Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 3231 spoiling his wife and destroying his wife (three more)
Yang Ruoqing continued: "So, in terms of coaxing our grandma to be happy, my fourth aunt will not be Xiaojuan's opponent after practicing for another 100 years."

"What's more, the scars on Xiaojuan's face are more than half healed now, she has captured my fourth uncle's heart again, and she is pregnant with twins."

"No matter which way you look at it, Xiaojuan is now a celebrity. Fourth Aunt, she has done more than she has done, and her cousins ​​don't support her, and they can't support her. That's why it's the current situation. Who is to blame? ? You can only blame yourself!"

Zhao Liuer nodded again and again, "I think that Aunt Juan is only a few years older than us, but this maid from a wealthy family was trained and thoughtful."

"Earlier, when He'er was asked to eat noodles, He'er didn't even need to ask. She cooked two poached eggs for Feifei in advance,"

"It's the double-yolk egg that fourth uncle got her. This really coaxes He'er and pleases fourth uncle again. Everyone is kind and friendly. You really know how to behave!"

Yang Ruoqing agreed with Zhao Liuer's words, and said: "Xiaojuan is two years older than me, and she is 23 this year. Compared with my middle-aged fourth aunt at this age, my fourth uncle likes Xiaojuan better in every aspect."

"If Xiaojuan gives birth to a boy and a half girl at that time, the fourth uncle's heart will probably go to Xiaojuan, and then he will regard Xiaojuan's place as his real fourth wife. If it’s not good, let Xiaojuan come forward.”

Zhao Liuer's eyes widened in surprise, "Then...in the words of the play, isn't this called spoiling concubines and destroying wives?"

"However, those who spoil concubines and kill wives in the drama are all against the law and will be punished by the emperor..."

Yang Ruoqing bared a smile.

"Those who are afraid of being exposed are all officials and eunuchs. For people like Fourth Uncle who have no fame and no official position, at most they will be stabbed in the back by others, and it will not affect anything fundamentally."

"However, if someone is sued to the government and the government really holds him accountable, then he has violated the criminal law and both of them will be punished."

It was the first time for Zhao Liu'er to hear such words, and she said in surprise: "Qing'er, you have traveled far and wide and have a lot of knowledge, tell me why those rich families are so taboo about pampering their concubines and destroying their wives?"

Yang Ruoqing originally didn't want to talk about these things.

But looking at the curious eyes of Zhao Liu'er and Xiao Hua who arrived later, Yang Ruoqing smiled.

"Okay, now that the chatterbox is open, I'll say a little more," she said.

Sun said: "I'm tired of talking standing up, come on, sit down and talk slowly."

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips, her mother is like this, where there is a mother, the focus of attention is always a little different from others.

Yang Ruoqing sat down, and the others also stood or sat, looking at Yang Ruoqing, expecting her next words.

For the fourth wife of the old Yang family, this kind of complicated marriage is the first case in the whole village, even Yang Zhenbang, who became rich a long time ago, has never had it.

Here, Yang Ruoqing sorted out her thoughts, and then spoke.

"Not only in Daqi, but also before Daqi, the system of wives and concubines was very distinct."

"Wife, called marry, concubine, called Na."

"The wife is the hostess of the backyard. She takes care of the housework, handles human relations, manages property, and is the head of the family."

"The wife is the master, and she has an equal relationship with her husband."

"The concubine is half the master. To put it bluntly, the concubine is a man's plaything and a tool for raising children."

"A child born to a wife is a concubine, a junior master, and a child born to a concubine is called a concubine."

"A concubine is considered a slave in front of a wife, and a servant. Only with a slave and a servant can she be considered a master."

"The family's property, fields, shops, etc. are usually inherited by the wife's son-in-law, and the son-in-law can only get a little bit."

"Some regular wives are so clever that the concubines can't bear children at all."

"As for some concubines, they also have a lot of eyes. If they meet those confused regular wives, they will probably overwhelm the regular wives in turn. And if the man who is the head of the family turns a blind eye to it, this matter is also a problem. If there is such a fight in the inner court, if nothing too outrageous is done, usually no one will stab the yamen, and even if it does, it will be nothing if there is no real thing to come out."

After Yang Ruoqing finished speaking, she saw Zhao Liuer and Xiao Hua looking at each other.

Xiaohua said: "I didn't expect that there are so many specialties in getting married, it's too scary."

Zhao Liu'er also murmured: "From the point of view of blood relationship, I don't think this is appropriate."

"It doesn't matter whether it is born by his wife or concubine, to this man, it is his own child."

"However, from the perspective of the relationship between husband and wife, I despise those who make concubines for others. You know that they have wives and children, why do you want to get involved?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

There are many sources of this concubine, some are men who mess around outside, and some are given by others, because in ancient times concubines could be sent back and forth as gifts.

Moreover, it is regarded as a very elegant thing by some literati, and they even wrote poems and Fu to commemorate this event.

Of course, there is another kind of plug for parents-in-law.

Gifts from elders cannot be refused.

The mother-in-law puts women in the son's room, usually for the purpose of spreading branches and leaves for the family, or having a bad relationship with the daughter-in-law, and intentionally embarrassing the daughter-in-law.

As for the father-in-law giving his son a concubine...

In "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia She, the grand master of Jia's mansion, gave his son Jia Lian a house that he had ruined by himself...

"Those are the affairs of big families, and they are far away from us. Let's not discuss this topic further." Yang Ruoqing said.

"Our old Yang family, in fact, the family relationship is simple, and they are all out-and-out farmers."

"Even if Da'an wins the first prize, he will still be monogamous in the future."

Yang Ruoqing said again, because Xiaohua had a trace of worry on her face when she heard about those concubines spreading branches and leaves.

Although Xiaohua concealed it well, she still couldn't escape Yang Ruoqing's eyes.

A woman with a serious natal family would be worried that a man would bring someone back, worrying about losing her status, not to mention that Xiaohua didn't have a real natal family...

"We are all peasants. Except for the fourth uncle who is a little more complicated, every house in our house is simple and down-to-earth, including my Da'an."

"What should we do? Let's not talk about it. As for the fourth aunt and Aunt Xiaojuan, they must fight openly and secretly,"

"However, these are the fourth house's housework. Our next room, or the younger generation, have no right to interfere with these, just take a look." Yang Ruoqing finally said.

Sun was the first to agree: "Yes, what Qing'er said is from my heart, we are all honest peasants, those things have nothing to do with us."

(End of this chapter)