Chapter 86
The end of one's life and obeying the morality of women is the cornerstone of the stability of the family in the feudal era.
What's more, A'an's neglect and beating A Lian also had something to do with him.
After all, if this kind of thing is spread, A'an's face is not good-looking.
In addition, Aan is a bit gloomy and doesn't like to communicate with others. He is a species that is difficult to deal with. From time to time traveling, the two families are only a few dozen meters away, but the two have not said twenty words together, and most of them happened on the day of the fight.
Therefore, although Zhao Qi agreed to A Lian that he would persuade A'an, he actually didn't speak until now because he always felt that he could not speak.
Did you say to Ah An directly: You have to go home every day and be nice to your wife?
I'm afraid that before I finished speaking, A'an would jump up and beat him up again.
"Xiaoqi, don't think too much. I know A'an is such a stingy man. I'm used to it, so don't make things difficult for him to tell him!" A Lian stood up with tears choked.
"Sister A Lian, since A'an often doesn't go home and our two families live so close, don't cook at home. We eat together. You can help cook, and Xiaozhu can also help bring Xiaobao. I'm busy in the future and I don't have time to cook, so I'll have some food when I come back in the evening. I'll pay you five jin of money every month..."
"No, I'll do it by the way of cooking, it's not troublesome. I don't want money!" A Lian shook her head vigorously.
"Sister A Lian, don't think too much. I was busy recently. Yesterday, I was thinking of going to the town to ask an older servant lady to come back to help cook and wash clothes. Xiaozhu is too young and can't do a lot of things. The grandmother is old and in good health. She can't do anything. If you are willing to help, I don't know how worry-free it is. Besides, there is not much money. You may have heard some news. Uncle Dayuan and I have made a lot of money recently. I have divided a lot of money. In the past, when our family was poor, you often took care of us. Now I make money. It should be taken care of you. The main reason is that Baoer is still young. It doesn't matter if the adults are hungry, but you can't let her suffer and go hungry. If you don't charge the money, I will feel even more uncomfortable..."
"Sister A Lian, you are a good woman. Brother Erma and Brother Ermao both said this, so you have to be strong and cheer up. I believe that life will get better and better in the future. I just regard this money as my pocket money for Baoer. I have no other intentions. I just want you to be able to have enough food, wear and live a happy life!"
Zhao Qi said sincerely, A Lian was still a little hesitant. The help from the villagers in the village made her feel ashamed, but at the same time she felt warm and grateful and a strange feeling.
A married woman who eats and lives with other men is not sure if she will be ridiculed by others behind her back.
Although Zhao Qi is only fifteen years old and a boy, in fact, no one in the village has regarded Zhao Qi as a boy recently. Whether doing things or speaking, they all reveal a very mature and steady macho atmosphere. Yang Dayuan and the others have to discuss with Zhao Qi first if they have something to do.
The aura emitted by Zhao Qi made her think more without realizing it.
Every time she thinks about it, she feels panic, uneasy, and even a sense of shame that she cannot get rid of.
Although A Lian was a little hesitant, when Mrs. Su took the money out, Zhao Qi still told this matter. Old Mrs. Su was very happy and took A Lian's hand to comfort her and said, "Xiaolian, Xiaoqi is right. You have to take care of the work in the fields, wash clothes, cook and take care of Xiaobao. That's it. Although the old woman can't do anything, it's okay to help wash vegetables and cook fire. I will eat together in the future. You can take this money first. Although the town is not far away, I can't stand it even if I come and go. If you want to buy rice, flour, oil and vinegar in the future, you can help run errands. We can also help take care of Baoer. If A'an comes back to cause trouble, I will teach him a lesson!"
"Thank you grandma!" A Lian lay on Old Mrs. Su's shoulder and cried loudly.
"Don't cry, kid, every family has a difficult sutra, and the old woman is also a miserable person. She has been suffering for a lifetime. If we women, we must be strong if we have men or not. There are also female leaders such as Sun Erniang and Hu Sanniang in Liangshanpo. If A'an bullies you again, the old woman will help you teach him a lesson. Don't worry about others' misunderstandings. The villagers in this village know the situation in your family and will not gossip!"
Old Mrs. Su gently patted A Lian's back to comfort her, and Zhao Qi was relieved when she hugged Baoer.
In life, eight or nine things are unsatisfactory.
What you can do is very limited, but if you can do it but don’t do it, Zhao Qi always feels guilty. No one knows what will happen next, but taking one step at a time, as an adult man who was once thirty years old, not only has different ideas about marriage than current people, but also has a more thorough and open-minded view of many things than a young woman like A Lian who is only in her twenties.
"Da Lang~"
Just as the two women were holding hands and talking, Yang Dayuan rushed over with joy on his face.
"Uncle Dayuan is here just right. Let's go to Liu Dong and buy the wasteland in Dawan Village as soon as possible!" Zhao Qi put down Baoer and said happily.
"Okay, Ermao didn't say it very clearly. Let's go now!"
After saying a few words, Zhao Qi and Yang Dayuan left the cave and went to Liu Dong's house.
"Dalang, I just saw Grandma and A Lian crying. What happened?" Yang Dayuan couldn't help asking while walking on the road.
Zhao Qi did not hide it, and told him about Ah An's situation that he hadn't been home for a few days and had no money or rice at home, and then told him his plans.
"Well, you did this right. When you are busy in the future, your family will really need someone to take care of you. I will teach him a lesson about A'an. After the warehouse is completed, I think A'an is also brought to the warehouse to help. After all, they are all from the same village. Tell me more, I think he will change his mind!" Yang Da'an nodded.
Zhao Qi was silent. Based on his little understanding of A'an, he was afraid that this matter would become increasingly unblocked in the future. Zhao Qi felt that divorce was the best protection for A Lian and Baoer.
It is difficult to find a toad with three legs, and a man with two legs is everywhere.
The feudal dregs such as the Three Obediences and Four Virtues have no attraction to him.
Although it is said that the status of men declined sharply after the liberation of women in later generations, society is always progressing, and family harmony cannot be guaranteed by suppressing women.
Moreover, there were not always such old customs and habits that suppressed human nature before. Even before the Southern Song Dynasty, when Neo-Confucianism was pushed to the theatrical hall of feudal rule theory, women had a low status, and divorce was not a shameful thing. Moreover, divorced women were very tolerant of remarrying in society, and some divorced women were even very popular.
Even for a long time in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was a model of equality between men and women. Women could read books like men, recite poems and paintings to be a literary young woman.
Even even though he proposed that the Neo-Confucianist Cheng Yi, who had starved to death, and advocated that his daughter-in-law would remarry, he could only pinch his nose to express his support.
A typical case that can better reflect the difficulty of remarrying is that Song Zhenzong's wife Empress Liu is both second-hand. The most incredible thing is that under the wind of Empress Liu's pillow, Emperor Zhenzong of Song also promoted Empress Liu's ex-husband Gong Mei.
This is the case with the emperor and even more so among the people. Fan Zhongyan's mother remarried, Wang Anshi's wife also remarried, and Yue Fei's wife Liu even remarried twice. The remarriage of women among the people is common, and there are not many people who blame it.
It is even more humane in the clan rules of the Fan Family's charity village. A man will not pay for remarrying, but a woman will have to pay for remarrying a charity village.
The Song Dynasty had a story that was even more interesting because a woman remarried.
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, two prime ministers, Xiang Minzhong and Zhang Qixian, went to court to marry a widow named Chai, and asked the emperor to sue. The ending of this matter was even more eye-catching. Because the quarrel was too ugly, the two prime ministers were demoted, which also became a gossip story hotly discussed among the people.
Of course, whether a woman wants to remarry or divorce, there must be a legitimate reason. If a woman is in trouble and a disgusting thing is discovered, the punishment will be very serious.
However, as Neo-Confucianism has now become the official science prescribed by the court, public opinion has increasingly suppressed and bound women.
The Neo-Confucianism trend in the late Song Dynasty became stronger and stronger. If no one supported her in a situation like A Lian, she might be neglected and beaten by A'an for the rest of her life like a widow.
Chapter completed!