Both the young couple expressed that they were educated.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married daughters return home, so Xia Juaner also returned, and Xia Ruzheng prepared some things for her. Xia Juaner's child is older than Xia Ruqian's child and can now walk unsteadily.
But looking at Xia Juaner's appearance, it doesn't seem like she is living a good life.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xia Juaner forced a smile and said, "Nothing."
Xia Ruzheng looked at Xia Juaner's daughter. She inherited her mother's small mouth and nose, but her eyes were bigger than her mother's, which must have come from her father.
"What a pretty girl! She will definitely be prettier than you in the future!"
Xia Juaner smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use of being pretty? You're still just a girl."
Xia Ruzheng now understood that Xia Juan'er was unhappy because she had given birth to a daughter. It couldn't be said that she was unhappy, but it was probably because her life was difficult, so her mood was not good either.
Xia Ruzheng didn't know how to comfort himself. Thinking of Xia Ruqian, he felt that she was really lucky. He couldn't imagine how her in-laws would treat her if she also gave birth to a daughter. With her personality, how would she react? The family's life would be like a war.
Xia Juan'er is gentle and reasonable. Xia Ruzheng feels that the Zhou family must have gone too far to force her to become the resentful woman she is today.
"Are you angry with your daughter or yourself? Who will benefit from this? If you don't like her, how will she live?"
Xia Juaner looked at her daughter's rosy face and finally couldn't help crying. The little girl, who was only about one year old and couldn't speak clearly yet, reached out her hand to wipe her mother's tears, which made Xia Ruzheng want to cry too.
"Look how sensible she is. She's sure to be a sweet and caring girl when she grows up. Only you know this benefit; no one else can experience it! Don't you agree, my dear daughter?"
The little girl laughed.
Xia Ruzheng felt very sad. Why did such a beautiful girl have such a bad fate and was born in a family that favored boys over girls?
Xia Juan'er's case isn't unique. Many families treat daughters poorly, and wives who give birth to daughters face a tough time, struggling to have a son. Some families, despite having only daughters before them, will persist until they have a son.
In fact, the Huang family is also a typical family that favors boys over girls, and the family revolves around Huang Zhong.
Speaking of Huang Zhong, Xia Ruzheng found out after some inquiries that his life now was not good, but not too bad either. His sisters were basically "married" out, and only Mrs. Du, Xu Xianhua and Huang Zhong were left at home. Xu Xianhua had just given birth to a daughter last year. Of course, Mrs. Du was not satisfied and asked Xu Xianhua to have more children. As a result, Xu Xianhua didn't keep her word and said that Huang Zhong was a dead dog in bed and could not move after a few times. It was good enough for him to have a daughter.
So everyone knew that Huang Zhong was a useless person.
Huang Zhong lost face because of this incident and was of course furious. He wanted to beat Xu Xianhua, but Xu Xianhua dared to confront him and refused to suffer any loss.
Xu Xianhua, who was obsessed with Huang Zhou at the beginning, has suffered a lot now and is a little regretful. Why was she so blind as to insist on marrying Huang Zhou? It would be better to marry anyone else than a man like this who has no money, no power, is poor and has a limp!
But it was no use for Xu Xianhua to regret. She had already fallen into the quagmire and it would not be easy to get out.
Xia Ruzheng was happy to hear that Huang Zhong's family was not living well. That kind of rotten person deserved to live like a dog. Otherwise, if he got a little power, he would become rampant and hurt people a lot!
After visiting her mother's house and other relatives, Wen Zhichao went out to drink with men, and Xia Ruzheng gossiped with women. Many people wanted to hear about Xia Ruzheng's experiences outside, especially some young wives of the same age. They didn't think about following him out to do business or anything like that. After all, they would still be reluctant to let their men go out, but they were still very curious about the outside world.
So Xia Ruzheng talked about things like televisions, tapes, buses, trains, etc. Everyone was obviously interested in more practical home appliances such as televisions and refrigerators. They heard that those things were so easy to use and were very tempted. However, they heard that the prices were not cheap, so they felt that it was just talk. They wanted to buy them, but they didn't know if they could afford them in this lifetime.
About ten years later, many people had bought televisions and seen refrigerators, and these things were no longer so mysterious and novel to them.
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