Chapter 7 If you can’t go back, stay with peace of mind

Zhao Yunlan was lying on the bed and resting. The thunder outside was getting louder and louder, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier. Zhao Yunlan's heart was pounding, and the feeling of panic started again.

Li Mingmei came in with Xiaobao in her arms. Xiaobao was crying and looking for her mother. Li Mingmei had no choice but to hold her over. Although the distance was not far, her hair got wet.

Looking at Xiaobao's dependence on her, Zhao Yunlan suddenly felt inexplicably relieved. "I'm sorry to bother you, little sister. There is a clean cloth over there to wipe your hair. Xiaobao will stay here. I'm much better now.

You can take care of him."

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to feed the chickens first. If you need anything, just call me."

"Well, by the way, there is no need to bring me food tonight. I will take Xiaobao to the upper room to eat."

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go and get busy first." After that, Li Mingmei covered her head and ran out.

Zhao Yunlan and Xiaobao lay on the bed together, gently patting and comforting Xiaobao, and her own panicked heart seemed to be soothed.

Xiaobao slowly fell asleep under Zhao Yunlan's comfort. Zhao Yunlan sat beside him and fell into deep thought: If I really can't go back, I have to survive here.

This dynasty, like the dynasties in the history books that we have studied in the past, was ultimately restrictive to women.

Although after the war, the new emperor promulgated some systems that were beneficial to women. For example, if the husband and wife did not live in harmony, the woman could also propose a divorce. However, after the divorce, both men and women were stipulated to start a family again within two years. The population decreased significantly during the war years.

, so the country has been adopting some policies to increase the population in recent years.

The imperial court stipulated that women could establish a female household, but only if the widow had a son in her family and had to pay a household tax.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, women were also allowed to have personal property. Before this dynasty, the woman's dowry would be included in the man's property system. It is said that the new emperor's love for the queen changed the system. Now the woman's dowry is at his own disposal, and the man's

They have no right to interfere. And women can buy land. The state will not allocate land to women, but women can buy land and buy it. Wealthy families who love their daughters can also allocate land to their daughters.

Except for women from merchant families, married women from other classes who manage their own property will not be classified as merchants.

This was also a dynasty that divided scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. It seems that history has turned a corner at a certain point. The imperial examination system still exists. If a family wants to pursue an official career, three generations are not allowed to engage in business. Therefore, generally those who pursue an official career have to cultivate themselves from an early age.

After all, in this era, family awareness is very high, and hierarchy is also clearly defined. If some families from small families become scholars, they will let their wives help manage the property.

Zhao Yunlan suddenly realized that the original owner was illiterate, which was really uncomfortable for someone who came from the 21st century and received a university education. In ancient times, it would be fine if he didn't have a lot of talent, but he was still illiterate.

Although in this era and in this environment, women from peasant families are basically illiterate.

Zhao Yunlan began to have some clues about surviving in ancient times. Learning to read is the first step. If the Li family will continue to provide education for Li Mingren, then he must also grow up. If Li Mingren is indeed not good at reading, he must also learn how to read.

You need to know the alphabet, otherwise you would be fooling others by doing other things like signing documents or something like that.

At present, the chance of getting divorced is low. Unless something unexpected happens, I won't be able to be a widow. I can only stay in the Li family, and the Li family's conditions are indeed...

Li Mingmei shouted outside, "Sister-in-law is ready for dinner."

Zhao Yunlan saw that Xiaobao was still sleeping and gently woke him up, "Get up and eat first." He put on Xiaobao's shoes and took him to the upper room.

It has been these days since I came here that I have taken a closer look at the Li family. Although I have the memory of the original person, it is different from the personal contact with me. After all, the original person's feelings for the Li family are the same as my current feelings for the Li family.

no the same.

Ms. Wang has already been exposed to it first. She is obviously only in her thirties, but due to years of hard work and poor nutrition and continuous childbirth, she looks like a modern fifty-year-old old lady.

Old Man Li seems to have a fairly strong body. His years of hard work and unconscious hunchback make him look more than ten years older than his actual age.

The few half-year-old boys and Li Mingmei are all dark-skinned and lean. The entire Li family is basically on the thin side and dark side.

Only Zhao Yunlan has never lost weight because she had a pretty good foundation, and she gained weight by not paying attention to her diet after becoming pregnant.

Zhao Yunlan came to her senses and shouted: "Father, mother, second brother, third brother, little brother"

Old Man Li: "As long as everything is fine, let's eat."

The second, third, and fourth: "Sister-in-law, sit down and eat first."

Wang nodded.

The family ate together. Li Mingmei considered that Zhao Yunlan would serve dinner in the evening, so she cooked a pot of brown rice porridge without adding eggs and steamed some cornmeal steamed buns. It was early spring and everyone started to work in the fields, which was very labor-intensive.

So the whole family drinks some rice porridge to nourish themselves.

Zhao Yunlan thought, this dynasty already had corn and sweet potatoes, but potatoes had not yet been seen. In the modern time and space in my memory, it was during the Ming Dynasty that corn and sweet potatoes were introduced to China from abroad.

So what kind of existence is this dynasty? Let’s eat first!

He didn't say anything when he was eating, except for Xiaobao, Zhao Yunlan took care of Xiaobao's meals and danced happily after eating.

After everyone finished eating, Zhao Yunlan helped pick up the bowls to the kitchen, and Li Mingmei was responsible for washing the dishes. Zhao Yunlan took Xiaobao back to the room.

Zhao Yunlan played with Xiaobao for a while. Xiaobao wanted to stay and sleep with his mother. Zhao Yunlan wanted to sort out the situation here first and didn't want to be disturbed, so he had to say to Xiaobao: "Mother, please give me a try."

It still hurts a little! Xiaobao will go to sleep with his grandmother today."

Xiaobao was considered sensible and didn't make much noise, so he took Zhao Yunlan to the upper room together.

After Zhao Yunlan handed Xiaobao to Wang, she went back to the room. She lay on the bed and tossed and turned. She thought about it for a long time and got ready to write a plan. She remembered that she didn't know the characters here and it was difficult to write modern characters in case others saw it.

It's not good to think it's some kind of talisman and it's being treated as something alien.

Zhao Yunlan was depressed that she had become illiterate, so she finally decided to clean up the house and find out about her current property. There were a total of forty-three copper coins under the bed, which were given by Mrs. Jiang. There was also a silver hairpin, which was also brought as a dowry. In addition,

Just some clothes and a few pieces of coarse cloth.

Zhao Yunlan also found a few books in the box. The characters on them looked a little bit like traditional Chinese characters in modern time and space. Judging from the blurred handwriting and rough paper, they should be handwritten manuscripts. Zhao Yunlan guessed that they might be written by Li Li in the past.

Akihito copied it and bound it while he was studying.

With the plan of literacy in mind, Zhao Yunlan began to think about how to implement it. The three younger brothers in the family are all literate, so you can ask them. The second and third eldest children also studied for a few years in the past. Later, the fourth eldest brother went to college to study.

Reading was taught by the second and third elders.

In this day and age, as a sister-in-law, I can't keep pestering my brothers-in-law to learn how to read! I'm tired of waiting for Li Mingren to come back and teach Daylily, not to mention whether he is willing to teach.

In the end, Zhao Yunlan thought of starting from Li Mingmei's side and had a plan. Zhao Yunlan felt sleepy and was just waiting to start taking action during the day tomorrow.
Chapter completed!