Well, let’s be very serious. The name of this chapter is actually very serious.
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Although the house is not spacious, it is still brand new. After entering the two rooms, Lin Zhenrong is waiting to sit in the outer room. There is a bookcase against the wall, with a few old books scattered there. Next to the bookcase are several large locked boxes and
The cabinet has a yellowed "Happiness" sign on it, and there is a long table with vases, incense burners and other items on it, as well as several six-sided lacquered stools. Although it is neat and has everything it should have, it doesn't look like it is there.
It turns out that the wood workmanship is only average.
Not long after, Mrs. Ma came in with a brass pot and said, "I'm sorry, there's not much good tea. My sister just wants to warm her stomach." He poured Lin Jinrong a cup of hot tea and handed him a plate of melon seeds.
After saying a few words, someone knocked on the window twice. Ma stood up and walked out in a hurry: "I'm afraid something will happen, fourth sister, sit down slowly. If you can't stand it, go to bed."
Lie down and change the quilt, which is clean."
"Sister-in-law, you are busy, so don't worry about me." Lin Jinrong poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Lychee himself: "I want you to come out with me in the middle of the night to enjoy the cold wind and have a drink to warm your stomach. Bring me a stool and sit on it.
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"You and your wife are not afraid of anything the girl says. Are you still afraid of this slave?" Lychee thanked her, held up the tea cup, and sat down by the charcoal basin with his body tilted, and whispered: "It's so quiet in this house."
It seemed that she was not the only one who felt strange. Lin Jinrong gently stroked Lychee's hand. The master and the servant stared at the copper charcoal basin in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, they suddenly heard loud cries outside. Then spring
Ya came in with a pale face and said, "No, madam, let the girl just sit here and don't go out, don't rush into her."
Sure enough, he had stepped into the gate of hell with one foot, and would have died if he could not take it back. Lin Jinrong was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Where is the child?"
Chun Ya whispered: "She is a girl. I heard she is a little weak." It turned out that when Mr. Shui came earlier, Grandma Chang had already fainted. After the injection and the ginseng brought by Mrs. Tao, she was also
It's just giving birth to the child.
Lin Jinrong couldn't help but secretly thought that in such a family, Nanchang's grandma would be a successor. Unless the eldest sister-in-law and eldest brother were kind, this girl's life would be difficult. But before, she saw Ma and the eldest son of the Lin family who didn't care at all.
It looks like it will be difficult.
Not long after, Mrs. Tao walked in, supported by Gong's mother and the Tiehuai family. Her expression was very miserable, her lips were pale, and her hands were trembling. It was obvious that the scene just now made her very stimulated.
Lin Jinrong quickly stood up and helped Mrs. Tao sit in her seat, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over. She didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, she had to say: "Mom, if we stay here, we are just causing trouble to others. Why don't we start first?"
Go back, prepare some things, and wait for them to lay out the details before coming back. Ask if they need any manpower, and I might as well allocate some money and come over to help."
Mrs. Tao didn't want to stay here anymore, so she agreed. The few people walked outside, and Lin Chang rushed over to see them off. They exchanged tears and said many words of gratitude with a sad face. Mrs. Tao had to stop and comfort him: "
It is the right thing to do our best to know the fate of destiny, to be grieving and to accept changes..."
Suddenly I heard a roar inside, a man yelling, a woman barking, mixed with the barking of dogs. A young man in white rushed out from the inner courtyard and ran towards Mr. Tao, "Bata!"
He knelt down and said loudly in a hoarse voice: "Third Madam, Third Madam, you are so kind and merciful, just save my miserable sister, and I will make you a cow and a horse!"
Lin Jinrong could clearly see that the white clothes on this young man were just the coat turned inside out as a mourning robe. He was holding a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes tightly in his arms. Behind him, the Ma family and the elders of the Lin family
The young man, and a young man in his twenties who looked similar, probably the second young man of the Lin family, rushed out. When they saw this situation, they stood still and looked a little uncomfortable.
Ma's face was livid and she said sternly: "Third brother, don't talk nonsense and scare third aunt!"
Lin Chang looked at Mrs. Tao, gritted his teeth and kicked the young man in the chest, scolding angrily: "You little beast! Get out of here! Be careful to scare your sister!"
"He's still holding the baby!" Lin Jinrong couldn't figure out what the situation was, but he exclaimed subconsciously. However, he saw that although the boy was kicked by Lin Chang and staggered, he still stubbornly held the baby high.
, staring at Mrs. Tao with wide eyes, the swaddled baby let out a weak cry like a kitten.
Lin Chang pulled the boy with a straight face: "Get in!"
The young man's face was as white as snow. He struggled and said in a hoarse voice: "Third madam, third madam, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. My mother's bones are not cold..." The rest of the words were muffled by Lin Chang.
Mouth, Ma took the opportunity to step forward, snatch the baby away, and run inside quickly.
What kind of show is this? Tao frowned: "What's going on?"
Lin Chang motioned to his two sons behind him to drag the young man in, and said with an apologetic smile: "I made the three younger brothers and sisters laugh. This child can't bear that his mother is gone. He is confused and a little crazy. I heard that his sister is weak, so I thought
We don't care...don't care, don't care."
Young Master Lin said with a bit of ridicule: "No, this is our own flesh and blood, who would care?"
The young man struggled desperately, and his covered face looked extremely distorted under the light. Snowflakes fell on his head, and his face quickly turned into water, flowing down his cheeks, but he couldn't feel it at all.
Chilly, just struggling desperately, a pair of eyes that looked like Grandma Jichang kept staring at Tao and Lin Jinrong, her eyes were extremely sad and desperate.
Lin Jinrong is no longer the ignorant woman she used to be. She has also heard people say in her previous life that there are cruel parents in this world who refuse to give birth to children. They often drown their children when they encounter bad years, disasters, and when life is difficult.
Among the water basins. There is also a kind of person who was originally relatively wealthy, but because marriages are based on financial considerations, generous marriages are common. The woman's dowry is often double the man's dowry, and the parents and brothers are unwilling to divide the family property, so they are equally cruel. Among them,
There are sons and daughters, and most of the daughters were drowned and abandoned.
Nowadays, the Lin Chang family obviously meets this condition. They have few assets, an aging father, and two eldest sons from their original wives. One of them has just given birth to a son, and the other is already old and has not yet been married.
The next underage son and newborn daughter... there were already rumors of weakness, and it was even more natural that they died young afterwards. This young man clearly knew something, so he took this opportunity to run away and seek help. If they didn't care,
, the newborn baby cannot escape death.
It would be okay if she had never met her before, but now that she had met him, she couldn't pretend not to know. Lin Jinrong took a step forward and said loudly: "Uncle, is this my third brother? He suffered a big change when he was young, and he is a little confused.
It's inevitable to be clear. Mr. Shui happens to be here. Could you please diagnose his pulse and prescribe a prescription?" Before he finished speaking, the young man's eyes lit up.
Lin Chang was startled, then ordered someone to open the door categorically: "No, thank you Fourth Miss for your kindness. I have already troubled you too much today, and I don't dare to delay you anymore. If the three brothers and sisters are dragged down by this, I will be a sinner, and I will send you away first."
go back."
His family situation is complicated. Although Mrs. Tao knows that there are no bases, she, as an outsider, really can't say much, let alone intervene in such a thing - involving the dispute between the front and rear wives and the dispute over family property.
Endless trouble. Although she couldn't bear it in her heart, she still pulled Lin Jinrong's hand and nodded to Lin Chang: "No need, you are busy, let's go first. If you have something to say, please talk to me. That child is so pitiful."
Lin Chang lowered his eyes and agreed casually.
Lin Jinrong was dragged out by Mr. Tao. He saw the light in the young man's eyes slowly dimming, but he still did not give up his struggle. He was kicked and beaten wildly by his two adult brothers, like a desperate and extremely pitiful sleepy boy.
beast.
The two brand-new doors, reflecting the light of snow, gradually closed and closed, isolating the struggling young man inside. Large swaths of snowflakes fell from the sky, and a cold wind whistled in the mountains not far away, blowing up one after another.
of snow and fog.
There is a feeling in this world called despair, real despair. You can see hope, it is even right next to you, you feel its existence, but no matter how hard you try, you can't grasp it, you can only watch.
Watching it ruthlessly slipping away between your fingers... Tasting this kind of taste once in a lifetime is enough. Lin Jinrong remembered when she heard a distant relative of the Lu family tell her that Lu Mian had already escaped with his parents.
When I thought about my own mood, I thought of myself struggling desperately in the river, and my eyes couldn't help but get slightly wet.
She tightened her grip on Mr. Tao's arm and begged: "Mom, we're here too. Just be good and do it to the end and figure out what's going on? I feel like something is really wrong. This clan leader said he was telling him not to get hurt.
He killed the child, but still kicked him, not worried at all and without sense... Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Even if there is a misunderstanding, it is best to clarify it, so as not to lose sleep at night and regret it later.
He and the child are pitiful without their mother to protect them. If his family really treats the child well, they won't blame us for being troublesome. If they have evil intentions, we will do good deeds and accumulate virtue. I beg you..."
I don’t know if it was Lin Jinrong’s last words, “It’s so pitiful without my mother to protect me” that moved Mrs. Tao. Mrs. Tao hesitated for a long time, frowned and then relaxed, and discussed with Gong’s mother in a low voice: “Now that we are in trouble, we can’t pretend to be deaf.
He's mute, how about we go and ask? If that's not possible, I'll hire this girl's wet nurse for him. It won't cost much."
Gong's mother looked very embarrassed: "My dear madam, although this is doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, it is also endless trouble. Who knows the future..." She did not finish her words, but she meant that doing good deeds and accumulating virtue must also be done within your ability.
——*——*——A little explanation, the word indicating money——*——
Please don't question it, this custom of not giving birth to a child is well documented.
This situation was very popular in the Song Dynasty, especially in Fujian. It also existed in relatively prosperous places such as Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road. It was a very serious social problem.
The "son" of not giving birth to a child not only refers to men, but also includes women, and drowning of female infants is more serious than male infants. The main reasons include disasters in bad years, lack of fertility, and difficult life. There is also another kind of childbirth because of old age.
, faced with the problem of property division, parents and brothers do not want to have more children to divide the family property. As for female infanticide, this is because in addition to the traditional thought of favoring sons over daughters, it is also because marriage is about wealth, and it is common to marry rich, and they are unwilling to divide the family
The purpose is to divide the property, so I am unwilling to raise my daughter. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (To be continued.)