Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 289 The Secret Leaked
"Mother, I don't want to be locked up at home all day, with no hands to do anything. When I get married in the future, I will be like a big sister. I will live my life according to my mother-in-law's face and my husband's face. I can do it too, why do I have to live by looking at people's faces?"

This is her real thought.

At the beginning of time travel, knowing that she has traveled to ancient times, her requirements are very low. She thinks that as long as she has some money and finds a man she likes, she can live a stable life.In her previous life, she lived alone for almost 30 years. In this life, she wants to have a family and have someone to accompany her, so that no one will remember her when she dies.

Keren's requirements will change as the situation changes.When she came to this world, she had a mother and three older sisters. She felt that she had a family, and it didn't matter whether she got married or not in this life.

On the other hand, this time and space is the continuation of the Song Dynasty. Although "Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism" has not yet appeared, the slogan of "preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires" has not yet been shouted, and the moral and ethical tools of "three cardinal guides and five constant rules" that enslave the people have not yet been seen. , women's restraint is not as perverted as it was in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but this is a feudal society after all, and women's status is low and not free.Du Jinning didn't dare to look like her, how would she live in this society when she regained her women's clothing.

Don't marry, even if you find a way to set up a female household, a woman will live without guarantee of property and personal safety; marry, in this era when mistresses are legal, who knows what kind of man you will meet?Before getting married, you made vows, but after you got married, you changed your mind and cheated. Isn't this kind of thing rare?Maybe in the end, she would have to fight with the man's mother and concubine for the sake of her children.

It would be fine to face that kind of situation if you crossed over.But now she is wearing men's clothes, the sea is wide and the sky is high for birds to fly.She earns food by her own ability, makes friends with teachers and friends by her own ability, is free and unrestrained, she has found a way to live comfortably in this world, she really can't imagine that one day she will be locked up in the back house with a slap in the face In a world of his own, he lived that kind of aggrieved and boring life.

So even if there is a chance, she wants to fight for it.

"As for the risks, I've already thought about it." Du Jinning said, "During this time, people have been coming to propose marriage to the third sister and the fourth sister, and you have met a lot. The third sister is almost sixteen this year, and the third sister is also fourteen. It's also the age to get married. As long as they get married, they will no longer be part of the Du family, and even if there is any disaster in the family, they will not be affected. The fourth sister is almost the same age, but I have to wait for more than two years after I finish the college exam She will be old enough to take the provincial examination again, and then there will be only the two of us left in the family."

As she said that, she looked at Mrs. Chen: "Mother, you are actually still young. Would you like to remarry? If you are willing, I'll ask someone to help you find a proper family in Fucheng, a good-looking family with no children to drag you down. Then I will give you all the teahouses and bookstores in Fucheng and other counties, and if you marry, it has nothing to do with me."

She smiled: "With this arrangement, even if something happens to me, it won't bother you."

"What are you talking about?" Chen's tears couldn't help streaming down, "When I told your grandparents that you were a boy, mother had the idea of ​​living and dying with you. As long as you arrange your three sisters properly, Even if my mother accompanied you up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire, she wouldn't blink. It was my mother's decision to raise you as a boy. It was my mother's fault, not yours. Naturally, my mother will bear the consequences. As for your older sisters, if it weren’t for you as a man, they would have been sold long ago. Now you can talk about such a good marriage, marry a good husband’s family, and have a generous dowry. You gave them. Even if they What's the point of taking some risks for you? Whose life is so precious, who only enjoys the benefits and doesn't take responsibility? So Brother Ning, don't say anything that drags you down."

She raised her red eyes and looked directly at Du Jinning, with firmness in her eyes that she had never had before: "You can take the exam with confidence and boldness, mother supports you. Your third sister has always been careful and thoughtful since she was a child, and always said that you were troubled. She, let her live a bad life. Now I will not delay her, choose a family to marry her. Anyway, because you have a bright future, the dowry for your elder sister is also visible. Come and propose marriage to her There are a few very nice families here, so it's not a bad treatment for her."

Speaking of this, the door was pushed open with a "bang", both Chen and Du Jinning were startled.Looking up, he saw Du Fangling standing at the door.

"You..." Mrs. Chen stood up in a "chuckle" and asked nervously, "When did you come?"

"Mother, I heard everything." Du Fangling stood at the door for an unknown how long, her voice was slightly hoarse.

"You you..." Chen was at a loss and turned to look at Du Jinning.

"Third sister, come in." Du Jinning was very calm, "Close the door."

Only then did Du Fangling come in, closed the door, walked up to Mrs. Chen and Du Jinning, stared at them closely, bit her lip and said nothing.

Du Jinning looked at her: "Now that you know, what do you think?"

Du Fangling's lips were almost bleeding out from the bite.

She seemed to be trying her best to suppress her emotions, and after a while she asked Chen Shi: "Mother, Brother Ning... is she really a girl?"

Mrs. Chen was silent, and nodded with deep eyes.

Du Fangling's eyes turned to Du Jinning again, his eyes were very complicated.

"At that time..." Chen's voice was hoarse, "Because I gave birth to three daughters in a row, your grandmother was very dissatisfied with me, and she was reluctant to spend money. When she saw me give birth, she didn't hire a stable wife for me, but sent someone to call for her. I asked your grandma to come over. Fortunately, your grandma was there. I had no strength to give birth to Brother Ning after two or three hours. When I heard your father’s bad news, I passed out on the spot. It was your grandma who pinched her hard. Renzhong woke me up by strangling me, and told me that the child in my stomach must be a boy, and I must give birth to your father no matter what, otherwise I will feel sorry for him. After hearing this, I will I tried my best to give birth to Brother Ning. Your grandma was afraid that I would not be able to make it through, and she was determined to die, so she told me that she gave birth to a boy, and asked me to raise the child well. A child without a father and mother can live No. For this, I survived in one breath."

"When your grandmother went to serve chicken soup in the kitchen, your grandmother rushed in suddenly, picked up Brother Ning and was about to drown her, saying that she was against her father. I was in a hurry to say that she is a boy and she wants to leave a concubine for your father. By the way, your grandmother let Ning Geer go after your grandmother persuaded her."

Probably recalling that scene back then, Chen's whole body trembled, the knuckles of his clenched fists turned white, but tears fell down unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)