Throughout the ages, systems have been harsh and restrictive to women.
Tang Zangyue has some shocking ideas that cannot be instilled in Sister Ling, but that does not mean that she cannot guide them.
Tang Zangyue gathered her thoughts and her eyes fell on Xiao Yuenong, "What about you, why do you avoid Sister Ling and say this to your grandmother?"
Xiao Yuenong: "Xiaowu is afraid that mentioning this matter will make Sister Ling sad...Did I do something wrong? Mother."
Tang Zangyue didn't reply to her and asked her to call Sister Ling. The twins also came with her.
Xiao Zhonglu, Xiao Zhongli, Xiao Yuechun sat down to rest after eating, and kept listening to the gossip. When they saw grandma calling Sister Ling, they knew that grandma was going to preach.
Generally, Xiao Zhonglu and the other three are rebellious at their age and love to go against their families. But they are different. They quite like their grandmother's preaching.
When grandma preaches, they like to listen carefully and then reflect on it and benefit a lot from it.
Tang Zangyue didn't ask why Xiao Ling'er was depressed. The latter looked at her peers and sniffed aggrievedly, threw herself into Tang Zangyue's arms, and said in a heavy nasal voice, "Grandma..."
Tang Zangyue smoothed Sister Shun Ling's hair and said, "What's there to be aggrieved about?"
"They objected to what their grandmother said. They said that not being able to give birth to a son is a failure of a woman's belly!"
"Were they wrong?"
"Of course it's wrong!"
"No, there's nothing wrong."
"Ah?" Sister Ling still had tears on her cheeks. She looked sluggish and obviously didn't react.
How old is she? Have you ever seen someone like Tang Zangyue, who makes trouble on her own?
Tang Zangyue: "There is no right or wrong in this world, only the truth. What my grandmother said is the truth, but under the circumstances of the times, the truth also makes no sense. So they are not wrong. What is wrong is this era and ideas. People are just
It’s just bound and influenced by it.”
Sister Ling was confused, "Grandma, I don't understand."
Tang Zangyue's eyes softened and she said, "Let's start from the basics. What was your purpose when you asked your grandmother this question?"
"I hope... if Jiahua has a younger brother, her life will be easier?"
"Can Grandma solve this problem?"
Sister Ling hesitated for a moment, then with her grandmother's encouragement, she shook her head, "No."
"Whether Jiahua has a younger brother, whose problem does Sister Ling think it is?"
"Of course there is something wrong with Jia Hua's father!" Sister Ling said indignantly.
"Does anyone else think so?"
Sister Ling shook her head.
Tang Zangyue: "Not only Jiuli Village, but also outside Jiuli Village, and even the entire Chu State, believe that women are accessories to men.
Men can have three wives and four concubines, but women can only live in the back house; men can live and drink, but women can only be ladies; men can take imperial examinations to compete for official careers, but women can only win a royal title.
Sister Ling, my grandmother once said that since you can't change the status quo on your own, you can only adapt and integrate into it. Even if you have reason in your heart, you must learn to tolerate it.
It is easy for people to be proud and ambitious, and it is not difficult to realize it. All you need is time and perseverance. However, if you want to change the status quo and change the system, it requires more than one person's persistence and more than one person's life."
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Wang Xiaoliu didn't expect to bump into his second sister-in-law on the way back.
The second sister-in-law has a habit of cheating and slipping, and there is always a reason to feel unwell in the fields. She usually just makes excuses to be lazy, but today she got into trouble.
It was really a bad time to hit him.
"Xiao Liu, are you back so early?" The second sister-in-law was embarrassed for a moment, and her sensitive sense of smell was instantly attracted. She sniffed hard with her nose, "Xiao Liu, what good things did you...bring back? Is it meat?"
The eyes of the second sister-in-law began to glow green, and her gaze wandered back and forth between the basket Wang Xiaoliu was carrying and the basket on her back. Immediately, she spoke seriously: "Are you eating and taking things at the same time? Can the Xiao family agree?"
Without waiting for Wang Xiaoliu's reply, the second sister-in-law said again: "The smell of meat is strong enough, Xiaoliu. Second sister-in-law treats you well, right? Open it and let her take a look. Second sister-in-law hasn't had any meat in half a year."
"Second sister-in-law, just take a look and smell it, and make sure you don't move it!"
As soon as the opponent approached, Wang Xiaoliu hurriedly hid to the side, and then quickly ran towards home.
Because it was noodles, I was afraid that the noodles would get cold on the way. Wouldn’t it be in vain if they were left warm in the pot? So Aunt Liu lent Wang Xiaoliu a basket and covered it with unused rags to ward off the unprepared ones.
Who would have thought that he would run into the most shameless second sister-in-law in his family?
You have to take a look at what's in the basket.
Why don't you move the things in the basket?
If someone really saw this, why not pounce on it and take a few bites?
Wang Xiaoliu is not stupid, why can't he just stay where he is? If he hadn't been afraid that the noodles in the basket would spill when he moved too much, he could have walked faster.
He picked up the basket and walked quickly and steadily. He didn't spill it and didn't let his second sister-in-law catch up.
Even though Second Sister-in-law Wang was a farm worker, how could she walk as fast as a young adult? She was quickly distanced from her.
Seeing that Wang Xiaoliu was nowhere to be seen, Second Sister-in-law Wang began to curse unscrupulously.
"What the hell, bah! If you have meat to eat alone, your sister-in-law doesn't know how to be filial! You can give birth to a baby without the skin of a swallow..."
Wang Xiaoliu returned home quickly. He didn't have time to fetch water, so he quickly unlocked the door and took out the lumpy noodles and a bamboo tube of Chinese medicine in the basket.
"Meiniang, please eat quickly."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Yeah, there are noodles? And...meat?" Mei Niang said in surprise.
Wang Xiaoliu said quickly: "Second sister-in-law saw the basket I was carrying and smelled the meat in it. She insisted on taking a look..."
Before she finished speaking, Mei Niang was busy picking noodles to eat, and she was eating faster than usual. Wang Xiaoliu breathed a sigh of relief and complained again: "Second sister-in-law is the same, her thoughts are written on her face, and she only said
Take a look. It’s okay to cheat and cheat on weekdays. You can take advantage of other houses if you can without suffering any loss. Why did the second brother marry such a person..."
Mei Niang didn't answer. It was too late to eat, so who was talking?
She just listened.
Wang Xiaoliu: "I told the Xiao family that your mother used to be an embroiderer, and the old lady said we could try it. The Xiao family wrote down the measurements of the family with pen and paper, here they are."
He took out the folded rice paper with dried ink from his arms and handed it over. Seeing that Mei Niang was eating hard, he put it on her knees and said, "Oh, by the way, the stuff is here."
Only then did he realize that he was sitting by the kang, with the basket still on his body.
He stood up and put down his backpack, revealing the material and cotton from inside. He stroked the cotton with some envy and said, "This material is not good material, but the cotton is a real good product. The Xiao family is richer than you think."
Mei Niang nodded and was about to say something when she heard the familiar and strange voice of the second sister-in-law coming from the yard. She lowered her head and continued eating noodles.
Although the sauerkraut contains meat, it is very bland, and the noodles are lumpy, which makes it look unappetizing, but the taste is surprisingly good. If you eat it freshly out of the pot, it will definitely taste better.
It's a pity that she is still in confinement.
Wang Xiaoliu frowned at the strange sounds in the yard, returned to the kang, and lowered his voice, "I believe in your sewing ability, but this dress is excellent. I am sure you are the best with the old lady."
It's important. So Mei Niang, you have to work hard to sew this dress.
You and I don’t want you to be in confinement, and while I’m living and enjoying life in the Xiao family, you have to go to the fields and take care of the acres of land owned by our Wang family, right? Mei Niang.