Chapter 172 Who's outsmarting whom?
He was very happy to receive a gift from his stepbrother, and he quickly forgot his resentment towards the kind-hearted man.
Xiao Qi gently curled the corners of his mouth. After all, she was still a little girl, easy to coax. With a little trickery, she would fall for it.
Although he felt a little smug, Xiao Qi suddenly felt a complicated bitterness. If he was so easy to fool, wouldn't he be easily snatched away by the wolf cub?
No, the little girl still needs further education. Men are all bad, so she must not be fooled.
"Brother, have some tea, it's hot!"
Lin Yuesha was very fond of the dagger. After putting it away, she fawned over Xiao Qi and poured him tea.
It's not that being a nice person is bad; at least her stepbrother didn't mind her giving him the cold shoulder and remained consistent in his treatment of her.
"Brother, I have a question."
Lin Yuesha realized that she knew very little about the men of this era and had no idea what they were thinking.
Why not take this opportunity to infiltrate the area from our cheap older brother and gather some information?
"you say."
Xiao Qi slightly raised his eyelids and said, feigning composure.
From the very beginning, the little girl's eyes kept darting around, but no one knew what she was up to.
"Well, let me give you an example."
Lin Yuesha carefully considered her words, trying to express herself as clearly as possible, "For example, you have a childhood sweetheart with whom you have been betrothed since childhood, and both families are well-matched. You are just waiting for the girl to come of age so you can marry her."
Lin Yuesha had just begun when Xiao Qi interrupted her, "I didn't."
"What?"
Lin Yuesha was about to continue speaking when she didn't react for a moment.
"I said I don't have a childhood sweetheart with whom I was betrothed since I was little."
Xiao Qi, with a stern face, emphasized it once again.
"I meant hypothetically, for example."
Lin Yuesha was exhausted. Her stepbrother was such a blockhead, always arguing with her about these little details.
"What if there's no 'what if'?"
A fleeting smile crossed Xiao Qi's eyes. He was once again tempted to tease the little girl. He always got addicted to it, and it became an unstoppable habit.
Lin Yuesha: "..."
My stepbrother is a conversation killer; that's how conversations die.
"Okay, not you. What if Zhang Jing had such a fiancée? Would that be alright?"
Lin Yuesha's face turned bright red as she stared at her stepbrother. She was certain that if he dared to say "there are no ifs" again, she would ignore him!
"Yes, Zhang Jing is fine."
Seeing that things were going well, Xiao Qi calmed his younger sister's anger down and honestly asked, "And then?"
"Then, before the two families were to get married, Zhang Jing suddenly met a woman he fell in love with one day. Coincidentally, the woman also loved him."
Lin Yuesha led Zhang Qing'er and Lin Qian in, and then said, "Zhang Jing came to the door and went directly to his fiancée to break off the engagement, because he only wanted to marry the woman he had feelings for."
So the question is, was Zhang Jing's action right or wrong?
If you don't break off the engagement, you can first welcome your fiancée into the family, and then, with many other women around, take the woman you're interested in as a concubine. What do you think of this approach?
This is a very dangerous problem.
Xiao Qi put down his teacup, shook his head, and said, "Little sister, according to you, Zhang Jing is undoubtedly a heartless man."
"Brother, you think so too?"
Lin Yuesha was pleased. Although her stepbrother was a kind-hearted man, at least he had sound values, which satisfied her.
"certainly."
After being engaged for many years, breaking off the engagement is not a simple matter. In order to save face and avoid losses, it is impossible for the man to bring it up.
“Zhang Jing’s visit to break off the engagement was a huge blow to his childhood sweetheart, damaging his reputation and being unfair to the woman he loved.”
First of all, since he has a fiancée, he should control himself and not fall for other women. After falling for her, he is so irresponsible. Zhang Jing thinks that breaking off his engagement and marrying the woman he loves makes him a romantic hero, but for the woman he loves, their relationship is built on the suffering of another innocent woman. Is that really okay?
"Little sister, your thinking is wrong. The idea of taking wives and concubines and enjoying the bliss of having multiple wives is just an excuse for men to be promiscuous."
Xiao Qi concluded by hoping his younger sister wouldn't be deceived, adding, "Zhang Jing is a complete scumbag."
Lin Yuesha silently mourned for Zhang Jing for a second. This matter had nothing to do with Zhang Jing. If her stepbrother was willing to use himself as an example, then he was the real scumbag.
“But wealthy men, and officials, don’t just marry one woman.”
Wealthy families value having many children and many blessings, hoping for a long and prosperous lineage. Jiang Huai treated Xu Shi very well, but he didn't abandon Xu Shi and Jiang Baozhu for the sake of offspring.
The idea of being one person for life is a joke; very few men in the world can actually achieve that.
So if she doesn't meet him, will she still want to get married in the future? Lin Yuesha didn't know, but she was hard to brainwash.
"There are always things you can say that are nonsense. If you can't do them, you're a scumbag."
Xiao Qi was straightforward; he needed to make his younger sister realize this to prevent her from being deceived by sweet talk.
"Big brother, that's what I think too!"
Lin Yuesha was overjoyed and shared her feelings with Xiao Qi. She said that men should be treated ruthlessly. She remembered seeing a joke before, but she couldn't remember the details.
When a new bride entered the family, her in-laws released a vicious dog to intimidate her and make her behave herself.
As a result, the new bride picked up a cleaver and, without hesitation, chopped off the vicious dog's head.
From then on, the new bride lived a happy life. Her husband's family dared not bully her, and her husband treated her very well. He never took a concubine in his entire life.
Therefore, if she gets married, she has to give her husband a hard time.
Let that man know that if he dares to have three wives and four concubines or has many women around him, he will have his genitals chopped off and become a eunuch!
Xiao Qi: "..."
He swore that this wasn't something he taught his younger sister; was something this bloody really okay?
"Little sister, your brother is going first."
Xiao Qi stood up and left quickly, leaving only warm tea in the teacup.
Lin Yuesha touched her nose, puzzled. Had she been too direct? Fortunately, her stepbrother Xiao Qi hadn't tried to teach her a lesson about propriety and shame, thus saving her from a disaster.
At dinner, the family gathered around and ate a steaming hot pot. Chen looked at her daughter and then at her stepson, and keenly sensed that the atmosphere between the two was a little strange.
Lin Yuesha would reach for food, but Xiao Qi would always pull his hand back. After this happened several times, Xiao Chenggui noticed it too.
He looked at his son with a smile and asked, "Tingyun, did you bully Yuesha again? You are the elder brother, and the eldest brother is like a father. You should fulfill your responsibilities."
Hmph, don't think he's too old and blind to see what this kid is thinking. He's raising a little white rabbit now, but it'll be a lamb to the slaughter in the future. Xiao Qi was speechless after Xiao Chenggui reminded him. Ever since he was rebuked, the old fox has been holding a grudge. Now he's looking for an opportunity to provoke him!
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