Dongli drinks wine after dusk

Chapter 18
A man, especially a man who grew up in a feudal society where men were superior to women, no matter how gentlemanly they are on the surface, they all reveal contempt for women in their bones, oh, no, to put it bluntly, it is ignorance.

Women in this era have no self-will and no right to choose before they get married. After marriage, they have no household registration and no name. Throughout their lives, their personal rights are not in their own hands.

Obedience to the father before marriage, obedience to the husband after marriage, and obedience to the son after the death of the husband. These are the three obediences.

If you are lucky, someone from Jiang Jiuying's background will have no worries about food and clothing, and his life will be safe.With bad luck, the daughter was the first to be sold during the famine, followed by the wife, and finally the son.

So those women Jiang Wenyuan talked about "voluntarily" becoming concubines, did they do it voluntarily, or did their family members voluntarily?
"The suspect is a man. Even if a woman is involved, how could she have anything to do with all the dead? Isn't this promiscuous?" Jiang Chengfu interjected after listening.

"Second brother, make a bet with me?" Jiang Jiuying smiled like a fox: "Just bet that the day the case comes to light, the murderer's motive must be because of a woman!"

"Just bet, I'm afraid of you! What are you betting on?"

"I want the mutton fat white jade bowl with relief fish playing among lotus leaves that you treasure."

Jiang Chengfu felt a little heartbroken. It was a rare treasure of the Ning family's dowry. They were originally a pair. Jiang Jiuying saw them when they were young. They secretly took them out to play with and broke one. The only remaining one was taken by Jiang Chengfu not long ago. to play with.

It's not enough to play, but my sister misses it.

Jiang Jiuying really likes this bowl, the craftsmanship is superb, even in modern times such craftsmanship is top-notch craftsmanship.The last time she saw it in the second brother's room, she remembered the embarrassing things about her childhood, and her heart itch again.

"Then what if you lose?"

"But according to my second brother's order, I dare not obey my orders!"

"it is good!"

The bet is established.

Jiang Jiuying smiled very treacherously, it feels so good to cheat her own silly second brother!
There are only a few motives for killing, killing for revenge, killing for love, and for money.Zhou Bingzheng has no complicated financial entanglements with others, and no obvious enemies, so what is left?

The second elder brother foolishly fell into her trap, hehe, white jade bowl, here I come!

Jiang Wenyuan happily watched the two brothers and sisters play tricks, relaxed and relaxed, and then prepared to continue to work. He wanted to go to Fanjiaji again today.

I can't give him the answer on paper, but I hope I can get it after a field visit.

"Daddy, I want to go with you too!" Jiang Jiuying hurriedly wanted to follow, and Jiang Chengfu joined in the fun.

It's okay to take his son out, anyway, he didn't plan to wear an official uniform today, and bring a yamen servant, but taking his daughter, isn't it appropriate?

"Mother, mother, we haven't gone out for a long time. It's better to hit the sun when we choose a day. Let's go out for a walk with the whole family!" With his mother as foreign aid, Jiang Jiuying's child showed his posture, blinking at Ning's big watery eyes , his body stuck to her like a jellybean.

The Ning family was quickly defeated, and turned their guns to persuade her husband: "A few years ago, my concubine bought a villa near Fanjiaji, and I never went to see it when I bought it. Why don't we drop by today."

Well, one pair of three, Jiang Wenyuan looked at the three faces with slightly similar looks, and couldn't say the words of rejection.

Half an hour later, Ning Shi and Jiang Jiuying were sitting in the carriage, Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Chengfu each rode a horse, brought their usual servants, and the group set off in a mighty manner.

Fan's family is far away in Suzhou, more than [-] miles away from Fucheng, and it takes two or three hours by carriage. In order to prevent Jiang Jiuying from motion sickness, their itinerary is very loose.

As long as there is a tea shop on the official road, they will stop to rest, so even if they set off early, it will be almost dark when they arrive at the destination.

Jiang Wenyuan was a little anxious. After all, he didn't really come out to visit the mountains and rivers. He had a mission, which always made him feel uneasy.

"Father, I wonder who you were looking for when you investigated Zhou Bingzheng before?" She would rather suffer from motion sickness than come with her father. Jiang Jiuying was really afraid that an official like his father would not be able to understand what he couldn't help himself. woman's pain.

For them, such little people don't need to spend effort to understand, they are appendages, objects, and gadgets, but they are not people.

If you don't even have a face-to-face question, where can you find a breakthrough?

"Xiangshen Lizheng, uncles and brothers, business contacts, and neighbors. I have asked them all." Jiang Wenyuan also praised Zheng Mao for his comprehensive and careful investigation, which is highly credible.

"In other words, a powerful, older man who counts on what he says." Jiang Jiuying said coolly.

As expected, it really didn't surprise her at all.

"Of course. What can the woman in the back house know about the man outside." Jiang Wenyuan's answer was also very natural.

The three perspectives are different, and Jiang Wenyuan's thinking is the mainstream of the current society, Jiang Jiuying did not dwell on this issue any longer.

The labor productivity in the feudal society was not high, and the agricultural production efficiency was low. It is true that men with better physical fitness prevailed, and there is a historical origin of patriarchal preference.

If you can't change it, just be yourself.Jiang Jiuying quickly adjusted her mentality, and she couldn't care about anything else, but if possible, the three of them had to be changed from big pigs to 24-hour filial husbands.For the mother, but also for the future sister-in-law.

"Since Dad didn't find out anything before, how about listening to me tomorrow?"

"Oh? How sure is Ying'er? Being a father is an official business, and I can't afford to delay."

"Daddy, don't you believe in your daughter? My daughter has a naughty temper?" After learning about the general background of these aunts, Jiang Jiuying was actually quite sure, but she didn't dare to speak too much.

What if the lower-class women of this era regard being a concubine as a way to make progress?
Compared with survival, etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame are not so important. In order to survive, people are creatures that can break through their own limits.

Jiang Jiuying has never doubted the evil and baseness of human nature.

That night, the family of four tacitly did not mention anything related to the case. They just assumed that they really came for an outing. They happily roasted sheep, drank sweet wine, and tasted wild vegetable dumplings. They were very happy and uncomfortable. .

The Zhuangzi Ning bought was a good one.

The children and grandchildren of the original owner's family are useless, and they lose their families by eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

Because he needed money urgently, Zhuangzi sold it cheaply.Even the land with one place and two other gardens, including the deed of the steward and the tenants who rented the land, everything is ready-made and there is no fuss.

Right now, the green rice in the fields is growing vigorously, and there will be another harvest in the golden autumn.

(End of this chapter)