Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 261 The Situation Becomes Chaotic

Qi Fei had never thought about Mei Qian's idea of ​​promoting women to take the imperial examination and enter officialdom.

After sending Lingjiao and Lin Manman away, Qi Fei discussed the matter in detail with Mei Qian alone.

"Does the emperor know about your idea?"

"know."

"He agreed?"

“My teacher agreed.”

Qi Fei stared at Mei Qian in disbelief. She couldn't even imagine how Mei Qian had convinced them.

"Do you know how much danger you will face after proposing this plan? By then, even you will be dragged into the water."

"I was promoted based on my military merits and contribution of high-quality seeds, not through the imperial examination.

Even if I fail in promoting this matter in the future, will they attack me on the grounds that I did not pass the imperial examination to become an official?
If that were the case, regardless of gender, would the many noble families, generals, and soldiers in the court who made their fortunes through military merit agree?"

"You, you have already thought of a way out?" Qi Fei stared at Mei Qian with eyes wide open. She dared to wonder when Mei Qian had thought of this.

Seeing Qi Fei so shocked, Mei Qian sighed softly, pulled Qi Fei to sit face to face on a chair beside her, and said sincerely:
“I just wanted to make a future for myself.

I just saw too many things.

I suddenly realized that no matter if I was a woman like that who had joined these men and was struggling to make a career,
Or the women who were abandoned by their families in this troubled time but still struggled to move forward,
Everyone just wants to find a place to stay in this chaotic world.

But what happens after the chaos ends? "

Mei Qian asked, then suddenly chuckled and looked up at Qi Fei with clear eyes, saying: "After the chaotic times are over, hundreds or thousands of years later, perhaps people like you, Princess, and people like me will be added to this history because of their gender.

What about the other women?
After the troubled times are over, no one will remember the pain suffered by the women who suffered because of it.

Time leaves no trace and history books do not record its name.

In a peaceful world, people hope that future women will be like the delicate flowers raised in the backyard, relying on men and being weak and unable to take care of themselves.

And then……

After several years, war breaks out again, and the women's fate repeats itself, but there is no improvement..."

Mei Qian took a deep breath and said, "I... I can't accept this. Since I can make a little change, I think I'll give it a try.

If you can change a little, then change a little. Just like Princess, didn't you say that Prince Jing once hoped that you would be a docile girl who grew up relying on him?
But you still chose to be a tree that faces the wind and rain alone."

Qi Fei, who was left speechless by what Mei Qian said, sat there for a long time without saying anything, until Mei Qian brought a cup of refreshing jasmine tea to her again. The hot and rich fragrance brought her back to her senses.

She looked up, looked at Mei Qian who was shrouded in mist, and couldn't help but laugh softly.

"Mei Qian, you really surprise me. When I wanted to promote you, I just thought that women like me are really lonely, and it would be nice if there were a few more of us.

But you surprised me.

You don’t want a few women like you, you want all the women in the world to be like you…”

"It's not like me, I just hope everyone will have more choices."

Qi Fei took the tea from Mei Qian, skimmed off the residue, took a sip and said, "Please tell me more about this matter. Now that I have heard it, I think I should also contribute a little."

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Jiangnan, Taohua Village.

"You're not going to come back out of town for the New Year?"

When Old Lady Mei heard the news that Mei Erhu had finally found out by selling white fox fur to Yao Lincheng, she realized that Lin Qin couldn't leave Yao Lincheng at all.

Then they looked at Bai, who was reading the letter brought back by Lin Qin and Mei Erhu. The expression on her face changed again and again.

Everyone around was staring at Bai, hoping that she could tell them something useful. "Aunt, help me."

After reading the letter, Bai immediately crumpled it up, looked up at Old Lady Mei and was startled.

"What's wrong? What happened? I will help if I can."

Just as Mrs. Mei agreed, Mei Erhu asked cautiously, "What happened to Lin Qin..."

"Erhu!"

Mei Erhu immediately shut up and didn't dare to say anything bad.

He glanced at his mother, but Mrs. Bai was relieved and shook her head, saying, "It's not my husband's business. He is fine in Yaolin, but there is something that requires us to deliver a letter to Master Qingyaoji."

Ji Qing finally took refuge in Jiangbei through the Chen family.

Because of the death of Lord Xue of Qingyao and the internal strife within Qingyao, Jiangbei temporarily lost control of Qingyao.

Ji Qing went there to wipe out the previous forces and take over Qingyao again to establish the newest and most secret connection with Jiangbei.

Therefore, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ji Qing, who had just had a holiday, received a letter, a letter hidden in a small jacket that his wife had made for their daughter by selling leather.

Ji Qing was shocked by the handwriting on the letter.

"How dare this guy send a message from Yao Lin?"

Ji Qing naturally recognized Lin Qin's handwriting. When he saw the content clearly, before he could be surprised that the letter was written by his wife, he was shocked by the content.

"It's bad, it's bad, the sky is falling, how dare Lord Hu... Ouch!"

Ji Qing was so busy and flustered for a moment. He patted his forehead to calm himself down, but when he picked up the pen, he found that the ink dripped onto the paper, making a mess. His mind was still in a mess.

I don't know how many pieces of paper I changed. When I calmed down, Ji Qing found another problem -

"Wait, what am I supposed to write?"

Ji Qing glanced at the charcoal basin beside him. The letter he had just burned was reduced to scraps...

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"It's almost New Year's Day, why do you seem so busy?"

It's rare that Mei Qian is in such a good mood recently. The New Year is approaching and the snow in Xinquan has stopped for more than half a month. Mei Qian's activities have also shifted from indoors to the yard, and even the entire Princess's Mansion.

After she and Qi Fei had a heart-to-heart talk, Qi Fei would ask Mei Qian to do more work, but Mei Qian didn't just concentrate on her work.

She can also carry out tasks.

As a result, Qi Fei's workload did not decrease much.

In fact, Mei Qian saw Qi Fei leaving the house frequently these days, so she finally stopped him and asked him about it.

result--

"Huh? People are missing?"

Just as Qi Fei said, a lot of people have been missing in Xinquan and the surrounding areas during this period, and they were either children or adults.

Most of them are men, but there are also women. The most important thing is that the population loss has actually happened a long time ago, but the number was small before and the places where it happened were relatively scattered. Such things in some places could not be reported to her at all.

But she didn't expect that this kind of incident would become more and more frequent. By winter, the problems of missing people in various places could no longer be suppressed, so it came to her.

Now that Qi Fei is investigating it herself, she is just as confused as Mei Qian was when she first heard it.

"What are the common characteristics of these missing people?"

Mei Qian asked, and Qi Fei shook her head repeatedly: "If there really is any common feature, then it's fine, but the key is that there is no common feature, everyone has it."

I came back from the high-speed train at midnight last night and didn't have time to write. In the summer, I wear shorts when I go out, and I get bitten by mosquitoes every time_(：3」∠)_