagers would rather let their daughters participate in the selection to try their luck than marry.
"Look, Qin Feng is here. The Four Great Guardian Deities have gathered."
A child saw Qin Feng coming over and jumped up and shouted.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The child's mother quickly covered her child's mouth.
The hunchback and cripple who couldn't do heavy work, the hoodlum who liked to tease young ladies and young wives, and the pedantic and incompetent Qin Feng, were called the Four Guardian Deities by the children in the village.
Usually, Qin Feng hated this title and would be furious every time he heard it. However, today, he only smiled at the child and walked up the stage.
"Brother Qin is here!"
The hunchback and the cripple greeted him with a smile.
The hoodlum snorted disdainfully and tiptoed to look at the village entrance path.
"Brother Liu, Brother Zhang!"
Qin Feng returned the greeting with a smile.
"Coming, coming!"
The hoodlum pointed at the village entrance and shouted.
On the small road at the village entrance, a team holding a red sign slowly walked over.
The team was led by five county government runners and a matchmaker in an exaggerated red dress. Behind them were more than twenty girls carrying bags.
The village chief led his men to welcome the bailiffs while the matchmaker directed the girls to stand opposite Qin Feng and the others.
It had been a tradition for many years to send off the bride. The girls were not shy, but looked around curiously.
They were carrying dowry on their backs. If they were chosen, they would stay behind later.
The village in front of them might be their home in the future, and the people watching might be their family in the future...
"If only there was another row of lights."
Qin Feng couldn't help but think of a famous matchmaking show.
However, as he had expected, the quality of these guests was not very high.
Most of them had sallow faces and dark skin because of their years of hard work.
However, a girl at the end of the line made Qin Feng's eyes light up.
Although this girl's clothes were more tattered than the other girls, her face was tender and fair. Her facial features were extremely beautiful, and her pair of bright and watery eyes made people feel pity for her.
In the internet age, all kinds of internet celebrities and beauties appeared on the phone. However, Qin Feng could guarantee that a bare-faced girl in blue would definitely be more attractive than all kinds of internet celebrities who had carefully put on makeup.
"Such a top-grade item should be very popular, right? How did it end up in the bridal escort team?"
Qin Feng was puzzled.
The hunchback noticed that Qin Feng was staring at the girl in blue. He came over and whispered," Brother Qin, why are you looking at Guan Hanyan?"
"You know her?" Qin Feng asked instead of answering.
"You don't know?"
Stone Li was stunned.
Then, he remembered that Qin Feng had always been a self-proclaimed scholar. In order to show his nobility, he never came to join in the fun when the bridal escort team came.
"She's that good-for-nothing from Guan Jiawan."
Li Shitou reminded him softly.