Chapter 368 Cheng Ru preaching, Shen Tang's letter
Chapter 368: Cheng Ru’s preaching and Shen Tang’s letters
A group of people surrounded Liu Xiangling and entered the house. Before Liu Xiangling opened the letter, Cheng Ru spoke first and said: "Xiangling, Mu Yu! Now we can be considered a family, so I have something to say to you two. Say it, I hope you can listen."
Liu Xiangling nodded doubtfully, and Shao Muyu also said: "Aunt Cheng, I am just like my sister, and I am just like your daughter. I just say what I want, so there is no need for our family to be polite."
Cheng Ru nodded, then looked at the two of them and said, "Are you two complaining about Shen Tang not coming back?"
The two women looked at each other, complaining? Maybe a little bit, but more of it was missing.
"Xiang Ling, when my mother got married to your father, on the second day of the wedding banquet, before she came back, your father took the order and went to the battlefield. By the time he came back, it was already a year later, and you were already two or three years old. One month old. Later, your father often lived in the army and could not stay at home for more than a few days a year. The longest time, my mother still remembers clearly, was the 25th year of Shaoxing, when your father was at home for a full Stayed for three months.”
Liu Xiangling nodded silently. Indeed, in her childhood memories, her father was almost a strange face.
"Mom, you have worked hard." Liu Xiangling said with a slight sob.
Cheng Ru shook her head, "No, it's not hard, mother! Your father is away from home, so mother naturally wants to take good care of our family. In fact, mother has some complaints about your father in her heart, but since he is a grown-up The ministers of the Song Dynasty will naturally have to fight bloody battles for the Song Dynasty. Moreover, our family is able to live in fine clothes and live in an unparalleled glory, all because of your father. In comparison, your father works harder."
"So, even though I feel a little bit resentful towards your father in my heart, as long as he returns home, my mother will be attentive to accompany him. He has had enough hard work outside, but when he returns home, how can his household registration bother him again?"
"If we marry an ordinary man, we women's hearts will naturally be unbalanced. Chai, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea are enough to make our already difficult life even more embarrassing. But when we marry an extraordinary man, we women must learn to Waiting and tolerance. Who is extraordinary without great ambition? No matter your father or Mu Yu’s father, without their hardships, how could we have our Liu family or the rich Shao family in Jiangnan?"
Hearing this, Shao Muyu couldn't help but nodded slightly. Indeed, these years have been good. When he was still young, his father was the only one responsible for the family's business. There were only a few days in a year when he could be at home with his mother. Dear two aunts.
"We want him to know that no matter what he goes through outside, as long as he returns home, he can lie down comfortably and enjoy a moment of peace." Cheng Ru continued, "Your husband is the best in the world. husband. And the two of you will become the most envied by women in the world in the future. Just like Xiang Ling, a fourth-grade Gongren... Nowadays, none of our destined wives in the Song Dynasty is as young as you. There is no one faster than your edict."
"If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are powerful, you can help the world! While you are enjoying the highest glory and worship, you must also bear things that others cannot bear. When Shen Tang mounts his horse, he can be compared to a fierce general, and when he dismounts, he can win three yuan in a row. Even if he goes forward The Jin Kingdom can do this unprecedented thing and bring glory to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, while he is your husband, he is also a minister of the Song Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of countless soldiers, and will even become a role model for everyone."
"In this case, it is naturally impossible for him to stay with you all day long!"
"So, even if you are a little depressed in your hearts, you can't show it in front of him..."
"Husband is the guide of wife. Mother hopes that you can live in harmony with each other, and I also hope that the Su family will be rich and prosperous, and this requires you to work hard together!"
Cheng Ru's words made Liu Xiangling and Shao Muyu ponder for a long time, and then they nodded.
In this era, there is no talk of fairness or unfairness between men and women. Whether it is Confucianism or the newly emerged Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, since it can become a widely circulated theory, it naturally has its own uniqueness.
Some of them seemed to be shackles to women, but in the eyes of women at that time, they were extremely normal. The simple principle of obeying your father at home, your husband when you get married, and your son after your husband dies is actually a simple principle for women.
That might not be a good thing.
As for the system of monogamy and multiple concubines, it seems absurd, but it also has its reasons for existence.
Just like the Southern Song Dynasty, after many years of war, the ratio between men and women reached an extremely weird level. Therefore, if one-on-one was imposed abruptly, it would be extremely unreasonable.
What's more, in this cold weapon era, whether it is war or development, population is one of the most important factors and conditions. Therefore, as long as it can stimulate population development, any policy has its own reason...
Enough talk, let’s get back to the main story!
Liu Xiangling was originally from a family of officials, and although Shao Muyu was a merchant, he was also a wealthy man. Therefore, it was not difficult for the two of them to accept what Cheng Ru said.
"Don't worry, aunt, Mu Yu will join hands with my sister to take good care of the Shen family." Shao Muyu said with a smile.
Liu Xiangling also said: "Don't worry, mother, my daughter won't act petty."
As for the few little girls... they had no right to speak at all. At this moment, they were just looking at the envelope eagerly, wanting to know what experience their master had in the North and when he would be able to return.
"Okay, you girls, go read the letter. Mom is tired, so go and rest first!"
This letter was obviously written specifically by the son-in-law to his daughter and the others, so naturally he would not disturb him without the sense of humor.
Cheng Ru turned around and left, and Liu Xiangling carefully opened the letter slowly.
"Xiang Ling, Mu Yu, my husband is in Zhongdu now. I hope you are well in Lin'an..."
This letter was written by Shen Tang himself and asked by Xin Qiji to bring it back to the two women. One was to express his longing for the two women, the other was to tell the two women what he had experienced, and the third was to
, is to tell the two girls why he has not returned yet.
Another point is that, in addition to the different countries between him and Wanyan Yue, it is also because he already has two daughters. The closer he is to Wanyan Yue, the stronger the guilt he feels towards the two daughters.
Although Shen Tang has been in this world for more than a year, some of his thoughts have still not completely changed.
Including, the process of him accepting Shao Muyu, if the two of them had not experienced life and death several times, I am afraid that they would still be strangers to this day!