Run into the world

Chapter 10: Son-in-law is also an identity

"Have you learned to change your voice?"

On the mountain road, Fu Qingmiao and Qi Tongwei were walking side by side. The latter was holding a rag in his hand, and the other end of the cloth was tied to a bride wearing a wedding dress with a hijab. This is the style of the painting at this time.

Perhaps he really felt that the style of painting was a bit outrageous, so Fu Qingmiao changed the subject abruptly.

"I understand. As a disabled person who cannot practice Qi, it is reasonable for me to learn more skills!"

"..." Qi Tongwei rolled his eyes cryptically.

Fu Qingmiao nodded and followed the topic and asked: "You can shoot a bow with excellent accuracy, have ventriloquism skills, and speak clearly and calmly. You are definitely a talent. Although you cannot practice internal skills, you are not going to become a superfluous person." Son-in-law, right? Although the speed-dating marriage arranged by the Soul Palace does not need to be taken seriously, it will not sound good after all."

Duan Muxiang paused for a moment, and Qi Tongwei noticed it and stopped accordingly, "What's wrong?"

Duan Muxiang looked at Fu Qingmiao through the hijab, "Judging from your words and deeds, you should come from a well-known family. Originally, from the perspective of human nature, I shouldn't say anything to you. It will make you bored and easily turn you into someone else." The division between us into different classes creates unnecessary barriers. But... I think it should be corrected!"

Fu Qingmiao stopped, looked at the seriousness of his words and straightened her face, "You say it."

"First of all, thank you for your recognition of my talent. However, there are too many talented people in this world, and even more are buried. I consider myself low but do not believe in fate. Although I cannot practice Qi, I have gained all my abilities! My I have a good brain and can see the situation clearly, but I don’t have the capital or connections to enter the game. If I don’t make changes, I will have to live a boring life for the rest of my life, and then let my children repeat the boring experience I had, generation after generation. ,this is not good."

Fu Qingmiao frowned, "So... you are going to change your destiny by getting married?"

Duan Muxiang smiled, "What? Are you discriminating against this method? Before the catastrophe, ordinary people had few opportunities to change their destiny. Marriage was one, the college entrance examination was another, and buying lottery tickets was also considered one! But after the catastrophe, The electronic equipment is gone, so there is no way to talk about lottery tickets. The rules have changed, and gunpowder can’t even be lit. What should I test in the college entrance examination? Physics? Qinggong? Do you agree! It seems that the only thing left is marriage... Of course, if you meet Entering the illusion, and being able to survive it with great luck and bring back the skills and so on can be considered a kind of thing. But the odds may not be more reliable than the lottery!"

Fu Qingmiao shook his head when he heard this, "I don't mean to discriminate against you, I'm just curious. The speed-dating marriage in the Soul Palace should be done without meeting both parties in advance, right? How do you know that you can definitely change your destiny by getting married?"

Duan Muxiang didn't speak this time, but Qi Tongwei next to him was happy, "Fu Captou, you are a noble person and don't know folk affairs. Rules are rules. Whether you follow them or not depends on whether others are willing. As long as you give them enough money, you will always do it. Some news got out.”

Fu Qingmiao was stunned for a moment, with the embarrassment flashing in his eyes, and then asked: "So, you know that you are marrying into a wealthy family this time? But in a speed-dating marriage... the other party may not care about you, right?"

After the disaster, the so-called automated industry was completely shut down. Oil could not burn, coal could not be burned, and there was no electricity.Therefore, most countries have remanufactured many equipment and changed them to human power.However, without machine tools, CNC and other equipment, there would be no high-precision parts.The cost would be too high if everything was rebuilt manually, and the quality could not be guaranteed. In comparison, it would be better to just use manpower.

After thinking about this, what followed was the pursuit of population or labor force. Before the disaster, all countries in the world were facing the problem of insufficient newborns.This problem is so urgent that Chiguo has issued regulations that both men and women must get married before the age of 25, otherwise they will face extremely heavy personal taxes.

But there are rules above and there are ways below.Matchmaking organizations like Soul Palace appeared. Soul Palace was engaged in online social networking before the disaster, and to a certain extent, it was considered a veteran.Speed-dating marriage, launched jointly by Soul Palace and several similar matchmaking organizations, appeared.The so-called speed-dating marriage is about being quick and simple, focusing on peace of mind.

It conducts speed dating for those who have not been able to find their partner before the age of 25. According to the rules, the two parties have never met or understood each other beforehand. Regardless of whether they are tall or short, fat or thin, rich or poor, they just live together.

Similarly, the Soul Palace will draw up various agreements for both parties in advance, such as several years, division of property before marriage, division of property after marriage, etc. If Duan Muxiang agrees to marry into the family, it is equivalent to giving the woman a lot of face. , there are also concessions in various agreements, so the woman will also make the scene more lively during the wedding process.

Duan Muxiang was extremely happy after listening to Fu Qingmiao's question. However, the other two people could not see it due to their hijab, so he only heard his rather cold voice saying: "Making money is nothing to me. The most important thing is to establish an identity. It doesn’t matter whether the other person cares about me or not, if I marry into their family, I am a member of their family.”

Fu Qingmiao didn't speak anymore. This incident had a little impact on her. The world was a little different from what she thought, or the people in this world were different from what she thought.It's not that she has never seen ambitious people, but those people all show that ambition is important, but principles are more important! ’ Such a direct hit came unexpectedly, and she couldn’t resist it.

Next to him, Qi Tongwei looked at Duan Muxiang blankly, not knowing what he was thinking, his face full of bitterness.

"Ahem, um... Then you tell me so straightforwardly, are you really not afraid of offending me? Or are you marrying into a very powerful family? More powerful than mine? By the way, do you know who I am?" Fu Qingmiao coughed slightly to relieve his embarrassment.

Duan Muxiang shook his head, "I'm not from your yamen, so I don't know who you are, but judging from your words and demeanor, you must be a young lady." Haha, even if I knew it at this time, I couldn't say anything.

Fu Qingmiao was not surprised, "Then what? The family you married makes you very confident?"

Duan Muxiang nodded this time, looking confident, "The Peng family, well, although they are just a side branch, they should be considered high-ranking and powerful people!"

Fu Qingmiao was fine when he heard this, but nodded in approval, but Qi Tongwei was startled, "The Peng family? One of the thirteen pillars of the cabinet...the Peng family?"

"Side branch!" Duan Muxiang reminded and corrected, her words already very proud.

The Chi Kingdom overthrew the feudal monarchy about a hundred years ago, and since then, all national decisions have come from the cabinet.According to law, there are about 3000 cabinet members. These people are elites from all walks of life and play an important role in national development.It's just that most people have no real power, and some are not even members of the public sector.There are 13 people who really hold the power. They each have their own areas of expertise, such as economy, medical care, military, scientific research, etc. People call the 13 people or [-] families the Thirteen Pillars of the Cabinet!
The Peng family, which shocked Qi Tongwei, was the official who commanded the military power in the eastern frontier and was a full-fledged frontier official.

For a moment, Qi Tongwei was a little jealous and glanced at Fu Qingmiao. No wonder they are not afraid of you. After all, there is no one named Fu among the Thirteen Pillars.Then he asked sourly: "If I chop you down and then put on a wedding dress, can you pretend to be someone else?"

Duan Muxiang tilted her head and seemed to think about it carefully, and her tone was full of sympathy, "It's difficult, mainly because you don't look good!"

(End of this chapter)