The Government Assigns A Daughter-In-Law, Which Needs To Be Chosen?

Chapter 1: The Government Allows the Selection of a Daughter-in-law

"Iron Pillar's child, Iron Pillar's child!"

Early in the morning, Lin Fan was awakened by a shout.

Looking at the mottled mud brick wall and the empty house, he confirmed once again that he had indeed traveled to a strange world and it wasn't a dream.

"Ah~"

Although he had been in this world for a few days, Lin Fan couldn't help but sigh when he saw the house with leaking walls.

He was originally a modern teenager, living a comfortable life with food and drink, and even had time to play games with his friends. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't bad either.

But one night, after staying up late playing games, he inexplicably traveled to this ancient-like world.

Compared to the happiness of the modern world, he felt miserable here.

His mother had a difficult childbirth and his father was a traditional old stubborn man who only cared about his own survival. Two years ago, his father went to the mountains to chop firewood and accidentally fell into a ravine. He didn't survive for more than two days.

Now, he was the only child left in the family.

As for the family's assets, they only had this adobe house and a relatively spacious courtyard.

With both parents deceased and a house in the family, it seemed like a protagonist template at first glance.

But in reality, they were about to run out of food.

Thinking of this, he sighed again.

Staying up late playing games was not a good idea. Please arrange game time reasonably.

"What's wrong, Uncle Wang?"

Lin Fan got up, put on his complicated robe, and pushed the door open to go outside.

Since he was here, he had to live his life.

He couldn't just commit suicide, right?

Outside the courtyard, there was a tall and thin middle-aged man, the one who had been shouting just now.

"You're still sleeping? Look at the time! Hurry up and get ready to go to the village entrance with me. Today is the day the government is giving out daughters-in-law. Yun Niang is bringing people over soon. Hurry up and come with me to choose a daughter-in-law!"

The tall and thin middle-aged man scolded.

"The government is giving out daughters-in-law?"

When Lin Fan heard the man's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The place he was in now was called the Great Long Dynasty. Due to constant wars, the people here lived a difficult life and the taxes were very heavy.

But there was one welfare benefit.

In order to increase the population, the government would give out daughters-in-law to single men.

According to the local customs, they were called "small wives".

This kind of good thing was just a fantasy in the modern world, impossible to achieve.

But here, it was a reality.

And it was genuine!

Without saying a word, Lin Fan quickly tidied himself up. He didn't even have time to eat breakfast before following the man to the village entrance.

At the village entrance, two people were already waiting.

They were both thin and dark-skinned men, not tall, and it was obvious that they were skilled farmers. They were eagerly looking at the dirt road outside the village entrance.

Compared to the men who had already gone to work in the fields, Lin Fan obviously looked much more refined. Because he was the only child in the family and had been weak and sickly since he was young, his father never made him do any work.

In fact, his father even let him study for a few years.

It was because of this that when he stood in the line, he stood out from the crowd.

In this waiting period, a group of people slowly walked towards the end of the dirt road.

Leading the group was a middle-aged woman, dressed in a festive red dress, holding a palace fan, and walking with a swaying gait. She had a charming and full of flavor appearance.

This was Yun Niang, the one in charge of distributing daughters-in-law.

Behind her were five young women, each with anticipation and nervousness on their faces.

The first two were strong and sturdy, typical rural women who were good at doing physical work.

But the other three had a different appearance.

Not only were they fair and delicate, but they also had graceful figures, with slender waists.

Although they were wearing coarse cloth clothes, their outstanding qualities were not hidden.

"Damn! There are such good goods?"

Lin Fan thought that the distributed daughters-in-law would be like the low-quality goods given out in modern times, unwanted and imperfect, and that they would be accepted by honest people from poor families like him.

But he never expected that among them, there were exceptional ones.

And there were three of them!

"Yun Niang, you finally arrived."

The middle-aged man called Uncle Wang greeted the group with a smile.

"Yes, we were delayed on the way. I'm sorry, Village Chief Wang," Yun Niang replied with a charming smile. Although she was not young, she was still full of charm.

Village Chief Wang laughed heartily and said, "No problem."

"Alright, to make a long story short, we've wasted quite a bit of time. Let's start the selection process."

Yun Niang gently fanned herself with her fan and then looked towards Lin Fan and the others. "These are the eligible young men from your village this year, right? There are fewer than previous years."

"Yes, it's just the three of them this year."

Uncle Wang smiled and nodded.

"Alright, let's proceed with the selection."

Yun Niang also nodded and then instructed five women to step forward.

When the two black men, who were also selecting wives, saw the three graceful and completely different women from the village women, their eyes widened with desire.

But when they saw the slender waists and delicate arms of the three women, they ultimately gritted their teeth and turned their heads, pointing to the other two sturdy women.

Although Great Long allowed for taking on wives, it also required a head tax to be paid. For each additional person, an additional tax had to be paid.

The more people in the family, the more taxes had to be paid.

Under the pressure from the government, everyone, except for the deceased, had to pay taxes.

No one was exempt!

In this era, it was difficult for the common people to survive.

If they were to choose someone who couldn't shoulder the burden or carry the load back home, their already difficult lives would be doomed.

Between survival and a beautiful woman.

People could only choose to survive first.

Two "suitable" women were chosen, leaving the other three as "unsuitable".

Upon seeing the three women, Village Head Wang furrowed his brows and said to Yun Niang, "Are these the only three? Are there no others? My nephew is weak and can't afford to support idle people in his household."

This was a tactful statement.

Ever since Lin Fan's father passed away, Lin Fan had been struggling to make a living.

If another idle person were to come along...

The entire family would starve to death.

And starving to death would be a relief.

The fear was not being able to afford the head tax.

In Great Long.

The punishment for not being able to afford the head tax was extremely terrifying.

Men would be directly enslaved and sent to the army.

Women would be sold to brothels to generate income for the country.

According to the government's words.

Great Long did not support people without value.

This was not just empty talk. Even the emperor himself had to pay the head tax!

After Village Head Wang finished speaking, Yun Niang had yet to say anything, but the remaining three women became anxious.

This was their last chance today. Before this, they had been rejected countless times.

If they were still not chosen today, they would be labeled as having no value to Great Long and forcibly sold to brothels to generate income for Great Long.

As proper young women from respectable families.

Being sold to brothels to serve customers.

This was even more unbearable than death for them.

But they didn't dare to commit suicide, because if they did, it would bring harm to their families. The men would be enslaved and the women would be sold to brothels.

So the only solution was to marry themselves off.

Otherwise,

Their fate would be tragic!

"Young master, choose me. I can do anything and will listen to your every command!"

"Young master, choose me. I can do anything and I eat very little."

"Young master..."

The three women competed with each other, afraid of being rejected and becoming brothel women.

"This..."

Lin Fan was momentarily speechless.

In the past,

Women of this quality wouldn't even bother to come forward, let alone compete to be chosen.

But now,

They were all eager to be chosen, making all sorts of promises. They were just one step away from kneeling down and begging.

"Stop it! Stop it! Go back and stand properly!"

Yun Niang scolded with a cold face, and the two constables behind her drew their swords.

The three women turned pale with fear and dared not say a word.

But their tearful eyes kept looking at Lin Fan, filled with pleading.

"Alright, make your choice quickly. This is the only group this year, there are no others."

Yun Niang arranged the three women and then smiled at Lin Fan.

But Lin Fan fell silent for a moment.

Faced with the pleading of the three women, he naturally wanted to save them from their misery.

But he also knew about the head tax in Great Long.

With his current situation, it was difficult enough to support himself.

Adding three more people would definitely result in being conscripted.

Great Long didn't refuse him from taking on multiple wives, and they even welcomed it.

Because the more he chose, the more head tax he would have to pay. It wasn't just a matter of paying for three normal people, but the tax would increase proportionally.

Three wives.

Definitely more than just three head taxes!

This was aimed at the wealthy, specifically targeting the wealth of the rich and the gentry. Even if a wealthy household had a solid foundation, they couldn't withstand this kind of cumulative head tax.

But as a modern young man.

He couldn't bear to see young ladies in tears.

And...

He really wanted all of them.

What should he do?

Ding Dong!

[The matching system has detected the host's dilemma and is now activated. The Marry and Prosper, Have Many Children system is officially at your service!]

(End of this chapter)