Female Supreme: Population is in crisis, I have a fruit-bearing tree

"There was no more rice yesterday..."

Seeing Su Qinghe frowning, Lin Xi was afraid that she would lose her temper again, so she hurriedly added:

"Aunt Li will hire villagers to help harvest vegetables from her fields today. I'll go there in a bit and get my wages today so I can buy some rice."

Su Qinghe sipped the rice soup, and waited until the bowl was empty before speaking:

"I'll go with you then, and we can both earn more money."

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. She still felt a little dizzy, so she decided to do this light work first and go to the mountains tomorrow. Hunting was currently the fastest way to make money, and it was not difficult for her with her skills.

Lin Xi looked at Su Qinghe suspiciously. Did his wife have a broken head? Why would she take the initiative to find work?

"But my wife still has a wound on her head."

"It's okay, go eat something! Otherwise you won't have the energy to work!"

Lin Xi went to get Su Qinghe a bowl of rice soup before going to the kitchen to eat.

After they finished cleaning up, they rested in the house for a while before going out to Aunt Li's vegetable garden.

Aunt Li is the person with the most land in Qingshan Village. This land was allocated by the government according to family population. Aunt Li is fertile, and her three husbands have given her four daughters and three sons. She can be considered a prominent figure in Qingshan Village.

In this dynasty, having many children can also allow you to walk with your back held high, of course, provided that you have many daughters.

The government would give a reward of 10 taels for each daughter born, which was almost enough to cover the annual expenses of an ordinary peasant family.

As soon as they reached the edge of the field, some people started talking.

"Hey, isn't this the one that can't be born?"

"It was him. I heard that his wife gave him two pregnancy fruits but he still didn't get pregnant."

"What a waste! Aunt Li's family was able to get pregnant even after eating inferior pregnancy fruits, but he couldn't get pregnant even after eating two medium-quality fruits. His wife still keeps him."

"If it were me, I would have sold him to a brothel long ago. What's the point of keeping a chicken that doesn't lay eggs?"

"Don't say that. What if his wife is not good enough?"

"That's right, and their family is so poor that they can't even afford to eat. They don't have enough food to eat and they have to go out to work for others every day. It's normal that they can't get pregnant with such a poor health! Unlike Aunt Li's family, they can eat meat every day and are in good health!"

Several men gathered in a circle on the field, whispering to each other, and occasionally glanced at Su Qinghe.

Lin Xi listened to their conversation, lowered her head in shame, clenched her hands tightly, and her nails dug deep into her flesh.

They were right. It was his own fault that he could not conceive with his wife's child.

Not having enough food to eat and working every day are just excuses. No matter how poor a man's health is, he should be able to get pregnant after having two medium-sized pregnancy fruits.

It was only right for his wife to sell him, and he shouldn't have been so shameless as to beg her to stay, but he really didn't want to... didn't want to be sold to that kind of place...

Lin Xi looked up at Su Qinghe and wanted to plead with her, saying that it was okay to sell him but not to that kind of place. However, he saw her walking towards the group of men with a frown on her face.

"W-what do you want to do?"

When the group of men saw Su Qinghe walking towards them, one of them bravely asked.

"I heard that your eldest son ran away with a wild woman a few days ago? I wonder if he is back now? Do you want me to help find him?" Su Qinghe looked sincere.

But the man got anxious when he heard this.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" he said excitedly.

"My son was betrothed to a wealthy family as a concubine. How could this wild woman come from here? Don't talk nonsense here! The villagers all know about this!"

The man said, pointing at the group of men around him.

And those people did know it.

"Su Qinghe, don't come here and slander others' innocence just because we talked about your man."

"His son was carried away in a sedan chair right under the eyes of the villagers that day. We all saw it!" A group of men came out to testify.

Su Qinghe smiled lightly. If she hadn’t come back from gambling and happened to see the people in the sedan getting out of the sedan on the way, she would have really believed it!

"Did you see with your own eyes that the person sitting in the sedan chair was his eldest son?" Su Qinghe asked with a smile.

"Everyone wears a red veil when they get married, so how can we let others see the groom's face!"

"So it's uncertain?" Su Qinghe asked back.

"Don't make excuses here. You haven't seen my eldest son's face, but you are slandering that the person in the sedan chair is not him. Then who do you say is in the sedan chair?" the man asked sternly.

"Is there any need to ask? You only gave birth to two sons. Do you expect other husbands' sons to make up for the trouble your sons have caused?"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, I saw it that day!" Su Qinghe walked to his side and whispered.

"If you want to make your son's scandal known to everyone and affect the marriages of other brothers in your family, do you think your wife will divorce you?"

"You!" The man's face turned pale and he took a step back in fear.

Seeing that he had achieved the effect he wanted, Su Qinghe stopped paying attention to this group of people and turned back to Lin Xi.

After this incident, they probably won’t have time to gossip about her and Lin Xi anymore.

Su Qinghe had already turned and left, but the group of men were still staring at her back in a daze, not reacting. After everyone had gone far away, they gathered in a circle and started muttering exaggeratedly.

"My wife..."

Lin Xi looked at Su Qinghe who was walking towards him, feeling a little at a loss. He heard everything she had just said.

He now wondered if he was dreaming, or if his brain was damaged by hunger and he was hallucinating.

"Don't think too much. Take care of yourself and you will have a child." Su Qinghe patted the back of his hand gently.

Lin Xi swallowed back the words he was about to ask. Since his wife didn't bring up the matter again, he still wanted to stay in his heart, even though it was shameful.

Su Qinghe took his hand and went to Aunt Li to register. Lin Xi let her hold his hand and was very well behaved and obedient.

Aunt Li was obviously surprised to see Su Qinghe coming here. Everyone in the village knew that she was a lazy gambler and she was rarely seen in the fields.

"Young man, it's good that you can correct your mistakes. Go ahead. I'll pack some rice porridge and steamed buns for dinner. If you don't mind, you can stay."

Su Qinghe expressed her gratitude to Aunt Li for her equal attitude and said she would stay for dinner.

The porridge here by Aunt Li is real porridge. For someone like her who is so hungry that she wants to hug and take a bite of a dog on the street, it is very attractive.

What's more, there were steamed buns, enough to keep her full for the whole night.

By the time all the vegetables were harvested, it would probably be dark, and it would be even more dangerous in the mountains. It would be difficult for her to dig some wild vegetables to eat, and she didn't want to be so hungry that she couldn't sleep at night.

Autumn has just arrived, and it is the season when sweet potatoes mature. This plant is not only filling and has a large yield, but is also durable in storage. It also has a very high status in military rations.

Farmers keep a small portion of the sweet potatoes they grow for themselves, and most of them are purchased by the government, which brings them a good income every year. Therefore, sweet potatoes are very popular among them, and almost every family grows them.

More than half of Aunt Li’s 30 acres of land is used to grow sweet potatoes. Looking around, the stems and leaves of the sweet potatoes are green.

Lin Xi was carrying a hoe and was about to dig sweet potatoes when Su Qinghe snatched it away.

"I'll do the heavy work from now on, and you just need to shake off the mud on the sweet potatoes and put them in the basket."

"it is good!"

A sweet smile appeared on Lin Xi's lips. His wife felt sorry for him!

In the past, he had to do all the housework, no matter how light or heavy it was, by himself, and Su Qinghe never helped him. Although he didn't know why she suddenly changed her personality, he hoped that this kind of life could continue.