Mrs. Jiang glanced at her granddaughter in surprise: "How did you guess that?"
"Milk, it's not what you said. On rainy days, people are drunk and will most likely lie down on the ground to sleep. If the water comes up little by little, they will drown!"
Old Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "My granddaughter is still smart, and even if she did an autopsy, it was said that she drowned!"
"and after?"
"Later, Zhang Juan made an appointment with a young youngster from her village. She lost her parents and lived in poverty, but the youngster was hard-working. Zhang Juan also agreed, but..."
Jiang Xiaohua frowned: "The young fellow is also dead?"
Old Mrs. Jiang nodded: "I met a big insect on the mountain and was bitten to death! Later, they said that Zhang Juan was a murderer! No one dared to propose marriage to the Zhang family. Later, Zhang Juan's parents died, and Zhang Juan's eldest brother and sister-in-law took her away.
Sold to Old Man Li to fill in a house. Old Man Li is lazy and has a bad temper. He doesn't treat Zhang Juan as a person and beats her at every turn! Brother Li Zhengding came to the door and said it countless times, but it's useless!"
"Nai, can't Zhang Juan go back to her parents' home?"
"How to reply? Her parents are gone!"
"Doesn't she have an elder brother and a sister-in-law?"
"You forgot, it was her elder brother and sister-in-law who sold her to Old Man Li!"
"If you sell it, you can't go back to your parents' home?"
Old Mrs. Jiang: "No!"
"Then... where is Heli!"
"She was sold into Lao Li's house, and it was a death contract! She can't leave unless Lao Li nods!"
"Escape, can't you escape from Yuntang Town?"
"Women do not have household registration. They are refugees when they go out. If caught by the government, they will be sent to do corvee labor!"
"Ah!" Jiang Xiaohua was a little dizzy and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
Mrs. Jiang's next sentence left her speechless.
"Zhang Juan and Old Man Li also gave birth to a son. For the sake of her son, she can't leave! She has to live like this!"
"..."
Jiang Xiaohua no longer knew what to say.
…………
Lao Jiang's backyard.
Gu Jiu squatted on the ground, and in front of him was the wooden board Jiang Xiaohua used to fish for paper.
On the wooden board is a piece of quick-drying paper.
Gu Jiu carefully took off the paper and placed it on the desk to dry.
He took the wooden board and stood up, walking to the edge of the stone jar.
Ling Wenjing was sitting in front of the stone jar at this time.
"Master! Another piece of paper! This is really a good thing!"
Gu Jiu saw the calligraphy written by the prince on the paper. It was beautiful, but no, it was the prince's handwriting.
What surprised Gu Jiu the most was how magical the paper was.
You can write so many words on a piece of paper! This is much better than those bamboo slips.
This paper is so light and weightless when you hold it in your hand.
Tsk!
What a good thing!
Ling Wenjing said ‘Huh!’.
When Jiang Xiaohua and Gu Jiu were away, Ling Wenjing fished out the paper once out of curiosity, but later he discovered that when a person fishes for paper pulp, no matter how careful he is, some of the pulp will become uneven.
It will be especially obvious after the paper dries.
In other words, this process requires the cooperation of two people.
Gu Jiu and Ling Wenjing fished out another piece of paper together.
Gu Jiu never tired of it.
The entire backyard is full of this quick-drying, semi-drying paper.
Ling Wenjing stared at the pulp in the stone jar and was thinking.
If the container holding the pulp was larger and the board used to fish out the paper was larger, wouldn't it mean that the paper fished out would also be larger?
This business?
feasible!
Jiang Xiaohua opened the door to the backyard and came in with a sad look on her face and a depressed mood. She was really shocked.
This world is so unfair to women!
Ling Wenjing turned around when she heard the footsteps and was about to speak when she saw the girl walking over listlessly.
The papers all over the yard failed to attract her attention.
This is?
What happened!
Jiang Xiaohua moved the small bench and sat next to Ling Wenjing, her head lowered, her eyes seemed to be on the pulp in the stone jar, but it seemed not to be there.
"The Su family doesn't agree to the separation?" Ling Wenjing asked.
Jiang Xiaohua shook her head: "That's not the case!"
After saying this, the girl fell silent again.
"Gu Jiu!"
Gu Jiu was still squatting in front of the wooden board, staring at the wooden board with both eyes, feeling that the process of turning water into paper was really a magical scene.
He wants to witness a miracle!
"well!"
"come over!"
Gu Jiu stood up and ran to the prince's side.
Ling Wenjing's chin was lowered, her head was down, listless, she was a girl who said 'Don't bother me! Don't bother me! I'm very unhappy! Very unhappy! I'm very annoyed, I'm so bored!' all over her body.
Gu Jiu asked her master with lip language: "What's wrong with her? What could have hit her like this?"
Ling Wenjing shook his head. He didn't know that he would be like this as soon as he walked in.
Ling Wenjing also said to Gu Jiu through lip language: "Go out and ask around, what happened?"
Gu Jiu nodded, turned around and walked out the door.
Gu Jiu was also curious as to what was so extraordinary that could hit this powerful girl like this.
The man stretched out his hand and pressed the girl's head onto his lap.
Jiang Xiaohua did not struggle, but took advantage of the situation and leaned on Ling Wenjing's body.
I rubbed it a bit and found a position that was comfortable for me.
Ling Wenjing raised his eyebrows, but you're welcome!
"Mr. Ling!"
"Um?"
"During the Dasheng Dynasty, didn't women have household registration?"
"Yes! Before you get married, your household registration is with your mother's family. After you get married, your household registration will naturally be with your husband's family!"
"What if you want to be independent?"
Ling Wenjing paused: "You mean a woman can start her own business?"
"Well, can't you?"
"Of course not!"
"Why not? Why can't we live alone? Such a law is particularly unfair to women. What if after getting married, it is discovered that the husband's family is not good to the woman! A woman's life in her husband's family will be worse than death! There is no guarantee
The law of women’s rights?”
this?
This matter?
Ling Wenjing frowned.
After processing Jiang Xiaohua's words in his mind, he said: "If you are not happy, you can make peace with us!"
This can be regarded as a law that Jiang Xiaohua said protects women’s rights!
Although women who are divorced almost do not exist.
"It is possible to reconcile, but what happens after the reconciliation?"
"After the divorce...either go back to your parents' home, or..."
Jiang Xiaohua suddenly raised her head and looked up at the man with bright eyes: "You mean there is nowhere else to go besides going back to your parents' home?"
Ling Wenjing faced the girl's shining eyes and hesitated.
Ling Wenjing didn't want to say it.
Because once he said that, the girl's bright eyes would immediately turn dull.
He didn't want to see a dull girl.
"Why don't you say anything? Or is it worse than going back to your parents' home?" Jiang Xiaohua is not stupid, she just doesn't know the laws here.
Jiang Xiaohua tightened the man's clothes: "Is she a nun?"
Ling Wenjing nodded silently.
The girl's eyes dimmed and she lay on Ling Wenjing's lap again: "Why are men and women different? Women can do what men can do! Why?"