I am not a seventh-generation descendant of Lord Wu'an from the Qin Dynasty.

"Bai Qi, do you want a wife?"

Inside a newly built thatched hut, Bai Qi was sitting on a softly pounded thatched bed, holding a half-woven straw mat in his hand, when he heard this, he was stunned.

"His family is dirt poor, what need does he have for a wife?"

Bai Qi was stunned, but the Qin village chief in charge of all families didn't care about him.

He tossed him a bag of wheat with one hand and pushed a slender woman into the thatched hut with the other.

"Mute girl, this is your man now. Live well and try to get pregnant within three months!"

Sun Lizheng stood against the light in front of the thatched hut, holding charcoal, and sketched a few simple strokes in square seal script on the household registration plate hanging on Bai Qi's door.

"Sun Lizheng, this is..."

"Bai Qi, don't be ungrateful. The Great Qin will provide you with a house, land, and a wife. In three months, new recruits will join the army. If you die in the bandit suppression battle, you'll have nothing left."

"Have a baby soon, settle down, and earn a title through battlefield exploits... Alright, that's all!"

Sun Lizheng tossed his family's household registration card over again, nodded, and said in an unquestionable tone.

"I will send your rations again in ten days! Qin laws are strict, don't even think about running away!"

This statement was clearly not just directed at Bai Qi.

Sun Lizheng has left.

Bai Qi, sitting on the thatched bed weaving a straw mat, and the mute girl standing with her head bowed, remained silent.

In the middle is the household registration card for the newly recruited refugees of the Great Qin Dynasty.

The head of the household, Bai Qi, had somehow transmigrated and went hungry for three days while following a group of refugees.

Then he was recruited by Sun Lizheng, a retired soldier of the Qin Dynasty, who took up arms and became a commoner. He was given land, houses, and now he has been given a mute wife.

Bai Qi looked up and noticed that his mute wife was also glancing at him.

Their eyes met briefly before they looked away, both bowing their heads shyly.

With just one glance, Bai Qi made up his mind that he would definitely become a new citizen of the Great Qin.

His wife has bright eyes and white teeth, delicate features, and although her mouth still has a touch of childishness, she is undeniably beautiful.

Bai Qi picked up the household registration plate and glanced at the five small seal characters below the head of household: "Wife: Bai, the mute girl." At that moment, he felt they were exceptionally delicate.

"How did you end up like this?"

Bai Qi was curious. With this kind of quality, how could it possibly be a new refugee?

The mute girl puffed out her cheeks in anger, first putting her hands on her hips and clenching her fingers together.

Then she pinched his slender, fair wrist, which was as white as jade, and his long, shapely legs were straight and green.

Finally, she pointed to her mouth and stuck out her little tongue.

Bai Qi raised an eyebrow; he understood.

"You mean, people dislike you because you have a thin waist and can't have children, your limbs are too weak to do heavy work, and you can't even speak."

The mute girl nodded vigorously, then looked at him with a furrowed brow and expressive eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm not that shallow. I only like pretty girls."

Bai Qi, afraid of frightening her, raised the straw mat he had woven most of.

"Each household in the newly established Qin Dynasty was allocated a thatched hut, ten mu of land, and rations delivered every ten days."

"I can also weave straw mats, which I can exchange for what I need at the village market, enough to support you."

Bai Qi opened his mouth slightly, reached out and held up the household registration card, his eyes flashing.

"Are you willing?"

The mute girl stared at him for a moment, then turned around, picked up the bag of wheat, and poured it into the jar.

He reached out and scooped up a gourd ladle, brought it to the stone platform, and pounded it hard, grinding it into powder.

"She agreed!"

Bai Qi smiled with delight, then lowered his head and his ten fingers quickly wove the straw mat into bundles, then gathered them into strips...

In the blink of an eye.

The light began to dim.

Bai Qi suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes as he finished weaving the straw mat in his palm.

He picked up a sharpened bronze broken knife, cut off the stub, and laid it on the softened straw bed, his heart filled with the sense of accomplishment of the working people.

The mute girl next to her lifted the lid of the earthenware pot, poured out two bowls of thick porridge, and handed them over.

Bai Qi touched his stomach, and immediately his abdomen emitted gurgling sounds of intestinal rumbling.

He picked up the ceramic bowl and slurped from the rim.

The finely broken wheat porridge, mixed with the sweet aroma of starch, slides down the esophagus, moisturizing the stomach and intestines.

Across from her, the mute girl sitting on the ground also happily squinted her eyes.

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, the light of day completely faded.

Bai Qi and the mute girl lay side by side on the soft straw mat he had just woven, their eyes wide open.

Bai Qi opened his mouth, "Um..."

In the darkness, the mute girl looked at the man's handsome face and pressed her face against his.

A soft, yielding sensation came over me.

Bai Qi licked his lips wistfully, gazing at the glittering stars in the darkness.

It flipped over, lowered its head, and seized the escaping fish with its teeth, giving chase relentlessly.

This night is destined to be sleepless.

……

"Clang clang clang!"

Bai Qi stood up, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand, as two Qin seal characters flashed quickly before his eyes.

[Da Qin Xinmin: Bai Qi (Farmer)]

Attack: 5

Physical Strength: 5

【Spirit: 9】

【耕地种田·1级：13/100（耕地+10%，种田+10%）】

He discovered this in the early morning, guessing that the Qin Dynasty household registration had been finalized and the system had awakened.

Bai Qi tried calling out "System Daddy" in his heart, but the system ignored him.

Bai Qi tried whispering "Exit game," but the game interface remained unresponsive.

After trying repeatedly without success, he decided to give up.

Bai Qi got up and walked along the ridges he had cleared early in the morning to the edge of the field.

There, a bride holding a pottery jar was waving vigorously at him.

On both sides of the field, the newlyweds, dressed in coarse linen clothes, were crowded together.

Bai Qi looked at the mute girl holding the ceramic bowl in her hands, whose beauty was as lovely as a peach blossom, took it from her with both hands, and asked with concern.

"Didn't you say you didn't need to bring food these past few days because you were tired? Why are you still here?"

The mute girl clasped her hands together, pressed them against one cheek, and squinted her eyes happily.

Bai Qi laughed and said, "You mean you took a nap, slept very well, and aren't tired?"

The mute girl nodded vigorously, reached out and pressed him down on the ridge, then pressed down on his shoulder.

Bai Qi taught her this in private, but unexpectedly, he was the one who benefited in the end.

Bai Qi smiled and gently wiped the sweat from her brow as she worked hard, wishing that time could stand still at this moment.

But rest time, no matter when or where, is always so fleeting.

"Clang clang clang!"

With a spear in one hand and a gong in the other, Sun Lizheng rang out to urge everyone to start work.

Beside them were a dozen or so prisoners who had been brought back, holding shackles, wailing in agony.

Bai Qi finished the last mouthful of thick porridge and patted the mute girl's slightly trembling shoulder.

"Let's go back! We'll be back by midday!"

The mute girl's figure disappeared as she walked home.

Bai Qi picked up his hoe and stepped once again into the newly reclaimed muddy field, working diligently...

[Farmland +1]

……

Three months later.

Bai Qi got up early in the morning and went to the ten acres of riverbank silt he had reclaimed.

He held each of the newly sprouted seedlings in his hands, a genuine smile spreading across his face.

He jumped down onto the riverbank, where several fish scales shimmered with silver light within two or three simple traps made of earthen dams and nets of aquatic plants.

"Today is an auspicious day; a three-headed carp is just the right amount to nourish your body!"

The mute girl, supporting her still-flat stomach, stood up, forcing a smile, her eyes filled with sorrow.

Silently, he took the carp from his palm, gutted it, cleaned it thoroughly, poured it into a ceramic jar containing some coarse salt, and started cooking.

Bai Qi, meanwhile, gazed longingly into the thatched hut, at the table and two chairs, pots and pans, coarse cloth raincoat, firewood, rice, oil, and salt...

These were the results of his tireless work day and night in March, weaving straw mats and exchanging them with his neighbors.

The dinner table.

Bai Qi handed a copper bell to the mute girl.

"When I'm not home, I'll stand guard at the door at night. If anything happens, I'll ring the bell loudly. The Sun family lives a few houses away. He promised to take care of the military families."

The mute girl nodded vigorously, two tears falling into the fish soup, which was full of bitterness.

"Clang clang clang!"

"New recruits on their way!"

"Assemble at the village entrance; those who flee will be held accountable!"

Bai Qi stood up, glanced down at the mute girl one last time, and reluctantly walked away into the rising sun.

According to the Qin system, new citizens were required to serve three months of military service.

"Wait for me, I'll be back in three months!"