Chapter 38: Women argue about virtue, and their children have no gold
"Can we sit here?"
Xiao Qinggu pulled Xiaoman over. Ji Suxian and the others looked at Shang Yuwan. She looked calm and said with a faint smile, "Of course."
Xiaotao looked around the table and saw who liked a certain dish, so she would use the extra pair of chopsticks to put it into their bowl.
Shang Yuwan looked at the vegetables in the bowl and smiled gently.
When Liu Niang and Xiao Tao saw her put down her chopsticks, they both glanced at her nervously.
Xiao Qinggu peeked secretly.
What are these two adults and one child talking about?
Xiaoman was only concerned with eating.
She had just been poisoned and was a little weak, so she needed to eat a lot to maintain her strength.
Shang Yuwan didn't stop for long, picked up the vegetables and put them into his mouth.
When Liu Niang saw her eat it, she felt a little relieved.
Xiaotao's eyes also secretly lit up.
There's hope.
After dinner, Xiaotao went to find Shang Yuwan alone.
"You are different from your mother. You are very brave."
Shang Yuwan put down the book in his hand and said, "Come here."
She knew that the child would come to find her, so she deliberately did not go to find Xiao Qingxu, but stayed in her room waiting instead.
Xiao Tao was a little nervous. She walked to Shang Yuwan with her hands and feet clumsily, and subconsciously wanted to kneel down and kowtow.
Shang Yuwan was prepared and stepped forward to stop her.
"You don't have to kneel before us."
Xiao Tao's eyes changed a little, "Thank you, thank you Sister Wan."
Shang Yuwan took the person by the hand and sat on the stool.
"How are you?"
"Thank you, Sister Wan, for your concern. Xiaotao is doing well and is fine now."
When Shang Yuwan and Twelve were waiting for reinforcements with Lou Ke, they protected Xiao Qinggu and Liu Niang and her daughter very well. They managed to prevent the three of them from getting hurt. Liu Niang and Xiao Tao didn't even catch a cold.
Xiao Tao's eyes fell on the book, "What is your sister reading?"
Shang Yuwan took the book and handed it to her. "A military book. Can you read?"
Xiao Tao looked at it for a while and shook her head. "I know a little bit, but I don't understand these."
Shang Yuwan smiled and asked, "Want to learn?"
Xiao Tao's eyes lit up, "If I learn this, will I be more powerful than men?"
"Um?"
Shang Yuwan didn't expect her to say this, "Why do you want to be more powerful than men?"
Xiao Tao looked at Shang Yuwan, her eyes clear of any impurities, "If you are more powerful than a man, more powerful than dad, then mom won't be bullied!"
Shang Yuwan was about to speak, but paused and asked, "Your mother said you want to follow me?"
"Uh-huh!"
Xiaotao nodded without hesitation.
"I want to be someone like my sister Wan, who has the ability to protect me!"
Shang Yuwan's eyebrows softened, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid." Xiao Tao blinked, "Mom is afraid too."
Shang Yuwan chuckled, "So you still want to follow me?"
Xiao Tao stared with big eyes and answered, "Because my sisters are very powerful and can fight off so many men."
Shang Yuwan was stunned.
Xiao Tao stared at the words in the military book that she couldn't understand. Her eyes were confused, but like a sharp sword.
"Dad always beats Mom and scolds me for not being a man and unable to continue the family line."
"Mother also said that women can't continue the family line, but Xiaotao can't understand it."
Xiao Tao frowned, confused. "I was born by my mother, and other children like me were born by aunts. Why can't we continue the family line? What is incense?"
"They say a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, and that a man's knees are made of gold."
"But when Dad knelt before those nobles, he didn't have any gold, not even a copper coin."
Shang Yuwan looked at Xiaotao, feeling surprised.
How come this child is so precocious?
Although Xiaotao is young, she has such a sharp mind that she didn't have even when she was four or five years old.
"Xiao Tao, you want to follow me and become powerful, is it just for your mother?"
Xiaotao looked at Shang Yuwan, nodded, and shook her head.
"I want to protect Mom, but not just for Mom."
"Oh?" Shang Yuwan smiled and asked her, "Who else?"
Xiao Tao smiled, "My friend, Lai Di."
Shang Yuwan's smile froze.
Xiaotao started talking nonstop when she mentioned her friend.
"Laidi is the older sister in the family, only one year older than me. She's amazing and can do everything. She's even the best at cutting grass for pigs."
"She would secretly go to the girls' school to learn to read and write, and then come back to teach me. She was so smart, the smartest girl I'd ever met in the village. But my uncle and aunt didn't seem to like her doing that, and they always beat her for it."
Xiao Tao looked sad. "After the flood, I couldn't find her. Mom said her family went to find another way to make a living."
She cheered up, "Sister Wan, if I could be as powerful as you, I could protect Mom and find my younger brother. I'm more powerful than any man, so no one can bully them!"
"I will be five years old in August this year. I am already a big kid." Xiaotao blinked her watery eyes.
"Sister Wan, can you teach me? It doesn't have to be hard. Xiao Tao is very smart and won't be a drag! As long as Xiao Tao learns a little bit of Kung Fu, she will definitely be able to protect mother and brother!"
[Wan'er is an adult now, he will definitely protect his mother well! ]
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Shang Yuwan didn't reply for a long time, and the expression on his face was out of control for a moment.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Xiaotao panicked and jumped off the stool to grab her hand.
Shang Yuwan came to his senses and was about to speak when he heard someone knocking on the door.
Bai Xiaoye stood at the door and said, "Sir, someone is here to see you."
Shang Yuwan glanced over and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be there soon."
"Xiao Tao, remember, a man's knees are not made of gold, only his calves and feet."
Shang Yuwan looked at Xiao Tao and rubbed her head. "Let me think about this matter between you and your mother for a while, okay?"
Xiao Tao is not a willful child, she nodded and said, "Sister, go get busy first."
"Just stay here and wait for me to come back."
Xiaotao naturally agreed.
Shang Yuwan got up to open the door, and Bai Xiaoye looked at Xiaotao in the room.
"Sir, would you like to call Liu Niang over?"
Shang Yuwan nodded and said, "Ask Ji Suxian and Liu Niang to come and read with her."
Bai Xiaoye was stunned, "Huh?"
"Teach her to read, teach her to understand the true meaning of 'a woman's virtue lies in her eloquence, even without talent,' and teach Liu Niang along the way."
"Ah... yes, I understand." Bai Xiao had doubts in his mind, but he would not object to Shang Yuwan's decision.
Shang Yuwan went to find Xiao Qingxu, but there were two people sitting in the room.
One was a OP she was pretty familiar with, and the other also looked somewhat familiar.
He was dressed in simple dark blue clothes and wore a silver crown on his head. He was handsome, but his earlobes were a little big.
"Your presence, my humble home, has been graced with glory. I am sorry that I failed to welcome you."
Shang Yuwan smiled with his eyes narrowed, his gaze lingering on the edge of the face, and he raised his arm and bowed.
"I hope Mr. Zhao will not blame me."
They really didn't expect that when they passed the news to Kyoto, the person the prime minister called would be his son, Zhao Xiang.
Shang Yuwan had met Zhao Xiang in Kyoto in his previous life. The prime minister had a son in his old age, and he loved this hard-earned son more than his sister Zhao Lan who became the queen.
It was quite far away, so I couldn't touch his face and didn't know if it was genuine.
Zhao Xiang looked at Shang Yuwan carefully and said with a smile, "Young lady, what are you talking about? Young lady, you have a beautiful face, like the warm spring sun scorching peach blossoms. How can I make this humble room more beautiful? Please take a seat, please take a seat."
Xiao Qingxu snorted in his heart.
This person speaks very nicely.
After Shang Yuwan took his seat, he asked with a smile, "I wonder why you came here this time, sir?"
Zhao Xiang also smiled and said, "You are a smart girl. Why do you ask when you already know the answer?"
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