Sexual knowledge was extremely limited in ancient times.
Wealthy families even had explicit booklets for newcomers to study, and men had maids to teach them, while women had nannies to instill in them how to serve men.
Unlike poor families who have nothing.
They only give a couple of words of advice before the wedding, and the newlyweds have to figure it out on their own.
But there are smart people and stupid people in the world.
Yan Xia had previously heard of a couple who had been married for three years without having children. The woman was given countless folk remedies by her mother-in-law, but to no avail. In the fifth year, the woman was divorced by her husband's family because she could not have children.
She remarried to a widower.
She gave birth to a son the following year.
Later, she sat in front of her ex-husband's house with her son in her arms, shouting and yelling.
She said her ex-husband had mistaken her for someone else, and although she bled, it had nothing to do with childbirth. She also scolded him for being useless, not as good as her current husband, and for not even understanding matters in bed.
This caused quite a bit of a laugh.
Such things happen repeatedly.
It's just that people here are conservative, so it hasn't spread.
"Son, I'll go right away." The evening breeze was a bit chilly, which sobered Changfu up by about 70%. He went to the distant mountain, where he was so drunk he could barely walk.
I pulled him to the corner and talked to him for a long time.
Only then did they let Yuanshan leave.
Wang Yuanshan's face was exactly the same as Qian Wanyue's from earlier.
It's as red as the flesh of a watermelon in the height of summer.
It was already getting dark. After Yan Xia and her children finished tidying up, they returned to their own home. They would sleep in the village tonight and leave early tomorrow morning.
The children, who hadn't returned to the village in a long time, wandered around with a sense of novelty.
The house is nestled at the foot of the mountain.
The air was a little humid.
Yan Xia asked her son to boil water so that everyone could take a bath before going to bed.
On the other side is the Shirai family.
Just as Bai Xiangsong arrived at his doorstep, he noticed the door was wide open. He knew something was wrong and was about to rush in to check when he heard Aunt Big Mouth standing opposite him, shouting at them.
"Village head, you're finally back! Your Xiaoxue ran away like a thief. Did she elope with someone again? Should we go after her and check? She left at noon. I wanted to go to the Wang family to call you and tell you, but I was afraid you'd think I was meddling. Anyway, I've told you. I'm going for a stroll at the village entrance."
Aunt Big Mouth left after she finished speaking.
They didn't even look back.
They were afraid of being scolded.
Bai Lizheng's eyes were so cold they were almost freezing.
Bai Zhaoshi also stood there blankly, motionless.
"Grandpa, hurry inside and check! Auntie must have stolen money." Bai Xiangsong couldn't wait any longer. He rushed into the house. Although it was dark inside, he could still see that the floor was covered with things.
He lit the candle.
The room then became bright.
The Bai family's main house, side rooms, including the main hall and kitchen, were all in a mess.
The floor was covered with clothes, shoes and socks.
It felt like a thief had broken in.
"This Xiaoxue is becoming more and more inhuman. She's even capable of stealing. This is her house, you know. Sigh..." Bai Ruiji looked at the mess in his house, his face filled with anger and disappointment.
"Stop yelling. You should all go back to your rooms and check if anything is missing." Although Zhou Huangmei was also angry, she couldn't say anything since it was her in-laws' family.
Back in the room, she reached behind the bed and touched a loose blue brick. She moved the bed aside and took it out.
There was a small hole inside, and inside the hole was a small purse containing five taels of silver.
This money is pocket money that my parents-in-law have given them over the years.
Fearing thieves might come, Zhou Huangmei hid herself very well.
Bai Xiangsong also went back to the house to check.
He hid his money under his desk; if you touched it, you would find an extra compartment there.
Like pulling out a drawer, pull out the compartment, and inside there are two taels of loose silver.
Although he handed over his wages to the government.
But his grandparents would always secretly leave him some money, which Bai Xiangsong was reluctant to spend and saved.
Bai Xianglin was the same; he hid his money in the smelliest pair of shoes. When he reached in, he pulled out half a tael of silver.
My hands smell awful, but who would mind if their shoes smelled bad?
Bai Xianglin happily touched the broken silver, and seeing that it wasn't lost, he breathed a sigh of relief and stuffed the silver back into his pocket.
No wonder Bai Ruixue didn't find any of them.
She would never have imagined that the silver was hidden in these places, even if you beat her to death.
"Father, Mother, only a pair of silver earrings are missing from my and Ruiji's room. Nothing else is missing." Zhou Huangmei's tone was a little upset. These silver earrings were part of her dowry and one of her few pieces of jewelry. They were also a gift from her deceased mother. Although they were very light and only cost 450 coins, they were the last thing her mother gave her.
That wretched sister-in-law is really something else; she even stole my dowry.
“Ruiji, go to town another day and get your wife a new pair of earrings. Oh, and buy her a gilded hairpin too. The silver hairpin she has isn’t shiny anymore. I’ll pay for it.” Bai Lizheng took out a purse from his waist, took out five taels of silver, and threw it to Bai Ruiji.
This extravagant gesture stunned everyone present.
"Dad, why are you carrying silver around everywhere? What if you lose it?" Bai Ruiji asked worriedly as he took the silver. His purse was bulging, indicating that there was still quite a bit of silver in it. Was his father really that rich?
"What if you don't keep it on you and it gets stolen?" Bai Lizheng replied in an unfriendly tone.
"Alright, remember this from now on: I, Bai Mudi, only have one son, named Bai Ruiji. As for Bai Ruixue, I don't know her! If she dares to come to our door again, kick her out! Also, your mother and I are getting old, so let me tell you something: your mother and I have saved quite a bit of money. Apart from the ten taels that were stolen, plus the five taels I just gave you, we still have twelve taels of silver left. We'll save this money for Xiang Song and Xiang Lin to get married in the future. Those ten taels are a way of severing my last ties with her."
Bai Lizheng had just gone back inside and checked; the purse he had left there had vanished.
The boxes under the bed were now just empty wooden boxes.
He and Bai Zhaoshi exchanged a glance. Bai Zhaoshi's cloudy eyes seemed to clear for a moment, but the clarity quickly disappeared.
"What exactly happened? What ten taels of silver?" Bai Ruiji asked, his face full of confusion.
"Why ask so many questions? Just remember what your father said. From now on, any of you who dare to say a word to Bai Ruixue will be kicked out of the family! I no longer have this daughter! Alright, go back and tidy up the house. It's a mess, and it's annoying to look at."
Bai Lizheng pulled Bai Zhaoshi back into the house.
No explanation whatsoever.
Bai Ruiji wanted to chase after her to ask more questions, but Zhou Huangmei grabbed him.
"Dad's in a bad mood right now, don't bother him. He'll talk when he wants to. Go inside and tidy up. I'll clean up the kitchen. Xiaoxue, I'm speechless. She even stole the cured meat from the house. Ugh, it's laughable."
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