Chapter 89: Siguo: This person’s swearing is so dirty.
Ji Shubai felt that he had lost, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he began to ask: "What's good about it?"
Song Jin said: "For example, ordinary women like me can also read and write, young ladies can go out and meet people at will, women can earn money to support themselves, and can choose not to get married. Even if it is the worst, it is impossible to sell yourself into slavery and be bound by others for life. In short, it is still much better than this world."
After hearing this, Ji Shubai understood why Song Jin had done everything he could to get rid of his citizenship.
He actually wanted to find out about Song Jin's privacy, such as why she didn't get married, whether she had met many men in that world, and whether they had sat together and talked like him.
For example, what was the mood of those men when they talked to her?
Is it like yourself?
Like a boat floating on the sea, it rises and falls, totally out of its control. The feeling of being out of control both fascinates him and scares him.
But he didn't dare to ask, for fear that she would get angry again and scold him.
This little guy, I don’t know when he stopped treating me as an adult, and he didn’t even realize it.
"What would a woman who can read and write do if she doesn't become a slave? Or a cook?"
Ji Shubai had so many questions that Song Jin didn't want to answer them. It wasn't because she was too lazy to answer them, but she was afraid that Ji Shubai wouldn't be able to accept them. If he misunderstood her as making excuses for her outrageous behavior, it would be a waste of time.
Thinking back then, when Qingshan explained the class rules of this world to her, didn't she sneer at him? If she wasn't in this world, who would easily believe and accept it?
Song Jin was afraid that Ji Shubai would not be able to accept it, and she was also afraid that Ji Shubai would lose his curiosity. After all, in this world, there might only be one person who could discuss this topic with her so calmly, Ji Shubai. She still cherished him very much.
Thinking of this, Song Jin sat up straight and asked Ji Shubai a question seriously.
"My Lord, if there is no emperor in this world, what do you think?"
Ji Shubai's pupils dilated instantly: "How is this possible?"
Song Jin smiled and turned to look further away.
"You see, sir, in history, one regime has always overthrown another regime, and then replicated that regime, and then was overthrown again, and replicated again. Only the people have changed, but the rules have changed very little."
"If one day I told you that the rules of this world have changed, what would you think?"
Song Jin pressed: "Can you accept this?"
Ji Shubai was silent.
People have changed, but everything can remain the same. Just like the governor of Suzhou has changed, but everything seems to remain the same.
But if the rules change, it will have a ripple effect.
Ji Shubai was in the officialdom, so he naturally understood this truth.
That was almost a sea change.
He couldn't answer Song Jin's question for a moment.
"Sir, ducks in the water cannot be raised well on the shore, and chickens in the yard cannot survive in the mountains. Since you are already here, don't think about the rules there, otherwise you will end up like me, and I don't know what kind of trouble you will get into."
Song Jin was about to leave after she finished speaking, but Ji Shubai's stubborn temper came up and he grabbed her wrist with one hand:
"Wait, you have to finish what you are saying, so that I won't be as reckless as you and get into trouble everywhere."
Song Jin sighed, "My Lord, if you want to talk, you have to give me some water to drink. I haven't eaten or drunk anything since I got up this morning. I'm starving to death."
Ji Shubai finally reacted, and without caring about the chair, he led Song Jin into the cabin.
He still refused to give up, as if a door had been opened, and he must find out what was going on today.
Therefore, while Song Jin was eating, he had many questions.
"Don't worry about whether I can handle it or not, just tell me. Didn't you say that a small change in the rules can reveal a big picture? Just tell me about it."
Song Jin grabbed a chicken leg and chewed it in her mouth. She didn't even raise her head when she spoke: "Didn't I say that an ordinary woman like me can also study, and a young lady can also go out and meet guests at will."
"Well, let me ask you, what if this woman goes out casually and causes trouble?"
Song Jin smiled and asked back, "Sir, this Ming woman must not have any sense of right and wrong, right?"
"Of course there is, but wouldn't it be much safer if we were at home?"
He didn't deny it, so Song Jin had to think about how to answer him.
It is safer for modern women to go out casually. In fact, it often depends on social security and economic stability, and there are countless women on the street. If one doesn't work, you can just try another one. There is no need to go to extremes.
So if we go back a few decades, when the economic situation was bad, it was also very dangerous, but not as dangerous as the Ming Dynasty.
"Sir, do you think this gem is more valuable when it is everywhere on the street, or when there is only one in the house?"
"Of course there is only one time."
"Yes, there are women everywhere on the street, you can look at them if you want, it's better than not being able to see them and having to climb over the wall, right? If you can't pursue this, just find another one, a normal person won't hang himself on a tree."
"Seek...a woman?"
Ji Shubai has only heard of pursuing dreams in his life, but has never heard of pursuing women. Isn't that a hooligan behavior?
Marriage is a matter of parents' arrangement and matchmaker's words, and most of the time there is no choice.
He frowned, not knowing how to ask.
"What about...what about marriage?"
"Men and women can freely fall in love, as long as the man is willing to marry and the woman is willing to marry."
"What about my parents? What if they don't agree?"
“It will have some impact, but there will also be people who won’t obey.”
This time, Ji Shubai even wrinkled his nose.
outrageous.
It's outrageous.
"You don't need a matchmaker then?"
"It's optional, depending on the customs."
"What about after you get married? How do you live?"
"Work, make money, some people have children, some people don't."
Song Jin made his words extremely simple, but the simpler they were, the more questions Ji Shubai had.
"So do I need to buy a wet nurse after I give birth to a child?"
Song Jin still had a half-eaten chicken leg in his mouth. He couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this and said, "Slavery doesn't exist everywhere."
After saying that, he hastily added, "But the desire to be a slave owner is the same everywhere."
"What will you do without a servant or a wet nurse? Who will feed the children? Who will light the fire and cook? Aren't you the same as the villagers?"
What a great saying! Even someone like Ji Shubai, who had been living in poverty since childhood and could barely make ends meet, still had servants.
Song Jin smacked his lips. How should I put it? They really are a bit alike. They are both proletarians.
"That... do it yourself and you will have enough food and clothing."
After hearing this, Ji Shubai leaned back slightly and looked at Song Jin with narrowed eyes.
He couldn't understand what was so enviable about that world for Song Jin.
Song Jin made him feel very uncomfortable, and couldn't help asking, "Just say whatever you want to say, why are you looking at me like that?"
Ji Shubai said frankly: "I don't understand why you think that place is better."
"What's wrong?"
"Look, in that world, women not only have to give birth to children and feed them, they have to light fires and cook, but they also have to go out to earn money to support the family like men. Isn't that more work? For women, what's so good about that? It's obviously harder than in my Ming Dynasty."
Song Jin refused to be outdone: "When a man treats you badly, you have the confidence to divorce him."
"You're weird."
"What's weird about me?"
"Did you get married in your dream?"
Song Jin shook his head.
"Look, you're thinking about divorce before you even get married. Also, when you were at the county government office, you looked through the case files and were most concerned about cases involving widows. If you're thinking about bad outcomes before your marriage is even completed, how can there be good outcomes?"
Song Jin was a little confused.
"If you don't plan to get married, that's fine. But if you do get married, you naturally want to be together for the rest of your life. How can you consider becoming a widow before getting engaged?"
What Song Jin said could not be refuted.
"Do you want to kill your husband?"
"Of course not."
"That's what you're afraid of."
Ji Shubai's words were like an embroidery needle, thin but precise, piercing into Song Jin's heart.
"You are afraid of being at a disadvantage and suffering in a marriage, you are afraid of not being able to cope, you are afraid of not being able to withdraw in time, you are afraid of trusting the wrong person, so you pick and choose and end up not getting married, thinking that being alone is the most suitable."
"Whenever you do something, you always consider the worst possible outcome, and that was the case when you framed me. You knew the consequences would be serious, but you still did it."
"The fire at the Bai family was the same. As long as a serious official showed up, you couldn't escape responsibility, but you did it anyway."
"You only think about the beginning and not the end when you do things. You only think that even if the worst result comes, you will bear it all by yourself. Have you ever thought that if one day in the future, you can't bear the trouble you have caused by yourself, and you have to implicate innocent people? Will you still be so determined and not regret it? If the case implicated not Lord Shen, but Lord Pan whom you know, would you still do it?"
Song Jin stood there, and the chicken leg in his hand no longer tasted good.
Ji Shubai's insults are really dirty.
"You are impulsive and extreme in your actions. You should correct yourself."
Ji Shubai's words were righteous and his aura of justice almost took shape in him, overwhelming Song Jin so much that he couldn't breathe. For a moment he even forgot to refute and instead began to reflect.
Is she wrong?
Did she go too far?
Did she harm anyone?
"I......"
"grown ups."
While Song Jin was talking, Qing Shan came in and called someone, saying that someone was looking for him. Before Song Jin could ask where the person on the boat came from, Ji Shubai stood up and was about to leave, and Song Jin hurriedly grabbed him.
"I haven't finished talking yet."
"I'll tell you when I get back."
"I--"
"Also, think carefully about what I said."
Song Jin watched Ji Shubai quickly walk out of the house, leaving her alone holding the chicken leg and thinking about her mistakes.
Reflect on your mistakes?
What are you thinking about?
What has she done wrong?
Song Jin took a big bite of the chicken leg and vowed to get back at the enemy next time.
She lost to T, but no one could lose to this feudal moralist.
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