Sure enough, the others quickly recognized him as Qin Fu, a pork vendor from a nearby town. "You old Qin, why don't you raise your own children? Why do you let someone else raise them for you?"

“That’s right, it’s not like you can’t afford to eat. I bought meat from your butcher shop last year for Chinese New Year, and it cost me fifty coins. If it weren’t for the need to worship our ancestors during Chinese New Year, I wouldn’t have been willing to spend that money.”

Qin Fu sighed and bowed to the crowd, "Brothers, sisters-in-law, and cousins ​​have no idea how much I'm suffering. I'm going to be childless!"

The matter of having no offspring is of paramount importance!

The crowd began to sympathize with Qin Fulai again. "Brother, you can't just say things like that. What happened? Tell us."

Before Qin Fu could speak, tears streamed down his face. The sight of this large, overweight man in his forties suddenly bursting into tears drew sighs from the crowd, who all tried to persuade him to think more positively.

Seeing that everyone's emotions had reached a certain point, Qin Fu began to cry, "I used to be a pig butcher in town, and I made a living by running the shop. Unfortunately, I was the only son in my family. My parents passed away early and hoped that I would get married and have children to continue the family line. I did as they asked and got married, but my wife's first child was a daughter, Qin Xiaozhou."

After saying that, he pointed to Qin Xiaozhou standing at the store entrance, "I was happy to have a daughter at such a young age, but unfortunately my wife never got pregnant again."

Having only one daughter, isn't that cutting off the family line? Pitying and pitying gazes fell on Qin Fu from all directions. Qin Fu wiped away his tears and snot, "Two years ago, my wife passed away, so I found a widow to live with me, hoping she could give me a daughter. Unfortunately, she gave birth half a month ago, and it's another girl!"

Qin Fu beat his chest and stamped his feet, "God, why are you doing this to me?"

The men shook their heads and sighed, patting Qin Fu on the shoulder to comfort him. They had just been jealous of someone who had a shop and an ancestral home in town, but now they were no longer jealous. So what if someone had a shop and an ancestral home? So what if they could eat meat often? They couldn't have a son, and their lineage was cut off!

The incense has burned out! Is there anyone in this world more tragic than this? No!!!

Qin Xiaozhou stared blankly at Qin Fu and Qin Niu Niu, who was standing to the side. Qin Niu Niu was tightly clutching the swaddled baby that Qin Fu had just given her, her head bowed, as if this farce about her fate had nothing to do with her.

Qin Fu stopped crying and revealed a smile of immense relief after all his suffering. "Fortunately, I met an old monk the other day. He was a very capable monk. He did some calculations for me and said that I was supposed to have a son, but unfortunately, boys are yang in nature, and their souls were yin before they were reincarnated. They were incompatible, so when they were reincarnated, they couldn't compete with girls who were yin in nature, and the girls stole the opportunity to be reincarnated."

“Now, as long as my daughter is removed from the household registration and a space is made, the boy can be reincarnated into my family. I can’t bear to abandon my daughter. After all, we’ve been father and daughter for a few days, so I thought of sending the girl to be raised by her older sister. Xiao Zhou, you have money now. For the sake of my Qin family, please take in your two younger sisters.”

The people around were stunned, and some even chimed in with great seriousness, "There is such a saying. The number of children a person has is predetermined. If a person is destined to have only one child, and the firstborn is a girl, then the line will end. So, some people give away their daughters, or even abandon them, or better yet, kill them to completely sever the kinship and pretend they never had a daughter. Then, as they have more children, a boy will naturally come along."

The people around were spitting as they spoke, "It's time to get rid of the girl, how can she take the place of the boy!" They turned to Qin Xiaozhou and advised, "Qin Xiaozhou, you should hurry up and take in your two sisters to make room for your brother. While your father is still young and can have children, it's important to get him to marry a new wife and have a son."

Everyone chimed in with their opinions, as if abandoning or giving away their daughter was the most appropriate solution for their unfounded dream of having a son. She stared blankly, her eyes inexplicably reddening, looking at Qin Fu, "Father, my little sister carries your blood, can you really bear to abandon her?"

Qin Niu Niu is not Qin Fu's biological daughter. Now that Qin Niu Niu's mother has run away, Qin Fu can still make excuses for not wanting Qin Niu Niu. But the baby in the swaddling clothes is Qin Fu's bloodline!

Qin Fu sighed, "Xiao Zhou, I have no other choice. We have to sever this kinship and blood ties so that I can have descendants. Do you really want to watch me die without an heir?"

An old woman squeezed forward and patted Qin Xiaozhou, saying, "Girl, please consider your father's feelings. Having no offspring is a big deal. It's already merciful that he didn't drown your sister because of the severing of ties. Back then, I had three daughters in a row, and I even threw my third child into the latrine to drown. Women, you should always think more about your father and husband."

"Yes, yes, you can't be so vicious. You'll take the name of the Qin family's heir and cause the Qin family line to end. When you die, your ancestors will not forgive you. You should consider it an act of good karma."

Qin Xiaozhou suddenly felt nauseous, her stomach churning and acid reflux rising. Qin Fu and all these people made her feel incredibly disgusted.

She and the baby in swaddling clothes are both of Qin Fu's bloodline. How can these people be so self-righteous as to say that Qin Fu has no descendants? And how can they sever ties with their relatives just because of what a monk said?

However, Qin Xiaozhou didn't want to argue about such things. These deeply ingrained ideas, which had been ingrained for thousands of years, had even poisoned women themselves with these cannibalistic views, and wouldn't change just because of a few words from her!

She looked around and seemed to see many girls like Qin Niu Niu who had been abandoned and shirked responsibility. Suddenly, she felt a surge of passion. She was determined to open the embroidery shop. She couldn't change these people's minds or change this era, but she wanted to ensure that these girls could live.

She wants to be the first Martian to rescue a woman.

Things in this world are not accomplished overnight. She believes that as long as someone dares to be the first, countless others will be willing to become Mars, eventually building a new world.

"Okay. I accept it!" Qin Xiaozhou sniffed, suppressing the myriad emotions in her heart and controlling the tears welling up in her eyes. "My sisters and I will sever ties with you."

Qin Fu was overjoyed and wept, "Good, good, Xiao Zhou, from now on you don't have the Qin surname anymore, take your husband's surname Lu, so that the kinship can be severed cleanly and your younger brother can't be reincarnated."