Chapter 134 The Sickly Villain in a Female-dominated World 5
Lin Qing had nothing to do these days, so he read all the books on the bookshelf about the customs and culture of this world.
This is a world where women are superior to men. Women are naturally superior to men in terms of physical structure. They are far superior to men in terms of strength, height, courage, etc., and are the heads of the family. Men are frail and in a dependent position, and are mostly trapped in the inner house to do housework and take care of domestic affairs.
Women are respectfully addressed as female rulers, and men are addressed as husbands.
A lady can marry a principal husband, whose status is much higher than that of a concubine. As for the number of concubines, it depends on the family property of the lady. It is very difficult for a peasant girl to support her principal husband and his children, let alone an extra concubine.
But the strange thing is that here it is still the women who bear the responsibility of reproducing offspring. However, according to the original owner's memory, childbirth for women is not dangerous. On the contrary, their physical fitness will be better than before, just like laying eggs. Many farm girls are full of energy working in the fields on the third day after giving birth.
Therefore, women have absolute reproductive rights. Although some powerful ladies may take many servants because of their lust for men, they are only willing to give birth to children for their husbands and their loved ones.
There are about five days every month when they are most fertile, and female rulers often complete the task of carrying on the family line while they are young.
If the husband cannot make his wife pregnant within one year after marriage, he will often be accused of poor health and the poor quality of his sperm that causes his wife to be unable to conceive. At this time, the husband will be forced to take a maid for his wife, and the children born by the maid will be raised by the husband.
But what if a queen only gave birth to boys? Yun Dynasty had a law that in order to continue the family line, a queen without a female heir could marry a boy of marriageable age in her family, and the heirs would take the boy's surname.
But this is a bad idea after all.
Therefore, any wealthy and powerful female ruler would take in many maids, especially young men with many sisters. After all, this proves in some ways that their parents' fertility values are not low.
It was the first time for Lin Qing to enter such a world of gender reversal. He closed the first volume of "Qinghe Folk Customs" in his hand.
"My lady, would you like to take a break?" Qingshu took the book and turned around to put it on the desk. Mr. Lin specifically instructed the maid to pay attention to his daughter not to spend too much time on books.
"Yeah." Brushing his sleeves, Lin Qing asked in confusion, "Why didn't Young Master come here today?"
I just relieve my boredom by entertaining my husband every day.
"The husband has hired a female teacher, and the young man has been forced to learn to read recently."
Hmm? Lin Qing became interested and looked at the sun outside. She led two maids to the side room in the west courtyard.
Inside the room, Chen Xi was listening attentively to the female teacher's lecture, and was struggling to trace the large characters with the pen in his hand. After finally finishing an essay, he stared at the crooked characters with some shame.
He felt that his current life was like a dream. Not only did he not have to work every day, but someone also served him three meals a day. His husband was kind and his wife was also a very gentle mistress.
The husband even hired a female teacher to teach him how to read. You have to know that the women in the village had no chance to learn to read, but it turned out that he, a husband, could use such precious writing instruments.
Lin Qing stopped the maid from knocking on the door and stared out the window for a long time. He found that someone was indeed completely immersed in the sea of study and had no time to spare.
After admiring the picture of the handsome man studying for a while, she decided to take a good look around the Lin Mansion while the sun was still not too hot. She had been confined in the house since she came to this world.
While admiring the colorful flowers in the garden in the shade, I suddenly heard some commotion from the servants not far away.
"What's going on?" She looked at the maid who was fanning herself behind her.
"My lady, Mr. Yong will be returning to the Lin residence soon. The master is instructing the servants to clean up the Xingrui Courtyard, so there has been some noise." A housekeeper came over with a smile and greeted, "Is it because I disturbed you? I will let them be quiet now."
Lin Qing raised his eyebrows: "So it turns out that Sister Yong is coming back."
Is the plot about to begin? I'm suddenly looking forward to the arrival of the time-traveling heroine. My life now is so dull and uneventful.
However, considering the original owner's condition, she would not be able to travel far in this lifetime. In this era, with the bumpy dirt roads, even going to Qingchi Town would take her a while.
After thinking for a while, she walked towards the main courtyard with her maid.
"Why is Qing'er here?" Lord Lin waved away the wife and husbands who were in charge, his eyes full of love.
"Father, I heard that Sister Yong is coming back?" Lin Qing took the hot soup brought by the maid and took a sip. A strong ginseng flavor filled his mouth.
"Well, your mother wrote to say that Mr. Rong has become famous as a poet in the county government recently, so he came to his hometown to worship his ancestors and pay tribute to the spirits of his ancestors in heaven."
In fact, the county governor was very surprised by his daughter's sudden enlightenment. Rongjun had been naughty since childhood, but who would have thought that she would be full of talent after a serious illness. Last month, she wrote a poem "Ode to the Willow" at the poetry meeting, which amazed everyone. The line "I don't know who cut out the fine leaves, the spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors" was natural and the more you savor it, the more poetic it is.
In addition, there have been some rumors in the city recently. The romantic affair between the county magistrate's daughter and an actor has become a topic of conversation among the people in the city.
Lin Hengrong then sent her daughter back to her hometown. On the one hand, she always felt that it was the ancestors of the Lin family who enlightened her daughter in her dreams. The young man of the Tang family scoffed at this idea. How could the Lin family, who were farmers working in the mud fields all day long, have any talents to share with their daughter? If there was any enlightenment from the ancestors, it was the protection of the ancestors of the Tang family.
Secondly, the recent rumors did have some impact. It was a good opportunity for Yongjun to return to her hometown to study hard and prepare for the college entrance examination in the second half of the year.
"Yongjun came back this time to find a quiet place to review her lessons. From what your nanny said, she has made great progress in her studies these days." Mrs. Lin glanced at her daughter's face and spoke carefully: "Well, your nanny also said that you can give Rongjun some advice with you around."
Ever since the original owner was brought back from the academy examination three years ago, taking exams has become an unspeakable taboo in the Lin family.
"Father, I, a woman, am not as fragile as men." Lin Qing took a sip of the ginseng tea, and smiled comfortingly after seeing the worry in her father's eyes.
"After lying in bed for a month and being on the brink of life and death several times, I have come to understand a lot of things."
"My body cannot stand the fatigue of traveling, and I don't think I will have a career in politics. But as a lady who stands tall and proud, I cannot serve my country now, but I can still settle down at home."
"Father, I am proud of my intelligence and my photographic memory, but I am unable to realize my ambitions due to my physical condition." Well, it is no wonder that the original owner became abnormal in silence. Lin Qing blinked and continued to make up excuses, "I can't change the world by meeting His Majesty, but I want to use my talents to change Shiyuan Village and Qingchi Town, and live up to the integrity of scholars of my generation."
Does Qingjun have such great ambitions in his heart? Master Lin was shocked. No wonder Qinger has been depressed in the past few years.
"Qing'er, no matter what you want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt your body, your father will support you!"
"Then Father," Lin Qing changed the subject, "You can't treat me like a porcelain doll anymore. I want to go out for a walk."
After saying a bunch of silly things, is she finally able to get the autonomy to travel?
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