Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Not few, there are more outside the city."
Zhao Hanzhang: "Do they find the farming tough? Can they cultivate all the land given by the court?"
"Fine and careful farming is certainly impossible; most of it is rough cultivation. Some lands are too rushed to weed, they just plow hastily and scatter seeds, and the crops grow as lush as the grass."
The crops grow as lush as the grass compared to...
Zhao Hanzhang paused for a moment before asking, "Do they want to remarry?"
Zhao Zheng: "Most of these widows have children and their husband's elderly parents. If they want to remarry, they mostly want to bring along the elders and children. Bringing children is fine; most men wouldn't mind, but bringing the husband's parents..."
Zhao Hanzhang waved her hand dismissively, "No need to worry about this. I'm just asking, if there's such a person willing to accept them, would they be willing to marry?"
