"You grew up in the clan when you were a child. I wonder if you have noticed that there are very few men named Yun in our Yun family? The vast majority of the clan are women?"
Wu Ansu has not been back for many years since he left the Yun family school at the age of six, but he still vaguely remembers what the Yun family looked like back then.
As her mother Wu Xia said, the ratio of men to women in the Yun clan is extremely disparate. Excluding those men with other surnames who married into the Yun family, there are very few men with true Yun blood. On the contrary, there are so many women that every sight is a sea of warblers.
Yan.
Wu Ansu had never thought about it carefully before, but now that her mother mentioned it, she suddenly felt that this matter was a little strange.
"Why is this so? Are our Yun family any different from ordinary people?"
"Silly boy, you haven't noticed it yet, have you?" Wu Xia gently grabbed Wu Ansu's delicate hands, put them on her face and rubbed them, "You haven't liked putting on makeup like ordinary girls since you were a child.
You take care of yourself, but haven’t you noticed that your skin is still about the same elasticity as when you were 17 or 18 years old?”
Wu Ansu nodded. She was well-known in the bureau for her good skin. Many female colleagues had asked her more than once how she maintained such delicate skin, but she couldn't answer. After all, she usually washed her hands with cold water.
Just apply some moisturizing cream on your face and that's it. The other person often thinks it's something she treasures and doesn't want to share it with them.
She is not popular among the policewomen in the station, and this is partly the reason.
"This is the special thing about our Yun family. As long as a woman of our Yun family's blood reaches a certain age, her body will suddenly slow down her growth rate.
Depending on the individual's physique, it is 2-5 times slower than ordinary people. It is said that an ancestor in the clan once reached 10 times, and he still looked like a cardamom girl until his death.
Our ancestors of the Yun family have done statistics and found out the rules. Generally speaking, the earlier the growth slowdown occurs, the higher the slowdown rate will be.
The clan calls this point in time the 'freezing point', which means that time begins to freeze.
My freezing point is at the age of twenty-six, and your freezing point is at the age of twenty-two, which means that when you reach my age, you will definitely look much younger than I do now.
Therefore, when you and Li Mengnan are together, there is no need to worry about your age. For us women of the Yun family, age is just a number. It has no other meaning except for calculating how long you have lived.
"
Wu Ansu couldn't help but be surprised. She had always thought that her mother's "myth of immortality" was the only one, but she didn't expect that it was the same for herself.
"Then why have you never told me this before?"
Wu Ansu couldn't figure out why his mother had concealed such a big secret until now.
"Silly boy, of course I am doing it for your own good... Do you know what ageless appearance means? Once this matter is leaked, it will be enough to make any man around you crazy for you. Do you think that by then, you will still
Can you live a quiet life like now?"
Wu Ansu finally understood her mother's good intentions.
If a man's greatest asset is his talent, power and wealth, then a woman's greatest asset is undoubtedly her appearance. But youth is fleeting and beauty grows old quickly. The so-called "powerful country" only lasts for more than ten years, and stunning beauty is also
In the end, there is no way to escape the day when the skin is full of chickens and the hair is white.
But the women of the Yun family don't have to worry about this at all. The magical "freezing point" can always maintain their appearance at the time when women are most beautiful, truly realizing the legendary "Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world."
Why do men today always look for new loves after marriage? Do they really have no feelings for their wives? Most of them are actually caused by the genes in the body that seek young people of the opposite sex to reproduce, which is the so-called separation of love and sex.
of.
But if a woman can always remain at her most beautiful moment, just like "if life is just like the first time we met", there will be a few men who are willing to risk the beautiful woman who has been with her for more than ten years at home and is still charming.
The risk of family breakdown, why go out and find that fresh woman who only has a few years of youth?
There is no doubt that based on this alone, the women of the Yun family are the best that all men dream of.
Although Wu Ansu figured out the deep meaning of his mother's actions, another question came next.
"Sister Xia, if you say so, the girls of our Yun family should be very popular, but why do we have to buy one get one free every time we marry a girl?"
"This is what I want to tell you, the real biggest secret of our Yun family." Wu Xia patted Wu Ansu's arm and motioned her to sit up from her arms. The two faced each other and said seriously: "There is nothing in this world that can be obtained for nothing.
, this God is fair, and if you gain something, you will lose it... The youth and beauty of our Yun family women were actually exchanged for the lives of the Yun family men."
"Sister Xia, what do you mean?" Wu Ansu shuddered when he heard these words.
"No one knows exactly why this is happening. Our Yun family is like being cursed. Even though the women will always be as beautiful as flowers, none of the men in the Yun family can live beyond the age of thirty. They also have a similar
The time point of our 'freezing point' is called the 'end point'. Once it reaches this point in time, the men of the Yun family will reach the level of aging that ordinary people take decades to reach in a few years, and then move towards
The end of life.”
Speaking of this, Wu Xia was silent for a long time. Just when Wu Ansu couldn't stand the silent suppression and was about to ask again, she suddenly sighed and continued: "Because of this, except for the eldest son, our Yun family basically
Women are the ones who inherit the bloodline. It doesn't matter what your surname is. With this cursed 'freezing point' and 'end point', no matter what your surname is, it can't change the fact that you are a member of the Yun family.
There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having offspring. China has had this tradition since ancient times.
Marrying a girl from our Yun family means either giving up the inheritance of the bloodline, or sharing this cursed fate with the Yun family.
This is unacceptable to many men. There are countless lovers in the Yun family who have parted ways because of this matter. Therefore, a certain generation of ancestors of the Yun family set the rules for the first wife to marry a daughter to the studio to make up for the other party's lack of love.
The loss and regret of not being able to continue the family line brought about by marrying a girl from the Yun family."
Wu Ansu was so shocked that she could not speak for a long time. She did not expect that such a terrible "curse" existed in her seemingly superior bloodline.
I understand, but it's not that easy for her to accept.
"Sister Xia, that is a thing of the past after all... What age are we in now? Men and women have been equal for a long time. Doesn't anyone think it's unreasonable to still stick to such ancient clan rules?"
Wu Xia suddenly stretched out her finger and flicked Wu Ansu's forehead, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, these are just the words of those so-called feminists. The social division of labor between men and women has been different from the beginning. Why?
Maybe equality?”
Wu Ansu always believed that he was not inferior to any man, and immediately retorted unconvinced: "Sister Xia, I don't like hearing what you say anymore. Tell me, how have I been worse than those men since I was a child? Why can't I be?
Equal to them?"
"Men can go shirtless in summer, can you? Can men pee standing up, can you? Men can take cold showers 365 days a year, can you?"
Wu Xia's seemingly understated rhetorical question immediately made Wu Ansu speechless. After a long time, she said quietly: "Sister Xia, you are so shameless. I am a woman. How can I do these things that only men can do?"
"
"Look, now you know you are a woman, why don't you demand equality between men and women?" Wu Xia peeled an apple and handed it to Wu Ansu, and said sincerely: "In this world, everything has its specific position...
...The roots of a tree should be firmly rooted in the soil to absorb water, and the leaves should strive to upward to receive the sun. If the roots want to be leaves and the leaves want to be roots, then the tree will only die.
Similarly, God created men to be strong so that they can hunt and conquer, and created women to be plump so that they can better please men and nurture their offspring.
Even though there are many women now calling for equality between men and women, as long as you ask them if they are willing to pay half of the cost of buying a house when they get married, and if they are willing to let men take a week off doing nothing every month after marriage, they will basically show their true colors.
Already."
After a short pause to give Wu Ansu enough time to think, Wu Xia continued: "Xiao Su, you should have heard your father say that my temper before was the same as yours, overbearing, rough, and unreasonable...
But such a family structure is unhealthy. Men are under much greater pressure outside than us women. What we need when we return home is a gentle embrace, not the same questions and accusations from the outside world.
I'm ashamed to say that I only learned this from your aunt in the studio a few years after we got married."
Wu Ansu suddenly remembered that when she was young, her father did not like to go home very much for a period of time, and rarely talked to her mother. It was not until she was five years old that the relationship between her parents gradually began to warm up. It turned out that there was
Such an inside story.
"It's a good thing for girls to maintain their independent personality, but personality does not mean that they have to be strong... You have to remember that a man is a creature that eats soft things but not hard things. As long as you make him feel that you are more comfortable here than anywhere else, he will
I will stay by your side for the rest of my life and refuse to leave."
Wu Ansu's strong character is only external. She has been taught by words and deeds since she was a child. She still agrees with her mother's point of view, but she can't help but feel a little embarrassed when she thinks about it: "Sister Xia, I... I'm afraid that I can't do it. What should I do?"
"As long as you really like someone, there's nothing you can't do."
Wu Xia looked at her daughter with relief. In Wu Ansu, she seemed to see her own shadow.
"To be honest, what I'm most worried about is not how you get along with Li Mengnan, but how you get along with your aunt's sister in the studio..."
"My aunt's sister...?"
Only then did Wu Ansu realize that she actually had to face a bigger problem than dating Li Mengnan. Even though she was burdened with a curse in her blood, as a woman who had received modern education since childhood, it was still difficult for her to accept this kind of relationship with others.
A forced arrangement for women to share their loved ones together.
Not even half-sisters.
"Sister Xia, do you have to do this?" Although Wu Ansu had known since she was a child how strict and unkind the rules of the Yun family were, she still wanted to try to fight for it.
Unfortunately, there was no surprise in the answer. Wu Xia shook her head with an extremely serious expression.
Back then, Wu Xia once forced Li Hongming to meet her father, but in the end, because Li Hongming refused to accept the family rule of dowry, she had to forcibly sever the relationship between the two and marry someone she didn't like very much.
Wu Ansu's father, this shows that the rules of the Yun clan are strict and irreversible.
"Xiao Su, whether it's for yourself or Li Mengnan, you'd better not be willful. You should know very well that the Yun family's family methods are not a joke... If you think you can't accept it, then you will spend the rest of your life.
Don't be emotional towards anyone, otherwise you will only harm others and yourself."
Wu Xia's tone was stern, but Wu Ansu knew that her mother was not being alarmist. The Yun family's family law was not as simple as mild verbal punishment or confinement, which could actually kill people.
And that is violence beyond the law. Once targeted, no one can escape.
Seeing Wu Ansu's gloomy expression, Wu Xia also realized that her words might have been a bit harsh, and comforted her: "Don't think too much. In fact, the existence of the studio is not as difficult to accept as you thought... The studio and us
The education received by the wives is different, and when you get in contact with them, you will find that they are actually very easy to get along with, and they are only good for you and not bad for you."
"Okay, Sister Xia, don't go easy on me."
"Do you think I'm comforting you?" Wu Xia said with a smile, "I'm just telling a fact...men are like children. Before they have children of their own, they are completely uncertain, playful and pursuing
The sense of freshness is inherent in their nature.
Don’t think that just because we, the women of the Yun family, are always young, we have all the advantages. You have to understand that the women of our Yun family really start to exert their strength after the age of thirty, and before that, you and other women are actually on the same side.
On the starting line.
At this time, your studio sisters are your biggest helpers. No man can refuse the temptation of having an affair openly, let alone a pair of sisters who will never age.
Sure, it may not feel good to share someone you love, but have you ever thought about the possibility of failure?
So is it better to share it with your brothers and sisters? Or is it better to get nothing and marry someone you don’t like, or to live alone for the rest of your life?”
Although Wu Ansu wanted to refute, "Why do you think I will fail?", when he spoke, he found that he did not have the confidence at all. After all, Li Mengnan had always treated her as an ordinary friend. If it weren't for his mother's help, Li Mengnan would have
It's impossible to agree to try dating her for a while first.
But this is just a trial, just like the trial period of online shopping products. If you find that it does not work well, you will eventually have to return it.
Her family knows her own affairs, and with her personality, if Li Mengnan could have called, she would have called long ago, and there is no need to delay it until now. Therefore, if there are no additional weights, once the probation period is over, she will definitely not be able to escape being "
Return" results.
And to think about it from another perspective, as a bloodline of the Yun family, unless she decides to die alone, she will eventually have to share the same man's fate with the studio. In this case, it is better to choose someone you really like than to live in a movie like her mother.
Spend the rest of your life with endless regrets...
From this point of view, her sister from the studio, whom she has never met before, is really the trump card that she can use to decide the situation in one fell swoop.
"Sister Xia, it seems that you have never told me about my aunt in the studio and my sister in the studio... What kind of people are they? Since you accepted them later, why don't they live with us?
Together?"
Although it is a bit semi-forced, Wu Ansu has decided to try to accept this reality from now on.
Seeing that Wu Ansu did not resist willfully, Wu Xia couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
What she fears most is that Wu Ansu cannot accept the unique family rules of the studio. After all, Wu Ansu has always received the most orthodox education in modern society. It is necessary for her to fully accept this ancient tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years.
Rules are obviously difficult.
Fortunately, the six years of family study in childhood and her subtle words and deeds had an effect. Wu Ansu accepted this reality with only a brief argument and did not do anything drastic. Otherwise, faced with the ruthless family rules and family laws, Wu Ansu would
Even she couldn't protect Wu Ansu.
"Speaking of which, the person your father really likes is your aunt. She is a woman as gentle as water. Even now, I can't even match half of what she was back then.
Your studio sisters... To be precise, they should be your pair of studio sisters. They were actually triplets, but unfortunately one of them died when they were born, leaving only two.
When they were six years old, your two studio sisters were found to have strong talents by the clan, so they were transferred to the clan's law enforcement team as candidates.
Your aunt would stay with the clan for a week every month to take care of them. Later, after your father passed away, she stayed in the clan and never came back.
But if word comes back that you have a boyfriend, according to the rules of the clan, your two studio sisters should come back."
Wu Ansu was suddenly startled. He blushed and waved his hands repeatedly: "This...these characters have not even been written yet, and they are coming back. Isn't it inappropriate?"
Although he had decided to accept the existence of the studio, Wu Ansu felt strangely awkward when he thought about dating Li Mengnan and being followed by two light bulbs.
No one she knew was in love like this, and she couldn't find a reference point even if she wanted to. This made her, a novice in love, extremely embarrassed...