Transmigrating Through Famine: Starting a World-Conquering Dynasty by Taking a Wife

“Scholar Chen, hurry to the village entrance and claim a wife. I know you don't want one, but this isn't something either of us can decide… Sigh, go on, hurry! If you go now, you can still pick a sturdy one!” In a year of great disaster, droughts and floods ravaged the land. Great disasters always brought great turmoil. Powerful clans, local gentry, and even common folk who could no longer survive rose up in furious revolt. To grow their populations and recruit able-bodied men, all the factions were giving away wives for free. Marrying a wife came with rations, too, but after taking a wife and collecting the food, the men had to enlist in the army three months later. As Chen Mu fretted over his frail body, the Family Prosperity System activated. Once he understood what the System could do, Chen Mu's worried eyes lit up, and he sprinted toward the village entrance. “Village Chief, wait for me! Let me pick first!”