Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 177 Family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs

After more than half a month, the weather became cooler.

Tian Buli walked out of the study, looked at the blooming yellow flowers in the yard, admired them for a moment, and then walked out again.

After walking past two empty yards, I saw several people putting on quilts in a large empty yard with a cement floor in the middle.

Xiaocong and Xiaoyuan are not here, only Xiaodian is playing games with a few maids nearby.

Li Hezhen saw Tian Buli and quickly got up from the ground and said, "Master, we are preparing bedding for the winter."

Several people on the ground also stood up and put down their needlework.

It's not cold here in Tiancun. Basically, quilts are not needed until winter comes. In autumn, poor families just spread a layer of clothes on the weeds.

Of course, wealthy families would not be so casual and perfunctory. Having money and more time, they naturally prepare more and live better.

Take out the quilt that has been used for a year in advance, remove the cover, replace it with new cotton, and then put on a new quilt cover.

Or some things for autumn and winter are prepared in advance, and even several sets of clothes and bedding are prepared to deal with children wetting the bed.

The three children in the family are all precious and they will not be beaten or scolded for wetting the bed.

If you wet the bed, just wet the bed. Just change into new bedding and continue sleeping.

Looking at the carefree Xiaodian and the respectful concubines, Tian Buli, as a master, was just like the men of that era. He left the household affairs to the women and took care of what a man should do.

"I will go to Qitian Mansion for an exam next month, so please prepare the things for me."

Bai Lian said hurriedly, "Master, don't worry. The writing brush, ink, paper, inkstone, sachet, knife, ginseng slices, cakes, small stove and other things you need for the exam are all ready and placed in the exam basket."

Tian Buli nodded. The women at home had prepared many things properly.

Not only matters like accounting and daily life, but also things like collecting rent and renting out fields and shops are handled properly.

Take beautiful concubines and marry virtuous wives, but there are also many beautiful and virtuous women.

Tian Buli suddenly became curious about something.

"You guys keep busy, I'm going back to read."

"Yes, sir!"

Bai Lian and the others actually didn't care about Tian Buli's imperial examination at all.

It didn’t matter whether Tian Buli passed the exam or not. He was a cultivator anyway, so he didn’t need to go through the imperial examination.

It's like a billionaire is going to take the college entrance exam. No one objects, but they are not as nervous as the parents of a real student.

Tian Buli returned to the study and sat in a chair thinking about things.

"I have been in it all along, but I have always overlooked a strange thing. If I hadn't suddenly thought of it today, I would probably not realize it for many years, or even for the rest of my life."

“Why do most of the women I meet seem to be virtuous and capable?”

"If you think about it carefully, there are indeed some people whose brains are not very useful, but there are also many smart women like Madam Xia, far more shrewd than me before..."

Tian Buli paused, and suddenly realized that he had a low status before, so it was difficult for him to see the low-key hostess hiding behind the scenes.

If you think about it carefully, Mrs. Xia is not a perfect woman. When disaster strikes, she still flees. She will remarry when she should, and divide the family property when she should.

But compared to...

"I see. My expectations are too low, so I think everyone is virtuous."

"For example, working in the fields is a very normal ability for ordinary families in this era."

"For example, having children and being a virgin. Men who ask for these things must have a mental problem."

"A second marriage is definitely a second marriage. If a daughter who is properly married is treated as second-hand goods, she will not even have the face to defend herself or seek justice after being beaten." Tian Buli understood after careful consideration. No matter whether it was Bai Lian, the Li sisters, or Zhou Jiao, they were all doing what women of this era should do.

The four of them don't need to show up in public to make money, nor do they need to calculate all day like the female shopkeeper. They just take care of the children and manage the housework every day, so naturally they can't see any shortcomings.

At the same time, her bottom line is dozens of times lower than that of men of this era. Even if she sees some shortcomings that women of this era should not have, she can't find anything wrong.

If you adjust your attitude and look at things from the perspective of a man of this era, you will find that all four women have huge problems.

First of all, their attitude is not right. The four women are all spies for other people. If they were men of this era, not to mention being nice to them, they would not even want to play with them, for fear that their bloodline would be led astray by these people of shady origins.

Tian Buli frowned and found that he was the most unusual one. He actually used his precious blood on a woman whose origin he knew was unknown.

The issue of offspring is a major issue. Even gangsters like Xia Bayuan know to entertain guests with women who cannot get pregnant, because he knows that the dignitaries do not want to have bastards.

If what happened to me happened to someone else, and if they gave a descendant with immortal talent to a singer instead of a wife from a prominent family, they would definitely have something wrong with their brains.

People of this era all know that children are greatly influenced by their parents. Those who want to practice Taoism seek out parents who practice Taoism, and those who want to practice martial arts seek out parents who practice martial arts.

In the future, when the child grows up, if the mother has a low status and a bad background, it will definitely become a topic of gossip.

This is the normal cognitive concept of this era!
On the contrary, I was given beautiful concubines by others as gifts for fun, but I used modern thinking and treated them as women.

The four of them were all concubines, and their food, clothing and other expenses were all provided by the lady. Even their status in the mansion was ranked according to the power behind them.

Bai Lian was clearly just a bonus, a coachman and maid responsible for driving the car, but in recent years she has become the "first lady" in the mansion.

But Tian Buli still recognized Xiao Cong as his eldest son.

Especially after bringing the women back to her parents' home this time, the four women all treated her as their madam.

You don’t have to serve your parents-in-law or greet them all day long.

She no longer needs to serve the master all day long, so she married a powerful husband who is obsessed with Taoism.

You don't have to worry about making a living every day, there is nothing tiring to do, the food and clothing are good, and there are children to take care of.

After Tian Buli understood the environment he was in, he suddenly realized that some women were indeed virtuous, but not many of them.

The most important thing is the overall environment. The overall environment I live in is a feudal era that restricts women's freedom and persecutes women.

No woman asks for an apology or forgiveness by pressing a man's head.

Even if a man has done something wrong to a woman, he should go to the Holy Emperor to settle the score. The laws of this era were set by the Holy Emperor.

Most death penalty cases require the permission of the Holy Emperor and several high-ranking officials. Even if an ordinary citizen is involved in a case, the court will know about it and investigate the death penalty.

Therefore, local officials would sentence the person to exile instead of the death penalty.

However, the crime of adultery is not sentenced by the county government, but is handled by the people themselves. If someone dies, as long as the woman's family does not report it to the authorities, the government will naturally not intervene in such matters.

Tian Buli originally wanted to stay at the Hu family during the exam days and not cause trouble at the Princess's Mansion.

Ever since Xiaoyuan's qualifications spread, the Princess's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion were most likely going to introduce women to him, so he was too lazy to waste time on such things.

However, today, thinking about many things about his own woman's affairs, Tian Buli suddenly became interested in the Holy Emperor who had formulated various laws and diligently handled government affairs for many years.

According to Master Taoist Liu Yun, the Holy Emperor is extremely powerful. Not to mention the cultivators in the world today, even the cultivators in heaven cannot defeat him.

He is just too lazy to pray for rain and control the flood himself, not that he has no ability.

Why does such a powerful person have to stay in the human world?
Is it really that fun to handle state affairs and manage a bunch of corrupt officials and clowns all day long?
Anyway, if he took the imperial examination, he would have to meet the emperor sooner or later. Tian Buli quickly decided to find someone from the Princess's Mansion to learn more about this holy emperor.

Regardless of whether one is a monk or a scholar, one would want to know the experience of this Holy Emperor.

(End of this chapter)