Ye Xin: “????”
What happened? Did she say something wrong?
Before Ye Xin could speak, Yuan Tianwei began to mutter to herself, "When I went to the clinic for treatment, I was still young, and people would just say I was ignorant."
"But I can't this year. I'm already of marriageable age and can no longer go to the clinic to help Dad. Otherwise, people will say I'm shameless, going to the clinic every day and being in the same room with those men. It's not good for my reputation."
"Bang!"
Ye Xin slammed the table, "What are you talking about? Everything has a bad reputation. Then why don't they worry about other people's bad reputations when they see women every day?"
Seeing Ye Xin getting angry for no reason, Yuan Tianwei poured her a cup of tea and said, "Sister Xin, calm down. They are doing this for my own good! After all, it's time for me to get married."
"You're so young and you want to get married, will your parents be willing to let you do that?"
Ye Xin angrily cursed the damn ancient times, saying, "Getting married at the age of fifteen, isn't this harming other little girls?"
"No, I'm the only one in my family, and my parents want to find a son-in-law. But in Yuchao, there are very few men who are willing to marry into the family, and it takes time to find a son-in-law."
Although Yuan Tianwei didn't quite understand this kind of thing, her parents would usually discuss it with her. She also understood that although the words about recruiting a son-in-law sounded nice, in reality, no man with a bit of dignity would be invited into the family.
Ye Xin took a sip of tea to suppress the nameless anger in her heart, "Then it's okay to find a son-in-law! After you get married, can't you still go to the clinic for treatment?"
Yuan Tianwei smiled bitterly, "It will be even more impossible after we get married. I'll be confined to the house, raising children, and not even allowed to leave the house. If I go out, people will think I'm up to something, that I'm not looking after the house all the time and just running around outside."
Fuck, I can’t stand it anymore.
Ye Xin was about to crush the white porcelain cup in her hand when she suddenly remembered that it was still in someone else's house, so she let go of the cup and pinched her thigh hard.
The intense pain made Ye Xin resist the urge to pick up the sword and chop someone, but even so, a crack appeared on the cup.
She took a deep breath, trying to appear calm. "Weiwei, listen to me. The Yu Dynasty doesn't believe that women can't be doctors. If you really like this line of work, then you must stick with it!"
"If someone criticizes you in front of you, drag them to the government office and let the prefect judge who wins and who loses."
Yuan Tianwei's body trembled, and she suddenly raised her head from the table, "Sister Xin, is it still possible to do this?"
"Of course you can. The imperial law doesn't have any explicit provisions for this. It's just their prejudice."
Ye Xin picked up the teapot and poured herself another cup of tea. This chrysanthemum tea was really effective. After drinking a cup, she instantly felt much calmer.
Yuan Tianwei sat on the stool in a daze, her breathing suddenly becoming rapid.
That's right! The laws of this dynasty don't prohibit women from being doctors. I heard that all the maids around the Empress Dowager are skilled in martial arts.
They can all learn martial arts, so why can't she go for medical treatment?
Ye Xin's words seemed to awaken Yuan Tianwei, and the things that had been bothering her for some time seemed to be solved.
She looked at Ye Xin who was drinking cup after cup of tea, and held Ye Xin's wrist tightly with both hands. "Sister Xin, if this is really possible, then the heavy stone that has been weighing on my heart for so long can finally be lifted a little."
"Burp~"
"You're welcome. I'm just telling the truth. In fact, if you learn more about the history of the previous dynasty, you will find that the lives of women in the previous dynasty were very rich."
Ye Xin leaned back in the chair and rubbed her belly, which was full of water, comfortably.
After drinking half a pot of tea, he finally stopped wanting to kill anyone.
"The previous dynasty? I remember the previous dynasty didn't exist for very long."
Yuan Tianwei didn't understand. What did this have to do with the previous dynasty?
"Although the previous dynasty only existed for a hundred years, women in that period could set up their own households, remarry at will, and even become their own shopkeepers. Tell me, how could these women not have a rich life?"
Ye Xin heard the sound of rain outside had subsided a bit. She held her belly and walked outside, staring at the rain on the ground in a daze. "Even if a woman gets divorced, she can choose to take the child with her."
"What?"
"Can you still take the child with you?"
Yuan Tianwei and Zhao, who had just walked to the door, spoke at the same time. How come they had never heard of such a thing? After the divorce, you can actually take the child away. Don't they have to stay in the husband's family?
Zhao's voice was a little loud, which startled Yuan Tianwei.
Yuan Tianwei held down her pounding heart, looked at Zhao and muttered, "Mom, you scared me."
Zhao had no time to pay attention to her daughter. She hurriedly placed a plate of milk cake on the table and turned to look at Ye Xin in panic, "Xinxin, is what you said true?"
Ye Xin came back to his senses from his daze, looked at Zhao who looked hopeful and nodded, "Of course it's true. I saw this information in a book that contains the laws of the previous dynasty."
Even though it was in someone else's mind, she still saw it with her own eyes!
Zhao felt relieved after hearing this. She clenched her hands again and again, "If that's the case, that would be great."
"Mom, what's so great? What are you talking about?"
Seeing her mother so distracted, Yuan Tianwei reached out and held Zhao's hand, "Mom, are you hiding something from me?"
Zhao felt something soft in her hand and held Yuan Tianwei's hand in return, "It's not me, it's your Aunt Qingqing."
"Aunt Qingqing?"
Yuan Tianwei felt that the name sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that Aunt Qingqing seemed to be very close to her mother.
When she was little, she seemed to often see her aunt come to her house to visit her mother and bring her delicious food. However, after she turned ten, she never saw this aunt again. She only vaguely remembered that the milk cakes she made were better than her mother's steamed ones.
"Yes, it's Aunt Qingqing who used to live in our alley."
When Zhao talked about her ill-fated friend, she felt sorry for her.
Qingqing's real name is Yan Qingyun. She grew up with her. Their parents have a good relationship, so the relationship between the two of them is also very good.
They are not biological sisters but are better than real sisters. Even when they got married, they came here one after another.
She married the doctor of Huichuntang, and Qingqing married the teacher of the school.
Zhao was lucky. Her mother-in-law and father-in-law had passed away many years before she got married. She didn't have to serve her parents-in-law every day, and she could take charge of the household as soon as she entered the house.
But Qingqing is different. Although she doesn't have a father-in-law, her mother-in-law is not easy to get along with.
Her mother-in-law had three children, and Qingqing married the youngest. It is said that people prefer the youngest son, and her mother-in-law is no exception. She is particularly concerned about Qingqing's husband.
But things did not go as planned. When Weiwei was ten years old, Qingqing's husband died unexpectedly.
Her mother-in-law was already unhappy that Qingqing had only given birth to a daughter in all these years, and this time the death of Qingqing's husband made her vent all her resentment on Qingqing.
When Zhao saw Qingqing again a few days later, she found that the previously gentle and lovely Qingqing had been tortured beyond recognition by her mother-in-law.
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