Su Wei didn't want to watch anymore. On the way back, she muttered to Shen Yan, "The Zhao family has a fortune of millions, but they still need a son to inherit it?"
Xiao Wu disagreed: "If you don't have a boy, you will be laughed at for the rest of your life in the village."
"You're so poor, and you're still afraid of being laughed at?"
Xiao Wu frowned: "Being poor is better than not having a son... Anyway, if you don't have a son, you will be laughed at for the rest of your life."
Su Wei didn't have to convince an ancient man to stop favoring boys over girls, and he couldn't convince him either, but...
Su Wei crossed his arms and said, "But you can't blame women for not having a son. Think about it, the land is all the same. You get what you sow. Maybe it's because Mr. Zhao himself is not good enough that he can't give birth to a son."
Xiaowu was stunned.
Chen Yan also turned around and glanced at Su Weiyi.
This crazy woman, does she know what she is talking about?
Xiao Wu stuttered, his face flushed red: "You...you..."
You talked for a long time but didn't say anything.
Su Wei struck while the iron was hot and said, "Does what I said make sense?"
Xiaowu didn't want to say.
He felt that Su Wei was not serious and was a vixen. He looked at Chen Yan, hoping that Chen Yan would say something, but he didn't expect that Chen Yan actually patted his shoulder.
"What Su Wei said is correct."
After a pause, he added, "If you can't give birth to a son in the future, blame yourself for not being able to conceive."
Xiaowu: “…”
Xiaowu was devastated.
When they were going down the mountain, they saw Zhao's mother moving up a few more steps. Every time she climbed a step, she kowtowed and said, "Buddha bless you."
There were several slap marks on Zhao Yingdi's face. She lowered her head and accompanied her mother. Old Mrs. Zhao was still scolding her, and occasionally talked to the other maids around her about her experience on how to discipline her daughter-in-law.
Xiaowu didn't say a word along the way, and when he returned to the village he was still pursing his lips, looking listless.
After putting down the things, he secretly glared at Su Weiyi and ran away.
Su Wei “…”
The two were tired after a morning's sleep and fell asleep as soon as they got home. When Su Wei woke up again, it was already dark and Chen Yan was not in the room. Su Wei yawned and went out to see Chen Yan standing at the door, seemingly talking to someone.
Su Wei was about to go to the kitchen, but heard voices outside.
"Your brother and mother are both dead, what's the point of you holding that thing?"
It was an old voice.
Su Wei stopped.
"If you want something, just give me fifty taels of silver."
This is Chen Yan's voice.
“You’re dreaming.” The old man’s voice came again: “Shen Er, don’t be shameless.”
Su Wei heard Chen Yan sneer, and suddenly grabbed the old man's collar and pushed him against the wall.
"Who is shameless? I'm not afraid to tell you, if you push me to the limit, none of you will have an easy life."
After Chen Yan's vicious voice, the old man seemed stunned. After a long while, he said, "Chen Er, I am your grandfather. How dare you..."
"Dare what?" Chen Yan sneered: "I have something even more daring. Do you want to try it?"
The old man said a few harsh words and finally left.
When Chen Yan turned around, he saw Su Wei peeking in.
Su Wei laughed dryly: "I...I wasn't eavesdropping on you on purpose, I just wanted to ask you what you want to eat tonight?"
Chen Yan glanced at her and walked towards her. As he passed by, he said, "Eat noodles."
Su Wei “…”
The noodles were eaten quickly. While eating, Su Wei asked, "Who is that old man..."
"It's Old Man Shen."
Su Wei knew the relationship between the Shen family. Old man Shen had three sons and one daughter. The eldest was Shen Yan's father, Shen Qingshan. His grandmother died not long after giving birth to the eldest Shen. Old man Shen then married a widow from a neighboring village. The widow had a son, who later took Old man Shen's surname and was named Shen Qingyun.
Later, Old Lady Shen gave birth to a pair of twins, Shen Qingsong and Shen Baobao.
Old Lady Shen was like most vicious stepmothers. Shen Yan's father found a marriage for him as soon as he came of age. Shen's mother was also from another village. Her experience was very similar to that of Old Lady Shen. The husband of her family died, and her in-laws could not tolerate her and drove her out. Her parents' family also did not want her. Shen's mother lived in the barn for half a year before she was betrothed to Shen's father.
Shen's father was an honest man. After marriage, the two of them lived a good life for several years and gave birth to Shen Dalang and Shen Yan. However, they did not expect that Shen's father would pass away.
The reputation of Shen's mother being a jinx for her husband spread.
The villagers don't want to bother with them.
After Shen Dalang made money, the Shen family became more prosperous. Shen's mother was kind-hearted, or to put it bluntly, a bit saintly, and helped the Shen family a lot. However, when Shen Dalang got into trouble, old man Shen said that Shen's mother was unlucky and would bring disaster to her husband and children. He not only seized her property, but also drove her out.
It is difficult for Su Wei to comment on this matter. From a modern perspective, she thinks Shen's mother is too weak, but in this era, what can she do as a widow, helpless, with her son and husband both dead?
Even if she wanted to resist, how could she resist?
This is an era of cannibalism.
And all the bad habits are directed at women.
Su Wei sighed.
"What does Old Man Shen want from you?"
Chen Yan stopped eating and suddenly smiled: "Ask me for the title deed of the house."
As soon as Shen Dalang died, the people in the Shen family couldn't wait to occupy the house and hurriedly drove away Chen Yan and his mother. Later, Chen Yan was injured, and they thought he would not survive, so they waited for him to die and take over the family property.
But unexpectedly, Chen Yan was not dead but alive and well. It was heard that he was still doing business recently. They came here anxiously to ask for the land deed.
Su Wei cursed: "How shameless! We absolutely cannot give it to them."
Chen Yan glanced at her, and Su Wei suddenly thought of the original owner. She had used all means to get Chen Yan's ten taels of silver. Although she didn't do it, Su Wei felt a little guilty for some reason, so she laughed dryly and said nothing more.
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